Castelhana Real Estate

What Castelhana Real Estate does

Castelhana Real Estate (legal name: Castelhana- Sociedade de Mediação Imobiliária, Unipessoal Lda.) is a Portuguese real estate brokerage and advisory firm that operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dils, a pan-European real estate services platform founded in 1971. Castelhana holds its own Portuguese real estate mediation license (AMI 3497), in addition to Dils Portugal's license (AMI 24280), and operates as 'Castelhana - A Dils company.' The firm runs five physical offices across Portugal — Lisbon (headquarters), Porto, Comporta, Estoril, and Vilamoura — covering the country's primary residential, premium/leisure, and commercial submarkets.

The company delivers a full-service real estate platform spanning residential brokerage (Residencial) plus four commercial sectors — Offices (Escritórios), Retail (Lojas), Logistics (Logística), and Hospitality (Hotelaria) — alongside dedicated services for tenants/occupiers, property owners, and institutional investors. Castelhana also markets an active development-project portfolio that includes branded residential developments such as Penha Longa Edition, MIMA Living, Bloomia, Aroeira Collections, Aurios, and Selva, as well as mixed-use hospitality-linked projects like Hilton Cascais. Underlying technology is limited to a self-service property-listing portal (dils.pt) with search, filter, and contact-agent functionality; no proprietary AI, API, SDK, or app is disclosed. Marketing is conducted through LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, newsletter, and SEO-driven organic search.

The business model is traditional brokerage economics: Castelhana earns transaction-fee commissions on property sales and rentals, with fees negotiated on a per-transaction basis and not publicly disclosed. Customer segments are hybrid — individual property buyers/sellers and renters (including expats and international buyers) form the primary long-tail, while corporate occupiers, commercial investors, and developers form a parallel institutional channel. Revenue is granular across many small transactions rather than concentrated on anchor accounts, and parent-company reach via Dils (Milan, Amsterdam, Lisbon, Barcelona, Paris) provides a structural cross-border investor channel absent from purely domestic brokerages.

Name

Castelhana Real Estate

Legal name

Castelhana- Sociedade de Mediação Imobiliária, Unipessoal Lda.

Website

https://castelhana.pt

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Castelhana Real Estate is a Portuguese brokerage and advisory firm and subsidiary of pan-European Dils, operating five offices across Lisbon, Porto, Comporta, Estoril, and Vilamoura to serve residential buyers, commercial occupiers, and real estate investors via transaction-fee commissions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Real Estate Brokerage Services

NAICS

Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (53121)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Multifamily Brokerage (BPAJABAD)

Keywords

• Residential property brokerage
• Commercial real estate services
• Property marketing advisory
• Luxury real estate sales
• Real estate investment consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Lisbon

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Real Estate Brokerage Commissions: Traditional real estate brokerage earning commissions on property sales and rentals. The company facilitates property transactions between buyers/renters and sellers/landlords, charging fees typically structured as a percentage of the transaction value.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Castelhana Real Estate is a Portuguese real estate brokerage and advisory firm providing property buying, selling, and renting services across residential and commercial segments (offices, retail, logistics, hospitality). It operates as 'A Dils company' within the Dils pan-European real estate platform, serving individual buyers and renters as well as corporate occupiers and investors through physical offices across Portugal.

Product overview

Castelhana Real Estate, operating as part of Dils, is a real estate mediation company offering a comprehensive property services platform. The company provides services across multiple segments: Residencial (residential buying, selling, and renting), Escritórios (commercial office space), Lojas (retail/shop space), Logística (logistics and industrial), and Hotelaria (hospitality). Castelhana also manages a portfolio of real estate development projects across Portugal including residential developments like Penha Longa Edition, MIMA Living, Bloomia, and mixed-use projects such as Hilton Cascais. Additional services include market analysis, tenant services, property owner services, and investor advisory services. The offering operates as an integrated real estate services platform rather than a single product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Residential Property Services (Residencial)
• Office Real Estate Services (Escritórios)
• Retail Real Estate Services (Lojas)
• Logistics Real Estate Services (Logística)
• Hospitality Real Estate Services (Hotelaria)
• Market Analysis Service (Análise de Mercado)

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• DilsflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCastelhana operates as 'A Dils company' - a strategic subsidiary within the Dils pan-European real estate platform. Dils is a market-leading real estate services firm founded in 1971 with offices across Europe including Milan, Amsterdam, Lisbon, Barcelona, and Paris. Dils leads in Offices, Retail, Logistics, Hospitality, and Residential sectors.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Engel & Völkers Portugal: International luxury-focused brokerage with presence in Portugal. Direct competitor in the premium/luxury segment Castelhana serves via its Comporta, Cascais, and Algarve offices.
• RE/MAX Portugal: Global franchise brokerage with dense agent network across Portugal covering residential and commercial transactions. Directly comparable as a competing multi-office, multi-segment brokerage operating in the same Portuguese market.
• Knight Frank Portugal: International real estate consultancy with a Portuguese luxury and super-prime practice. Overlaps with Castelhana's premium/luxury residential and investment advisory mandates.
• Century 21 Portugal: Global franchise brokerage operating across Portugal with residential and commercial listings. Comparable as a franchise-based competitor targeting similar individual buyer/seller and small commercial segments.
• Sotheby's International Realty Portugal: Luxury-focused global brand with brokerages in Lisbon, Cascais, Comporta and the Algarve. Competes head-on for the same high-net-worth international buyer pool that drives Castelhana's premium mandates.
• Porta da Frente Christie’s International Real Estate: Portuguese luxury brokerage affiliated with Christie's, focused on Lisbon, Cascais, Comporta and the Algarve. Directly comparable as a Portugal-based, premium/luxury-focused competitor pursuing similar international and UHNW clients.

Broad incumbents

• JLL Portugal: Global commercial real estate services firm with offices in Lisbon and Porto. Competes with Castelhana's Escritórios, Lojas and Logística segments as a larger incumbent with broader capital markets and advisory capabilities.
• Cushman & Wakefield Portugal: Global commercial real estate services firm active in Lisbon and Porto. Competes with Castelhana's commercial brokerage and occupier services across offices, retail and logistics.
• CBRE Portugal: Global commercial real estate services leader with established Lisbon presence. Overlaps with Castelhana's commercial brokerage, investment advisory and occupier services across multiple asset classes.
• Savills Portugal: International real estate advisor with Portuguese offices covering residential and commercial. Comparable as a broad-based incumbent providing investor, occupier and valuation services overlapping with Castelhana's offering.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@DilsPortugal
• Facebookfacebook.com/casas.castelhana
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dils
• Instagraminstagram.com/dils_portugal

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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