What Team Trimble does

Team Trimble is a residential real estate brokerage team operating in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, under the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Homesale Realty franchise. The team is led by founder Patrick Trimble, who has 39+ years of real estate experience, alongside Zachary Trimble and Shelley Henry (Licensed Client Care Manager), with the team claiming 130+ years of combined experience and a ranking in the top 0.5% of real estate teams nationally by transaction throughput. The team's headline operating metric is an average days-on-market under seven days for well-priced homes, signaling tight execution and pricing discipline within the local market.

The service portfolio is organized around three core offerings: traditional seller representation ("List Your Home"), buyer representation ("Find A Home"), and a differentiated senior-focused relocation service ("Team Trimble Transitions") that bundles moving-related advisory and logistics support for older adults transitioning out of long-held homes. Revenue is generated through a standard residential brokerage commission model, with the team earning a percentage of transaction value on closed sales. There is no disclosed proprietary technology stack, SaaS component, or platform architecture beyond standard brokerage marketing and content tools; the technology layer is conventional for the industry. The go-to-market combines local market expertise, the Berkshire Hathaway brand, and a sustained content marketing operation (blog posts dated 2019 through 2025) for organic lead generation.

Strategically, Team Trimble competes on local knowledge, relationship depth, brand affiliation, and a niche service line targeting seniors, rather than on technology differentiation, scale, or geographic breadth. The business is undiversified across a single geography (Lancaster County) and a single vertical (residential brokerage), with no disclosed funding events, M&A activity, or geographic expansion. Success risk and growth ceiling are therefore tightly coupled to Lancaster County residential market dynamics and the team's ability to deepen wallet share within that footprint via product extensions like Transitions.

Name

Team Trimble

Legal name

Team Trimble

Website

https://teamtrimble.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Team Trimble is a Lancaster County, Pennsylvania residential real estate team operating under Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Homesale Realty, serving individual home buyers, sellers, and seniors through dedicated transitions services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Lancaster

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Real Estate Commission Revenue: Team Trimble generates revenue through real estate transaction commissions on home sales and purchases in Lancaster County, PA. As affiliated agents with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Homesale Realty, they earn a percentage of each transaction closed. The standard real estate commission model applies, with fees typically paid by sellers at closing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Team Trimble is a Lancaster County, Pennsylvania residential real estate team affiliated with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Homesale Realty. The team sells homes on behalf of clients (List Your Home), helps buyers search for and purchase properties (Find A Home), and provides a specialized moving and transition program with vendor referrals and senior-focused resources (Team Trimble Transitions). Services are delivered through direct, consultation-based client engagement led by agents Patrick Trimble and Zachary Trimble.

Product overview

Team Trimble is a Lancaster County real estate services company operating under Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Homesale Realty. The company offers three integrated service offerings: List Your Home (selling services with professional staging, photography, and marketing), Find A Home (buying services including property search and negotiation support), and Team Trimble Transitions (a comprehensive moving program with vendor connections and senior-focused resources). The services are designed to work together, providing clients with end-to-end support from initial consultation through settlement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• List Your Home

Quantifiable outcome

• Homes sold quickly and often above asking price - one client received 10 offers between 5-10% above asking price
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers21 records

Segments2 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.

• Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Homesale RealtycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTeam Trimble is affiliated with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Homesale Realty, pairing the team's local expertise with the brand recognition and resources of one of the nation's premier real estate companies. This affiliation provides credibility, marketing support, and access to national listing networks.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• RE/MAX: Globally recognized real estate franchise operating on a similar commission-based, agent-driven model. Has significant local presence in Lancaster County and competes directly for seller and buyer mandates.
• Weichert Realtors: Family-founded brokerage with strong Mid-Atlantic and Northeast U.S. footprint. Directly comparable franchise-style model and overlaps with Team Trimble in PA-area markets and customer demographics.
• Keller Williams Realty: One of the largest U.S. real estate franchises, operating on a similar team- and agent-based model. Comparable to Team Trimble in GTM motion (consultative, referral-driven) and target customer (residential buyers and sellers).
• Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate: National real estate franchise with affiliated teams and agents in PA markets. Directly comparable model to Team Trimble in serving residential buyers and sellers via a brand-affiliated, full-service brokerage approach.
• Coldwell Banker: Large national real estate franchise with a comparable traditional full-service brokerage model. Competes for the same Lancaster County buyers and sellers through affiliated local agents and teams.
• Sotheby's International Realty: Luxury-leaning national real estate brand with affiliated agents in PA markets. Comparable in offering traditional full-service brokerage for residential buyers and sellers, with overlap in higher-end Lancaster County transactions.
• Howard Hanna Real Estate: Family-founded regional brokerage with deep presence across Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic. It is a head-to-head competitor for Team Trimble in the Lancaster-area market using a similar full-service, agent-led model.

Emerging players

• Compass: Tech-forward national brokerage competing for high-producing agents and teams. Represents the technology-enabled evolution of the same residential brokerage services Team Trimble offers and is reshaping competitive dynamics in the category.
• eXp Realty: Cloud-based brokerage model that has rapidly recruited agents and teams nationwide. Competes for the same agent talent pool and seller/buyer relationships in PA using a lower-overhead, tech-enabled structure.

Broad incumbents

• Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Homesale Realty: Team Trimble's parent brokerage and franchise network. It provides the brand, MLS infrastructure, and operational backbone that Team Trimble operates under, making it the most direct structural comparator as a full-service residential brokerage in PA.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/ManheimTownshipRealtor

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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