Albania Real Estate

What Albania Real Estate does

Albania Estate Shpk is a privately-held Albanian real estate brokerage founded in 2005 that markets residential and commercial property across Albania to foreign international investors and the Albanian diaspora. The company operates a web-based, bilingual (English and Albanian) property listing platform with search filters by property type, location, size, and price, and publishes city guides and a downloadable Albania Property Guidebook as lead-generation content. Inventory spans apartments, penthouses, villas, offices, land, restaurants, and commercial properties across major Albanian cities including Tirana, Saranda, Vlora, Lalzi Bay, Berat, and others.

The business runs a dual-hemisphere distribution model: physical offices in Tirana (headquarters) and Saranda anchor domestic sourcing and after-sale service delivery, while international representative offices in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark) and North America (USA/Canada) — staffed by managers with native-language market expertise — capture diaspora and foreign-investor demand in the highest-emigration corridors. Revenue is generated primarily through transaction commissions on completed property sales, supplemented by recurring after-sale services including rental management, property management, and furniture packages for overseas owners who cannot self-manage. Sample transaction values include penthouses priced at €280,000 to €496,000 and offices at €67,500 to €124,500.

The company self-describes as the oldest Albanian real estate firm marketing properties to overseas investors and the "number one Albania Property portal." It is founder/family-operated (the Dardha family leads Albania and North America operations) with no disclosed external investors, parent company, subsidiaries, partnerships, patents, or certifications. Technology is conventional — no mobile app, no public API, no documented AI or automation — meaning the business is fundamentally a relationship-driven brokerage augmented by a content website rather than a tech-enabled marketplace.

Name

Albania Real Estate

Legal name

Albania Estate Shpk

Website

https://albania-estate.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Albania Estate is a Tirana-headquartered real estate brokerage founded in 2005 that sells Albanian residential and commercial property to foreign investors and the Albanian diaspora via a bilingual listing platform and offices in Albania, Scandinavia, and North America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Real Estate Brokerage

NAICS

Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (53121), Real Estate Property Managers (53131)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Traditional Residential Brokerage (Existing Homes) (BPAJAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Residential Real Estate Brokerage (Buy/Sell) (FSAEAJAA), Tenant Representation & Corporate Services Brokerage (BPAJABAJ), Residential Real Estate Asset Management (BPAJAMAA)

Keywords

• Albanian real estate
• Property brokerage
• Rental management
• Property management
• Real estate agency

Headquarters

HQ city

Tirana

HQ country

Albania

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Property Sales Commission: Revenue generated from facilitating property sales to foreign and domestic buyers. Commission-based model where the company earns fees on completed transactions.
2. After-Sale Services: Additional revenue streams including Rental Management, Property Management, and Furniture Packages for clients who have purchased properties.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Albania Real Estate is a real estate brokerage that lists and sells residential and commercial properties across Albania (apartments, penthouses, villas, offices, land, commercial and restaurant spaces) to foreign investors and the Albanian diaspora. The company earns commissions on completed transactions and supplements this with after-sale services including rental management, property management, and furniture packages.

Product overview

Albania Real Estate operates a property listing and real estate marketplace platform that aggregates residential and commercial properties for sale across Albania. The platform functions as a portal connecting international buyers with Albanian properties. The offering consists of a searchable property database with listings organized by property type (apartments, penthouses, villas, offices, commercial spaces, and land) and location (Tirana, Saranda, Vlora, Berat, and others). The company provides listing services, property search tools, and after-sale services including rental management, property management, and furniture packages. The website is available in both English and Albanian languages. The company was established in 2005 and is the oldest real estate company marketing Albanian properties to overseas investors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Property Sales Brokerage Brokerage service that lists and sells residential and commercial properties across Albania (apartments, penthouses, villas, offices, land, commercials, restaurants) to foreign international buyers and the Albanian diaspora. The company earns commission on completed transactions and provides assistance at every step of the purchasing process.
• Rental Management After-sale service that manages rental of properties purchased through the company on behalf of owners, primarily serving diaspora and foreign buyers who do not reside in Albania.
• Property Management After-sale service that handles ongoing management of properties purchased through the company for owners who are based abroad.
• Furniture Packages After-sale service that delivers fully furnished properties to buyers, allowing remote buyers to receive a turnkey home or rental property without needing to arrange furnishing themselves.

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Spot Blue International Property: UK-based international property brokerage that markets Mediterranean and emerging-market properties (including Albania) to foreign buyers — the closest like-for-like model to Albania Estate in terms of cross-border buyer focus and after-sale service offering.
• Cyprus Property: Specialist broker/portal marketing Mediterranean island property to foreign buyers — a direct analogue of Albania Estate's offering in Albania, with the same reliance on international demand and after-sale services.

Broad incumbents

• ImmobilienScout24: Germany's largest property portal; broad incumbent comparable on the listing/search marketplace model and on serving buyers whose primary language is German — a relevant adjacent diaspora market for Albania.
• Rightmove: UK's largest property portal and a benchmark for property-listing platforms; comparable on the listing/marketplace model but operates as a broad incumbent at national scale rather than a niche international-buyer specialist.
• Idealista: Leading Southern European property portal covering Spain, Portugal, Italy, and increasingly other Mediterranean markets; comparable to Albania Estate's listing/marketplace function but at vastly greater scale and with mature technology.
• Zillow: Largest US property platform with extensive search, valuation, and brokerage tools; broad incumbent comparable on the consumer-facing property-search and listing model, though active in a different geography.

Emerging players

• Bayut: Leading property portal in the UAE with extensions into other regional markets; comparable to Albania Estate as a leading portal in an emerging frontier market where foreign/investor buyers are a core audience.
• PropertyFinder: Property portal that grew rapidly in emerging MENA markets before expanding into other regions; operating model (digital marketplace with supporting agent services in emerging markets) is comparable to Albania Estate's positioning as the leading portal in an emerging Mediterranean market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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