What Cushman & Wakefield Echinox does

Cushman & Wakefield Echinox is a Romanian commercial real estate consultancy headquartered in Bucharest, operating as an independent third-party non-owned affiliate of Cushman & Wakefield under a global exclusive licensing agreement. The firm traces its local presence back to 2002 as a DTZ affiliate and was formally established through three legal entities in 2011–2016 — ECHINOX PROPERTY SERVICES S.R.L. (2011), ECHINOX EVALUĂRI S.R.L. (2011), and ECHINOX CAPITAL MARKETS S.R.L. (2016) — all headquartered at Tiriac Tower, Sector 1, Bucharest. Following the 2015 global merger of DTZ and Cushman & Wakefield, the Romanian entity rebranded as Cushman & Wakefield Echinox in 2017, accumulating 30+ years of continuous local market history. The firm employs 80+ professionals serving clients across Romania, with no disclosed operations outside the country.

The firm delivers a full-service real estate offering across 12 distinct service lines: Office Agency, Retail Agency, Industrial & Logistics, Capital Markets, Land Development, Asset Services, Project & Development Services, Valuation & Consulting, Residential, Research, Sustainability Services, and Community Management. In 2025, the firm transacted approximately 500,000 square meters of real estate, and the valuation department assessed ~7.8 million square meters of leasable area with a cumulative value of more than €7.7 billion. The firm produces proprietary market intelligence publications — including quarterly Marketbeat reports, the Romania & Bucharest Retail Guide, EMEA Office Fit-out Costs Guide, European Investment Atlas, Waypoint Global Industrial Dynamics, and EMEA Sustainable Returns Report — leveraging global C&W research frameworks for local market positioning. The disclosed technology stack is limited to standard web tools (Google Analytics, Google AdSense, HTTP cookies); no proprietary technology platform is in evidence.

Revenue is generated through professional service fees typical of commercial real estate advisory models: transaction-based commissions on property sales and leases, consulting fees for advisory engagements, and valuation fees, with all pricing negotiated on a per-assignment basis rather than via published rate cards. The firm operates an enterprise field sales model targeting four primary client segments — real estate investors and owners (including REITs and private equity), corporate office occupiers, industrial and logistics occupiers, and retail landlords and tenants — with residential developers and buyers as a secondary segment. Enterprise customers span diverse industries including financial services, legal, retail, BPO, facilities management, automotive, technology, food retail, travel retail, logistics, real estate, and diplomatic sectors, indicating a distributed revenue base with no disclosed single-customer dependency.

Name

Cushman & Wakefield Echinox

Legal name

ECHINOX PROPERTY SERVICES S.R.L., ECHINOX EVALUĂRI S.R.L., and ECHINOX CAPITAL MARKETS S.R.L.

Website

https://cwechinox.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Cushman & Wakefield Echinox is a Romanian commercial real estate consultancy headquartered in Bucharest, providing brokerage, valuation, capital markets, and advisory services across office, industrial, retail, and residential sectors to corporate occupiers, investors, and developers operating in Romania.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Real Estate Services

NAICS

Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (5312)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Commercial Real Estate Asset Management (BPAJAMAB)

Keywords

• Commercial real estate advisory
• Property valuation services
• Office leasing brokerage
• Industrial logistics advisory
• Capital markets real estate

Headquarters

HQ city

Bucharest

HQ country

Romania

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Real Estate Consultancy and Advisory Services: The company generates revenue through fees for professional services including office agency, retail agency, industrial & logistics agency, capital markets, land development, asset services, project & development services, valuation & consulting, residential, research, sustainability services, and community management. Revenue is derived from transaction-based fees (commissions on property sales/leases), consulting fees, and valuation fees, consistent with commercial real estate consultancy business models.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Cushman & Wakefield Echinox is a Romanian commercial real estate consultancy that provides transaction, valuation, advisory, and asset management services across office, retail, industrial, capital markets, land development, project management, sustainability, and community management sectors. The firm operates as an independent licensed affiliate of Cushman & Wakefield and is supported by a team of 80+ professionals with 30+ years of local market presence. In 2025, the firm transacted approximately 500,000 sq.m of real estate and valued a cumulative portfolio of more than €7.7 billion.

Product overview

Cushman & Wakefield Echinox is a Romanian real estate consultancy firm operating as an independent third-party non-owned affiliate of Cushman & Wakefield. The company offers a comprehensive suite of real estate services organized around 12 core service lines: Office Agency, Retail Agency, Industrial & Logistics, Capital Markets, Land Development, Asset Services, Project & Development Services, Valuation & Consulting, Residential, Research, Sustainability Services, and Community Management. The Research service produces branded market intelligence publications including Marketbeat quarterly reports, the Romania & Bucharest Retail Guide, EMEA Office Fit-out Costs Guide, EMEA Sustainable Returns Report, European Investment Atlas, and Waypoint: Global Industrial Dynamics. These research publications cover office, retail, industrial, and investment market segments across Romania and the CEE region. The company transacted approximately 500,000 sq.m in 2025 with a €7.7 billion total portfolio valuation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Office Agency Real estate brokerage and advisory services for commercial office space in Romania, including leasing, tenant representation, landlord representation, and office market transactions for corporate occupiers and building owners.

Quantifiable outcome

• ~500,000 sq.m transacted in 2025
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 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.

• Cushman & Wakefield (Global)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCushman & Wakefield Echinox is an independent third-party non-owned affiliate of Cushman & Wakefield, operating under a global exclusive agreement. The firm is licensed by C&W to use the brand and trademarks. The affiliation provides access to global research methodologies, market data frameworks (e.g., Waypoint, EMEA Fit-Out Costs Guide), and the C&W brand reputation, while Echinox maintains independent local operations and branding in Romania. The local Echinox entity had been a DTZ affiliate since 2002, and rebranded as Cushman & Wakefield Echinox following the 2015 global merger of DTZ and Cushman & Wakefield.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Savills: Savills is a global real estate services firm with a growing CEE presence, offering advisory services across commercial, residential, and capital markets that compete with Echinox for cross-border investor mandates into Romania.
• Newmark: Newmark is a global commercial real estate advisory that has expanded its EMEA footprint; it competes for capital markets and agency mandates with global CRE firms operating in CEE including Romania.
• Cushman & Wakefield (Global): The global parent brand that licenses Echinox to use its trademarks; Cushman & Wakefield operates owned offices across EMEA and provides the research methodology, brand reputation, and cross-border capital relationships that Echinox leverages in Romania.

Regional players

• BNP Paribas Real Estate Romania: BNP Paribas Real Estate is the real estate advisory arm of BNP Paribas with operations in CEE; it competes for occupier advisory, valuation, and investment mandates in Romania with a banking-anchored value proposition similar to Cushman & Wakefield's institutional client base.

Emerging players

• Avison Young: Avison Young is a global real estate advisory growing its EMEA presence; it competes with Echinox-style regional consultancies for occupier, investor, and valuation mandates across European markets including CEE.
• iO Partners: iO Partners is a CEE-focused real estate advisory firm (spun out of Dentons) covering Romania with consulting, capital markets, and asset services — competing for similar middle-market occupier and investor mandates as Echinox in the region.

Direct peers

• CBRE Romania: CBRE is the largest global commercial real estate services firm and a direct competitor in Romania, offering the same agency, capital markets, valuation, and advisory service lines to occupiers and investors in Bucharest and the wider Romanian market.
• Knight Frank Romania: Knight Frank is a global real estate consultancy with a Romanian office providing residential, commercial, and capital markets advisory — directly competing with Echinox for prime mandates in Bucharest.
• JLL Romania (Jones Lang LaSalle): JLL is a top-tier global CRE services firm operating in Romania with a comparable full-service platform including office agency, capital markets, valuation, and project management, directly competing for the same enterprise and investor mandates as Echinox.
• Colliers Romania: Colliers is a leading global CRE advisory with an established Romanian presence, offering investment sales, tenant representation, valuation, and research across the same asset classes as Cushman & Wakefield Echinox.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cushmanwakefieldechinox

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 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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