Christie & Co Spain & Portugal

What Christie & Co Spain & Portugal does

Christie & Co Spain & Portugal is the Iberian regional arm of the UK-based Christie Group, a hospitality and property advisory firm with more than 90 years of brand heritage. The entity was established in 2000 and operates from offices in Madrid and Barcelona with a team of six professionals, providing intermediation and advisory services exclusively to the hotel sector across Spain and Portugal. Its service offering comprises four pillars: hotel transactions (brokerage of hotel, B&B, hostel, and hotel development asset sales and acquisitions), corporate valuation, consulting, and operator search. The firm runs an online property search portal covering Iberia that allows buyers to filter listings by asset type and location and to save searches and set alerts.

The business model is a classic B2B real estate advisory and brokerage model, monetized via transaction fees on closed hotel deals rather than recurring subscription revenue. The go-to-market is enterprise field sales, with senior advisors engaging directly with hotel property owners and institutional investors, supplemented by a self-serve property portal that captures mid-market buyers at the top of the funnel and thought-leadership press activity. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is quote-based, consistent with bespoke deal work.

From a corporate structure standpoint, the entity is a branch or representative office of Christie Group, a privately held UK-based conglomerate; no public listing exists, and no funding rounds, acquisitions, partnerships, or awards are disclosed in the source material. There are no AI, ML, or proprietary technology capabilities indicated, and the competitive position rests on brand legacy, vertical specialization, and senior advisor relationships rather than on automation or data assets.

Name

Christie & Co Spain & Portugal

Legal name

Christie & Co Spain & Portugal

Website

https://es.christie.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1930

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Christie & Co Spain & Portugal is the Iberian arm of UK-based Christie Group, providing hotel transaction, valuation, consulting, and operator-search advisory services across Spain and Portugal from offices in Madrid and Barcelona. It serves hotel property owners and investors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Madrid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Real Estate Advisory and Brokerage Services: Transaction-based advisory services for hotel property sales and purchases. The company provides intermediation and consulting services, with over 90 years of sector experience advising clients in the hotel industry.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Christie & Co Spain & Portugal is a specialist hospitality real estate advisory firm offering hotel transactions, corporate valuation, consulting, and operator search services to hotel owners, investors, and operators in Spain and Portugal. It operates as the regional arm of the UK-headquartered Christie Group, with offices in Madrid and Barcelona, and supports clients via an online property search portal listing hotels for sale and lease.

Product overview

Christie & Co Spain & Portugal operates as a real estate advisory firm specializing in the hospitality and hotel sector across Spain and Portugal. The company offers a property search platform where users can browse hotels, B&Bs, hostels, and hotel development opportunities. Their core services include hotel transactions (Transacciones Hoteleras), corporate valuation (Valoración Corporativa), consulting (Consultoría), and operator search (Búsqueda de operador). The platform provides property listing access, saved searches, property alerts, and favorites functionality. The company maintains offices in Madrid and Barcelona, serving as the Spanish and Portuguese arm of the Christie Group, a UK-based real estate advisory with over 90 years of experience.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hotel Transactions (intermediation/agency) Advisory and intermediation services for the sale and lease of hotel and hospitality properties in Spain and Portugal, serving hotel owners, investors, and operators.
• Corporate Valuation Valuation of hotel and hospitality companies and assets for owners, investors, lenders, and corporate clients in Iberia.
• Consulting Strategic consulting services for hotel and hospitality clients in Spain and Portugal, covering market and operational advice.
• Operator Search Sourcing of hotel operators and management companies for property owners in Spain and Portugal.
• Online Property Search Portal Online portal listing hotel and hospitality properties available for sale or lease in Spain and Portugal, used to connect asset owners with prospective investors and operators.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• HVS: HVS is a global hospitality-focused consulting and valuation firm that advises on hotel transactions, feasibility studies, and operator selection — directly mirroring Christie's four core service lines in the same hotel-only vertical.
• Christie & Co UK: The UK parent/sibling entity offers the same hospitality advisory, brokerage, valuation, and operator search services under the Christie & Co brand, making it the most directly comparable peer by service model and customer base.

Broad incumbents

• Cushman & Wakefield Hospitality: Cushman & Wakefield's Hospitality team brokers hotel transactions and provides valuation and consulting services across Europe, overlapping with Christie's Iberia mandate but operating from a much larger diversified CRE base.
• BNP Paribas Real Estate: BNP Paribas Real Estate's hospitality team provides transaction advisory and valuation services for hotel assets in Iberia, competing with Christie as a large broad-line European CRE platform with capital markets capabilities.
• JLL Hotels & Hospitality: JLL's Hotels & Hospitality group offers investment sales, valuations, and consulting for hotel assets globally, competing with Christie for high-value Iberian hotel transactions within a broader diversified real estate services platform.
• Colliers International: Colliers' EMEA hospitality team brokers hotel transactions and provides advisory services across Europe, competing with Christie for Iberian mandates as part of a broad diversified real estate services firm.
• Knight Frank: Knight Frank's Hotels team offers investment sales and advisory for hospitality assets in Spain and Portugal, competing with Christie for similar investor clients from a broad diversified real estate platform.
• Eastdil Secured: Eastdil Secured is an investment bank focused on real estate, including large hotel portfolio transactions — competing with Christie for the upper end of Iberian hotel M&A mandates that require capital markets expertise.
• CBRE Hotels: CBRE's global Hotels practice provides investment sales, debt placement, and advisory for hospitality assets — competing with Christie for Iberian hotel mandates but as part of a much broader commercial real estate platform.
• Savills Hotels: Savills operates a dedicated Hotels team across Iberia and Europe offering investment sales, valuations, and advisory for hospitality assets — a broad incumbent peer competing for the same hotel investor clients.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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