Crye-Leike Company Facts

• 2007 sales volume: $5.7 billion; 2007 sales units: 32,500
   
• 2006 sales volume: $6.1 billion (9% increase); 2006 sales units: 35,498
   
• 2005 sales volume: $5.6 billion (16% increase); 2005 sales units: 34,039
   
• 2004 sales volume: $4.61 billion; 2004 sales units: 29,581
   
• Ranked the largest real estate company in Tennessee, Arkansas and the Mid-south.
   
• Ranked No. 4 among the nation's top 500 largest residential real estate brokerage firms.
   
• Ranked No. 3 among the nation's 144 largest privately owned and independent firms.
   
• A network of over 4,100 sales associates, 132 corporate & franchise offices, over 1,200 staff.
   
• Located in 65 counties throughout an eight-state southern region in Tennessee, Arkansas, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, and North Carolina.
   
• Crye-Leike has seven regional hub offices located in Memphis, Nashville & Chattanooga in Tennessee; Little Rock and Rogers Arkansas; Alpharetta, Georgia; and Jackson, Mississippi.
   
• As a member of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World (formally RELO), Crye-Leike Relocation Services can assist families, individuals and corporate groups relocating to any community in the United States, or abroad, with comprehensive services.
   
• Crye-Leike Relocation Services is one of the top 50 real estate companies in the United States to close outgoing referrals, out of the 700 RELO member firms specializing in relocation.
   
• The division was awarded the RELO Quality Certification (RQC) by the Chicago-based RELO network, a certification that recognizes Crye- Leike Relocation Services’ commitment to excellence as one of the top relocation departments in the relocation industry.
   
• A full service real estate company, Crye-Leike offers real estate and related services, including: residential real estate services; relocation services; business brokerage; commercial business and investment real estate services; property leasing and management services; REO - bank-owned property services; mortgage lending facilities; insurance services, title services; home services; auction services; apartment locator services; franchise sales and builder resource services.
   

Company History Quick Facts:

• Crye-Leike, Realtors was established in 1977 in Memphis, TN. by Harold Crye and Dick Leike, becoming the largest firm in Memphis within three years.
   
• Regional operations expanded in 1992 into the Middle Tennessee real estate market. (Nashville), becoming the largest real estate firm in Nashville in one year.
   
• In 1993, Crye-Leike surpassed the $1 billion mark over a one- year period at $1.01 billion in sales volume.
   
• In 1997, expanded regional operations into East Tennessee within the Greater Chattanooga area. Within four years, Crye-Leike became the No. 1 market leader in the number of closed transactions, with agent growth and sales volume more than tripling.
   
• In 1998, Crye-Leike surpassed the $2 billion mark over a one- year period at $2.5 billion in sales volume.
   
• In 1999, Crye-Leike reached the $3 billion milestone over a one-year period at $3.02 billion in sales volume, ranking it as the 10th largest real estate company in the nation.
   
• In 1999, expanded regional operations in East Tennessee by opening a branch office in Johnson City and a second office in Arkansas (Jonesboro).
   
• In 2000, expanded offices into Georgia, Ft. Oglethorpe, along with its third branch office in Mississippi, Hernando.
   
• In 2002, Crye-Leike celebrated its 25th anniversary in business and posted a record performance of $3.17 billion in year-end sales volume company wide, the highest ever in company history. In 2002, it also expanded into Kentucky and Florida with three Crye-Leike franchises; established its fourth regional headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas; and enhanced the Crye-Leike Web site which increased traffic to the site ten-fold, averaging over 5 million hits a month and 100,000 unique visitors a month.
   
• In 2004, Crye-Leike retained its No. 10 national ranking among the nation's largest and most successful residential brokerage firms. The ranking was based on 2003 sales, a position the company also held in 1999. Year-end sales in 2003 disclosed that Crye-Leike had its best year in the history of the company at $3.66 billion in sales volume, handling 24,953 closed transaction sides.
   
• In 2004, Crye-Leike, Inc. in Memphis, TN, one of four Crye-Leike regional hub offices, is ranked No. 28 among 100 of the largest private companies in Memphis. It was also ranked No. 23 among the faster growing top 100 private companies in Memphis. Additionally, Crye-Leike, Inc. in Memphis ranked No. 21 among the largest 100 employers in Memphis. Arkansas Business ranked Crye-Leike of Arkansas, Inc. the 4th largest real estate firm in Arkansas in 2003.
   
• In 2004, Crye-Leike was ranked by Business Tennessee magazine in August 2004 among the Top 100 Private Companies in Tennessee. Its $127 million in revenue in 2003 ranked Crye-Leike the 80th largest private company in Tennessee.
   
• In 2005, Crye-Leike entered its seventh market region, Alabama, through establishing a franchise office there. Crye-Leike of Arkansas moved in ranking from No. 4 to No. 2 as the 2nd largest real estate firm in Arkansas as ranked by Arkansas Business magazine. Crye-Leike became a registered service mark of Crye-Leike, Inc. on Sept. 6, 2005, federally registered & protected by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.
   
• In 2006, Crye-Leike had its best year ever reaching $6.1 Billion in sales, a 9% increase over the year before. Crye-Leike is the 4th largest real estate company in the nation and #1 in Tennessee, Arkansas and the Mid-south.
   
• In 2007, Crye-Leike saw it's 3rd best sales years on record with $5.7 Billion in volume and more than 32,500 units. Despite a housing market slow-down, the company continued in its quest to grow and gain more market share in its newest markets of Little Rock and Northwest Arkansas and Atlanta, Georgia.

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