Started by two real estate agents in their twenties with a pen and pad in 1973 to the global organization that exists today, RE/MAX supports almost 1,00,000 sales associates worldwide.
1973
RE/MAX is born.
Dave and Gail Liniger, two 20-something real estate agents from Denver, Colorado, decide to develop a new real estate concept. They created
RE/MAX - an acronym for
"real estate maximums" - a system that encourages quality real estate salespeople to realize and develop their outstanding business potential.
1974
RE/MAX is growing! With a team of
42 Sales Associates , Gail and Dave Liniger decide to take the leap to next step to make RE/MAX the success they envisioned. They mortgage their assets and dedicate themselves to working around the clock.
1975
A huge company milestone when the
first RE/MAX franchise is established outside of Colorado.
1976
Only 4 years after this innovative real estate concept is developed the RE/MAX team is now up to
500 Sales Associates.
1978
On its
5th birthday, RE/MAX boasts
1,000 Sales Associates and launches its first widely recognised trademark - the
RE/MAX Hot Air Balloon. And still to this day the Hot Air Balloon trademark is well known all over the world.
1979
RE/MAX grows beyond the US borders. Two Canadians -
Frank Polzler and
Walter Schneider contact Dave Liniger they want to bring RE/MAX to Eastern Canada. Liniger agrees, and
RE/MAX Ontario-Atlantic Canada is born.
1980
Within two years the number of RE/MAX Sales Associates quickly triples. There’s now a total of
3,000 RE/MAX Sales Associates.
1988
The number of RE/MAX Sales Associates skyrockets to
20,000 and RE/MAX becomes the
No.1 real estate organization in Canada.
1991
RE/MAX expands further with the opening of RE/MAX offices in the
Caribbean.
1992
RE/MAX illustrates its interest in assisting the community and local neighbourhoods by becoming the sole real estate sponsor for the
Children's Miracle Network. The Children's Miracle Network is an organisation that supports children's hospitals across North America.
1993
RE/MAX makes that big jump and "travels across the pond" to
Europe.
1994
RE/MAX continues to grow world wide as the familiar RE/MAX sign begins to appear in real estate offices in
Spain and
South Africa.
1995
The RE/MAX network takes a bigger hold of the European marketplace with
Italy, Israel, and
Germany joining the “Above the Crowd” real estate experts.
1997
RE/MAX celebrates it quarter century birthday with
48,000 Sales Associates in 2,900 offices around the world. RE/MAX's global reach now extends to
Australia, Singapore, Turkey, the Southern United Kingdom and
Ireland.
1998
The
Netherlands and Greece join the RE/MAX Network.
1999
Prior to the new millennium
Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Portugal and
southern France join the RE/MAX Network.
2000
The year 2000 is celebrated with
Norway and
Iceland joining the team and spurring RE/MAX growth to over
57,467 sales associates in 3,422 offices in 32 countries on six continents.
2001
RE/MAX continues its continuous upward growth trend. The RE/MAX network can be found in
38 countries with more than
69,825 sales associates in
4,159 offices worldwide.
2002
RE/MAX in Europe grows up to
606 offices with
2,052 sales associates in
17 countries. RE/MAX Arabian Peninsula headquartered in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia established.
2003 - 2004
Croatia, Denmark and
Malta join the network and RE/MAX hits the 1,000 sales associates mark in Europe.
2005 - 2006
With RE/MAX signs in the
Baltic States, Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic and Slovakia, RE/MAX undoubtedly is the fastest growing real estate franchising company in Europe.
2007
Poland, Serbia, Montenegro and
Slovenia are the latest addition to RE/MAX in Europe. We are now present in 35 countries with more than 10,000 sales associates in over 1,500 offices across Europe. Globally RE/MAX counts almost
1,00,000 sales associates in more than
65 countries.
2009
RE/MAX expands into Asia with Master Franchises sold for
India and
Singapore.
