About
About Barfoot & Thompson
New Zealand's largest privately owned real estate company, run by the original Barfoot and Thompson families since 1923.
Auckland · Northland · Bay of Plenty · Waikato
Over 100 years of family ownership
Barfoot & Thompson began in 1923, when Val Barfoot bought a small Newmarket land agency and called it V. Barfoot Land Agent. Maurice Thompson joined the Barfoot brothers in 1934, and in 1940 the business became Barfoot & Thompson as it is known today. The current Directors, Peter Thompson and Stephen Barfoot, are grandsons of the original owners.
Today we are New Zealand's largest privately owned real estate company, with more than 80 branches throughout Auckland, Northland, the Bay of Plenty and the Waikato, and over 1,800 residential, lifestyle, rural and commercial salespeople. Our non-franchised structure means any of our agents can buy or sell for you.
Alongside residential sales we run full-service Property Management, Commercial and Body Corporate divisions, with over 22,000 residential rental properties under management and a large national and international partner network.
- Auckland
- Northland
- Bay of Plenty
- Waikato
- the year Val Barfoot opened his Newmarket land agency
- 1923
- branches across Auckland, Northland, the Bay of Plenty and the Waikato
- 80+
- residential, lifestyle, rural and commercial salespeople
- 1,800+
- residential rental properties under management
- 22,000+
- Auckland homes sold by us, every day
- 1 in 3
- languages spoken by our people
- 50+
Our heritage
From a Newmarket land agency
- 1923V. Barfoot Land AgentVal Barfoot buys a tiny, run-down Newmarket land agency for £75.
- 1924Barfoot BrosVal is joined by his older brother Kelland and the name changes to Barfoot Bros.
- 1926A first for New ZealandVal's wife Christine Barfoot becomes the first person in the company, and the first woman in New Zealand, to pass the real estate exam.
- 1934Maurice Thompson joinsThe Barfoot brothers are joined by Maurice Thompson.
- 1940Barfoot & ThompsonThe business becomes Barfoot & Thompson, the name it carries today.
Our values
What matters to us
- PeopleWe may deal in property, but our business is about people: the people who work for us, our customers and our communities.
- FamilyFamily shapes who we are and what we do. Whether people are buying, selling or renting, it is all about family in the end.
- CommunityIt is important to make the place we live a better place to live. We support everything from sports to arts to cultural events across Auckland and Northland.
- DiversityOur customers are diverse and so are we. Our people speak over 50 different languages, just like our customers.