RE/MAX Story

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 over 120,000 sales associates worldwide and more than 10,000 sales associates in 35 European countries. Follow their journey around the world and in the community as RE/MAX is established as the "Leader in Real Estate".

1973
RE/MAX is born. Gail and Dave Liniger, two 20-something real estate agents from Denver, Colorado, decide to develop a new real estate concept. They create 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 take the 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: the first RE/MAX franchise is established outside of Colorado.

1976
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 recognized 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 Austro-Canadians - Frank Polzler and Walter Schneider - contact Dave Liniger. They want to bring RE/MAX to Eastern Canada. 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 Number One real estate organization in Canada.

1991
RE/MAX expands further with the opening of RE/MAX offices in the Caribbean.

1995
RE/MAX lands in Europe! Walter Schneider and Frank Polzler bring the Hot Air Balloon over the big pond.

1996
The RE/MAX sign begins to appear in real estate offices in Spain, Israel and Italy.

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 and Singapore, Germany and Greece.

1998
Turkey, the Netherlands and UK join the RE/MAX Network.

1999
Prior to the new millennium, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Portugal and Southern France become part of the European RE/MAX family.

2000
The year 2000 is celebrated with Norway, Sweden and Iceland joining the team and spurring the 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. RE/MAX Belgium is added to the European fold.

2002
RE/MAX in Europe grows up to 606 offices with 2,052 sales associates in 17 countries.

2003 - 2004
Croatia, Czech Republic, 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 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 over 120,000 sales associates in more than 65 countries. And we are still growing…