When was Engel & Volkers U.S. Holding GmbH organized?
Engel_Volkers Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
We have several parents. We are a majority-owned subsidiary of Engel & Völkers U.S. Holding GmbH ("U.S. Holding GmbH"), a German limited-liability company which was organized in December 2005. US. Holding GmbH is wholly-owned by Engel & Völkers Residential GmbH, a German limited liability company, formerly known as Engel & Völkers Immobilien GmbH, which was organized in December 1977 ("E&V Residential"), which is in turn wholly-owned by Engel & & Völkers GmbH, formerly known as Engel & Völkers AG ("E&V GmbH") which is wholly owned by Engel & Völkers Holding GmbH ("E&V Holding GmbH"), a German limited liability company. In or around May 2025, U.S.Holding GmbH and E&V Residential are expected to merge, leaving E&V Residential as the surviving entity. E&V Residential, will then become our new direct parent. Our ultimate parent is Permira VII Inv. Platform S.à.r.l, ("Permira"), a Luxembourg limited liability company.
Source: Item 1 — THE FRANCHISOR AND ANY PARENTS, PREDECESSORS, AND AFFILIATES (FDD pages 8–15)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Engel & Volkers' 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Engel & Völkers U.S. Holding GmbH, a German limited-liability company, was organized in December 2005. It serves as a parent company to Engel & Volkers Americas, Inc. Engel & Völkers U.S. Holding GmbH is wholly-owned by Engel & Völkers Residential GmbH. Engel & Volkers U.S. Holding GmbH has been granted an exclusive master license regarding the residential real estate brokerage sector to use the Engel & Völkers System and the ENGEL & VÖLKERS® and E&V® Trademarks in the United States, Mexico Cayman Islands, Belize and The Bahamas.
Engel & Volkers U.S. Holding GmbH exclusively sublicensed those rights in the United States to Engel & Volkers Americas, Inc. on January 9, 2006. In July 2016 they also exclusively subfranchisedto Engel & Volkers Americas, Inc. those rights for Mexico, Cayman Islands, Belize and The Bahamas. In September 2018 they exclusively subfranchised to Engel & Volkers Americas, Inc. those rights for the remainder of the Caribbean and Central America. In March 2024, Engel & Volkers U.S. Holding GmbH also granted Engel & Volkers Americas, Inc. an exclusive license to use the the ENGEL & VÖLKERS® and E&V® Trademarks in the commerical real esate segment.
Engel & Volkers U.S. Holding GmbH has also been granted an exclusive master franchise regarding the yachting brokerage segment of the Engel & Völkers Yachting System and exclusively sublicensed those rights to Engel & Volkers Americas, Inc. in September 2012. Engel & Volkers U.S. Holding GmbH is not engaged in any other business activities.