Industry Real Estate Headquarters North Carolina Number of employees 1,400 | Website Allen Tate Realtors Founded 1957 | |
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Key people Pat Riley President & COO, Allen Tate CompaniesPhyllis York Brookshire President, Allen Tate Realtors | ||
Allen Tate Realtors is an independent real estate company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, with 41 offices and more than 1,400 employees in North and South Carolina.
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Founded in 1957, Allen Tate is the largest real estate company in the Carolinas; the seventh in the nation among independently owned, non-franchised brokers; and the tenth in the nation among the top 500 largest real estate companies (ranked by closed transaction sides for 2013).
Allen Tate Realtors is a founding member of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World, a network of more than 140,000 affiliated agents in 30 countries. In 2013, this network accounted for 686,947 home sales units (26.7% of all home sales units in the United States).
History
The Allen Tate Company was formed in 1957 by H. Allen Tate, Jr. after graduating from the University of North Carolina. The company's first office was located in the Tryon Plaza building at 112 S. Tryon St. in Charlotte, with the company selling both real estate and insurance.
Today
Today, Allen Tate Realtors' headquarters remain in Charlotte at 6700 Fairview Road in the South Park area. The company has offices in the Charlotte, Triad and Triangle regions of North Carolina, and in the Upstate and Greater Charlotte regions of South Carolina. It has an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau, and is a long-time supporter of organizations such as United Way, the Poe Center for Health Education in NC and to public education initiatives in the communities in which it operates.
The Allen Tate Company
Allen Tate Realtors is a subsidiary of The Allen Tate Company. Other subsidiaries include Allen Tate Mortgage, Allen Tate Insurance, Allen Tate Home Services and Allen Tate Relocation.