Fact Sheet

The Group Inc. Facts

• Internet Address:   www.thegroupinc.com
• Founded in 1976
• Nature of Business: Residential and Commercial Real Estate Brokerage Services
• Slogan The Group, Inc: Leaders in Real Estate
• Philosophy: The greater the correlation between the goals of the individual and the goals of the organization, the greater the success.
• Unique Factor:
  Sales Associates and Employees own the firm:
  1976 - 11 owners
  2014 – 200 owners
• Sales Growth:
  1976 - $ 8,000,000
  2014 - $1,436,717,158

Charitable

• Everitt Center for Real Estate at Colorado State University
• Arts Alive!
• Make-A-Wish Foundation of Colorado, Inc.
• Poudre Valley Hospital Foundation
• CSU College of Business
• Larimer County Partners
• United Ways of Larimer and Weld Counties
• Multiple Sclerosis Society
• Respite Care, Inc.
• Sculpture in the Park
• CSU Athletic Department
• Christmas on Wheels
• Alzheimer's Association
• Project Self Sufficiency
• Promises For Children
• Greeley Symphony Orchestra
• Greeley Stampede
• American Cancer Society Relay For Life
• Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra
• Arts Alive
• High Plains Arts Council Sculpture in the Park
• University of Northern Colorado - Monfort College of Business
• Catholic Charities Northern
• Boys and Girls Clubs of Larimer and Weld Counties
• American Red Cross
• Hospice of Larimer County
• Lydia Dody Breast Cancer Foundation
• Colorado State University Athletic Department.

Educational

• Tom Peters Event: Lincoln Center (won "Colorado Event of the Year" - American Marketing Association)
• Dr. Arlene Blum: Climbing Your Own Everests
• Dr. Willard Daggat: Excellence in Education
• Dr. Edwin Freidman: Leadership for the 90's
• Doug Krug and Ed Oakley: Enlightened Leadership
• Jim Collins - Good to Great
• Marcus Buckingham: First, Break All The Rules
• John Goddard – World Adventurer and Goal Setter

Industry Accomplishments

• Northern Colorado’s leading real estate firm in dollar volume since 1976
• ​Best Large Company, Loveland Chamber of Commerce, 2015
• Involved in 42% of all real estate sold in Northern Colorado in 2014
• Nationally ranked by transaction sides each year, RIS Media Power Broker Report
• Among top 125 Companies nationally ranked for sales production every year since 1991, RealTrends
• Top CARHOF Contributor for Fort Collins Board of REALTORS® 
• 2013 and 2014 Website Quality Certification for meeting Leading Real Estate Companies of the World’s rigorous standards of website excellence
• Corporate Citizen of the Year in 2004, Fort Collins Coloradoan
• Most productive company in the United States measured by transactions per associate in 2004 by REALTOR® magazine 
• Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics Recipient - 2004, Mountain States Better Business Bureau
• 100 Best Businesses - Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce
• Most productive company in the United States based on sales volume per sales associate and number of transaction sides closed per sales associate in 2001 - Realtor Magazine
• #1 Independent real estate firm in the United States in productivity per person for 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 - RealTrends, Dallas
• Ranked in the top 100 Big Brokers Report published by RealTrends every year since 1991 and National Relocation and Real Estate Magazine every year since 1999
• One of the six most innovative real estate companies in the United States - 1993 - Hobbs and Herder Marketing, Los Angeles
• Best logo design - Colorado and Wyoming - 1991 Marketing and Advertising Council Award
• The Group, Inc. Real Estate Source named the best classified advertising in Colorado - 1993 - 1995 Colorado Press Association
• Entrepreneur of the Year - 1994, Fort Collins, Inc.
• Nationally ranked in transaction sides in 2011- 102nd by RealTrends;  105th by RIS Media Power Broker Report.

Community Contributions

• Colorado Business and the Arts Award - Finalist for raising over $40,000 for the Fort Collins Symphony through three "Symphony of Homes" shows
• United Way Pacesetter Award - only company to be given this award 4 times
• United Way Leadership Award, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 – earned for raising over $76,000 in internal campaign in 2000, over $108,000 in 2001, $255,000 in 2002, $350,000 in 2003, $354,000 in 2004, $315,000 in 2005, $250,000 in 2006, $305,000 in 2007, $254,389 in 2008, $222,500 in 2009, $215,000 in 2010, $215,000 in 2011.
• Award full-tuition scholarships each year to students in the Colorado State University College of Business
• $100,000 Gift to Everitt Center for Real Estate at Colorado State University in 2005