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Company type | Proprietary |
Industry | Real estate |
Founded | 1928 |
Founder | Leslie Joseph Hooker |
Headquarters | , Australia |
Number of locations | 730 (2018) |
Area served | Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, China and Hong Kong |
Key people | Janusz Hooker (Chairman) |
Products | Real estate franchising real estate |
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Owner | Each LJ Hooker office is independently owned and managed by its franchisees. |
Number of employees | 8,000 (2018) |
LJ Hooker is one of Australia's largest real estate groups, with 600 franchise offices and 6,000 people engaged in residential and commercial property sales and property management.[1][2] The company was founded in 1928 by Sir Leslie Joseph Hooker and after being sold to a private company for 20 years, the company returned to family hands in 2009.[3][4]