Commercial real estate brokerages in Seattle, WA
Eight firms with a Seattle-area office we checked on their own websites. The first question is which side of Lake Washington you need: four of these firms list Bellevue offices, and one lists only Bellevue.
Last updated: 2026-10-20
Source: U.S. Census Bureau. 8 firms listed, every office checked 2026-10-20.
The local angle: downtown Seattle or the Eastside
What the firms’ own Seattle pages say about this market. Market figures are each firm’s claim, not our measurement.
- JLL says office demand spans downtown towers, South Lake Union campuses and Bellevue and the broader Eastside, while industrial serves regional distribution and advanced manufacturing. (JLL Seattle location page)
- CBRE, Colliers and Kidder Mathews list both Seattle and Bellevue offices. Avison Young’s Seattle listing is a Bellevue address. (CBRE Seattle office page, Colliers Puget Sound city page, Kidder Mathews office locations page, Avison Young Seattle location page)
- 601 Union Street houses three of these firms: Cushman & Wakefield (Suite 1100), Kidder Mathews (Suite 2700) and Colliers (Suite 5300). (Cushman & Wakefield Seattle office page, Kidder Mathews office locations page, Colliers Puget Sound city page)
- CBRE says its Seattle office has served the Puget Sound region since 1908. (CBRE Seattle office page)
Pick by situation
Our read, based on what each firm’s local page and filings say. It is not a ranking of local teams. We have no Seattle deal data or client reviews yet.
| Your situation | What the sources show | Start with |
|---|---|---|
| An Eastside office lease | Avison Young, CBRE, Colliers and Kidder Mathews all list Bellevue offices. | CBRE, Colliers, Avison Young, Kidder Mathews |
| Industrial space south of the city or in Tacoma | CBRE lists a Tacoma office. Kidder Mathews lists South Seattle and Tacoma offices. | CBRE, Kidder Mathews |
| Selling an apartment or seniors-housing property | Marcus & Millichap’s office lists multifamily, manufactured homes and seniors housing among its asset types across Washington State. | Marcus & Millichap |
| An owner who wants an independent West Coast firm | Kidder Mathews calls itself the largest fully independent commercial real estate firm in the Western U.S. | Kidder Mathews |
National firms in Seattle
Scores are firm-wide, the same as on the main ranking. They do not rate the Seattle office.
| Firm | Local office | What the local page says | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CBRE 7.8/10 · Recommend | 1420 5th Avenue, Suite 3800, Seattle, WA 98101; 929 108th Ave NE, Suite 700, Bellevue, WA 98004 | Calls itself the Puget Sound region’s leading provider for over a century (its claim). Also lists a Tacoma office. | Local page |
| JLL 7.5/10 · Recommend | Local team confirmed on JLL’s location page (no street address listed there) | Its Seattle-Bellevue page lists location advice, investment transactions and development consulting. | Local page |
| Cushman & Wakefield 6.5/10 · Conditional recommend | 601 Union Street, Suite 1100, Seattle, WA 98101 | Names Amazon, Microsoft and Starbucks among the region’s major companies. | Local page |
| Colliers 6.8/10 · Conditional recommend | 601 Union Street, Suite 5300, Seattle, WA 98101; 11225 SE 6th Street, Suite 240, Bellevue, WA 98004 | Calls itself one of the leading providers in the Seattle MSA (its claim). Scott Blankenship is listed as Executive Managing Director and Market Leader, Puget Sound. | Local page |
| Newmark 5.8/10 · Not recommended | 1420 5th Ave, Suite 2600, Seattle, WA 98101 | Says it has had a Seattle presence for more than two decades. Charlie Farra is listed as Executive Vice President, Market Leader, Seattle & Bellevue. | Local page |
| Marcus & Millichap 5.2/10 · Not recommended | 401 Union Street, 32nd Floor, Seattle, WA 98101 | Investment sales across multifamily, office, retail, hospitality, land, net lease, self-storage, manufactured homes and seniors housing. | Local page |
Independent and regional firms
Profiled from each firm’s own pages. Not scored.
| Firm | Address | What the firm says | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avison Young Principal-owned international firm · not scored | 500 108th Ave. NE, Suite 1100, Bellevue, WA 98004 | Lists office, industrial, land and multifamily. | Firm page |
| Kidder Mathews Regional independent (West Coast and Texas) · not scored | 601 Union Street, Suite 2700, Seattle, WA 98101; 500 108th Avenue NE, Suite 2400, Bellevue, WA 98004 | Its office list also includes South Seattle, Tacoma and Olympia. The firm calls itself the largest fully independent commercial real estate firm in the Western U.S. | Firm page |
Left out: Colliers’ Seattle URLs failed to load; we used its Puget Sound page. Firms whose office pages we did not read for this market are not listed, and we have not yet checked local independent firms here. Office claims such as “leading” or “largest” are the firms’ own words.
Questions
Which national commercial brokerages have an office in Seattle?
All six firms in our national ranking list a local office or team: CBRE (1420 5th Avenue, Suite 3800, Seattle, WA 98101); JLL (team on its location page); Cushman & Wakefield (601 Union Street, Suite 1100, Seattle, WA 98101); Colliers (601 Union Street, Suite 5300, Seattle, WA 98101); Newmark (1420 5th Ave, Suite 2600, Seattle, WA 98101); Marcus & Millichap (401 Union Street, 32nd Floor, Seattle, WA 98101). Each is confirmed on the firm’s own site.
Which independent or regional firms are listed for Seattle?
We list Avison Young: Principal-owned international firm; Kidder Mathews: Regional independent (West Coast and Texas). They are profiled from their own pages and not scored.
How big is the Seattle metro area?
The Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area had an estimated 4,145,494 residents on July 1, 2024, per the U.S. Census Bureau. That makes it #15 among U.S. metro areas by population.
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Last verified 2026-10-20. Figures were re-read from the linked sources that day.
View changelog
- Seattle hub published. 8 firms, each local office checked on the firm’s own site.
Sources
- JLL Seattle location page · accessed 2026-10-20
- CBRE Seattle office page · accessed 2026-10-20
- Colliers Puget Sound city page · accessed 2026-10-20
- Kidder Mathews office locations page · accessed 2026-10-20
- Avison Young Seattle location page · accessed 2026-10-20
- Cushman & Wakefield Seattle office page · accessed 2026-10-20
- Newmark Seattle office page · accessed 2026-10-20
- Marcus & Millichap Seattle office page · accessed 2026-10-20
- Kidder Mathews About page · accessed 2026-10-20
- U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 metro area population estimates (cbsa-est2024-alldata.csv) · accessed 2026-10-20