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New Zealand real estate company
Barfoot & Thompson is New Zealand's largest privately owned, non-franchised real estate company, based in Auckland, New Zealand. The company is family owned and operated and is still run by the same Barfoot and Thompson families that started the business in the 1920s. The current directors are Peter Thompson (managing director) and Stephen Barfoot, and the chief executive officer is Chris Dobbie.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Barfoot & Thompson is New Zealand's largest privately owned, non-franchised real estate company, based in Auckland, New Zealand. The company is family owned and operated and is still run by the same Barfoot and Thompson families that started the business in the 1920s. The current directors are Peter Thompson (managing director) and Stephen Barfoot, and the chief executive officer is Chris Dobbie.2
Barfoot & Thompson was established by Val Barfoot in 1923 out of a tiny Newmarket land agency (purchased for just £75) and was originally called “V. Barfoot Land Agent”.
A year later, Val was joined by his older brother, Kelland, and the name changed to “Barfoot Bros”. In 1934, the Barfoot brothers were joined by Maurice Thompson, and in 1940, the business became “Barfoot & Thompson”, as it is known today.
From Wikipedia’s article on Barfoot & Thompson, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
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