Keller Williams Realty

Keller Williams Realty is a real estate franchise organization in the United States and Canada. It has its headquarters in Austin, Texas. Gary W. Keller and Joe Williams co-founded Keller Williams Realty in 1983. The company began franchising in 1991 and expanded to Canada in 1998, with sales and commissions growth topping 700 percent since 1995. Keller Williams has grown from a single office in Austin to the largest real estate company in the United States and Canada, with over 80,000 agents.

Keller Williams Realty has seen growth in number of agents, market centers, closed units and closed gross commission income, under Keller's direction. In 2009, Keller Williams market centers generated combined profit of $80.1 million, in a year when almost every major franchise lost money. From 2008 to 2009, the company's agent count increased from 74,200 to 76,700.