Allsop Commercial and Acuitus have increased their dominance over the commercial auction market.
As well as being the highest grossing auctioneer for 2014, Allsop Commercial posted a 38% increase on last year’s £379m total, raising 52% of the total market share – £524m.
Acuitus also saw a 36% increase on last year’s £176m raised, posting a total of £241m.
Following CBRE’s withdrawal from the auctions market in May, Acuitus’s market share was boosted to 24%.
Barnett Ross jumped from fourth to third place with a total of £64.5m, despite total sales dropping by 10% – down from last year’s total of £71m.
On average, commercial houses celebrated an 81% success rate and raised more than £1bn – a 17% improvement on 2013.
Osborne King achieved the highest success rate of the year, with 98.2%.
It moved up the table by one place from eighth to ninth with totals of £14m, a staggering 125% hike on last year’s takings of £7.8m.
| Rank 2014(13) | Auctioneer | Total raised |
|---|---|---|
| 1 (1) | Allsop Commercial | £524.1m |
| 2 (2) | Acuitus | £241.4m |
| 3 (4) | Barnett Ross | £64.5m |
| 4 (5) | Pugh & Company | £62m |
| 5 (6) | Lambert Smith Hampton | £48.4m |
| 6 (3) | CBRE | £23.3m |
| 7 (8) | Eddisons London | £17.6m |
| 8 (9) | Osborne King | £14m |
| 9 (7) | Roger Hannah Auctions | £11.4m |
