Bean Group Named to Inc. 5000

Bean Group Named to Inc. 5000

Bean Group Named to Prestigious Inc. 5000 with $9.5 Million in Revenue

Portsmouth, NH, Aug. 31, 2011 – Bean Group announced it has been named to the Inc. 500|5000 list, a ranking of the nation’s most entrepreneurial and fastest growing companies in America. Bean Group is the only residential brokerage firm in New England to be named to this prestigious list, ranking 31 in the entire national Real Estate category.

"It is a great honor for Bean Group to be part of the Inc. 5000 list,” said Michael Bean, CEO and Founder of Bean Group. “We attribute our ranking to our proprietary marketing, adoption of the latest Internet technologies and investing in the most talented people in the real estate industry. Despite a down market nationwide, Bean Group has expanded our footprint across New England, and we look forward to continuing that trend.”

Since it was founded in 2003, Bean Group has demonstrated exceptional growth and has increased sales year over year since inception. The company reported $9.5 million in revenue in 2010 and recently surpassed $1.2 billion in closed real estate transactions.

The company has also been recognized by REAL Trends for the third consecutive year and named to the 2011 Real Trends 500 list of largest brokers in the U.S. The REAL Trends 500 is an annual research report which identifies the largest and most successful residential firms in the U.S. and represents the most trusted standard of measuring the performance of the nation’s leading realty service firms.

Bean Group now has 12 locations in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. Over the past 12 months, Bean Group has opened offices in Newburyport, Massachusetts, York, Maine, Dover, New Hampshire and Bondville (Stratton), Vermont.

About Bean Group

Bean Group (www.beangroup.com) is a leading real estate firm serving real estate customers in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont, and is the largest independent real estate brokerage in New Hampshire.