Christie Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of professional services for the hospitality, leisure, healthcare, medical, childcare and education, and retail sectors in Europe and internationally. It operates in three segments: Professional & Financial Services; Stock & Inventory Systems & Services; and Other. The company engages in the business intelligence business comprising valuing, buying, selling, developing, financing, and insuring activities for various businesses; and provision of business appraisal and project management services, as well as building monitoring and surveying, professional agency, consultancy and valuation, and insurance services under the Christie & Co, Christie Finance, Christie Insurance, and Pinders brands. It also offers consultancy and compliance services including control audits and live event stocktaking, and software and systems, that enables real-time management reporting to customers; valuation and stocktaking, and supply chain auditing services; and online cloud-based ticketing sale and admission system services to visitor attractions, such as historic houses and estates, museums, zoos, safari parks, aquaria, and cinemas under the Venners, Orridge, and Vennersys brands. The company was founded in 1846 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.