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 valuing, buying, selling, developing, financing, and insuring activities for various businesses; and project management, 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 under the Venners brand; 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 Vennersys brand. The company was founded in 1846 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.