Christie Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides professional services for the hospitality, leisure, healthcare, medical, childcare, 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 various businesses; provision of appraisal and project management services, as well as professional agency, consultancy and valuation, and insurance services under the Christie & Co, Christie Finance, Christie Insurance, and Pinders brands. In addition, it offers consultancy and compliance services including control audits and live event stocktaking, valuation, 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.