About Us

"The Bluefield Group" was founded by Michael Smith in Greenville, SC in 2017 as a real estate team under the umbrella of a big-box franchise brokerage. We helped 76 families buy or sell $13 million worth of real estate.

Our first full year in business, we began piecing together the organization by building our Marketing, Inside Sales, and Operations departments. We helped 118 families buy or sell $23 million worth of real estate.

We officially split from the franchise to become "Bluefield Realty Group," an independent brokerage. We launched our Property Management division, which was the first step toward our goal of building a "one-stop shop" offering ancillary services to better serve our clients' needs. We helped 191 families buy or sell $38 million worth of real estate.

Despite the socioeconomic chaos of the Coronavirus pandemic, we experienced year-over-year growth of over 150%. We launched "Bluefield Insurance Group," an independent insurance agency with access to numerous carriers with the goal of helping our clients find the right policy, at the right price, with the least amount of headache. We helped 453 families buy or sell $96 million worth of real estate. 

Bluefield made the Inc. 5000 list, which ranks the fastest-growing privately held companies in the United States. We ranked as the #1 real estate company in South Carolina, #8 in South Carolina across all industries, and #667 in the Country. We helped 1,078 families buy or sell $277 million worth of real estate.

Bluefield made the Inc. 5000 list for the second year in a row, ranked as the #1 fastest-growing privately held real estate company in South Carolina, #5 in South Carolina across all industries, and #580 in the Country. We also opened our first satellite office, located in Spartanburg, SC, and began hiring agents in the Columbia area to expand our reach into the Midlands. We helped 1,399 families buy or sell $409 million worth of real estate.

As interest rates soared to the highest levels in over twenty years, home sales nationwide experienced a dramatic decline of approximately 19%. In our flagship market of Greenville, SC, sales fell about 7% year-over-year. However, Bluefield was able to gain market share during the downturn, with unit sales down only 3.7% compared to 2022. We helped 1,347 families buy or sell $383 million worth of real estate.

Bluefield made the Inc. 5000 list for the third time, ranked as the #1 fastest-growing privately held real estate company in South Carolina, #17 in South Carolina across all industries, and #1,868 in the Country. We helped 1,474 families buy or sell $443 million worth of real estate.

Bluefield made the Inc. 5000 list for the fourth time, ranking again among the fastest-growing private companies in the United States. In October, we announced the launch of our HOA Management division. In November, we officially opened our third office, in the Columbia, SC market. In December, we announced the launch of Bluefield Mortgage Group. We helped 1,754 families buy or sell $552 million worth of real estate.

Bluefield made the Inc. 5000 list for the fifth time, demonstrating an incredibly rare capacity to sustain high growth over an extended period of time. In July, we opened our Clemson, SC office, our fourth brick-and-mortar location.