The UK's largest property portal, run from Milton Keynes with offices in London and Newcastle, where agents advertise homes for sale and rent.
Rightmove runs the website and app where most people in the UK start looking for a home to buy or rent. Estate agents and developers pay to list properties, and home-hunters search them for free by area, price and features. Besides the main search, the company has built tools for the wider property world: a monthly House Price Index that tracks asking prices, a Rent Ready Passport for tenants, tenant referencing and rent guarantee services through a business it bought called Van Mildert, and a data company, The Outside View. It also owns a stake in a holiday lettings business.
Rightmove was set up in 2000 by four founding shareholders, the estate agency groups Countrywide and Connells, plus Halifax and Royal & Sun Alliance, and launched its website in July 2000. It joined the London Stock Exchange in 2006. Its stated vision is "to give everyone the belief they can make their move". Its mission is to make moving easier and simpler by being the best place people turn to and return to for tools, expertise and trust. A 2021 company article summed up the idea as "making home moving easier for everyone".
The company's registered office and main site is at Caldecotte Lake Business Park in Milton Keynes. It also has an office at Soho Square in London and one at Quorum Business Park in Newcastle. A 2021 article said software developers and product designers worked in Soho, customer service staff in Milton Keynes, and account managers across the UK. That article put staff at over 500, which is dated, so check the company's own site for today's number.
Rightmove says it has an open, collaborative culture built on the belief that everyone is in it together, and that it aims to be a supportive and inclusive employer with a diverse workforce. It describes a set of behaviours called the Rightmove Hows, although the list was not readable on the page we fetched. The company says it was named a Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2026 winner in both the Technology and Big Organisation categories. These are the company's own statements. Its chief executive is Johan Svanstrom, and its board chair is Andrew Fisher.
Because Rightmove is both a technology company and a sales business, it employs many kinds of people. Its leadership team includes roles for data, marketing, people, finance, operations and strategy. Below that sit software developers, data specialists, product designers, customer support staff, advertising sales teams and account managers who visit estate agents around the country. A 2021 company article described plans to grow its sales team and recruit in product development, data platforms and marketing. If you like computing, data, design or talking to businesses, there is likely a team that fits. The company's website lists current openings.
Website: www.rightmove.co.uk
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