The Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers is a non-profit voluntary Professional Association set up in 1969 to cater for the interest of the landed profession in Nigeria. The Lagos Branch started as a group of Estate Surveyors & Valuers who came together to drive the formation of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers, as a professional body in Nigeria.

The Lagos State Branch grew and has become the strongest Branch of The Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers nationwide. From that humble beginning of a few members, the Branch presently has over 2,280 active members which comprises :- Fellows 192; Associates 1,615 ; Probationers/Graduate 473; apart from Students.