2012 Second 100 Interior Design Giants
Reasons for optimism are trending in the statistics for the second 100 Interior Design Giants firms. Total revenue for the second 100 Giants jumped to $887 million in 2011 from $686 million in 2010. That’s 29 percent. And the 2012 forecasts call for $936 million. Meanwhile, design fees rose $21 million, to $299 million. Firms installed a cool $8 billion worth of product and forecast $9.3 billion for next time. Average revenue-per-head also rose $13,000, to $167,000, and revenue-per-foot rose $1, to $98. The total number of projects made a wild leap, up 3,161 to 9,996. Firms expect 10,500 projects in 2012.
Notably, the most admired firms as voted by the 2012 second 100 Giants are Gensler, Tonychi & Associates, Yabu Pushelberg, and Rockwell Group.
We can cap all those promising stats with perhaps the most telling indicator, revenue growth. Compared to the dark days when a mere seven of the firms reported positive growth, there are now 50. So why does that rogue wave of uncertainty persist? Numbers, unlike politicians, don’t lie. The second 100 Giants have had a good run that looks likely to continue.
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| Rank 2012 |
Firm Name | State or Country | Design Fees in Millions |
Value of Work Installed in Millions | Square Feet in Millions | Design Staff | Rank in 2011 | Projects |
| 101 | HMC Architects | CA | $5.500 | NR | NR | 27 | 57 | View Photos |
| 102 | Chute Gerdeman Retail | OH | $5.490 | NR | 0.62 | 35 | 90 | View Photos |
| 103 | WATG | CA | $5.400 | NR | NR | 39 | 107 | View Photos |
| 104 | Wolcott Architecture Interiors | CA | $5.396 | $95.000 | 2.00 | 42 | 93 | View Photos |
| 105 | Margulies Perruzzi Architects | MA | $5.299 | $80.000 | 0.80 | 26 | 113 | View Photos |
| 106 | Elkus Manfredi Architects | MA | $5.249 | NR | 1.21 | 27 | – | View Photos |
| 107 | Ratcliff | CA | $5.005 | NR | 1.50 | 4 | – | View Photos |
| 108 | FXFOWLE Architects | NY | $5.000 | $100.000 | 0.45 | 19 | 98 | View Photos |
| 109 | INTERPRISE | TX | $5.000 | $43.000 | 3.20 | 29 | 94 | View Photos |
| 110 | Hendrick | GA | $4.962 | $99.000 | 4.00 | 28 | 111 | View Photos |
| 111 | LPA | CA | $4.900 | $116.766 | 2.09 | 27 | 117 | View Photos |
| 112 | Reel Grobman & Associates | CA | $4.900 | $102.000 | 2.04 | 30 | 127 | View Photos |
| 113 | Symmes Maini & McKee Associates | MA | $4.725 | $63.000 | 2.50 | 25 | 104 | |
| 114 | Whitney | IL | $4.722 | $65.000 | 3.20 | 27 | 108 | View Photos |
| 115 | Davis, Carter, Scott | VA | $4.617 | NR | NR | 18 | 96 | View Photos |
| 116 | Dyer Brown & Associates | MA | $4.600 | $44.000 | 2.50 | 22 | 130 | View Photos |
| 117 | INTEC Group | VA | $4.527 | $65.000 | NR | 20 | – | VIew Photos |
| 118 | STG Design | TX | $4.500 | $65.000 | 1.20 | 33 | 121 | View Photos |
| 119 | JOI-Design Interior Architects | Germany | $4.500 | $60.000 | NR | 36 | 115 | View Photos |
| 120 | Anderson Mikos Architects | IL | $4.446 | $35.750 | 1.00 | 17 | 77 | View Photos |
| 121 | Tsoi/Kobus & Associates | MA | $4.431 | $65.200 | 0.22 | 7 | 102 | View Photos |
| 122 | Arcturis | MO | $4.409 | $75.000 | 0.95 | 46 | 116 | View Photos |
| 123 | Looney & Associates | TX | $4.400 | $650.000 | 3.50 | 27 | 129 | View Photos |
| 124 | H. Hendy Associates | CA | $4.200 | $45.000 | 2.20 | 26 | 128 | View Photos |
| 125 | AAI | CA | $4.100 | $300.000 | 3.00 | 19 | 134 | View Photos |
| 126 | Loffredo Brooks Architects | NY | $3.900 | $150.000 | 1.25 | 18 | 139 | View Photos |
| 127 | edg (China) Corporation | China | $3.895 | NR | NR | 102 | 177 | View Photos |
| 128 | JRS Architect | NY | $3.800 | $45.000 | 0.68 | 20 | 67 | View Photos |
| 129 | Legat Architects | IL | $3.745 | $74.500 | 3.73 | 5 | 161 | View Photos |
| 130 | Carrier Johnson + CULTURE | CA | $3.715 | $183.750 | 1.86 | 13 | 122 | View Photos |
| 131 | Sasaki Associates | MA | $3.700 | $110.000 | 2.40 | 17 | 112 | View Photos |
| 132 | J. Banks Design Group | SC | $3.600 | $3.600 | 0.85 | 21 | 137 | View Photos |
| 133 | EDG Interior Architecture and Design | CA | $3.463 | $14.000 | 0.40 | 28 | 148 | |
| 134 | Montgomery Roth Architecture & Interior Design | TX | $3.349 | NR | NR | 15 | 151 | View Photos |
| 135 | Sargenti Architects | NJ | $3.341 | $118.412 | 3.05 | 37 | 132 | View Photos |
| 136 | lauckgroup | TX | $3.300 | $225.000 | 1.50 | 27 | 143 | |
| 137 | CetraRuddy | NY | $3.300 | $25.000 | 0.25 | 10 | – | View Photos |
| 138 | TRO Jung|Brannen | MA | $3.256 | $178.093 | 1.18 | 13 | 110 | View Photos |
| 139 | Slifer Designs | CO | $3.255 | $9.560 | NR | 15 | 133 | View Photos |
| 140 | Rowland + Broughton Architecture | CO | $3.206 | $96.198 | 0.35 | 21 | – | View Photos |
| 141 | Design Development Company | CA | $3.200 | $30.000 | 0.50 | 8 | 120 | |
| 142 | Kay Lang + Associates | CA | $3.200 | NR | NR | 18 | 144 | View Photos |
| 143 | DMR Architects | NJ | $3.045 | $46.600 | 0.37 | 15 | 183 | View Photos |
| 144 | MSA Planning + Design | CA | $3.021 | $49.500 | 1.83 | 22 | 124 | View Photos |
| 145 | RD Jones & Associates | MD | $3.000 | NR | NR | 19 | 162 | View Photos |
| 146 | Mojo Stumer Associates Architects | NY | $2.900 | $38.000 | 0.24 | 23 | 145 | View Photos |
| 147 | Philpotts & Associates | HI | $2.853 | $3.811 | NR | 19 | 156 | View Photos |
| 148 | Brereton Architects | CA | $2.800 | $60.000 | 0.95 | 26 | 150 | View Photos |
| 149 | RLF | FL | $2.800 | $59.856 | 2.82 | 14 | 149 | View Photos |
| 150 | Goettsch Partners | IL | $2.723 | $32.000 | 0.30 | 11 | 152 | |
| 151 | sfa design | CA | $2.700 | $8.235 | NR | 15 | 136 | View Photos |
| 152 | J.T. Nakaoka Associates Architects | CA | $2.676 | NR | NR | 13 | 158 | View Photos |
| 153 | JBrice Design International | MA | $2.651 | $220.000 | 1.55 | 12 | – | View Photos |
| 154 | GBD Architects | OR | $2.615 | NR | NR | 8 | 157 | |
| 155 | api(+) | FL | $2.560 | NR | 1.99 | 17 | 176 | |
| 156 | Hopping Kovach Grinnell Design Consultants | Canada | $2.500 | $75.000 | 0.85 | 57 | 147 | View Photos |
| 157 | Loebl Schlossman & Hackl | IL | $2.485 | $80.000 | 0.52 | 6 | 123 | View Photos |
| 158 | ABA Design Studio | NV | $2.410 | $32.000 | NR | 13 | – | |
| 159 | Simeone Deary Design Group | IL | $2.400 | NR | NR | 17 | 186 | View Photos |
| 160 | Heitz Parsons Sadek | FL | $2.380 | $21.000 | 0.75 | 29 | 125 | View Photos |
| 161 | PDT International | FL | $2.351 | $300.000 | 1.00 | 30 | – | View Photos |
| 162 | L2Partridge | PA | $2.263 | $23.200 | 0.47 | 18 | 168 | View Photos |
| 163 | Design Directions International | GA | $2.250 | $55.000 | 1.55 | 7 | 179 | |
| 164 | Orsini Design Associates | NY | $2.233 | $25.000 | NR | 6 | 153 | |
| 165 | Klawiter and Associates | CA | $2.210 | $38.000 | 0.44 | 10 | 160 | View Photos |
| 166 | Indidesign | CA | $2.200 | $190.000 | 0.60 | 10 | 171 | View Photos |
| 167 | Stephen B. Jacobs Group | NY | $2.200 | $180.000 | 1.00 | 6 | 138 | View Photos |
| 168 | Dawson Design Associates | WA | $2.200 | $100.000 | NR | 16 | 187 | View Photos |
| 169 | Cleo Design | NV | $2.104 | NR | NR | 12 | 193 | View Photos |
| 170 | Meyer Design | PA | $2.095 | $24.000 | 1.75 | 22 | 135 | View Photos |
| 171 | WHR Architects | TX | $2.092 | $335.623 | 1.78 | 12 | 45 | View Photos |
| 172 | BURKETTDESIGN | CO | $2.082 | $63.916 | 1.28 | 25 | 142 | |
| 173 | Puccini Group | CA | $2.040 | $28.000 | 0.11 | 19 | 163 | View Photos |
| 174 | CMMI | GA | $2.012 | $35.000 | 0.98 | 17 | 154 | |
| 175 | DAS Architects | PA | $2.010 | $30.000 | 0.20 | 14 | 169 | View Photos |
| 176 | BG Studio International | NY | $2.000 | $5.000 | 0.10 | 10 | 199 | View Photos |
| 177 | Hixson Architecture, Engineering, Interiors | OH | $2.000 | NR | NR | 15 | 182 | |
| 178 | Polytech Associates | CA | $2.000 | NR | NR | 10 | 165 | View Photos |
| 179 | ADM Group | AZ | $1.864 | $42.359 | 0.21 | 10 | 173 | View Photos |
| 180 | Graham Downes Architecture | CA | $1.800 | NR | NR | 14 | 164 | |
| 181 | Rowland Design | IN | $1.773 | NR | NR | 15 | 175 | View Photos |
| 182 | Shea | MN | $1.600 | $28.000 | 0.28 | 17 | 159 | View Photos |
| 183 | Abel Design Group | TX | $1.547 | NR | NR | 12 | 189 | View Photos |
| 184 | Hatch Design Group | CA | $1.533 | $54.260 | 0.20 | 18 | 180 | View Photos |
| 185 | MHTN Architects | UT | $1.512 | $38.883 | 1.80 | 4 | 178 | |
| 186 | Yates-Silverman | NV | $1.500 | NR | NR | 14 | – | |
| 187 | Interform Commercial Interiors | CA | $1.482 | $27.000 | 0.44 | 8 | 184 | |
| 188 | Marvin Stein & Associates | WA | $1.466 | $40.000 | 0.60 | 11 | 188 | View Photos |
| 189 | Alan Gaynor + Company | NY | $1.449 | $38.430 | 0.83 | 14 | 191 | View Photos |
| 190 | Design Collective Incorporated | OH | $1.441 | $12.500 | NR | 10 | 185 | View Photos |
| 191 | IEI Group | PA | $1.440 | $25.000 | 1.70 | 11 | 172 | View Photos |
| 192 | Applied Design Initiative | NY | $1.410 | $18.000 | 0.33 | 14 | – | View Photos |
| 193 | FME Architecture + Design | CA | $1.396 | NR | NR | 7 | 181 | |
| 194 | Dreamtime Australia Design | Australia | $1.350 | $18.000 | 0.06 | 9 | – | |
| 195 | GH2 ARCHITECTS | OK | $1.350 | NR | NR | 23 | 196 | View Photos |
| 196 | Cagley & Tanner | NV | $1.300 | $25.000 | 0.30 | 12 | – | View Photos |
| 197 | Faulkner Design Group | TX | $1.300 | $3.750 | 0.18 | 13 | 198 | View Photos |
| 198 | Floss Barber | PA | $1.300 | NR | 0.50 | 10 | 194 | View Photos |
| 199 | Group One Partners | MA | $1.264 | $140.000 | NR | 15 | – | View Photos |
| 200 | Spacesmith | NY | $1.232 | $15.000 | 0.15 | 13 | 190 | View Photos |
| Fees, value installed, and square feet installed are in millions. | ||||||||
| NR = not reported | ||||||||
