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Second 100 Interior Design Giants 2012

Mike Zimmerman and Wing Leung -- Interior Design, 7/1/2012 2:00:00 AM

Allure Waikiki in Honolulu is by Philpotts & Associates. Photo by Eric Staudenmaier.

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	State	Design Fees in Millions	Work Installed Value in Millions	Square Feet in Millions	Design Staff	Rank 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	NR	28	111	View Photos

Fees, value installed, and square feet installed are in millions.
NR = Not Reported.

See complete list of Second 100 Interior Design 2012 Giants here.

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