What's In The Cards For 2025 For Design Build?
For Pro Remodeler's third annual Thought Leader Predictions, the editorial team gathered insights from more than 40 design-build and home improvement business leaders nationwide.
This hand-selected group represents top organizations in terms of size, revenue, and out-of-the-box thinking. They’re the ones testing out never-before-seen technologies—or creating their own—and all share a hunger for growth, people development, and positively changing the way remodeling is done.
What we heard ran the gamut, from continued caution in 2025 to robust growth. But consistently noted were plans to increase marketing, invest in AI, and watch for upcoming challenges, such as potential tariffs and increasing costs.
Amazingly, the average growth projections reported by respondents from both design build and home improvement is identical to last year, right down to the decimal point.
Modesty for Design Build
Moving into 2025, it’s all about reaping investments sowed in 2024 or doubling down on expendi-tures aimed at spurring growth, specifically with hiring.
On average, the design-build Thought Leaders surveyed are set to grow sales revenue by 10.7% in 2025. Half reported projections for flat, or single-digit, growth. The majority of firms who plan to grow also plan to increase marketing budgets and job size. Many report healthier client conversa-tions in late 2024 for projects into 2025.
Also notable on the design-build side: Over half of respondents report they are looking inward at every process and client touchpoint to find solutions for bottlenecks and to become more efficient.
Read what these design-build leaders say they have planned for the upcoming year:
Bruce Case, President, Case Remodelers & Architects
Allison Iantosca, Partner, President, F.H. Perry Builder
Chris Payson, President, COCOON