2024 Top Retail Design Firms
Ranking highlights a resilient industry that has continued weathering the storm despite ongoing challenges and industry shifts
FOR ANOTHER YEAR in a row, VMSD has ranked the top retail design firms from around the world as part of the annual “Design Firm” issue.
Now in its 30th year, and based on submitted design firm fees from the previous year (2023), this ranking highlights a resilient industry that has continued weathering the storm despite ongoing challenges and industry shifts. A comprehensive listing of national and international interior design, architecture firms, engineering firms and independent designers can be found (year-round) on vmsd.com by visiting vmsd.com/resource-guide.
Information included in this ranking was provided by individual firms and has not been independently verified by VMSD magazine. For information about the 2025 guide, please contact VMSD Managing Editor Olivia Taylor at olivia.taylor@smartworkmedia.com.
NBA STORE OXFORD STREET. Designed by Gensler. PHOTO: MARIA FRANCESCA MARETTI/COURTESY OF GENSLER
| RANK | COMPANY/FIRM NAME | 2023 DESIGN FEES |
| 1 | Gensler | $212,871,231.00 |
| 2 | Henderson Engineers | $85,000,000.00 |
| 3 | JLL Design Solutions | $70,000,000.00 |
| 4 | WD Partners | $63,500,000.00 |
| 5 | MG2 | $59,673,000.00 |
| 6 | Arcadis | $59,497,927.00 |
| 7 | Core States Group | $54,863,141.30 |
| 8 | NELSON Worldwide | $49,000,000.00 |
| 9 | Benchmark Group, Inc. | $37,000,000.00 |
| 10 | MBH Architects | $36,387,989.00 |
| 11 | Little Diversified Architectural Consulting Inc. | $33,475,000.00 |
| 12 | Larson Design Group (LDG) | $32,688,503.00 |
| 13 | GPD GROUP | $30,200,000.00 |
| 14 | Sargenti Architects | $28,000,000.00 |
| 15 | Chipman Design Architecture | $26,700,000.00 |
| 16 | ChangeUp | $26,000,000.00 |
| 17 | NORR LLC | $25,000,000.00 |
| 18 | RDC | $23,000,000.00 |
| 19 | ms consultants, inc. | $20,800,000.00 |
| 20 | JGA Inc., a ChaseDesign Company | $19,800,000.00 |
| 21 | Onyx Creative Inc. | $15,478,891.00 |
| 22 | Bergmeyer | $11,348,147.00 |
| 23 | Rebel Design+Group | $11,267,899.00 |
| 24 | TRG – The Retail Group | $10,136,447.00 |
| 25 | AGAR | $10,000,000.00 |
| 26 | RGLA Solutions | $8,100,000.00 |
| 27 | LGA Partners | $7,933,000.00 |
| 28 | api(+) | $6,000,000.00 |
| 29 | Graphite Design Group | $3,795,000.00 |
| 30 | Oculus Inc. | $3,673,700.00 |
| 31 | KTGY | $3,425,000.00 |
| 32 | Benoy | $3,046,000.00 |
| 33 | FRDC (Future Research Design Company) | $2,815,000.00 |
| 34 | Finn Daniels Architects | $2,523,257.00 |
| 35 | Kraido | $2,200,000.00 |
| 36 | Four Dimensions Retail Design India Pvt. Ltd. | $1,935,128.00 |
| 37 | William Duff Architects | $1,871,766.67 |
| 38 | Verdant Studio | $1,560,000.00 |
| 39 | Quinine | $1,212,000.00 |
| 40 | Jencen Architecture | $1,073,400.00 |
| 41 | retail REHAB | $980,000.00 |
| 42 | Neon Carrot | $780,000.00 |
| 43 | Design Well Spent | $714,130.00 |
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