The end of the year is a good time to look back and reflect on important trends and developments. Our ongoing Architonic Trend Analysis series has collected traffic information over the course of 2015 in order to offer you valuable insights into the architecture and design markets.

Based on the number of relevant search queries entered into the text-search field on architonic.com, we're able to present you with a ranking of 2015's Top 200 Brands, as drawn from our curated database of 1,500 premium brands. The list reveals the relative standing of brands across the board, ranging from the well-known, family-run businesses to the young, up-and-coming companies that were founded just a couple of years into the new millennium.

Rationale
Architonic is the world’s leading research tool for the specification of premium architectural and design products. Our curated database currently provides information about more than 200,000 products from 1,500 brands and 6,200 designers. 16 million architects, interior designers and design enthusiasts annually choose Architonic as their guide to the very best. This gives us an insight into developments in the architecture and design markets, which we are keen to share with our community.

Methodology
All traffic information was collected on architonic.com over the course of 2015. Limited to Architonic Member brands, the ranking is based on the number of relevant search queries entered in the text search field on architonic.com.