What studioSIX5 does

StudioSIX5 is a privately held, founder-led commercial interior design firm headquartered in Austin, Texas, founded in 2004. The firm serves B2B clients — primarily developers, operators, property managers, and architects — across five verticals: senior living (its lead vertical), multifamily, student living, hospitality, and build-to-rent. Over more than 20 years, it has built a portfolio of 700+ executed projects spanning 38 U.S. states, Japan, and Canada, with named enterprise clients including Greystar, Kisco Senior Living, Sequoia Living, Benchmark Senior Living, Lynd Living, Embrey, LCS Development, and the University of Tennessee.

The firm's core offering is an integrated, in-house "design-to-deliver" ecosystem spanning six service lines: interior design, 3D visualization (including VR/AR walkthroughs), FF&E procurement, product design, branding, and renovations. It layers digital twin technology onto its design workflow, creating data-rich virtual models that simulate space function, workflows, staffing models, and resident engagement patterns before construction, and it uses AI tools for trend forecasting and space optimization. In-house procurement leverages annual purchasing volume to negotiate manufacturer discounts and lock in pre-price-increase pricing for clients.

StudioSIX5 operates a sales-led, project-based revenue model with custom per-project B2B pricing tied to scope, square footage, and vertical, supplemented by procurement markups on furniture, fixtures, and equipment. The firm markets through thought-leadership content on its /news-insights blog, social channels (LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, Spotify), industry events such as SXSW and EFAcon, and a portfolio website. No public pricing or revenue is disclosed, and ownership appears entirely founder- and employee-controlled with no outside capital referenced in the source data.

Name

studioSIX5

Legal name

StudioSIX5

Website

https://studiosix5.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

StudioSIX5 is a privately held Austin-based commercial interior design firm offering integrated design, 3D visualization, FF&E procurement, product design, branding, and renovation services to B2B developers, operators, and property managers across senior living, multifamily, student living, hospitality, and build-to-rent markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Commercial Interior Design Services: StudioSIX5 generates revenue through professional design services including interior design, 3D visualization, FF&E procurement, product design, branding, and renovation services for commercial real estate projects. Revenue is project-based, typically structured as design fees and procurement markups on furniture, fixtures, and equipment for B2B clients in senior living, multifamily, student living, hospitality, and build-to-rent markets.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

StudioSIX5 is a full-service commercial interior design firm providing in-house interior design, 3D visualization (including VR/AR), FF&E procurement, product design, branding, and renovation services for B2B clients. The firm specializes in senior living, multifamily, student living, hospitality, and build-to-rent markets, leveraging digital twin technology and AI-enhanced tools to validate designs, optimize spaces, and deliver integrated design-to-installation projects across 38 U.S. states, Japan, and Canada.

Product overview

StudioSIX5 is an award-winning global commercial interior design firm offering a comprehensive suite of in-house services including Interior Design, Visualization (3D rendering and VR/AR), Procurement (FF&E), Product Design, Branding, and Renovations. The firm specializes in four primary markets: Senior Living, Multifamily, Student Living, and Hospitality (including Build-to-Rent developments). Rather than a software platform, StudioSIX5 provides integrated design-to-deliver services where these six service areas work cohesively under one roof to deliver complete interior design projects from concept through installation. The visualization service supports marketing efforts while the procurement and product design teams handle furnishings and custom product development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Interior Design Core interior design service crafting spaces that resonate with client stories and brand identities across senior living, multifamily, student living, hospitality, and build-to-rent markets. Provided to enterprise developers, operators, and property managers as part of an integrated design-to-delivery workflow.
• Visualization 3D rendering and visualization services producing photorealistic renderings, immersive VR/AR experiences, and digital twin walkthroughs that bring design concepts to life for marketing collateral and stakeholder decision-making across B2B projects.
• Procurement In-house FF&E (Furnishings, Fixtures & Equipment) procurement services that manage vendor relationships, logistics, and installation for B2B clients, leveraging annual purchasing volume to negotiate discounts and lock in pricing before manufacturer-announced increases.
• Product Design Custom furnishings and product design service that studies future design trends and develops custom products optimized for production efficiency, aligned with end-user needs and project aesthetics across B2B design engagements.
• Branding Brand identity and development service that crafts cohesive brand experiences resonating with client narratives, applying the same design philosophy used in interiors to maintain consistent perception across all customer touchpoints for B2B clients.
• Renovations Interior design renovation service transforming existing senior living, multifamily, hospitality, and student living communities through strategic space planning, common area transformations, and modernization while respecting budgetary and time constraints for B2B operators.

Quantifiable outcome

• Digital twins reduce costly change orders by identifying design misalignments, operational bottlenecks, and technology conflicts during the design phase before construction begins
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers22 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Kwalu FurnitureminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023StudioSIX5 and Kwalu Furniture partnered to create a collaborative booth at #EFAcon (2023), where StudioSIX5 provided expert color and FF&E selections while Kwalu contributed furniture expertise. The collaboration drew inspiration from the Color of the Year and Lunar New Year themes, incorporating vendor partners including Shaw carpet, Dye Lab, Pantone, Viva Magenta, Sherwin Williams, Redend Point, Behr Paint, Blank Canvas, Benjamin Moore, Raspberry Blysh, PPG Paint, and Vining Ivy.
• Dementia OutfitterscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStudioSIX5 has formed a strategic partnership with Dementia Outfitters, founded by renowned gerontologist and dementia care expert Juliet Holt Klinger. The collaboration aims to reimagine memory care design and advance a new standard of human-centered environments where design and care are seamlessly integrated. The partnership combines StudioSIX5's award-winning interior design expertise with Dementia Outfitters' research-grounded dementia care consulting to deliver holistic memory care community solutions from concept to completion.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• DLR Group: DLR Group is an integrated design firm offering architecture and interior design with strong senior living, hospitality, and multifamily practices — comparable in service breadth to StudioSIX5 but operating at materially larger scale.
• Perkins&Will: Perkins&Will is a large international architecture firm with an active interior design practice serving senior living, multifamily, hospitality, and student living — directly overlapping StudioSIX5's vertical portfolio at a much larger scale.
• Gensler: Gensler is the largest global architecture and design firm with a deep interior design practice across hospitality, residential, and commercial real estate. It is a broad incumbent whose interior design teams compete for many of the same enterprise clients as StudioSIX5.
• HKS: HKS is a major architecture firm with significant senior living and hospitality practices. It frequently bundles interior design with base-building work, putting it in competition with specialty studios like StudioSIX5 for operator-driven projects.

Direct peers

• Boulder Associates: Boulder Associates is an architecture and interior design firm focused on senior living, healthcare, and memory care communities. It competes head-to-head with StudioSIX5 for senior living operator mandates and shares a similar vertical-specialization profile.
• Cuningham: Cuningham is a design firm with strong practices in senior living, hospitality, and multifamily — overlapping directly with three of StudioSIX5's five primary verticals and offering integrated architecture and interior design services.
• Lantz-Boggio Architects: Lantz-Boggio is a senior living-focused architecture and interior design firm with decades of experience in independent living, assisted living, and memory care — a direct competitor for the same operator-client base StudioSIX5 serves.
• RDG Planning & Design: RDG Planning & Design is a multi-disciplinary design firm offering architecture, interior design, and branding across senior living, hospitality, and multifamily, comparable in service breadth and vertical focus to StudioSIX5.
• RLPS Architects: RLPS is an architecture and interior design firm specializing in senior living, hospitality, and multifamily projects. It directly competes with StudioSIX5 in senior living interior design for operators across the U.S. East Coast and beyond.

Regional players

• Page: Page is an Austin-headquartered architecture and engineering firm with interior design capabilities in hospitality, multifamily, and senior living — directly competing with StudioSIX5 in its home Austin/Texas market and across overlapping regional client bases.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/studiosix5
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/studiosix5
• Instagraminstagram.com/studio_six5/?hl=en
• Pinterestpin.it/3CRelGdtt
• Xx.com/studiosix5

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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