CBI Group

What CBI Group does

CBI Group is an Austin, Texas-based office furniture solutions firm that operates under the CultureSpace brand. Founded in 1983, the company focuses on office furniture design, workspace space planning, and office relocation services, primarily serving enterprise customers in Texas. Its four showroom locations — San Antonio (headquarters and primary showroom), Austin, Dallas, and Houston — anchor a consultative enterprise field-sales motion in which prospects visit showrooms and engage in design consultations to specify furniture and demountable wall systems tailored to organizational culture.

The company's product portfolio spans demountable wall systems (with whiteboard, tack board, laminate, and glass finishes), acoustic sound-absorption panels and dividers, modern workstations with height-adjustable benching, mobile desks with casters and storage, privacy pods and meeting booths with integrated lighting, airflow, and power, conference and collaboration tables, modular and lounge seating, and biophilic design elements. These are physical product categories sourced and assembled rather than proprietary technology platforms; the firm acts as a specification dealer and designer rather than a manufacturer.

CBI Group generates revenue through one-time, project-based sales of office furniture combined with professional workspace design and consultation services. Pricing is quote-based and project-specific with no publicly listed tiers, and contracts are described as multi-year. The named enterprise customer base — including Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta LLP, PepsiCo, Caterpillar, Valero, Methodist Healthcare System, an unnamed university, Recurrent Energy, and ArchPoint Group — spans legal, consumer goods, industrial, energy, healthcare, education, and professional services sectors. The company is privately held with no disclosed funding, investor, or ownership hierarchy in the source material.

Name

CBI Group

Legal name

CultureSpace

Website

https://cbi-office.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CBI Group (operating as CultureSpace) is an Austin, Texas-based office furniture and workspace design firm founded in 1983, serving enterprise clients through four showrooms in San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, and Houston with demountable walls, acoustic systems, workstations, and privacy pods.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Office Furniture & Workspace Design Solutions

NAICS

Office Furniture (including Fixtures) Manufacturing (3372), Interior Design Services (54141)

SIC

Partitions, Shelvg, Lockers, & Office & Store Fixtures (2540), Office Furniture (2520)

akta.pro primary industry

Commercial Interior Fit-Out (Offices & Corporate) (IMAFANAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB), Office Furniture & Workspace Accessories Retail (CRALABAE)

Keywords

• Office furniture solutions
• Workspace design services
• Commercial furniture
• Modular office systems
• Office space planning

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Office Furniture Sales: One-time and project-based sales of office furniture including workstations, seating, tables, storage, and ancillary pieces. Sales occur through showroom consultations and custom design projects for enterprise clients.
2. Workspace Design Services: Professional design and consultation services to create customized workspace solutions aligned with organizational culture and goals.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CBI Group (operating as CultureSpace) sells and designs commercial office furniture and workspace solutions, including demountable walls, acoustic panels, modular workstations, height-adjustable benching, privacy pods, conference and collaboration tables, lounge and modular seating, and biophilic design elements. The firm delivers these through showroom-based consultation, custom space planning, and full project-based workspace design services for enterprise clients across Texas.

Product overview

CultureSpace offers office furniture and workspace solutions primarily serving the Texas market with showrooms in Austin, San Antonio, Houston, and Dallas. The company's product portfolio centers on workspace design solutions across categories including Innovative Wall Systems (demountable walls, acoustic panels, glass dividers), Modern Workstations (height-adjustable benching, mobile desks, cubicles), Privacy Solutions (pods, booths, meeting rooms), Collaborative Spaces (conference tables, collaboration tables, training tables), and Ancillary Furniture (lounge seating, modular seating, biophilic design elements). The offering is a collection of physical furniture products rather than a software platform, designed to help organizations create culture-driven workspaces that enhance innovation, productivity, privacy, creativity, flexibility, wellness, and engagement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Demountable Wall Systems
• Acoustic Sound Absorption Solutions
• Glass Divider Walls
• Modern Workstations (Cubicles)
• Privacy Pods and Meeting Booths
• Height-Adjustable Benching
• Mobile Desks
• Conference Tables
• Collaboration Tables
• Training Tables
• Lounge Furniture
• Modular Seating
• Biophilic Design Elements
• Workspace Design and Space Planning Services

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Steelcase: Largest global office furniture manufacturer, offering workstations, seating, walls, and architectural solutions. Comparable to CBI Group because it supplies many of the same product categories (workstations, modular walls, acoustic solutions) and competes for the same enterprise workspace design projects, though at a national/global scale.
• MillerKnoll: Formed from the merger of Herman Miller and Knoll, MillerKnoll is a major contract office furniture and design holding company. Highly comparable to CBI Group as it covers office furniture, demountable wall systems, seating, and integrated workspace design services for enterprise clients, but at vastly greater scale and with multiple direct brands.
• Haworth: Privately held office furniture manufacturer with deep portfolio in workstations, seating, walls, and architectural interiors. Comparable to CBI Group because it sells into the same enterprise contract furniture channel and offers many of the same modular wall, benching, and acoustic product categories.
• Kimball International: Diversified furniture manufacturer with strong office furniture, hospitality, and healthcare lines. Comparable to CBI Group because it supplies office casegoods, seating, and workstations that compete for the same enterprise furniture budgets, though it is a manufacturer rather than a regional dealer.
• OFS: Office furniture manufacturer (formerly part of Kimball) focused on casegoods, seating, tables, and healthcare/institutional furniture. Comparable to CBI Group because it produces many of the same office and institutional product categories and competes in the same contract furniture channel.
• Allsteel: Office furniture brand within HNI Corporation producing workstations, seating, and architectural products. Comparable to CBI Group because it competes for enterprise workspace projects with the same product mix of systems furniture, modular walls, and benching.
• Humanscale: Designer and manufacturer of ergonomic office furniture, seating, and monitor arms with a strong wellness and sustainability positioning. Comparable to CBI Group because it competes in the same enterprise ergonomic and wellness-driven office furniture category and is increasingly specified alongside demountable wall and benching projects.

Direct peers

• Workplace Resource: Office furniture dealer and workspace solutions provider serving enterprise clients across the U.S. Southeast and beyond. Directly comparable to CBI Group because it operates as a contract furniture dealer with showroom experience, project-based sales, and workspace design services — the same business model as CultureSpace.
• Interior Architects: Global commercial interior architecture and design firm focused on workplace, retail, and hospitality environments. Directly comparable to CBI Group because it provides workspace design, space planning, and furniture specification services for enterprise clients, often partnering with the same contract furniture manufacturers.
• Southwest Solutions Group: Commercial furniture, storage, and workspace solutions dealer operating across the southern U.S. Directly comparable to CBI Group because it sells office furniture, space planning, and installation services through regional offices — overlapping substantially with CultureSpace's project-based, consultative sales motion.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CBI_Office

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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