FGIA

Name

FGIA

Website

https://fgiaonline.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

FGIA is a U.S.-based trade association founded in 2020 that delivers research, advocacy, and educational services on building material performance and skylight technology to fenestration and glazing industry stakeholders.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Schaumburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Core offering

FGIA is a trade association that delivers research, advocacy, and educational services focused on building material performance and skylight technology for the fenestration and glazing industry. It serves manufacturers, suppliers, and other industry stakeholders with technical resources, standards-related work, and programs that advance window, door, skylight, and curtain wall product performance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Industry Research on Building Material Performance Research services examining the performance of building materials used in the fenestration and glazing industry, intended for manufacturers, suppliers, and allied professionals seeking technical insight into window, door, skylight, and curtain wall performance.
• Skylight Technology Research and Advocacy Specialized research and advocacy work focused on skylight technology, supporting industry stakeholders involved in skylight design, manufacturing, and performance standards.
• Industry Advocacy Services Advocacy services representing the fenestration and glazing industry's interests on codes, standards, and regulatory matters affecting window, door, skylight, and curtain wall products.
• Industry Educational Programs Educational programming and resources designed to advance knowledge of fenestration, glazing, and skylight technology among industry professionals, manufacturers, and suppliers.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Broad incumbents

• American Institute of Architects: AIA is the primary professional association for licensed architects in the U.S. and influences building product specifications through education, advocacy, and continuing education programs. It is a broad incumbent comparable to FGIA because architects are key specifiers of skylight and fenestration products, and AIA engages in adjacent codes and standards advocacy.
• National Association of Home Builders: NAHB is the largest trade association representing the residential construction industry in the U.S. It is comparable to FGIA as a broader incumbent whose membership overlaps with FGIA's downstream customers (builders, remodelers), and which also engages in building codes advocacy and education across fenestration-related topics.
• Associated General Contractors of America: AGC is the leading trade association for commercial general contractors in the U.S. It is a broad incumbent comparable to FGIA because its members install skylights and other glazed products, and AGC engages in codes, standards, and workforce education adjacent to FGIA's mandate.

Direct peers

• American Architectural Manufacturers Association: AAMA is a long-standing fenestration industry association focused on material performance and standards for windows, doors, and skylights. It is directly comparable to FGIA as both address the same technical performance, standards, and advocacy topics for an overlapping membership base in the fenestration and glazing industry.
• National Fenestration Rating Council: NFRC administers a uniform, independent rating system for fenestration products including windows, doors, skylights, and curtain walls. It is directly comparable to FGIA because both operate at the intersection of fenestration performance standards and member certification, serving overlapping manufacturers and code officials.
• Window & Door Manufacturers Association: WDMA represents manufacturers of windows, doors, and skylights, and develops industry standards, certification programs, and advocacy efforts. It is a direct peer to FGIA, competing for the same fenestration manufacturer members and overlapping on standards and advocacy work.
• National Glass Association: The National Glass Association (NGA) is the primary trade association serving the North American glass and glazing industry, including fenestration. It directly overlaps with FGIA's member base of glass and glazing manufacturers, glazing contractors, and suppliers, and publishes competing technical resources and educational programs.
• Insulating Glass Manufacturers Alliance: IGMA serves manufacturers of insulating glass units and develops technical guidelines and educational programming for the insulating glass segment. It is directly comparable to FGIA, operating in the same fenestration value chain with overlapping technical and educational mandates.

Others

• Construction Specifications Institute: CSI develops master format specifications and education programs used across the built environment, including fenestration and glazing sections. It is an adjacent ecosystem participant comparable to FGIA because specifiers influence product selection for skylights and glazed assemblies, intersecting with FGIA's advocacy and education work.
• ASTM International: ASTM International develops voluntary consensus standards for building materials, including fenestration and glazing performance. It is comparable to FGIA as an adjacent ecosystem participant whose standards work overlaps with FGIA's technical and research mandate, though ASTM operates as a broader standards body rather than a competing trade association.

Market position

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/fgiaonline

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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