Hubbuch & Co

What Hubbuch & Co does

Hubbuch & Co (legal name Hubbuch & Company) is a privately held, family-owned architecture and interior design firm founded in 1933, headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky with a second office in Lexington. The firm delivers two integrated service lines — interior design and turn-key interior contracting — across residential, commercial/corporate, senior living/healthcare, schools/education, sports & gaming, and clubs verticals. Its professional staff holds AIA, Certified Interior Designer (CID), and NCARB credentials, and both offices maintain physical resource libraries that serve as client-facing inspiration venues.

The firm's customer base is overwhelmingly enterprise and institutional: named reference clients include Maker's Mark Distillery (40-year relationship including National Historic Landmark oversight), Churchill Downs Incorporated (23-year primary consultant relationship, including the disclosed $121M Racetrack Clubhouse renovation in 2005), GE Appliances/Monogram, Jim Beam (38,000 sq ft Global Innovation Center), Galt House Hotel, Trilogy Health Services (100+ senior living communities across five states), University of Louisville, Saint Xavier High School, Commonwealth Bank & Trust, and multiple private clubs. The integrated contracting arm — purchasing through installation of flooring, wallcovering, furnishings, and accessories — is unusual for a design firm and is presented as a differentiator.

Go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-based: bespoke project pricing (no public rates), multi-year contracts, direct outreach, and portfolio/referral-based acquisition. The company is privately held with no disclosed funding rounds, no M&A activity, no public filings, and no AI/ML capabilities disclosed. Headcount is 11–50 employees across two offices.

Name

Hubbuch & Co

Legal name

Hubbuch & Company

Website

https://hubbuch.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1933

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hubbuch & Co is a multi-disciplined interior design and architecture firm founded in 1933, serving corporate, institutional, and high-net-worth residential clients across 19 states from offices in Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky. The firm combines interior design with turn-key interior contracting services under family ownership.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Interior Design & Architecture Services

NAICS

Interior Design Services (541410), Architectural Services (541310), Construction (23)

SIC

Operative Builders (1531)

akta.pro primary industry

Residential Interior Fit-Out (Multi-Family & High-End) (IMAFANAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Specialty Finishes & Decorative Installations (Plaster, Stone Veneer, Feature Walls) (IMAFANAM)

Keywords

• Interior design services
• Interior contracting
• Architecture design
• Commercial space planning
• Residential interior design

Headquarters

HQ city

Lexington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Interior Design Services: Professional interior design services for corporate, financial, medical, educational, hospitality spaces and residences. Services span from conceptualization to installation with full project lifecycle management.
2. Interior Contracting: Turn-key interior contracting services including purchasing, receiving, inspection, and installation of flooring, fabric, wallcovering, window appointments, furnishings, office systems, and accessories for commercial and residential spaces.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Hubbuch & Co is a multi-disciplined interior design and architecture firm that handles all phases of design projects from conceptualization through installation. The firm delivers professional interior design services alongside turn-key interior contracting, including purchasing, receiving, inspection, and installation of flooring, fabric, wallcovering, window appointments, furnishings, office systems, and accessories for commercial and residential clients.

Product overview

Hubbuch & Co is a multi-disciplined interior design firm offering two primary service lines: Interior Design Services and Interior Contracting Services. The firm works across five specialized portfolio categories—Residential, Commercial, Senior Living, Schools, and Sports & Gaming, and Clubs—serving clients in corporate, financial, medical, educational, hospitality, and residential sectors. Founded in 1933, the firm employs professional staff including AIA members, Certified Interior Designers (CID), and NCARB-registered architects. The company operates from offices in Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky, with design centers featuring resource libraries for designers and clients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Interior Design Services Professional interior design services for corporate, financial, medical, educational, hospitality spaces, and residences, delivered by staff holding AIA, CID, and NCARB credentials. Projects span conceptualization, design development, and specification across commercial, residential, senior living, education, sports & gaming, and private club verticals.
• Interior Contracting Services Turn-key interior contracting services including purchasing, receiving, inspection, and installation of flooring, fabric, wallcovering, window appointments, furnishings, office systems, and accessories for commercial or residential spaces.

Named customers9 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Stantec: Global design and consulting firm with interior design, architecture, and project management services. Comparable across commercial, hospitality, education, and senior living verticals where Hubbuch operates, but at much larger scale with broader geographic and service-line reach.
• DLR Group: Integrated design firm offering architecture, engineering, planning, and interior design. Comparable as a design-build firm with interior design capabilities across commercial, education, healthcare, and senior living sectors overlapping with Hubbuch's portfolio.
• WATG: Global hospitality-focused architecture and interior design firm. Comparable due to Hubbuch's significant hotel and hospitality work (e.g., 1,300-room Galt House Hotel renovation), and represents the leading large-scale specialist in luxury hospitality design that Hubbuch competes against for premium hotel projects.
• Leo A Daly: Architecture and engineering firm with interior design practice. Comparable as a multi-discipline firm serving hospitality, education, healthcare, and senior living clients; similarly family-influenced culture and a long operating history make it a useful benchmark for Hubbuch's positioning.
• CannonDesign: Integrated design firm offering architecture, engineering, and interior design. Comparable as a multi-discipline design firm serving healthcare, education, senior living, and commercial clients with an integrated design-build approach similar to Hubbuch's model.
• SRG Partnership: Architecture firm with strong healthcare, education, and senior living practices. Comparable due to Hubbuch's substantial senior living portfolio (100+ Trilogy communities) and education work (Saint Xavier, University of Louisville); SRG is a relevant competitor for similar developer-led healthcare and senior living design engagements.
• Gensler: Global leader in architecture, interior design, and consulting. Highly comparable as the largest full-service design firm offering interior design and architecture across commercial, hospitality, sports, and senior living sectors that Hubbuch also serves, though at vastly greater scale and geographic reach.
• HOK: Global architecture, design, and engineering firm. Comparable as a major design-build player with sports, healthcare, education, and commercial practices that parallel Hubbuch's diversified portfolio, including the sports venue design work Hubbuch performs for Churchill Downs and similar clients.
• Populous: Architecture firm specializing in sports venues, convention centers, and entertainment facilities. Highly comparable to Hubbuch's Sports & Gaming portfolio given Hubbuch's Churchill Downs racetrack renovation and Kentucky Derby Museum work; represents the dominant large-scale specialist in this adjacent niche.
• Perkins&Will: Global architecture and design firm with strong interior design practice. Comparable as a major multi-discipline player serving healthcare, education, commercial, and senior living clients with both architecture and interior design services, similar to Hubbuch's integrated service offering.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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