ABD | Associação Brasileira de Designers de Interiores

Name

ABD | Associação Brasileira de Designers de Interiores

Legal name

Associação Brasileira de Designers de Interiores

Website

https://abd.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Association Services

NAICS

Interior Design Services (54141)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Architecture, Planning & Surveying (AIA, Planning, Land Surveyor CE) (EDAAALAG)

Keywords

• Interior design association
• Professional membership services
• Design industry advocacy
• Design education programs
• Industry events and publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

São Paulo

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: ABD generates revenue through annual membership fees from professionals (Profissional), students (Estudantes), teachers (Professores), and recent graduates (Recém-formado). Members receive benefits including legal and accounting consulting, exclusive discounts on events, access to exclusive WhatsApp groups, visibility in the professional directory, and access to exclusive documents and resources.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

ABD is a Brazilian professional association for interior designers, founded in 1980. It provides membership services, education and training programs, the annual CONAD congress, the Revista Intramuros publication, a professional directory, and advocacy for the interior design profession.

Product overview

ABD (Associação Brasileira de Designers de Interiores) is a professional association representing Brazilian interior designers, founded in 1980. Rather than a single product, ABD offers a portfolio of services including professional representation, education (through ABD Educação comprising Revista Intramuros academic publication, DO-DIS academic forum, Prêmio Láurea Máxima award, and ABD Escola), the CONAD international congress, an online professional directory (Encontre um D.I), a fee calculation mobile app (App Honorários ABD), and a blog with industry content. The association focuses on professional regulation, education support, community building through 15 regional offices nationwide, and promoting the interior design profession in Brazil.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Professional Membership
• CONAD (National Congress of Interior Design)
• Revista Intramuros
• Professional Directory
• Education and Training Programs

Quantifiable outcome

• Founded in 1980 with 46 years of continuous operation
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Society of British and International Interior Design (SBID): SBID is an international interior design accreditation body offering practitioner accreditation, education, and an industry awards program — overlapping strongly with ABD's Láurea Máxima award and ABD Escola credentials track.
• American Society of Interior Designers (ASID): The leading U.S. national professional association for interior designers, ASID operates the same membership-based model for industry representation, certification, advocacy, and continuing education, directly comparable to ABD's structure and value proposition in a different geography.
• Interior Designers of Canada (IDC): IDC is Canada's national interior design association delivering advocacy, continuing education, and professional recognition — a structurally identical peer to ABD operating in a different national regulatory context.
• International Interior Design Association (IIDA): IIDA is a global commercial-focused interior design association offering membership, education, advocacy, and industry events (including NeoCon-affiliated programming) that mirror ABD's core pillars of CONAD, ABD Educação, and professional representation.
• British Institute of Interior Design (BIID): BIID is the UK's pre-eminent interior design professional body with a regulatory and membership model comparable to ABD's Lei 13.369/2016-anchored representation of Brazilian interior designers.

Broad incumbents

• Associação Brasileira de Arquitetura (IAB / CAU/BR ecosystem): Brazil's national architecture regulation (CAU/BR) and architectural associations represent adjacent, overlapping professions and absorb much of the regulatory competition ABD faces in professional recognition and licensure advocacy.

Emerging players

• Decorators & Designers Association of Canada (DDA): DDA is a Canadian membership association for interior decorators and designers operating education, events, and advocacy — a smaller-scale functional mirror of ABD's event-and-education portfolio including CONAD and ABD Escola.
• Council for Interior Design Qualification (CIDQ): CIDQ administers the NCIDQ examination, the leading U.S./Canadian interior design certification. ABD's regulatory-franchise ambitions around Lei 13.369/2016 place it on a similar credentialing trajectory with CIDQ as an established comparable.

Regional players

• ARIDO (Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario): ARIDO is a Canadian provincial interior design association with regulatory and member-service functions paralleling ABD's regional chapters (15 across Brazil) and national representation role.
• Design Institute of Australia (DIA): DIA is Australia's national professional body for interior designers (and broader design disciplines), with a multi-disciplinary membership and advocacy structure that parallels ABD's national-level representation of one specific profession in Brazil.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@ABDOficial
• Facebookfacebook.com/abddesignersinteriores
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/abdoficial
• Instagraminstagram.com/abd_oficial

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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