Jennifer Gustafson Interior Design

What Jennifer Gustafson Interior Design does

Jennifer Gustafson Interior Design is a privately held, founder-owned interior design practice operating from a studio at 1333 Powell Street, Suite 301, in Emeryville, California. The firm, founded in 2004 and led by Principal Designer Jennifer Gustafson, delivers full-service interior design for residential, commercial, hospitality, and education clients, with active project delivery in the San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Chicago, and Hawaii. Services encompass space planning, furniture selection, project management, and creative direction for individual client engagements, with no disclosed productized offering, technology platform, or app surface.

Revenue is generated on a project-based, quote-based professional services model with no publicly disclosed pricing. The go-to-market motion is sales-led and direct: Jennifer Gustafson personally owns client relationships, with inbound generated primarily through a portfolio website, press coverage in publications including Martha Stewart, Sunset Magazine, Houzz, Elle Décor, HGTV, California Home + Design, and Apartment Therapy, and likely referrals. The practice executes projects through an ad hoc network of architectural and contractor partners (notably DM+A as a recurring architectural partner and Clymer Construction, Area Construction, Workhorse Construction, CKM Construction, and Mark Ames and Clayton Timbrell as project-level contractors), supplemented by freelance photographers for portfolio documentation.

The firm has 1–10 employees, retains no external institutional capital, and operates without disclosed subsidiaries, patents, certifications, or regulatory actions. Brand and reputational capital are concentrated in the founder, who is described as an award-winning designer, sought-after speaker, and panelist with 20+ years of project management experience.

Name

Jennifer Gustafson Interior Design

Legal name

Jennifer Gustafson Interior Design

Website

https://jgid.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Jennifer Gustafson Interior Design is a founder-owned boutique interior design practice based in Emeryville, California, delivering full-service residential, commercial, hospitality, and education design projects primarily across the San Francisco Bay Area and in New York, Chicago, and Hawaii.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Interior Design Services

NAICS

Interior Design Services (54141), Interior Design Services (541410)

akta.pro primary industry

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Space Planning & Workplace Design (BPAHAKAI)

Keywords

• Interior design services
• Residential interior design
• Commercial interior design
• Hospitality space design
• Space planning

Headquarters

HQ city

Emeryville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Interior Design Services: Project-based professional services for residential, commercial, hospitality, and education clients. Services include space design, furniture selection, project management, and creative direction for interior environments.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Jennifer Gustafson Interior Design provides full-service interior design consulting and project management for residential, commercial, hospitality, and education clients. Services include space design, furniture selection, project management, and creative direction, creating sophisticated, modern, comfortable, and unique spaces tailor-made for each client.

Product overview

Jennifer Gustafson Interior Design is a service-based interior design firm offering consulting and project management for residential, commercial, hospitality, and education clients. The company does not operate a technology product; its offering consists of interior design services and a portfolio showcase of completed projects. The portfolio includes named residential and commercial projects across the San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Chicago, and Hawaii.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Interior Design Services

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• DM+A (Architect)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitectural partnership for design projects including Stevens Creek, Alabama, Geary, and Washington projects. Collaborative relationship for integrated architecture and interior design services.
• Clymer Construction (Contractor)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerContractor partnership for Townsend 1.0 project execution.
• Area Construction (Contractor)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerContractor partnership for Baywood project execution.
• Workhorse Construction (Contractor)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerContractor partnership for Geary project execution.
• Justin Jordan (Photographer)minorOthersProfessional photography services for Thierman project portfolio documentation.
• David Duncan Livingston (Photographer)minorOthersProfessional photography services for Townsend 1.0 project portfolio documentation.
• Christopher Stark (Photographer)minorOthersProfessional photography services for Baywood, Townsend 2.0, Duncan projects portfolio documentation.
• CKM Construction (Contractor)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerContractor partnership for Los Cerros project execution.
• Shae Rocco (Photographer)minorOthersProfessional photography services for Alabama and Stevens Creek projects portfolio documentation.
• Mariko Reed (Photographer)minorOthersProfessional photography services for Geary project portfolio documentation.
• Mark Ames and Clayton Timbrell (Contractors)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerContractor partnership for Washington project (San Francisco Decorator Showcase) execution.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Decorilla: Online interior design platform matching consumers with vetted designers for virtual design services. Serves the same end-client need as JGID but through a technology-enabled, lower-touch model, representing an emerging channel that could disrupt boutique practices.
• Havenly: Online interior design service offering affordable, designer-led residential interiors via a tech-enabled platform. Targets the same residential interior design demand as JGID but at lower price points and with a scalable, technology-mediated delivery model.

Direct peers

• Martyn Lawrence Bullard Design: Los Angeles-based interior designer with strong hospitality and residential practice, global projects, and a heavy press/media presence. Comparable in multi-sector scope, brand-led demand, and named-designer positioning.
• Jamie Bush + Company: California-based boutique interior design firm with a strong residential and hospitality portfolio and a national client base. Comparable in scale, founder-driven model, and editorial visibility to JGID.
• Ken Fulk Inc. San Francisco-based boutique interior design studio serving high-end residential, hospitality, and commercial clients across multiple U.S. markets. Highly comparable to JGID in service model, founder-led structure, and multi-sector scope.
• Studio Sofield: New York City-based luxury interior design studio serving residential, hospitality, and retail clients. Comparable boutique, founder-led model with multi-sector and multi-market engagement similar to JGID's NY/Bay Area reach.
• Heather Hilliard Design: San Francisco-based residential and commercial interior designer with a similar boutique, founder-led practice and high-end client focus. Overlaps with JGID on residential luxury and Bay Area geography.
• Nicole Hollis Interior Design: San Francisco-based luxury interior design practice with a strong residential and hospitality portfolio. Comparable founder-led boutique model, press-driven brand, and similar Bay Area footprint to JGID.

Broad incumbents

• Peter Marino Architect: Large, established luxury interior design and architecture firm with a global hospitality, retail, and residential portfolio. Operates in the same high-end interior design space as JGID but at significantly greater scale and with broader service offerings.
• Gensler: Global architecture and design firm with interior design practices across commercial, hospitality, and education sectors. Overlaps with JGID on commercial and education interiors but serves a much larger, enterprise-scale client base.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/jennifer-gustafson-interior-design

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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