{ "id": "buildtana-us-specifier-brand-index-2026", "name": "Buildtana US Specifier Brand Index", "version": "2026-09-01", "datePublished": "2026-09-01", "dateModified": "2026-09-01", "canonical_url": "https://buildtana.com/rankings", "json_url": "https://buildtana.com/data/brand-index-2026.json", "csv_url": "https://buildtana.com/data/brand-index-2026.csv", "markdown_url": "https://buildtana.com/rankings.md", "license": "CC BY 4.0", "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "attribution": "Buildtana Sourcing Team. (2026). US Specifier Brand Index. https://buildtana.com/rankings", "spatialCoverage": "United States", "temporalCoverage": "2026", "disclaimer": "Channel-grouped specifier indexes, not a lab ranking and not a bid. Order inside a channel is specifier recognition. Flagship is the 2026 line a specifier is most likely to mean. Buildtana is not scored in these tables.", "methodology": "We group by how the product is sold in the US so a replacement-franchise SKU is never compared to an architectural millwork line. Order inside a channel is specifier recognition, not a lab test, not a paid placement, not a Buildtana score. Flagship is the 2026 line a specifier is most likely to mean — not the newest SKU. When a brand re-lines, we bump dateModified.", "hub": { "title": "US specifier brand indexes, 2026", "metaTitle": "US Construction Brand Indexes 2026 | Buildtana Rankings", "metaDescription": "Specifier indexes of US window, door, kitchen, bathroom, and stone brands — grouped by sales channel, with favicon and flagship line. Not a lab #1. CC BY 4.0.", "kicker": "Rankings · updated 1 Sep 2026", "directAnswer": "Five indexes, not one score. US specifiers name millwork, dealer, replacement-franchise, production, and listed-system brands as different jobs. Flagship is the line they are most likely to mean. Buildtana is the factory-direct closer and is not in the tables.", "intro": "A brand name on a quote is a sales channel wearing a logo. These indexes keep the channels apart — the same way the cost index refuses to blend a financed installed number with a supply-only SKU.", "who": [ "Architects and builders writing a spec and needing the line a peer means", "Owners who were handed a brand name and need the channel it actually sells through", "Estimators comparing a quote to the right peer set, not a blended “best” list" ], "skipIf": [ "HVHZ / NOA jobs that require the named listed system", "A next-week financed replacement close", "Crews that refuse owner-furnished units" ], "method": "We group by how the product is sold in the US so a replacement-franchise SKU is never compared to an architectural millwork line. Order inside a channel is specifier recognition, not a lab test, not a paid placement, not a Buildtana score. Flagship is the 2026 line a specifier is most likely to mean — not the newest SKU. When a brand re-lines, we bump dateModified." }, "categories": [ { "id": "windows", "label": "Windows", "singular": "window", "title": "US window brands by specifier channel, 2026", "metaTitle": "Best Window Brands in the US 2026 | Specifier Index", "metaDescription": "US window brand index grouped by millwork, replacement franchise, production, and listed-system. Marvin Ultimate, Andersen 400 Series, Pella Lifestyle, PGT WinGuard — with favicons. Not a lab #1.", "directAnswer": "Marvin Ultimate, Andersen 400 Series, and Pella Lifestyle / Reserve are the millwork names US specifiers mean first. Renewal by Andersen is a different job — replacement franchise. PGT WinGuard is the listed-system name in HVHZ. JELD-WEN and Milgard are the production / builder names.", "intro": "“Best window brand” is a channel question. A Warroad millwork unit, a Fibrex insert sold in-home, a builder vinyl, and a Miami-Dade listed system are not peers.", "who": [ "Specifiers picking a millwork house for custom clad or wood", "Owners comparing a replacement-company quote to a dealer SKU", "Florida jobs that need a listed system, not a millwork catalog" ], "skipIf": [ "HVHZ / NOA — use the listed product or you have a callback", "Insert-only replacement with a next-week financed close", "Historic sash that has to be matched, not replaced" ], "channels": [ { "id": "architectural-millwork", "label": "Architectural millwork / dealer", "blurb": "Sold through dealers and lumberyards. Custom sizes, clad and wood, independent or dealer crew. This is the “Marvin / Andersen / Pella” conversation.", "brands": [ { "id": "marvin", "name": "Marvin", "domain": "marvinwindows.com", "website": "https://www.marvinwindows.com", "hq": "Warroad, Minnesota", "origin": "US", "flagship": "Ultimate", "flagshipNote": "Signature Ultimate — architectural wood and clad. Elevate is the fiberglass step-down; Essential is the value fiberglass.", "why": "What a specifier means by “Marvin.” Custom sizes, serious clad, the millwork catalog other brands are compared to.", "skipIf": "Volume production bid, insert-only replacement, or a two-week close." }, { "id": "andersen", "name": "Andersen", "domain": "andersenwindows.com", "website": "https://www.andersenwindows.com", "hq": "Bayport, Minnesota", "origin": "US", "flagship": "400 Series", "flagshipNote": "The classic wood / Fibrex hybrid. A-Series is the architectural step-up. 100 Series is production Fibrex. Renewal by Andersen is a separate franchise channel.", "why": "The most recognized US window name. 400 Series is what owners and builders mean unless they say A-Series or Renewal.", "skipIf": "You were quoted Renewal by Andersen — that is a franchise install, not this millwork line." }, { "id": "pella", "name": "Pella", "domain": "pella.com", "website": "https://www.pella.com", "hq": "Pella, Iowa", "origin": "US", "flagship": "Lifestyle", "flagshipNote": "The mid-premium wood-clad line most dealers sell. Reserve is the architectural wood. Impervia is fiberglass.", "why": "National dealer coverage. Lifestyle is the SKU on most Pella residential quotes; Reserve is the custom-home conversation.", "skipIf": "You need a listed HVHZ system — that is a different Pella / PGT path." }, { "id": "kolbe", "name": "Kolbe", "domain": "kolbewindows.com", "website": "https://www.kolbewindows.com", "hq": "Wausau, Wisconsin", "origin": "US", "flagship": "Ultra Series", "flagshipNote": "Architectural wood and clad. VistaLuxe is the contemporary aluminum-clad line.", "why": "Specifier millwork when the drawing wants a Wisconsin wood house that is not Marvin.", "skipIf": "Production schedule or a replacement-company pitch." }, { "id": "sierra-pacific", "name": "Sierra Pacific", "domain": "sierrapacificwindows.com", "website": "https://www.sierrapacificwindows.com", "hq": "Red Bluff, California", "origin": "US", "flagship": "Architectural Clad", "flagshipNote": "Aluminum-clad wood. H3 is the hybrid line.", "why": "West-coast millwork specified on custom homes that want clad wood without a Midwest catalog.", "skipIf": "East-coast dealer network is thin; lead time and service area matter more than the SKU name." }, { "id": "weather-shield", "name": "Weather Shield", "domain": "weathershield.com", "website": "https://www.weathershield.com", "hq": "Medford, Wisconsin", "origin": "US", "flagship": "Premium Series", "flagshipNote": "Architectural wood. Legacy is the traditional step-down.", "why": "Midwest millwork specified alongside Marvin and Kolbe on custom and light commercial.", "skipIf": "A national replacement franchise or a Florida listed-system job." } ] }, { "id": "replacement-franchise", "label": "Replacement franchise", "blurb": "In-home presentation, crew, often insert, warranty admin, frequently financing. Compare these to each other — not to millwork SKUs.", "brands": [ { "id": "renewal-by-andersen", "name": "Renewal by Andersen", "domain": "renewalbyandersen.com", "website": "https://www.renewalbyandersen.com", "hq": "Cottage Grove, Minnesota", "origin": "US", "flagship": "Fibrex", "flagshipNote": "Proprietary composite insert. Not the Andersen 400 Series millwork line.", "why": "The replacement-company name owners know. A $52k / 15-opening quote is this channel, not Bayport millwork.", "skipIf": "You can split product from labor and wait weeks. See the cost index." }, { "id": "window-world", "name": "Window World", "domain": "windowworld.com", "website": "https://www.windowworld.com", "hq": "North Wilkesboro, North Carolina", "origin": "US", "flagship": "Vinyl replacement", "flagshipNote": "Volume vinyl insert, franchise install.", "why": "The volume US replacement franchise. Different product and pitch than Renewal, same sales-company job type.", "skipIf": "Custom clad, oversized, or anything a millwork dealer would actually order." } ] }, { "id": "production", "label": "Production / builder", "blurb": "Tract and production-builder supply. Specified by the house, not by an architect’s millwork sheet.", "brands": [ { "id": "jeld-wen-windows", "name": "JELD-WEN", "domain": "jeld-wen.com", "website": "https://www.jeld-wen.com", "hq": "Charlotte, North Carolina", "origin": "US", "flagship": "Siteline", "flagshipNote": "Production vinyl. Custom Wood exists but is not what “JELD-WEN windows” means on a builder bid.", "why": "The production name on US builder takeoffs. Wide SKU coverage, not a millwork house.", "skipIf": "Architectural clad or a listed HVHZ system." }, { "id": "milgard", "name": "Milgard", "domain": "milgard.com", "website": "https://www.milgard.com", "hq": "Tacoma, Washington", "origin": "US", "flagship": "Style Line", "flagshipNote": "Vinyl production. Trinsic and Essence (fiberglass) sit above it. Now under MI Windows / Quanex.", "why": "West-coast builder vinyl. What a production spec means by “Milgard.”", "skipIf": "Custom millwork or Florida listed glass." } ] }, { "id": "listed-system", "label": "Listed-system / HVHZ", "blurb": "Miami-Dade / NOA / Florida product-approval jobs. The listed product is the spec. Substituting a millwork catalog here is a callback.", "brands": [ { "id": "pgt", "name": "PGT", "domain": "pgtwindows.com", "website": "https://www.pgtwindows.com", "hq": "North Venice, Florida", "origin": "US", "flagship": "WinGuard", "flagshipNote": "Impact-rated vinyl and aluminum. PGT Innovations is now under MITER Brands, with CGI in the same family.", "why": "The listed-system name Florida specifiers write. WinGuard is what “impact windows” means on a Gulf or Atlantic job.", "skipIf": "A non-HVHZ millwork house that is not on the NOA. Use the listed product." } ] } ] }, { "id": "doors", "label": "Doors", "singular": "door", "title": "US door brands by specifier channel, 2026", "metaTitle": "Best Door Brands in the US 2026 | Specifier Index", "metaDescription": "US door brand index: Therma-Tru Classic Craft, Simpson Mastermark, Masonite Heritage, JELD-WEN IWP Aurora, NanaWall SL70 — grouped by channel, with favicons. Not a lab #1.", "directAnswer": "Therma-Tru Classic Craft is the fiberglass dealer name most specifiers mean. Simpson Mastermark is the architectural wood name. NanaWall SL70 is the folding-wall name. Masonite Heritage and JELD-WEN IWP Aurora sit in the same dealer-fiberglass aisle as Classic Craft, not above it.", "intro": "Entry fiberglass, architectural wood, and a folding glass wall are three different products. Ranking them on one score is how a quote gets compared to the wrong peer.", "who": [ "Builders picking a fiberglass entry system through a dealer", "Architects writing architectural wood or a folding wall", "Owners who were quoted a brand and need the channel" ], "skipIf": [ "HVHZ listed entry or sliding systems — use the named NOA product", "Interior passage doors (this index is exterior / architectural)", "A next-week big-box slab with no system warranty" ], "channels": [ { "id": "dealer-fiberglass", "label": "Dealer fiberglass", "blurb": "Complete entry systems through dealers. Skin, glass, frame, and sill sold as a system. This is the “Classic Craft” conversation.", "brands": [ { "id": "therma-tru", "name": "Therma-Tru", "domain": "thermatru.com", "website": "https://www.thermatru.com", "hq": "Maumee, Ohio", "origin": "US", "flagship": "Classic Craft", "flagshipNote": "Premium fiberglass entry systems. Pulse is the contemporary step-down; Fiber-Classic and Smooth-Star sit below.", "why": "What a specifier means by a premium fiberglass entry. System warranty, decorative glass, the dealer catalog others are compared to.", "skipIf": "Architectural wood (that is Simpson) or a folding glass wall (that is NanaWall)." }, { "id": "masonite", "name": "Masonite", "domain": "masonite.com", "website": "https://www.masonite.com", "hq": "Tampa, Florida", "origin": "US", "flagship": "Heritage", "flagshipNote": "Heritage Collection fiberglass. Belleville and Oakcraft sit below. Now under Owens Corning.", "why": "Broad dealer and builder coverage. Heritage is the line a specifier means when they say Masonite on an entry.", "skipIf": "A custom wood millwork door or a listed folding wall." }, { "id": "jeld-wen-doors", "name": "JELD-WEN", "domain": "jeld-wen.com", "website": "https://www.jeld-wen.com", "hq": "Charlotte, North Carolina", "origin": "US", "flagship": "IWP Aurora", "flagshipNote": "Custom fiberglass under the IWP brand. Custom Wood is the millwork wood line; Smooth-Pro is production.", "why": "The production-to-dealer name. IWP Aurora is the fiberglass specifier line; it is not a wood Mastermark peer.", "skipIf": "You need architectural wood — look at Simpson, not this row." } ] }, { "id": "architectural-wood", "label": "Architectural wood millwork", "blurb": "Stile-and-rail wood, specified on custom homes. Not a fiberglass skin.", "brands": [ { "id": "simpson", "name": "Simpson", "domain": "simpsondoor.com", "website": "https://www.simpsondoor.com", "hq": "McCleary, Washington", "origin": "US", "flagship": "Mastermark", "flagshipNote": "Architectural wood collection. Nantucket and Estate sit in the same millwork family.", "why": "What a specifier means by a US architectural wood entry. Not a fiberglass peer of Classic Craft.", "skipIf": "A dealer fiberglass system or a production builder bid." }, { "id": "marvin-doors", "name": "Marvin", "domain": "marvinwindows.com", "website": "https://www.marvinwindows.com", "hq": "Warroad, Minnesota", "origin": "US", "flagship": "Ultimate Doors", "flagshipNote": "Swinging, sliding, and bi-fold in the Ultimate millwork family — not a Therma-Tru peer.", "why": "When the window spec is Marvin, the matching swinging or sliding door is this line.", "skipIf": "A standalone fiberglass entry with decorative glass — that is Classic Craft." } ] }, { "id": "folding-wall", "label": "Folding / multi-panel glass", "blurb": "Architectural opening walls. Specified as a system, not as an entry slab.", "brands": [ { "id": "nanawall", "name": "NanaWall", "domain": "nanawall.com", "website": "https://www.nanawall.com", "hq": "Corte Madera, California", "origin": "US", "flagship": "SL70", "flagshipNote": "The folding aluminum system specifiers mean. SL45 / SL60 / WD66 are sibling lines.", "why": "The folding-wall name on US custom-home drawings. SL70 is the line a specifier is most likely to mean.", "skipIf": "A swinging entry or a production sliding patio — different product." }, { "id": "lacantina", "name": "LaCantina", "domain": "lacantinadoors.com", "website": "https://www.lacantinadoors.com", "hq": "Oceanside, California", "origin": "US", "flagship": "Folding Series", "flagshipNote": "Folding, sliding, and swing in thermally broken aluminum.", "why": "West-coast multi-panel alternative to NanaWall. Same job type, not an entry-slab peer.", "skipIf": "HVHZ unless the specific system is listed for the opening." } ] } ] }, { "id": "kitchens", "label": "Kitchens", "singular": "kitchen", "title": "US kitchen cabinet brands by specifier channel, 2026", "metaTitle": "Best Kitchen Cabinet Brands in the US 2026 | Specifier Index", "metaDescription": "US kitchen cabinet index: KraftMaid, Wellborn, Crown Point, Wood-Mode, Plain & Fancy, Crystal, American Woodmark — grouped by custom, semi-custom, and production. Not a lab #1.", "directAnswer": "KraftMaid and Wellborn are the semi-custom dealer names. Crown Point, Wood-Mode, Plain & Fancy, and Crystal are the custom millwork names. American Woodmark is production. None of these is a factory-direct DDP path.", "intro": "“Best kitchen brand” mixes a framed semi-custom box from Ohio with a New Hampshire inset shop. Keep the channels apart.", "who": [ "Designers writing a cabinet spec for a custom or semi-custom kitchen", "Owners comparing a dealer quote to a production box", "Builders who were handed a brand name and need the tier" ], "skipIf": [ "RTA / big-box boxes that are a different job than any row here", "European frameless houses (Poggenpohl, SieMatic) — not this US index", "A two-week close that cannot wait on a mill lead time" ], "channels": [ { "id": "custom", "label": "Custom millwork", "blurb": "Made to the drawing. Inset, frameless, or face-frame. Long lead, real wood, the architectural conversation.", "brands": [ { "id": "crown-point", "name": "Crown Point", "domain": "crown-point.com", "website": "https://www.crown-point.com", "hq": "Claremont, New Hampshire", "origin": "US", "flagship": "Custom Inset", "flagshipNote": "Factory-direct custom, inset and overlay. Not a dealer network.", "why": "The New England custom shop specifiers mean when they want inset without a local mill. Sells factory-direct — still a US cabinet shop, not a DDP import closer.", "skipIf": "A dealer semi-custom timeline or a production builder takeoff." }, { "id": "wood-mode", "name": "Wood-Mode", "domain": "wood-mode.com", "website": "https://www.wood-mode.com", "hq": "Kreamer, Pennsylvania", "origin": "US", "flagship": "Custom", "flagshipNote": "Custom wood. Brookhaven is the semi-custom sister.", "why": "Pennsylvania custom. What a specifier means by Wood-Mode — not Brookhaven, not a dealer box.", "skipIf": "A KraftMaid-class dealer quote. Different channel." }, { "id": "plain-fancy", "name": "Plain & Fancy", "domain": "plainfancycabinetry.com", "website": "https://www.plainfancycabinetry.com", "hq": "Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania", "origin": "US", "flagship": "Custom", "flagshipNote": "Custom face-frame. Pennsylvania Dutch millwork.", "why": "Custom specified on East-coast homes that want a named shop, not a dealer catalog.", "skipIf": "Production or a national semi-custom dealer." }, { "id": "crystal", "name": "Crystal", "domain": "crystalcabinets.com", "website": "https://www.crystalcabinets.com", "hq": "Princeton, Minnesota", "origin": "US", "flagship": "Custom", "flagshipNote": "Custom frameless and face-frame.", "why": "Midwest custom. Specifiers write Crystal when they want a named shop that will do frameless or face-frame to the drawing.", "skipIf": "A semi-custom dealer timeline." } ] }, { "id": "semi-custom", "label": "Semi-custom dealer", "blurb": "Made-to-order from a catalog, sold through kitchen dealers. This is the “KraftMaid / Wellborn” conversation.", "brands": [ { "id": "kraftmaid", "name": "KraftMaid", "domain": "kraftmaid.com", "website": "https://www.kraftmaid.com", "hq": "Middlefield, Ohio", "origin": "US", "flagship": "Made-to-Order", "flagshipNote": "Masco Cabinetry. The brand is the product — there is no “Ultimate” SKU. Dealer semi-custom.", "why": "The semi-custom name US owners know. What a dealer quote means by KraftMaid.", "skipIf": "True custom inset or a production builder box." }, { "id": "wellborn", "name": "Wellborn", "domain": "wellborn.com", "website": "https://www.wellborn.com", "hq": "Ashland, Alabama", "origin": "US", "flagship": "Premier", "flagshipNote": "Premier is the specifier semi-custom line. Estate sits with it.", "why": "Dealer semi-custom with a Southern mill. Premier is the line a specifier is most likely to mean.", "skipIf": "A production takeoff or a New England inset shop." } ] }, { "id": "production", "label": "Production", "blurb": "Builder and big-box supply. Specified by the house, not by a millwork sheet.", "brands": [ { "id": "american-woodmark", "name": "American Woodmark", "domain": "americanwoodmark.com", "website": "https://www.americanwoodmark.com", "hq": "Winchester, Virginia", "origin": "US", "flagship": "Waypoint", "flagshipNote": "Waypoint is the dealer line. The company also makes production boxes for big-box banners.", "why": "The production name. Waypoint is what a dealer means; the factory also fills builder and retail programs.", "skipIf": "Custom millwork. This is not Crown Point." } ] } ] }, { "id": "bathrooms", "label": "Bathrooms", "singular": "bathroom", "title": "US bathroom fixture brands by specifier channel, 2026", "metaTitle": "Best Bathroom Fixture Brands in the US 2026 | Specifier Index", "metaDescription": "US bathroom fixture index: Kohler Archer, Toto Washlet, Moen Align, Delta Trinsic, Brizo, American Standard Cadet, DXV, Robern M Series — with favicons. Not a lab #1.", "directAnswer": "Kohler Archer is the US fixture suite specifiers mean first. Toto Washlet is the bidet-seat name. Moen Align and Delta Trinsic are the contemporary faucet names. Brizo, DXV, and Robern are luxury sister lines, not a different manufacturer class.", "intro": "A toilet suite, a faucet finish, and a medicine cabinet are specified together and sold apart. This index is the names on the fixture schedule — not vanities, which sit with kitchens.", "who": [ "Architects and designers writing a fixture schedule", "Owners matching a faucet finish to a suite", "Builders who were handed “Kohler or equal”" ], "skipIf": [ "A vanity millwork spec — use the kitchen index", "European drip faucets (Hansgrohe, Grohe, Dornbracht) — not this US index", "A next-week big-box close with no trim-out matching" ], "channels": [ { "id": "fixture-suite", "label": "US fixture suites", "blurb": "Toilets, baths, showers, and matching trim. Specified as a house, often with a faucet sister.", "brands": [ { "id": "kohler", "name": "Kohler", "domain": "kohler.com", "website": "https://www.kohler.com", "hq": "Kohler, Wisconsin", "origin": "US", "flagship": "Archer", "flagshipNote": "The workhorse suite. Memoirs is the traditional step-up. Choreograph is the shower wall system. Robern is the cabinet sister.", "why": "What a specifier means by a US fixture brand. Archer is the line they write unless they say Memoirs or a designer collection.", "skipIf": "A faucet-only spec that wants Delta/Moen contemporary, or a Washlet bidet seat." }, { "id": "american-standard", "name": "American Standard", "domain": "americanstandard-us.com", "website": "https://www.americanstandard-us.com", "hq": "Piscataway, New Jersey", "origin": "US", "flagship": "Cadet 3", "flagshipNote": "The volume toilet. DXV is the luxury sister under LIXIL.", "why": "Builder and multifamily fixture name. Cadet is what “American Standard” means on a takeoff.", "skipIf": "A designer suite — that is DXV or Kohler Memoirs, not Cadet." }, { "id": "toto", "name": "Toto", "domain": "totousa.com", "website": "https://www.totousa.com", "hq": "Morrow, Georgia (US) · Kitakyushu, Japan", "origin": "Specified in US", "flagship": "Washlet", "flagshipNote": "Electronic bidet seat. Drake and Nexus are the toilets it sits on. Japanese manufacturer, specified constantly in the US.", "why": "The bidet-seat name. When a US spec says Toto, it usually means Washlet, not a faucet.", "skipIf": "A faucet-and-trim schedule with no bidet. Look at Kohler / Moen / Delta." } ] }, { "id": "faucets", "label": "Contemporary faucets", "blurb": "The names on the lav and shower trim. Finish-matched across the house.", "brands": [ { "id": "moen", "name": "Moen", "domain": "moen.com", "website": "https://www.moen.com", "hq": "North Olmsted, Ohio", "origin": "US", "flagship": "Align", "flagshipNote": "Contemporary lav and shower. ExactTemp is the thermostatic valve story.", "why": "What a specifier means by a contemporary US faucet that is not Delta. Align is the line they write.", "skipIf": "A Kohler suite-matched trim or a Brizo luxury spec." }, { "id": "delta", "name": "Delta", "domain": "deltafaucet.com", "website": "https://www.deltafaucet.com", "hq": "Indianapolis, Indiana", "origin": "US", "flagship": "Trinsic", "flagshipNote": "Contemporary. Brizo is the luxury sister in the same Masco family.", "why": "National plumber coverage. Trinsic is the contemporary line a specifier is most likely to mean.", "skipIf": "You were quoted Brizo — that is the luxury sister, same parent, different channel." } ] }, { "id": "luxury-sister", "label": "Luxury sister lines", "blurb": "Designer collections sitting on top of a US fixture house. Not a different factory class.", "brands": [ { "id": "brizo", "name": "Brizo", "domain": "brizo.com", "website": "https://www.brizo.com", "hq": "Indianapolis, Indiana", "origin": "US", "flagship": "Litze", "flagshipNote": "Delta Faucet Company luxury. Litze and Odin are the contemporary specifier lines.", "why": "The luxury faucet name when the plumber already has Delta. Not an independent mill.", "skipIf": "A builder Delta Trinsic spec. Do not mix the two on one takeoff without saying so." }, { "id": "dxv", "name": "DXV", "domain": "dxv.com", "website": "https://www.dxv.com", "hq": "Piscataway, New Jersey", "origin": "US", "flagship": "Belshire", "flagshipNote": "LIXIL luxury, sister to American Standard. Belshire is the traditional suite specifiers mean.", "why": "When the spec wants American Standard quality with a designer collection name.", "skipIf": "A Cadet-class builder toilet. Different row." }, { "id": "robern", "name": "Robern", "domain": "robern.com", "website": "https://www.robern.com", "hq": "Bristol, Pennsylvania", "origin": "US", "flagship": "M Series", "flagshipNote": "Medicine cabinets and lighted storage. Kohler company.", "why": "The medicine-cabinet name on a Kohler bath spec. M Series is what a specifier is most likely to mean.", "skipIf": "A vanity millwork spec — cabinets sit with kitchens, not this row." } ] } ] }, { "id": "stone", "label": "Stone", "singular": "stone", "title": "US stone brands by specifier channel, 2026", "metaTitle": "Best Stone & Quartz Brands in the US 2026 | Specifier Index", "metaDescription": "US stone index: Cambria Brittanicca, Caesarstone, Silestone, Dekton, Corian, MSI Calacatta Laza — grouped by US-made quartz, imported quartz, sintered, solid surface, distributor. Not a lab #1.", "directAnswer": "Cambria Brittanicca is the US-made quartz name. Caesarstone and Silestone are the imported quartz names specifiers write. Dekton is sintered stone. Corian is solid surface, not quartz. MSI is a distributor brand, not a mill.", "intro": "Quartz, sintered stone, and solid surface are three materials. A Minnesota slab and a Spanish sintered sheet are not peers. Neither is a fabricator house brand.", "who": [ "Kitchen and bath designers writing a counter spec", "Owners who were shown a “Calacatta” name and need the mill vs distributor", "Builders comparing a Cambria quote to an imported quartz" ], "skipIf": [ "Natural marble / granite slabs from a local yard — not a brand index", "A two-week close with whatever the fabricator has on the rack", "HVHZ exterior sintered that needs a listed assembly" ], "channels": [ { "id": "us-made-quartz", "label": "US-made quartz", "blurb": "Vertically integrated US mill. The “American quartz” conversation.", "brands": [ { "id": "cambria", "name": "Cambria", "domain": "cambriausa.com", "website": "https://www.cambriausa.com", "hq": "Le Sueur, Minnesota", "origin": "US", "flagship": "Brittanicca", "flagshipNote": "The Calacatta-look slab specifiers mean. Brittanicca Warm is the warmer sibling. Made in Minnesota.", "why": "The US-made quartz name. Brittanicca is the line a designer is most likely to mean by Cambria.", "skipIf": "An imported quartz bid or a sintered exterior. Different material and mill." } ] }, { "id": "imported-quartz", "label": "Imported quartz (specified in the US)", "blurb": "Foreign mills with US distribution. Written on US drawings constantly. Origin is not US.", "brands": [ { "id": "caesarstone", "name": "Caesarstone", "domain": "caesarstoneus.com", "website": "https://www.caesarstoneus.com", "hq": "Israel · US distribution", "origin": "Specified in US", "flagship": "Empira White", "flagshipNote": "The white marble-look specifier line. Calacatta Nuvo is the sibling name still on older drawings.", "why": "The imported quartz name US designers wrote first. Empira White is what they mean in 2026.", "skipIf": "You asked for US-made — that is Cambria." }, { "id": "silestone", "name": "Silestone", "domain": "silestone.com", "website": "https://www.silestone.com", "hq": "Cantoria, Spain · Cosentino", "origin": "Specified in US", "flagship": "Eternal Calacatta Gold", "flagshipNote": "Cosentino quartz. Dekton is the sintered sister, not this row.", "why": "The other imported quartz name on US specs. Eternal Calacatta Gold is the line a specifier is most likely to mean.", "skipIf": "You want sintered (Dekton) or US-made quartz (Cambria)." } ] }, { "id": "sintered", "label": "Sintered stone", "blurb": "Ultracompact surfaces. Exterior-capable, different fabrication than quartz.", "brands": [ { "id": "dekton", "name": "Dekton", "domain": "dekton.com", "website": "https://www.dekton.com", "hq": "Cantoria, Spain · Cosentino", "origin": "Specified in US", "flagship": "Laurent", "flagshipNote": "Sintered stone, not quartz. Kreta is the concrete-look sibling. Same Cosentino family as Silestone.", "why": "The sintered name on US drawings. Laurent is the dark marble-look specifiers mean.", "skipIf": "A quartz counter spec. Different material, different fab, different edge." } ] }, { "id": "solid-surface", "label": "Solid surface", "blurb": "Cast polymer, not quartz. Seamless sinks, different repair story.", "brands": [ { "id": "corian", "name": "Corian", "domain": "corian.com", "website": "https://www.corian.com", "hq": "Wilmington, Delaware · DuPont", "origin": "US", "flagship": "Solid Surface", "flagshipNote": "The material is the product. Not quartz, not sintered.", "why": "What a specifier means by solid surface. Do not file Corian next to Cambria.", "skipIf": "A quartz or sintered spec. This is a different material class." } ] }, { "id": "distributor", "label": "Distributor brand", "blurb": "Importer / distributor with a house name on the slab. Not a mill.", "brands": [ { "id": "msi", "name": "MSI", "domain": "msisurfaces.com", "website": "https://www.msisurfaces.com", "hq": "Orange, California", "origin": "US", "flagship": "Calacatta Laza", "flagshipNote": "Q Quartz house line. MSI is a distributor, not a quartz mill.", "why": "The distributor name on fabricator racks. Calacatta Laza is the slab a salesperson is most likely to mean.", "skipIf": "You asked for a mill (Cambria, Caesarstone, Cosentino). MSI is the rack, not the factory." } ] } ] } ], "related": [ "https://buildtana.com/cost-index", "https://buildtana.com/select/catalog", "https://buildtana.com/articles", "https://buildtana.com/onboard" ] }