# Buildtana US Specifier Brand Index 2026

Canonical: https://buildtana.com/rankings
JSON: https://buildtana.com/data/brand-index-2026.json
CSV: https://buildtana.com/data/brand-index-2026.csv
License: [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — reuse the tables if you keep the channel labels and link back.

Cite: Buildtana Sourcing Team. (2026). US Specifier Brand Index. https://buildtana.com/rankings

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.

This is **not a lab #1**. 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.

## Windows

[US window brands by specifier channel, 2026](https://buildtana.com/rankings/windows)

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.

### Architectural millwork / dealer

Sold through dealers and lumberyards. Custom sizes, clad and wood, independent or dealer crew. This is the “Marvin / Andersen / Pella” conversation.

| Brand | Flagship | HQ |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Marvin](https://www.marvinwindows.com) | Ultimate | Warroad, Minnesota |
| [Andersen](https://www.andersenwindows.com) | 400 Series | Bayport, Minnesota |
| [Pella](https://www.pella.com) | Lifestyle | Pella, Iowa |
| [Kolbe](https://www.kolbewindows.com) | Ultra Series | Wausau, Wisconsin |
| [Sierra Pacific](https://www.sierrapacificwindows.com) | Architectural Clad | Red Bluff, California |
| [Weather Shield](https://www.weathershield.com) | Premium Series | Medford, Wisconsin |

### Replacement franchise

In-home presentation, crew, often insert, warranty admin, frequently financing. Compare these to each other — not to millwork SKUs.

| Brand | Flagship | HQ |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Renewal by Andersen](https://www.renewalbyandersen.com) | Fibrex | Cottage Grove, Minnesota |
| [Window World](https://www.windowworld.com) | Vinyl replacement | North Wilkesboro, North Carolina |

### Production / builder

Tract and production-builder supply. Specified by the house, not by an architect’s millwork sheet.

| Brand | Flagship | HQ |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [JELD-WEN](https://www.jeld-wen.com) | Siteline | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| [Milgard](https://www.milgard.com) | Style Line | Tacoma, Washington |

### Listed-system / HVHZ

Miami-Dade / NOA / Florida product-approval jobs. The listed product is the spec. Substituting a millwork catalog here is a callback.

| Brand | Flagship | HQ |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [PGT](https://www.pgtwindows.com) | WinGuard | North Venice, Florida |

## Doors

[US door brands by specifier channel, 2026](https://buildtana.com/rankings/doors)

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.

### Dealer fiberglass

Complete entry systems through dealers. Skin, glass, frame, and sill sold as a system. This is the “Classic Craft” conversation.

| Brand | Flagship | HQ |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Therma-Tru](https://www.thermatru.com) | Classic Craft | Maumee, Ohio |
| [Masonite](https://www.masonite.com) | Heritage | Tampa, Florida |
| [JELD-WEN](https://www.jeld-wen.com) | IWP Aurora | Charlotte, North Carolina |

### Architectural wood millwork

Stile-and-rail wood, specified on custom homes. Not a fiberglass skin.

| Brand | Flagship | HQ |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Simpson](https://www.simpsondoor.com) | Mastermark | McCleary, Washington |
| [Marvin](https://www.marvinwindows.com) | Ultimate Doors | Warroad, Minnesota |

### Folding / multi-panel glass

Architectural opening walls. Specified as a system, not as an entry slab.

| Brand | Flagship | HQ |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [NanaWall](https://www.nanawall.com) | SL70 | Corte Madera, California |
| [LaCantina](https://www.lacantinadoors.com) | Folding Series | Oceanside, California |

## Kitchens

[US kitchen cabinet brands by specifier channel, 2026](https://buildtana.com/rankings/kitchens)

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.

### Custom millwork

Made to the drawing. Inset, frameless, or face-frame. Long lead, real wood, the architectural conversation.

| Brand | Flagship | HQ |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Crown Point](https://www.crown-point.com) | Custom Inset | Claremont, New Hampshire |
| [Wood-Mode](https://www.wood-mode.com) | Custom | Kreamer, Pennsylvania |
| [Plain & Fancy](https://www.plainfancycabinetry.com) | Custom | Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania |
| [Crystal](https://www.crystalcabinets.com) | Custom | Princeton, Minnesota |

### Semi-custom dealer

Made-to-order from a catalog, sold through kitchen dealers. This is the “KraftMaid / Wellborn” conversation.

| Brand | Flagship | HQ |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [KraftMaid](https://www.kraftmaid.com) | Made-to-Order | Middlefield, Ohio |
| [Wellborn](https://www.wellborn.com) | Premier | Ashland, Alabama |

### Production

Builder and big-box supply. Specified by the house, not by a millwork sheet.

| Brand | Flagship | HQ |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [American Woodmark](https://www.americanwoodmark.com) | Waypoint | Winchester, Virginia |

## Bathrooms

[US bathroom fixture brands by specifier channel, 2026](https://buildtana.com/rankings/bathrooms)

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.

### US fixture suites

Toilets, baths, showers, and matching trim. Specified as a house, often with a faucet sister.

| Brand | Flagship | HQ |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Kohler](https://www.kohler.com) | Archer | Kohler, Wisconsin |
| [American Standard](https://www.americanstandard-us.com) | Cadet 3 | Piscataway, New Jersey |
| [Toto](https://www.totousa.com) | Washlet | Morrow, Georgia (US) · Kitakyushu, Japan |

### Contemporary faucets

The names on the lav and shower trim. Finish-matched across the house.

| Brand | Flagship | HQ |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Moen](https://www.moen.com) | Align | North Olmsted, Ohio |
| [Delta](https://www.deltafaucet.com) | Trinsic | Indianapolis, Indiana |

### Luxury sister lines

Designer collections sitting on top of a US fixture house. Not a different factory class.

| Brand | Flagship | HQ |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Brizo](https://www.brizo.com) | Litze | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| [DXV](https://www.dxv.com) | Belshire | Piscataway, New Jersey |
| [Robern](https://www.robern.com) | M Series | Bristol, Pennsylvania |

## Stone

[US stone brands by specifier channel, 2026](https://buildtana.com/rankings/stone)

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.

### US-made quartz

Vertically integrated US mill. The “American quartz” conversation.

| Brand | Flagship | HQ |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Cambria](https://www.cambriausa.com) | Brittanicca | Le Sueur, Minnesota |

### Imported quartz (specified in the US)

Foreign mills with US distribution. Written on US drawings constantly. Origin is not US.

| Brand | Flagship | HQ |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Caesarstone](https://www.caesarstoneus.com) | Empira White | Israel · US distribution |
| [Silestone](https://www.silestone.com) | Eternal Calacatta Gold | Cantoria, Spain · Cosentino |

### Sintered stone

Ultracompact surfaces. Exterior-capable, different fabrication than quartz.

| Brand | Flagship | HQ |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Dekton](https://www.dekton.com) | Laurent | Cantoria, Spain · Cosentino |

### Solid surface

Cast polymer, not quartz. Seamless sinks, different repair story.

| Brand | Flagship | HQ |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Corian](https://www.corian.com) | Solid Surface | Wilmington, Delaware · DuPont |

### Distributor brand

Importer / distributor with a house name on the slab. Not a mill.

| Brand | Flagship | HQ |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [MSI](https://www.msisurfaces.com) | Calacatta Laza | Orange, California |

## 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.

Skip if: HVHZ / NOA jobs that require the named listed system; A next-week financed replacement close; Crews that refuse owner-furnished units.