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June 3, 2024

CE Pro 100 Brand Analysis: What Brands Do Pros Love in 2024?

Annual CE Pro 100 Brand Analysis reports that year-over-year the industry’s highest revenue dealers are navigating steady waters with their preferred vendor relationships, dominated by a handful of brands.
Arlen Schweiger & Robert Archer Updated: June 5th, 2024
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June 3, 2024

CE Pro 100 Brand Analysis: What Brands Do Pros Love in 2024?

There was little movement in 2024’s CE Pro 100 Brand Analysis rankings of 60+ industry technology and business operations categories. Business is good, and vendor support is leveraged by many of the industry’s most successful integrators as a key ingredient in that success.

With that, it’s always important to keep in mind these rankings are based on direct input from the CE Pro 100 members. You’ll notice the numbers are down from past years, due to some technical difficulties on our end combined with the natural churn of companies that participate. 

We mainly analyzed this year’s rankings more so on the margin movement on the leaderboards and which brands jumped into the top 5. That being said, the majority of last year’s winners are this year’s winners as well. 

Without doing the math, we’d estimate that at least one-quarter or one-third of the category leader positions remain unchanged. Integrators appear to be comfortable with their vendor partners, which offers some stability for the channel.

At the same time, the buying groups continue to bolster their vendor members and conferences such as their spring and fall summits plus Emerald’s Total Tech Summit provide intimate outlets to meet with potential new suppliers. 

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Of course, CEDIA Expo always presents those opportunities each year. We’ll find out next year how much those events mirror industry trends and newcomers to the channel.

CE Pro 100 Top Audio Brands

Audio Amplifiers

  1. Episode (Snap One): 83%
  2. Sonos: 45%
  3. Control4: 35%
  4. Sonance: 30%
  5. AudioControl (AVPro Edge): 28%

Audio Video Receivers

  1. Sony: 51%
  2. Marantz (Masimo Consumer): 40%
  3. Anthem: 22%
  4. Denon (Masimo Consumer): 20%
  5. AudioControl (AVPro Edge): 18%
  6. Yamaha: 18%

Home Theater Preamplifiers/Processors

  1. Marantz (Masimo Consumer): 29%
  2. AudioControl (AVPro Edge): 24%
  3. Anthem AV: 21%
  4. McIntosh: 19%
  5. Sony: 17%

Floorstanding/Bookshelf Loudspeakers

  1. Bowers & Wilkins (Masimo Consumer): 31%
  2. Focal: 22% (Bullet Brand)
  3. Klipsch (PAC): 21%
  4. Sonos: 21%
  5. Paradigm: 15%
  6. Origin Acoustics: 14%

In-Wall/In-Ceiling Loudspeakers

  1. Episode (Snap One): 43% (Bullet Brand)
  2. Origin Acoustics: 37% (Bullet Brand)
  3. Sonance: 34%
  4. Bowers & Wilkins (Masimo Consumer): 27%
  5. James Loudspeaker (Sonance): 25%

Headphones

  1. Sony: 26%
  2. Bowers & Wilkins (Masimo Consumer): 16%
  3. Sennheiser: 16%
  4. Focal: 11 %
  5. Bose: 7%
  6. Klipsch: 7%

Soundbars

  1. Sonos: 53%
  2. Leon Speakers: 31%
  3. Episode (Snap One): 25%
  4. James Loudspeaker (Sonance): 23%
  5. Sonance: 19%

Subwoofers

  1. Sonos: 42%
  2. JL Audio: 28%
  3. Origin Acoustics: 27% (Bullet Brand)
  4. Bowers & Wilkins (Masimo Consumer): 21%
  5. James Loudspeaker (Sonance): 21%

Turntables

  1. Pro-Ject: 20%
  2. McIntosh: 16%
  3. Marantz (Masimo Consumer): 11%
  4. Thorens: 11%
  5. Denon (Masimo Consumer): 6%

Outdoor Audio

  1. Sonance: 41%
  2. Origin Acoustics: 36%
  3. Coastal Source: 31%
  4. Episode (Snap One): 27%
  5. James Loudspeaker: 25%

Speaker Wire/Interconnects

  1. Binary (Snap One): 34%
  2. AudioQuest: 25%
  3. Liberty AV Solutions: 22%
  4. ICE Cable: 19%
  5. Planet Waves: 10%

Wireless Audio

  1. Sonos: 67%
  2. Control4 (Snap One): 20%
  3. Denon/HEOS (Masimo Consumer): 10%
  4. Bluesound (Lenbrook): 9%
  5. Bowers & Wilkins (Masimo Consumer): 7%

Media Servers

  1. Kaleidescape: 41%
  2. Sonos: 32%
  3. Apple: 26%
  4. Control4: 23%
  5. Roku: 23%

Multiroom AV Distribution Systems

  1. Control4 (Snap One): 48%
  2. Sonos: 40%
  3. Binary (Snap One): 29%
  4. Crestron: 29%
  5. AVPro Edge: 25% (Bullet Brand)

Acoustical Treatments

  1. Artnovian/Origin Acoustics: 27%
  2. CinemaTech: 15%
  3. Episode (Snap One): 15%
  4. Acoustic Innovations: 11%
  5. Vicoustic: 11%
  6. Kinetics Noise Control: 9%

CE Pro 100 Top Video Brands

4K & 8K TVs

  1. Sony: 70%
  2. Samsung: 67%
  3. LG: 44%
  4. SunBriteTV (Snap One): 31%
  5. Séura: 21%

Blu-ray/DVD Disc Players

  1. Sony: 56%
  2. Samsung: 15%
  3. Kaleidescape: 10%
  4. Denon (Masimo Consumer): 4%
  5. LG: 3%
  6. McIntosh: 3%

Outdoor Video

  1. Samsung: 54% (Bullet Brand)
  2. SunBrite (Snap One): 49%
  3. Séura: 32%
  4. Planar: 3%

Projection Screens

  1. Screen Innovations: 43%
  2. Stewart Filmscreen: 38% (Bullet Brand)
  3. Dragonfly (Snap One): 28%
  4. Draper: 9%
  5. Da-Lite: 7%

Projectors

  1. Sony: 68%
  2. Epson: 42% (Bullet Brand)
  3. JVC: 18%
  4. Barco: 10%
  5. DPI: 9%

HDMI Cables

  1. Binary (Snap One): 41%
  2. AudioQuest: 29%
  3. Ethereal: 10%
  4. Tributaries/Clarus Cable: 10%
  5. Wirepath (Snap One): 10%
  6. Bullet Train (AVPro Edge): 7% Bullet Brand

Satellite

  1. DISH: 21%
  2. DirecTV: 17%

Video Distribution/ Switchers/Extenders

  1. Control4 (Snap One): 32%
  2. AVPro Edge: 29%
  3. Binary (Snap One): 29%
  4. Crestron: 27%
  5. Just Add Power: 18% (Bullet Brand)

CE Pro 100 Top Networking/Connectivity Brands

Home Networks

  1. Araknis (Snap One): 53%
  2. OvrC (Snap One): 30%
  3. Pakedge (Snap One): 29%
  4. Eero (Amazon): 21%
  5. Ruckus: 21%

Fiber-Optic Cable

  1. Cleerline: 37%
  2. Binary (Snap One): 20%
  3. AudioQuest: 16%
  4. AVPro Edge: 16%
  5. Liberty: 8%
  6. Ethereal: 8%

Networking/Data Wire

  1. Wirepath (Snap One): 41%
  2. ICE Cable: 27% (Bullet Brand)
  3. Liberty AV Solutions: 21%
  4. ADI: 14%
  5. AudioQuest: 8%
  6. Structured Cabling Products: 8%

Structured Wiring Enclosures

  1. Wirepath (Snap One): 46%
  2. Middle Atlantic (Legrand AV): 20% (Bullet Brand)
  3. On-Q (Legrand AV): 18%
  4. Future Automation: 7%
  5. Leviton: 6%

Cell-Phone Signal Boosters

  1. Wilson Electronics: 28%
  2. SureCall: 20%
  3. Verizon: 6%
  4. AT&T: 4%
  5. Samsung: 1%

Phone Systems/Intercoms

  1. Control4 (Snap One): 22%
  2. 2N (Axis Communications): 10%
  3. Panasonic: 10%
  4. Holovision: 8%
  5. Crestron: 5%
  6. Savant: 5%

Cyber Security/Firewalls

  1. Araknis (Snap One): 39%
  2. Access Networks (Snap One): 29%
  3. Ubiqiti: 18%
  4. Pakedge (Snap One): 15%
  5. Eero Plus (Amazon): 10%
  6. SonicWall: 10%
  7. Sophos: 10%

CE Pro 100 Top Control/Automation Brands

Whole-House Automation/Integration

  1. Control4 (Snap One): 55%
  2. Crestron: 29%
  3. Savant: 29%
  4. Lutron: 25%
  5. Alarm.com: 16%

Lighting Controls

  1. Lutron: 75%
  2. Control4 (Snap One): 50%
  3. Crestron: 21%
  4. Savant: 13%
  5. Alarm.com: 10% (Bullet Brand)

Universal Remotes/Tablets

  1. Control4 (Snap One): 54%
  2. Apple/iPad: 31%
  3. Crestron: 29%
  4. URC: 28%
  5. Savant: 21%

Motorized Window Shades

  1. Lutron: 61%
  2. Screen Innovations: 24%
  3. Hunter Douglas: 22%
  4. Crestron: 17%
  5. Draper: 8% (Bullet Brand)

HVAC Energy Smart Grid Management

  1. Control4 (Snap One): 38%
  2. Nest (Google): 26%
  3. Crestron Electronics: 19%
  4. Lutron: 16%
  5. Savant: 15%

Voice Control

  1. Josh.ai: 43% (Bullet Brand)
  2. Amazon: 42%
  3. Apple: 21%
  4. Google: 21%
  5. Savant: 6%

CE Pro 100 Top Home Enhancement Brands

Landscape Lighting

  1. Coastal Source: 33%
  2. Lutron: 15%
  3. Colorbeam: 11%
  4. WAC/AiSPIRE: 5%
  5. FX Luminaire: 4% (Bullet Brand)

Lighting Fixtures

  1. Lutron: 41%
  2. DMF Lighting: 33%
  3. Ketra (Lutron): 26%
  4. WAC/AiSPIRE: 27%
  5. American Lighting/Proluxe: 24%

Racks

  1. Strong (Snap One): 60% (Bullet Brand)
  2. Middle Atlantic (Legrand AV): 55%
  3. Salamander Designs: 7%
  4. Chief (Legrand AV): 5%
  5. Sanus (Legrand AV): 3%

Rack Cooling Systems

  1. Cool Components: 50%
  2. Strong (Snap One): 38%
  3. Middle Atlantic (Legrand AV): 31%
  4. AC Infinity: 11%
  5. Active Thermal Management: 11%

Lifts

  1. Future Automation: 42%
  2. Nexus 21: 39%
  3. Auton: 17%
  4. Chief (Legrand): 8%
  5. Media Décor (Leon): 5%

Mounts

  1. Strong (Snap One): 55%
  2. Chief (Legrand AV): 37%
  3. Sanus (Legrand AV): 33%
  4. Future Automation: 30%
  5. MantelMount: 21%

Power Conditioners

  1. WattBox (Snap One): 61%
  2. SurgeX: 27%
  3. Furman: (Nice): 16%
  4. AudioQuest: 14%
  5. Panamax: (Nice): 12%

Central Vacuum

  1. Dirt Devil/H-P Products/Vacuflo: 9%
  2. Beam: 4%
  3. Honeywell: 4%
  4. Snap One: 2%
  5. Broan-NuTone: 2%

Furniture

  1. Salamander Designs: 43%
  2. Fortress: 19%
  3. CinemaTech: 18%
  4. Sanus: 10%
  5. Acoustic Innovations: 7%

Seating

  1. Salamander Designs: 25%
  2. Fortress: 24%
  3. CinemaTech: 21%
  4. Acoustic Innovations: 13%
  5. RowOne: 10%

Remote Managed Services

  1. OvrC (Snap One): 51%
  2. Pakedge (Snap One/Control4): 26%
  3. Alarm.com: 21%
  4. Access Networks (Snap One): 18%
  5. Parasol (Snap One): 13%

Water Leak Detection

  1. Dam-it : 13% (Bullet Brand)
  2. Waterbug: 13%
  3. Control4 (Snap One): 10%
  4. Watercop: 10%
  5. DSC (Johnson Controls): 11%

Smart Major Appliances

  1. (tie) LG: 3%
  2. (tie) Samsung: 3%
  3. Sub-Zero: 1%
  4. Thermador 1%
  5. Viking: 1%
  6. Wolf: 1%

Energy Storage

  1. SurgeX: 20%
  2. RoseWater Energy: 9%
  3. Savant: 6%
  4. Sonnen: 3%

Indoor Air Quality Systems

  1. Delos: 5%
  2. Intellipure: 4%

Unified Communications

  1. Biamp: 2%
  2. Crestron: 1%
  3. Logitech: 1%

CE Pro 100 Top Security Brands

Access Control

  1. Yale (Fortune Brands): 39%
  2. Control4: 34%
  3. Kwikset: 19%
  4. Alarm.com: 18%
  5. Savant: 17%

IP Surveillance Cameras

  1. Luma (Snap One): 48%
  2. IC Realtime: 29%
  3. Alarm.com: 17%
  4. Wirepath (Snap One): 16%
  5. Axis Communications: 12%

Security / Fire Systems

  1. Resideo: 19%
  2. DSC (Johnson Controls): 18%
  3. Johnson Controls (IQ): 18%
  4. 2GIG (Nice): 9%
  5. Nest (Google): 7%

Smart Locks / Deadbolts

  1. Yale (Fortune Brands): 58%
  2. Kwikset (Assa Abloy): 47%
  3. Baldwin: 23%
  4. Schlage (Allegion): 20%
  5. August (Fortune Brands):12%

Video Doorbells

  1. Ring (Amazon): 52%
  2. Control4 (Snap One): 41%
  3. DoorBird (Assa Abloy): 24%
  4. Nest (Google): 18%
  5. 2N (Axis Communications): 17%

CE Pro 100 Top Operations Brands

Business Management/Proposal Software

  1. D-Tools: 28%
  2. iPoint: 21%
  3. Portal: 13%
  4. Bluebeam: 10%
  5. Simply Reliable: 3%

Buying Groups

  1. ProSource: 48%
  2. Authorized Integrators Network (AIN):10%
  3. HTSA: 8%
  4. Azione/Oasys (Nationwide): 5%

General Distribution

  1. Snap One: 48%
  2. ADI: 42%
  3. Control4 (Snap One): 33%
  4. Ingram Micro: 24%
  5. Brand Source: 16%

Tools & Testers

  1. Fluke: 33%
  2. Klein Tools: 25%
  3. Platinum Tools: 25%
  4. Labor Saving Devices: 18%
  5. DeWalt: 15%

Vehicles

  1. Ford: 31%
  2. Nissan: 17%
  3. Dodge/RAM: 9%
  4. Mercedes: 9%
  5. Chevy: 8%

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