CE Pro's annual Brand Analysis study surveys the top 100 highest-revenue residential integration firms, otherwise known as the CE Pro 100, to determine their preferred brands in the categories of audio, video, home automation, networking, lighting control, security and more.
In this category-by-category breakdown, senior editor Bob Archer delivers an in-depth look at the most frequently used manufacturers in 55 product categories. The numbers associated with each manufacturer reflect the number of CE Pro 100 dealers using that brand.
Highlighting the popularity of multiroom audio, whole-house audio amplifier manufacturers Sonance, Control4, SnapAV, Sonos and Crestron dominate the rankings while home theater and separates manufacturers Marantz, Integra, Rotel and Sony just miss the top five.
The leaders here all made impressive gains.
Top 5
Sonance: 41
Control4: 39
SnapAV: 35
Sonos: 34
Crestron: 24
Other Brands
Integra: 23
Rotel: 22
Marantz: 21
Sony: 19
Crown: 18
AudioControl: 15
Yamaha: 14
Classe: 14
JBL: 13
McIntosh: 13
Origin Acoustics: 13
Anthem: 12
Savant: 12
Elan: 10
Harman: 10
Autonomic: 9
Lexicon: 8
Onkyo: 8
QSC: 8
Sunfire: 7
SpeakerCraft: 6
Bryston: 5
HEOS: 5
Lab Gruppen: 5
Niles: 5
Paradigm: 5
NAD: 4
Parasound: 4
Prima Luna: 4
Extron: 3
Peachtree Audio: 3
Pro Audio: 3
RTI: 3
Chord Electronics: 2
Datasat: 2
Stealth: 2
DaVinci Group: 2
CAT: 1
RTI: 1
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