Business Conditions For Architecture Firms Continue To Be Weak, Architecture Billings Index Reports
August 20, 2025
The AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index (ABI) continues to weaken posting a score of 46.2 for July, down from 46.8 in June, indicating that a majority of firms are still experiencing declining firm billings. Inquiries into new work grew slowly but steadily this month, following a brief three-month pause earlier this year. However, design contract values fell again in July as firms struggle to convert inquiries into projects—a challenge persisting alongside declining billings for over two and a half years. Billings have been negative for 31 of the last 34 months.
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July 2025 NEMA Electroindustry Business Confidence Index
August 18, 2025
The Current Conditions component declined in July, falling to 50.0 from 60.0 in June. Sentiment shifted sharply to one of seeing conditions as “unchanged,” a view held by 40 percent of respondents in June that jumped to 80 percent in July. Meanwhile, the percentage of respondents who said conditions were “better” dropped from 40 percent in June to just 10 percent in July. Similarly, those reporting conditions were “worse” also decreased from 20 percent to 10 percent.
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