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Brand Use Study for CABINETS (STOCK)

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Quality Rating
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CABINETS (STOCK)-2003-Quality Rating

Quality Rating

How do you rate the QUALITY of each brand you are familiar with?

Census Region
TotalNortheastMidwestSouthWest
base: BUILDER builders
KraftMaid3.84.0*3.73.83.6*
Decora3.73.5*3.4*4.2*3.8*
Quaker Maid3.73.8*3.7*3.6*3.7*
Schrock3.73.8*3.6*3.8*3.5*
Merillat3.63.8*3.63.63.9*
Timberlake3.63.3*3.1*4.0*4.0*
Aristokraft3.53.5*3.53.43.5*
Canac3.53.0*3.4*3.4*3.9*
Kemper3.5*5.0*3.4*3.5*4.0*
Kitchen Craft3.53.5*3.5*3.6*3.4*
MasterCraft3.55.0*3.0*3.6*3.7*
Wellborn3.53.7*3.2*3.5*3.6*
Mid Continent3.4*5.0*3.1*3.8*3.5*
Yorktowne3.4*3.8*3.2*3.0*3.0*
Riviera3.3*3.0*3.7*3.5*
Bruce3.2*2.8*3.1*3.6*3.0*
Ultracraft3.2*3.3*3.0*4.0*3.0*
HomeCrest3.13.2*3.0*3.0*3.3*
Quality3.1*3.0*3.3*3.0*
Kitchen Compact2.9*3.0*2.9*3.0*
Brandom2.7*3.0*2.0*
Triangle Pacific2.62.8*2.5*2.7*1.0*
Average Sale Price
Under $125K$125K-$199K$200K-$349K$350K+
base: BUILDER builders
KraftMaid3.9*3.83.93.7
Decora3.3*3.6*3.6*3.8
Quaker Maid3.7*3.6*3.9*3.6
Schrock4.0*3.8*3.6*3.6
Merillat3.7*3.73.63.5
Timberlake4.0*3.4*3.8*3.4
Aristokraft3.6*3.73.43.3
Canac4.0*3.7*3.4*3.3
Kemper3.0*3.3*3.5*3.7
Kitchen Craft4.2*3.3*3.5*3.6
MasterCraft3.0*3.4*3.7*3.6
Wellborn4.0*3.7*3.4*3.3
Mid Continent3.0*3.7*3.6*3.2
Yorktowne3.0*3.5*3.6*3.4
Riviera3.3*3.2*3.4*3.5
Bruce4.3*2.9*3.4*2.4
Ultracraft3.0*3.0*3.3*3.3
HomeCrest3.0*3.1*3.0*3.1
Quality2.0*3.3*3.2*3.0
Kitchen Compact3.3*3.2*2.4*3.0
Brandom3.0*3.0*3.0*2.0
Triangle Pacific3.0*3.1*2.3*1.9
Units Built
1-45-4950+
base: BUILDER builders
KraftMaid3.93.83.5*
Decora3.5*3.8*3.4*
Quaker Maid3.6*3.6*4.3*
Schrock3.7*3.7*3.0*
Merillat3.63.63.6*
Timberlake3.3*3.4*4.0*
Aristokraft3.53.43.3*
Canac3.8*3.4*3.3*
Kemper3.6*3.6*2.0*
Kitchen Craft3.6*3.53.5*
MasterCraft3.4*3.6*3.4*
Wellborn3.2*3.63.7*
Mid Continent3.4*3.6*1.0*
Yorktowne3.0*3.6*3.5*
Riviera3.3*3.6*2.5*
Bruce3.3*3.2*2.8*
Ultracraft3.5*3.3*2.0*
HomeCrest3.1*3.0*3.0*
Quality2.5*3.3*3.2*
Kitchen Compact3.0*3.0*2.3*
Brandom3.0*2.3*
Triangle Pacific2.6*2.6*2.4*
CABINETS (STOCK)-2003-Brand Familiarity
Select Detail Statistics:

Brand Familiarity

Which brands have you HEARD OF?

Census Region
TotalNortheastMidwestSouthWest
base: BUILDER builders486.070.0145.0188.082.0
KraftMaid61.0%79.0%66.0%56.0%50.0%
Merillat58.0%63.0%73.0%47.0%51.0%
Aristokraft53.0%69.0%66.0%43.0%40.0%
Kitchen Craft36.0%30.0%42.0%34.0%34.0%
Wellborn30.0%36.0%31.0%31.0%22.0%
Quaker Maid24.0%50.0%23.0%20.0%16.0%
Decora22.0%16.0%31.0%16.0%23.0%
MasterCraft21.0%13.0%23.0%17.0%34.0%
Schrock20.0%26.0%35.0%11.0%6.0%
Bruce19.0%19.0%26.0%18.0%13.0%
Canac19.0%10.0%18.0%21.0%24.0%
HomeCrest18.0%20.0%32.0%12.0%7.0%
Triangle Pacific18.0%39.0%17.0%16.0%2.0%
Timberlake16.0%19.0%16.0%14.0%22.0%
Kemper15.0%16.0%25.0%9.0%12.0%
Yorktowne15.0%39.0%16.0%11.0%6.0%
Kitchen Compact13.0%14.0%19.0%13.0%2.0%
Riviera11.0%7.0%18.0%9.0%6.0%
Mid Continent9.0%7.0%17.0%6.0%6.0%
Brandom7.0%4.0%10.0%6.0%4.0%
Ultracraft6.0%9.0%8.0%4.0%5.0%
Brandom4.0%6.0%6.0%3.0%1.0%
other7.0%6.0%7.0%8.0%7.0%
indicated one or more83.0%96.0%90.0%74.0%79.0%
no answer15.0%4.0%9.0%23.0%20.0%
none2.0%0.0%1.0%3.0%1.0%
Average Sale Price
Under $125K$125K-$199K$200K-$349K$350K+
base: BUILDER builders48.0135.0139.0153.0
KraftMaid52.0%61.0%58.0%67.0
Merillat50.0%53.0%65.0%61.0
Aristokraft42.0%49.0%58.0%56.0
Kitchen Craft31.0%34.0%36.0%38.0
Wellborn25.0%26.0%27.0%37.0
Quaker Maid17.0%17.0%26.0%31.0
Decora23.0%14.0%25.0%25.0
MasterCraft19.0%21.0%25.0%18.0
Schrock23.0%14.0%22.0%21.0
Bruce21.0%23.0%18.0%16.0
Canac13.0%13.0%22.0%22.0
HomeCrest21.0%17.0%21.0%16.0
Triangle Pacific17.0%16.0%22.0%15.0
Timberlake17.0%21.0%17.0%12.0
Kemper17.0%11.0%18.0%15.0
Yorktowne17.0%10.0%16.0%18.0
Kitchen Compact25.0%11.0%12.0%12.0
Riviera13.0%10.0%12.0%10.0
Mid Continent15.0%9.0%9.0%8.0
Brandom6.0%4.0%10.0%7.0
Ultracraft10.0%3.0%6.0%6.0
Brandom8.0%4.0%4.0%2.0
other6.0%10.0%6.0%5.0
indicated one or more79.0%82.0%82.0%86.0
no answer15.0%16.0%17.0%14.0
none6.0%2.0%1.0%1.0
Units Built
1-45-4950+
base: BUILDER builders179.0233.071.0
KraftMaid66.0%60.0%52.0%
Merillat58.0%58.0%61.0%
Aristokraft52.0%54.0%52.0%
Kitchen Craft40.0%34.0%31.0%
Wellborn30.0%32.0%23.0%
Quaker Maid26.0%24.0%21.0%
Decora21.0%21.0%27.0%
MasterCraft16.0%22.0%30.0%
Schrock22.0%20.0%13.0%
Bruce17.0%21.0%18.0%
Canac16.0%18.0%27.0%
HomeCrest18.0%18.0%17.0%
Triangle Pacific15.0%17.0%27.0%
Timberlake15.0%12.0%34.0%
Kemper16.0%14.0%14.0%
Yorktowne16.0%15.0%11.0%
Kitchen Compact13.0%14.0%11.0%
Riviera12.0%11.0%8.0%
Mid Continent11.0%9.0%7.0%
Brandom5.0%6.0%14.0%
Ultracraft4.0%7.0%6.0%
Brandom5.0%3.0%3.0%
other8.0%8.0%4.0%
indicated one or more84.0%82.0%85.0%
no answer15.0%17.0%11.0%
none1.0%1.0%4.0%

Brand Innovation

Which ONE brand is leading this category in the area of INNOVATION?

Census Region
TotalNortheastMidwestSouthWest
base: BUILDER builders486.070.0145.0188.082.0
KraftMaid4.0%4.0%4.0%5.0%1.0%
Merillat4.0%4.0%5.0%4.0%5.0%
Aristokraft1.0%1.0%1.0%1.0%0.0%
Decora1.0%0.0%1.0%1.0%0.0%
Kitchen Craft1.0%0.0%2.0%1.0%0.0%
Quaker Maid1.0%6.0%0.0%1.0%0.0%
Schrock1.0%1.0%1.0%0.0%0.0%
Wellborn1.0%3.0%0.0%2.0%1.0%
Brandom0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Bruce0.0%1.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Canac0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
HomeCrest0.0%0.0%1.0%1.0%0.0%
Kemper0.0%1.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Kitchen Compact0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
MasterCraft0.0%0.0%1.0%1.0%0.0%
Mid Continent0.0%0.0%0.0%1.0%0.0%
Riviera0.0%0.0%1.0%0.0%0.0%
Timberlake0.0%0.0%0.0%1.0%0.0%
Triangle Pacific0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Ultracraft0.0%1.0%0.0%1.0%0.0%
Yorktowne0.0%1.0%1.0%0.0%0.0%
other2.0%4.0%1.0%3.0%1.0%
no answer80.0%70.0%79.0%80.0%89.0%
answered multiple1.0%0.0%3.0%1.0%2.0%
Average Sale Price
Under $125K$125K-$199K$200K-$349K$350K+
base: BUILDER builders48.0135.0139.0153.0
KraftMaid4.0%6.0%6.0%1.0
Merillat4.0%5.0%7.0%1.0
Aristokraft2.0%0.0%1.0%1.0
Decora0.0%0.0%2.0%1.0
Kitchen Craft2.0%1.0%1.0%1.0
Quaker Maid0.0%1.0%1.0%1.0
Schrock0.0%0.0%1.0%1.0
Wellborn0.0%2.0%1.0%1.0
Brandom0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0
Bruce0.0%0.0%1.0%0.0
Canac0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0
HomeCrest0.0%1.0%1.0%0.0
Kemper0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0
Kitchen Compact0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0
MasterCraft0.0%1.0%1.0%0.0
Mid Continent0.0%0.0%1.0%0.0
Riviera2.0%0.0%0.0%0.0
Timberlake0.0%1.0%1.0%0.0
Triangle Pacific0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0
Ultracraft0.0%0.0%1.0%0.0
Yorktowne2.0%1.0%0.0%0.0
other0.0%2.0%3.0%2.0
no answer83.0%78.0%69.0%89.0
answered multiple0.0%1.0%2.0%1.0
Units Built
1-45-4950+
base: BUILDER builders179.0233.071.0
KraftMaid7.0%2.0%6.0%
Merillat2.0%6.0%4.0%
Aristokraft1.0%0.0%3.0%
Decora1.0%1.0%1.0%
Kitchen Craft1.0%1.0%0.0%
Quaker Maid1.0%1.0%0.0%
Schrock1.0%1.0%0.0%
Wellborn2.0%1.0%3.0%
Brandom0.0%0.0%0.0%
Bruce0.0%0.0%0.0%
Canac0.0%0.0%0.0%
HomeCrest0.0%0.0%1.0%
Kemper0.0%0.0%0.0%
Kitchen Compact0.0%0.0%0.0%
MasterCraft0.0%1.0%0.0%
Mid Continent1.0%0.0%0.0%
Riviera0.0%0.0%0.0%
Timberlake0.0%0.0%1.0%
Triangle Pacific0.0%0.0%0.0%
Ultracraft1.0%0.0%0.0%
Yorktowne0.0%1.0%0.0%
other1.0%3.0%3.0%
no answer83.0%78.0%76.0%
answered multiple1.0%2.0%1.0%

Brands Used the Most

Which brand(s) does your firm USE THE MOST?

Census Region
TotalNortheastMidwestSouthWest
base: BUILDER builders486.070.0145.0188.082.0
Merillat10.0%13.0%18.0%5.0%9.0%
KraftMaid9.0%20.0%8.0%9.0%4.0%
Aristokraft8.0%11.0%15.0%4.0%2.0%
Kitchen Craft3.0%1.0%5.0%4.0%2.0%
Wellborn3.0%6.0%4.0%2.0%0.0%
HomeCrest2.0%3.0%3.0%1.0%0.0%
Schrock2.0%4.0%3.0%1.0%0.0%
Timberlake2.0%4.0%1.0%2.0%2.0%
Bruce1.0%1.0%1.0%1.0%0.0%
Canac1.0%0.0%1.0%1.0%0.0%
Decora1.0%0.0%1.0%1.0%0.0%
Kemper1.0%1.0%1.0%0.0%0.0%
Kitchen Compact1.0%0.0%1.0%2.0%0.0%
MasterCraft1.0%1.0%1.0%1.0%2.0%
Mid Continent1.0%1.0%2.0%1.0%0.0%
Quaker Maid1.0%4.0%0.0%1.0%0.0%
Triangle Pacific1.0%3.0%0.0%2.0%0.0%
Yorktowne1.0%7.0%1.0%1.0%0.0%
Brandom0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Quality0.0%0.0%1.0%0.0%0.0%
Riviera0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Ultracraft0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
other3.0%3.0%2.0%4.0%4.0%
did not indicate42.0%44.0%39.0%41.0%46.0%
indicated one or more38.0%51.0%48.0%30.0%26.0%
no answer12.0%3.0%8.0%18.0%15.0%
none8.0%1.0%5.0%11.0%13.0%
Average Sale Price
Under $125K$125K-$199K$200K-$349K$350K+
base: BUILDER builders48.0135.0139.0153.0
Merillat10.0%15.0%10.0%7.0
KraftMaid8.0%12.0%12.0%5.0
Aristokraft2.0%10.0%9.0%7.0
Kitchen Craft4.0%3.0%4.0%4.0
Wellborn2.0%4.0%2.0%2.0
HomeCrest0.0%3.0%3.0%1.0
Schrock0.0%2.0%2.0%1.0
Timberlake0.0%3.0%3.0%1.0
Bruce0.0%0.0%2.0%1.0
Canac0.0%0.0%2.0%1.0
Decora0.0%0.0%1.0%1.0
Kemper0.0%0.0%1.0%1.0
Kitchen Compact2.0%1.0%0.0%0.0
MasterCraft0.0%1.0%1.0%1.0
Mid Continent2.0%1.0%1.0%1.0
Quaker Maid2.0%1.0%1.0%1.0
Triangle Pacific2.0%1.0%0.0%1.0
Yorktowne2.0%1.0%1.0%2.0
Brandom0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0
Quality0.0%0.0%1.0%0.0
Riviera0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0
Ultracraft0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0
other4.0%4.0%2.0%3.0
did not indicate40.0%38.0%39.0%52.0
indicated one or more33.0%42.0%40.0%32.0
no answer13.0%12.0%14.0%10.0
none15.0%8.0%7.0%6.0
Units Built
1-45-4950+
base: BUILDER builders179.0233.071.0
Merillat9.0%9.0%15.0%
KraftMaid12.0%10.0%3.0%
Aristokraft4.0%9.0%14.0%
Kitchen Craft2.0%5.0%3.0%
Wellborn2.0%2.0%7.0%
HomeCrest2.0%2.0%1.0%
Schrock2.0%2.0%0.0%
Timberlake1.0%1.0%8.0%
Bruce0.0%1.0%1.0%
Canac1.0%1.0%1.0%
Decora1.0%0.0%1.0%
Kemper1.0%1.0%0.0%
Kitchen Compact1.0%1.0%0.0%
MasterCraft0.0%2.0%1.0%
Mid Continent1.0%2.0%0.0%
Quaker Maid0.0%2.0%0.0%
Triangle Pacific0.0%1.0%3.0%
Yorktowne1.0%2.0%0.0%
Brandom0.0%0.0%0.0%
Quality0.0%0.0%0.0%
Riviera0.0%0.0%0.0%
Ultracraft0.0%0.0%0.0%
other4.0%3.0%1.0%
did not indicate49.0%42.0%28.0%
indicated one or more32.0%36.0%54.0%
no answer12.0%12.0%11.0%
none7.0%9.0%7.0%

Brands Used in Past 2 Years

Which brands has your firm USED IN THE PAST 2 YEARS in the homes you've built (including brands you subcontracted with others to install)?

Census Region
TotalNortheastMidwestSouthWest
base: BUILDER builders486.070.0145.0188.082.0
Merillat25.0%33.0%37.0%16.0%20.0%
KraftMaid21.0%36.0%21.0%20.0%11.0%
Aristokraft18.0%26.0%28.0%13.0%6.0%
Kitchen Craft7.0%4.0%8.0%9.0%6.0%
Wellborn6.0%11.0%6.0%7.0%1.0%
Decora5.0%4.0%8.0%2.0%4.0%
HomeCrest5.0%6.0%8.0%2.0%4.0%
Schrock5.0%7.0%10.0%3.0%0.0%
Canac3.0%1.0%2.0%5.0%5.0%
MasterCraft3.0%1.0%2.0%2.0%10.0%
Mid Continent3.0%1.0%4.0%2.0%2.0%
Quaker Maid3.0%16.0%1.0%2.0%0.0%
Timberlake3.0%4.0%3.0%3.0%2.0%
Triangle Pacific3.0%6.0%2.0%3.0%0.0%
Yorktowne3.0%14.0%1.0%2.0%0.0%
Bruce2.0%4.0%3.0%2.0%0.0%
Kemper2.0%3.0%5.0%0.0%0.0%
Kitchen Compact2.0%0.0%3.0%3.0%0.0%
Quality1.0%0.0%3.0%0.0%0.0%
Ultracraft1.0%0.0%1.0%1.0%0.0%
Brandom0.0%0.0%1.0%0.0%0.0%
Riviera0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.0%
other4.0%4.0%4.0%4.0%4.0%
indicated one or more59.0%77.0%69.0%52.0%41.0%
did not indicate22.0%19.0%21.0%21.0%33.0%
no answer15.0%4.0%9.0%21.0%20.0%
none4.0%0.0%1.0%6.0%6.0%
Average Sale Price
Under $125K$125K-$199K$200K-$349K$350K+
base: BUILDER builders48.0135.0139.0153.0
Merillat25.0%30.0%27.0%21.0
KraftMaid17.0%21.0%22.0%21.0
Aristokraft21.0%18.0%17.0%17.0
Kitchen Craft8.0%4.0%7.0%10.0
Wellborn4.0%6.0%6.0%7.0
Decora2.0%1.0%6.0%7.0
HomeCrest2.0%4.0%7.0%3.0
Schrock2.0%4.0%6.0%5.0
Canac2.0%3.0%5.0%3.0
MasterCraft4.0%1.0%4.0%4.0
Mid Continent4.0%2.0%4.0%2.0
Quaker Maid2.0%2.0%4.0%5.0
Timberlake2.0%3.0%5.0%1.0
Triangle Pacific6.0%3.0%1.0%3.0
Yorktowne6.0%1.0%2.0%3.0
Bruce0.0%3.0%3.0%3.0
Kemper2.0%1.0%2.0%2.0
Kitchen Compact8.0%2.0%1.0%1.0
Quality0.0%1.0%2.0%1.0
Ultracraft2.0%0.0%1.0%0.0
Brandom2.0%0.0%0.0%0.0
Riviera0.0%0.0%1.0%0.0
other6.0%5.0%2.0%4.0
indicated one or more60.0%61.0%57.0%58.0
did not indicate15.0%20.0%24.0%26.0
no answer13.0%16.0%17.0%13.0
none13.0%4.0%3.0%3.0
Units Built
1-45-4950+
base: BUILDER builders179.0233.071.0
Merillat22.0%27.0%25.0%
KraftMaid26.0%21.0%7.0%
Aristokraft13.0%20.0%20.0%
Kitchen Craft10.0%7.0%3.0%
Wellborn3.0%9.0%7.0%
Decora2.0%6.0%4.0%
HomeCrest4.0%6.0%3.0%
Schrock6.0%6.0%0.0%
Canac1.0%5.0%6.0%
MasterCraft3.0%3.0%4.0%
Mid Continent3.0%3.0%0.0%
Quaker Maid3.0%5.0%0.0%
Timberlake1.0%2.0%10.0%
Triangle Pacific2.0%3.0%4.0%
Yorktowne2.0%4.0%1.0%
Bruce2.0%3.0%1.0%
Kemper2.0%2.0%0.0%
Kitchen Compact2.0%2.0%1.0%
Quality0.0%1.0%3.0%
Ultracraft1.0%1.0%0.0%
Brandom1.0%0.0%0.0%
Riviera1.0%0.0%0.0%
other4.0%5.0%1.0%
indicated one or more56.0%59.0%63.0%
did not indicate25.0%21.0%21.0%
no answer15.0%16.0%11.0%
none4.0%3.0%4.0%
Purpose

The findings cited in this report are based on a survey sponsored by Hanley-Wood, LLC, on behalf of their publication, BUILDER.

The purpose of this research project was to provide the editors and advertisers with a profile of the brands used by builders in the BUILDER audience. Specific areas of inquiry included:

  • The number and average sale price of residential units built by respondents' firms in 2004.
  • Respondents' familiarity with, use of, and opinions about brands in 69 product categories.
  • The one brand within each category respondents feel is best at communicating with them.
Method

The survey sample of 6,250 was selected in systematic fashion by Palm Coast Data, Inc., and Readex from BUILDER's domestic, qualified "builder" circulation of approximately 125,000 recipients at the time of sample selection.

Five versions of an 8-page questionnaire were designed jointly by BUILDER and Readex. Each version contained two questions common to all versions, with the remaining brand-specific questions unique to each.

Data was collected via mail survey from October 18 to December 11, 2000. To ensure the value of this brand use data to manufacturers, the findings cited in this report are based on the 2,247 respondents who indicated their firms built residential units in 2000 (36% of the survey sample).

The margin of error for percentages based on all 2,247 usable responses is ±2.0% at the 95% confidence level. The margin of error for percentages based on smaller sample sizes—census regions, for example— will be larger.