Best of Houzz

Behind Best of Houzz

Explore the awards’ ins and outs with past winners and how you can become one yourself

What is Best of Houzz?

Hosted annually, Best of Houzz is an awards showcase that celebrates our community's top picks for design and renovation professionals and popular home designs around the world. Winners come in three different categories: design, service, and photography.

Best of Houzz Design

This category recognises professionals whose work inspired the most user engagement and ideabook saves on Houzz.

Best of Houzz Service

This category recognises pros with rave-worthy customer service according to their Houzz rating and client reviews.

Best of Houzz Photography

This category recognises photographers with the most popular images, shown by engagement and ideabook saves.

Why Does the Best of Houzz Award Matter?

Like most industry awards, winning a Best of Houzz is a great way to boost credibility and promote your business. Winners get a badge on their Houzz profile, showing potential clients that their work has been recognised by our community of 65 million homeowners and design enthusiasts.

Eligibility and Benefits

Eligibility

All home professionals with a Houzz profile are eligible to win Best of Houzz awards. Consideration is automatic, free, and based on your profile, overall rating, and customer reviews.

Badges

All winners will have a badge automatically added to the ‘Credentials’ section of their Houzz profile, helping homeowners identify popular and top-rated professionals in their area.

Promotional Kit

To help promote their award, winners also receive a promotional toolkit which includes high-resolution badge images for their social media feed, website, email signature, and more.

Highlights

Winners with a Houzz Pro subscription can also list their award in the ‘Highlights’ section of their profile and premium directory listing.

Best of Houzz Award Tips

Design Tip

To strengthen your chances of being selected for this award, upload high-quality project photos of your best work as soon as possible after the project’s completion to give them plenty of time to circulate among the Houzz community. Then, help homeowners discover photos of your projects by including keywords in image descriptions so they will be searchable by style and location. These two practices will set you up to get the most ideabook saves on Houzz.

For more tips, read this Learn article.