In February, the AIA’s Architecture Billings Index reported a decrease, however trends show stabilization may be on the horizon. In February, ball game was 49.5, up from 43.8 the previous month– any number below 50 suggests a decrease in billings.
In its report the AIA kept in mind that “global financial unpredictability” stays a factor impacting billings. In spite of this, architecture firms reported an increase in brand-new job questions in the month of February, an appealing uptick. However, the design agreements index “slowed considerably.”
For February’s report, the AIA introduced what it is calling “a brand-new quarterly ABI question” that asks companies to expect how their gross billings and billable work will compare between the present quarter and the next one.
The data gathered this time around found that 48 percent of firms anticipate their billings to “stay steady” in Q2 of 2026, while 31 percent prepare for a 5 percent or higher boost, and 21 percent foresee a 5 percent or higher decrease in billings.