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Houzz Inc., the world’s leading platform for home renovation and design, today announced that it has more than doubled its community in its first year in Australia, attracting more than 1.4 million unique monthly users to its mobile and online platform, Houzz.com.au. The dedicated Australian platform launched in August 2014 with 700,000 unique users and 10,000 active home renovation and design professionals. Today, the Australian professional community has grown to over 24,000 active home professionals across more than 60 trades. Houzz professionals use the platform as a critical business tool to build their brands, collaborate with clients and connect with homeowners looking to renovate or decorate across the country and around the world.
Houzz is the largest platform for home renovation and design globally with more than 35 million monthly unique users, 90 percent of whom are homeowners, and over 800,000 active home professionals. The Australian launch in August 2014 continued the company’s international expansion, which has since extended across Europe, the Nordics and into Asia. Over 45% of new Houzz users today come from outside the US, as a result of the company’s expansion efforts over the last year, compared to less than 30% in 2013.
Houzz is also announcing the roll-out out of the Houzz Professional Marketplace in Australia (Houzz Pro+), the next expansion of this programme outside the U.S and UK. The local marketplace was developed based on demand from Houzz’s Australian professional community, which expressed the need to gain even greater visibility in their local areas. The service is offered in addition to the free global platform and tools that Houzz continues to invest in and provide to its professional community.
Adi Tatarko, Houzz cofounder and CEO said, “Our mission from day one has been to deliver the best technology and experience for home renovation and design by addressing every aspect of the process, and this has been our mission in Australia, too. We’re excited to see the exceptional organic growth of our local community, and to connect Australian homeowners and home professionals with our community around the world. As Houzz expands internationally, the design aesthetic, talent and expertise of Australia has a major role in the global design language that Houzz is facilitating.”
Houzz provides homeowners and professionals access to over 7.5 million retina-quality professional photos, 200,000 of which come from Australia, showcasing the best of Australian home interiors and exteriors. Australia also contributes to the global platform, with thousands of guides and articles from home renovation and design professionals, as well as almost 20,000 home-related discussions.
Houzz is the leading platform for home remodeling and design, providing people with everything they need to improve their homes from start to finish – online or from a mobile device. From decorating a small room to building a custom home and everything in between, Houzz connects millions of homeowners, home design enthusiasts and home improvement professionals across the country and around the world. With the largest residential design database in the world and a vibrant community empowered by technology, Houzz is the easiest way for people to find inspiration, get advice, buy products and hire the professionals they need to help turn their ideas into reality. Headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., Houzz also has international offices in London, Berlin, Sydney, Moscow and Tokyo. Houzz and the Houzz logo are registered trademarks of Houzz Inc. worldwide. For more information, visit www.houzz.com.au