Kitchen remodeling spending spans modest updates and six-figure projects. The figures below distinguish U.S. survey medians, percentile thresholds, national improvement estimates, and kitchen-and-bath market forecasts so that costs are not confused with participation or total market size.
Key Kitchen Remodeling Spending Statistics
These figures summarize the most useful U.S. measures across household spending, project scope, activity, financing, and market context:
- In 2024, the median U.S. kitchen-remodel spend was $22,000 among renovating homeowners surveyed by Houzz.
- In 2024, the 90th-percentile U.S. kitchen-remodel spend was $100,000 among Houzz renovation projects.
- In 2024, the median major-remodel spend was $35,000 for U.S. kitchens under 200 square feet.
- In 2024, the median major-remodel spend was $55,000 for U.S. kitchens of at least 200 square feet.
- In 2024, the 90th-percentile major-remodel spend reached $150,000 for U.S. kitchens of at least 200 square feet.
- From 2023 to 2024, overall U.S. kitchen-remodel median spending fell 8% to $22,000 in the Houzz survey.
- In 2022, overall U.S. kitchen-remodel median spending was $20,000 in the Houzz survey.
- In 2023, overall U.S. kitchen-remodel median spending was $24,000 in the Houzz survey.
- In 2024, 24% of U.S. renovating homeowners surveyed by Houzz remodeled a kitchen.
- In 2024, 86% of U.S. kitchen-renovation homeowners surveyed by Houzz worked with a professional.
- In 2024, 50% of U.S. kitchen renovators surveyed by Houzz used a general contractor.
- From 2019 to 2022, U.S. improvement and repair expenditures rose from $404 billion to $611 billion across owner-occupied and rental properties.
- In 2023, $405 billion was spent on improvements to U.S. owner-occupied homes.
- In 2023, 29.7% of U.S. homeowners, nearly 26 million households, had at least one improvement project.
- In 2023, professionally installed improvements represented 84.1% of U.S. owner-occupied-home improvement expenditures.
- In 2023, savings were used by 83% of U.S. renovating homeowners surveyed by Houzz to fund renovation work.
- In 2023, credit cards were used by 37% of U.S. renovating homeowners surveyed by Houzz.
- In 2023, owners age 65 and over accounted for 27% of U.S. aggregate improvement spending.
- In 2024, Millennial renovating homeowners’ median kitchen investment rose to $20,000 in the Houzz survey.
- For 2024, the NKBA projected $173 billion in U.S. kitchen-and-bath revenue.
Contents
- Kitchen remodeling spending benchmarks
- Kitchen remodeling spending trends by size and year
- Kitchen renovation activity and professional spending
- The home improvement market context
- How homeowners fund kitchen remodeling
- Kitchen spending by age and market outlook
Kitchen Remodeling Spending Benchmarks by Project Scope
The 2024 Houzz data separates the midpoint from the upper tail. A median means half of surveyed renovating homeowners spent more and half spent less; a 90th-percentile figure is a threshold, not an average or maximum.
| 2024 Houzz measure | Median | 90th percentile |
|---|---|---|
| All kitchen renovations | $22,000 | $100,000 |
| Major remodel, kitchen under 200 sq. ft. | $35,000 | $90,000 |
| Major remodel, kitchen at least 200 sq. ft. | $55,000 | $150,000 |
Source: 2025 U.S. Houzz and Home Study. Houzz includes DIY and professional work, and its spending figures are nominal rather than inflation-adjusted.
Houzz defines a major kitchen remodel as replacing at least all cabinets and appliances. On that definition, the median for a large kitchen was $20,000 higher than the median for a small kitchen, while the 90th-percentile threshold was at least $60,000 higher.
The same source reported a $6,000 median for the addition component of kitchen projects in 2024 and a $22,000 median for the remodel-only component. Those are separate columns in the Houzz table, not amounts to add into a single project total.
Kitchen Remodeling Spending Trends by Size and Year
Nominal medians moved differently by project size. Overall spending was $20,000 in 2022, rose to $24,000 in 2023, and stood at $22,000 in 2024; Houzz described the 2023-to-2024 change as an 8% decline.
| Project measure | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall kitchen-remodel median | $20,000 | $24,000 | $22,000 |
| Major small-kitchen median | — | $32,000 | $35,000 |
| Major large-kitchen median | $55,000 | $55,000 | $55,000 |
| Major small-kitchen 90th percentile | $75,000 | $90,000 | $90,000 |
| Major large-kitchen 90th percentile | $125,000 | $150,000 | $150,000 |
| All-renovation 90th percentile | $85,000 | $100,000 | $100,000 |
Source: 2025 U.S. Houzz and Home Study. Values are nominal; the major-remodel definition replaces at least all cabinets and appliances.
The major small-kitchen median rose 9% from $32,000 in 2023 to $35,000 in 2024. The major large-kitchen median stayed at $55,000 in each year from 2022 through 2024, while its 90th-percentile threshold rose from $125,000 in 2022 to $150,000 in 2023 and remained there in 2024.
For large kitchens, the minor-remodel median was $20,000 in 2023 and $35,000 in 2024. Houzz defines minor remodels as remodels that do not meet its major definition, and the report presentation should be used for the applicable large-kitchen size threshold.
Kitchen Renovation Activity and Professional Spending Data
Participation measures show how often homeowners renovated a kitchen, not how much they spent. In Houzz’s 2023 sample, kitchens were the most commonly renovated interior room at 29% of renovating homeowners; in the 2024 sample, 24% remodeled a kitchen, tying guest bathrooms at 24%.
The samples cover U.S. Houzz users with recent, planned, or in-progress renovation projects, and multiple room responses were allowed. Therefore, these percentages are not a census of all U.S. homeowners and are not shares of national spending.
In 2024, 86% of kitchen-renovation homeowners worked with a professional. Provider categories could overlap, with general contractors at 50%, kitchen designers at 25%, architects at 13%, design-build professionals at 12%, and kitchen remodelers at 8%.
For renovation work overall, more than 90% of renovating homeowners hired professional help in 2023. The share hiring specialty service providers rose from 46% in 2022 to 47% in 2023, while the average number of specialty providers remained 1.7 in both years; the share hiring construction professionals fell from 44% to 42%.
Source: 2025 U.S. Houzz and Home Study. Overall renovation measures are not kitchen-only, and provider categories may overlap.
Home Improvement Market Scale and the Kitchen Spending Context
Kitchen spending sits inside a much larger U.S. improvement market. Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies estimates cover owner-occupied and rental properties, while the owner-occupied figures below cover all improvement categories rather than kitchens alone.
| Measure | Period | Reported figure |
|---|---|---|
| Improvement and repair expenditures, owner-occupied and rental properties | 2019 | $404 billion |
| Improvement and repair expenditures, owner-occupied and rental properties | 2022 | $611 billion |
| Owner-occupied-home improvements | 2023 | $405 billion |
| Average improvement spending per owner | 2023 | $4,700 |
| Professionally installed owner-occupied improvements | 2023 | $340 billion |
| DIY owner-occupied improvement outlays | 2023 | $64 billion |
Source: Improving America’s Housing 2025: Key Facts. These are national estimates, not kitchen-only budgets.
Owner-occupied-home improvement spending in 2023 was 54% above 2019 in nominal terms and 29% above 2019 after inflation adjustment. The share of owners with at least one improvement project was 29.7%, or nearly 26 million households.
Discretionary projects, including kitchen and bath remodels and room additions, represented 30% of homeowner improvement spending in 2023. Need-to-do replacement projects represented 49%, outside property projects 15%, and disaster repairs 6%; these categories describe the broad improvement market, not kitchen spending alone.
Professionally installed improvements reached $340 billion in 2023, up 28% from 2021, and represented 84.1% of owner-occupied-home improvement expenditures. DIY improvement outlays fell 2% to $64 billion in 2023.
How Homeowners Fund Kitchen Remodeling and Related Improvements
Funding data is available at two different scopes. Houzz reports overlapping funding-source responses among renovating homeowners, while Harvard JCHS reports the share of spending funded by home equity for a grouped category that includes kitchen and bath remodels and outside attachments.
- Savings were the most common funding source in the 2023 Houzz survey, used by 83% of renovating homeowners.
- Credit cards were used by 37% of renovating homeowners in 2023, up from 28% in 2022.
- Among homeowners with projects costing $50,000 to $200,000 in 2023, home loans funded projects for 23%.
- Among homeowners with projects costing $50,000 to $200,000 in 2023, cash from home sales was used by 21%.
- Among homeowners with projects costing $50,000 to $200,000 in 2023, credit cards were used by 32%.
Source: 2025 U.S. Houzz and Home Study. Funding responses can overlap, and the $50,000–$200,000 figures apply only to that project-budget subgroup.
Home equity funded 15% of spending on kitchen and bath remodels and outside attachments in 2023, according to Harvard JCHS. Because the source groups those project types, this is not a kitchen-only financing rate.
Kitchen Remodeling Spending by Age and Market Outlook
Age patterns in the broader improvement market help describe who contributes to renovation spending, but they do not isolate kitchen projects. Owners age 65 and over increased their share of aggregate improvement spending from 14% in 2003 to 27% in 2023, while their homeowner-household count grew 36% from 2013 to 2023.
Per-owner spending by owners age 65 and over climbed 35% from 2013 to 2023. In 2023, owners under 35 spent $34 billion in aggregate on improvements, 51% more than in 2015.
Professional work also varied by age: owners age 65 and over devoted more than 88% of improvement dollars to professional projects in 2023, compared with 76% for owners under 35. These Harvard JCHS figures cover all improvements, not kitchen remodeling alone.
Within the Houzz kitchen measure, renovating Millennials’ median kitchen investment rose from $15,000 in 2023 to $20,000 in 2024. This generation-specific survey measure is not a census, and older generations moved in a different direction.
Market forecasts provide a separate forward-looking lens. The 2024 Kitchen & Bath Market Outlook from NKBA projected 2024 kitchen-and-bath revenue at $173 billion, down 3% from the prior year’s outlook, and forecast remodeling spending to decline 2% in 2024.
NKBA also forecast new-construction kitchen-and-bath spending to decline 4% in 2024. These NKBA/JBREC figures combine kitchen and bath, distinguish new construction from remodeling, and are forecasts rather than observed completed-project spending.
Source: Improving America’s Housing 2025: Key Facts; 2025 U.S. Houzz and Home Study; 2024 Kitchen & Bath Market Outlook.
The remodeling market overall was expected to remain above $600 billion through 2025, according to the Harvard JCHS projection for owner-occupied and rental properties. That forecast is total remodeling-market context, not a kitchen-only spending estimate.