Conference tables for financial services firms are sized by one number: 30 inches of table edge per seat. A 12 foot table seats about 10; a 24 foot boardroom table seats about 20. Get that number wrong and a managing director spends the next decade negotiating for elbow room.
Below are eight solid hardwood boardroom tables we build to order for banks, wealth managers, private equity and advisory firms, each shown in a staged boardroom lookbook setting. Every one is made to your room rather than a stock size. Browse the full conference table collection if you already know the length you need.
Conference tables for financial services firms
The Hartford
The Hartford is the piece for a bank boardroom that wants to look like it has been there for fifty years. In black walnut with a clear finish, the grain runs dark and quiet, and the wood pedestal base with a metal edge keeps the eye on the top. Built at 11 feet it seats about 10 for a full partners’ meeting. Design your Hartford →
The Westbrook
For a private equity office that runs long diligence sessions, the Westbrook is built to fill the room. White oak with a clear finish reads bright and open, and at 24 feet it seats about 20. We build it in bolted sections so it comes up the elevator and assembles on site. Design your Westbrook →
The Timberline
The Timberline in Walnut Black is the most formal table we make. The finish is a hardwax oil, not a spray lacquer, so the walnut grain still shows through the near-black surface. Built at 14 feet it seats about 12. It suits a wealth management firm that wants gravity in the room without going glossy. Design your Timberline →
The Foundry
The Foundry pairs a White Oak Black top with a heavy steel base for a room that trades on decisiveness. At 12 feet it seats about 10 and holds a full desk plus screens down the center. The hardwax finish takes coffee rings and hand oils and wipes clean, which matters in a room that runs from open to close. Design your Foundry →
The Cassian
Not every meeting is a boardroom of twenty. The Cassian at 11 feet seats about 10 and suits an advisory firm that meets clients one household at a time. The cotton white finish keeps a smaller room feeling light, and the trestle base leaves knee room on both long sides. Design your Cassian →
The Dakota
The Dakota in hard maple is the workhorse. Maple is dense and pale and takes decades of files sliding across it without complaint, which is why it lands well in an accounting practice. At 10 feet it seats about 10, and the pedestal base opens up the ends for extra chairs at close. Design your Dakota →
The Cascade
The Cascade at 8 feet is right for a venture office that runs fast partner meetings rather than full boards. Red oak with a clear finish gives it a warm, open grain, and the smaller footprint fits a glass-walled room without crowding it. Seats about 8. Design your Cascade →
The Broadway
The Broadway in White Oak Natural keeps the white oak looking raw and matte, close to the untreated board. It suits a commercial real estate office that wants an honest, understated table for client walk-ins. At 8 feet it seats about 8 and moves easily if the room does double duty. Design your Broadway →
Design your boardroom table
Every table here is built to your length, width and finish. Pick a model to open it in the designer, or browse the full conference table collection.
How big a boardroom table does a financial services firm need?
Allow 30 inches of table edge per seat and 36 inches of clearance behind each chair so someone can walk the room during a live call. As a rule: a 12 foot table needs about a 20 by 14 foot room, a 16 foot table about 24 by 16, and a 20 foot table about 28 by 18. If the room is tight, a narrower 42 inch top buys back walking space without losing seats.
Solid hardwood, built to your room
Every table here is solid hardwood the whole way through, in black walnut, white oak, hard maple or red oak. Bases vary by model, from steel U-legs and trestles to wood pedestals. There is no veneer over particleboard, so the top can be sanded and refinished years from now instead of replaced. Tables over about 12 feet are built in bolted sections that fit a standard elevator and assemble on site, so a 24 foot boardroom table still gets into a downtown floor.
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Financial services boardroom tables: common questions
How many people does a financial services boardroom table seat?
Allow about 30 inches of table edge per person. A 12 foot table seats about 10, a 16 foot table seats about 14, and a 20 foot table seats about 18. Every table is built to your specified length.
Are these boardroom tables solid wood or veneer?
Every table is solid hardwood throughout, in black walnut, white oak, hard maple or red oak. There is no veneer over particleboard, so the table can be refinished and repaired for the life of the firm.
Can you build a conference table to our exact boardroom size?
Yes. Each table is built to order, so you give us the length, the width and the finish and we build to it. Custom length, width and finish are part of how every table is built to order.
Will a large boardroom table fit in a downtown elevator?
Tables over about 12 feet are built in bolted sections sized to a standard elevator, then assembled in the room. A 24 foot table arrives in pieces and goes together on site, with the seams falling on the base.
Which finish looks most formal for a financial firm?
Walnut Black or White Oak Black reads the most formal, since it keeps the grain visible under a near-black hardwax surface. A clear finish on walnut is a step warmer, and white oak or maple keeps a smaller room feeling open.
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