In this study, we conducted a questionnaire survey of commercial spaces in the greater Tokyo metropolitan area in order to gain a comprehension of the consciousness of the sound environment held by the owners, who were in a position to manage the various commercial spaces. As a result, the various commercial spaces were classified into 11 categories and the tendencies in the relationship between the degree to which the sound environment contributed to the creation of the space and the degree of concern on the part of the owners in taking the sound environment into consideration were comprehended. Furthermore 6 common factors were extracted as keywords in the creation of the images being sought by owners who placed importance on the sound environment and the images being sought by owners of each commercial space were clarified.
