The Top Specified Carpet Manufacturers: The corporate sector seems to be stabilizing but not enough to pull carpet into positive territory – June 2026

By Darius Helm

1. SHAW COMMERCIAL

Estimated 2025 U.S. Specified Carpet Sales: $809 million

Shaw’s specified businesses, Shaw Contract and Patcraft, had a solid 2025, with a slight gain in marketshare and total specified carpet sales of an estimated $809 million. Both divisions had healthy carpet tile activity. The firm’s mainstreet division, Philadelphia Commercial, was about flat with the market, with sales estimated at $211 million.

Last year, Shaw Contract saw strong activity in healthcare, including acute care and medical office buildings, followed by education and hospitality. Of those three segments, carpet has the strongest position in hospitality, followed by education, with healthcare more dominated by resilient flooring. Workplace, the biggest commercial segment, also showed modest gains, particularly with Class A properties—and carpet’s share of workplace is second only to its share of hospitality.

In terms of education, the bigger piece for Shaw Contract is K-12, but it has been focusing on growing its higher education business. Both were up last year. Senior living underperformed, but in 2026, Shaw Contract’s senior living business is back to growth mode.

Part of what is driving recent gains, according to Jeff West, Shaw Commercial’s vice president of marketing and design, was the launch of Grounded Spaces, a carpet tile collection launched early in 2025 that offered affordable high-performance products for institutional and workplace applications. And the firm has also introduced its EcoWorx M backing, featuring an improved moisture profile that enables the installation of carpet tile over high-moisture slabs and residual adhesive.

A couple of years ago, the firm started sourcing Axminster carpet from a manufacturing partner, and last year, the offering helped drive strong growth in hospitality. Furthering its momentum, at last month’s HD Expo show, Shaw introduced its Untitled collection of custom Axminster.

Last year, new launches and a focus on performance segments helped drive Patcraft’s robust sales of carpet tile, which accounts for well over 80% of its total carpet offering. Modern Finds, a NeoCon Gold winner, gained traction in workspace, as did its Color Current, an education-focused collection featuring EcoWorx M. Its PDQ quick-ship program also helped drive revenues.

Education business was strong last year, particularly K-12. Multifamily business made gains, the government segment was healthy, and even the workplace segment showed signs of bouncing back. Patcraft, a performance-driven brand that, in recent years, has stood out with its design innovations, celebrated its 80th anniversary last year.

Shaw’s Philadelphia Commercial is the largest mainstreet business in the flooring market, with estimated sales of $216 million, on par with the market. Last April, Kieren Corcoran, whose joined Shaw nearly 11 years ago with the Patcraft brand, was named vice president and brand leader of Philadelphia. The division serves the market through its retail partners, and it also goes to the multifamily builder market, focused on public space applications.

Corcoran describes the multifamily market as “lumpy,” overbuilt in some markets (Miami, for instance), while Texas and other regions are still in growth mode. 

Traditional mainstreet business was fairly flat last year, with carpet down slightly and resilient up. Education and retail business was healthy, while senior living was challenged. Corcoran notes that its biggest growth sector was houses of worship. 

2. INTERFACE

Estimated 2025 U.S. Specified Carpet Sales: $510 million

Publicly traded, Interface took more marketshare in 2025 than any other commercial carpet producer, and so far this year, it continues to post strong gains. Chief commercial officer Jim Poppens attributes some of the growth to its One Interface strategy, initially launched in 2022, that brought together the global selling teams—most importantly, bringing together Interface and Nora Rubber in the Americas. The integrated selling model has been particularly effective domestically and has allowed the firm to capture more of the flooring square footage in project work, lifting all product categories.

Total global net sales were up 5.4% last year to $1.387 billion. U.S. revenues grew over 5% to an estimated $780.2 million, including $532 in total carpet sales, $98 million in rubber and $150 in LVT. 

Carpet sales include about $40 million in Flor business, with an estimated $18 million going to specified work and another $7 million for mainstreet—the remaining sales for Flor falls into residential remodel. Total specified carpet, including from Flor, grew over 3.5% to an estimated $510 million.

Healthcare was Interface’s strongest segment last year, up 21%, with education up 8%. The retail segment was soft, as was hospitality, though Interface is not eyeing hospitality for growth as it once was. The firm also reported modest gains in corporate, the firm’s biggest segment. And in Q1 2026, corporate work was up 16%, mostly driven by carpet tile. Total net U.S. sales in the first quarter were up over 8%, with an added boost from an extra week in the quarter—but even without it, sales were still up 3% to 5% year over year. 

With a palpable stabilization of the corporate segment, Poppens is optimistic about the strength of the carpet tile category. He adds that Class A space has led the way, and renovation continues to dominate over new construction. 

While carpet tile revenues were up in healthcare, comprising acute care and medical office buildings, the segment leans heavily toward LVT and rubber, and that’s where Interface saw the biggest gains in those categories, as well as in the education segment. Globally, Nora’s revenues were up 17%.

In terms of the volatility of the market, rising fossil fuel costs and wars in Europe and Asia, Poppens says the firm remains focused on what it can control and finding opportunities for growth, noting a guiding principle of former Interface CEO and chairman Dan Hendrix: “Don’t be a prisoner of circumstances.”

The firm’s carpet tile offerings are all solution-dyed nylon, mostly nylon 6 with high recycled content. Across both hard and soft surface, its products include 51% recycled and bio-based content, on average. For carpet specifically, recycled, bio-based and captured carbon content is 66%, and it’s been selling carbon-negative carpet tiles for several years. The firm is currently ahead of pace to meet its 2030 science-based targets for emissions reductions on its way to its goal of being fully carbon negative by 2040.

3. MOHAWK GROUP

Estimated 2025 U.S. Specified Carpet Sales: $416

Mohawk Group, the commercial division of Mohawk Industries, reported healthy activity in most commercial segments last year, with education and healthcare leading the way. Corporate business, particularly Class A properties, also fared well. Government work was active, particularly at the state level, and a part of the retail market that Mohawk focuses on—like banking and communications, as opposed to typical retail stores—was also fairly healthy. Specified carpet sales were close to flat with the market at an estimated $416 million, with mainstreet business lagging a little behind at an estimated $103 million.

Education work was stronger in K-12, and that segment continues to look strong into 2026. Healthcare, a segment where carpet tile has a small share compared to hard surface flooring, has been a target for growth for over seven years, and the firm’s share of the segment continues to grow. 

Gains last year were somewhat moderated by Mohawk’s  ERP conversion to SAP software, a massive endeavor for a floorcovering focused firm with $10.8 billion in global sales in 2025.

This year, the firm entered the rubber manufacturing arena with its acquisition of Hero Floors, best known for its recycled rubber flooring made from Nike Grind, made from recycling Nike tennis shoes.

Mohawk’s commercial carpet portfolio is dominated by carpet tile, but it also has a substantial broadloom business, driven by its Durkan hospitality operation. The firm reports that area rugs fabricated from broadloom is a growing business, with a sizeable volume made on its Definity hospitality carpet “precision sculpted” multilevel tufting technology, first introduced in 2019, going to segments like workplace, hospitality and retail. Durkan is best known for its high-resolution printed carpet for both broadloom and carpet tile constructions. In the hospitality market, it competes with Axminsters with its large-scale custom designs.

Broadloom has also been strong in the corporate market, particularly at the higher end with institutions like law firms, where nothing can beat a plush broadloom to convey the rarefied luxe vibe.

On the specified side, Mohawk largely relies on extrusion of its Duracolor solution-dyed cationic nylon 6, including for its hospitality work, but in its Aladdin Commercial mainstreet division, solution-dyed PET has become fairly common. 

4. ENGINEERED FLOORS

Estimated 2025 U.S. Specified Carpet Sales: $292 million

Engineered Floors, which serves the commercial market through J+J Flooring and EF Contract, ended 2025 ahead of the market, with specified carpet sales down marginally to an estimated $296 million. Its Pentz mainstreet business ended the year about even with the overall commercial market at an estimated $52 million but outpacing mainstreet business. The firm also offers flex LVT in both contract brands, along with rigid LVT and a PVC-free urethane-based resilient tile. And it has a rug program that includes custom fabricated rugs.

According to Zack Adamson, vice president of the commercial division, the firm’s aggressive launch strategy, with continued consistent product launches for various segments of the market, has helped the firm stay relevant and continue to grow. Also, reduced rep turnover has helped cement relationships with clients.

One differentiator for both EF Contract and J+J is its Kinetex hybrid carpet tile, made of PET with over 50% post-consumer content. Kinetex, which competes with both carpet and resilient flooring, has proven to be an attractive solution in segments like education, in part because it has the acoustics, comfort underfoot, reduced slip and fall, and aesthetics of carpet, while it competes with hard surface in terms of performance, including roller mobility. Kinetex also has a strong position in public space and healthcare. 

Last year brought growth in education, with K-12 a bit stronger than higher education. It also posted gains in senior living as well as multifamily—with a lot of regional variation. Corporate work, including tenant improvement, was healthier than in the past and shows signs of gains.

While EF Contract and J+J focus on solution-dyed nylon for their broadloom and carpet tile offerings, Pentz offers solution-dyed PET for those constructions.

Adamson reports that 2026 has started off well, with a good backlog compared to last year and a higher sales pace.

5. MILLIKEN

Estimated 2025 U.S. Specified Carpet Sales: $182 million

Spartanburg, South Carolina-based Milliken manufactures carpet with both solution-dyed fiber systems and its high-resolution proprietary PrintWorks injection dye technology. Its commercial offering is dominated by carpet tile with a PVC-free cushion backing. According to the firm, “Our in-register carpet tile allows us to provide pattern-matched designs with the operational and waste-saving benefits of modular flooring,” says Patrick Keese, EVP and president of Milliken’s flooring business. “We still sell broadloom, but the unique value of our offering is in carpet tile.”

Broadloom, accounting for less than 10% of sales, mostly goes to hospitality, senior living and mainstreet commercial. The firm also has a sourced commercial LVT program, and it manufactures residential carpet and offers a fabricated rug program. 

Milliken is mostly focused on the corporate, education, hospitality and multifamily markets, along with senior living, healthcare and government. Specified carpet sales for 2025 were down marginally to an estimated $182 million, with another $5 million in mainstreet business. And so far this year, the firm is “experiencing momentum,” reporting that corporate and hospitality, two segments hit hard by the pandemic, are showing continued growth.

“2026 is a year of new platforms for Milliken,” says Keese. “We have launched a value-priced, felt-backed carpet tile to meet budgetary needs of tenant improvement and dealer discretionary business.” He adds that it is launching a woven hard surface flooring made of polyester, called HybridForm, this month at Chicago’s DesignWeek.

Last July, Christi Hitch, VP of the Americas for Milliken’s flooring division, left the firm after about a year on the job. In August, Allie Finkell Bruski was promoted to vice president of marketing and design.

6. TARKETT COMMERCIAL

Estimated 2025 U.S. Specified Carpet Sales: $166 million

Tarkett’s education segment business was strong last year, but the sluggish corporate segment held back carpet segment growth, with carpet sales estimated to be down just below the market to $166 million. It’s unclear to what degree Tarkett’s rubber and vinyl distribution center consolidation in Ohio impacted its carpet business. It’s worth noting that Tarkett’s North American business is substantially bigger on the hard surface side, with an arsenal of vinyl and rubber programs that includes the powerhouse Johnsonite brand.  

Tarkett’s commercial carpet offering is largely made up of three carpet constructions. Carpet tile with Ethos non-PVC hardback accounts for over two thirds of the business; Powerbond 6’ PVC-backed high-performance carpet makes up another 20% or so; and the balance is Tarkett Hospitality’s broadloom, some of which is now being channeled to the commercial market. Powerbond, with its performance characteristics, is particularly strong in K-12. And carpet tile’s top markets are corporate and education, both K-12 and higher education.

Overall, education continues to be Tarkett’s biggest commercial segment. Momentum in the corporate segment slowed over the last five years, and it’s still uneven, with more renovation than new construction. Education continues to look strong in 2026, and senior living is small but growing.

Last year, Tarkett launched its Power of a Bond campaign, with the first phase targeting the education market—including at this month’s DesignWeek—followed by more of a focus on the moisture story and Powerbond’s impermeable moisture barrier. 

In April 2025, Michael Mathews joined Tarkett from Kimberly-Clark as senior vice president of commercial strategy and development. And Antonio Bucca, a Tarkett veteran, was promoted last summer to senior director of soft surface product.

7. BENTLEY MILLS

Estimated 2025 U.S. Specified Carpet Sales: $155 million

For 2025, Bentley Mills’ carpet sales were about on par with the market, at an estimated $155 million down from a revised $159 million in 2024. Corporate business was about flat, though it picked up some steam in the second half of the year and into 2026. Education, a big market for the firm, made some gains, but in higher education, activity was uneven, with some projects paused.

Bentley produces all of its carpet under one roof in City of Industry, California, focusing on the upscale commercial market with carpet tile, both PET cushion-back and polyolefin hardback products, as well as broadloom, accounting for an estimated 15% of carpet sales. Bentley is one of the few mills that offers piece-dyed as well as solution-dyed product. 

Bentley’s carpet tile is mostly polyolefin hardback, but it offers a full program of PET cushion-backed tile, as well. And it has a sourced LVT program.

The firm also launched a successful rug program three years ago, called Prima Vista. The program is all handmade, imported from India, with both running lines and a bespoke program with custom color. 

Earlier this year, Bentley was named CARE Recycler of the Year for its use of post-consumer calcium carbonate, the filler used with latex in carpet construction. The reclaimed mineral is used in all of Bentley’s backing systems.

In April of this year, Jim Cusick was named president of Bentley. Cusick, an industry veteran whose resume includes over three decades with Shaw Industries, joined the firm last August. Also, Christina Bowlby, with extensive industry experience, was brought on in November as senior director of design. And this year, Todd van der Kruik returns to Bentley as a contract designer. He served as VP of design at Bentley Mills from 2013 to 2018. 

8. MANNINGTON COMMERCIAL

Estimated 2025 U.S. Specified Carpet Sales: $134 million

Mannington serves the commercial market with both carpet and hard surface flooring, and total commercial business was up last year by single digits. Hard surface, comprising vinyl flooring, rubber flooring and non-vinyl resilient, is the bigger piece, with sales estimated at $244 million, and it grew faster last year. Mannington’s commercial carpet business, which is about 80% carpet tile and 20% broadloom, was down marginally last year to an estimated $134 million, just behind the market, but it beat the market in units as the result of its strategy to lower margins to run more volume. 

Healthcare and education were growing segments last year, with K-12 somewhat outpacing higher education. Initial indicators are good for this school season. And corporate business, while still soft, seems to have stabilized. And Mannington reports that the tenant improvement market isn’t shrinking like it was.

The firm has been focusing on strengthening contract dealer partnerships and moving those relationships beyond transactional events, looking to develop committed partners in the core markets. And it has also been expanding its distribution partnerships, including with William M. Bird at the beginning of this year, which is launching initially with distribution of Mannington’s Burke rubber flooring and accessories. 

Last October, Mannington promoted Stacey Gerbman Goldshlack, a 20-year industry veteran with tenures at Bentley, Mohawk and Mannington in the prior decade, to director of design. And Roby Isaac, who has been running Mannington’s commercial design for over a decade, was named design insights leader. 

9. BLOOMSBURG CARPET

Estimated 2025 U.S. Specified Carpet Sales: $50 million

Bloomsburg is made up of three brands. Silver Creek serves the higher end of the residential market, Tuva Bloomsburg goes mostly to corporate, and Bloomsburg Hospitality goes to the higher-end hotel market. The firm specializes in woven
broadloom. Last year, commercial business (Bloomsburg Hospitality and Tuva) was about flat, with gains in hospitality offset by the slow corporate segment, at an estimated $50 million.

Bloomsburg brings some unique capabilities to the market. For one, it’s the only domestic Axminister carpet producer, with two high-speed Axminister looms at its facility, giving it a huge advantage in terms of lead time and service. And it also has Wilton and Velvet looms, and it sources a small number of tufted products for Tuva from Dalton, Georgia. Also, for a medium-sized firm, it has an outsized sustainability program, including an array of 30,000 solar panels at its facility in Pennsylvania that accounts for 100% of its electrical needs (1.7 million kWH) and even feeds the grid. 

The firm reports that hospitality gains have continued into this year, though some projects have slowed. And corporate business is looking better this year, with lots of demand for warm, taupe-y colorways to suit resimercial demand.

10. SIGNATURE FLOORING

Estimated 2025 U.S. Specified Carpet Sales: $45 million

Signature Flooring, which is owned by the Peeples family, produces carpet tile and broadloom, and it also offers rugs and a full range of LVT products, from commercial looselay and gluedown flex LVT to rigid core products like SPC and WPC.

The firm focuses on the hospitality, senior living and multifamily segments, and last year, sales were estimated to inch up to about $45 million.

11. CM HOSPITALITY

Estimated 2025 U.S. Specified Carpet Sales: $42 million

CM Hospitality makes tufted broadloom from solution-dyed nylon for medium to higher-end hospitality programs and high-end custom. Historically, the firm has focused on guest rooms, but over the last year or so has been targeting hospitality public space, leveraging its custom capabilities, and has launched several new products for lobbies,
ballrooms, corridors and more. The strategy is starting to pay dividends. 

In 2025, business was stronger in the first half but regained some momentum toward the end of the year that has carried over into 2026. However, some hotel brands are hitting pause as they assess market volatility. 

With the strength of the hospitality segment last year and CM’s expansion to public space, the firm is estimated to have grown by over 10% last year to an estimated $42 million. 

While CM only manufactures broadloom, it does offer custom carpet tile, if needed. And it also offers looselay LVT and SPC, a growth category for the firm. n