Publish Date: September 2026
Updated Tariff & Recession Risk Analysis and Forecasts
The 2026 Carpet & Rug Manufacturing Market Report covers the $9.5 billion industry which operates with specialized production equipment creating floor coverings through tufting, weaving, and other specialized processes. Competitive structure features large integrated manufacturers alongside specialized producers focused on premium segments and distinctive production methods. Consumer preferences continue evolving toward specialized performance features, sustainable materials, modular formats, and distinctive design aesthetics addressing specific interior applications. Manufacturers face significant challenges balancing capital-intensive operations, raw material engineering, design innovation requirements, and tariff implications affecting both fiber imports and production equipment. Successful companies differentiate through advanced manufacturing technologies, proprietary material formulations enhancing performance, distinctive design capabilities, and sustainability initiatives addressing environmental concerns in a sector where product durability, design aesthetics, and increasingly environmental credentials significantly influence purchasing decisions across residential and commercial applications.
Carpet & Rug Manufacturing Industry Description
Carpet & Rug Manufacturing produces floor coverings from textile fibers through tufting, weaving, and other binding processes. Companies create soft flooring products with specific appearance, durability, and performance characteristics for various environments. Manufacturing processes include fiber processing, tufting on high-speed machines, backing application, dyeing through beck or continuous methods, and finishing operations that create functional floor coverings. These businesses serve residential, commercial, and institutional markets. The industry continuously improves manufacturing efficiency, styling capabilities, and increasingly focuses on stain and soil resistance, recycled content, modular installation systems, and end-of-life recycling programs that address environmental concerns while maintaining carpet’s comfort and acoustic benefits in interior environments.
NAICS Code: 31411
Number of Companies: 199
Number of Plants / Facilities: 247
Total Employees: 28,840
Market Size: $9.5 billion
TARIFF IMPACT (Summer 2025 – Download Report for Updated Analysis)
This report has in-depth analysis on the recent US tariff changes on material costs, quantifying import dependencies, tariff exposure rates, and key source countries for the carpet & rug manufacturing sector.
Estimated Tariff Cost: $1 billion
Relative Tariff Impact: SEVERE
Carpet & Rug Manufacturing Report Format
The 2026 U.S. Carpet & Rug Manufacturing Market Report is 63 pages of deep insights into the trends, dynamics, and forecasts shaping the industry. Professionals leverage this market report to develop a deep understanding of the market for business strategy, planning, forecasting, benchmarking, industry analysis, valuations, identifying organizational inefficiencies, financial analysis, and more.
This report covers more than 100 statistical data sets with historical trend data from 2017 to 2025, and 2026 and 2030 forecasts. The report includes sales & expense trends, detailed breakdown on 26 expenses, dozens of financial metrics, extensive forecasts, plant inventory analysis, composition of balance sheets, segmentation by business size and structure, industry concentration analysis, material costs analysis, profitability metrics, state benchmarks, plant utilization, workforce composition, inflation statistics, wage analysis, revenue per employee trends, and more.
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Report Table of Contents
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The sources for the report data include federal and private surveys completed by the majority of companies in the sector covering extensive financial and operational topics for the carpet & rug manufacturing sector. Our analysts develop the forecasts utilizing econometric models based on historical statistical analysis, industry trends and dynamics, macroeconomic analysis & forecasts.
1-2 – Market Report Overview & Contents
3 – Market Overview
– Data Sources & Methodology
– Sector Definition & Examples
– Market Commentary
4 – Report Synopsis – Revenue & Growth
5 – Report Synopsis – Costs & Profitability
SECTION ONE
REVENUE & GROWTH
7 – Market Size Details
– Industry Revenues, Companies, & Facilities
– Analysis 2017-2025
– 2026 & 2030 Forecasts
8 – Growth Benchmarks
– Sales per Company and Plant
– Analysis 2017-2025
– 2026 & 2030 Forecasts
9 – Product Lines Revenue
10 – BCG Matrix – Income vs. Revenue Growth
11 – Total Industry Sales by Month & Year (2021-2025)
12 – Inventory Value by Month & Year (2021-2025)
13 – Months of Inventory (2021-2025)
14 – Sector Revenue by Segments
– Business Concentration, Size, & Structure
15 – Market Size by State
– Market Size and Rankings
16 – Market Size as a % of State GDP
17 – Sales as a % of State Manufacturing
18 – Market Segmentation by Business Size
19 – Market Segmentation by Business Size
– Business Size Segments – 1-4, 5-9, 10-20, 21-50, 51-100, 101-250, & 250+ employees
– Companies, Facilities, Sales, Employees & Payroll
20 – Segmentation by Concentration (Top 50 Companies)
– Concentration Segments – Top 4, 5-8, 9-20, & 21-50 companies
– Companies, Facilities, Sales, Employees & Payroll
21 – Market Share of Top 50 Companies
22 – Subsector Market Share of Top 50 Companies
23 – Segmentation by Business Structure
– Business Structure Segments – C-Corporations, S-Corporations, Partnerships, & Sole Proprietorships
– Companies, Facilities, Sales, Employees & Payroll
24 – Revenue per Company by State
25 – Revenue per Company by Segments
26 – Revenue per Facility by State
27 – Revenue per Facility by Segment
28 – Subsector Market Size & Growth
29 – Subsector Sales per Company & Plant
30 – 5-Year Consolidation Analysis
31 – Employment Consolidation Analysis
32 – Subsector Consolidation Analysis
– Number of Companies & Facilities
33 – Subsector Consolidation Analysis
– Facilities & Employees per Company
COST, CAPITAL & FINANCIALS
35 – Profitability & Financial Ratio Analysis
Page 36 – Balance Sheet Metrics
– Assets and Liabilities indexed to industry revenue at 100
– 16 Current & Non-Current Assets Categories
– 15 Short-term, Long-term Liabilities, & Net Worth
37 – OPEX
– Industry OPEX Analysis
– 2017-2025 Trends, 2026 & 2030 Forecasts
38 – OPEX by Company & Plant
– OPEX per Company & Plant
– 2017-2025 Trends, 2026 & 2030 Forecasts
Page 39 – OPEX Detail
– 6 Employee Expense Categories
– 8 Cost of Material Categories
– 6 Buildings and Equipment Categories
– 8 Other Operating Expense Categories
-Inventory Breakdown: finished goods, work-in-progress, materials and supplies
40 – Production Material Costs & Tariff Analysis
– Top Production Material Costs Breakdown
– Industry & Material Tariff Analysis – % of costs, import %, tariff costs, source countries
41 – Producer Pricing Index
– 2017-2025 Trends, 2026 & 2030 Forecasts
– Monthly PPI Figures for the Past 4 Years
42 – Plant Utilization & Hours
– Plant Utilization Rate
– Plant Operational Hours per Week
– 2022-2025 Historical Figures by Quarter
43 – Reasons for Non-Full Production
– 7 Categories Quarterly Survey Results for Past 2 Years
44 – Productivity & Employment
– Revenue per Employee
– Total Number of Employees
– Employees per Company
– 2017-2025 Trends, 2026 & 2030 Forecasts
45 – Employee Productivity by Segments
46 – Employee Productivity by State
47 –Subsector Sales & Payroll per Employee
48 – Payroll
– Payroll per Employee, Company, & Plant
– 2017-2025 Trends, 2026 & 2030 Forecasts
49 – Payroll per Company by Segments
50 – Payroll per Plant by Segments
51 – Payroll per Employee by Segments
52 – Payroll per Employee by State
53 – Employee Composition
– % of Employees for 27 Job Categories
54 – Job Categorization Pay Ranges
– Pay Bands – Bottom 10% & 25%, Mean, Top 25% & 10%
55 – Top 20 Jobs Breakdown
56 – Top 20 Jobs Pay
– Pay Bands
57 – Employees per Company by Segments
58 – Employees per Plant by Segments
59 – Facilities per Company by Segments
60 – Total Employment by State
61 – Population to Every Employee by State
62 – Employees per Facility by State
63 – Overview of Kentley Insights
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Product Lines, Materials, and Jobs Covered in Report
PRODUCT LINES
Carpet and rugs, tufted
Carpet and rugs, woven, made or finished at this plant
Other carpet, rugs, and mats
Carpet and rug mills, nsk, total
MATERIAL COST CATEGORIES
Yarns, excluding acrylic
Cost of all other materials and components, parts, containers, and supplies consumed
Artificial and synthetic fibers and filaments, including nylon, polyolefin, polyester, acrylic, and other noncellulosic fibers
Woven textile fabrics, including broadwoven and narrow fabrics
All basic organic and inorganic chemicals, excluding petrochemicals
Materials, ingredients, containers, and supplies, nsk
Nonwoven textile fabrics, including knits, felts, etc.
Fabricated rubber products, excluding tires, hose, belting, and gaskets
Plastics products (including packaging, foam products, film, sheet, rod, tube, fabricated shapes, bottles, etc.)
INDUSTRY JOBS ANALYZED
Textile Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Sewing Machine Operators
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Industrial Machinery Installation, Repair, and Maintenance Workers
Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks
Office Clerks, General
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing
General and Operations Managers
Customer Service Representatives
Miscellaneous Production Workers
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
Stock Clerks and Order Fillers
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators
Tailors, Dressmakers, and Sewers
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
Cutting Workers
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