Catalina Floor Coverings Quarterly Update & Outlook Issue

FLOOR COVERINGS INDUSTRY QUARTERLY UPDATE & OUTLOOK ISSUE

Quarterly Released each September, December, March, and June, and Outlook Issue each January

Catalina Research announces the release of our Floor Coverings Industry Quarterly Update. This timely research-planning resource provides a quarterly update of the Catalina Report on Floor Coverings, which has become the statistical standard for the floor coverings industry over the past decade.

Each Floor Coverings Industry Quarterly Update analyzes data on overall U.S. industry trends, carpet and area rugs, ceramic tile, wood flooring, resilient flooring laminate flooring, retail floor covering stores, installation contractors, factors driving demand, and company sales and profits. Each issue includes data on U.S manufacturer shipments, imports, exports, product and material price trends, as well as estimates of U.S. sales on a square foot basis. This allows subscribers to track the U.S floor coverings industry’s product shipment mix on a quarter-by-quarter basis. In addition, the Quarterly Update allows subscribers to follow trends on retail sales and retailer and installation contractor employment and wages. The Quarterly Update also evaluates factors driving demand including residential and nonresidential construction spending, home building and resales, manufactured housing production, residential remodeling spending, mortgage rates, and personal income. Data is provided for the full year 2023 and 2024 and quarterly trends for 2024 and 2025.

The Outlook Issue released in January 2026 adds to the December Quarterly by forecasting total industry and product sales, end-use market purchases, and factors driving demand for the following year. In addition, mortgage rates, housing demand, and square foot floor coverings sales are estimated for all quarters of 2025 and 2026.

The Floor Coverings Industry Quarterly Update is published in September, December, March, and June of each year. This follows the release of the Catalina Report on Floor Coverings published each July. Each issue will be automatically emailed after your subscription is received. Look over the significant data and information included in this pertinent quarterly industry research, fill out the order coupon, and receive your Catalina Floor Coverings Industry Quarterly Update throughout the year. You will find it a valuable planning tool. Add a corporate electronic use license so your entire team can make use of this in-depth database.

SUBJECT MATTER

U.S. FLOOR COVERINGS INDUSTRY TRENDS

• Summary of major findings
• Dollar and square foot sales
• Total industry sales
• Carpet and area rugs
• Ceramic tile
• Wood flooring
• Resilient flooring
• Laminate flooring
• Stone
• Industry product shipment mix

CARPET AND AREA RUGS

• U.S. sales and shipments
• Mill production index
• Imports and exports
• Carpet and area rug price trends
• Spun and filament yarn price trends
• Mill employment trends

CERAMIC TILE

• U.S. sales and shipments
• Imports and exports
• Ceramic tile and clay refractories price trends

WOOD FLOORING

• U.S. sales and shipments
• Imports and exports
• Hardwood flooring and lumber price trends

RESILIENT FLOORING

• U.S. sales and shipments
• Imports and exports
• Plastic resin price trends

LAMINATE FLOORING

• U.S. sales and shipments
• Imports

FLOOR COVERINGS STORES AND INSTALLATION CONTRACTORS

• Household floor coverings spending
• Floor covering store retail sales
• Retail soft surface flooring price trends
• Employment, hourly wages, and weekly hours for floor coverings store
• Flooring contractors
• Tile and terrazzo contractors

FACTORS AFFECTING U.S. FLOOR COVERINGS DEMAND

• Spending on residential, nonresidential, and government construction
• Total and single-family home permits, starts, and completions
• Average square feet of completed single- and multi-family housing units
• Total and single-family existing housing unit sales
• Manufactured home production
• Mortgage rates and personal income
• Employment and corporate profits

COMPANY SALES AND PROFIT TRENDS

• Armstrong
• Belysse North America
• The Dixie Group
• Floor and Decor
• Interface
• Live Ventures
• Mohawk
• Oriental Weavers
• Tarkett
• The Tile Shop

OUTLOOK ISSUE (released each January)

• Floor coverings industry trends and by product
• End-use market purchases and by product
• Factors driving demand
• Quarterly estimates for mortgage rates, housing demand, and square foot floor covering sales

 

FLOOR COVERINGS INDUSTRY OUTLOOK ISSUE

Catalina Research offers an Industry Outlook each January as a supplement to the Quarterly Update. The Outlook Issue forecasts quarterly interest rates, housing data, and non-residential building construction spending to estimate floor coverings sales on a quarter-by-quarter basis. The quarterly data is also used to estimate consumer, builder, and business floor coverings purchases based on the factors driving demand. Annual estimates are made by product: carpet and area rugs, ceramic tile, wood flooring, resilient flooring, laminate flooring, and stone tile. If you subscribe to the Quarterly Update you will receive the Outlook Issue automatically. You also have the option to purchase the Outlook Issue separately. In either case, the Outlook Issue will assist your planning over the next year.

 

SUBJECT MATTER

U.S. Quarter-by-Quarter Floor Coverings Sales, 2019-2026

• Summary of major findings
• Dollar and square foot sales
• Total industry sales
• Sales by end-use market: Consumers, builders, businesses, transportation equipment

U.S. Quarter-by-Quarter Factors Driving Sales, 2019-2026

• Mortgage rates
• Existing home sales
• Permits and housing starts
• Non-residential building construction spending
• Transportation equipment production

U.S. Annual Industry Sales by Product, 2024-2026

• Carpet and area rugs
• Ceramic tile
• Wood flooring
• Resilient flooring
• Laminate flooring
• Stone tiles
• Industry product sales mix

U.S. Annual Sales by End-Use Market, 2024-2026

• Builders
• Consumers
• Manufactured housing producers
• New non-residential building construction
• Commercial contract
• Transportation equipment manufacturers