Floor Coverings Quarterly Update

FLOOR COVERINGS INDUSTRY QUARTERLY UPDATE

Released September, December, March, and June of each year

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 2021 and 2022 and quarterly trends for 2022 and 2023.

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.

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

• 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

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

WOOD FLOORING

• US sales and shipments
• Imports and exports
• Hardwood flooring and lumber price trends

RESILIENT FLOORING

• US sales and shipments
• Imports and exports
• Plastic resin price trends

LAMINATE FLOORING

• US sales
• 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
• The Dixie Group
• Floor and Decor
• Interface
• Lumber Liquidators
• Mohawk
• Oriental Weavers
• Shaw
• Tarkett
• The Tile Shop