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Flooring & Carpets

Highlights
World Overview and Forecasts
Demand by Product | Demand by Market | Production Trends

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Regional Trends and Forecasts

Regional Demand Overview | North America | Western Europe | Asia/Pacific
Other Regions

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Industry Structure
Industry Composition | Industry Leaders | Additional Company Cited
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ABOUT THIS REPORT

Scope and Method

This report forecasts total world demand in 2016 for manufactured flooring and carpet
by product and major world region in square meters. Product segments include:

nonresilient flooring (eg, ceramic tile, laminate, and wood)

resilient flooring (eg, vinyl, linoleum, and rubber)
carpets and rugs.

Subflooring and unfinished floor surfaces (for example, plywood and poured concrete)
are excluded from the scope of this report, as is artificial grass used on outdoor athletic
surfaces such as football fields. Finishes applied to floor surfaces mainly for cosmetic
reasons (for instance, paint or stain), and unimproved surfaces such as packed earth
are also excluded.
Major world regions include:

North America
Western Europe
Asia/Pacific
other regions (namely, Central and South America, Eastern Europe,
and Africa/Mideast combined).

To illustrate historical trends world, product, and regional demand are provided for 2006
and 2011. World and regional demand are further segmented by the following markets
for 2011:

residential buildings
nonresidential buildings
transportation equipment and other markets.

Finally, world production is segmented by major world region and provided for 2006,
2011, and 2016.
Forecasts emanate from the identification and analysis of pertinent statistical
relationships and other historical trends/events as well as their expected
progression/impact over the forecast period. Changes in quantities between reported
years of a given total or segment are typically provided in terms of five-year compound
annual growth rates (CAGRs). For the sake of brevity, forecasts are generally stated in
smoothed CAGR-based descriptions to the forecast year, such as demand is projected
to rise 3.2% annually through 2016. The result of any particular year over that period,
however, may exhibit volatility and depart from a smoothed, long-term trend, as
historical data typically illustrate.

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Analysis also includes an Industry Structure section, which surveys the supply base and
profiles the leading suppliers competing to serve world demand. A full outline of report
items by page is available in the Table of Contents.

Sources
World Flooring & Carpets is based on a comprehensive industry study published by The
Freedonia Group in January 2013. Reported findings represent the synthesis of data
from various primary, secondary, macroeconomic, and demographic sources including:

firms participating in the industry

government/public agencies
national, regional, and international non-governmental organizations
trade associations and their publications
the business and trade press
The Freedonia Group Consensus Forecasts dated June 2012
the findings of other industry studies by The Freedonia Group.

Specific sources and additional resources are listed in the Resources section of this
publication for reference and to facilitate further research.

Industry Codes
The topic of this report is related to the following industry codes:
NAICS/SCIAN 2007
North American Industry Classification System

SIC
Standard Industry Codes

314110
321918
326192
327122

2273
2426
2431
3069
3253
3996

Carpet and Rug Mills

Other Millwork (including Flooring)
Resilient Floor Covering Mfg
Ceramic Wall and Floor Tile Mfg

2426

Carpets and Rugs

Hardwood Dimension and Flooring Mills
Millwork
Fabricated Rubber Products, NEC
Ceramic Wall and Floor Tile
Linoleum, Asphalted-Felt-Base, and Other
Hard Surface Floor Coverings, NEC
Hardwood Dimension and Flooring Mills

Copyright and Licensing

The full report is protected by copyright laws of the United States of America and
international treaties. The entire contents of the publication are copyrighted by The
Freedonia Group, Inc.

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Table of Contents
Section

Page

Highlights....................................................................................................................................................... 1
World Overview & Forecasts......................................................................................................................... 2
Demand by Product ................................................................................................................................. 2
Chart 1 | World Flooring & Carpet Demand by Product, 2011 ........................................................... 2
Nonresilient Flooring. .......................................................................................................................... 2
Resilient Flooring. ............................................................................................................................... 3
Carpets & Rugs. ................................................................................................................................. 4
Table 1 | World Flooring & Carpet Demand by Product (million square meters) ............................... 4
Demand by Market................................................................................................................................... 5
Chart 2 | World Flooring & Carpet Demand by Market, 2011 ............................................................. 5
Residential Buildings. ......................................................................................................................... 5
Nonresidential Buildings. .................................................................................................................... 6
Transportation Equipment & Other. .................................................................................................... 7
Table 2 | World Flooring & Carpet Demand by Market (million square meters) ................................. 7
Production Trends .................................................................................................................................... 8
Table 3 | World Flooring & Carpet Production by Region (million square meters)............................. 8
Regional Trends & Forecasts........................................................................................................................ 9
Regional Demand Overview .................................................................................................................... 9
Chart 3 | World Flooring & Carpet Demand by Region, 2011 ............................................................ 9
Table 4 | World Flooring & Carpet Demand by Region (million square meters) .............................. 10
North America ........................................................................................................................................ 11
Chart 4 | North America: Flooring & Carpet Demand by Market, 2011 ............................................ 11
Table 5 | North America: Flooring & Carpet Demand by Product (million square meters)............... 12
Western Europe ..................................................................................................................................... 13
Chart 5 | Western Europe: Flooring & Carpet Demand by Market, 2011 ......................................... 13
Table 6 | Western Europe: Flooring & Carpet Demand by Product (million square meters)............ 14
Asia/Pacific ............................................................................................................................................ 15
Chart 6 | Asia/Pacific: Flooring & Carpet Demand by Market, 2011 ................................................ 15
Table 7 | Asia/Pacific: Flooring & Carpet Demand by Product (million square meters) ................... 16
Other Regions ........................................................................................................................................ 17
Chart 7 | Other Regions: Flooring & Carpet Demand, 2011 ............................................................. 17
Central & South America. ................................................................................................................. 17
Eastern Europe. ................................................................................................................................ 18
Africa/Mideast. .................................................................................................................................. 19
Table 8 | Other Regions: Flooring & Carpet Demand (million square meters) ................................. 19
Industry Structure ........................................................................................................................................ 20
Industry Composition ............................................................................................................................. 20
Industry Leaders .................................................................................................................................... 21
Mohawk Industries Incorporated ...................................................................................................... 21
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. ................................................................................................................... 22
Tarkett SAS ...................................................................................................................................... 23
Additional Company Cited ..................................................................................................................... 24
Resources ................................................................................................................................................... 24
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