US flooring market increases to US$25.4bn in 2017

In 2017 the US flooring market generated a total volume of US$25.4bn, following a sum of US$23.4bn in 2015 and US$24.5bn in 2016. According to an investor presentation of Mohawk Industries, the figure of US$24.5bn indicated for 2016 was composed as follows: 47.1% textile flooring, 15.0% elastic flooring (sheet vinyl, LVT, rubber), 14.9% wooden flooring, 13.4% tiles, 5.7% stone flooring and 3.9% laminate flooring.