Originally published in the January 2018 edition of Home Textiles Today

Decent. Fair. Adequate. Satisfactory. These are some words that sum up 2017 with regard to overall area rugs sales. Here are some others: Optimistic. Hopeful. Preparatory. While area rugs as a category only saw modest growth last year, the 1.7% increase to $5.18 billion symbolically represents the resilience and drive industry players demonstrated in a period of ups and downs.

About the data

Home Textile Today’s Area Rug Database report reveals 2016 and 2017 market share product data through eleven distribution channels. All retail sales figures are estimates and are
for the U.S. only.