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Carpet and Rug Industry Statistics 1950 - 2005

The major fiber used in carpet is nylon, which represents nearly 2/3 of the market. Polypropylene, polyester, wool, and some acrylic and cotton fiber are also used to produce carpet.

  • In 1950 industry shipments were 97 million square yards (8.730 billion square feet). By 1998 the figure had increased to 16.497 billion square feet) or $10.85 billion at mill level. In the year 2005 the industry reported a modest but steady increase of 2.057 billion square yards (18.5 billion square feet) or $13.9 billion at the mill level.
  • Market Share 1998 and 2005
  • Nylon 59.4% / 62.3%
  • Olefin 33.4% / 31.5%
  • Polyester 6.8% / 5.8%
  • Wool .4% / .4%

RBI International Carpet Consultants semiannual “comprehensive resource of carpet styles,” This semi annual report list new introductions. (1998)

  • Nylon 60% of residential and 74% of commercial introductions.

  • Olefin 21% of all new styles.

  • Olefin/nylon blends 8% of all new styles.

  • 52% of residential carpets cut pile

  • 50% on new residential is solid colors.

  • Majority of new commercial styles is loop pile.

  • 33% of new commercial have definite patterns

  • 26% of new commercial have random multi-color patterns.

  • 18% of new commercial is heather or tweed

Carpet and Rug Institute

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