FLOORCOVERINGS Market uk Report 2005

INTRODUCTION and OVERVIEW 

AMA Research have recently published the Seventh Edition of the "Floorcoverings Market -UK 2005" report.  The report incorporates original research and provides a comprehensive review of the overall floorcoverings market exploring key sectors and end use applications of floorcoverings.

Product areas covered in the report include: -

• Carpets
• Vinyl
• Ceramic Tiles
• Wood/Laminates
• Others - Linoleum, Rubber, etc

The floorcoverings market was estimated at to be worth over £2 billion in 2004, having experienced only moderate growth in the last 2-3 years compared with the buoyancy of the market in the late 1990s.   Key characteristics of the market in recent years have included the rapid growth of the wood and laminates sector at the expense of other floorcoverings, especially carpet.

The new edition of the report analyses overall market trends, mix between products, supply and distribution structures etc, while reviewing the key factors influencing these issues and future prospects for the market.  Also reviewed are product sales, trends and specification issues within each of the major application areas.

Key features of the floorcoverings market include: -

• Recent market growth for the overall floorcovering market and forecasts to 2008
• Changing product mix and prospects of future growth for main product sectors
• Decline of the carpet sector
• Continued growth of wood & laminates in last few years
• Key factors influencing market growth

Report content in detail:-

 OVERALL MARKET

• Total Floorcoverings market - analysis of size by VALUE, historical trends and forecast to 2008.
•  Analysis by major product sectors - carpets, wood & laminates, vinyls, ceramic tiles, linoleum, etc.
• Review of key products included within each sector.

CARPETS

• Definitions - Market size by volume and value, recent trends including market opportunities and threats, market performance in 2003/4, future prospects to 2008.
• Overseas trade in carpets, significance, size by value, recent trends, major supplying countries, destinations of exports.
• Tufted Carpets - Market size by VOLUME and VALUE, recent performance, foreign trade, analysis by type of fibre - trends, future prospects.
• Woven Carpets - Market size by VALUE.  Definitions.  Mix between Axminsters and Wiltons.  Trends in woven products, future prospects.
• Fibre Bonded - Market size by VALUE, key trends.
• Non-Woven Carpeting - Market size, manufacturing methods, natural floorcoverings - key trends.
• Rugs - small but strong product sector, trends, reasons for buoyancy.
• Carpet Suppliers - major manufacturers, market shares, company information, areas of corporate restructuring, strength of import suppliers.

WOOD/LAMINATED WOOD

• Definitions -solid wood, engineered hardwood and laminates. 
• Market size by value, market characteristics & trends, current situation, forecasts of future growth prospects to 2008. 
• Mix by value for end-use sectors for contract and domestic markets
• Key suppliers in  the wood floorcoverings market - major manufacturers, distributors and suppliers, market shares, company information.

VINYLS

• Definitions - Market size, trends, current situation, forecasts.  Contract & Domestic mix, imports & exports
• Domestic sector, relative significance of product types - cushioned vinyl sheeting, un-cushioned vinyl sheeting and vinyl tiles, trends, future prospects, product features.
• Contract sector - product types, vinyl sheeting and vinyl tiles, future prospects.
• Vinyl suppliers - major manufacturers, market shares, company information.

CERAMIC TILES, LINOLEUM, & OTHERS - CORK, RUBBER, ETC

• Ceramic Tiles - Market size, mix between wall and floor applications, trends key features, imports & exports, future prospects, major suppliers.
• Linoleum - Market size, international trade, product forms, future prospects.
• Others - including cork and rubber -estimation of market size, leading suppliers.

DISTRIBUTION

• Domestic Distribution - Definitions, shares by major channel, areas of growth and decline, major companies within each channel.
• Contract Distribution - mix by major channel - healthcare, education, commercial retail, industrial, leisure, areas of growth and decline.

FUTURE PROSPECTS

• Prospects for the floorcoverings market to 2008 - major factors influencing market performance.
• Developments in the major product and market sectors.