BUYING GROUPS
Abbey
Abbey Carpet & Floor offers the finest in floor covering products and exclusive warranties along with the buying power of a national chain. But unlike most other chain stores, every Abbey Carpet & Floor showroom is locally owned and operated which provides the “hands-on” attention that you deserve.
Allied Building Stores
In the mid-1960s a group of lumber dealers realized that when it comes to success in business, they would go further together as a united front. From that insight they banded together to form Allied Building Stores - a modern co-op ready to compete against the big box stores of the day.
American Home Surfaces Group
The American Home Surfaces Group® is an alliance of independent floor covering dealers represented in each and every state throughout America.
Carpets Plus Colortile/Alliance
CarpetsPlus COLORTILE provides independent retailers professional tools to grow a successful floor covering business.
CCA Global Partners
Through innovation, passion, and perseverance, CCA Global Partners® generates the scale that makes it possible for a family-owned, independent business to do more than merely survive; we make it possible for that business to compete and thrive.
FEI Group
FEI is the nation’s largest and finest network of interior and exterior finish contractors and interior finish showrooms.
Floor Coverings International
Floor Coverings International is one of the largest flooring franchises in the United States and Canada. In business since 1988 with 250+ locations open across the United States and Canada and serving over 400,000 customers.
Floors & More
Floors & More is not just a buying group. They are also a marketing group. They are also a consulting group. They are also a networking group. A network of independent retailers, growing collectively.
National Flooring Alliance
The NFA is comprised of the largest and finest flooring dealers in the United Staes and Canada.
ASSOCIATIONS
The Floor Covering Contractors Association (FCICA)
FCICA’s mission is to help make commercial flooring contractors successful through expert education, sharing best practices and professional networking.
The North American Association of Floor Covering Distributors
FEI is the nation’s largest and finest network of interior and exterior finish contractors and interior finish showrooms.
North American Laminate Flooring Association (NALFA)
NALFA is the only trade association dedicated solely to the laminate flooring industry, and therefore, they are your source for all things laminate.
The Resilient Floor Covering Institute (RFCI)
RFCI is an industry trade association of leading resilient flooring manufacturers and suppliers of raw materials, additives, and sundry flooring products for the North American market. RFCI is all about helping designers, architects, facilities managers, home owners, and others make wise flooring decisions.
World Floor Covering Association (WFCA)
The WFCA is the floor covering industry’s largest advocacy organization representing specialty floor covering retailers, manufacturers and distributors around the globe.