Hickmanwoods

What Hickmanwoods does

Hickmanwoods, operating as the "Hickman Woods Family of Companies" from Emlenton, Pennsylvania, is a fourth-generation, family-owned hardwood flooring manufacturer with full vertical integration across the supply chain. The business is structured into three wholly-owned operating entities: Hickman Timber Management Co. (established 1994) for sustainable timberland stewardship, Hickman Lumber Company, Inc. (founded 1938) for sawmilling and kiln drying, and Allegheny Mountain Hardwood Flooring (founded 2000) for finished flooring manufacturing. The company produces rift & quarter sawn and live sawn hardwood flooring from Northern Appalachian hardwoods — primarily White Oak, Red Oak, Black Walnut, Cherry, Hickory, and Beech — available in widths from 2.25" to 12", multiple grades (Clear, Select, Natural), and optional custom surface treatments, factory prefinish, stair parts, and pattern floors such as herringbone and chevron. Hickmanwoods was the first sawmill in Pennsylvania to achieve FSC certification (1999) and maintains 100% chain of custody from forest through finished flooring, qualifying products for LEED and Passive House projects.

Revenue is generated through one-time sales of custom hardwood flooring (deposit required with balance due before shipment) and wholesale hardwood lumber sales to furniture makers, door manufacturers, and building material companies, with pricing conducted via quote. Go-to-market is sales-led: orders are taken by phone (724-867-9441) or contact form, with support from a national network of NWFA-certified installers, regional distributors, an Emlenton showroom, and inbound from interior designers, architects, custom builders, contractors, and homeowners. Marketing emphasizes educational content (blog, Houzz, social media), NWFA trade show participation, and earned media including This Old House and The Wall Street Journal. The customer base is broadly distributed across marquee institutional projects (U.S. Supreme Court, Library of Congress, MOMA, Lincoln Center, National 9/11 Memorial, Yale, Cornell), long-tenured trade accounts, and individual residential buyers, with the company operating at approximately 80,000 SF/month of flooring capacity and 350,000 BF/month of lumber capacity on a headcount of 11–50 employees.

Name

Hickmanwoods

Legal name

Allegheny Mountain Hardwood Flooring

Website

https://hickmanwoods.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1938

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hickmanwoods is a fourth-generation, family-owned hardwood flooring manufacturer in Emlenton, PA, vertically integrated across timberland management, sawmilling, and flooring production. It serves homeowners, designers, custom builders, institutional clients, and lumber buyers with FSC-certified Northern Appalachian rift & quarter sawn and live sawn flooring.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hardwood Flooring Manufacturing

NAICS

Sawmills (321113), Cut Stock, Resawing Lumber, and Planing (321912), Lumber, Plywood, Millwork, and Wood Panel Merchant Wholesalers (42331), All Other Miscellaneous Wood Product Manufacturing (321999)

SIC

Sawmills & Planting Mills, General (2421), Lumber & Wood Products (No Furniture) (2400), Wholesale-Lumber & Other Construction Materials (5030)

akta.pro primary industry

Wood Flooring & Wood Veneer Products (IMADADAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Hardwood Lumber Sawmills (IMAMABAB), Hardwood Lumber Distribution & Trading (IMAMAIAB), Wood Remanufacturing (Mouldings, Millwork Blanks, Cut Stock) (IMAMABAI)

Keywords

• Hardwood flooring manufacturing
• Rift quarter sawn lumber
• Sustainable timber management
• FSC certified flooring
• Northern Appalachian hardwoods

Headquarters

HQ city

Emlenton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Hardwood Flooring Sales: One-time sale of custom hardwood flooring products including solid and engineered options. Orders placed directly with sales team requiring deposit and balance before shipping. Widths from 2.25" to 12" available. Both unfinished and pre-finish options offered.
2. Lumber Sales: Hickman Lumber sells hardwood lumber to furniture makers, door manufacturers, and building material companies. FSC Certified lumber and veneer logs available.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Hickmanwoods manufactures custom hardwood flooring and kiln-dried lumber through vertically integrated operations spanning sustainable timber management, sawmilling, kiln drying, and flooring production. The company specializes in rift & quarter sawn and live sawn cuts of Northern Appalachian hardwoods including White Oak, Red Oak, Black Walnut, Cherry, Hickory, and Beech. Products are sold as solid and engineered flooring in widths from 2.25" to 12", with both unfinished and pre-finished options, and are backed by 100% FSC chain-of-custody certification.

Product overview

Hickman Woods is a fourth-generation, family-owned hardwood flooring manufacturer operating as a family of three companies: Hickman Timber Management Co. (sustainable forestry), Hickman Lumber Company (sawmill and kiln drying), and Allegheny Mountain Hardwood Flooring (flooring manufacturing). The company specializes in rift & quarter sawn and live sawn hardwood flooring crafted from Northern Appalachian hardwoods sourced from FSC-certified forests within 100 miles of their Emlenton, PA facility. Their flooring products are available in multiple wood species (White Oak, Red Oak, Black Walnut, Cherry, Hickory, Beech, Aspen), cutting methods (Rift & Quarter Sawn, Live Sawn, Plain Sawn), grades (Clear, Natural, Select), widths (2¼" to 12"), lengths (Nested Bundles 1'-7' or Long Lengths 7'-12'), and surface treatments (Hand Scraped, Wire Brush, Circle Sawn, Hand Crafted Edges). The company offers both solid and engineered flooring, custom patterns (Herringbone, Chevron, Basketweave, Parquet), and FSC-certified products for LEED and Passive House projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Allegheny Mountain Hardwood Flooring (AMHF) Primary hardwood flooring brand of the Hickmanwoods family of companies, manufacturing solid and engineered rift & quarter sawn and live sawn hardwood flooring for homeowners, designers, builders, and institutional projects across the United States.
• White Oak Flooring Premium hardwood flooring in White Oak species, available in live sawn, rift & quarter sawn, and 100% rift or 100% quarter sawn cuts. White Oak is the most popular species for its versatility, hardness, and stability, particularly suited for contemporary designs.
• Red Oak Flooring
• Black Walnut Flooring
• Cherry Flooring
• Hickory Flooring
• Beech Flooring
• Aspen Ceilings & Walls
• Hickman Lumber Company, Inc. Sawmill operation that processes logs into lumber and kiln-dried lumber using six dry kilns. Sells FSC-certified hardwood lumber and veneer logs to furniture makers, door manufacturers, and building material companies.
• Hickman Timber Management Co. Sustainable forest management services and FSC-certified timberland stewardship, managing thousands of acres of hardwood forests in western Pennsylvania to ensure responsible harvesting practices that grow more trees than are harvested.

Quantifiable outcome

• Growing 3 trees for every 1 harvested through sustainable forest management
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• National Wood Flooring Association (NWFA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2000AMHF joined NWFA in 2000 and has been active member for 25 years. Partnership provides access to network of top installers, industry education, and standards. Company has won more than a dozen NWFA Floor of the Year awards through this partnership.
• FSC (Forest Stewardship Council)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1999FSC certification through SmartWood (now Preferred by Nature) making Hickman Lumber the first sawmill in Pennsylvania to achieve FSC certification. Certification requires annual third-party audits verifying sustainable forest management practices. AMHF maintains 100% FSC certification with custody of wood from forest through finished flooring.
• Preferred by NaturecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThird-party certification body that conducts annual audits of Hickman's FSC certified forest management and operations
• Real American HardwoodminorGTM or Marketing PartnerMarketing campaign partner promoting American hardwood flooring. Company participates in Real American Hardwood promotional materials and branding.
• Pennsylvania Forest Products AssociationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndustry association (formerly Hardwood Lumberman Manufacturing Association) that Hickman is a founding member of. Advocates for lumber industry and responsible timber management.
• NWFA-Certified InstallerscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNetwork of NWFA-certified professional installers across the country who recommend and install AMHF flooring. Company connects customers with these installers.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• HomerWood: Premium American-made hardwood flooring brand specializing in character-grade, wide-plank, and rift & quarter sawn cuts from Pennsylvania hardwoods. Highly comparable niche and target customer (designers, custom builders) with overlapping FSC and LEED positioning.
• Somerset Hardwood Flooring: U.S. manufacturer of solid and engineered hardwood flooring across multiple Appalachian species. Closely comparable to Hickman's Allegheny Mountain Hardwood Flooring in product mix, species range, and direct-sales model to dealers and builders.
• Mullican Flooring: Domestic hardwood flooring manufacturer producing solid and engineered products across multiple species and cuts, with strong distribution to retailers and builders. Comparable scale and product breadth with overlapping rift & quarter and live sawn offerings.
• Lauzon Hardwood Flooring: Vertically integrated Canadian manufacturer of premium hardwood flooring with proprietary finishing and sustainable forestry practices. Closely comparable on vertical integration, premium positioning, and designer/architect channel focus.

Emerging players

• Hallmark Floors: U.S. hardwood flooring maker focused on premium visuals, wide-plank formats, and surface treatments for designer/spec builder channels. Comparable on premium positioning and surface treatment innovations (hand-scraped, wire-brushed).
• Kettle Moraine Hardwoods: Boutique American hardwood flooring mill offering wide-plank, rift & quarter sawn, and live sawn products with custom surface treatments. Direct overlap on specialty cuts and custom-texture customizations in a similarly small-scale, premium niche.

Broad incumbents

• Mohawk Industries: Largest U.S. flooring manufacturer with broad hardwood, LVT, and laminate portfolio including the TecWood engineered hardwood line. Defines the competitive ceiling on price points and channel breadth that any specialty hardwood player must navigate around.
• Shaw Industries: Major U.S. flooring conglomerate offering hardwood, LVT, carpet, and tile across all price tiers. Represents the mainstream-incumbent competitor for residential and commercial accounts Hickman targets at the premium end.
• Baillie Lumber: Large U.S. hardwood lumber manufacturer and wholesaler with industrial sawmills and global distribution. Comparable to Hickman Lumber on sawmill scale and product mix (hardwood lumber, FSC-certified offerings) but serves wholesale industrial customers rather than finished flooring.

Regional players

• Boen Hardwood Flooring: European premium hardwood flooring manufacturer with strong presence in live sawn and wide-plank construction, distributed in the U.S. through specialty channels. Comparable on product (live sawn, wide plank) but operates from European supply rather than U.S. timber.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/hickmanwoods
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/allegheny-mountain-hardwood-flooring

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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