Floor Trends

What Floor Trends does

Floor Trends & Installation was a B2B trade publication that delivered news, product innovations, and design insights to flooring industry professionals — including contractors, installers, designers, and retailers. The publication operated as a sector-specific brand within BNP Media, a privately held diversified media company headquartered in Troy, United States, and was distributed through BNP Media's industry-specific network in print and digital formats alongside adjacent solutions such as events, webinars, market research, and continuing education. According to a public announcement from BNP Media, Floor Trends & Installation has closed its doors and discontinued operations after decades of service to the flooring industry, with the parent thanking readers and industry partners for their loyalty. No revenue, pricing model, advertiser mix, or operational financial figures are disclosed in available sources; headcount is listed in the 51–100 range, the entity carried private for-profit status, and no proprietary technology, app, API, SDK, patents, or AI capabilities are referenced in the input material.

Name

Floor Trends

Legal name

Floor Trends & Installation

Website

https://floortrendsmag.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Floor Trends & Installation was a B2B trade publication under BNP Media delivering news, product innovations, and design insights to flooring industry professionals. The publication has been discontinued.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Troy

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Core offering

Floor Trends & Installation was a B2B trade publication that provided flooring industry professionals—contractors, installers, designers, and retailers—with the latest news, product innovations, and design insights. The publication covered emerging trends and business opportunities in the residential and commercial flooring sector for decades under BNP Media before ceasing operations.

Product overview

Floor Trends & Installation was a single trade publication (now discontinued) under BNP Media that served flooring professionals with industry news, product coverage, and design trend insights. It operated as a standalone publication offering rather than a platform with multiple modules.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Floor Trends & Installation

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Broad incumbents

• Endeavor Business Media: Large B2B media company that owns and operates numerous specialized trade publications across construction, design, and building products verticals. Operates at greater scale than BNP Media and competes for the same advertising dollars that once supported Floor Trends.
• Informa: Global B2B media and events company with extensive trade publication, exhibition, and conference operations across multiple industries including construction and design. A broad incumbent competitor in the B2B trade media space Floor Trends occupied.

Others

• National Wood Flooring Association: Industry trade association representing wood flooring manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and installers. Floor Trends covered NWFA members and events, making it an adjacent ecosystem participant rather than a direct competitor but with overlapping audience.
• World Floor Covering Association: Flooring industry trade association representing retailers, distributors, and manufacturers across all flooring categories. Provided content, advertising, and event coverage in Floor Trends, placing it in an adjacent rather than directly competitive role.

Direct peers

• Floor Covering News: Active B2B trade publication covering the flooring industry with news, product coverage, and installer/retailer-focused content. A direct functional peer to Floor Trends & Installation, serving the same audience of flooring professionals with a similar editorial model.
• Floor Focus: B2B trade magazine focused on the flooring industry, covering residential and commercial flooring news, product innovations, and design trends. Closely comparable to Floor Trends in editorial scope, audience, and channel (trade publication).
• Floor Covering Installer: Was a BNP Media trade publication covering flooring installation topics alongside Floor Trends & Installation. Sibling brand serving the same flooring professional audience within the same parent media company, making it a structurally analogous peer.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights3 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/floortrendsmag
• Facebookfacebook.com/FloorTrendsMag
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/floor-trends-mag
• Instagraminstagram.com/bnp_media

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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