Every product we hold a price for

On August 19, 2026 we observed advertised US retail prices for 839 hard-surface flooring products from 8 manufacturers, ranging from $1.13 to $16.79 per square foot. Each row below carries its own observed range, how many observations sit behind it, and whether those observations matched the manufacturer SKU exactly. Material prices only.

How should I read a row?

Start with the observation count. Of the 839 products, 27 carry three or more observations, 811 carry two and 1 rest on a single listing — a row with one observation shows one price and no range, because one seller being dearer than your quote is a coincidence as often as it is a finding. Then read the match column: 834 products matched the manufacturer SKU exactly on every observation and 0 matched only probably, which is a judgement about the listing title rather than a confirmed identification. Check those yourself before you use the number.

Where does the publisher's own price sit?

Withheld today, and the reason is the point. The operator of this site sells these materials, and printing its price beside the observations is how a reader checks whether the index flatters its own publisher. That check only works against a whole panel: 3 of the 7 sellers we track could not be read on this run, and the ones that drop out are the ones that publish under price-display restrictions or block us — the cheap end. Measured against what is left, the operator came out at or below the lowest observed figure on every one of the 46 products it stocks here, which says more about who is missing than about who is cheap. So the comparison is computed and not published until the panel is whole. Why we publish it at all.

Why are there so few distinct prices?

Because retailers price a product line rather than a colourway. The 1704 observations behind this table resolve to only 156 distinct advertised prices, so neighbouring rows repeating the same range is the data being consistent rather than the table being padded. It also means picking a different shade of the same plank will not move your price; picking a different seller will. Check a quote against these figures, see what a whole job costs at them, or read how the observations are collected.

Why isn't my floor in this table?

Because a price here has to be two prices. A product enters this table only when at least two of the sellers we read publish the same manufacturer part number and agree on how many square feet are in a carton; one seller listing a product is a listing, not a comparison, and it cannot show you a range. On August 19, 2026 that gate admitted 839 products and held back everything else. An absent row is not a claim that the product is rare or discontinued — it means we hold no second observation, and we would rather show a gap than an estimate dressed up as one.

Two other reasons are worth naming. Some categories are out of scope by design: porcelain and ceramic tile, carpet, trims and accessories are not collected at all, and neither is anything priced by the piece rather than by the square foot. And a product sold only in physical showrooms will not appear here whatever it is, because every observation on this site comes from an online listing. The full coverage statement sets out what is in and what is not.

Sources & last updated

Every figure above was observed on August 19, 2026 at 3 of the 7 US online retailers named on the methodology page, and normalised to price per square foot. Which price came from which retailer is not published — why. No installation labor is priced anywhere on this site. Cite as: Floor Cost Estimator, "Observed US online retail prices for hard-surface flooring", observed August 19, 2026. Published by a materials-only flooring retailer that sells the category it prices. https://floorcostestimator.com/methodology