If you’re looking for the best carpet manufacturers in India, top choices in 2026 include PRIMO IN, Obeetee, Jaipur Rugs, The Rug Republic, Kaleen, and Rugs Creation. India is the world’s number one handmade carpet exporter at $1.54 billion in FY25, with the US buying over half, and programs range from bespoke hand-knotted commissions to in-stock designs shipping in three weeks.
Top 12 Carpet & Rug Manufacturers in India (2026)
India ships more handmade carpets than any country on earth, from Bhadohi hand-knotters to Panipat’s recycled-yarn mills. PRIMO IN is featured first as sourcing partner.
PRIMO IN — Your Carpet & Rug Sourcing Partner in India
PRIMO IN matches your rug program to the right Indian cluster: hand-knotted heirloom work from Bhadohi and Mirzapur, design-led hand-tufted and recycled lines from Panipat, artisan-network production from Jaipur. We vet the exporter, check GoodWeave and social audits, and inspect before shipment.
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2. Obeetee
India’s reference carpet house since 1920, working with over 25,000 independent weavers around Mirzapur. SA8000 certified since 2004, the first Woolmark hand-knotting licensee, with a New York arm serving the US trade since 1997.
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3. Jaipur Rugs
The social-enterprise flagship: about 40,000 artisans weaving at doorstep looms across 600 villages, with designer collaborations and a US wholesale door through Jaipur Living in Georgia.
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4. The Rug Republic
Design-forward exporter from the Sharda Exports group, selling to 80+ countries with GRS-certified recycled lines that turn 300+ PET bottles into a rug. Over 700 designs held in stock, shipping in about three weeks.
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5. Kaleen Group
Mumbai-headquartered group with plants in Mirzapur, Panipat and Bikaner and a distribution center in Dalton, Georgia. Strong hospitality and contract reputation across a network spanning about 50 countries.
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6. Rugs Creation
Panipat’s best-documented certification stack: OEKO-TEX, GRS, SEDEX, SA8000, GOTS and Care & Fair, with reported programs for Aldi, Lidl, Loloi and Ross across 53+ countries.
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7. Shivalika Rugs
A 200,000 sq ft Panipat plant weaving hand-loomed, tufted and jacquard rugs in recycled PET and BCI cotton, with solar covering about half its energy and reduced MOQs advertised on new lines.
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8. Mittal International
Design-driven Panipat exporter since 1989 with a 64,000 sq m site, 800+ staff and over 50 designers, delivering hand-tufted carpets and bath mats to retail partners on every continent.
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9. Hands Carpets
One of India’s oldest houses, founded 1881, serving luxury residential, hospitality and yacht projects, and maker of the world’s largest hand-tufted rug for the Astana Grand Mosque.
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10. Global Overseas
Bhadohi hand-knotting specialist grown from a 1970 workshop, with Indian government export awards and a best-design prize at Domotex Hanover, the trade’s reference fair.
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11. Champo Carpets
Five decades of Bhadohi production across hand-tufted, handwoven and flatweave, with a recycled-PET line, an in-house design studio and quick delivery on in-stock pieces for retailers and designers.
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12. Miras Carpet Industries
Multi-generation Srinagar house weaving GI-tagged Kashmiri silk carpets, the fine-knot end of Indian weaving, from a valley of family workshops shipping to 25+ countries.
India Carpet & Rug Market Overview (2025)
India is the world’s largest exporter of handmade carpets, shipping $1.54 billion in FY2024-25 to 168 countries, with an industry estimate of about 40% of global handmade trade. The United States dominates demand at $825 million, more than half of exports, which is why most large exporters keep a US office or warehouse.
The map is simple: the Bhadohi-Mirzapur belt in Uttar Pradesh is the historic hand-knotting heartland with over two million artisans across the trade, Panipat runs the hand-tufted, handloom and recycled-yarn volume, Jaipur adds the artisan-network model, and Kashmir weaves GI-tagged silk at the luxury end.
Tariffs whipsawed the trade: duties on Indian carpets jumped from 2.9% to over 50% in August 2025, US-bound shipments fell 9%, then the February 2026 deal brought the rate to 18%. Orders are rebuilding through 2026, and the India Carpet Expo in Bhadohi each October is where much of the buying happens.
Timelines depend on technique. Hand-knotted custom work runs months and is priced per knot density; hand-tufted programs ship in weeks; and the strongest in-stock programs deliver worldwide in about three weeks ex-factory. Trial orders of a handful of pieces are workable at design-led exporters, container programs at the big houses.
Ethics are checkable here: GoodWeave and Care & Fair address child labor in the weaving belt, SA8000 and SEDEX audits are common at export scale, and Kashmiri and Bhadohi carpets carry GI protection. As everywhere, certificates should be verified at the loom shed level, which is precisely what an on-site audit does.
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