All Brands Owned by Shaw Industries Group, Inc.

Who owns Shaw Industries?
Shaw Industries Group, Inc. is wholly owned by Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Berkshire acquired a majority stake in 2000 and completed the purchase in 2002, in a deal valuing Shaw at roughly $2.4 billion.

Is Shaw Industries a public company?
No. Shaw traded publicly from 1971 until the early 2000s, when Berkshire Hathaway took it private. It no longer files separate public financial statements and reports more than $5 billion in annual sales.

What brands does Shaw Industries own?
Its brand family includes Shaw Floors, Anderson Tuftex, COREtec, Shaw Contract, Patcraft, Philadelphia Commercial, Shaw Sports Turf, Shawgrass, Southwest Greens, and Watershed Geo, covering residential and commercial flooring plus synthetic turf and geosynthetics.

Where does Shaw Industries manufacture?
The bulk of production sits in the southeastern United States, concentrated around Dalton, Georgia, with additional plants in Alabama, South Carolina, and other states, plus overseas operations that include facilities in China.

How many people work at Shaw Industries?
Shaw employs roughly 18,000 associates worldwide across more than 70 manufacturing and distribution facilities, according to its 2025 sustainability report.

Who founded Shaw Industries?
Clarence Shaw founded the company as Star Dye Company in Dalton, Georgia, in 1946. His son Robert E. Shaw transformed it into the world's largest carpet manufacturer and later founded competitor Engineered Floors.