Tapi Carpets & Floors Limited (trading as Tapi Carpets and Tapi) is a British retailer based in
Orpington
Orpington is a town in Greater London, England, within the London Borough of Bromley. It is 13.4 miles (21.6 km) south east of Charing Cross.
On the south-eastern edge of the Greater London Built-up Area, it is south of St Mary Cray, sou ...
who specialises in carpets and floors.
History
Tapi Carpets & Floors was founded in 2015 by a handful of flooring specialists and the Harris Family (who at the time previously owned Carpetright).The first store opened in May 2015 in Tooting (which was formerly a Carpetright) .
In November 2016, Tapi opened its first Central London store on Tottenham Court Road.
On 22 July 2024, Tapi Carpets & Floors bought Carpetright in a
pre-packaged insolvency deal gaining the Harris Family control of Carpetright again.
On 16 January 2025,
John Lewis & Partners
John Lewis plc (trading as John Lewis & Partners) is a British department store chain founded by John Lewis in 1864. It is part of the John Lewis Partnership, John Lewis Partnership plc, a holding company held in a trust on behalf of its emplo ...
announced that Tapi flooring concessions would be launched in 17 of their stores by the summer of 2025, with the first one opening at their Oxford Street flagship store on 10th February 2025.
On 15 May 2025, Tapi celebrated its 10th birthday.
Operations
Tapi has over 170 stores around the UK. As of July 2024, it acquired an additional 54 stores from Carpetright. In addition to its stores, Tapi has mobile showrooms that bring flooring samples of
carpets
A carpet is a textile floor covering typically consisting of an upper layer of Pile (textile), pile attached to a backing. The pile was traditionally made from wool, but since the 20th century synthetic fiber, synthetic fibres such as polyprop ...
,
laminate flooring
Laminate flooring (also called floating wood tile in the United States) is a multi-layer synthetic flooring product fused together with a lamination process. Laminate flooring simulates wood (or sometimes stone) with a photographic appliqué la ...
,
vinyl flooring and
engineered wood flooring to customers’ homes.
References
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Carpet retailers of the United Kingdom
Retail companies established in 2015
Orpington
Retail companies of the United Kingdom
2014 establishments in the United Kingdom