18 Tile Manufacturers or Distributors

Wall and floor tile widely available mainly specialty tile distributors. Kassel Stone is one of American Florim's brands that you may recognize.

American Olean is a subsidiary of Dal-Tile. In 1995, Dal-Tile acquired American Olean. Both Dal-Tile and American Olean are owned by Mohawk Industries, a huge conglomerate that touches on many home remodeling industries, mainly flooring related.

Arizona Tile really has gorgeous tile, and it's the go-to place if you're looking to break out of the Home Depot-type of tile rut. John Huarte and wife Eileen began Arizona Tile in 1977 in San Diego, and now service primarily the Western U.S. from 25 locations. While Arizona Tile does have a healthy range of porcelain and glass tile, they excel with granite, marble, limestone, travertine, slate and onyx slabs and tile.

Poor Armstrong!

Why should I say "poor Armstrong" about one of the world's largest flooring manufacturers? Because I always forget that Armstrong is more than just resilient and laminate flooring. Armstrong is also a huge supplier of ceramic tile. Not only that, they have a good site showcasing their tile products and a decent tile design tool. Worth checking out.

In our article about Italian tile ideas, we feature tile from Bedrosians.

More high-end tile, all mosaic. Headquartered in Vicenza, Italy, Bisazza Mosaico has 13 flagship stores across the world, with 15 dealers in the U.S. alone. Even if you're not in the market for architect-quality mosaic tile, Bisazza Mosaico's site is well worth consulting to see tile designs from knowledgeable designers.

Even though we're not discussing "best," how about "biggest"? Dal-Tile fits that bill. Dal-Tile proudly manufactures tile in the United States (seven operations in the U.S.; one in Mexico). According to their website, they offer "glazed and unglazed tile, glazed and unglazed ceramic mosaics, glazed porcelain tile, unglazed quarry tile and a variety of stone products."

In terms of availability, Dal-Tile is one tile manufacturer who is there--everywhere. You'll find Dal-Tile in over 250 dedicated retails sales centers, as well as those weekend DIY favorites, Lowe's and The Home Depot. It's appropriate to begin our list of tile companies with Dal-Tile, because they are the umbrella company for two others: American Olean and Mohawk Tile.

Floor, wall, medallion, natural stone, and resin borders from a Fullerton, CA-based tile company, with branches in Texas and Illinois.

Florida Tile must be located in...Florida, right? Wrong. Their corporate headquarters are in Lexington, Kentucky, with a manufacturing and distribution base in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. For a half-century, Florida Tile, Inc. has been making porcelain and ceramic wall tile, as well as natural stone and decorative glass and metal tiles.  In our picture gallery of diagonal tile flooring, we feature a number of Florida Tile products.