Maples Rugs
Machine-washable area rugs and accent rugs made in Scottsboro, Alabama by a family-owned mill operating since 1966.
🇺🇸 Made in USA
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Company details
Where Maples Rugs products are made
Maples Rugs has operated from Scottsboro since 1966 and states its origin, ownership and location together in its own site header.
The company describes itself as family-owned since 1966 — a continuous run in a textile category that saw most American production leave for overseas mills.
The rugs are made to go through a domestic washing machine and come back flat, which is a construction decision: backing, pile and edge all have to survive water and agitation.
Founding year, ownership and manufacturing location are all published by Maples Rugs on its own website. Origin claims above are quoted from maplesrugs.com.
The story
American floor covering was one of the industries hit hardest and earliest by offshoring. The mills that survived tended to do it by finding a niche the importers could not serve cheaply enough to bother with.
Maples Rugs has woven in Scottsboro, Alabama since 1966, and it is still owned by the same family. That is a long time to hold a position in a category where the economics have pushed relentlessly the other way.
The current line leans on machine-washable construction — rugs built to be pulled up, run through a home washer and put back down, which is a real engineering constraint on backing and pile as much as a marketing angle.
Why they matter
Rugs are heavy, cheap to make abroad and almost never labelled with their origin at the point of sale. Most shoppers have no idea where the rug under their table was made.
Maples Rugs puts “Made in the USA”, “Family-Owned Since 1966” and “Scottsboro, Alabama” in the same line at the top of its own website. A company that volunteers all three is making a claim it expects to be checked, and it has held that position for close to sixty years.
Shop Maples Rugs products
Browse Maples Rugs area rugs, accent rugs and runners stocked on the Buy American Campaign store.
Frequently asked questions
Are Maples Rugs made in the USA?
Yes. Maples Rugs states “Made in the USA” on its own website alongside its Scottsboro, Alabama location.
Where is Maples Rugs based?
Scottsboro, Alabama, where the company has operated since 1966.
When was Maples Rugs founded?
1966. The company publishes the year on its own site and describes itself as family-owned since then.
Are Maples Rugs washable?
The company markets machine-washable rugs designed to be family- and pet-friendly and to refresh in a quick wash.