10 Rug Manufacturers in India (2026): Who Weaves What

This list is for the buyer asking who weaves the rug. It sets ten Indian makers side by side by weaving cluster, constructions and the capacity each states, ordered by the founding year on its own site. That is an ordering, not a ranking, and there is no number one. Published by Raheem & Son, which is included.

Every claim about another company comes from its own pages or a named press source, listed at the end. If you need the shippers and their paperwork instead, see carpet exporters in India, and to learn how makers, exporters and traders differ, read the carpet exporters from India buyer guide. If you want the same makers set against each other on constructions and capacity, you can compare Indian rug makers side by side.

India ranks first in handmade carpet production and exports by value and volume, according to the India Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF). The same page reports the United States took 60.23% of carpet exports in April to June 2026. The trade body for the sector is the Carpet Export Promotion Council.

Carpets come from a handful of clusters. The Fibre2Fashion interview with the council's chairman names Bhadohi-Mirzapur, Jaipur and Panipat among them, and four carpet and dhurrie types hold Geographical Indication protection: Handmade Carpet of Bhadohi, Mirzapur Handmade Dhurrie, Kashmir Handmade Carpet and Agra Durrie. Where a rug is woven matters more than where a company keeps its office; see how the Bhadohi cluster works.

Seven manufacturers state a founding year on their own sites and are listed first, oldest first. Three follow without a verified year. The table repeats only what each company or a named source says about itself, and a blank means we did not find it, not that it does not exist.

Obeetee states that it has operated since 1920 and works with 25,000 artisans, on its home page. Its legacy page gives Mirzapur as its origin and records a Woolmark licence for hand-knotted rugs from 1969 and SA8000 certification in 2004. Export country count and ordering terms were not stated on the pages we read.

Raheem & Son was founded in Bhadohi in 1927 and is in its fourth generation of family ownership. Its Manufacturing page states 1,400+ looms, 6,000+ weavers and 202,500 sq m of annual capacity: our own unaudited figures. It makes knotted, handloom, woven, tufted and flatweave rugs, jute, leather, poufs and pillows, including as OEM and private label.

Our own entry, so read it sceptically. We are registered with the Carpet Export Promotion Council, the one registration we hold and claim; the Four-Star Category Certificate was awarded in 2009 and is a historic award. We confirm in writing what other documents exist before you commit. See our standards. Samples take 5 to 20 days, bulk lead times run 8 to 16 weeks, and the minimum order is 1 piece, with sampling cost credited against the order (how to order).

We also run a declared buying-agency desk beside the factory, and say when we place part of a programme with another weaving house. Where we are the wrong choice: we have no stock warehouse for tomorrow delivery. Everything is made to order and quoted by enquiry.

Qaaleen's about page states 1954, weaving in Bhadohi, more than 2,000 weavers and 60,000 sq m of capacity, with a showroom in New Delhi. It names no certifications, export country count or ordering terms on the page we read. Ask exactly which weaving units your order will run on.

Jaipur Rugs' founder's site states 1978, 40,000 artisans in 600 villages across five states, and exports to over 60 countries. India Retailing reported in January 2025 that it acquired the Shyam Ahuja brand. A press report mentions an OEKO-TEX Standard 100 certificate, which is not a statement on its own site.

Sharda Exports states 1983, a Meerut head office, 85 countries and a 2 million sq ft integrated facility. The Rug Republic is its branded range for retailers. Its home page lists GOTS or GRS norms, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, an AVE social standard and OEKO-TEX for natural wool products; ask for the certificate covering your order, not the company's.

Saraswati Global states 1986 as its founding year and notes a start in 1978 in Churu, with a hand-knotted plant in Dharampur, Gujarat. Its home page claims 60+ countries, a 10,000+ artisan network and "ISO certified" without naming the standard. Ask which standard and which site the certificate covers.

PiHue Creations began in 2021 in Bhadohi and publishes a minimum order of one rug and an indicative hand-knotted production window of 45 to 90 days on its FAQ page. It lists ISO 9001:2015, GoodWeave, Responsible Wool Standard, OEKO-TEX, GRS and a SMETA audit. It names no export countries on the pages we read.

Champo Carpets is based in Bhadohi and describes handwoven and mechanised craftsmanship. Its home page refers to a legacy "for the last 52 years" but gives no founding year, so it is placed in the group without a verified year. Facility size and certifications were not stated on the page we read.

Hands is described by Downtown Design as Bhadohi-based, making hand-knotted and hand-tufted carpets, with bespoke design development and hundreds of craftsmen around Bhadohi, led by the third generation of the Patodia family. The page gives no founding year, so Hands sits in the group without a verified year.

Greater Kashmir, in an interview published on 5 April 2025, describes Miras as founded by two brothers raised in Srinagar, making wool, silk-on-wool and silk-on-silk carpets, with about 80% of business export-oriented. The same interview dates the start to 2005. We found no founding year on a company site, so Miras sits in the group without a verified year.

A manufacturer owns or directly controls production, a buying agent sources openly for you across weaving houses for a disclosed commission, and a trader buys finished goods and resells them as its own. The word that matters is disclosed. Our own sourcing desk is described that way for that reason.

A manufacturer can put you on a video call with a loom this week, name its dye house, quote knot count without checking and commit to a size tolerance in writing. A trader tends to be evasive: factory visits that keep slipping, lead times faster than weaving allows, and no straight answer to which town the weaving happens in. Ask that question first. A fuller checklist is in how to tell a manufacturer from a trading company.

Ask for the Import Export Code, the GST number and the CEPC registration if claimed, ask for an unscheduled video call from the weaving floor, ask three technical questions, and call two references in your market. The first three are matters of record or live proof; evasion on any of them is informative.

Technical questions with objectively correct answers: what knot count is this construction quoted at, what size tolerance will you put in the contract, and what is the pile height after washing. Our guides to knot density and construction differences cover what the answers should sound like. For documents at shipment, see export documentation and Incoterms. For the full decision process from shortlist to sample approval, read how to choose a rug manufacturer in India.

Treat every certification list as a claim until you have seen the certificate with its number, scope and expiry date. A certificate covers a specific legal entity, site and period; it does not automatically cover the subcontracted loom your rug is woven on. A membership is not an audit, and ISO 9001 certifies a management system, not any rug.

For anything you will print on a swing tag or website, ask for the transaction-level document covering your order, not the framed certificate on the wall. Our standards page sets out the same distinction for our own position, including what we hold.

If you want to brief a manufacturer directly, start with our manufacturing page: looms, constructions, sampling and lead times. If you would rather have a disclosed agent place and inspect your programme across several weaving houses, use the sourcing desk. Either way, request a bulk quote with your constructions, sizes and quantities.

Last reviewed 22 October 2026. Industry context: India Brand Equity Foundation, carpet industry, Carpet Export Promotion Council, Fibre2Fashion interview with the council chairman and GKToday on GI-protected carpets and durries.

Company pages: Obeetee and Obeetee legacy, Jaipur Rugs founder's site, Sharda Exports, Saraswati Global about and home, Qaaleen, PiHue about and FAQs, Champo. Press: India Retailing on the Shyam Ahuja acquisition, Apparel Resources on Jaipur Rugs and OEKO-TEX, Downtown Design on Hands and Greater Kashmir on Miras.

Raheem & Son figures are our own and unaudited: manufacturing, about, how to order and our standards. If you find a fact here that is stale or wrong, write to us and it will be corrected with the correction noted.