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2022 WFB Wood Floor Contractor Survey

Oct 5, 2022
We asked you for your stats, and we crunched the numbers to build a profile of the most typical wood flooring contractor working today in the U.S. Here is what the contractor looks like.
We asked you for your stats, and we crunched the numbers to build a profile of the most typical wood flooring contractor working today in the U.S. Here is what the contractor looks like.

How big are your projects? How do you do estimates? How much do you pay workers? How much school did you complete? Below, we present the findings from our exclusive survey where we take a deep dive into the lives of our wood floor contractor readers. How do you compare?

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