Formerly | Empire Plastic Covers (1959–1965) Empire Home Services (or just Empire) (1965–2003) Empire Carpets (1983-1984, 2001-2002 [on-website; empirecarpet.com (old website)]) |
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Company type | Private |
Industry | Home Improvement |
Founded | 1959 |
Founder | Seymour Cohen |
Headquarters | 333 Northwest Avenue Northlake, Illinois 60164 U.S. |
Area served | United States[1] |
Products | Carpet Hardwood Flooring Laminate Flooring Ceramic Flooring Vinyl Flooring Area Rugs |
Parent | H.I.G. Capital (2016–present) |
Website | empiretoday.com |
Empire Today, LLC is an American home improvement and home furnishing company based in Chicago, Illinois, specializing in installed carpet and flooring. The company operates in more than 75 metropolitan areas within the United States, and is most well-known for TV ads featuring a distinctive jingle that recites the company's phone number and name. The company's name comes from the slogan on some of its commercials, "Empire today, carpeting tomorrow". Empire Today claims that it is the largest in-home sales flooring company in the United States.[2]