Our History
Empire Today®, commonly known as Empire Carpet, was founded in 1959 and has grown from a small family-owned Chicago business into one of the country's leading providers of installed home improvements and home furnishings Empire® provides services to residential and business customers with a wide selection of products suitable for homes, small businesses, organizations and commercial applications.
Our line of quality, name-brand products includes: Carpet, Hardwood, Laminate, Ceramic, Vinyl Flooring and Window Treatments. The company provides, shop-at-home convenience or on-site consultation, next day professional installation on many products, quality products at great prices, and world-class service to more than 55 metropolitan areas in the United States.
With over one million satisfied customers, Empire Today is dedicated to customer satisfaction. Empire Today provides services to residential and business customers with a wide selection of products suitable for homes, small businesses, organizations and commercial applications.
Learn more about Empire's history at the Empire Today Wikipedia page.
Small Business & Commercial Program
Our comprehensive product portfolio of commercial and residential grade Carpet, Flooring and Window Treatments means Empire can take on most any project. From waiting rooms and gymnasiums to community centers, medical facilities and schools, Empire’s Small Business & Commercial program delivers fully integrated solutions for businesses of all sizes. For more information about Empire’s Small Business & Commercial program, click here.
The Empire Man
Part blue collar superhero and part pure entertainment, the Empire Man character has come to represent great value, world-class customer care, and next day installation to generations of home furnishing and home improvement consumers.
Introduced in 1977 as a live action character and later adapted into a popular animated persona, the Empire Man has grown to become a cultural icon.
The Empire Man has been seen internationally in commercials and other media, has spawned a line of popular bobblehead dolls, is featured as a crowd favorite, and inspired the Chicago Cubs to proclaim an official “Empire Day” at legendary Wrigley Field.
Recently, Empire has launched two new video sites - www.empirecarpet.tv and www.empiretoday.tv to showcase the history of Empire's popular video commercials.
The Empire Today Jingle
The Empire Today jingle – “eight hundred, five-eight-eight, two, three hundred” – has made the company’s phone number a widely recognized tune. Empire Today and its famous jingle have been the subject of interest on Late Night with Conan O’Brien (NBC), Extreme Makeover (ABC), Curb Appeal (HGTV), Clean House (Style), and Designed to Sell (HGTV).
Empire Supplies the Commercial, Home Builder and Related Industries
In addition to being your convenient and trusted partner for all your personal home improvement needs, Empire Today now offers expanded service to the professional home builder, commercial, real estate, and insurance industries. To initiate a business-to-business company partnership with Empire Today click here to submit an inquiry.