retail industry retail trade founded 1999 headquarters birmingham united kingdom number of locations 30 2015 area served united kingdom northern ireland products flooring website www.floors2go.co.uk floors 2 go is a wood flooring retailer in united kingdom first established in 1999 . in april 2012 the company s affiliates took over allied carpets in a pre pack administration deal . 1 contents 1 history 1.1 administration 2 references 3 external links history edit floors 2 go newport august 2009 floors 2 go cardiff september 2009 floors 2 go basingstoke january 2008 floors 2 go began as a family business in 1999 with the first store opening in birmingham . in april 2004 the firm floated on the london stock exchange . this saw the firm evolving from cash and carry type warehouses to retail superstores . 2 in august 2005 floors 2 go opened the first stores in northern ireland . 3 in november 2005 floors 2 go announced an expansion target for 350 stores . 4 in december 2006 it was bought for 52.4 m by directors and private equity firm alchemy partners . 5 the sale was completed in february 2007 . 6 in december 2006 during the sale the firm applied for the cancellation of trading on the london stock exchange . 7 this effect took place in february 2007 . in 2009 floors 2 go made pre tax profits of 764 538 with almost 34m sales . administration edit in july 2008 the firm first entered administration after the firm became a victim of the then struggling housing market . 8 the administrators kroll immediately closed 41 of the group s then 132 stores cutting 97 of the chain s then 450 staff . however the firm was later saved preventing the firm from no longer trading . in august 2011 however the firm entered administration for the second time . senate recovery the administrators closed 53 stores immediately . 9 the administrators managed to save 162 jobs as well as 35 stores thus saving the firm as a whole . 10 in july 2014 the now struggling firm entered administration for a third time . mb insolvency were appointed administrators and managed to save 162 jobs . 11 however the number of stores have been gradually reduced . references edit floors 2 go affiliate buys allied carpets . financial times . 2012 04 23 . first day of dealings . financial times . 2004 04 01 . floors 2 go lands in northern ireland . retail week . 2005 09 09 . floors 2 go expansion on target for 350 stores . . 2005 11 04 . update 1 alchemy to buy floors 2 go for 52.4 mln stg . 2006 12 13 . floors 2 go in 54.2 m buyout . manchester evening news . 2007 02 15 . cancellation of admission . 2007 01 03 . flooring chain calls in administrators . 2008 07 23 . floors 2 go collapses for the second time in three years . this is money . 2011 08 25 . floors 2 go jobs saved after administration . the telegraph . 2011 08 26 . floors 2 go in administration for third time . the journal . 2014 07 16 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title floors 2 go & oldid 711708467 categories retail companies established in 19991999 establishments in the united kingdomcompanies that have entered administration in the united kingdomcompanies formerly listed on the london stock exchangeretail companies of northern irelandretail companies of the united kingdomcarpet retailers of the united kingdomhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 24 march 2016 at 09 43 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view