Awards
The RugRate Awards
Six categories recognising the rug and carpet cleaners New Yorkers should know about. The criteria are published before judging, and no part of an award is for sale.
No Winners Announced Yet
Awards need verified companies and a real body of reviews to judge from, and those are still being built borough by borough. Publishing a winners list before that data exists would make the awards decorative. The criteria are here now so that when awards are given, nobody has to wonder how.
The Six Categories
Each one recognises something different, and each page says what it does not mean.
Best Rug Cleaning Company
The strongest all-round rug cleaner in New York across quality, clarity and follow-through.
See the criteriaBest Oriental Rug Cleaner
For hand-knotted Persian and Oriental rugs, where the wrong method is expensive and permanent.
See the criteriaBest Customer Service
The company that answers, turns up, and tells you what is happening.
See the criteriaMost Transparent Company
Prices published up front, and a final invoice that matched the quote.
See the criteriaBest Value
The best result for the money — which is rarely the lowest number on the quote.
See the criteriaHighest Rated Business
The strongest customer rating, weighted for how many people actually rated it.
See the criteria
How this stays honest
The Rules
An award that can be bought tells a customer nothing about the company holding it.
- Awards are editorial. They cannot be sponsored, bought, or influenced by advertising.
- Only verified companies are eligible, and verification is free.
- Criteria are published before judging, not written afterwards to fit a winner.
- A company cannot nominate itself into a win, and paying us does nothing at all.
- Where an award is given, the reasoning is published with it.
By Year
- Open
RugRate Awards 2026
Criteria published. Winners to follow once enough companies are verified.
Award FAQs
Can a company pay to win an award?
No. Awards are editorial, cannot be sponsored, and advertising has no bearing on them. This is stated in our advertising rules as well, because a rule that only appears where it flatters us is not a rule.
Who is eligible?
Verified companies serving New York City. Verification is free, so eligibility never costs anything, and a company cannot be excluded for declining to advertise.
Have any awards been given yet?
Not yet. There are not enough verified listings and published reviews to judge fairly, so the criteria are published first and the winners follow once the data is real.
How are winners chosen?
From verification status, published pricing, the transparency score and the body of customer reviews — measured against the criteria published on each category page before judging.
Can a company nominate itself?
A company can tell us it wants to be considered, and that changes nothing about the outcome. Judging uses the same public criteria for everybody.