Headquartered in La Défense, near Paris, the present company was formed in October 1997 by the merging of two others: French Sommer-Allibert and German Tarkett AG.

[3] In the 1990s the company tried to strengthen its automotive division,[4] increasing its business volume with manufacturers like Volkswagen, BMW, Ford, Nissan, Peugeot, and Saab.

After various setbacks, Wehtje sold off most minor operations of the company and, by the 1920s, refocused it almost exclusively on the wood flooring industry, renaming it as Limhamns Snickerifabrik.

During the following years, the company acquired rivals on the Swedish market, entered into the laminated floorboards business and, in 1946, introduced a plastic replacement for wood covering, known as Tarkett, which became a sales success.

Under the next leader, Urban Wehtje, the company started to develop an international network and diversified its production of wood and plastic coverings for building interiors.

In the late 1980s, then-CEO Lars Wisén decided to merge it with German rival Pegulan, and the headquarters were moved from Sweden to Frankenthal, Germany.

[7] In the late 1990s, Wisén met Assa and convinced him of transferring the interior covering division of Sommer-Allibert to Tarkett AG.

Wisén continued managing Tarkett Sommer AG–Sommer-Allibert interior coverings business from Germany, but he was fired in 1998 and the control was passed to the French headquarters.

In 2004, the company's Tarkett Sports division formed an alliance with the Canada-based synthetic turf manufacturer FieldTurf[10] before taking control of it in 2005.

(the latter two being part of the Wendel group) and the members of the Company's Supervisory Board linked to the Deconinck family have been acting in concert since the simplified tender offer for Tarkett shares implemented in 2021.