Carman
Carman is cloud-based business management software for flooring retailers, carpet shops, wholesalers, and contractors.
What Carman is
Carman is cloud-based business management software for flooring retailers, carpet shops, wholesalers, and contractors. It follows customer orders through delivery and fitting, with tools for flooring estimates, installation scheduling, invoicing, and payments. Stock tracking covers multiple locations and products sold by pack, square metre, box, or length. Its CRM can hold several names, addresses, and contact details for an organization, and links to Companies House and Royal Mail databases. Users can send quotes and invoices by email or SMS, create payment links, and track payments with reminders. Carman can export information to Sage, Xero, and QuickBooks; listed integrations include Yoti Sign, Fidelity Payment, and Blink Payments. Its iOS and Android Companion App includes a diary, delivery checklist, device tracking, stock adjustments, job photos, and customer sign-off. The B2B portal uses the API to show live stock for online trade sales. Pricing is on request, and the company offers a quotation and free no-obligation demonstration.
Good
- Tracks stock across multiple locations.
- Supports flooring estimates and installation scheduling.
- Sends quotes and invoices by email or SMS.
- Companion App includes delivery checklists and customer sign-off.
- Exports information to Sage, Xero, and QuickBooks.
Watch out
- Pricing is available on request.
- No trial duration is stated.
- Available platforms include web, iOS, Android, and API.
Who it suits
Carman is aimed at flooring retailers and related businesses managing stock, customer orders, delivery, and fitting. It may suit teams that need flooring-specific workflows alongside companion-app access.
Verdict
Carman covers flooring workflows from order through fitting, with stock, customer, payment, and mobile tools. Request a quotation to assess its cost for your business.
The facts
Each one read from Carman's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access controls
- Companion App logins can have different access levels, with permissions based on users’ roles.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Accounting
- Carman can export information to Sage, Xero and QuickBooks accounting packages.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Accounting integrations
- The site says Carman can export to Sage, Xero and QuickBooks; its integrations page describes payment reconciliation with Xero and Zero Accounting.checked 8 Oct 2026
- B2B portal
- Carman’s B2B portal uses its API to show live stock and inventory for online trade sales.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Card data
- For CarmanPay card payments, the policy says cardholder data is handled by the payment provider and Computers for Flooring does not store, process or transmit full card details on its own systems.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Customer management
- Its CRM stores multiple names, addresses and contact details for an organisation, and links to Companies House and Royal Mail databases.checked 8 Oct 2026
- E-signatures
- Carman integrates with Yoti-Sign, returning signed documents by email for storage in the client file.checked 8 Oct 2026
- E-signing
- The Yoti Sign integration supports optional identity verification, encrypted signing and a document audit trail.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The maker lists Yoti Sign, Fidelity Payment and Blink Payments integrations, including payment reconciliation with Xero or Zero Accounting.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The maker describes Carman as industry-specific software for flooring retailers, including businesses managing stock by pack, square meter, length or job lot.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Inventory
- Its stock management supports products sold by pack, square meter, box or length and tracks stock across multiple locations.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Pricing and demonstration
- The contact page offers a quotation and a free no-obligation demonstration; it does not state a software price or trial duration.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The privacy policy says customer data held in hosted Carman systems is processed on the customer’s instructions, with the customer acting as data controller.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Product
- Carman is cloud-based business management software for flooring retailers, carpet shops, wholesalers and contractors.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Quotes and payments
- Users can send quotes and invoices by email or SMS, create payment links, and track payments with reminders.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Sales and customization
- The maker offers quotations and demonstrations and says its in-house development team can modify Carman to customer specifications.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Security and privacy
- The privacy policy says the company takes reasonable technical, physical and organisational steps to protect personal data and requires suppliers to do likewise in writing.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Stock
- It tracks stock across multiple locations and supports items sold by pack, square metre, box or length.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- The homepage says customer support is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, as part of the monthly licence.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Workflow
- It manages the process from initial customer order through delivery and fitting.checked 8 Oct 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Cardiff, Wales, UKchecked 28 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Mobile app
- The iOS and Android Companion App includes a diary, delivery checklist, device tracking, stock adjustments, job photos and customer sign-off.checked 8 Oct 2026
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