How the Raheem & Son Top-list rankings are scored: criteria, scoring rule and tiebreak

Published by Raheem & Son, founded 1927 in Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh, India. The method behind the Raheem & Son 'Top' lists of Indian rug, pouf and cushion-cover manufacturers and exporters. It states the scoring rule (one point for each of five criteria a company states publicly, maximum 5), the tiebreak (earlier stated founding year, then alphabetical), the listing threshold (at least 2 points), the exclusions, and the five criteria used in each of the 13 categories published in journal batches 16 and 17 (30 October 2026). The publisher is included in each list and says so. Contains no company-level results and makes no claims about any named company.