History of a Successful Family Owned Business

World War II veteran William E. Mahone founded Atlas Floors San Antonio in 1948, fulfilling a war-time dream of owning his own business. With the help of a Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan of $1600, Bill and his wife Laura opened a new flooring business in a rented building in Downtown San Antonio, Texas.

The Mahones borrowed a sum of $1,145.80 in order to relocate in a combination business and home, on Hildebrand Avenue. Here a second generation literally grew up in the business. Bill Mahone Jr. (current President of Atlas Floors), mother Laura, and Jessica and Annie, his sisters, were always involved in the family enterprise. In 1972, company founder William passed away leaving Laura and the second generation to continue hands-on operation of the flooring company. Laura and the second generation continued hands on operation of Atlas Floors in San Antonio.

Bill Mahone Jr. took out loans from Hermann Sons in order to build a larger showroom and warehouse on their existing lot. The new facility more than doubled the original operations size. As San Antonio steadily grew through the years, so did Atlas Floors. Keeping step with a city rapidly expanding toward the North, in the year 2000 Atlas Floors opened a second showroom. Shortly thereafter, Atlas Floors joined the largest cooperative in the flooring industry, Carpet One. The relationship has been a huge success, giving this locally owned flooring company the buying power of over 1,000 stores nationwide.

Today, Atlas Floors Carpet One in San Antonio Texas continues as a family owned business under the stewardship of the now three generations of Mahones: Jessica Mahone-McCarthy, Vice President; Laura Mahone-DuBose, Treasurer; Bill Mahone Jr., President; and Billy Mahone III, Marketing Director.