I would think this mat would work fine on the real low-pile commercial grade carpet (i.e. the stuff that is about 2mm high). I would not think that I have a high-pile carpet but my chair will not evenly roll across this mat on my home carpet. but the mat has held up. but it now has indentions because the chair pushes through the mat due to the fact that it sits unevenly on the carpet that I have due to the pile height.