Method for manufacturing floor panels, of the type, which comprises a top layer (4) on the basis of synthetic material (5) and which, at least at two opposite sides (7A-8A; 7B-8B) , has profiled edge areas (9) that comprise at least coupling parts (10) , whereby, for manufacturing the floor panels (1) , one starts from a board-shaped material (6) , characterized in that the floor panels (1) are formed at least partially by means of a laser treatment (11) of said board-shaped material (6) .