Some furniture and mattress retailers are facing financial pressure in 2026, after the industry has been successful in 2025.
The furniture industry showed strong sales results in 2025, as the top 100 retailers posted a 0.9% increase in combined sales to $51.2 billion, based on furniture, bedding, and accessories, after two years of decline, according to Furniture Today.
The US bed and mattress retail sector also performed well last year, navigating a period of steady growth, with revenue rising 1.3% to $28.4 billion annually by 2025, according to an IbisWorld analysis.
Despite the positive results of sales and income in 2025, Ortho Mattress faced stress and was forced to file for bankruptcy protection as early as June.
Ortho Mattress files for bankruptcy
Iconic mattress and furniture chain Ortho Mattress has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to reorganize its business.
The 69-year-old retailer filed in US Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California in Woodland Hills on June 1, listing $1 million to $10 million and liabilities of $10 million to $50 million.
The debtor did not state a reason for filing bankruptcy in his petition.
Cerritos, Calif. The largest creditors include ES Kluft & Co., owed more than $165,000; Simmons Manufacturing Co., owed over $108,000; Mann Enterptrises Inc., owed more than $95,000; Warehouse Discount Center, owed more than $87,000; Enriquez Materials Quilting, owed more than $83,000; Mills Realty, owed more than $82,000; and Hawthorne Gateway LP, which owes more than $73,000, according to court documents.
The debtor operates in California and Arizona
Ortho Mattress, founded in Gardena, Calif., in 1957, operates 23 retail locations in California and Arizona, according to its website.
At one point, Mattress and Furniture had more than 60 locations, according to its website.
This merchant was joined by W. Simmons Industries in 1996, renamed WE Bedding in 1997, and acquired by Hugh Street Holdings in 1998. The company was renamed Ortho Mattress in 2004, according to a timeline on its website.
The company purchased the assets of Simmons Mattress Gallery in 2006, moved all production to California in 2007, and expanded production to Arizona in 2018. It also moved its headquarters to Cerritos.
SuperNova Furniture files for bankruptcy
Another longtime regional furniture chain, Humble, Texas-based SuperNova Furniture, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to reorganize its business on April 15, according to PacerMonitor.
