Mattress Statistics 2026
This page collects current figures on mattresses: the size of the US and global market, how sales split between stores and online, what shoppers pay, how often people replace a mattress, what research says about mattresses and back pain, and how returns, recalls and disposal work. Sources are the industry association ISPA and its Better Sleep Council, company filings from Somnigroup (Tempur Sealy and Mattress Firm), Sleep Number, Purple and Leggett & Platt, the Census Bureau, CDC, EPA and CPSC, Gallup, J.D. Power, the UK National Bed Federation, EUROPUR, the Mattress Recycling Council and peer-reviewed studies. Most figures describe 2025 or 2026; older figures are labeled with their year.
By the HearSmart research desk · Updated November 13, 2026 · 53 numbers drawn from 24 publishers and reports
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Short answer
The US mattress market shrank 6.5% in value and 13.2% in units in 2025, according to ISPA, as company sales at Sleep Number (down 16% to $1.4 billion) and Purple (down 3.9%) fell. Stores still lead: 87% of US adults would consider buying in a store and 54% online (Better Sleep Council), and online buyers spend $258 less on average (J.D. Power). Americans expect a mattress to last 9.6 years, and medium-firm mattresses outperformed firm ones for chronic back pain in a 313-person Lancet trial.
Headline numbers
- 6.5%The total value of the US mattress market fell 6.5% in 2025 compared with 2024, according to ISPA's 2026 Mattress Industry Trends Report.International Sleep Products Association
- 13.2%US mattress unit shipments fell 13.2% in 2025, a steeper drop than the fall in market value, ISPA reports.International Sleep Products Association
- $1.4 billionSleep Number's net sales fell 16% to $1.4 billion in fiscal 2025.Sleep Number
- 88%Sleep Number's own retail stores generated 88% of the company's net sales in 2025.Sleep Number
- 54%54% of US adults said they would consider buying a mattress online in 2023, up from 27% in 2016, according to the Better Sleep Council.Better Sleep Council
- $984US consumers who bought a mattress online spent an average of $984 in 2025, $258 less than in-store buyers, according to J.D. Power's survey of 1,751 recent buyers.J.D. Power
- 9.6 yearsUS adults expected to keep a new quality mattress for 9.6 years on average in 2023, up from 9.4 years in 2016, according to a Better Sleep Council survey of 1,039 adults.Better Sleep Council
- 2.10Patients on medium-firm mattresses had better disability outcomes than those on firm ones (odds ratio 2.10) after 90 days in the Lancet trial.The Lancet
Reading the numbers
Mattress demand is weak. ISPA reports that the US market lost 6.5% of its value and 13.2% of its unit volume in 2025, and the gap between the two numbers shows that prices and larger sizes held up better than volume. Company results match: Sleep Number's sales fell 16% to $1.4 billion, Purple's fell 3.9% to $468.7 million, and Leggett & Platt's bedding segment lost 11%. Leggett & Platt's 10-K describes a bifurcated market in which high-volume imports dominate online sales.
Consolidation is the other big story. Somnigroup, formerly Tempur Sealy, paid about $5.1 billion for Mattress Firm in February 2025 and bought Leggett & Platt in August 2026, so one company now spans foam and springs, brands and more than 2,100 specialty stores. Its 2025 sales rose 51.6% to $7.48 billion, but almost all of that growth came from acquisitions, and Mattress Firm's own sales fell 5.8% in the third quarter of 2026.
Stores have not lost the mattress sale. Sleep Number makes 88% of its sales in its stores, Purple's showrooms grew while its e-commerce shrank 11.4%, and two thirds of recent buyers of $2,500-plus mattresses bought in person, according to the Better Sleep Council. Openness to buying online has still doubled since 2016 to 54% of US adults, J.D. Power finds online buyers more satisfied with value, and in the UK online already accounts for 55% of purchases.
Replacement and health drive purchases. US adults expect a mattress to last 9.6 years but replace it sooner, and UK buyers replace theirs at under 7 years. Back pain affects 39% of US adults in a given three months (CDC), and the strongest trial evidence favors medium-firm over firm mattresses. When a mattress does not work out, trials of around 100 nights apply: Sleep Number and Purple each booked returns worth roughly 5% to 6% of sales in 2025.
Mattress market size and industry sales
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The total value of the US mattress market fell 6.5% in 2025 compared with 2024, according to ISPA's 2026 Mattress Industry Trends Report.
International Sleep Products Association, ISPA Report Shows Mattress Manufacturers Maintaining Value Despite Shipment Declines (Jul 2026)
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According to the report, total U.S. mattress market value declined 6.5% year over year, while unit shipments fell 13.2%, underscoring continued softness in consumer demand.
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US mattress unit shipments fell 13.2% in 2025, a steeper drop than the fall in market value, ISPA reports.
International Sleep Products Association, ISPA Report Shows Mattress Manufacturers Maintaining Value Despite Shipment Declines (Jul 2026)
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According to the report, total U.S. mattress market value declined 6.5% year over year, while unit shipments fell 13.2%, underscoring continued softness in consumer demand.
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Somnigroup, the parent of Tempur Sealy and Mattress Firm, sizes the global sleep industry at $120 billion in its 2025 annual report.
Somnigroup International, Somnigroup International Inc. Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025 (Feb 2026)
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Somnigroup's purpose is to drive long-term shareholder returns through sustainable competitive advantages and disciplined capital allocation as we oversee our investments in the $120 billion global sleep industry.
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Somnigroup's net sales rose 51.6% to $7,476.5 million in 2025, mostly because Mattress Firm's sales were added after the February 2025 acquisition.
Somnigroup International, Somnigroup International Inc. Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025 (Feb 2026)
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Total net sales increased 51.6% to $7,476.5 million as compared to $4,930.9 million in 2024, primarily driven by the inclusion of $3,505.4 million of Mattress Firm sales for the stub period
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Somnigroup paid about $5.1 billion for Mattress Firm, the largest US mattress specialty retailer, in a deal completed on February 5, 2025.
Somnigroup International, Somnigroup International Inc. Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025 (Feb 2026)
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The total purchase price was approximately $5.1 billion, net of cash acquired of $0.3 billion.
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Somnigroup's third quarter 2026 net sales rose 10.8% to $2,350.8 million, driven by the addition of Leggett & Platt, which it acquired on August 26, 2026.
Somnigroup International, Somnigroup International Inc. Reports Record Third Quarter 2026 Results (Nov 2026)
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Total net sales increased 10.8% to a record $2,350.8 million as compared to $2,122.6 million in the third quarter of 2025, primarily driven by the inclusion of $372.6 million of Leggett & Platt net sales for the stub period.
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Sleep Number's net sales fell 16% to $1.4 billion in fiscal 2025.
Sleep Number, Sleep Number Corporation Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025 (Mar 2026)
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Net sales in 2025 decreased 16% to $1.4 billion
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Purple Innovation's net revenue fell 3.9% to $468.7 million in 2025.
Purple Innovation, Purple Innovation, Inc. Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025 (Mar 2026)
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Net revenues decreased $19.2 million, or 3.9%, to $468.7 million in 2025 compared to $487.9 million in 2024.
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Trade sales in Leggett & Platt's Bedding Products segment, which makes springs, foam and adjustable bases, fell 11% in 2025.
Leggett & Platt, Leggett & Platt, Incorporated Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025 (Feb 2026)
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Bedding Products Trade sales decreased 11%.
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More than 45 million mattresses are sold each year in the EU, according to the European flexible foam association EUROPUR.
EUROPUR, Mattress recycling in Europe (Jul 2025)
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With more than 45 million mattresses sold and approximately 40 million reaching end-of-life each year in the EU , the recovery of polyurethane foam and other valuable materials has become a strategic priority.
Online vs store sales: how mattresses are sold
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E-commerce accounted for 17.1% of all US retail sales in the second quarter of 2026 (seasonally adjusted), according to the Census Bureau.
U.S. Census Bureau, Quarterly Retail E-Commerce Sales, 2nd Quarter 2026 (Aug 2026)
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E-commerce sales in the second quarter of 2026 accounted for 17.1 percent of total sales.
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Sleep Number's own retail stores generated 88% of the company's net sales in 2025.
Sleep Number, Sleep Number Corporation Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025 (Mar 2026)
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The Company’s Stores accounted for 88% of net sales in 2025 .
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Online, phone and chat sales made up 12% of Sleep Number's net sales in 2025.
Sleep Number, Sleep Number Corporation Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025 (Mar 2026)
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In 2025 , Online, Phone, Chat and Other sales accounted for 12% of net sales.
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Direct sales through company-owned stores and websites made up 63.5% of Somnigroup's net sales in 2025, up from 24.9% in 2024, after the Mattress Firm acquisition.
Somnigroup International, Somnigroup International Inc. Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025 (Feb 2026)
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Direct channel sales represented 63.5% of net sales in 2025, compared to 24.9% in 2024, primarily driven by the acquisition of Mattress Firm.
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Mattress Firm, the largest multi-brand mattress specialty retailer in the US, runs more than 2,100 stores, according to Somnigroup's 2025 annual report.
Somnigroup International, Somnigroup International Inc. Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025 (Feb 2026)
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Our direct channel is led by over 2,100 Mattress Firm retail stores and e-commerce in the U.S. and over 200 Dreams locations and e-commerce in the U.K, with additional brick and mortar stores and e-commerce channels in many other key markets around the world.
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Mattress Firm's net sales fell 5.8% to $1,008.3 million in the third quarter of 2026, which Somnigroup attributed mainly to softer online sales.
Somnigroup International, Somnigroup International Inc. Reports Record Third Quarter 2026 Results (Nov 2026)
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Mattress Firm net sales decreased 5.8% to $1,008.3 million as compared to $1,070.8 million in the third quarter of 2025, primarily driven by softer online sales.
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Direct-to-consumer sales (website, showrooms and marketplaces) were 55.8% of Purple's net revenue in 2025, and wholesale was 44.2%.
Purple Innovation, Purple Innovation, Inc. Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025 (Mar 2026)
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For the year ended December 31, 2025, our DTC sales accounted for 55.8% of our net revenues, as compared to 58.1% for 2024 and 58.1% for 2023, and wholesale sales accounted for 44.2% of net revenues, as compared to 41.9% for 2024 and 41.9% for 2023.
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Purple's e-commerce revenue fell 11.4% in 2025 while revenue from its showrooms rose 1.5%.
Purple Innovation, Purple Innovation, Inc. Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025 (Mar 2026)
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Within DTC in 2025, e-commerce net revenues decreased $23.4 million, or 11.4%, while Purple showroom net revenues increased $1.1 million, or 1.5%, as compared to 2024.
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Share of Purple Innovation net revenue by channel, 2023 to 2025
Purple Innovation Form 10-K, fiscal 2025. DTC covers Purple.com, showrooms, contact center and marketplaces.
- DTC 202358.1%
- DTC 202458.1%
- DTC 202555.8%
- Wholesale 202341.9%
- Wholesale 202441.9%
- Wholesale 202544.2%
Source: Purple Innovation, Purple Innovation, Inc. Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025
How shoppers buy and what they pay
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87% of US adults surveyed by the Better Sleep Council in 2023 said they would consider buying a mattress from a retail store.
Better Sleep Council, Online vs. In-Store Mattress Shopping: What Consumers Want in 2024 (May 2024)
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Brick-and-mortar stores still hold the lead when it comes to purchasing mattresses — 87% of respondents said they would consider buying their mattresses from a retail store.
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54% of US adults said they would consider buying a mattress online in 2023, up from 27% in 2016, according to the Better Sleep Council.
Better Sleep Council, Online vs. In-Store Mattress Shopping: What Consumers Want in 2024 (May 2024)
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In 2023, 54% said they would purchase online.
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Among recent US buyers of mattresses priced at $2,500 or more, 66% bought in a physical store and 34% online, a 2025 Better Sleep Council survey of 500 adults found.
Better Sleep Council, Luxury mattress shopper insights: high-end purchases (Sep 2025)
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Of those who recently bought a higher-priced mattress, 66% said they purchased it in a brick-and-mortar store and 34% said online.
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US consumers who bought a mattress online spent an average of $984 in 2025, $258 less than in-store buyers, according to J.D. Power's survey of 1,751 recent buyers.
J.D. Power, Online Mattress Shoppers Find Greater Value and Satisfaction Than In-Store Buyers, JD Power Finds (Nov 2025)
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Consumers who purchase a mattress online spend an average of $984, which is $258 less than those who buy in-store
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Online mattress buyers gave an overall satisfaction score of 878 out of 1,000 in J.D. Power's 2025 study, 9 points higher than store buyers.
J.D. Power, Online Mattress Shoppers Find Greater Value and Satisfaction Than In-Store Buyers, JD Power Finds (Nov 2025)
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This value for price paid is a key driver in overall satisfaction, with online shoppers reporting an overall score of 878 (on a 1,000-point scale), 9 points higher than retail store shoppers.
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US consumers said they were willing to spend a mean of $1,171 on their next mattress or set, according to a Better Sleep Council survey published in 2023.
Better Sleep Council, Almost 4 in 10 Consumers Plan to Replace Mattress in Next 2 Years (Mar 2023)
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The consumers say they are willing to spend a mean of $1,171 for their next mattress or set.
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Online purchases made up 55% of UK mattress purchases in the National Bed Federation's 18th annual survey of 1,000 recent buyers, up from 52.5%, while in-store purchases fell to 41%.
National Bed Federation, Latest NBF Research Confirms Squeeze on Consumer Spending (2026)
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Online purchases accounted for 55%, up from 52.5%.
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The mean price UK buyers paid for a mattress fell 16% year over year to £543, the National Bed Federation's latest survey found.
National Bed Federation, Latest NBF Research Confirms Squeeze on Consumer Spending (2026)
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The 18th annual NBF Consumer Bed-Buying Survey, which questioned 1,000 adults who purchased a new mattress within the last year, reveals that the mean price paid fell year-on-year by 16% to £543.
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US adults who would consider buying a mattress online, 2016 to 2023
Better Sleep Council consumer surveys of US adults; respondents could choose more than one channel.
Source: Better Sleep Council, Online vs. In-Store Mattress Shopping: What Consumers Want in 2024
Mattress replacement cycles
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US adults expected to keep a new quality mattress for 9.6 years on average in 2023, up from 9.4 years in 2016, according to a Better Sleep Council survey of 1,039 adults.
Better Sleep Council, Mattress Replacement Demographics: Who Waits the Longest? (Apr 2024)
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In 2023, the average was 9.6 years; in 2020, it was 9.5 years.
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In practice US men replaced their mattress after 8.6 years and women after nine years, the Better Sleep Council's 2023 survey found.
Better Sleep Council, Mattress Replacement Demographics: Who Waits the Longest? (Apr 2024)
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But in reality, men entered the replacement cycle sooner than women (8.6 years vs. nine years).
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Millennials (ages 25 to 40) replaced their mattresses fastest, after an average of 6.5 years, according to the Better Sleep Council's 2023 survey.
Better Sleep Council, Mattress Replacement Demographics: Who Waits the Longest? (Apr 2024)
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According to the survey, millennials (ages 25 to 40) wait the shortest time, an average of 6.5 years.
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39% of US adults had bought a mattress in the past two years in 2023, up from 31% in 2020, the Better Sleep Council reports.
Better Sleep Council, Mattress Replacement Demographics: Who Waits the Longest? (Apr 2024)
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Also notable: The number of consumers who purchased a mattress within the past two years has increased since 2020 — 31% in 2020 compared with 39% in 2023.
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The mattresses UK buyers replaced were 6.84 years old on average in the latest National Bed Federation survey, down from 7.28 years.
National Bed Federation, Latest NBF Research Confirms Squeeze on Consumer Spending (2026)
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The average age of the mattresses being replaced was 6.84 years, down from 7.28 years in the previous report.
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76.5% of UK mattresses were replaced before they reached 10 years old, and almost 40% in under five years, the National Bed Federation found.
National Bed Federation, Latest NBF Research Confirms Squeeze on Consumer Spending (2026)
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More than three-quarters (76.5%) were replaced before they were 10 years old and almost 40% were replaced in under five years.
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Years US adults expect to keep a new quality mattress, 2016 to 2023
Better Sleep Council surveys; 2023 sample of 1,039 US adults aged 18 and older.
Source: Better Sleep Council, Mattress Replacement Demographics: Who Waits the Longest?
Sleep, back pain and mattress firmness
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39.0% of US adults had back pain in the past three months in 2019, the most common pain site, according to the CDC's National Health Interview Survey.
CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Back, Lower Limb, and Upper Limb Pain Among U.S. Adults, 2019 (NCHS Data Brief No. 415) (Jul 2021)
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Back pain (39.0%) was the most prevalent site for pain, followed by lower limb (36.5%); upper limb (30.7%); headache or migraine (22.4%); abdominal, pelvic, or genital (9.8%); and tooth or jaw (9.2%).
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Back pain rose with age, reaching 45.6% of US adults aged 65 and over in 2019, according to the CDC.
CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Back, Lower Limb, and Upper Limb Pain Among U.S. Adults, 2019 (NCHS Data Brief No. 415) (Jul 2021)
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The percentage of adults with back pain increased with age, from 28.4% for those aged 18–29 and 35.2% for those aged 30–44 to 44.3% for those aged 45–64 and 45.6% for those aged 65 and over ( Figure 2 ).
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57% of US adults said they would feel better with more sleep and 42% said they get as much as they need, Gallup found in a December 2023 poll.
Gallup, Americans Sleeping Less, More Stressed (Apr 2024)
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For the first time in Gallup polling since 2001, a majority of U.S. adults, 57%, say they would feel better if they got more sleep, while 42% say they get as much sleep as they need.
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A randomized, double-blind trial of 313 adults with chronic low back pain in Spain, published in The Lancet, compared firm and medium-firm mattresses over 90 days.
The Lancet, Effect of firmness of mattress on chronic non-specific low-back pain: randomised, double-blind, controlled, multicentre trial (abstract via Europe PMC) (Nov 2003)
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Methods In a randomised, double-blind, controlled, multicentre trial, we assessed 313 adults who had chronic non-specific low-back pain, but no referred pain, who complained of backache while lying in bed and on rising.
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Patients on medium-firm mattresses had better disability outcomes than those on firm ones (odds ratio 2.10) after 90 days in the Lancet trial.
The Lancet, Effect of firmness of mattress on chronic non-specific low-back pain: randomised, double-blind, controlled, multicentre trial (abstract via Europe PMC) (Nov 2003)
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Findings At 90 days, patients with medium-firm mattresses had better outcomes for pain in bed (odds ratio 2.36 [95% CI 1.13-4.93]), pain on rising (1.93 [0.97-3.86]), and disability (2.10 [1.24-3.56]) than did patients with firm mattresses.
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A 2026 systematic review in the Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology pooled 47 studies published from 1999 to 2023 on mattresses, back pain and sleep quality.
Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Mattress impact on lifestyle and back pain: a 25-year orthopedic literature review guideline (2026)
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Results A total of 47 studies were included.
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New medium-firm bedding cut reported back pain by about 48% over four weeks in a 2009 study of 59 adults in the Journal of Chiropractic Medicine.
Journal of Chiropractic Medicine, Changes in back pain, sleep quality, and perceived stress after introduction of new bedding systems (2009)
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Discussion In the present study, medium-firm bedding systems reduced back pain by approximately 48% (37.1 [pre mean] − 19.3 [post mean week 1-4] = 17.8/37.1 = .48) and improved sleep quality by 55% (43.5 [pre mean] − 21.0 [post mean week 1-4] = 22.5/43.5 = .52).
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In a 2025 sleep-lab study of 12 adults, it took 12.42 minutes on average to fall asleep on a soft mattress versus 7.71 minutes on a medium one.
Nature and Science of Sleep, The Effect of Mattress Firmness on Sleep Architecture and PSG Characteristics (2025)
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A repeated-measures ANOVA revealed a significant effect of mattress type on sleep latency (p < 0.05, partial η²=0.26), with sleep latency being longer on the soft mattress (12.42 ± 1.94 min) than the medium mattress (7.71 ± 1.31 min, p < 0.05).
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33% of US buyers of $2,500-plus mattresses cited health and medical reasons for shopping, and 75% cited problems with their current bed, a 2025 Better Sleep Council survey found.
Better Sleep Council, Luxury mattress shopper insights: high-end purchases (Sep 2025)
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Respondents also cited health and medical reasons (33%), sales or an ad (29%), a life event or household change (21%), and a recommendation or experience with another mattress.
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US adults with back pain in the past 3 months by age, 2019
CDC National Health Interview Survey, 2019, adults aged 18 and over.
- 18 to 2928.4%
- 30 to 4435.2%
- 45 to 6444.3%
- 65 and over45.6%
Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics, Back, Lower Limb, and Upper Limb Pain Among U.S. Adults, 2019 (NCHS Data Brief No. 415)
Returns, trials and safety recalls
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Sleep Number accepts returns of most products during a 100-night trial period.
Sleep Number, Sleep Number Corporation Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025 (Mar 2026)
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The Company accepts sales returns of most products during a 100-night trial period.
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Sleep Number recorded $67.4 million of sales returns in 2025, down from $91.4 million in 2024.
Sleep Number, Sleep Number Corporation Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025 (Mar 2026)
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Additions that reduce net sales 67,411 91,375
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Purple lets customers return a mattress for a full refund for up to 100 days.
Purple Innovation, Purple Innovation, Inc. Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025 (Mar 2026)
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The Company’s policy provides customers up to 100-days to return a mattress, pet bed or pillow and up to 30-days to return all other products (except power bases) for a full refund.
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Purple recorded $27.1 million of sales returns that reduced revenue in 2025, down from $38.9 million in 2024.
Purple Innovation, Purple Innovation, Inc. Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025 (Mar 2026)
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Additions that reduced net revenue 27,129 38,913 34,090
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Somnigroup carried $106.9 million of accrued sales returns at the end of 2025, up from $44.2 million a year earlier, after adding Mattress Firm.
Somnigroup International, Somnigroup International Inc. Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025 (Feb 2026)
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The accrued sales returns in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets, which include a current balance in accrued expenses and other current liabilities and a non-current balance in other non-current liabilities, was $106.9 million and $44.2 million as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
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About 48,405 Kesyup mattresses sold on Amazon for $100 to $200 were recalled in September 2026 for violating the federal mattress flammability standard.
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, ZCK01 Recalls Kesyup Mattresses Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Fire Hazard; Violate Mandatory Standard for Mattress Flammability (Sep 2026)
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Remedy: Refund Recall Date: September 24, 2026 Units: About 48,405
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US antidumping duties of up to 1,732% on mattresses from China were extended through May 2030 after a 2025 sunset review.
Leggett & Platt, Leggett & Platt, Incorporated Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025 (Feb 2026)
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As a result, the DOC extended the order, and duties of up to 1,732% on mattresses from China will remain in effect through May 2030.
Mattress disposal and recycling
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80.1% of US furniture and furnishings waste, the EPA category that includes mattresses, was landfilled in 2018.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Durable Goods: Product-Specific Data (2024)
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A significant proportion (19.5 percent) of furniture and furnishings was combusted for energy recovery in 2018, but the majority of this product sector was landfilled (80.1 percent).
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More than 1.56 million mattresses were recycled in California in 2024 through the Mattress Recycling Council, diverting 65 million pounds of material from landfills.
Mattress Recycling Council, Bedding Industry's California Mattress Recycling Program Reaches New Milestones in Ninth Year (Aug 2025)
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More than 1.56 million California mattresses were recycled in 2024 by the Mattress Recycling Council (MRC), which diverted 65 million pounds of materials from landfills.
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California funds mattress recycling with a $16 fee collected on every mattress or box spring sold in the state.
Mattress Recycling Council, Bedding Industry's California Mattress Recycling Program Reaches New Milestones in Ninth Year (Aug 2025)
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MRC’s California program is funded through a state-approved $16 recycling fee that is collected on every mattress or box spring sold in the state.
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The Mattress Recycling Council collected 212,789 mattresses and foundations in Connecticut in fiscal year 2024 to 2025.
Mattress Recycling Council, MRC 2025 CT Annual Report (Oct 2025)
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During the 2024–25 fiscal year, MRC collected 212,789 mattresses and foundations across the state.
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About half of discarded mattresses in the EU were landfilled in 2017 and only 14% were recycled, according to a 2020 European Bedding Industries' Association study cited by EUROPUR.
EUROPUR, Mattress recycling in Europe (Jul 2025)
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A 2020 study by the European Bedding Industries’ Association estimated that in 2017 around half of all discarded mattresses in the EU were landfilled, while only 14 % were recycled.
Questions readers ask
- How big is the mattress market?
- Somnigroup puts the global sleep industry at $120 billion. In the US, ISPA reports the mattress market lost 6.5% of its value and 13.2% of its unit shipments in 2025. In the EU more than 45 million mattresses are sold each year, according to EUROPUR.
- Do more people buy mattresses online or in stores?
- In the US, stores still lead. 87% of adults would consider a store and 54% would consider buying online (Better Sleep Council, 2023), and 66% of recent premium buyers bought in a store. In the UK, online purchases reached 55% in the National Bed Federation's latest survey.
- How often do people replace their mattress?
- US adults expect to keep a new mattress 9.6 years on average, but men actually replaced theirs after 8.6 years and millennials after 6.5 years (Better Sleep Council, 2023). In the UK, the mattresses people replaced averaged 6.84 years old.
- Is a firm or medium-firm mattress better for back pain?
- In a randomized trial of 313 adults with chronic low back pain published in The Lancet, people on medium-firm mattresses had better pain and disability outcomes after 90 days than people on firm ones. A 2026 review of 47 studies also points to medium-firm surfaces, though most studies are small.
- How many mattresses get returned?
- Companies do not publish return rates directly, but their filings show the cost. Sleep Number recorded $67.4 million of returns on $1.41 billion of 2025 sales and Purple $27.1 million on $468.7 million, both with trials of about 100 nights.
- Do online buyers pay less for a mattress?
- Yes, on average. J.D. Power's 2025 study of 1,751 recent buyers found online buyers spent $984, which is $258 less than in-store buyers, and rated their satisfaction 9 points higher on a 1,000-point scale.
Where these numbers come from
We used primary sources only: ISPA and its Better Sleep Council consumer surveys (published in ISPA's BedTimes magazine), annual and quarterly SEC filings from Somnigroup International, Sleep Number, Purple Innovation and Leggett & Platt, the Census Bureau's quarterly e-commerce report, CDC, EPA and CPSC releases, Gallup, J.D. Power, the UK National Bed Federation, EUROPUR, the Mattress Recycling Council and peer-reviewed studies. ISPA's full trend report is for members, so only the headline figures in its public release are used. Company figures describe one company's sales and channels, not the whole market. Better Sleep Council replacement and channel figures come from 2023 surveys, the most recent it has published on these questions; the premium buyer survey covers only people buying mattresses priced at $2,500 or more. The Lancet trial dates from 2003 and the Journal of Chiropractic Medicine study from 2009; they are included because they remain the main clinical evidence. EPA's mattress data is part of its furniture and furnishings category and was last measured for 2018. UK prices are in pounds. Return percentages in the text are our own calculations from the returns and sales figures in each 10-K. Every quote was checked against the source page on the date shown. We store the sentence each number appears in, and a script loads the publisher's page again to make sure that sentence is still there. Our methodology has the details.
Sources
- Better Sleep Council. Online vs. In-Store Mattress Shopping: What Consumers Want in 2024 (May 2024).
- Better Sleep Council. Luxury mattress shopper insights: high-end purchases (Sep 2025).
- Better Sleep Council. Almost 4 in 10 Consumers Plan to Replace Mattress in Next 2 Years (Mar 2023).
- Better Sleep Council. Mattress Replacement Demographics: Who Waits the Longest? (Apr 2024).
- CDC National Center for Health Statistics. Back, Lower Limb, and Upper Limb Pain Among U.S. Adults, 2019 (NCHS Data Brief No. 415) (Jul 2021).
- EUROPUR. Mattress recycling in Europe (Jul 2025).
- Gallup. Americans Sleeping Less, More Stressed (Apr 2024).
- International Sleep Products Association. ISPA Report Shows Mattress Manufacturers Maintaining Value Despite Shipment Declines (Jul 2026).
- J.D. Power. Online Mattress Shoppers Find Greater Value and Satisfaction Than In-Store Buyers, JD Power Finds (Nov 2025).
- Journal of Chiropractic Medicine. Changes in back pain, sleep quality, and perceived stress after introduction of new bedding systems (2009).
- Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology. Mattress impact on lifestyle and back pain: a 25-year orthopedic literature review guideline (2026).
- Leggett & Platt. Leggett & Platt, Incorporated Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025 (Feb 2026).
- Mattress Recycling Council. Bedding Industry's California Mattress Recycling Program Reaches New Milestones in Ninth Year (Aug 2025).
- Mattress Recycling Council. MRC 2025 CT Annual Report (Oct 2025).
- National Bed Federation. Latest NBF Research Confirms Squeeze on Consumer Spending (2026).
- Nature and Science of Sleep. The Effect of Mattress Firmness on Sleep Architecture and PSG Characteristics (2025).
- Purple Innovation. Purple Innovation, Inc. Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025 (Mar 2026).
- Sleep Number. Sleep Number Corporation Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025 (Mar 2026).
- Somnigroup International. Somnigroup International Inc. Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025 (Feb 2026).
- Somnigroup International. Somnigroup International Inc. Reports Record Third Quarter 2026 Results (Nov 2026).
- The Lancet. Effect of firmness of mattress on chronic non-specific low-back pain: randomised, double-blind, controlled, multicentre trial (abstract via Europe PMC) (Nov 2003).
- U.S. Census Bureau. Quarterly Retail E-Commerce Sales, 2nd Quarter 2026 (Aug 2026).
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. ZCK01 Recalls Kesyup Mattresses Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Fire Hazard; Violate Mandatory Standard for Mattress Flammability (Sep 2026).
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Durable Goods: Product-Specific Data (2024).
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