China Mattress Industry: Key Insights
China remains the world’s largest mattress producer, but the market is entering a new phase. After a decade of urbanisation-led growth, domestic demand has softened since its 2021 peak, and manufacturers are shifting strategy — leaning harder into product innovation to defend margins at home while chasing growth abroad.
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Market trends
China is a largely closed, domestically-driven market: consumption is almost entirely met by local production, with imports accounting for under 1%. Exports remain a secondary but growing outlet — around a tenth of production — and are being redirected away from the US, hit by antidumping duties, toward Asian neighbours (Japan, Australia, South Korea) and, increasingly, Europe, now the fastest-growing outlet.
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Competitive landscape
The industry is fragmented, with a large number of small and medium manufacturers serving regional markets — though concentration is somewhat higher here than in other furniture segments. Leading groups — Sleemon, DeRUCCI, KUKA, Xilinmen, Sinomax — are consolidating share domestically while investing on two fronts: expanding capacity at home in established clusters (Guangdong, Zhejiang) and building new production abroad, in Southeast Asia, Mexico and the US, to get closer to end markets and reduce tariff exposure.
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Recent moves
Overseas expansion and vertical integration continue to define deal activity in the sector.
Scope of the Report
CSIL’s report ‘The Mattress Industry in China’ provides an up-to-date analysis of the Chinese mattress sector, covering market trends, production, consumption, international trade, competitive landscape and short-term forecasts. The report examines China’s major role in global mattress production and exports alongside developments in its mattress market.
Structure of the Report
The study provides a structured analysis of the Chinese mattress market through:
- Market size and industry trends: mattress production, apparent consumption, imports and exports for 2016-2025, providing a long-term view of the Chinese mattress sector.
- Mattress production: production trends in value and units for 2020-2025, the Export/Production ratio and comparison with the global mattress industry.
- Production by material: breakdown of mattress production by filling material, including innerspring, latex, foam and other.
- Competitive landscape: analysis of the main market players and the largest mattress manufacturers in China by turnover (67 companies mentioned), with short profiles of selected leading manufacturers.
- Mattress exports: export trends for 2020-2025, including destination countries and geographical areas.
- Mattress imports: import trends for 2020-2025, including countries of origin and geographical areas.
- Mattress consumption and market openness: development of the Chinese mattress market, Import/Consumption ratio and comparison with the global market.
- Market forecasts: forecasts of real growth in mattress consumption for 2026 and 2027.
- Population and socio-demographic indicators: population forecasts to 2035, share of urban population and population by age group.
- Market indicators: country table with the key indicators of the Chinese mattress industry.
Appendix: Methodology and Notes
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The Mattress Industry in China is also included in the CSIL Report The World Mattress Industry (July 2026), a comprehensive global report covering data for 50 major countries, trade data for 60 countries, in-depth analysis of the top 20 mattress markets, selected manufacturer profiles and M&A activity among leading companies.
