The mattress industry heads into the key Labor Day holiday facing challenging business conditions.
A new International Sleep Products Association report, released as Labor Day sales are already under way across the country, notes that second-quarter shipment trends “remained challenged, as affordability pressures, elevated financing costs, and economic uncertainty continued to weigh on demand.”
ISPA sent the full report on second-quarter shipment performance to its members last week and issued a summary of its key findings to the press.
The summary says that total market mattress and stationary foundation shipments declined 7.2% in dollar value and 9.7% in units, compared to the second quarter in 2025. Those figures include both U.S.-produced and imported products.
“The mattress market remained under pressure in Q2,” the summary says. “Shipment trends remained soft during the quarter, with both U.S.-produced and imported mattresses declining from a year earlier.”
Unit declines outpaced dollar declines, “indicating that pricing and product mix provided partial support despite weaker shipment volumes,” ISPA said.
Imported mattress shipments declined more sharply than U.S.-produced mattress shipments, the report noted, “amid continued trade uncertainty and a softer overall demand environment.”
ISPA also said that mattress and foundation import trends diverged, with imported stationary foundation shipments increasing during the second quarter, contrasting with declines in both imported mattresses and motion foundations.
Looking at economic factors affecting the industry, ISPA said that “affordability challenges, elevated borrowing costs, and a still-constrained housing market continued to impact discretionary home-related purchases.”
Overall, ISPA added, economic conditions remained “mixed.” While consumer spending and employment remained relatively resilient, “economic and geopolitical uncertainty continued to weigh on larger discretionary purchases.”
