Industry Sales by Quarter 2008 Q4 to 2015 Q4 Furniture & Bedding

February 11, 2016  by in General   

Note: Previously issued 2015 estimates have been revised.
Source:  Impact Consulting Services, Inc. industry model.

The Industry grew 4.9 percent in Q4 of 2015 compared to Q4 of the previous year. Furniture and Bedding sales totaled $23.62 billion in Q4 which was 0.9 percent higher than the 2015 Q3.

Furniture (excluding Bedding) increased 5.2 percent in the fourth quarter over 2014 Q4.  The holiday season pushed fourth quarter sales 4.8 percent above the third quarter (2015 Q3). Bedding sales were also up 1.9 percent over Q4 of last year. However, with the fourth quarter traditionally Bedding’s worst performing, 2015 Q4 followed pattern and fell 19.3 percent over the third quarter of 2015.

Industry Growth Quarter to Quarter 2012 Q4 to 2015 Q4 Furniture & Bedding

Note: Previously issued 2015 estimates have been revised.
Source:  Impact Consulting Services, Inc. industry model.

The chart above shows quarter-over-quarter industry performance from 2012 Q4 through the fourth quarter of 2015.

 

Fourth quarter combined Furniture and Bedding industry sales of $23.62 billion were a 4.9 percent improvement over the same Q4 in 2014. Compared to last quarter (2015 Q3) sales improved 0.9 percent.

Furniture (excluding Bedding) increased 5.2 percent in 2015 Q4 versus the same quarter last year with sales of $20.57 billion – up from $19.52 billion in 2014 Q4.

 Bedding quarter-over-quarter sales of $3.04 billion, up 1.9 percent over fourth quarter sales last year. Traditionally, the fourth quarter is Bedding’s lowest volume.

 

Industry Sales 2007 to 2015 Furniture & Bedding

 

 

For the year, sales are up 5.3 percent over 2014, finally surpassing pre-Recession levels and making it the highest volume year on record.