While D&A Mattress, a Mattress Firm franchisee that had around 30 stores at its peak, filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy seems like a regional story, it’s actually part of a much larger trend.

A number of major, mass-market mattress and furniture chains have closed all around the country. That’s not an accident, as lower- and middle-income customers have been struggling, and when you’re worried about rent, putting food on the table, and meeting healthcare costs, you probably put off buying a new couch or mattress.

“Some seven out of 10 shoppers have delayed a furniture purchase because of current economic conditions,” according to the 2025 Consumer Insights Now report from Home News Now.

Many consumers are planning to put some furniture purchases on hold for financial reasons.

“The percentage of those planning to delay purchases also depends on income levels, including some 42% of those making more than $100,000, 48% of those making $50,000 to $99,999 and 57% of those making under $50,000,” the data showed.

D&A Mattress filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

A Mattress Firm franchise operator, D&A Mattress has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and appears to be continuing to operate during the proceedings, according to documents filed on PacerMonitor.

  • D&A Mattress Inc. filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Nov. 2, 2026, in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas. The case number is 26-31531.
  • D&A Mattress is a Mattress Firm franchisee, not the parent company behind the national retail chain.
  • The company reported $1 million to $10 million in both assets and liabilities.
  • It has between 100 and 199 creditors.
  • The company employs about 50 workers.
  • D&A operates stores in Texas and New Mexico
    • Source: PacerMonitor

D&A Mattress does not have a stand-alone website. Its stores are listed on the Mattress Firm site, but are not identified by franchise operator.

This is a developing story, and we will add more details as they become available.

D&A Mattress is not the real story

La-Z-Boy CEO Melinda D. Whittington explained what was happening to the industry in a 2025 earnings call.

“We know that our industry has been in a bit of a malaise for a number of years. But if the consumer is overall more strapped because of the broader macroeconomic trends, they will tend to stretch out their furniture purchases,” she shared.

Bassett Furniture CEO Rob Spilman echoed those comments on his chain’s third-quarter earnings call in October.

He noted the divide between wealthier customers and middle- and lower-income shoppers.

“So the bigger ticket business was very good in the quarter. But I do feel that folks are taking longer to pull the trigger. We are doing the work, and they may not always pull the trigger. So it’s not what I would characterize as an easy environment at the moment for us,” he said.

The problems, he added, come from the broader economy.

“Just the momentum, and this is not unique to us by any means, and you can certainly read about it, and you know about it. Just the general malaise in the housing sector, we were looking for more of an uptick nationally than we’ve experienced this year, and it hasn’t materialized in that regard,” he added.

Market conditions need to change in order for the industry to bounce back.

“If you raise mortgage rates further than they were, that is not providing a tailwind in that regard,” he said.

Buying a mattress is something people can put off.

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A number of mattress and furniture chains have filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy

RTM Nexus CEO Dominick Miserandino thinks there’s an easy explanation behind why many mattress chains have struggled or filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

“Look, mattress chains are failing for one simple reason: You can’t pay strip-mall rent on a product people buy once every decade. Their big defense has always been ‘customers need to try before they buy.’ But laying on a bed for two awkward minutes under fluorescent lights with a commission salesman hovering over you isn’t testing a mattress,” he told TheStreet.

He thinks the economy has played a role in many of these bankruptcies, but pricing has too, and he noted that direct-to-consumer (DTC) retailers have figured out how to overcome the lack of storefronts.

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That advantage has largely been replaced by another type of trial that actually gives you more peace of mind.

“Direct-to-consumer brands completely neutralized that by giving people a 100-night trial in their own bedroom with free returns. When consumers can test a bed at home for three months, paying massive markups just to lay on a floor model for three minutes makes zero sense,” he added.

A look at which furniture and mattress companies have filed

Miserandino thinks that the industry’s struggles aren’t going to get better until the economy improves.

“The furniture market isn’t suffering from a complex macroeconomic paradox — it’s just running into basic arithmetic. When mortgage rates keep housing turnover frozen, nobody buys a new sectional. Meanwhile, consumers are cutting big-ticket discretionary items to pay for shockingly expensive groceries,” he shared with TheStreet.

A number of mattress retailers have filed for Chapter 11 over the past 24 months, including Sleep Number Corporation, Ortho Mattress, No Bull Mattress & More, and American Mattress, which was eventually converted into a Chapter 7 filing.

Furniture chains have also been hit hard by Chapter 11 filings. Those include:

  • American Freight: The retailer subsequently liquidated its stores, TheStreet reported.
  • American Signature/Value City Furniture: Parent company American Signature Inc. filed for Chapter 11 on Nov. 22, 2025, in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. The company pursued a sale and ultimately liquidated its remaining stores, according to TheStreet.
  • Landmark Furniture/Mattresses for Less: Parent company Brenmark Inc. filed for Chapter 11 on Nov. 9, 2025, in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, TheStreet also reported.
  • SuperNova Furniture: SuperNova Management Inc. filed for Chapter 11 on April 15, 2026, in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, according to TheStreet.

Mattress and furniture stores also have to compete with a robust used market. When my wife and I purchased a vacation home in Orlando a few years ago, for example, we bought the primary bedroom’s mattress on Amazon, and scrounged the others we needed on Facebook Marketplace.

That’s also where we got our kitchen table in our condo, and we’ve seen countless opportunities to pick up couches on the side of the road if we had a desperate need.

Data from a Joybird survey backs up the idea that many Americans will turn to alternative ways to buy furniture.

“Furniture is the most browsed category on Facebook Marketplace, with 48% of Americans saying it’s one of the main things they look for,” the survey of 3,300 Americans showed.

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