Top 25 Residential Furniture Makers Chart
W&WP June 2001

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Top 25 Residential Furniture Makers


  Company/Headquarters Employees 2000 sales 1999 sales Percent Change
1 Furniture Brands Int'l/
St. Louis, MO
20,700 $2.116 billion $2.088 billion 1.3%
 2 Life Style Furnishings Int'l/
High Point, NC
33,000 $2.1 billion $2.007 billion^ 4.6%
3 La-Z-Boy Inc./
Monroe, MI
21,000 $1.717 billion $1.717 billion 0%
4 Klaussner Furniture Ind./
Asheboro, NC
8,800 $1.057 billion^ $1.056 billion^ 0.1%
5 Ethan Allen Inc./
Danbury, CT
8,100 $856.2 million $762.2 million 12.3%
6 Ashley Furniture Industries/
Arcadia, WI
4,800 $816 million N/A  
7 Dorel Industries Inc./
St. Leonard, QUE
3,200 $757.5 million $622.5 million* 21.7%
8 Sauder Woodworking/
Archbold, OH
3,500 $575 million $565 million 1.8%
9 Leggett & Platt Consumer Prods./
Carthage, MO
N/A $540 million $510.5 million 5.8%
10 Bush Industries/
Jamestown, NY
3,650 $451.2 million $441.7 million 2.1%
11 O'Sullivan Inds Holdings/
Lamar, MO
2,700 $423.4 million $400 million 5.9%
12 Bassett Furniture/
Bassett, VA
3,500 $367.4 million $394.4 million <6.9%>
13 The Rowe Companies/
McLean, VA
3,300 $348.4 million $289.7 million 20.3%
14 Flexsteel/
Dubuque, IA
2,600 $286.9 million $260.5 million 10.1%
15 Stanley Furniture Co. Inc./
Stanleytown, VA
3,350 $283.1 million $265 million 6.8%
16 Bernhardt Furniture/
Lenoir, NC
2,280 $285 million^ $245 million 16.3%
17 Palliser Furniture/
Winnipeg, MB
5,000 $280.3 million* $241 million* 19.9%
18 Hooker Furniture/
Martinsville, VA
2,000 $251 million $227.8 million 10.2%
19 Pulaski Furniture/
Galax, VA
2,150 $220 million^ $198.2 million 11.0%
20 Standard Furniture Mfg./
South Bay Minette, AL
1,300 $210 million $137 million^ 53.3%
21 Winsloew Furniture Inc./
Pelham, AL
1,523 $188.7 million $166 million 13.7%
22 Norwalk Furniture/
Norwalk, OH
N/A $160 million N/A  
23 Krause's Furniture/
Brea, CA
1,172 $155.3 million $130.3 million#  
24 Baker Furniture/
Grand Rapids, MI
1,240 $150 million^ $150 million 0%
25 Vaughan Furniture/
Galax, VA
2,000 $150 million^ $147 million 2.0%

N/A - Figures not available
* - Figures xonverted from Canadian Dollars at 65% Dorel Industries' earnings were reported in U.S. dollars in 2000.
^ - Estimated Earnings
# - Krause's changed fiscal year-end from January to December, shortening 1999 fiscal totals to 11 months. 2000 Fiscal sales represent full-year totals.


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