NBF announces 7.5% membership growth

The Nationwide Mattress Federation (NBF) has grown its membership base by over 7% in 2024, and now has a complete of 86 members, together with 54 of the UK’s main mattress producers. 

The expansion of the membership towards a typically difficult financial backdrop has been welcomed by govt director Tristine Hargreaves. “The addition of those new members, and retention of our present producer and provider base, is a really optimistic basis for our work in 2025 and underscores the worth we’ve been working to ship for the membership,” she mentioned. 

“We proceed to keep up a concentrate on decreasing the massive improve in ‘counterfeit’ mattress sellers that prey on cash-strapped customers. They’re buying and selling in harmful and infrequently unlawful merchandise from web sites, social media platforms and from the backs of vans throughout the UK, one thing we’ve seen skyrocket lately.”

“Now we have held workshops for our members, retailers and suppliers together with ottoman mattress security and collaborated to search out business vast options to enhancing shopper understanding on how one can use merchandise safely.

“As well as, the progress we’ve made this 12 months in driving the sustainability agenda is especially vital to the business, and in 2024 we launched the primary nationwide database of mattress disposal places to assist educate customers about their native choices.

The NBF is the recognised commerce affiliation representing UK mattress producers and their suppliers. The 54 NBF producers produce beds underneath greater than 100 manufacturers altogether, and collectively generate round 75% of the UK’s £2.3 billion mattress business income. The 32 provider members present elements for mattress and mattress manufacturing, together with springs, foams, materials, fibres and equipment.

The 123-year-old organisation’s membership embrace a few of the largest, well-known mattress manufacturers, in addition to quite a few family-owned SMEs, with many having been members for a number of a long time or extra.

Simon Williams, head of membership for the NBF, added: “As an affiliation we could also be over 100 years outdated however the focus of our work is squarely on the 21^st century points that have an effect on the business and customers. Enhancing the quantity of mattress waste that’s recycled is a cornerstone aim for us once more in 2025, and tackling the plague of social media adverts pushing merchandise that don’t meet UK buying and selling requirements is essential to defending customers and producers alike.”