as nasdaq mfrm industry retailer founded july 4 1986 july 4 1986 founder harry roberts steve fendrich and paul stork headquarters houston texas u.s. number of locations 3 500 products mattresses bedding brands tempur pedic stearns & foster sealy serta simmons beautyrest lux living hampton & rhodes services mattress retailer revenue 2.541 billion 2015 1 net income 52.9 million 2013 1 total assets 784.6 million 2013 1 total equity 328.4 million 2013 1 number of employees 3 861 2014 2 parent steinhoff international 2016 present website www.mattressfirm.com mattress firm inc. is an american retailing company and mattress store chain founded on july 4 1986 . the headquarters of the company is located in houston texas . on 7 august 2016 it was announced that south african retailer steinhoff international will buy the company . 3 contents 1 business units 1.1 mattress pro 1.2 sleep train 1.3 sleep country usa 2 references 3 external links business units edit as of 2012 the company operated over 1 600 locations in 35 u.s. states under several names . 2 4 in 2015 mattress firm announced its plans to buy out its competitor sleepy s for 780 million . with this purchase mattress firm would come to have over 3 500 stores . 5 mattress pro edit in 2007 mattress firm acquired the mattress retailer mattress pro . 6 sleep train edit the retail bedding manufacturer the sleep train inc operates primarily in california . it was founded by dale carlsen in june 1985 . the company is based in rocklin california . in june 2000 sleep train sold 24 of its stores mainly in seattle and portland or about 30 percent of its business to fenway partners 7 a new york private investment firm which had acquired sleep country usa a competing chain established in 1991 three months earlier . 8 9 at the time sleep train had 44 stores of which 18 were in washington and sleep country usa 28 . 8 in 2002 sleep train inc. announced plans to purchase 54 of mattress discounters stores in california during that company s bankruptcy which would more than double sleep train s size . 10 in 2003 fenway partners sold sleep country usa to the atlanta based simmons company 9 and in august 2006 sleep train inc. purchased the then 55 store mattress chain from simmons . 11 in september 2011 sleep train acquired christian s mattress xpress converting three stores into new sleep train stores in visalia fresno and fowler . 12 the following month october 2011 sleep train purchased mattress outlet a 14 store company with 13 stores in eastern washington and one in idaho and america s mattress a seven store company in western washington . 13 in october 2012 sleep train acquired sleep city an 8 store chain in eastern washington and idaho . 14 in april 2014 sleep train acquired america s mattress in hawaii . the acquisition included nine local america s mattress stores five stores on oahu two stores on the big island in kona and hilo and one each on the islands of maui and kauai . 15 on september 4 2014 mattress firm inc. announced it would buy the sleep train inc. for 425 million . 16 sleep country usa edit sleep country usa was a pacific northwest bedding retailer founded in 1991 . it had more than 80 mattress stores in oregon washington and idaho . the company headquarters were in kent washington . sunny kobe cook and robert cook founded sleep country usa in 1991 as a specialty sleep store chain . 17 it started with 8 stores and approximately 25 employees in washington . 18 in march 2000 new york based fenway partners inc. acquired sleep country from robert cook and sunny kobe cook . 19 in 2003 fenway partners sold sleep country usa to the atlanta based simmons company . in august 2006 the sleep train inc. purchased the then 55 store sleep country usa pacific northwest chain from simmons for 55m . 20 the chain continued to operate as sleep country usa . sleep country canada an unaffiliated company uses the same jingle . in july 2015 the kent washington based sleep country usa company announced that it would begin rebranding all of its stores with the sleep train name the california based company that is now owned by mattress firm . 21 work to change the signage at stores was expected to continue into the fall of 2015 at least . 22 mattress firm store in atlanta georgia exterior of sleep country usa store references edit a b c d mattress firm key statistics . yahoo finance . retrieved 27 march 2015 . a b mattress firm store locator . mattress firm . retrieved 27 march 2013 . stone mike 7 august 2016 . steinhoff to buy mattress firm for 3.8 billion including debt . reuters . retrieved 10 august 2016 . mattress firm completes acquisition of mattress giant . business wire . retrieved 16 may 2012 . mattress firm says it will buy sleepy s for 780m . cbs news . retrieved 1 december 2015 . mattress firm takes over mattress pro stores . austin business journal . johnson kelly june 11 2000 . sleep train sells off 24 stores for cash in seattle portland . sacramento business journal . retrieved july 10 2011 . a b lee thomas march 3 2000 . n.y. firm acquires sleep country . the seattle times . retrieved july 10 2011 . a b levesque john august 9 2009 . sleep country jingle has been waking up the northwest for 18 years . seattle post intelligencer . retrieved july 10 2011 . johnson kelly october 23 2002 . sleep train agrees to buy 54 stores . sacramento business journal . retrieved july 10 2011 . sleep train purchases sleep country usa . sacramento business journal . august 30 2006 . retrieved july 10 2011 . sleep train announces acquisition expansion . the business journal . retrieved may 6 2012 . sleep train buys two mattress companies . sacramento business journal october 28 2011 . retrieved may 6 2012 . sleep train acquires more stores expanding got sleep format . sacramento business journal october 26 2012 . retrieved november 2 2012 . slaughter powell april 10 2014 . sleep train to acquire america s mattress in hawaii . home furnishings business . retrieved may 11 2015 . mattress firm buying sleep train for 425 million . the seattle times . sleep country usa marks 20 years . bed times . july 2011 . retrieved may 30 2012 . sleep country celebrates 20th year anniversary sleep country website . retrieved may 30 2012 goldfield robert september 7 2003 . simmons selling region s biggest mattress retailers . puget sound business journal . retrieved may 30 2012 . simmons selling sleep country for 55m . puget sound business journal . july 6 2006 . retrieved may 30 2012 . sleep country stores will adopt sleep train name . the columbian . vancouver washington . july 15 2015 . retrieved august 2 2015 . business beat . register guard . eugene oregon . july 25 2015 . retrieved august 2 2015 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to mattress firm sleep country usa and the sleep train . official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mattress firm & oldid 743465767 categories 1986 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