limited industry retail founded 1950 1950 founder cyril benson headquarters accrington lancashire england united kingdom number of locations 270 february 2016 products beds owner steinhoff international website www.bensonsforbeds.co.uk bensons for beds north finchley . bensons for beds is britain s largest bed retailer specialising in beds mattresses and bedroom furniture . history edit originally founded as a general store in 1950 by cyril benson bensons for beds opened the first dedicated bed centre in 1972 . the company is now based in accrington lancashire and operates as an chain of concessions and stand alone stores . bensons for beds is now part of south african group steinhoff international which also owns united kingdom furniture brands harveys and cargo . stores edit by february 2015 bensons for beds had over 270 stores throughout england scotland and wales following an merger with sister companies sleepmasters in england wales and northern ireland . in october 2011 bensons for beds merged with bed shed in scotland in october 2011 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to bensons for beds . bensons for beds this article about an english company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about a retailer in the united kingdom is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bensons for beds & oldid 737728226 categories furniture retailers of the united kingdomretail companies of the united kingdomenglish company stubsunited kingdom retail company stubshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameterscommons category with local link same as on wikidataall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages scots edit links this page was last modified on 4 september 2016 at 17 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view