Parent company
Tempur Sealy International
4 brands in the Ledger under this company.
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Worse on Purpose
Investigation · May 14, 2026
Your Mattress Got Worse On Purpose
The world's largest mattress manufacturer just bought America's largest mattress retailer for $4 billion. The FTC voted 5-0 to block it. A federal judge agreed the merger would let the manufacturer push rivals off the retailer's showroom floor, then approved it anyway. 75% of that floor is now contractually permitted to be the manufacturer's own brands. The same company sells the same Sealy mattress under four different names at four different stores so you can't comparison shop, and writes 20-year warranties designed to void if you stain them.
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Brands under Tempur Sealy International
Sleep & Bedding · Mattresses - Memory Foam
Tempur-Pedic
Status: AvoidPremium memory foam mattress brand. Originally commercialized NASA-developed pressure-relieving foam in the 1990s. Sold as the default "memory foam" choice on every premium mattress wall in America.
Tempur Sealy International
Sleep & Bedding · Mattresses - Innerspring
Sealy
Status: AvoidAmerican innerspring mattress institution. The Posturepedic line was the default American bed for most of the twentieth century.
Tempur Sealy International
Sleep & Bedding · Mattresses - Heritage
Stearns & Foster
Status: AvoidHeritage luxury mattress brand. Hand-tufted construction, premium pricing tier. Marketing copy emphasizes "master craftsman" and "since 1846" heritage.
Tempur Sealy International
Sleep & Bedding · Mattress Retailer
Mattress Firm
Status: AvoidLargest mattress retail chain in the United States. Approximately 2,300 stores nationwide. Now a subsidiary of the largest mattress manufacturer.
Tempur Sealy International