The 25 largest American office furniture manufacturers and their European counterparts

In our dutch magazine officenieuws we regularly publish the 50 largest European office furniture manufacturers , based on the reports of the European FEMB. The European top 3 consists of Kinnarps, Steelcase , and Royal Ahrend or Nowy Styl. Kinnarps is the largest with a European turnover of about € 440 million. The American magazine woodworkingnetwork publishes the top 300 furniture companies in the USA every year.

We scanned their list and made a new one , containing only office furniture manufacturers, leaving the domestic furniture out. I should not be surprising this new list is topped by Steelcase, Herman Miller and Haworth. Their turnover is a stunning 6-7 times larger than European leader Kinnarps.

If we take a closer look at the top 25 in Europe compared to the top 25 in the USA, it’s striking that only the turnover of the 15 largest companies differ strongly. Kinnarps wouldn’t make it to the top 10 in the USA, but the turnover of number 16 in Europe is comparable to the turnover of the number 16 in the USA.

Does Europe have more mid-sized furniture companies? Is the USA market far more consolidated? Is growth easier in the USA because of language or less borders? We don’t know yet, but it’s a nice question for a new article.

For now, here’s the list of the 25 largest European and USA office furniture companies.

Company in the USA	Turnover	Pos.	Turnover	Company in Europe
Steelcase	2.754	1	422	Kinnarps
Herman Miller	2.039	2	368	Steelcase SA
Haworth	1.638	3	280	Royal Ahrend
HNI Corp. *	1.530	4	275	Nowy Styl Group
La-Z-Boy Inc.	1.185	5	186	USM Holding AG
Knoll Inc.	1.044	6	184	Haworth Europe
Global Group	900	7	173	Sedus Stoll
Heritage Home**	675	8	172	Vitra Holding AG
KI	585	9	161	König + Neurath AG
Kimball international Inc	572	10	141	Lienhard Office Group AG
Teknion Corp.	450	11	136	Bene AG
Lozier Corp.	450	12	133	Martela OY
Flexsteel Industries	450	13	128	Interstuhl
OFS Brands	278	14	128	SB Seating
Virco	180	15	127	EFG Holding AB
AIS	135	16	122	Dauphin Office Interiors
Kewaunee	116	17	115	VDB Groep B.V.
Jasper Group	113	18	114	Senator International Ltd
CF Group	90	19	113	Majencia SA
Bush Furniture	90	20	107	Herman Miller Ltd
Trendway	90	21	98	Assmann Büromöbel
American Seating	90	22	95	Topstar GmbH
Izzy+	90	23	95	Wilkhahn Group
Group Lacasse	86	24	89	Isku Interior OY
Tennsco	77	25	83	Palmberg Büroeinrichtungen

Notes:
* HNI produces heards and office furniture. The turnover mentioned here is the total turnover of the company

**Heritage Home produces also domestic furniture / home furniture. The turnover above is the total turnover of the company

*** The mentioned USA turnovers are realised in 2016. The turnover of the European companies is the last know, and is not always from 2016

**** All turnovers in million euro – conversion rate : 1$ = 0,9€

***** The Femb had recalculated the turnover of the European companies to sales on the European market only. Export outside the EU is not considered in the mentioned turnovers.

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