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Direct answer
For most independent mattress and furniture retailers in 2026, the realistic short list is: STORIS (the deepest established vertical ERP, strongest for larger multi-location operations), Furniture Wizard (a long-standing favorite among independents), RETAILvantage by PROFITsystems (a 40-year legacy furniture ERP, now a Körber product), Epicor Eagle (broad retail management with furniture and appliance depth), and RetailGenie (the newest entrant: cloud-native, AI-first order entry, $249/store/month published pricing). Generic POS like Square or Lightspeed costs less to start but wasn't built for serialized mattress SKUs, delivery crews, split commissions, or retail financing.
Full disclosure before anything else: we build RetailGenie, so read our own entry with that in mind. The rest of this list is genuinely what we'd evaluate if we were buying today. I ran 28 mattress and furniture stores before building software, and I've sat on the buyer's side of every one of these demos. Each vendor below is listed with what it's actually good at, because a roundup where the author wins every category isn't a roundup, it's an ad.
The contenders at a glance
The 2026 mattress/furniture POS field. Details from public vendor materials as of July 2026.
| Software | Best for | Deployment | Published pricing |
|---|---|---|---|
| STORIS | Larger multi-location furniture & bedding operations | Vertical ERP; cloud offerings | Quote-based |
| Furniture Wizard | Independent furniture & mattress stores | Desktop heritage with cloud options | Quote-based |
| RETAILvantage (PROFITsystems) | Established furniture retailers on a proven legacy suite | Legacy ERP, hosted options | Quote-based |
| Epicor Eagle | Furniture/appliance retailers inside a broad retail platform | Retail management suite | Quote-based |
| Square / Lightspeed | Simple catalogs, cafés-to-boutiques general retail | Cloud POS | Published, from free/low monthly |
| RetailGenie | Independent mattress, furniture & appliance showrooms (1-30 stores) | Cloud-native, browser-based | $249/store/month (published pilot rate) |
STORIS: the established vertical leader
Thirty-five-plus years in furniture and bedding retail, with the deepest multi-location inventory tooling in the category and an installed base that means you can always find a reference customer. The tradeoffs are the classic enterprise ones: quote-based pricing, implementation projects, and an interface that carries its history. If you're running ten-plus showrooms with a dedicated back office, it has to be on your list.
Furniture Wizard: the independent's stalwart
A long-standing system popular with independent furniture and mattress stores, covering POS, inventory, and delivery management. It's frequently the answer when one independent asks another what they run. Roundups consistently note its inventory visualization tooling. Like most of the legacy field, pricing is quote-based and its roots predate the cloud era.
RETAILvantage by PROFITsystems: the 40-year suite
PROFITsystems (now a Körber product) has served furniture retail for over four decades; RETAILvantage covers real-time inventory, POS, CRM, and accounting in one suite. It's a proven system with a long track record. Evaluate it the way you'd evaluate any mature ERP: strong depth, vendor-led implementation, quote-based pricing.
Epicor Eagle: furniture inside a broad retail platform
Epicor is a large retail-software vendor, and Eagle brings that scale to furniture and appliance retailers: end-to-end POS, inventory for complex and custom orders, purchasing, and integrated accounting. The fit question is philosophical: it's a broad retail platform with furniture depth rather than a furniture-native product, which matters more the more your operation depends on category-specific workflows.
Square / Lightspeed: the generic-POS temptation
Modern, cheap to start, and genuinely excellent for what they're built for, which is not showroom retail. A mattress line explodes into size-variant SKUs; sales pay split commissions; deliveries need two-person crews, scheduling windows, and proof at the door; big tickets need financing options. Generic POS handles none of that natively, which is why stores that start there usually end up running the real business in spreadsheets around it. If your catalog is simple and you don't deliver, they're fine; that's just not most mattress stores.
RetailGenie: the new entrant (our product)
RetailGenie is the newest name on this list, and we won't pretend otherwise. We're currently in our pilot phase, which is exactly why the pricing is published, aggressive, and locked for life for pilot customers. What's different: order entry is natural language (say or type the sale; the invoice writes itself, stock reserves, delivery schedules), delivery includes a customer-facing tracking link, commissions accrue automatically, and setup is a self-serve wizard measured in minutes. It was built by a founder who ran 28 stores on the legacy systems above. What we can't offer yet is a decade of reference customers. The honest trade for getting in early is pilot pricing, direct founder access, and a bring-your-own model (Helcim, Twilio, QuickBooks) that keeps your critical accounts yours no matter what happens to us.
How to actually choose
- Serialized, variant-heavy SKUs: can it model one mattress line across sizes and firmnesses without SKU chaos?
- Delivery operations: routing, crew scheduling, customer notifications, and photo proof. Built in, or bolted on?
- Commissions: split commissions, spiffs, and automatic accrual, or Sunday-night spreadsheets?
- Financing: how many lenders, and does a decline cascade to the next option at the counter?
- Pricing model: per store, per user, or a quote you can't budget against until the demo?
- Migration path: will the vendor map your existing data, and can you run in parallel before cutting over?
- Exit rights: full data export and month-to-month terms are what make a vendor confident rather than sticky.
Key takeaways
- Match the tool to your scale: STORIS and RETAILvantage earn their depth at larger multi-location scale; Furniture Wizard has served independents for decades; RetailGenie targets independents who want cloud + AI-native workflows at a published price.
- Generic POS (Square/Lightspeed) breaks down on serialized SKUs, delivery crews, commissions, and financing, the four defining workflows of showroom retail.
- Only one vendor on this list publishes its pricing; everyone else is quote-based. Ask every vendor for per-store, per-user, implementation, and support line items.
- Whatever you pick, insist on full CSV export and a parallel-run migration. Lock-in is a vendor choice, not a technical necessity.
Frequently asked questions
Can I run a mattress store on Square?
You can ring sales on it, but you'll run the actual business elsewhere. Square wasn't built for size/firmness SKU variants, delivery crew scheduling, split commissions, or big-ticket financing, so those live in spreadsheets, texts, and paper around the POS. Stores with simple catalogs and no delivery do fine on it; a typical mattress or furniture showroom outgrows it fast.
What does mattress store POS software cost?
Most vertical vendors (STORIS, Furniture Wizard, RETAILvantage, Epicor) quote per engagement, so budget only firms up after a sales process. Ask for per-store, per-user, implementation, and support numbers separately. RetailGenie publishes its rate: $249 per store per month during the pilot, per store rather than per user, with volume discounts from five stores.
What matters most for a multi-store operation?
Cross-store inventory visibility with transfers, store-scoped reporting with company rollups, per-store commission and tax handling, and delivery routing that spans warehouses. This is where vertical systems separate from generic POS, and where you should demo with your own multi-store scenarios, not the vendor's demo data.
Sources
Austin Bond
Founder of RetailGenie. Grew a Bedzzz Express mattress franchise to 28 stores before selling the business, then built the retail operating system he wished he'd had on his own floors.
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