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Metal Furniture Manufacturing in China - Market Research Report (2015-2030)

Millie Walker Millie Walker Beijing, China Last Updated: May 2025 2130

Revenue

$35.8bn

2025

$35.8bn

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$X.Xbn

Employees

212k

Businesses

1,093

Wages

$X.Xbn

Metal Furniture Manufacturing in China industry analysis

The manufacturing technology of metal furniture is becoming more mature in China. The demand for metal furniture at home and abroad has promoted the development of the industry.
The Metal Furniture Manufacturing industry in China is expected to increase at an annualized rate of 2.8% over the five years through 2025 to $35.8 billion. Due to its high cost-effectiveness and environmental friendliness, the Metal Furniture Manufacturing industry has maintained stable development. The COVID-19 pandemic makes the global economy weak, which has had some impact on the industry. The industry's de-stocking cycle is later than other industries, so the decline in industry revenues is reflected in 2022 and 2023, by 15.1% and 7.9%, respectively.
Industry profit is expected to total 5.3% of revenue in 2025. Total wages are expected to rise by an annualized 3.9% over the five years through 2025 to $1.8 billion. The increasing demand in downstream has driven the development of the industry, leading to an increase in profits. Industry enterprises have shifted to automated production to increase production and reduce labor costs.
With the increasing awareness of people's health, consumers have higher requirements for the performance of furniture. Industry enterprises have designed metal furniture that is more ergonomic and meets the requirements. Intelligent furniture is also one of the innovative directions for industry enterprises. With the development of AI and other technologies, integrating intelligent systems into metal furniture will make the use of furniture more convenient. Intelligent systems not only enable consumers to better control furniture, but also improve users’ health by collecting data.

Trends and Insights

  • Intelligent technology promotes the industry demand. Intelligent technology makes metal furniture more convenient for consumers to use, increasing industry demand and profits.
  • Demand for a comfortable environment leads to office metal furniture stable. Due to the stable office demand and high replacement frequency of enterprises, the market demand is stable.
  • Zhejiang province has established an industrial cluster. The industrial cluster has led to Zhejiang province’s large output and high technological level.
  • The industry concentration level is low. The top four industry participants, namely Henglin, Yotrio, Loctek, and UE, are estimated to account for 10.0% of industry revenue in 2025.
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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2015-2030)

Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 2.8 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $35.8bn in 2025.

Trends and Insights

Improvement of the office environment has driven the development of the industry

  • With the continuous improvement of residents' living standards, people hope to obtain a better office environment. A comfortable and healthy office environment can achieve higher efficiency.
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Metal Furniture Manufacturing in China
Revenue (2015-2030)
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Industry outlook (2025-2030)

Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.

Trends and Insights

Many companies will establish their own brands

  • Exports are expected to account for 72.2% of industry revenue in 2025. With the increasing demands of foreign consumers, competition has become more intense.

Biggest companies in the Metal Furniture Manufacturing in China

Company
Market Share (%)
2025
Revenue ($m)
2025
Henglin Home Furnishing Co., Ltd. 
1,446.5
Yotrio Group Co., Ltd.
845.3
Loctek Ergonomic Technology Corp. 
674.4

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Products & Services Segmentation

Metal Furniture Manufacturing in China
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Office metal furniture, Residential metal furniture and Outdoor metal furniture. Office metal furniture is the largest segment of the Metal Furniture Manufacturing in China.

Trends and Insights

Office metal furniture has stable demand

  • Office metal furniture is used in enterprises, institutions, and other office environments. Office furniture can support the daily work needs of employees. The main products include office desks and chairs, filing cabinets, conference tables, and office partitions.
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Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

The Metal Furniture Manufacturing industry in China comprises firms engaged in manufacturing and assembling office and household metal furniture, as well as aircraft and automobile seats. Furniture frames and other major parts are made from a wide range of raw materials, including iron, steel, steel tube, aluminum, steel plate, and alloys. Fabric, leather, artificial leather, nylon cloth, and plastics are also used as supplementary materials.

What's included in this industry?

Products and services covered in the Metal Furniture Manufacturing industry in China include Office metal furniture, Residential metal furniture, Outdoor metal furniture and Metal furniture for hotels and others.

Companies

Companies covered in the Metal Furniture Manufacturing industry in China include Henglin Home Furnishing Co., Ltd. , Yotrio Group Co., Ltd. and Loctek Ergonomic Technology Corp. .

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Related Terms

Related terms covered in the Metal Furniture Manufacturing industry in China include metal household furniture, metal office furniture, automobile and aircraft seats, enterprise resource planning (erp) and manufacturing resource planning (mrp-ii).

Performance

Get an indication of the industry's health through historical, current and forward-looking trends in the performance indicators that make or break businesses.

Analyst insights

Intelligent technology promotes the industry demand. Intelligent technology makes metal furniture more convenient for consumers to use, increasing industry demand and profits...

In this chapter (4)

  • Current Performance
  • Outlook
  • Volatility
  • Life Cycle

Key metrics

  • Annual Revenue, Recent Growth, Forecast, Revenue Volatility
  • Number of Employees, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Employee
  • Number of Businesses, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Business
  • Total Profit, Profit Margin, Profit per Business

Charts

  • Revenue, including historical (2015-2024) and forecast (2025-2030)
  • Employees, including historical (2015-2024) and forecast (2025-2030)
  • Businesses, including historical (2015-2024) and forecast (2025-2030)
  • Profit, including historical (2015-2025)
  • Industry Volatility vs. Revenue Growth
  • Industry Life Cycle

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in supply, demand and current events that are driving current industry performance
  • Expected trends, economic factors and ongoing events that drive the industry's outlook
  • Key success factors for businesses to overcome volatility
  • How contribution to GDP, industry saturation, innovation, consolidation, and technology and systems influence the industry's life cycle phase.

Products and Markets

Learn about an industry's products and services, markets and trends in international trade.

Analyst insight

Demand for a comfortable environment leads to office metal furniture stable. Due to the stable office demand and high replacement frequency of enterprises, the market demand ...

In this chapter

  • Products & Services
  • Major Markets
  • International Trade

Key metrics

  • Largest market segment and value in 2025
  • Product innovation level
  • Total imports, level and trend
  • Total exports, level and trend
  • Trade Balance

Charts

  • Products & services segmentation in 2025
  • Major market segmentation in 2025
  • International trade, including imports by country and exports by country

Detailed analysis

  • Trends impacting the recent performance of the industry's various segments
  • Innovations in the industry's product or service offering, specialization or delivery method
  • Key factors that successful businesses consider in their offerings
  • Buying segments and key trends influencing demand for industry products and services
  • Recent trends in import and export volumes, country of origin or destination, and expected future trends

Geographic Breakdown

Discover where business activity is most concentrated in an industry and the factors driving these trends to find opportunities and conduct regional benchmarking.

Analyst insights

Zhejiang province has established an industrial cluster. The industrial cluster has led to Zhejiang province’s large output and high technological level.

In this chapter (1)

  • Business Locations

Charts

  • Share of revenue, establishment, wages and employment in each region
  • Share of population compared to establishments in each region in 2025

Tables

  • Number and share of establishments in each region in 2025
  • Number and share of revenue each region accounts for in 2025
  • Number and share of wages each region accounts for in 2025
  • Number and share of employees in each region in 2025

Detailed analysis

  • Geographic spread of the industry across Asia Pacific, and trends associated with changes in the business landscape
  • Key success factors for businesses to use location to their advantage

Competitive Forces

Get data and insights on what's driving competition in an industry and the challenges industry operators and new entrants may face, with analysis built around Porter's Five Forces framework.

Analyst insights

The industry concentration level is low. The top four industry participants, namely Henglin, Yotrio, Loctek, and UE, are estimated to account for 10.0% of industry revenue in...

In this chapter (4)

  • Concentration
  • Barriers to Entry
  • Substitutes
  • Buyer & Supplier Analysis

Key metrics

  • Industry concentration level
  • Industry competition level and trend
  • Barriers to entry level and trend
  • Substitutes level and trend
  • Buyer power level and trend
  • Supplier power level and trend

Charts

  • Market share concentration among the top 4 suppliers from 2020-2025
  • Supply chain including upstream supplying industries and downstream buying industries, flow chart

Detailed analysis

  • Factors impacting the industry’s level of concentration, such as business distribution, new entrants, or merger and acquisition activity.
  • Key success factors for businesses to manage the competitive environment of the industry.
  • Challenges that potential industry entrants face such as legal, start-up costs, differentiation, labor/capital intensity and capital expenses.
  • Key success factors for potential entrants to overcome barriers to entry.
  • Competitive threats from potential substitutes for the industry’s own products and services.
  • Key success factors for how successful businesses can compete with substitutes.
  • Advantages that buyers have to keep favorable purchasing conditions.
  • Advantages that suppliers have to maintain favorable selling conditions.
  • Key success factors for how businesses can navigate buyer and supplier power.

Companies

Learn about the performance of the top companies in the industry.

Analyst insights

The business of industry enterprises mainly operates overseas. The overseas market has a higher acceptance of metal furniture and higher profits, so industry enterprises are ...

In this chapter

  • Market Share Concentration
  • Companies
  • Company Spotlights

Charts

  • Industry market share by company in 2021 through 2025
  • Major companies in the industry, including market share, revenue, profit and profit margin in 2025
  • Overview of Henglin Home Furnishing Co., Ltd. 's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2019 through 2025
  • Overview of Yotrio Group Co., Ltd.'s performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2019 through 2025
  • Overview of Loctek Ergonomic Technology Corp. 's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2019 through 2025
  • Overview of revenue, market share and profit margin trend for 6 additional companies

Detailed analysis

  • Description and key data for Henglin Home Furnishing Co., Ltd. , and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Yotrio Group Co., Ltd., and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Loctek Ergonomic Technology Corp. , and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description, key data and performance trends for 6 additional companies

External Environment

Understand the demographic, economic and regulatory factors that shape how businesses in an industry perform.   

Analyst insights

The Government requires information transparency for furniture manufacturers. Furniture manufacturers must provide clear instructions on how self-assembled furniture should b...

In this chapter

  • External Drivers
  • Regulation & Policy
  • Assistance

Key metrics

  • Regulation & policy level and trend
  • Assistance level and trend

Charts

  • Regulation & Policy historical data and forecast (2015-2030) 
  • Assistance historical data and forecast (2015-2030) 

Detailed analysis

  • Demographic and macroeconomic factors influencing the industry, including Regulation & Policy and Assistance
  • Major types of regulations, regulatory bodies, industry standards or specific regulations impacting requirements for industry operators
  • Key governmental and non-governmental groups or policies that may provide some relief for industry operators.

Financial Benchmarks

View average costs for industry operators and compare financial data against an industry's financial benchmarks over time. 

Analyst insights

Increasing downstream demand promotes industry profits. Consumers are willing to replace more intelligent metal furniture to improve their quality of life has boosted the ind...

In this chapter

  • Cost Structure
  • Financial Ratios
  • Key Ratios

Key metrics

  • Profit margin, and how it compares to the sector-wide margin
  • Average wages, and how it compares to the sector-wide average wage
  • Largest cost component as a percentage of revenue
  • Industry average ratios for days' receivables, industry coverage and debt-to-net-worth ratio

Charts

  • Average industry operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2025
  • Average sector operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2025
  • Investment vs. share of economy

Data tables

  • Cash Flow & Debt Service Ratios (2015-2030)
  • Revenue per Employee (2015-2030)
  • Revenue per Enterprise (2015-2030)
  • Employees per Establishment (2015-2030)
  • Employees per Enterprise (2015-2030)
  • Average Wage (2015-2030)
  • Wages/Revenue (2015-2030)
  • Establishments per Enterprise (2015-2030)
  • IVA/Revenue (2015-2030)
  • Imports/Demand (2015-2030)
  • Exports/Revenue (2015-2030)

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in the cost component for industry operators and their impact on industry costs and profitability 

Key Statistics

Industry Data

Data Tables

Including values and annual change:

  • Revenue (2015-2030)
  • IVA (2015-2030)
  • Establishments (2015-2030)
  • Enterprises (2015-2030)
  • Employment (2015-2030)
  • Exports (2015-2030)
  • Imports (2015-2030)
  • Wages (2015-2030)

Top Questions Answered

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What is the market size of the Metal Furniture Manufacturing industry in China in 2025?

The market size of the Metal Furniture Manufacturing industry in China is $35.8bn in 2025.

How many businesses are there in the Metal Furniture Manufacturing industry in China in 2025?

There are 1,093 businesses in the Metal Furniture Manufacturing industry in China, which has grown at a CAGR of 1.0 % between 2020 and 2025.

How may import tariffs affect the Metal Furniture Manufacturing industry in China?

The Metal Furniture Manufacturing industry in China is likely to be impacted by import tariffs with imports accounting for a moderate share of industry revenue.

How may export tariffs affect the Metal Furniture Manufacturing industry in China?

The Metal Furniture Manufacturing industry in China is likely to be significantly impacted by export tariffs with exports accounting for a high share of industry revenue.

Has the Metal Furniture Manufacturing industry in China grown or declined over the past 5 years?

The market size of the Metal Furniture Manufacturing industry in China has been growing at a CAGR of 2.8 % between 2020 and 2025.

What is the forecast growth of the Metal Furniture Manufacturing industry in China over the next 5 years?

Over the next five years, the Metal Furniture Manufacturing industry in China is expected to grow.

What are the biggest companies in the Metal Furniture Manufacturing industry in China?

The biggest companies operating in the Metal Furniture Manufacturing industry in China are Henglin Home Furnishing Co., Ltd. , Yotrio Group Co., Ltd. and Loctek Ergonomic Technology Corp. 

What does the Metal Furniture Manufacturing industry in China include?

Office metal furniture and Residential metal furniture are part of the Metal Furniture Manufacturing industry in China.

Which companies have the highest market share in the Metal Furniture Manufacturing industry in China?

The company holding the most market share in the Metal Furniture Manufacturing industry in China is Henglin Home Furnishing Co., Ltd. .

How competitive is the Metal Furniture Manufacturing industry in China?

The level of competition is high and increasing in the Metal Furniture Manufacturing industry in China.

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