No. 1: Steinhafels
- Independent
- Address
- 1600 East 80th Avenue, Merrillville, IN 46410
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Merrillville has 13 verified furniture stores in this guide, 7 of them independent of the chains we track. Steinhafels leads the local ranking, with 13 recorded categories and 3 recorded services. Recorded price tiers run $ to $$$. Every listing below links to its own page with address, hours and contact details as we've verified them.
| # | Store | City | Price | Best for | Delivery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steinhafels | Merrillville | — | — | Yes |
| 2 | Ashley HomeStore | Merrillville | $ | — | White-glove |
| 3 | Bob's Discount Furniture | Merrillville | $ | — | White-glove |
| 4 | Aaron's | Merrillville | — | — | Yes |
| 5 | Mattress Firm | Merrillville | $$ | — | Yes |
| 6 | Rent-A-Center | Merrillville | — | — | Yes |
| 7 | Sleep Number | Merrillville | $$$ | — | Yes |
| 8 | Ultimate Furniture & Mattress | Merrillville | — | — | — |
We hold 13 verified store records for Merrillville, Indiana. The list below ranks every one that clears our evidence floor; each entry carries its own address, price tier where known, and the services we've confirmed it offers.
Branded chains account for 6 of the 13 verified stores here, led by Aaron's (1), Ashley (1), Bob's Discount Furniture (1) and Mattress Firm (1). The remaining 7 are independent dealers with no chain affiliation on record.
The categories most verified stores carry are mattresses, living room furniture, bedroom furniture, dining room furniture and home office furniture. On services, the most commonly recorded are delivery (7), financing (7), assembly (4) and haul-away of old furniture (3).
6 of 13 records carry a founding year; the oldest dates to 1955, 71 years of trading on record. 2 of 13 records carry a phone number, 6 a working website, and 1 posted hours.
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Ashley HomeStore is the retail arm of Ashley Furniture Industries, the largest furniture manufacturer in the United States, with the first HomeStore opening in 1997. Locations carry Ashley-manufactured living room, bedroom, dining, mattress, outdoor and kids' furniture across a wide range of styles and price points. Many HomeStores are independently owned and operated under license, though all merchandise sold is Ashley-made.
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Bob's Discount Furniture, founded in Newington, Connecticut in 1991, positions itself as a value retailer selling furniture, mattresses and home accessories at everyday low prices rather than through discount events. Showrooms carry living room, bedroom, dining, mattress, rug and lighting categories, including a Small Spaces collection for compact rooms, and sell mattresses mainly under Bob's own house brands rather than as a dealer for national mattress brands. Delivery includes an in-home white-glove tier branded BOBtastic.
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Aaron's is a lease-to-own retailer founded in Atlanta in 1955, operating through company-run and franchised stores across the US and Canada. It offers furniture, mattresses, electronics and appliances -- including Ashley Furniture and Elements International product lines -- on no-credit-needed lease agreements rather than standard retail sale, with free delivery and setup included. Its core customer base is households the traditional retail-financing market underserves.
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| Sunday | Closed |
|---|---|
| Monday | 10:00–19:00 |
| Tuesday | 10:00–19:00 |
| Wednesday | 10:00–19:00 |
| Thursday | 10:00–19:00 |
| Friday | 10:00–20:00 |
| Saturday | 10:00–18:00 |
Mattress Firm is a national mattress specialty retailer founded in 1986 and headquartered in Houston, Texas, operating more than 2,300 stores. It stocks mattresses from major national brands including Tempur-Pedic, Sealy, Stearns & Foster and Serta, alongside financing, delivery and old-mattress haul-away. The chain was acquired by Tempur Sealy's parent, Somnigroup International, in 2025, though stores continue to operate as Mattress Firm.
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Rent-A-Center, now part of Upbound Group, traces to a rent-to-own concept launched in Wichita, Kansas in 1973. Stores lease furniture -- including Ashley Furniture pieces -- along with electronics and appliances on weekly or monthly no-credit-needed terms, with delivery and service included in the lease price. Customers own the merchandise once the lease term is paid out, or can return it at any time without further obligation.
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Sleep Number is a vertically integrated mattress company, founded in Minneapolis in 1987, that designs, manufactures and sells its own adjustable-air Sleep Number beds directly through its own retail stores rather than as a multi-brand dealer. The chain sits in the premium tier of the mattress category, competing on sleep-tracking and firmness-adjustment technology rather than price. Sleep Country Canada completed its acquisition of Sleep Number in 2026; stores continue normal operations under the Sleep Number name.
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5 more verified stores fall below the evidence floor described on our methodology page — usually a name and address with little else confirmed yet — so they're listed here without a rank.
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Of the 4 stores with a recorded price tier, the split is $ (2), $$ (1) and $$$ (1).
Straight-line distance between each city’s recorded store locations, not driving distance.