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La-Z-Boy makes and sells reclining chairs, sofas, and other furniture, mostly through its own stores and other retailers.
La-Z-Boy is a furniture company, and it has two main ways of making money. The first is making furniture — mostly recliners, but also sofas, chairs, and tables. The second is selling that furniture through a mix of its own stores and other retailers. That split matters, because the company is both a manufacturer and a retailer.
Think of it as a company that builds the recliner and also owns a chunk of the stores where you sit down and try it. The wholesale side, selling to other retailers and its own stores, brings in the large majority of revenue — roughly 80%. The retail side, where it runs its own stores and sells directly to shoppers, makes up the rest. It sells to regular people furnishing their homes, and those customers pick La-Z-Boy because the brand is famous for comfort and reclining chairs.
The company is headquartered in Monroe, Michigan, and it has been around a long time — the reclining chair that made it famous dates back to the 1920s. Today it is pushing to modernize, including opening new stores and refreshing its product lineup with more stylish designs to attract younger buyers. Furniture is a tough, cyclical business: when people buy homes or feel flush, they buy sofas; when money is tight, they wait. La-Z-Boy uses its cash to pay a dividend, buy back stock, and invest in its stores and brand. It is a steady, well-known American furniture name rather than a fast grower, and its results rise and fall with the housing market and consumer confidence.
Saved answer · last researched 11 Oct 2026