ROME, Ga. – Fifth-generation-owned Heritage Sleep Concepts has more than doubled its retail base, invested in new machinery, expanded into six states and tripled its manufacturing footprint over the past eight years.

The company traces its roots back 105 years when J.H. Sanford started Sanford Mattress in 1918 and sold mattresses door-to-door. Claude Sanford took the reins of the operation from his father in the 1940s and then taught his son-in-law Terry Spears the craft of making mattresses.

In 1973, Spears started his own mattress manufacturing business as Spears Mattress Co. and later sold the company in 2006 before retiring in 2011. Heritage Sleep was founded in 2015, when the Spears family, led by Terry, reentered the bedding segment.

The company expanded into its 120,000-square-foot facility in 2020 from a 40,000-square-foot factory where Heritage Sleep got its start. Spears died in 2021 at the age of 76.

The manufacturer attributes much of its growth over the past eight years to its licensing partnership with Bedding Industries of America’s Eclipse and Eastman House brands.

The company expanded into its 120,000-square-foot facility in 2020 from a 40,000-square-foot factory where Heritage Sleep got its start. Spears died in 2021 at the age of 76.

The manufacturer attributes much of its growth over the past eight years to its licensing partnership with Bedding Industries of America’s Eclipse and Eastman House brands.