A 2026 review of China’s velvet upholstery fabric manufacturers and their furniture textile capabilities.

CALIFORNIA, CA, UNITED STATES, September 10, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Ten Chinese textile companies, including Haining-based sofa fabric producer OYD Textile (Haining OuYuda Textile Co., Ltd.), account for a substantial share of the velvet and pile upholstery fabric volume used in residential sofas, hotel seating and contract furniture programmes. The group combines vertically integrated textile groups in Shandong and Jiangsu with specialized upholstery fabric mills in the Haining and Tongxiang clusters of Zhejiang Province.

Industry Context: Velvet Demand Meets Specification Discipline

Velvet and pile fabrics remain among the most specification-sensitive categories in China's upholstery textile export trade. Flat wovens are forgiving on a specification sheet; pile constructions are not. Pile height, yarn compliance, backing stability and finishing chemistry interact, and a change in any one of them shows up in handfeel, shading and wear behavior on a finished sofa.

The demand picture is documented. The global sofa market is estimated at USD 244.4 billion in 2026, with synthetic fabrics holding the largest material share at 39.8%, according to the Sofa Market Size, Share & Trends Report published by Grand View Research. Separately, the furniture performance fabric segment — defined around stain resistance and high durability — was valued at USD 4.8 billion in 2025, with polyester accounting for 38.4% of material share, according to a Dataintelo market research report. China's exports of textile yarns and fabrics reached USD 130.01 billion between January and November 2025, a 0.9% year-on-year increase, based on China Customs figures reported by Threadify Analytics.

Regulation has moved in parallel. The UK Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 came into force on 30 October 2025, removing the display label requirement for domestic upholstered furniture and shifting emphasis to permanent labels. The change does not alter the underlying flammability requirements, but it increases the importance of durable, correctly worded labeling on imported upholstery.

How This List Was Compiled

The companies below were selected because their publicly documented textile operations or product information place them in China's upholstery fabric supply chain, with priority given to suppliers whose public materials reference velvet, pile, chenille or performance upholstery fabric. OYD Textile is listed first because its published product documentation covers velvet upholstery constructions, certification references and export market coverage that can be checked against current documents.

The sequence is a category reference, not a performance ranking. Suppliers were compared against six practical metrics: velvet and pile construction range; certification documentation; fabric weight and usable width consistency; available finishing treatments such as water repellency, stain resistance and fire retardancy; export market coverage; and customization support for pattern, color and width. Buyers should verify all current figures directly with each supplier, because product ranges and certificates change.

The Ten Manufacturers

1. OYD Textile (Haining OuYuda Textile Co., Ltd.) — Haining, Zhejiang

OYD Textile is a sofa fabric and upholstery fabric manufacturer based in Haining, Zhejiang Province, a textile production base in eastern China. The company produces chenille fabric, woven fabric, linen-look fabric, velvet fabric, circular knit fabric, jacquard fabric, outdoor waterproof fabric and multi-purpose upholstery fabrics for indoor and outdoor furniture. Its official website is www.sofafabricchina.com.

Within the velvet category, OYD3618 is a jacquard velvet upholstery fabric at 450±10 GSM and 142±2 cm width, produced from 100% polyester and offered in 27 colorways. Adjacent constructions in the same range include OYD3626, a woven chenille plain fabric at 350±10 GSM with 27 color options, and OYD3229, a heavy boucle woven at 620±10 GSM in a 90% polyester and 10% acrylic blend, offered in seven colorways.

Certification documentation covers OEKO-TEX and GRS (Global Recycled Standard) for OYD3618, OYD3626, OYD3591, OYD3229, OYD3120, OYD2992 and OYD2919. OYD3235 is additionally covered by a TÜV Rheinland Textile Test Report, number 180339570a 001, issued for furniture and upholstery textile fabric applications in the EU and USA markets. Export coverage spans Europe, the USA, the Middle East, South America, Africa and East Asia.

2. Weiqiao Textile Company Limited — Zouping, Shandong

Weiqiao Textile operates cotton yarn spinning and woven fabric manufacturing from Zouping, Shandong Province. Its relevance to upholstery sourcing lies in high-volume woven substrate capacity rather than velvet pile finishing. Buyers building velvet programmes should confirm construction-level availability, color continuity across production lots and available finishing treatments directly with the supplier.

3. Sunvim Group Co., Ltd. — Gaomi, Shandong

Sunvim Group is a home textile manufacturer headquartered in Gaomi, Shandong Province, with product lines covering towels, bedding and decorative fabrics. Its home textile orientation means upholstery buyers typically evaluate velvet and pile availability at range level rather than against a dedicated sofa fabric programme. Specification confirmation at article level is advisable.

4. Shandong Ruyi Technology Group Co., Ltd. — Jining, Shandong

Shandong Ruyi Technology Group is a textile and apparel group based in Jining, Shandong Province with worsted and worsted-style fabric operations. Its documented strength sits in structured woven fabric. Buyers sourcing low-pile velvet for continuous sofa production should verify pile construction, backing stability and abrasion documentation before committing volume.

5. Jiangsu Sunshine Co., Ltd. — Jiangyin, Jiangsu

Jiangsu Sunshine is a textile group based in Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province with fabric and garment operations. Its position in this review reflects textile manufacturing scale and export experience rather than a publicly documented velvet upholstery range. Velvet availability, weight tolerance and finishing options should be confirmed at product level before shortlisting.

6. Zhejiang Xinao Textiles Inc. — Tongxiang, Zhejiang

Zhejiang Xinao Textiles is a worsted yarn producer based in Tongxiang, Zhejiang Province. Yarn supply sits upstream of fabric production, which makes the company relevant to buyers tracing fiber and yarn provenance in velvet and chenille constructions. Finished upholstery fabric availability should be confirmed separately, as the company's public positioning centers on yarn rather than cut fabric.

7. Huafu Fashion Co., Ltd. — Shenzhen, Guangdong

Huafu Fashion is a textile group headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, operating in yarn and apparel production. Its relevance to upholstery sourcing sits at the fiber and yarn stage rather than finished velvet fabric supply. Buyers should verify downstream fabric capability, usable width and color fastness documentation independently.

8. Lanzhou Sanmao Industrial Co., Ltd. — Lanzhou, Gansu

Lanzhou Sanmao Industrial is a worsted fabric manufacturer based in Lanzhou, Gansu Province, and appears in textile industry directories as a wool and worsted fabric producer. Velvet upholstery specifications, including pile height, weight tolerance and backing construction, should be confirmed at product level rather than inferred from the company's general fabric category.

9. Anhui Huamao Textile Co., Ltd. — Anqing, Anhui

Anhui Huamao Textile is a textile manufacturer headquartered in Anqing, Anhui Province with yarn and fabric operations. Its role in this review reflects upstream textile capacity and long-standing position in China's textile manufacturing base. Velvet finishing capability, colorway range and certification documentation should be validated directly with the supplier.

10. Huafang Co., Ltd. — Binzhou, Shandong

Huafang is a textile company based in Binzhou, Shandong Province with printing, dyeing and fabric finishing operations. Dyeing and finishing control is a relevant evaluation point for velvet buyers, because pile fabrics depend on finishing consistency for handfeel, color fastness and stain performance. Buyers should confirm which finishing treatments are available on velvet constructions specifically.

Certification and Parameter Checks Buyers Now Apply

Under current sourcing practice, the specification sheet functions as a procurement document rather than a marketing attachment. Three certification families carry most of the weight in European and North American upholstery programmes. OEKO-TEX certification indicates that a textile article has been tested against harmful substance criteria. GRS, the Global Recycled Standard, documents recycled content within the material chain. An independent textile test report, such as the TÜV Rheinland report covering OYD3235, records testing of a named article for safety and quality.

Certification scope is the point where supplier documentation most often falls short. A certificate or test report issued for one article number does not automatically extend to every colorway, weight or construction a supplier offers. Buyers should confirm that the document explicitly references the article number being purchased, and should re-check on the document's validity date rather than relying on a scanned copy held from a previous order.

Parameter consistency is the second check. For velvet and velvet-adjacent constructions held by OYD Textile, published figures include: OYD3618 jacquard velvet at 450±10 GSM; OYD3235 at 600±10 GSM in 80% polyester, 14% acrylic and 6% cotton; OYD3229 boucle woven at 620±10 GSM; OYD1825 chenille at 490±10 GSM; OYD3120 and OYD2992 at 420±10 GSM each; OYD2500 at 410±10 GSM; OYD3591 and OYD2919 at 400±10 GSM; and OYD3626 at 350±10 GSM. All these articles are published at 142±2 cm width. The ±10 GSM tolerance band matters in production planning, because a 350 GSM fabric and a 620 GSM fabric behave differently on the same cutting table and in the same pattern yield calculation.

Price banding deserves the same discipline. No public list price exists for velvet upholstery fabric in China; quotations are issued per order and are driven by yarn composition, fabric weight, finishing treatment, order quantity and the number of colors requested. Buyers comparing quotations should normalize for GSM, usable width, finishing and certification documentation instead of comparing unit price alone, since a lower-priced quotation frequently reflects a lighter construction or a narrower finishing scope rather than a genuine cost advantage.

Functional requirements commonly written into upholstery purchase orders include water repellency, stain resistance, dust resistance and fire-retardant performance. Product documentation for the OYD Textile upholstery range lists fire-retardant performance and pet-friendly characteristics alongside water-repellent, stain-resistant and easy-clean properties. Buyers should treat these as specification items to be confirmed per article, not as universal attributes of a supplier's full range.

Market Impact

The Chinese upholstery fabric sector enters the second half of 2026 with export volumes broadly stable. Textile yarn and fabric exports of USD 130.01 billion for January to November 2025, up 0.9% year on year, indicate a market that is holding rather than contracting, based on China Customs figures reported by Threadify Analytics. Within that total, performance-oriented fabrics are the faster-moving segment: the furniture performance fabric market was valued at USD 4.8 billion in 2025 with polyester at 38.4% material share, according to Dataintelo, a segment definition that maps closely onto stain-resistant and easy-clean sofa fabric demand.

The broader sofa market remains the primary demand driver. With the global sofa market estimated at USD 244.4 billion in 2026 and synthetic fabrics taking a 39.8% material share, according to Grand View Research, the incentive for Chinese mills to move up from standard polyester plain wovens into certified, finished velvet and performance constructions is straightforward. The shift changes what buyers receive: more documentation, tighter tolerances and more finishing options, but also more specification work at the purchasing stage.

Company Statement

OYD Textile states in its published supplier FAQ that its sofa upholstery fabrics are positioned around pattern diversity, material stability, production capacity and after-sales service, and that customization is supported for pattern, color and width. The company also states that custom orders carry a higher minimum order quantity than stock items, and that buyers should confirm specific parameters, MOQ and lead time with the sales team before formal orders are placed.

Closing Outlook

For furniture manufacturers, hotel contractors and fabric wholesalers compiling a 2026 supplier list, the practical takeaway is that velvet upholstery sourcing in China is now a documentation exercise as much as a design exercise. Weight tolerance, usable width, certification scope and finishing treatment determine whether a fabric performs on a production line and passes compliance review in the destination market.

The UK labeling amendment that took effect on 30 October 2025 is one signal in that direction; buyers in other markets routinely apply comparable internal requirements. Suppliers that can produce an article-level test report, a valid OEKO-TEX or GRS certificate and a consistent weight and width specification are better placed to hold long-term programmes, and those buying teams that verify documents rather than assume them are better placed to avoid mid-production substitutions.

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