Upholstery Fabric Manufacturers and Suppliers in Turkey

Buyers of upholstery fabric are mostly furniture manufacturers, upholsterers and contract (project) contractors. A fabric has to do more than look good: it must withstand years of sitting, rubbing and sunlight. Compare quotes on measured performance, not on appearance.

Sofa, chair and headboard fabrics: what the category covers

Woven fabrics for sofas, couches, chairs, headboards and similar furniture covering belong here: velvet fabric, chenille, jacquard, linen-look and suede-look weaves. Car-seat fabrics are under automotive textiles, and window fabrics under curtains. The same suppliers may also sell coated materials such as faux leather; check the company profile for scope. For general fabric options, see our fabric types guide.

Performance criteria for upholstery fabric

Ask which test method was used for each property below, and the date of the report:

• Abrasion (Martindale): how many rubs (cycles) the fabric withstands. Choose the cycle count by how heavily the furniture will be used.
• Pilling: the tendency to form small fiber balls on the surface.
• Light and rubbing fastness: fading in sunlight, and color transfer in dry and wet rubbing.
• Seam slippage and tear strength: whether yarns slide open at the seam, and resistance to tearing.
• Flammability: contract and project work usually calls for furniture fire tests. EN 1021-1 (cigarette) and EN 1021-2 (match-flame equivalent), widely used in Europe, test the fabric together with the filling, not on its own, so ask which filling combination the report was made with.
• Back coating: is the back coated with latex or a similar material? A coating affects dimensional stability and how easily the yarns unravel.

Dye lots, patterns and minimum quantities

A common problem in furniture production appears not on the first lot but on a repeat order: a color difference. For the same job, get in writing that the fabric comes from a single dye lot, and the tolerance between the swatch card (kartela) color and the production color. On patterned fabrics the pattern repeat affects matching waste, so allow for it in your cutting plan. Fabric is usually sold by the meter or by the roll; for a custom color or pattern the minimum order quantity (MOQ) rises compared with stock items.

Upholstery fabric pricing comes down to fiber, weave structure and finishing

Fiber composition and yarn, weave structure (plain, jacquard, pile), weight (GSM), performance finishes (stain-resistant, water-repellent, flame-retardant), back coating and the number of colors make up the price. A heavy, dense fabric is not always more durable; ask suppliers to explain a price difference through test results, not through GSM.

Province filter and proximity

For upholstery the province filter is mainly a logistics tool: swatch cards and samples, color matching and delivery of a repeat lot move faster when the supplier is near the workshop that cuts and sews the fabric, or near your shipping point. Treat proximity as a selection criterion only after you have compared the performance reports.

As for where production is concentrated, the Industry Database of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) has no product code covering all upholstery fabrics. For woven velvet and chenille fabrics (code 13.20.41), which fall within this category, 67 of the 84 firms with a valid capacity report are in Istanbul (October 2026). The code also includes velvet for clothing, and other upholstery weaves such as jacquard are filed under other codes by fiber type, so do not read the figure as the distribution of all upholstery fabric. For other woven, knitted and technical fabric suppliers, see the fabrics page.