Einrichtungshäuser R. Sommerlad GmbH & Co. KG

This is Sommerlad – about us

Einrichtungshäuser R. Sommerlad GmbH & Co. KG is a family-run furniture and kitchen store in Gießen with more than 95 years of company history. The company offers a broad range of furniture for living, sleeping and dining areas, made-to-measure upholstered furniture, boxspring beds, garden furniture, household goods as well as decorations and accessories. In the kitchen studios in Gießen, Künzell and Marburg, built-in kitchens from well-known manufacturers are planned and sold; planning is done using graphic computer-aided design. The offering is complemented by the curtain service with millimetre-precise measurement for roller blinds, pleated blinds, vertical blinds, venetian blinds, panel curtains, sun protection and insect protection. The scope of services includes consultation on site, by telephone, online or at the customer's home, professional delivery and assembly, old furniture disposal, carpet service as well as a financing service. Originally founded as a carpentry workshop, Sommerlad today is represented at several locations in Central Hesse with more than 600 employees; the furniture city in Gießen comprises 32,000 m² of sales floor.

Site

Gießen

Processes

Furniture production (carpentry, historical), Kitchen planning and consultation, Graphic computer-aided design of furnishings, Delivery and assembly of furniture and kitchens, Made-to-measure curtain and window design (roller blinds, pleated blinds, vertical blinds, venetian, Made-to-measure upholstered furniture, Furnishing consultation, Graphic computer-aided design

Materials

Solid wood, Hardwood, Wood-based materials, Metal (iron), Stainless steel, Aluminium, Woven plastic, Textiles

Certificates

Lowest price guarantee (Hesse, 14 days), Furniture quality pass with care instructions, 5-year guarantee (brand quality)

Founded

1930

Employees

over 600

Industries

Furnishing stores, Furniture retail, Kitchen retail

1. 01

   Consultation (on site, by telephone, online, at the customer's home)

2. 02

   Kitchen and furnishing planning (graphic computer-aided design)

3. 03

   Measurement (curtain and window design)

4. 04

   Sales and exhibition

5. 05

   Delivery and assembly

6. 06

   Old furniture disposal

7. 07

   Customer service and complaint handling

Locations

Product areas

Inside the production

Processes & technical limits

Quality and service

Sommerlad works only with carefully selected manufacturers and documents product-specific properties as well as care instructions in the furniture quality pass. The customer service supports the products beyond warranty and guarantee – according to its own statement “for a whole furniture and kitchen lifetime”.

History

1. 1930

   Founded by Rudolf Sommerlad as a carpentry workshop with farmyard sales in Buseck-Beuern

2. 1938

   Relocation to Gießen: furniture exhibition on Bahnhofstraße, carpentry workshop at the Flutgraben

3. 1949

   New construction of a commercial building; first step towards a furnishing store with a carpet and curtain department; coining of the term “Möbelstadt Sommerlad” (Sommerlad Furniture City)

4. 1956

   Rudi Sommerlad joins the company (carpentry apprenticeship, furniture trade school in Cologne)

5. 1973

   Rudolf Sommerlad leads the company until his 65th birthday

6. 1986

   Rudolf Sommerlad passes away; Rudi Sommerlad becomes managing director

7. 1998

   Death of Rudi Sommerlad; the third generation (Frank Sommerlad) takes over the leadership

8. 2025

   95th company anniversary; more than 600 employees, more than 32,000 m² of exhibition space