Floating shelf brackets are the backbone of your floating shelves, literally.
If you want your floating shelves to truly be floating shelves, you'll need a hidden floating shelf bracket. Hidden floating shelf brackets slide into the back of your floating shelf with no exposure, giving your wood shelves the trademark floating shelf look.
Not all floating shelf brackets are created equally, though, and if you're looking for something high-quality and stable, there are a few key things to look for.
Easy Bracket Install
Heavy-Duty Brackets
Steel Brackets
If you're looking for a bracket that's worth its weight and more, you want a bracket made from steel. Other metals bend and alter over time, while steel brackets keep their shape and help your shelf remain steady on the wall.

DID YOU KNOW:
All of our steel brackets are powder-coated for a clean, professional finish. The powder coating creates a seal on the steel floating shelf brackets that keeps your walls clean during installation.
Keyholes
A good bracket allows you to install your shelf exactly where you want to, not where you have to. Our Studlock floating shelf brackets feature a keyhole every inch. A floating shelf bracket with a keyhole every inch means you can attach your bracket to the wall exactly where you want to and still hit a stud.
For every stud that you attach a Studlock floating shelf bracket to, your shelf will easily hold 50 lbs of weight.

High Weight Rating
One Studlock floating shelf bracket will hold 50 lbs for every stud that it's attached to. This ensures that all of your belongings stay where they belong — on your shelf.
Cheap shelves from mass retailers bend and break over time, because they don't feature a heavy-duty bracket. If you want floating shelves that are safe and sturdy around your family, and that hold a lot of weight, you need a heavy-duty bracket.


"Studlock brackets feature the thickest backplate on the market."
When you're looking for a high-quality, professional floating shelf bracket, make sure that the shelf bracket is made from steel, has a high weight rating, and features a keyhole every inch for easy installation.
There are dozens of imitation brackets on the market, but our Studlock Floating Shelf bracket is the original patent-pending floating shelf bracket.