Apparel manufacturers in the USA
The US has 4,337 apparel establishments employing 63,163 people (Census, 2023), 0.5% of manufacturing jobs. The most jobs are in California, North Carolina, Texas. EPA's ECHO database lists 353 active facilities in this subsector (Apparel Manufacturing, NAICS 315).
- NAICS subsector
- 315
- Apparel Manufacturing
- Establishments
- 4,337
- Employees
- 63,163
- In EPA records
- 353
- Factory pages
- 0
- Revised
- November 11, 2026
By state
| State | Establishments | Employees | In EPA records |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 1,631 | 18,034 | 131 |
| North Carolina | 141 | 5,514 | 17 |
| Texas | 212 | 5,241 | 7 |
| New York | 624 | 4,928 | 7 |
| Florida | 208 | 2,956 | 10 |
| New Jersey | 116 | 2,697 | 3 |
| Pennsylvania | 110 | 2,504 | 10 |
| Massachusetts | 52 | 2,068 | 12 |
| Tennessee | 60 | 1,910 | 7 |
| Alabama | 37 | 1,550 | 5 |
| Illinois | 95 | 1,351 | 5 |
| Kentucky | 30 | 1,086 | 3 |
| Missouri | 37 | 1,071 | 42 |
| Oregon | 43 | 911 | 1 |
| Maryland | 44 | 857 | 15 |
| Arkansas | 15 | 855 | 4 |
| Georgia | 72 | 790 | 3 |
| Mississippi | 22 | 746 | 1 |
| Minnesota | 50 | 691 | 5 |
| Indiana | 30 | 630 | 0 |
| Vermont | 14 | 601 | 2 |
| South Carolina | 44 | 534 | 4 |
| Washington | 59 | 510 | 2 |
| Ohio | 61 | 506 | 3 |
| Virginia | 44 | 490 | 15 |
| Michigan | 68 | 488 | 6 |
| Arizona | 36 | 487 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 39 | 465 | 7 |
| Iowa | 16 | 424 | 2 |
| Colorado | 50 | 320 | 0 |
| Utah | 51 | 302 | 1 |
| Hawaii | 31 | 206 | 0 |
| Kansas | 12 | 193 | 2 |
| New Hampshire | 10 | 193 | 2 |
| Nevada | 19 | 141 | 0 |
| Maine | 11 | 126 | 0 |
| Oklahoma | 16 | 113 | 1 |
| Idaho | 19 | 112 | 0 |
| Louisiana | 17 | 105 | 16 |
| Connecticut | 18 | 95 | 0 |
| New Mexico | 12 | 81 | 0 |
| Nebraska | 13 | 80 | 0 |
| Montana | 12 | 50 | 1 |
| Wyoming | 7 | 43 | 0 |
| Alaska | 6 | 21 | 0 |
| Delaware | 6 | 16 | 0 |
| North Dakota | 3 | 15 | 0 |
| South Dakota | 5 | 15 | 0 |
| Rhode Island | 4 | 11 | 0 |
| District of Columbia | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| West Virginia | — | — | 1 |
Census County Business Patterns 2023; EPA ECHO active facilities.
New plants in this industry
Detroit robotic 3D concrete printing systems plant, Detroit, MIAnnouncedHornell car body shell plant expansion, Hornell, NYOperatingGreenwood robotics and fulfillment equipment manufacturing facility, Greenwood, INAnnouncedBelen wind tower plant, Belen, NMOperatingWetumpka fabric-cutting facility, Wetumpka, ALAnnouncedChocowinity boat manufacturing campus, Chocowinity, NCAnnouncedLincolnton power tool accessories plant expansion, Lincolnton, NCAnnouncedSanford compact equipment manufacturing expansion, Sanford, NCAnnouncedBond wood pellet plant, Bond, MSAnnouncedLittle Rock manufacturing facility, Pulaski County, ARUnder constructionHolyoke custom framing plant, Holyoke, MAAnnouncedSpringfield boom lift remanufacturing expansion, Springfield, MOAnnouncedWayland railway wheelset and axle plant, Wayland, NYAnnouncedGulfport shipyard and steel fabrication expansion, Gulfport, MSAnnouncedOpelika carbon fiber pressure vessel plant, Opelika, ALUnder constructionSouth Boston large power transformer facility, South Boston, VAUnder constructionTonawanda freeze-drying equipment plant expansion, Tonawanda, NYUnder constructionMemphis pump manufacturing and distribution facility, Memphis, TNAnnouncedSan Antonio construction equipment plant, San Antonio, TXAnnouncedHolland machining and fabrication facility, Holland, MIAnnouncedEvendale print and display manufacturing expansion, Evendale, OHAnnouncedAuburn conveyor chain plant, Auburn, ALAnnouncedSterling loader and attachments plant expansion, Sterling, KSAnnouncedChattanooga tire cord fabric plant expansion, Chattanooga, TNAnnouncedTooele City aerial lift manufacturing campus, Tooele, UTAnnouncedNewport News mining equipment plant expansion, Newport News, VAAnnouncedTulsa Port of Catoosa precision components and automation plant and U.S. HQ, Catoosa, OKAnnouncedWestminster poultry processing machinery plant expansion, Westminster, SCAnnouncedWest Bend hand tool plant, West Bend, WIOperatingLansing food-safety and animal-health products expansion, Lansing, MIAnnouncedLondonderry advanced footwear manufacturing facility, Londonderry, NHOperatingSkowhegan factory expansion (Central Maine MADE), Skowhegan, MEOperatingWalterboro water filtration systems plant, Walterboro, SCAnnouncedNew Kensington Advanced Manufacturing Park facility, New Kensington, PAAnnouncedWaverly concrete mixer plant, Waverly, IAAnnouncedCharlotte large power transformer factory, Charlotte, NCAnnouncedLexington passenger rail manufacturing facility, Lexington, NCOperatingSalt Lake City rail vehicle plant expansion, Salt Lake City, UTAnnouncedLexington nonwoven textile plant, Lexington, NCAnnouncedJacksonville automated pouch operation manufacturing expansion, Jacksonville, FLAnnouncedCrawfordsville foam pouring and bedding plant, Crawfordsville, INAnnouncedFranklin manufacturing expansion (325 Buffalo Street), Franklin, PAAnnouncedNampa closet and storage systems factory, Nampa, IDAnnouncedColumbus electric forklift plant, Columbus, INOperatingCherokee County rare earth magnet and metals plant (Bailey Park), Blacksburg, SCAnnouncedBondurant agricultural and industrial equipment plant, Bondurant, IAAnnouncedMonee CNC steel processing machinery plant, Monee, ILUnder constructionClark County manufacturing and distribution operation, Las Vegas area, NVAnnouncedColumbia Fuel Fabrication Facility expansion (LEU+ fuel), Hopkins, SCAnnouncedDes Arc plant expansion, Prairie County, ARAnnouncedLexington oral pouch contract manufacturing plant, Lexington, SCAnnounced