How Many Jobs Does the Fashion Industry Provide

General data


Population:	vii,260.vii million
Labor force:	3,384.i million
Unemployment rate:	five.viii per centum
GDP per capita (PPP):	16,300 US dollars

Value of the global fashion manufacture: 3,000 billion dollars (three trillion dollars), ii percent of the world's Gross domestic product (GDP)


Retail value of luxury goods market:	339.4 billion dollars
Value of of the menswear industry:	402 billion dollars
Value of the womenswear industry:	621 billion dollars
Bridal Wear market:	57 billion dollars
Childrenswear market:	186 billion dollars
Sports footwear market:	90.4 billion dollars

Mode Companies

To cater to the big, iii,000 billion, cloth and garment industry new companies are entering the market daily. Most of these companies remain rather unknown to the consumer audience, meliorate known are the individual brands that are function of these global fashion companies.

LVMH, Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy, a French luxury conglomerate is currently the largest manner company worldwide. LVMH's annual revenues reached 42.6 billion euros in 2017 and the company is valued around 122 billion euros. The visitor operates a concatenation of independent stores and shops-in-shops for fashion brands such as Louis Vuitton, Fendi and Dior. LVMH does not simply stand for high-end fashion, just provides for every aspect of a luxury lifestyle, from champagne (Moët) to sailing yachts (Majestic Van Lent).

U.s.a.-based athleisure- and lifestyle brand Nike is the second largest fashion company worldwide. In 2017 Nike's revenues amounted to 34.4.6 billion dollars and a market value of nearly a 105 billion dollars. Nike offers its products worldwide and its largest markets are the United States, 46 percent of the full revenues, and Western Europe (xix per centum). Almost of Nike's income, nearly ninety percent, comes from the Nike brand. The remaining 10 pct comes from Converse, which is a subsidiary of Nike. The brand's best selling division is footwear, bookkeeping for 63 per centum of Nike's income.

Spanish fast-fashion giant Inditex - with a market value of nearly a 92 billion dollars - is the tertiary largest fashion company worldwide. Inditex owns brands like Zara, Pull&Bear and Stradivarius. The Spanish company is valued at 75 billion euros and its 2017 annual revenue was 25.34 billion euros. Inditex has stores is every major metropolis in Europe, which also account for the majority of the company's revenue.

Imports & Exports (2016)

Full export of clothing: 1.29 trillion dollars

The near exported apparel products are not-knit women'south suits, knit sweaters, knit T-shirts and non-knit men's suits.


Non-knit women's suits:	108 billion dollars, viii.4 percent
Knit sweaters:	79.ii billion dollars, 6.1 pct
Non-knit men's suits:	74.one billion dollars, five.7 percentage
Knit T-shirts:	68 billion dollars, 5.three percent
Knit women's suits:	28.two billion dollars, three.9 percent
Light rubberized knitted textile:	sixty billion dollars, 4.7 percent
Constructed filament yarn woven textile:	44.2 billion dollars, iii.four percentage

China is the largest exporter of apparel in the world, followed by India and

Total trade of footwear and headwear: 139 billion dollars

Over 40 percent of all traded footwear are leather footwear. Other products that are traded in big amounts are rubber footwear and fabric footwear.


Leather footwear:	56.7 billion dollars, 41 per centum
Rubber footwear:	30.two billion dollars, 22 per centum
Textile footwear:	22.3 billion dollars, 16 percent
Footwear parts:	7.77 billion dollars, 5.6 percent
Knitted hats:	4.eight billion dollars, 3.3 percent
Other footwear:	3.9 billion dollars, ii.8 percent
Other headwear:	2.82 billion dollars. 2 percent

As well in footwear and headwear, China accounts for the largest share of all export with 71.i billion dollars. Therefore it business relationship for over 50 percent of the total world trade. Vietnam and Italy are the second and third largest exports of footwear and headwear, exporting respectively thirteen.vi billion dollars and 12 billion. The tiptop iii exports account for 69.6 pct of the full exports in this segment. Rounding off the Tiptop 5 largest exporting regions of footwear and headwear are Indonesia with exports of 5.59 billion dollars and Federal republic of germany with 3.78 billion dollars.

State facts and figures

How many pieces of article of clothing are sold globe wide? How many people work in the international fashion manufacture? What is the total sales of clothing in the globe? This is the FashionUnited page with Facts and Figures nigh the global and US way industry. For facts and figures of the fashion manufacture in other countries and regions, see below.

The International style market place is a leading industry well known for cardinal players, such equally Inditex, LVMH, H&Thou, Nike, VF Corporation, Richemont, Adidas, Fast Retailing, Abercrombie & Fitch, Prada, Gap, Dior, Urban Outfitters, Burberry.

For the real-fourth dimension market value and other stock information on these companies, refer to the FashionUnited Top 100.

France

Population: 66.2 1000000
Labor force: 30.05 million
Unemployment rate: 9.9%
Gross domestic product per capita (PPP): $ 42,726

Domestic market value of way: $ 43.3 billion
Employment in fashion: 340,000

Way Statistics: French republic

Germany

Population: 80.9 million
Labor strength: 42.0 meg
Unemployment charge per unit: v.three%
GDP per capita (PPP): $ 47,627

Domestic marketplace value of fashion: $ 83,six billion
Employment in fashion: 340,000

Fashion Statistics: Deutschland

The Netherlands

Population: 16.9 million
Labor force: 9.0 one thousand thousand
Unemployment rate: 6.9%
GDP per capita (PPP): $ 52,139

Domestic market place value of fashion: $ 16.v billion
Employment in fashion: 87,910

Way Statistics: Holland

Spain

Population: 46.8 million
Labor forcefulness: 23.three million
Unemployment rate: 22.7%
GDP per capita (PPP): $ 29,863

Domestic market place value of fashion: $ 31.1 billion

Style Statistics: Spain

United kingdom

Population: 64.5 million
Labor force: 33 1000000
Unemployment rate: half dozen.3%
Gdp per capita (PPP): $ 46,297

Domestic market value of fashion: $ 94.i billion
Employment in fashion: 555,000

Way Statistics: United Kingdom

See too:

Wearing apparel manufacture statistics - Colombia
Fashion industry facts - France
Modebranche facts and figures - Germany
Textile and apparel sector statistics - Netherlands
Clothing industry facts and figures in the United Kingdom
Apparel and textiles industry facts - India
Fashion statistics - Spain
Manner retail industry statistics - Kingdom of belgium
Dress manufacture facts - Canada
Way industry facts and figures - Russia
Textile industry facts and figures - Switzerland
Garment retail facts and figures - Commonwealth of australia
Fashion manufacture facts and figures - New Zealand
Retail and textile industry facts and figures - Mexico
Wearing apparel facts and figures - Peru
Clothing industry facts and figures - Argentina
Style industry facts and figures - Chile
Apparel manufacture facts and figures - China
Clothing industry facts and figures - Italian republic
Clothing industry facts and figures - Japan
Bangladesh Garment Industry statistics - Bangladesh
Chinese textile and garment statistics, export champion of the globe - Communist china
Vietnam's garment industry is having its best time - Vietnam
Statistics style industry Indonesia - Indonesia

The style manufacture statistics pages are a product of FashionUnited Concern Intelligence. For other data, such every bit the FashionUnited Top 100, the FashionUnited Facebook Index and the List of Richestest People in Fashion, refer to the FashionUnited Acme 100.

Sources:

Import and export data: OEC
Largest companies Info: FashionUnited top 100
Population and Labour Data: Globe Banking concern | www.wto.org
Eurostat
CIA
ILO
WTO
IBISWorld
OECD
Comtrade (Un)
NYCEDC
Usa Census Bureau
JEC Autonomous
Bureau of Labor

General information


Population:	327 one thousand thousand
Labor strength:	161.0 million
Unemployment charge per unit:	three.8%
GDP per capita (PPS):	62,500 U.s.a. dollars


Market share of the way industry:	four percent
Domestic market value of the manner industry:	406 billion dollars
Employment in manner-related industries:	1.9 million

New York: Way capital


New York Metropolis population:	viii.55 million
New York City labor force:	4.2 million
Employment in mode-related industries (NYC only):	185,000
Wages in the fashion industry (NYC only):	eleven billion dollars
Fashion industry tax revenue (NYC only):	2 billion dollars
source: NYCEDC (US Demography Bureau)

Employment

In the Usa an estimated 1.8 million people are in employed in the fashion manufacture, among whom 232,000 in manufacturing textiles for wearing apparel and other fashion items. (JEC Democratic, Bureau of Labor)

Average annual wages in style range from 26,440 dollars, for textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators, to 84,600 dollars for marketing and sales managers in mode.

Nigh 79 percent of all U.s. employees in way work for apparel retailers. The boilerplate annual wage at such companies is 26,650 dollars. However in certain occupations the boilerplate wages are a lot higher. Marketing and sales managers at clothes retailers have the highest average almanac wage of 84,600 dollars. Accountants and auditors receive an average annual pay of 69,960 dollar and buyers and purchasing agents get paid 56,550 dollars, on boilerplate.

A smaller amount, 145,000 employees accounting for 8 percent of all employees in fashion work in dress wholesale and merchandising. The average annual wage in this sub industry is 52,350 dollars. Yet, some jobs pay less than the boilerplate wage. Graphic designers, for instance, receive wages around 48,320 dollars, whereas merchandise displayers and window trimmer receives 35,680. Jobs in production, planning and expediting, with average wages of 47,680, and in installation, maintenance and repair, with average annual wages of 43,430, besides pay less than average within apparel wholesale merchandising.

Another 8 percent, 143,000 people are employed in the apparel manufacturing industry where the average almanac wage is 34,110 dollars. However, there is a large range within this sub industry of style. Whereas computer occupations, such as information analysts, are paid the highest annual wage of 73,220 on average, cloth bleaching and dyeing automobile operators but receive 26,440 per annum. The wages for tailors, dressmakers and sewers are also in the low range with 27,510 dollars, on boilerplate. Maintenance and industrial machinery is paid effectually the average of this sub industry with almanac wages of 36,610 dollars. Other jobs in the high compensation range are in cloth and dress design making and marketplace research and marketing. Respectively these occupations pay an average almanac wage of 52,150 and 64,830 dollars.

Apart from the jobs listed before, the The states has room for effectually xviii,000 way designers. Their boilerplate annual wage is 73,690 dollars, meaning that they receive over 30 dollars per hr.

Apparel manufacturing

14.5 meg in 1990
13.1 1000000 in 1995
xiii.0 million in 2000
24.eight one thousand thousand in 2014

Textiles

19.7 meg in 1990
16.eight one thousand thousand in 1995
13.5 million in 200
33.0 million in 2014

Textiles and Article of clothing

34.2 million in 1990
29.9 1000000 in 1995
26.5 million in 2000
57.8 million in 2014

Mode companies

Some of the globe's largest way companies are based in the United States. Moreover, the currently largest mode company globally, Nike, is American. Nike is an athleisure- and lifestyle brand with annual revenues of thirty.6 billion and a market value of well-nigh a 105 billion dollars. Nike offers its products worldwide and its largest markets are the U.s., accounting for 46 percent of the full revenues, and Western Europe (nineteen percent). Well-nigh of Nike's income, virtually 94 percent, comes from the Nike brand. The remaining 6 percent comes from Converse, which is a subsidiary of Nike. The brand's best selling division is footwear, accounting for 64 percent of Nike'due south income.

With a market value of 54.5 billion dollars and 2015 almanac sales of 30.ix billion dollars, TJX Companies is the 2d largest manner company in the United states of america. TJX operates the majority of its stores in the Usa and is best known for its fast-fashion brand T.J. Maxx. Its The states sales account for 86 percent, with 26.vii billion dollars. The company is also agile on the Canadian and European market with its brands T.Thousand. Maxx, HomeSense, Winners and Marshalls.

The third largest style company in the United States is VF Corporation. VF owns several brands including Lee, The North Face, Timberland and Napapijri. In 2015 VF'due south almanac acquirement rose to 12.4 billion dollars with nigh of its revenues coming from the Outdoors and Activity Sports partitioning. The brands The North Confront, Vans and Timberland had combined sales of seven.4 billion dollars, accounting for nearly 60 percent of VF'south full income. Currently, VF corporation has a market value of 27.6 billion dollars.

Shut to VF Corporation, with a market place value of 25.three billion dollars is L Brands. L Brands is the parent company of Victoria'due south Secret and has most of its sales of 12.fifteen billion dollars, a near 93 percent, domestically. In 5th place of United States'' largest fashion companies is sports brands Under Armour. The 20-year-old brand managed annual revenues of 4.0 billion dollars in 2015, with 3.45 billion dollar in North America alone. Nether Armour is currently valued at 17.8 billion dollars on the New York Stock Exchange.

Consumer expenditure

In million US dollars

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Imports & Exports(2016)

Exports of textiles and vesture: 22.9 billion dollars

The Us are not one of the largest exporters of fashion-related products in the globe, all the same it still supplies a fair share of several textiles for manner purpose to overseas markets. The largest export products among textile and wearable of the United states of america are:


Raw cotton wool:	4.41 billion dollars, 19 percent
Nonwoven textiles:	one.77 billion dollars, eight percent
Cotton yarn of over 85 percent:	1.13 billion dollars, 5 percentage
Artificial filament tow:	1.04 billion dollars, 4.v percentage
Synthetic fila ent yarn:	1.03 billion dollars, 4.5 per centum

Exports of footwear and headwear: 1.14 billion dollar


Footwear, with leather body:	306 one thousand thousand dollars, 27 per centum
Parts of footwear:	263 million dollars, 23 percent
Other headgear:	139 meg dollars, 12 percent
Footwear, with textile body:	85.iv million dollars, 7.5 percent
Other footwear of rubber of plastics:	76.9 million dollars, 7 percent
Other footwear:	74.7 million dollars, six.5 percent

Imports of clothing: 105 billion dollars

The United states of america are the largest importer of manner-related products in the world. It mostly imports manufactured apparel.


Sweaters, pullovers, sweatshirts, etc.:	14.1 billion dollars, thirteen percentage
Women's suits, non knit:	ix.37 billion dollars, 9 per centum
Men'due south suits, non knit:	8.2 billion dollars, 8 per centum
Women's suits:	5.63 billion dollars, v pct
T-shirts:	5.two billion dollars, v pct

Imports of footwear and headwear: 28.8 billion dollars


Footwear, with leather body:	12.2 billion dollars, 42 percent
Other footwear of safe or plastics:	6.64 billion dollars, 23 percentage
Footwear, with textile body:	4.7 billion dollars, 16 pct
Hats, knitted or crocheted:	1.34 billion dollars, five pct

Sources

Import and export information: OEC
Largest companies Info: FashionUnited acme 100
Population and Labour Data: World Banking company | world wide web.wto.org