This U.S. industry comprises establishments commonly referred to as contractors primarily engaged in (1) cutting materials owned by others for women's, girls', and infants' apparel and accessories and/or (2) sewing materials owned by others for women's, girls', and infants' apparel and accessories.
The Women's, Girls', and Infants' Cut and Sew Apparel Contractors sector (NAICS 315212) is experiencing significant qualitative trends shaped by consumer preferences, technology, and sustainability concerns. The demand for athleisure and casual wear has surged, driven by a shift towards more comfortable and versatile clothing options. This trend is expected to persist as remote work and flexible lifestyles become normalized. Additionally, there is a growing consumer focus on sustainable and ethically produced apparel. Brands and contractors increasingly adopt eco-friendly materials and transparent supply chains to meet this demand.
Technological advancements are also playing a crucial role. The integration of digital tools for designing, pattern making, and virtual sampling is streamlining operations and reducing waste. E-commerce growth is prompting contractors to increase their agility and responsiveness to market trends, leveraging data analytics for better demand forecasting and inventory management. Customization and personalization options are gaining traction, offering unique value propositions.
Looking ahead, forecasts suggest a stabilizing yet innovation-driven growth path for this sector. Sustainability will remain a key driver, with heightened regulatory and consumer scrutiny pushing towards greener practices. Furthermore, the continued evolution of e-commerce platforms and digital innovations will likely support more efficient and adaptive manufacturing processes, ensuring that contractors stay competitive in a rapidly changing market landscape.
Apparel trimmings and findings, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Apparel, fur, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Apparel, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew contractors
Appliqueing on women's, girls', and infants' apparel
Aprons, waterproof (including plastics, rubberized fabric), women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Aprons, work (except leather), women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Arm bands, elastic, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Athletic clothing, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Athletic uniforms, team, women's, girls', and infants, cut and sew apparel contractors
Bakers' service apparel, washable, women's, cut and sew apparel contractors
Band uniforms, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Bandeaux, women's and girls', cut and sew apparel contractors
Baseball caps (except plastics), women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Baseball uniforms, women's and girls', cut and sew apparel contractors
Basketball uniforms, women's and girls', cut and sew apparel contractors
Bathing suits, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Bathrobes, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Beachwear, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Bedjackets, women's, girls' and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Belts, apparel (e.g., fabric, leather, vinyl), women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Belts, money, any material, women's and girls', cut and sew apparel contractors
Bibs and aprons, waterproof (e.g., plastics, rubber, similar materials), women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Bibs, waterproof, cut and sew apparel contractors
Blouses, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Body stockings, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Bra-slips, women's and girls', cut and sew apparel contractors
Brassieres cut and sew apparel contractors
Bridal dresses or gowns, women's, misses', and juniors', apparel contractors
Briefs, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Buntings, infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Burial garments, women's, girls' and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Buttonhole making apparel contractors, women's, misses', girls', and infants' (except fur)
Buttonhole making, fur goods, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Buttonholing and button covering apparel contractors, women's, misses', and girls'
Caftans, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Camisoles, women's and girls', cut and sew apparel contractors
Capes (except fur), women's, girls' and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Capes, fur, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Caps (i.e., apparel accessory), women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Caps and gowns, academic, women's and girls', cut and sew apparel contractors
Caps, textiles, straw, fur-felt, and wool-felt, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Chauffeurs' hats and caps, women's, cut and sew apparel contractors
Chemises, women's and girls', cut and sew apparel contractors
Clerical vestments, women's and girls', cut and sew apparel contractors
Clothing, fur, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Clothing, leather or sheep-lined, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Clothing, water resistant, women's, girls' and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Clothing, waterproof, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Clothing, water-repellent, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Coat linings, fur, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Coat trimmings, fabric, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Coats (including tailored, leather, or sheep-lined), women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Coats, artificial leather, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Coats, fur, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Coats, leather, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Coats, nontailored service apparel (e.g., laboratory, medical, mechanics'), women's and girls', cut and sew apparel contractors
Coats, waterproof (i.e., plastics, rubberized fabric, similar materials), women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Coats, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Collar and cuff sets, women's, girls' and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Contractors, women's, girls' and infants', cut and sew apparel
Corselets cut and sew apparel contractors
Corsets and allied garments (except surgical), women's, cut and sew apparel contractors
Costumes (e.g., lodge, masquerade, theatrical) women's, girls' and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Coveralls, work, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Culottes, women's, girls' and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Cut and sew apparel contractors, women's, girls', and infants'
Cutting fabric owned by others for women's, girls', and infants' apparel
Diaper covers, water resistant and waterproof, cut and sew apparel contractors
Dickeys, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Down-filled clothing, women's, girls' and infants' cut and sew apparel contractors
Drawers, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Dress and semidress gloves, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Dress trimmings, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Dresses, women's, misses', girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Dressing gowns, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Dungarees, women's girls' and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Dusters (i.e., apparel), women's and girls', cut and sew apparel contractors
Ensemble dresses, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Eyelet making contractors on women's, misses', girls', and infants' apparel
Feather-filled clothing, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Findings, suit and coat (e.g., coat fromts, pockets), women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Firefighters' dress uniforms, women's, cut and sew apparel contractors
Flannel shirts, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Foundation garments, women's and girls', cut and sew apparel contractors
Fur accessories and trimings, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Fur apparel (e.g., capes, coats, hats, jackets, neckpieces), women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Fur clothing, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Fur finishers, liners, and buttonhole makers, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Fur plates and trimmings, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Garments, leather or sheep-lined, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Garter belts cut and sew apparel contractors
Garters, women's, cut and sew apparel contractors
Girdles, women's, cut and sew apparel contractors
Glove linings, fur, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Gloves and mittens (except athletic), leather, fabric, fur, or combinations, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Gloves and mittens, woven or knit, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Gloves, leather (except athletic), women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Gowns (e.g., academic, choir, clerical), women's, and girls', cut and sew apparel contractors
Gowns, formal, women's and girls', cut and sew apparel contractors
Gowns, hospital, surgical and patient, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Gowns, wedding, women's, cut and sew apparel contractors
Graduation caps and gowns, women's and girls', cut and sew apparel contractors
Handkerchiefs (except paper), women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Hat bodies (e.g., fur-felt, straw, wool-felt), women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Hat findings, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Hat linings and trimmings, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Hats, cloth, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Hats, fur, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Hats, fur-felt, straw, and wool-felt, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Hats, leather, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Hats, trimmed, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Hats, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Headbands, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Hemstitching apparel contractors on women's, girls', and infants' apparel
Hospital service apparel, washable, women's and girls', cut and sew apparel contractors
Housecoats, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Housedresses, women's and girls', cut and sew apparel contractors
Industrial garments, women's and girls', cut and sew apparel contractors
Infants' cut and sew apparel contractors
Jackets, fur, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Jackets, leather (except welders') or sheep-lined, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Jackets, service apparel (e.g., laboratory, medical), women's and girls', cut and sew apparel contractors
Jackets, ski, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Jackets, tailored, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Jackets, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Jean-cut casual slacks, women's, girls, and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Jeans, women's, misses', girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Jerseys, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Jogging suits, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Jumpsuits, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Knickers, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Knit gloves, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Laboratory coats, women's, cut and sew apparel contractors
Leather apparel (e.g., capes, coats, hats, jackets), women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Leather clothing manufacturing, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Leather gloves or mittens (except athletic), women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Leggings, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Leotards, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Lingerie, women's, cut and sew apparel contractors
Lounging robes and dressing gowns, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Mackinaws, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Maternity bras and corsets, women's, cut and sew apparel contractors
Medical service apparel, women's, cut and sew apparel contractors
Melton jackets, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Middies, women's, girls' and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Military dress uniforms, women's, cut and sew apparel contractors
Millinery trimmings, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Millinery, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Mittens, leather, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Mittens, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Mittens, woven or knit, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Mufflers, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Neckpieces, fur, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Neckties, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Neckwear, women's, girls' and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Negligees, women's, cut and sew apparel contractors
Nightgowns, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Nightshirts, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Nightwear, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Opera hats, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Overcoats, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Pajamas, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Panama hats, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Panties, women's and girls', cut and sew apparel contractors
Pants outfits, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Pants, athletic, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Pants, infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Pants, sweat, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Pants, waterproof outerwear, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Pants, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Pantsuits, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Panty girdles cut and sew apparel contractors
Paper dresses, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Plastics gowns, women's, girls', and infants, cut and sew apparel contractors
Plastics rainwear, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Playsuits, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Pleating contractors on women's, girls', and infants' apparel
Pockets (e.g., coat, suit), women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Police caps and hats (except protective head gear), women's, cut and sew apparel contractors
Police uniforms, women's, cut and sew apparel contractors
Polo shirts, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Ponchos and similar waterproof raincoats, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Prayer shawls, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Professional service apparel, washable, women's, cut and sew apparel contractors
Raincoats, water resistant, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Raincoats, waterproof, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Raincoats, water-repellent, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Riding clothes, women's and girls', cut and sew apparel contractors
Robes, lounging, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Rompers, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Scarves, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Service apparel, washable, women's, cut and sew apparel contractors
Sewing fabric owned by others for women's, girls' and infants' apparel
Shirts, outerwear, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Shirts, underwear, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Shorts, outerwear, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Ski pants, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Ski suits, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Skirts, women's, misses', girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Slacks, jean-cut casual, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Slacks, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Slips, women's and girls', cut and sew apparel contractors
Snowsuits, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Sports clothing, women's and girls', cut and sew apparel contractors
Suits (i.e., nontailored, tailored, work), women's, misses', girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Suspenders, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Sweat bands, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Sweat pants, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Sweat suits, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Sweater jackets, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Sweater vests, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Sweaters, women's, and girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Sweatshirts, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Swimsuits, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Tank tops, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Team athletic uniforms, women's and girls', cut and sew apparel contractors
Teddies, women's, cut and sew apparel contractors
Tennis shirts, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Tennis skirts, women's and girls', cut and sew apparel contractors
Theatrical costumes, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Training pants (i.e., underwear), infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Trimmings, fur, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
T-shirts, outerwear, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
T-shirts, underwear, women's, misses', girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Underwear shirts, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Underwear shorts, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Underwear, women's, misses', girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Uniform hats and caps, women's, and girls', cut and sew apparel contractors
Uniform shirts, women's and girls', cut and sew apparel contractors
Uniforms, band, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Uniforms, dress (e.g., military, police, fire fighter), women's, cut and sew apparel contractors
Uniforms, nontailored, women's and girls', cut and sew apparel contractors
Uniforms, team athletic, women's and girls', cut and sew apparel contractors
Union suits, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Vestments, academic and clerical, women's and girls', cut and sew apparel contractors
Vests, leather, fur, or sheep-lined, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Vests, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Warmup suits, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Washable service apparel, women's and girls', cut and sew apparel contractors
Water resistant outerwear, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Waterproof outerwear, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Water-repellent outerwear, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Wedding dresses, women's, cut and sew apparel contractors
Windbreakers, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sew apparel contractors
Work gloves, leather, women's and girls', cut and sew apparel contractors
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