Major Group: 23—Apparel And Other Finished Products Made From Fabrics And Similar Materials
This major group, known as the cutting-up and needle trades, includes establishments producing clothing and fabricating products by cutting and sewing purchased woven or knit textile fabrics and related materials, such as leather, rubberized fabrics, plastics, and furs. Also included are establishments that manufacture clothing by cutting and joining (for example, by adhesives) materials such as paper and non-woven textiles. Included in the apparel industries are three types of establishments: (1) the regular or inside factories; (2) contract factories; and (3) apparel jobbers. The regular factories perform all of the usual manufacturing functions within their own plant; the contract factories manufacture apparel from materials owned by others; and apparel jobbers perform the entrepreneurial functions of a manufacturing company, such as buying raw materials, designing and preparing samples, arranging for the manufacture of clothing from their materials, and selling of the finished apparel.
Knitting mills are classified in Industry 2253 if primarily knitting outerwear, and in Industry 2254 if primarily knitting underwear and nightwear. Custom tailors and dressmakers not operating on a factory basis are classified in Retail Trade, Industry 5699; and establishments which purchase and resell finished garments but do not perform the functions of the, apparel jobbers are classified in Wholesale Trade, Industry Group 513.
| Codes |
Titles |
Total Marketable US Businesses |
Industry Group 231: Men's And Boys' Suits, Coats, And Overcoats
Industry Group 232: Men's And Boys' Furnishings, Work Clothing, And Allied Garments
Industry Group 233: Women's, Misses', And Juniors' Outerwear
| 2331 | Women's, Misses', and Juniors' Blouses and Shirts | 613 |
| 2335 | Women's, Misses', and Juniors' Dresses | 881 |
| 2337 | Women's, Misses', and Juniors' Suits, Skirts, and Coats | 187 |
| 2339 | Women's, Misses', and Juniors' Outerwear, Not Elsewhere Classified | 1,998 |
Industry Group 234: Women's, Misses', Children's, And Infants' Undergarments
Industry Group 235: Hats, Caps, And Millinery
Industry Group 236: Girls', Children's, And Infants' Outerwear
Industry Group 237: Fur Goods
Industry Group 238: Miscellaneous Apparel And Accessories
Industry Group 239: Miscellaneous Fabricated Textile Products
| 2391 | Curtains and Draperies | 578 |
| 2392 | House furnishing, Except Curtains and Draperies | 1,066 |
| 2393 | Textile Bags | 404 |
| 2394 | Canvas and Related Products | 1,618 |
| 2395 | Pleating, Decorative and Novelty Stitching, and Tucking for the Trade | 7,420 |
| 2396 | Automotive Trimmings, Apparel Findings, and Related Products | 1,654 |
| 2397 | Schiffli Machine Embroideries | 88 |
| 2399 | Fabricated Textile Products, Not Elsewhere Classified | 1,499 |
