Publish Date: October 2026
Updated Tariff & Recession Risk Analysis and Forecasts
The 2026 Men’s & Boys’ Clothing Manufacturing Market Report covers the $1.5 billion industry which in the US operates in a highly competitive global environment, with domestic producers increasingly focused on premium segments, quick-response manufacturing, and specialized technical apparel that command value premiums over mass-market imports. Consumer preferences are evolving toward performance fabrics, sustainable materials, and versatile styling that bridges casual and formal occasions, creating opportunities for innovative domestic producers. Manufacturers face intense challenges from labor cost disparities, raw material sourcing complexities, sustainability demands, and significant tariff considerations affecting both imported textiles and finished garment exports. Successful companies differentiate through technical fabric innovation, manufacturing flexibility enabling rapid style changes, made-in-USA branding that resonates with quality-conscious consumers, and direct-to-consumer business models in this rapidly evolving sector.
Men’s & Boys’ Clothing Manufacturing Industry Description
Men’s & Boys’ Clothing Manufacturing produces male-oriented apparel including suits, shirts, pants, and outerwear. Companies transform fabrics into finished garments designed for male body proportions through cutting, sewing, and finishing operations. Manufacturing processes include pattern-based fabric cutting, assembly through multiple specialized sewing operations, structural reinforcement, pressing to create three-dimensional shaping, and finishing operations. These businesses serve retail and wholesale markets. The industry continuously improves fit consistency, manufacturing efficiency, and increasingly focuses on performance features like stretch, wrinkle resistance, and moisture management, comfort enhancements, and modern styling that addresses evolving male fashion preferences while maintaining traditional construction quality in tailored categories.
NAICS Code: 31522
Number of Companies: 385
Number of Plants / Facilities: 410
Total Employees: 15,050
Market Size: $1.5 billion
TARIFF IMPACT (Summer 2025 – Download Report for Updated Analysis)
This report has in-depth analysis on the recent US tariff changes on material costs, quantifying import dependencies, tariff exposure rates, and key source countries for the men’s & boys’ clothing manufacturing sector.
Estimated Tariff Cost: $120 million
Relative Tariff Impact: SEVERE
Men’s & Boys’ Clothing Manufacturing Report Format
The 2026 U.S. Men’s & Boys’ Clothing Manufacturing Market Report is 63 pages of deep insights into the trends, dynamics, and forecasts shaping the industry. This market report is utilized by professionals to gain a in-depth understanding of the sector for business strategy, planning, forecasting, benchmarking, industry analysis, valuations, identifying organizational inefficiencies, financial analysis, and more.
This report covers more than 100 statistical data sets with historical trend data from 2017 to 2025, and 2026 and 2030 forecasts. The report includes market size & growth, in-depth OPEX analysis on 26 categories, dozens of financial metrics, forecasts on 100+ data sets, plant inventory analysis, composition of balance sheets, numerous industry segmentations, top 50 companies analysis, material costs analysis, profitability metrics, state metrics analysis, plant capacity analysis, employee role analysis, inflation statistics, wage analysis, revenue per employee trends, and numerous other data sets.
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Report Table of Contents
Explore the below table of contents to understand the extensive statistical data sets in this report and why thousands of executives, consultants, bankers, accountants, and other professionals trust Kentley Insights for their market research needs.
The data source for the report is extensive annual expense, revenue, wage, operational, and economic surveys administered by federal and private institutions and filled out by a majority of companies in the men’s & boys’ clothing manufacturing industry. Our forecasts take into account historical trends, industry dynamics, and our macroeconomic projections.
1-2 – Market Report Overview & Contents
3 – Market Overview
– Data Sources, Industry Definition & Market Commentary
4 – Market Synopsis – Revenue & Growth
5 – Market Synopsis – Costs & Profitability
SECTION ONE
REVENUE & GROWTH ANALYSIS
7 – Market Size Details
– Industry Revenues, Companies & Facilities
– Trend Analysis 2017-2025
– 2026 & 2030 Forecasts
8 – Growth Benchmarks
– Sales per Company & Plant
– Trend Analysis 2017-2025
– 2026 & 2030 Forecasts
9 – Product Lines Revenue
– Percentage of Revenue from Product Lines
10 – BCG Matrix – Net Income vs. Revenue Growth
– Subsectors vs. Industry
11 – Total Sales by Month & Year
– 2021-2025 Sales per Month
12 – Inventory Value by Month & Year
– Inventory Value per Month for 2021-2025
13 – Months of Inventory
– Months of Inventory per Month for 2021-2025
14 – Sector Revenue by Segments
– Concentration Segments by Top Companies
– Business Size Segments
– Business Structure Segments
15 – Market Size by State
16 – Market Size as a % of State GDP
17 – Sales as a % of State Manufacturing
18 – Market Segmentation by Business Size
19 – Market Segmentation by Business Size
– Business Size Segments – 1-4, 5-9, 10-20, 21-50, 51-100, 101-250, & 250+ employees
– Companies, Facilities, Sales, Employees & Payroll
20 – Segmentation by Concentration (Top 50 Companies)
– Concentration Segments – Top 4, 5-8, 9-20, & 21-50 companies
– Companies, Facilities, Sales, Employees & Payroll
21 – Market Share of Top 50 Companies
22 – Subsector Market Share of Top 50 Companies
23 – Segmentation by Business Structure
– Business Structure Segments – C-Corporations, S-Corporations, Partnerships, & Sole Proprietorships
– Companies, Facilities, Sales, Employees & Payroll
24 – Revenue per Company by State
– Revenue per Company
25 – Revenue per Company by Segments
26 – Revenue per Facility by State
27 – Revenue per Facility by Segment
– Business Size, Concentration, & Structure
28 – Subsector Growth
– Sales and 5-Year Growth
29 – Subsector Statistics
– Sales per Company & Facility, and 5-Year Growth
30 – Consolidation Analysis
– 5-Year Growth of Companies & Locations
31 – Employment Consolidation Analysis
– 5-Year Growth of Employee Statistics
32 – Subsector Consolidation Analysis
– Number of Companies & Facilities
– 5-Year Growth
33 – Subsector Consolidation Analysis
– Facilities per Company
– Employees per Company
– 5-Year Growth
SECTION TWO
COST, CAPITAL & PROFIT BENCHMARKS
35 – Profitability & Financial Ratio Analysis
– Percent of Companies that are Profitable
– Average Net Income as a Percent of Revenue
– 10 of the Top Financial Ratios
– Assets and Liabilities indexed to industry revenue at 100
– Current & Non-Current Assets: 14 Categories
– Short-term, Long-term Liabilities, & Net Worth: 13 Categories
37 – OPEX
– Industry OPEX
– Revenue vs. OPEX Growth
– OPEX as a Percent of Revenue
– Trend Analysis 2017-2025
– 2026 & 2030 Forecasts
38 – OPEX by Company & Plant
– OPEX per Company & Facility
– Revenue vs. Expenses Growth per Plant
– Trend Analysis & Forecasts
Page 39 – OPEX Detail
– Employee Expenses: payroll, insurance, pension, defined contribution plans, fringe benefits, temps
– Cost of Materials: materials, parts, containers, packaging, cost of resale, electricity and fuels, contract work
– Buildings and Equipment: capex for equipment, rental or lease for equipment, capex for buildings and structures, rental or leases, repair and maintenance
– Other Operating Expenses: professional and technical services, IT software and hardware, data processing and communications, advertising, refuse removal, taxes and license fees, other
-Inventory Breakdown: finished goods, work-in-progress, materials and supplies
40 – Production Material Costs & Tariff Analysis
– Top Production Material Costs Breakdown
– Industry & Material Tariff Analysis – % of costs, import %, tariff costs, source countries
41 – Producer Pricing Index
– Annual PPI – Indexed to 2006
– Trend Analysis & Forecasts
– Monthly PPI Figures for the Past 4 Years
42 – Plant Utilization & Hours
– Plant Utilization Rate
– Plant Operational Hours per Week
– 2022-2025 Historical Figures by Quarter
43 – Reasons for Non-Full Production
– 7 Categories Quarterly Survey Results for Past 2 Years
44 – Productivity & Employment
– Revenue per Employee
– Total Employees
– Employees per Company
– Trend Analysis & Forecasts
45 – Employee Productivity by Segments
– Business Size, Concentration, & Structure
46 – Employee Productivity by State
47 –Subsector Sales & Payroll per Employee
– Absolute & 5-Year Growth
48 – Payroll Analysis
– Payroll per Employee, Company & Plant
– Trend Analysis & Forecasts
49 – Payroll per Company by Segments
50 – Payroll per Plant by Segments
51 – Payroll per Employee by Segments
52 – Payroll per Employee by State
53 – Organizational Composition
– % of Employees for 27 Job Categories
– Management & Finance
– Sales & Marketing
– Technology, Engineering, Science
– Service, Support & Training
– Operations
54 – Job Categorization Pay Ranges
– Management & Finance
– Sales, Service & Marketing
– Operations
– Pay Bands – Bottom 10% & 25%, Mean, Top 25% & 10%
55 – Top 20 Jobs Breakdown
56 – Top 20 Jobs Pay
57 – Employees per Company by Segments
58 – Employees per Plant by Segments
59 – Facilities per Company by Segments
60 – Total Employment by State
61 – Population to Every Employee by State
62 – Employees per Facility by State
63 – Overview of Kentley Insights
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Product Lines, Materials, and Jobs Covered in Report
PRODUCT LINES
Men’s and boys’ nontailored coats, jackets, and vests, including down- and feather-filled (excluding ski apparel and work jackets), made from purchased fabrics
Men’s and boys’ workpants (excluding jeans), work jackets, coveralls, overalls, jumpsuits, and washable service apparel, including nondisposable hospital patient wear, made from purchased fabrics
Men’s and boys’ (including unisex) knit dress and sport shirts (including polo shirts, tank tops, sweatshirts, and t-shirts), made from purchased fabrics
Men’s and boys’ tailored suits, including dress uniforms (firefighter, military, police, etc.), made from purchased fabrics
Men’s and boys’ woven dress and sport shirts, made from purchased fabrics
Men’s and boys’ nightwear, robes, and knit underwear, made from purchased fabrics
Men’s and boys’ separate dress and sport trousers, pants, and slacks (excluding jeans, jean-cut casual slacks, workpants, and sweatpants), made from purchased fabrics
Men’s and boys’ cut and sew apparel manufacturing, nsk, total
Men’s and boys’ work shirts, made from purchased fabrics
Men’s and boys’ jeans and jean-cut casual slacks, made from purchased fabrics
MATERIAL COST CATEGORIES
Woven textile fabrics, including broadwoven and narrow fabrics
Materials, ingredients, containers, and supplies, nsk
Nonwoven textile fabrics, including knits, felts, etc.
Other misc. textile products, including paddings and upholstery filling, batting, and wadding; and trimmings and findings
Fasteners, buttons, needles, zippers, and pins
Cost of all other materials and components, parts, containers, and supplies consumed
Acrylic yarns
INDUSTRY JOBS ANALYZED
Sewing Machine Operators
Laborers and Material Movers, Hand
Designers
Tailors, Dressmakers, and Sewers
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Miscellaneous Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks
General and Operations Managers
Textile Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Customer Service Representatives
Miscellaneous Production Workers
Office Clerks, General
Cutting Workers
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Retail Salespersons
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
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