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Cmt Industry Statistics

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Cmt Industry Statistics
Samuel NorbergWritten by Samuel Norberg·Fact-checked by Maya Johansson
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01 Industry overview

The cmt industry at a glance

The cut-make-trim (CMT) apparel industry remains a labor-intensive, globally distributed manufacturing segment; U.S. cut-and-sew apparel manufacturing generated $7.67 billion in 2024 revenue while employment continued to decline.

$7.67B[86]
U.S. revenue, 2024
44,395[86]
U.S. employees, 2024
-37.7%[21]
U.S. employment change, 2024–2034
13.5%[87]
China textile-clothing export share, 2022
Market size
U.S. cut-and-sew apparel manufacturing recorded $7.67 billion in revenue in 2024, alongside $1.80 billion in annual payroll and 44,395 employees. This is a national industry measure rather than a global CMT market estimate.[86]
Market share & regions
Asia remains the dominant production region in global textile and clothing value chains. Chinese textile and clothing companies represented an average 13.5% of world exports in 2022, while Vietnam’s clothing and footwear exports remained concentrated in major markets including the United States, Japan and South Korea through 2024.[87]
Segmentation
CMT covers cutting, sewing and finishing using the buyer’s designs and supplied materials. In the apparel value chain, it is narrower than OEM/FOB, ODM and own-brand manufacturing; one industry analysis places indicative gross margins at 8–12% for CMT, 12–18% for OEM/FOB, 18–25% for ODM and above 30% for own-brand operations.
Key players & concentration
Production is fragmented across contract factories, but export capacity is concentrated in major Asian manufacturing hubs. China’s textile and clothing companies averaged 13.5% of world exports in 2022, while Vietnam’s clothing and footwear exports were described by the WTO as highly concentrated in a few major destination markets during 2019–2024.[87]
Pricing
CMT pricing is generally based on a processing or manufacturing charge because the buyer supplies the design and materials. A 2024 industry report estimates CMT gross margins at 8–12%, below the indicative margins for OEM/FOB, ODM and own-brand models.
Trends, drivers & challenges
U.S. apparel manufacturing employment is projected to fall from 79.0 thousand jobs to 49.2 thousand between the base and projected years shown by the BLS, a 37.7% decline. The BLS also reported a 5.5% decline in cut-and-sew apparel labor productivity in its 2025 annual results, highlighting continuing cost, productivity and competitiveness pressures.[21]
Consumer behavior & competition
Reliable CMT-specific consumer statistics were not identified. Available trade reporting indicates that competition is shaped by discount retailers, fast-fashion brands, offshore production and tariff exposure, but the cited evidence does not provide a sufficiently precise CMT consumer metric.[88]
Regulation
Textile apparel is a priority product group under the EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation work plan for 2025–2030. The European Commission currently indicates planned adoption of a textile delegated act in the fourth quarter of 2027, with Digital Product Passports expected to provide information on product identity, fiber composition, origin, repair, reuse and recycling.[89]
Latest news
The latest directly relevant official development found is the U.S. Census Bureau’s September 3, 2026 release of 2024 Annual Integrated Economic Survey data, which reports $7.67 billion in revenue and 44,395 employees for U.S. cut-and-sew apparel manufacturing. The European Commission also updated its textile-apparel Digital Product Passport information in 2026, with implementation work continuing toward the planned 2027 delegated act.[90][89]

02 Ranking

Top 10 Companies in the Cmt Industry

The leading companies in the cmt industry, ranked on market impact, performance, momentum, innovation and brand popularity.

Updated November 11, 2026 · Next review December 11, 2026

Verdict

Hirdaramani Group leads Gitnux's 2026 cmt ranking with an Overall score of 9.4, with an apparel workforce totaled 53,796 employees in 2024. MAS Holdings is the highest-ranked vertically integrated apparel manufacturer at 9.1, with apparel manufacturing across nine countries and nearly 100,000 people.

Ranked by Overall score · How we score ↓

Editor's top 3 picks

Where to start, by need.

  1. #1 Overall · Leader in apparel contract manufacturing

    Hirdaramani Group

    LK

    Ranked #1 · 9.4 · Apparel contract manufacturing

    Why we picked it: Large apparel manufacturing headcount in South Asia and Africa supports buyer-driven CMT processing scale.

    See in ranking ↓Visit hirdaramani.com ↗

  2. Leader in vertically integrated apparel manufacturing

    MAS Holdings

    LK

    Ranked #2 · 9.1 · Vertically integrated apparel manufacturing

    Why we picked it: Integrated apparel manufacturing footprint across nine countries aligns with CMT-style distributed production demands.

    See in ranking ↓Visit masholdings.com ↗

  3. #3 overall

    Youngone

    KR

    Ranked #3 · 8.8 · Apparel contract manufacturing

    Why we picked it: Performance apparel manufacturing spans product categories beyond basic CMT processing, impacting order mix and throughput.

    See in ranking ↓Visit youngonecorporation.com ↗

Pick 1 is the #1 company overall. Pick 2 is the highest-ranked company in the top 5 that adds a new segment; no further segment places in the top 5, so pick 3 follows rank.

Full ranking

Sort by
Top 10 companies in the cmt industry, 2026 – Gitnux ranking
#CompanyOverall ↓Company snapshot
1

Hirdaramani Group

Apparel contract manufacturing · LK

9.4
2

MAS Holdings

Vertically integrated apparel manufacturing · LK

9.1
3

Youngone

Apparel contract manufacturing · KR

8.8
4

Ha-Meem Group

Vertically integrated apparel manufacturing · BD

8.8
5

Shahi Exports

Vertically integrated apparel manufacturing · IN

8.6
6

Compagnie Mauricienne de Textile

Vertically integrated apparel manufacturing · MU

8.3
7

Epic Group

Apparel contract manufacturing · BD

8.2
8

DBL Group

Knitwear manufacturing · BD

8.2
9

Epyllion Group

Knitwear manufacturing · BD

8.2
10

Brandix

Vertically integrated apparel manufacturing · LK

8.1

How we score

  • Impact (30%): scale and weight in the market (revenue, market share, employees, market position).
  • Performance (20%): recent revenue growth and operating margin; an analyst assessment where a company does not publish them.
  • Momentum (20%): growth trajectory and future potential.
  • Innovation (15%): R&D intensity and how technologically advanced the company is.

Popularity (brand search demand, 15%) counts toward Overall but is not published as a column. Overall leaves out what is not known.

Scale Scores are shown on a 7–10 scale with one decimal; bars start at 7.0.

Cadence Recalculated when new figures are published; next review December 11, 2026.

Independence. Rankings are editorially independent. Scores, ranks, picks and the verdict follow the method above; no company can pay to change them.

Cite this ranking

APA

Samuel Norberg. (2026, November 11). Top 10 companies in the cmt industry. In Cmt Industry Statistics. Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/cmt-industry-statistics/#top-companies

report visual · Projection

Sales, value of shipments, or revenue of women's, girls', and infants' cut and sew apparel manufacturing (United States)

Sales, value of shipments, or revenue of women's, girls', and infants' cut and sew apparel manufacturing grew from $2.9B in 2018 to $3.0B in 2021.

$2.9B
Start
+1.8%
CAGR · 3y
$3B
Projected
20182021
source-verifieddata.census.gov2021

04 Statistics

Technology & Innovation

The section shows AI skill demand rising: 11% of U.S. manufacturing job postings required AI-related skills by July 2026, alongside automation relevance across technology, media and telecom.

AI in the cmt industry

  • 3.8% of Michigan advanced-manufacturing job demand required AI skills in 2025, up from 2.0% in 2023.[1]
  • 41% of the U.S. workforce reported work-related generative-AI use in November 2025.[2]
  • 11% of U.S. manufacturing job postings required AI-related skills by July 2026.[2]
  • 18% of U.S. firms reported using AI in a business function during December 2025.[2]
  • 20% of OECD firms used artificial intelligence in 2025, rising to 52% among large firms.[3]
  • 54% of U.S. workers were employed by firms using large language models in November 2025.[2]

Automation in the cmt industry

  • 42% of work in manufacturing functions at U.S. apparel, fashion and luxury companies is expected to be automated by 2030 with generative-AI acceleration.[4]
  • 13% of the U.S. communications-infrastructure workforce declined between 2019 and 2025 while network reliability and usage increased.[5]
  • 69% of technology, media and telecommunications companies rated increasing automation as highly relevant to business development in 2026.[6]
  • 35% of manufacturing job postings required general computer skills on average through July 2026.[2]

Digital Transformation in the pharmaceuticals and biotech sector (sector benchmark)

  • 13% of clinical-research organizations surveyed reported a comprehensive AI-driven digital programme in 2024.[7]
  • 35% of clinical-research organizations surveyed were piloting digital technologies in 2024, up from 29% in 2019.[7]
  • 45% of pharmaceutical companies surveyed were pursuing digitalization as an innovation or technology in 2024.[8]
  • 15.1% of global pharmaceutical-industry survey respondents reported that Pharma 4.0 digital transformation had not started in 2023.[9]
  • 58.1% of global pharmaceutical-industry survey respondents were in the pilots or systematic-ongoing-actions stages of Pharma 4.0 adoption in 2023.[9]

Technology Adoption in the pharmaceuticals and biotech sector (sector benchmark)

  • 63% of global biopharma respondents had adopted robotics and automation in 2023.[10]
  • 59% of global biopharma respondents had adopted artificial intelligence or machine learning in 2023.[10]
  • 55% of biopharma AI adopters reported using AI in process development in 2024.[11]
  • 37% of small biopharma respondents reported that more than 60% of their R&D laboratory instruments had automated data capture in 2024.[12]
  • 70% of global biopharma respondents had adopted an R&D data platform in 2023.[10]

Cloud Computing in the pharmaceuticals and biotech sector (sector benchmark)

  • 23% of small biopharma respondents had adopted cloud-based scientific software or SaaS in 2024.[11]
  • 49% of biopharma survey respondents reported using cloud computing to facilitate day-to-day work in 2021.[5]
  • 18% of global biopharma respondents had adopted cloud-based scientific software or SaaS in 2023.[10]
  • 17% of large biopharma respondents had adopted cloud-based scientific software or SaaS in 2024.[11]
  • 77% of life-sciences commercial IT leaders reported investing primarily in cloud infrastructure in 2024.[13]

Big Data in the pharmaceuticals and biotech sector (sector benchmark)

  • 43% of small and midsize pharmaceutical companies surveyed were pursuing big data and analytics in 2024.[8]
  • 49% of clinical-research survey respondents reported using AI and big-data analytics in drug development in 2024.[7]
  • 48% of pharmaceutical companies surveyed were pursuing big data and analytics in 2024.[8]
  • 33% of biopharma survey respondents reported using data lakes in day-to-day operations in 2021.[5]
  • 68% of pharmaceutical companies surveyed planned to use advanced analytics in 2024.[14]

05 Statistics

Data & Analytics

Analytics adoption links to digital transformation: 24% of North American apparel manufacturers in 2023 tied BI and analytics improvements to digital transformation, while a 2025 legacy-systems survey reports 8% anticipated revenue growth.

Business intelligence in the cmt industry

  • 24% of North American apparel manufacturers in the 2023 survey attributed business-intelligence and analytics improvements to digital transformation.[15]
  • 8% was the anticipated revenue growth reported by apparel organizations using legacy systems in the 2025 survey.[15]
  • 26% of North American apparel manufacturers in the 2023 survey attributed inventory and warehousing-efficiency improvements to digital transformation.[15]
  • 11.6% was the anticipated revenue growth reported by apparel organizations using industry-specific business-intelligence solutions in the 2025 survey.[15]

Data analytics in the cmt industry

  • 26% of textile-industry respondents in Europe reported having adopted a digital-transformation strategy in 2024, supporting increased use of data and analytics tools.[16]
  • 27% of apparel organizations surveyed in 2025 identified data analysis—including demand forecasting, market trends, and analytics—as an intended AI-use area.[15]

Data Quality in the pharmaceuticals and biotech sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across 125 senior U.S. life-sciences leaders, 81% said accuracy and confidence in data were critical components of AI success in biopharma in 2026.[17]
  • Across 116 commercial biopharma leaders in the United States, Europe and Asia-Pacific, 81% identified data quality as their top data issue for the next 12 months in 2025.[17]
  • Across 500 pharmaceutical and biotechnology executives globally, 44% said their organization was prepared on data quality and completeness in 2025.[18]
  • Across 116 commercial biopharma leaders in the United States, Europe and Asia-Pacific, 73% reported significant data quality issues in 2025.[17]
  • Across 116 commercial biopharma leaders in the United States, Europe and Asia-Pacific, 96% said their data was not well-structured or AI-ready for scaling in 2025.[17]

Data Governance in the pharmaceuticals and biotech sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across 11 pharmaceutical regulatory organizations, 9% reported a comprehensive approach to onboarding standards such as IDMP and XEVMPD, with regular source qualification, connected systems and data cleaning in 2023.[19]
  • Across 200 global life-sciences R&D respondents, 46% called for templates for standardization and metadata to make data FAIR at scale in 2024.[20]
  • Across 500 pharmaceutical and biotechnology executives globally, 54% said their organization was prepared on data governance in 2025.[18]
  • Across 200 global life-sciences R&D respondents, 49% called for more data-governance frameworks to make data FAIR at scale in 2024.[20]
  • Across 200 global life-sciences R&D respondents, 51% identified maintenance and management of data standards and ontologies as a key FAIR-data need in 2024.[20]

KPIs in the cmt industry

  • 40% of North American apparel manufacturers in 2023 attributed quality and safety KPI improvements to digital transformation.[15]
  • 32% of North American apparel manufacturers in 2023 attributed e-commerce and direct-to-consumer KPI improvements to digital transformation.[15]
  • 18% of North American apparel manufacturers in 2023 attributed procurement-efficiency and reliability KPI improvements to digital transformation.[15]
  • 26% of North American apparel manufacturers in 2023 attributed sales and customer-service on-time-in-full KPI improvements to digital transformation.[15]
  • 30% of North American apparel manufacturers in 2023 attributed logistics-efficiency KPI improvements to digital transformation.[15]
  • 6.0% was the 2025 year-over-year increase in U.S. cut-and-sew apparel unit labor costs.[21]

06 Statistics

Strategy & Growth

The included operational and acquisition figures are outside CMT-specific measures, so we treat them as broader services-market context rather than CMT throughput capacity.

Growth in the cmt industry

  • 1,700 employees worked for SOCOTEC USA in 2025 after its construction materials testing platform expansion.[22]
  • $500 million was SOCOTEC USA’s stated revenue ambition for the next two years after its 2025 acquisitions.[22]
  • $350 million was SOCOTEC USA revenue in 2025, up from $100 million in 2019, according to the company.[22]

Differentiation in the cmt industry

  • 140 accredited laboratories differentiated Terracon’s construction materials engineering and testing network across 200 locations.[23]
  • More than 100 countries were served by SGS’s building-material testing network through environmental-health experts, according to the company.[24]
  • 270+ global locations and 8,500 experts differentiated Element’s testing-services platform in its current company description.[25]
  • Three accreditation systems—AASHTO, WABO and USACE—supported AAR Testing’s Pacific Northwest materials-testing sites after its 2025 acquisition by SOCOTEC.[22]

Mergers and acquisitions in the cmt industry

  • Two U.S. construction materials testing companies—Advance Testing and AAR Testing & Inspection—were acquired by SOCOTEC in December 2025.[26]
  • 75 construction materials testing and special-inspection acquisitions were identified between January 2015 and October 2026.[27]
  • 300 employees were added through SOCOTEC’s 2025 acquisitions of Advance Testing and AAR Testing & Inspection.[22]
  • 42 different buyers completed the 75 identified construction materials testing and special-inspection acquisitions between January 2015 and October 2026.[27]

Strategic partnerships in the cmt industry

  • More than 25 U.S. material-testing laboratories supported SOCOTEC’s integrated testing, inspection and consulting platform at the time of its current service description.[28]
  • Three CMT Materials locations—in Massachusetts, the Netherlands and Southeast Asia—supported Globe Composite Solutions’ post-acquisition product network in 2023.[29]
  • Two long-term commercial agreements accompanied Allianz X, TPG and State Farm’s $350 million strategic investment in Cambridge Mobile Telematics in 2026; the company is outside construction materials testing and therefore not included as a CMT-industry statistic.[30]
  • Three accredited sites formed AAR Testing’s Pacific Northwest platform after its 2025 combination with SOCOTEC.[22]

07 Statistics

People & Workforce

Workforce capability themes align with automation: 42% of work in manufacturing functions at U.S. apparel, fashion and luxury companies is expected automated by 2030 with generative-AI acceleration.

Hiring in the cmt industry

  • 68% of manufacturers reported hiring new talent as a method for building digital skills and capabilities in 2025.[5]
  • 36 applicants per offer was the average application-to-offer ratio in the communications, media and technology industry.[31]

Employee retention in the cmt industry

  • 3 years was the average tenure of chief communications officers in the technology industry.[32]
  • 81% of U.S. manufacturers with more than 500 employees reported that raising pay improved hiring or retention.[33]

Remote Work in the pharmaceuticals and biotech sector (sector benchmark)

  • Among privately held life-sciences companies surveyed, 21.7% had some portion of their workforce fully remote in 2025.[34]
  • Among life-sciences companies with remote-work options, 50.0% cited competition with technology and other industries as a reason for their policy in 2023.[35]
  • Across U.S. chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturers, 5.7% of positions were fully remote in the 2024 hiring outlook survey.[36]
  • Across U.S. life sciences companies, 65.9% reported implementing, expanding, or considering remote-work options for at least some employees in 2023.[35]

Hybrid Work in the pharmaceuticals and biotech sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across U.S. chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturers, 44.5% of positions were fully hybrid in the 2024 hiring outlook survey.[36]
  • Among surveyed life-sciences employers in the BioHealth Capital Region, 60% expected at least a hybrid workforce after the pandemic in 2021.[37]
  • Among surveyed life-sciences companies in the MassBio Human Resources Roundtable, 97% planned to implement hybrid work models for the long term in 2022.[38]
  • Among life-sciences CEOs, 83% expected corporate employees whose roles were traditionally office-based to work in a hybrid environment three years after the 2024 survey.[39]

Upskilling in the cmt industry

  • 72% of advanced-manufacturing employers identified hiring people to design organization-specific AI tools and enhancements as a workforce strategy.[40]
  • 2.3 million technician job openings are expected across manufacturing and adjacent industries between 2025 and 2030, increasing demand for accelerated skills training.[5]
  • 80% of advanced-manufacturing employers identified reskilling and upskilling existing workers to work alongside AI as a workforce strategy.[40]
  • Nearly 2 million technicians in adjacent industries were identified as having potentially transferable skills for manufacturing technician roles.[5]

Employee Engagement in the pharmaceuticals and biotech sector (sector benchmark)

  • At Amneal Pharmaceuticals, global employee engagement reached 88% in the company’s 2024 reporting year.[41]
  • Across the Culture Amp pharmaceuticals benchmark, 18% of employees were thinking of or actively seeking another job in July 2026.[42]
  • Across the Culture Amp pharmaceuticals benchmark, 17% of employees disagreed that they had seen positive changes based on recent employee survey results in July 2026.[42]
  • Across the Culture Amp pharmaceuticals benchmark, 91% of employees agreed they understood how their work contributed to company goals in July 2026.[42]

Change Management in the pharmaceuticals and biotech sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across 612 pharmaceutical-company respondents, clinical-trial innovations took an average of 69 months from planning to portfolio-wide implementation, excluding decentralized-trial adoption during COVID-19.[43]
  • Across pharmaceutical-company respondents, organizations spent almost 14 months planning and initiating clinical-trial innovations before later evaluation, adoption, and implementation stages in 2022.[43]
  • Among pharmaceutical and biotechnology executives surveyed, 67% said their companies were using mergers and acquisitions to access talent or innovation in 2023.[44]
  • Among 125 pharmaceutical and biotechnology executives surveyed, 68% said their organizations were actively increasing investments in change management in 2023.[44]
  • Among pharmaceutical and biotechnology executives surveyed, 69% felt their organizations were well equipped to handle growing pressures in 2023.[44]

08 Statistics

Customer & Sales

Customer behavior signals concentrate on app use and retention levers in adjacent telecom data, while U.S. cut-and-sew CMT metrics remain anchored to employment and payroll.

Customer experience in the cmt industry

  • 58% of surveyed organizations were willing to pay a premium for better telecom customer experience in 2025.[18]
  • 28% of B2B telecom customers said their provider consistently exceeded customer-experience expectations in 2025.[18]
  • 69% of media-sector organizations were willing to pay more for better telecom customer experience in 2025.[18]
  • 64% of surveyed organizations said customer experience was important to their business in the global B2B telecom market in 2025.[18]
  • 56% of consumers rated telecom and cable providers as very good or excellent for digital experience in 2025.[45]

Customer retention in the cmt industry

  • 1.5% was the monthly wireless-industry churn rate in the United States in 2023.[46]
  • The average monthly postpaid-phone churn rate for the three major U.S. national carriers was 10% higher in 2025 than in 2022.[47]
  • 31% of global broadband customers were considering switching providers in the 2026 telecommunications study.[48]
  • 28% of global mobile customers were considering switching providers in the 2026 telecommunications study.[48]
  • 37.3% was the annual prepaid wireless churn rate in the United States in 2023.[46]

Customer acquisition in the cmt industry

  • Nearly three-quarters of surveyed B2B customers reported no intention to switch provider type within the next 12 months in 2026.[4]
  • 7% more was spent by telecom subscribers with three or more years of tenure than by newly acquired subscribers globally in 2025.[48]
  • Only 46% of premium telecom customers were enrolled in loyalty programs globally in 2026, limiting a major existing-base growth lever.[48]
  • 60% was the share of full customer-value potential captured by global telcos in the 2025 telecommunications study.[48]
  • Customer likelihood to remain with telecom operators increased by 7 to 9 percentage points for business applications and end-user devices and services between 2024 and 2026.[4]

Customer loyalty in the cmt industry

  • 20% was the customer-lifetime-value uplift associated with telecom loyalty-program participation globally in 2026.[48]
  • 6.6 out of 10 was the average global telco loyalty-tenure score in 2025.[48]
  • 17% was the customer-lifetime-value uplift associated with telco-app usage globally in 2026.[48]
  • 36% was the mobile-ARPU uplift associated with telecom convergence globally in 2026.[48]
  • 81% of global telecom customers used their provider’s app in 2025.[48]

Lead generation in the cmt industry

  • 48% of surveyed telco marketers identified multichannel engagement as a top desired real-time data capability in 2018.[49]
  • 61% of surveyed telco marketers identified customer-journey and lifecycle analytics as a top desired real-time data capability in 2018.[49]
  • 28% of surveyed telco marketers identified location and mobility data as a top desired real-time data capability in 2018.[49]
  • 33% of surveyed telco marketers identified automated smart interactions such as chatbots and digital avatars as a top desired real-time data capability in 2018.[49]
  • 37% of surveyed telco marketers identified purchases and transactions as a top desired real-time data capability in 2018.[49]

09 Statistics

Marketing & Brand

Brand- and content-technology adoption is high in media and telecom data, while no reliable CMT-specific consumer statistics were identified for this dataset.

Marketing in the cmt industry

  • 62% of worldwide advertising expenditure was allocated to the internet in 2025.[50]
  • 85% of companies used artificial intelligence for marketing in 2025, according to data cited in Publicis Groupe’s communications-market review.[50]
  • 15.5% was the growth rate of worldwide social-network advertising expenditure in 2025.[50]
  • 13% of worldwide advertising expenditure was allocated to retail media in 2025.[50]
  • 21% of worldwide advertising expenditure was allocated to social networks in 2025.[50]

Digital marketing in the cmt industry

  • 28% of media and entertainment consumers said brands delivered interactive tools such as virtual try-ons or product demonstrations in 2025.[45]
  • 37% of media and entertainment consumers said brands delivered transparency when using AI-generated images, content or recommendations in 2025.[45]
  • 33% of media and entertainment consumers said brands delivered personalized recommendations based on their interests and past interactions in 2025.[45]
  • 41% of media and entertainment consumers said brands delivered quick, efficient support through automated systems in 2025.[45]
  • 61% of companies using marketing artificial intelligence used it for content generation in 2025.[50]

Branding in the cmt industry

  • 56% of consumers rated telecom and cable brands very good or excellent for digital experience in 2025.[45]
  • 47% of U.S. consumers were belief-driven buyers in 2025, according to the wireless-company filing’s cited Edelman comparison.[47]
  • A majority of consumers were willing to pay a premium for products aligned with their values, according to the wireless-company filing’s cited market-opportunity discussion in 2025.[47]
  • 72% of media and entertainment consumers considered transparency around AI-generated content important or critical in 2025.[45]
  • 67% of consumers rated audio-streaming brands very good or excellent for digital experience in 2025.[45]

Social media in the cmt industry

  • 79% of media and entertainment consumers considered consistent experiences across social media and other channels important or critical in 2025.[45]
  • 16.36 hours was the average weekly time spent on social media worldwide in 2025.[50]
  • 85% of companies used artificial intelligence for marketing, including social and digital communications, in 2025.[50]
  • 45% of media and entertainment consumers said brands delivered consistent experiences across social media and other channels in 2025.[45]
  • 5.66 billion unique users were on social media worldwide in 2025.[50]

Influencer Marketing in the pharmaceuticals and biotech sector (sector benchmark)

  • 44% of physicians in Europe, APAC and North America said healthcare influencer or KOL content had changed their perception of a medication in 2024.[51]
  • 10% of healthcare and pharmaceutical marketers said they did not invest in creator or influencer marketing in 2026, globally.[52]
  • 50% of physicians in Europe, APAC and North America said healthcare influencer or KOL content had changed their prescribing choices in 2024.[51]
  • 4.5% of high-engagement prescription-drug promotion posts across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube came from pharmaceutical companies in the United States in 2025.[53]
  • 29% of healthcare and pharmaceutical marketers reported dedicated but flat budgets for creator or influencer marketing in 2026, globally.[52]

10 Statistics

Operations & Execution

Factory operations data highlights variability in line efficiency: average 45% production-line efficiency in a Bangladeshi supplier study, with absenteeism and rejection-rate ranges by country.

Process optimization in the cmt industry

  • 45% was the average production-line efficiency among approximately 60 Bangladeshi garment factories supplying international buyers, according to a factory-level study.[54]
  • The most efficient production line was 66.7% more productive than the least efficient line in a typical Bangladeshi garment factory with 10 lines.[54]
  • A Bangladeshi knitwear manufacturer reported a 15% productivity increase after adopting method-time-cost analysis tools.[55]
  • A Bangladeshi garment factory improved sewing-line efficiency from 36.89% to 40.00% after applying DMAIC and related lean methods.[56]
  • 60% of surveyed U.S. apparel manufacturers identified automation or lean manufacturing as a future improvement area.[57]

Operational efficiency in the cmt industry

  • Vietnamese garment factories in the same comparison reported 80%–95% capacity utilization for polo-shirt manufacturing.[58]
  • Vietnam’s reported labor absenteeism rate for polo-shirt production was 0.3%–2%.[58]
  • Bangladesh’s reported labor absenteeism rate for polo-shirt production was 1%–3%.[58]
  • U.S. cut-and-sew apparel unit labor costs rose 1.6% year over year in 2025.[59]
  • Ethiopian garment factories in the same comparison reported 55%–70% capacity utilization for polo-shirt manufacturing.[58]

Quality management in the cmt industry

  • Bangladesh polo-shirt factories reported in-factory product rejection rates of 4%–8%.[58]
  • China polo-shirt factories reported in-factory product rejection rates of 2%–3%.[58]
  • A Bangladeshi garment factory reduced its defect rate from 24.26% to 15.54% after implementing Lean Six Sigma DMAIC.[56]
  • 68% of surveyed U.S. apparel manufacturers identified customer service or quality control as a future improvement area.[57]
  • Ethiopian polo-shirt factories reported in-factory product rejection rates of 2%–5%.[58]

Supply chain in the cmt industry

  • A basic cotton T-shirt costing example allocated US$1.08 per piece to raw materials, US$0.14 to accessories and US$0.53 to cut-and-make costs.[60]
  • Trim represented 9.50% of FOB price in the 2012 CMT garment-cost breakdown for Indian suppliers.[61]
  • Trim represented 10.30% of FOB price in the 2017 CMT garment-cost breakdown for Indian suppliers.[61]
  • Fabric represented 44.58% of FOB price in the 2012 CMT garment-cost breakdown for Indian suppliers.[61]
  • Only 8% of information flows among brand owners, contract manufacturers and suppliers moved through supply-chain network operating systems in a 2024 study.[62]

Outsourcing / Offshoring in the pharmaceuticals and biotech sector (sector benchmark)

  • 41% of surveyed pharmaceutical and biotech R&D leaders increased their use of functional-service-provider outsourcing versus two years earlier in 2023.[8]
  • 67% of global biotech and pharma companies outsourced pharmacovigilance operations in 2024, according to an IQVIA industry report.[63]
  • 74% of surveyed pharmaceutical and biotech R&D leaders ranked patient recruitment among the top five drug-development activities likely to be outsourced in 2023.[8]
  • 12% of total API volume used in the United States was produced domestically in 2024, with most supply coming from India and the European Union.[64]
  • 54% of global biotech and pharma companies outsourced regulatory activities in 2024, according to an IQVIA industry report.[63]

11 Statistics

Finance & Pricing

Margins and cost allocations frame CMT economics: a 2026 guide cited standard net operating margins of 5%–8% on total FOB price for compliant Bangladeshi manufacturers.

Pricing strategy in the cmt industry

  • A CMT costing example allocated 27% of FOB price to CM and operating expenses, including 12% direct labor, 3% energy and 12% other overhead.[65]
  • Factory profit margins in CMT pricing can range from a few percent of CMT price to 15% or more, depending on country and product type.[66]
  • A 2026 garment-costing guide cited standard net operating margins of 5%–8% on total FOB price for compliant Bangladeshi manufacturers.[67]
  • A basic T-shirt costing example applied a 3% sales commission equal to US$0.06 per piece.[60]
  • A basic T-shirt costing example added a 5% profit of US$0.09 to a US$1.85 pre-profit cost, producing a US$1.94 net cost.[60]

Cost reduction in the cmt industry

  • Overhead accounted for 10.51% of FOB price in the 2012 Indian CMT cost breakdown.[61]
  • U.S. cut-and-sew apparel unit labor costs increased 9.8% year over year in 2022.[59]
  • U.S. apparel manufacturers reported automation or lean manufacturing as a planned improvement area in 60% of survey responses in 2017.[57]
  • Labor accounted for 17.80% of FOB price in the 2017 Indian CMT cost breakdown.[61]
  • Overhead accounted for 11.31% of FOB price in the 2017 Indian CMT cost breakdown.[61]

Profitability in the cmt industry

  • A 2017 Indian CMT cost breakdown assigned 45.30% of FOB price to fabric, leaving 54.70% for trims, labor, overhead, profit and other components.[61]
  • Profit represented 9.45% of FOB price in the 2017 Indian CMT cost breakdown.[61]
  • The same listed apparel company reported gross profit of US$7.8 million and a gross margin of 15.1% for the year ended March 31, 2023.[47]
  • A 2024 T-shirt manufacturing cost example allocated 8% of FOB price to financial costs and profit combined before the breakdown of net profit.[65]
  • A 2024 T-shirt manufacturing cost example allocated 3% of FOB price to net profit.[65]

Financial planning in the cmt industry

  • A 2024 T-shirt manufacturing cost example allocated US$0.24 per piece to direct labor.[65]
  • A 2024 T-shirt manufacturing cost example allocated US$0.24 per piece to other contract-manufacturing overhead and operating expenses.[65]
  • A 2024 T-shirt manufacturing cost example allocated US$0.08 per piece to credit costs, other finance costs and commissions.[65]
  • A 2024 T-shirt manufacturing cost example allocated US$0.06 per piece to energy, including fuel and electricity.[65]
  • A basic T-shirt costing example allocated US$0.029 per piece to commercial costs, US$0.01 to courier charges, US$0.01 to laboratory testing and US$0.05 to sample charges.[60]

12 Statistics

Product & Service

Service mix estimates show CMT alongside OEM: 20.32% global share for CMT services in 2025, valued at USD 159.59 million.

Product development in the cmt industry

  • 70% of trim-space survey respondents in 2025 identified lead times as their number-one challenge in product development, according to a global trim-industry report.[68]
  • 20% of trim-industry survey respondents in 2025 ranked real shell as their number-one material for product development.[68]
  • 500 global trim suppliers were estimated in 2025, indicating a fragmented supplier base for apparel product development.[68]
  • 40% of trim directors in 2025 consistently could not find the exact trim they were seeking for apparel product development.[68]
  • 60% of trim directors in 2025 wanted more options for metal garment hardware, making it the leading category for desired product-development variety.[68]

Product lifecycle in the cmt industry

  • 20%–40% is the reported timeline compression for apparel brands using connected product-lifecycle systems instead of spreadsheets and PDFs.[69]
  • 7 stages make up the apparel product lifecycle described in 2024: concept, design, sample iteration, approval, production, distribution, and end-of-life.[69]

Value proposition in the cmt industry

  • 49.55% was the estimated global market share of OEM clothing-manufacturing services in 2025, compared with CMT services at 20.32%.[70]
  • USD 389.2 million was the estimated global OEM clothing-manufacturing-service revenue in 2025.[70]
  • 20.32% was the estimated global market share of CMT clothing-manufacturing services in 2025, valued at USD 159.59 million.[70]
  • USD 159.59 million was the estimated global CMT clothing-manufacturing-service revenue in 2025.[70]

13 Statistics

Sustainability & Ethics

Circularity targets raise production complexity: 71% of surveyed fashion companies set targets for textile-to-textile recycling by 2030, while the global fashion circularity rate was 7.2% in 2023.

Sustainability in the cmt industry

  • 90% of accelerated fashion-industry abatement could be delivered below USD50 per tonne of greenhouse-gas emissions.[71]
  • 2.1 billion tonnes of greenhouse-gas emissions were produced by the global fashion industry in 2018, equal to 4% of global emissions.[71]
  • 2.7 billion tonnes of annual greenhouse-gas emissions are projected for fashion by 2030 if no further action is taken.[71]
  • At least 6.9 million workers worldwide are employed in recycling activities relevant to textile and apparel circularity.[72]
  • 55% of the actions required for accelerated fashion-industry abatement are expected to generate net cost savings.[71]

ESG in the cmt industry

  • 71% of surveyed fashion companies had set targets for textile-to-textile recycling of post-industrial and post-use waste by 2030.[71]
  • 91% of surveyed fashion brands supported collective industry action to reduce overproduction.[71]
  • 100% of surveyed fashion brands supported industry alignment on deriving at least 10% of revenue from circular business models.[71]
  • 49% of surveyed fashion companies were already reporting progress against circular-design targets in 2024.[71]
  • 52% of surveyed fashion companies had targets to reduce finite-resource use by 30% by 2035.[71]

Ethics in the cmt industry

  • 0.8% of assessed Cambodian garment factories were non-compliant on documentation and protection of young workers in 2024.[73]
  • 0.3% of assessed Cambodian garment factories were non-compliant on forced labour and overtime requirements in 2024.[73]
  • 4.5% of assessed Cambodian garment factories were non-compliant on freedom-to-associate requirements in 2024.[73]
  • 67.1% of participating Cambodian garment firms had at least one contract-termination non-compliance finding in 2022.[73]
  • 47.5% of participating Cambodian garment firms had at least one non-compliance finding in contract termination in 2024.[73]

CSR in the cmt industry

  • 68% of participants in Cambodia’s 2025 workplace-building sessions were women.[73]
  • More than 200 labour-standard and legal issues are covered by Better Work’s Compliance Assessment Tool for apparel factories.[74]
  • 797 garment, textile, footwear and travel-goods factories participated in Better Factories Cambodia in 2025.[73]
  • More than 100,000 Cambodian garment-sector workers were reached by awareness and engagement activities in 2025.[73]
  • 247 Cambodian factories completed a Better Factories Cambodia advisory-service cycle in 2025.[73]

Circular economy in the cmt industry

  • 22 recyclers participated in the Global Circular Fashion Forum and its national circular-fashion partnerships by November 2023.[71]
  • 10,685 tonnes of textile waste had been recycled by the Global Circular Fashion Forum and national partnerships by November 2023.[71]
  • 7.2% was the global fashion circularity rate in 2023, down from 9.1% in 2018.[71]
  • 179 manufacturers participated in the Global Circular Fashion Forum and its national circular-fashion partnerships by November 2023.[71]
  • 90% of global fashion materials were wasted or unused in 2023.[71]

Carbon footprint in the cmt industry

  • 4% of global greenhouse-gas emissions were attributed to the fashion industry in 2018.[71]
  • 20% of potential fashion-industry emissions reductions could come from brands’ own operations by 2030.[71]
  • 2.1 billion tonnes is the projected annual fashion-industry emissions level in 2030 under the current-pace trajectory.[71]
  • One in five garments would need to be traded through circular business models by 2030 under the fashion industry’s accelerated-abatement pathway.[71]
  • 2.7% annual volume growth was assumed in projecting fashion-industry emissions to approximately 2.7 billion tonnes in 2030 without further action.[71]

15 Statistics

Globalization & Expansion

Global network figures focus on testing and certification, showing how international service coverage scales through offices and labs across regions.

Globalization in the cmt industry

  • 200 Asia-Pacific laboratories were included in SGS’s reported global network in 2019, the largest laboratory count among its listed regions.[24]
  • 59,000+ employees supported SGS’s global testing, inspection and certification network in 2019, operating through more than 1,000 offices and laboratories worldwide.[24]
  • 100 countries were covered by SGS environmental-health experts supporting building-material testing services, according to the company’s current service description.[24]
  • 80 Africa and Middle East laboratories were included in SGS’s global network in 2019, alongside 100 offices serving the region.[24]
  • 270 European offices and 150 European laboratories formed SGS’s reported regional network for testing and related services in 2019.[24]

Stakeholder management in the cmt industry

  • 110 professionals joined SOCOTEC through its 2025 acquisition of AAR Testing & Inspection, adding three accredited Pacific Northwest sites.[22]
  • 170 employees were reported during Advance Testing’s high season across New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Florida in 2025.[84]
  • Three accreditation systems—AASHTO, WABO and USACE—were represented across AAR Testing’s three sites acquired by SOCOTEC in 2025.[22]
  • 150 specialists joined SOCOTEC through its 2025 acquisition of Advance Testing, strengthening construction materials testing and inspection capabilities on the U.S. East Coast.[22]

Distribution channels in the cmt industry

  • 60+ offices and laboratories were listed for Australia in SGS’s global network description in 2019.[24]
  • 140 accredited laboratories and 200 locations supported Terracon’s construction materials engineering and testing services, according to its current service page.[23]
  • 40 offices gave SOCOTEC USA coast-to-coast coverage after its 2025 expansion, according to industry reporting.[85]
  • 200 Asia-Pacific laboratories were listed in SGS’s 2019 regional network, supporting local delivery of testing and certification services.[24]
  • Over 25 material-testing laboratories operated across the United States under SOCOTEC’s current U.S. construction materials testing platform.[28]

Key questions about the cmt industry

What is the U.S. market size for cut-and-sew apparel manufacturing in 2024?
U.S. cut-and-sew apparel manufacturing generated $7.67 billion in revenue in 2024.
How is U.S. employment trending in cut-and-sew manufacturing?
Employment is projected to fall from 79.0 thousand jobs to 49.2 thousand, a 37.7% decline between the base and projected years shown.
Which companies lead the cmt industry?
Hirdaramani Group leads Gitnux's 2026 cmt ranking with an Overall score of 9.4, with an apparel workforce totaled 53,796 employees in 2024. MAS Holdings is the highest-ranked vertically integrated apparel manufacturer at 9.1, with apparel manufacturing across nine countries and nearly 100,000 people.
What technology and automation shifts are showing up in the wider manufacturing workforce data affecting CMT?
Work in manufacturing functions at U.S. apparel, fashion and luxury companies is expected to be automated by 2030 with generative-AI acceleration, and 11% of U.S. manufacturing job postings required AI-related skills by July 2026.
How is the CMT supply structure characterized by the data?
Production is fragmented across contract factories, while export capacity is concentrated in major Asian manufacturing hubs.
What traceability and regulatory direction affects apparel production in the EU?
The European Commission indicates planned adoption of a textile delegated act in the fourth quarter of 2027, with Digital Product Passports expected to provide information on product identity, fiber composition, origin, repair, reuse and recycling.
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