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Textile Mill Industry Statistics

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Textile Mill Industry Statistics
Samuel NorbergWritten by Samuel Norberg·Fact-checked by Maya Johansson
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01Editorial Scope

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02Source Research

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01 Industry overview

The textile mill industry at a glance

The global textile market reached an estimated $660.13 billion in 2025, while U.S. textile mills generated $23.95 billion in 2024 sales and employed 69,089 people.

$660.13B[95]
Global textile market, 2025
$23.95B[96]
U.S. textile mill sales, 2024
69,089[96]
U.S. textile mill employees, 2024
70.6%[88]
Asia export share, 2022
Market size
The global textile market was estimated at $660.13 billion in 2025. In the United States, textile mills recorded $23.95 billion in sales, value of shipments or revenue in 2024.[95][96]
Forecast & CAGR
The global textile market is forecast to reach $919.08 billion by 2030, implying a 6.9% compound annual growth rate from 2025 to 2030. A separate forecast estimates 4.2% annual growth from 2026 to 2033, reflecting differences in market definitions and coverage.[95][97]
Market share & regions
Asia accounted for 70.6% of world textile and clothing exports in 2022, up from 59.4% in 2017. China was the largest textile and apparel exporter in 2025, with an estimated 32% share of global trade and $291 billion in combined textile and apparel exports.[88][98]
Segmentation
The industry is commonly segmented into fiber, yarn and thread mills; fabric mills; and textile and fabric finishing and coating mills under NAICS 313. Global market reporting also segments textiles by cotton, jute, silk, synthetics and wool, and by woven and non-woven processes.[19][95]
Key players & concentration
The industry is geographically concentrated rather than dominated by a single global mill operator: Asia supplied 70.6% of world textile and clothing exports in 2022. China alone represented approximately 32% of global textile and apparel trade in 2025, according to an industry trade estimate.[88][98]
Pricing
U.S. cotton and textile pricing is tracked through USDA series covering domestic and world cotton prices, price indexes and textile-trade conversions. India temporarily exempted cotton imports from an 11% duty from June 1 through October 31, 2026, to improve raw-cotton availability and price competitiveness.[99][100]
Trends, drivers & challenges
Growth is being supported by online shopping, artificial-intelligence-enabled manufacturing and demand for technical textiles. Key challenges include raw-material price volatility, shifting trade policy, environmental compliance and the long-term decline in U.S. textile-mill employment, which fell to 78,300 seasonally adjusted jobs in August 2026.[95][19][99]
Consumer behavior & competition
Competition is shifting toward sustainable, traceable and technically differentiated products, while digital retail continues to influence textile demand. The European Commission identifies digital product passports as a tool to make textile-product information more accessible and comparable and to support repair, reuse and recycling.[95][101]
M&A
Recent transactions show continued consolidation in specialty and vertically integrated textile operations. Milliken acquired the assets of Highland Industries’ Cheraw, South Carolina facility in September 2025 to expand technical-textile weaving and knitting capabilities; Pakistan’s Competition Commission also approved the HA Fibres merger with Husnain Textile Mills in August 2025.[102][103]
Regulation
The EU’s Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation identifies textile apparel as a priority product group for ecodesign requirements and digital product passports. The European Commission’s indicative timeline plans adoption of the textile delegated act in the fourth quarter of 2027, subject to change.[101]
Latest news
In 2026, the European Commission launched the Digital Product Passport Registry, which covers products under the Ecodesign Regulation, including textiles. In the United States, BLS reported preliminary textile-mill employment of 78,300 in August 2026, while India reported provisional 2025–26 cotton production of 290.91 lakh bales.[101][19][100]

02 Ranking

Top 10 Companies in the Textile Mill Industry

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

Updated November 10, 2026 · Next review December 10, 2026

Verdict

Hengli Group leads Gitnux's 2026 textile mill ranking with an Overall score of 9.6, with capacity above 4 billion metres annually across integrated polyester, fibers, yarns, textiles. Shenzhou International is the highest-ranked textile manufacturer at 9.2, with 280,000 metric tons of fabric and 600 million garments annually in knitwear and fabrics.

Ranked by Overall score · How we score ↓

Editor's top 3 picks

Where to start, by need.

  1. #1 Overall · Leader in integrated polyester

    Hengli Group

    CN

    Ranked #1 · 9.6 · Integrated polyester

    Why we picked it: Scale comes from integrated polyester through textiles, supported by more than 40,000 production machines.

    See in ranking ↓Visit hengli.com ↗

  2. Leader in knitwear & fabric

    Shenzhou International

    CN

    Ranked #2 · 9.2 · Knitwear & fabric

    Why we picked it: Vertically integrated knitwear and fabric manufacturing matches large throughput, with 280,000 metric tons fabric.

    See in ranking ↓Visit shenzhouintl.com ↗

  3. Leader in performance textiles

    Milliken & Company

    US

    Ranked #3 · 8.9 · Performance textiles

    Why we picked it: The portfolio centers on performance fabrics and technical textiles rather than commodity fabrics.

    See in ranking ↓Visit milliken.com ↗

Pick 1 is the #1 company overall. Picks 2 and 3 are the highest-ranked companies in the top 5 that add a new segment.

Full ranking

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Top 10 companies in the textile mill industry, 2026 – Gitnux ranking
#CompanyOverall ↓Company snapshot
1

Hengli Group

Integrated polyester · CN

9.6
2

Shenzhou International

Knitwear & fabric · CN

9.2
3

Milliken & Company

Performance textiles · US

8.9
4

Arvind

Denim & woven · IN

8.8
5

Gildan Activewear

Activewear apparel · CA

8.7
6

Welspun Living

Home textiles, towels, bedding and flooring textiles · IN

8.6
7

Indorama Corporation

Polyester, cotton fiber, spandex and spun yarns · SG

8.5
8

Parkdale Mills

Cotton and blended spun yarns · US

7.8
9

Lenzing

Cellulosic fibers for apparel and technical textiles · AT

7.6
10

Unifi

Recycled and synthetic yarns · US

7.3

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 10, 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 10). Top 10 companies in the textile mill industry. In Textile Mill Industry Statistics. Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/textile-mill-industry-statistics/#top-companies

report visual · Comparison

U.S. textile mills sales, value of shipments, or revenue share by Census region

South Region holds the largest share at 74.3%.

South Region74.3%
Northeast Region13.8%
Midwest Region7.6%
West Region4.3%
source-verifieddata.census.gov

04 Statistics

Technology & Innovation

Technology adoption spans AI, robotics, and cloud capabilities, with high participation signals in automation research and AI pilots in 2026.

AI in the textile mill industry

  • 6% of European textiles and apparel enterprises used artificial intelligence in 2024.[1]
  • 30% of textile materials remained unsorted by the Fastsort-Textile artificial-intelligence machine at a Chinese recycling facility in 2025.[2]
  • 8% of companies in the European textile industrial ecosystem had adopted artificial intelligence in 2023.[3]
  • 43% of participating Indian textile and apparel companies were using or piloting artificial intelligence in 2026.[4]
  • 10.4% of Texas textile product mills planned to use generative artificial intelligence in response to tariff pressures in 2025.[5]
  • 3.5% of Texas textile product mills planned to use generative artificial intelligence in response to tariff pressures immediately in 2025.[5]

Automation in the textile mill industry

  • 25% of surveyed U.S. textile industry organizations planned to implement automation or robotics in 2024.[6]
  • 6.25% of surveyed U.S. textile industry organizations did not plan to pursue automation or robotics in 2024.[6]
  • 13% of European textile industrial ecosystem companies used robotics in 2023.[3]
  • 28.13% of surveyed U.S. textile industry organizations had implemented automation or robotics in 2024.[6]
  • 40.63% of surveyed U.S. textile industry organizations were researching automation or robotics in 2024.[6]
  • 12.7% of textile manufacturing employment in the United Kingdom was located at plants with at least one industrial robot in 2023.[7]

Digital Transformation in the fashion and textiles sector (sector benchmark)

  • 65% of textile companies in the 2023 sample had a website, according to analysis of company websites in the EU textile ecosystem.[3]
  • 26% of textile-ecosystem companies in the EU reported having a concrete digital-transformation strategy in 2024.[3]
  • 38.3% of textile-ecosystem SMEs in the EU used online platforms in 2023.[3]
  • 4.8% of textile-ecosystem SMEs in the EU had adopted digital-twin technology in 2023.[3]

Technology Adoption in the fashion and textiles sector (sector benchmark)

  • 54% of North American fashion and apparel manufacturers used product-lifecycle-management software in 2023.[8]
  • 44% of North American fashion and apparel manufacturers used warehouse-management systems in 2023.[8]
  • 68% of North American fashion and apparel manufacturers used an online payment platform in 2023.[8]
  • 40% of North American fashion and apparel manufacturers used electronic data interchange in 2023.[8]
  • 58% of North American fashion and apparel manufacturers used enterprise resource planning software in 2023.[8]
  • 58% of North American fashion and apparel manufacturers used supply-chain-management software in 2023.[8]

Cloud Computing in the fashion and textiles sector (sector benchmark)

  • 33% of textile-ecosystem companies in the EU used cloud technology in 2024.[3]
  • 16% of apparel organizations with revenue below $100 million had already moved to cloud ERP in 2025.[8]
  • 32.3% of textile-ecosystem SMEs in the EU had adopted cloud technologies in 2023.[9]
  • 39% of apparel organizations with revenue below $100 million were in the process of moving to cloud ERP in 2025.[8]
  • 19% of apparel organizations with revenue of $100 million or more had already moved to cloud ERP in 2025.[8]
  • 48% of apparel organizations with revenue of $100 million or more were in the process of moving to cloud ERP in 2025.[8]

Big Data in the fashion and textiles sector (sector benchmark)

  • 12% of companies in the European textile ecosystem reported Big Data adoption in 2024, based on the EMI Enterprise Survey.[3]
  • 12.8% of European textile SMEs had adopted Big Data and related data analytics in 2023, according to the European Monitor of Industrial Ecosystems survey.[3]

05 Statistics

Data & Analytics

Analytics execution focuses on traceability, predictive maintenance, and KPI tracking, including an on-time-shipment rate of 34.17% in a Jan 2022–Nov 2025 dashboard.

Business intelligence in the textile mill industry

  • 2 manufacturing facilities at Gadoon Textile Mills were supported by in-house ERP and business-intelligence tools in Pakistan in 2023.[10]
  • 3 barcode-covered areas—raw material, production and waste—were included in Tata Textile Mills’ first digitalization phase in Pakistan in 2025.[11]
  • Around 4,000 employees were part of Gadoon Textile Mills’ workforce alongside its business-intelligence-enabled operations in Pakistan in 2023.[10]
  • 1 business-intelligence dashboard rollout was reported by Tata Textile Mills after implementing barcode systems for raw materials, production and waste in Pakistan in 2025.[11]
  • Rs. 20.69 billion was Gadoon Textile Mills’ equity in 2023, reported in the same business model that identified in-house business-intelligence tools as intellectual capital.[10]
  • 1 cloud-based Oracle Fusion ERP system was implemented by Tata Textile Mills as a foundation for business-intelligence solutions in Pakistan in 2025.[12]

Data analytics in the textile mill industry

  • 4% was the lowest normalized mean absolute error produced by a predictive analytics system for textile-fabric physical properties in a 2023 study.[13]
  • 98%+ accuracy was achieved by an ensemble-learning model for defective-product prediction in a textile manufacturing process in Taiwan in 2022.[14]
  • 42 fabric examples formed the dataset for a predictive and prescriptive analytics system supporting new textile-fabric design in 2023.[13]
  • 11% was the highest normalized mean absolute error produced by the same predictive analytics system for textile-fabric physical properties in a 2023 study.[13]
  • 98.23% accuracy and a 0.97 AUC were recorded by a Random Forest predictive-maintenance model for smart textile manufacturing in Bangladesh in 2025.[15]
  • 63.173 was the root-mean-square error of the best random-forest production forecast in a garment-manufacturing IoT analytics study in 2025.[14]

Data Quality in the fashion and textiles sector (sector benchmark)

  • 44% of fashion and apparel businesses verified their current traceability data in 2025, based on a survey of more than 450 industry professionals globally.[16]
  • 79% of yarn-level textile firms could report process input and output volumes at batch level in 2025 across the surveyed Global South markets.[17]
  • 46% of fashion and apparel businesses had visibility into Tier 4 raw-material suppliers in 2025, according to a global industry survey.[16]
  • 77% of raw-material-level textile firms could report process input and output volumes at batch level in 2025 across the surveyed Global South markets.[17]
  • 75% of fabric-level textile firms could report process input and output volumes at batch level in 2025 across the surveyed Global South markets.[17]
  • 51% of garment-level textile firms could report process input and output volumes at batch level in 2025 across the surveyed Global South markets.[17]

Data Governance in the fashion and textiles sector (sector benchmark)

  • 45% of textile firms not affected by the EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation reported using industry data-sharing standards in 2025.[17]
  • 32% of raw-material suppliers in the surveyed textile supply chains used recognized data-sharing standards in 2025, compared with 55% that used none.[17]
  • 30% of textile firms using recognized data-sharing standards reported using ISO/IEC 27001 in 2025, making it the most commonly cited standard.[17]
  • 83% of surveyed textile firms in the Global South actively shared product-related data with suppliers in 2025, while 17% had not adopted this practice.[17]
  • 38% of surveyed textile firms in the Global South used recognized industry standards for data sharing in 2025, while 44% used none and 18% were unsure.[17]
  • 52% of textile firms affected by the EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation reported using industry data-sharing standards in 2025.[17]

KPIs in the textile mill industry

  • 48% of North American apparel manufacturers reported supply-chain KPI improvements from digital-transformation initiatives in 2023.[8]
  • 34.17% was the on-time-shipment rate reported in the same textile and garment production analytics dashboard covering January 2022 to November 2025.[18]
  • 26% of North American apparel manufacturers reported sales and customer-service OTIF KPI improvements from digital transformation in 2023.[8]
  • 34% of North American apparel manufacturers reported production OEE KPI improvements from digital transformation in 2023.[8]
  • 32% of North American apparel manufacturers reported e-commerce and direct-to-consumer KPI improvements from digital transformation in 2023.[8]
  • 30% of North American apparel manufacturers reported logistics-efficiency KPI improvements from digital transformation in 2023.[8]

06 Statistics

Strategy & Growth

Growth and operations shift via productivity and establishment counts, including 2,610 private textile-mill establishments in the first quarter of 2026.

Growth in the textile mill industry

  • 4.8% growth in labor productivity was recorded by U.S. textile mills in 2025.[19]
  • 2,610 private textile-mill establishments operated in the United States in the first quarter of 2026.[19]
  • 5.9% growth in U.S. textile-product-mill GDP occurred between 2002 and 2022.[6]
  • 17,000 establishments operated across the U.S. textile industry in 2023.[6]
  • 334,000 workers were employed across the U.S. textile industry in 2023.[6]
  • 5.1% growth in Canadian textile-manufacturing imports occurred from 2024 to 2025.[20]

Differentiation in the textile mill industry

  • 6,137 textile-ecosystem projects received European Regional Development Fund support between 2014 and 2020.[3]
  • 26% of EU textile companies had adopted a digital-transformation strategy in 2024.[3]
  • 54% of EU textile companies employed no professionals in green jobs in 2024.[3]
  • 2.6 full-time-equivalent green-job employees per company was the EU textile-ecosystem average in 2024.[3]
  • 5.1% was the share of advanced-materials patents in EU textile-ecosystem patents in 2021.[3]
  • 18% of EU textile companies adopted a concrete climate-neutrality strategy in 2024.[3]

Mergers and acquisitions in the textile mill industry

  • $65 million was Lion Brothers’ approximate revenue before Avery Dennison agreed to acquire it in 2023.[21]
  • $592.8 crore was the cash consideration for Indo Count’s acquisition of GHCL’s home-textile business in 2022.[22]
  • 240,000 square feet was the size of the Virginia fabric facility acquired by Apex Mills from Hanesbrands in 2023.[23]
  • More than 5,000 employees were projected for the combined Archroma business after acquiring Huntsman Textile Effects in 2023.[24]
  • 35 production sites were projected for Archroma after combining with Huntsman Textile Effects in 2023.[24]
  • 2,300 employees were included in Huntsman Textile Effects when Archroma acquired the business in 2023.[24]

Strategic partnerships in the textile mill industry

  • €147 million in Canadian textile and clothing imports from the EU were recorded in 2025.[25]
  • €495 million in European textile and clothing exports went to Mercosur in 2025.[25]
  • 2025–2027 was the operating period announced for the European Partnership for Textiles of the Future.[25]
  • €60 million was the planned joint investment in European textile research and innovation projects from 2025 to 2030.[25]
  • €700 million was the value of EU–Mercosur textile and clothing trade in 2025 when the new industry dialogue launched.[25]
  • 20% of the European TCLF ecosystem workforce is the approximate annual share targeted for upskilling or reskilling by 2030.[25]

07 Statistics

People & Workforce

Workforce coverage shows ongoing contraction risk in the U.S., with employment at 78.3 thousand people in May 2026.

Hiring in the textile mill industry

  • 7,600 U.S. textile-mill jobs were held by textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators and tenders in 2025.[19]
  • 78.3 thousand people were employed in U.S. textile mills in May 2026.[19]
  • 78.2 thousand people were employed in U.S. textile mills in June 2026.[19]
  • 81,283 people were employed in U.S. textile mills across approximately 2,657 establishments in 2025.[26]
  • 4,020 U.S. textile-mill jobs were held by inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers and weighers in 2025.[19]

Employee retention in the textile mill industry

  • 67% of trained Albanian textile and footwear enterprises reported reduced labour turnover after SCORE support.[27]
  • 33.33% was the average reduction in rework reported by trained Albanian textile and footwear enterprises.[27]
  • 80% of trained Albanian textile and footwear SMEs reported reduced absenteeism after SCORE training.[27]
  • 15% to 20% was the productivity increase reported for an ILO-supported textile enterprise after SCORE training.[27]
  • 28% was the staff turnover rate at India-based Stanfab Apparels in 2017 before an ILO SCORE intervention.[27]

Remote Work in the fashion and textiles sector (sector benchmark)

  • In a global survey of more than 1,000 fashion professionals, 65% identified flexible working policies as the most important employer benefit.[28]
  • Among non-manager manufacturing employees able to work remotely, 67% can work from home two days per week, according to a 2024 member survey.[29]
  • In 2024, 15% of non-factory-floor employees at surveyed global manufacturers worked fully remotely, compared with 8% of factory-floor employees.[30]
  • Across U.S. manufacturers, 95% of employees with work flexibility use it, according to a 2024 member survey covering operations and production roles.[29]

Hybrid Work in the fashion and textiles sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across surveyed manufacturers in 2025, 79% operated a hybrid model for non-production employees, while 17% were fully back in the office.[29]
  • Among fashion and beauty professionals globally, 52% preferred a hybrid schedule with two or three days in the office.[28]
  • In 2025, 23% of surveyed manufacturers were actively updating hybrid policies to add more structure around required office days.[29]
  • Among global manufacturers in 2024, 42% of non-factory-floor employees worked in hybrid arrangements, compared with 10% of factory-floor employees.[30]

Upskilling in the textile mill industry

  • 692 training programmes were developed across Europe’s textile, clothing, leather and footwear ecosystem in 2025.[25]
  • 1,255 stakeholders joined textile, clothing, leather and footwear skills partnerships or networks in Europe in 2025.[25]
  • 2,200 Indian textile workers had completed Samarth reskilling or upskilling training by July 2025.[31]
  • 34,117 people participated in upskilling or reskilling activities across Europe’s textile, clothing, leather and footwear ecosystem in 2025.[25]
  • 61% of surveyed European textile-sector respondents were implementing upskilling or reskilling activities in the cited survey.[3]

Employee Engagement in the fashion and textiles sector (sector benchmark)

  • Burberry reported a colleague engagement score of 74 points in its fiscal 2023/24 Glint survey.[32]
  • Fast Retailing reported a 78.0% overall employee-engagement index in its fiscal 2025 survey, covering 36,827 respondents globally.[33]
  • H&M Group reported an employee satisfaction score of 76 out of 100 in 2024, up from 75 in 2023.[34]
  • NEXT Group reported a 75% overall employee-engagement score in 2025/26, exceeding its cited UK fashion-retail benchmark of 64%.[35]
  • Moncler Group recorded a 76% employee engagement rate in 2024, based on responses from 6,777 employees worldwide.[32]

DEI in the textile mill industry

  • 6.8% of the U.S. textile, apparel and leather manufacturing workforce was Asian in 2024.[6]
  • 14.8% of the U.S. textile, apparel and leather manufacturing workforce was Black or African American in 2024.[6]

08 Statistics

Customer & Sales

Customer-facing performance is measured through satisfaction and churn indicators, including 68.40% ecommerce customer churn in 2022 for Dondup.

Customer experience in the textile mill industry

  • 91% of end customers rated professional service staff highly in Shang Gong Group’s 2024 global customer survey covering textile-related industries.[36]
  • 64% of U.S. textile producers relied heavily or moderately on producing basics in large quantities in 1987.[37]
  • 75.33% was Cotton Knit’s customer-satisfaction result from its 2023 survey in Peru.[38]
  • 64% of U.S. textile producers relied heavily or moderately on high quality and price in 1987.[37]
  • 75% of U.S. textile producers relied heavily or moderately on short lead times in 1987.[37]

Customer retention in the textile mill industry

  • 3.40% of Dondup products sold generated customer claims in 2020, excluding defects, administrative problems and logistics problems.[39]
  • 0.10% of Dondup products sold were returned because of defects in 2020.[39]
  • 68.40% was Dondup’s ecommerce customer churn rate in 2022 among customers identified through ordering email addresses.[39]
  • 77.60% was Dondup’s ecommerce customer churn rate in 2020 among customers identified through ordering email addresses.[39]
  • 70.10% was Dondup’s ecommerce customer churn rate in 2021 among customers identified through ordering email addresses.[39]

Customer acquisition in the textile mill industry

  • 69% of U.S. textile producers relied heavily or moderately on increased sales to end manufacturers in 1987.[37]
  • 73% of U.S. textile producers relied heavily or moderately on research into end-user needs in 1987.[37]
  • 73% of U.S. textile producers relied heavily or moderately on brand advertising in 1987.[37]
  • 560 textile-brand partners worldwide collaborated with Lenzing’s TENCEL and LENZING ECOVERO brands in 2023.[40]
  • 67% of U.S. textile producers relied heavily or moderately on retail-sales analysis in their domestic-market marketing strategies in 1987.[37]

Customer loyalty in the textile mill industry

  • 73% of VH Innerwear customers gave a Net Promoter Score result in FY 2024-25.[41]
  • 64 was Shang Gong Group’s Net Promoter Score in its 2024 global customer survey covering apparel, footwear, upholstery and technical textiles.[36]
  • 89% of Pantaloons customers gave a Net Promoter Score result in FY 2024-25.[41]
  • 86% of end customers rated overall satisfaction highly in Shang Gong Group’s 2024 global customer survey covering textile-related industries.[36]
  • 57% of surveyed customers identified a Shang Gong Group service as their most-used service in 2024.[36]

Lead generation in the textile mill industry

  • 43% of Wisconsin manufacturers identified referrals or word of mouth as their primary source of new-customer acquisition in 2024.[42]
  • 9% of Wisconsin manufacturers identified direct sales, sales representatives or cold calls as their primary source of new-customer acquisition in 2024.[42]
  • 14% of Wisconsin manufacturers identified industry events or trade shows as their primary source of new-customer acquisition in 2024.[42]
  • 21% of Wisconsin manufacturers identified websites or online channels as their primary source of new-customer acquisition in 2024.[42]

09 Statistics

Marketing & Brand

Digital presence and brand certification requirements appear in ecosystem surveys, including 65% of EU27 textile companies with an active website and online presence in 2023.

Marketing in the textile mill industry

  • 86% of 108 U.S. textile mill producers relied on deliveries timed to customer needs; survey year 1995, United States.[37]
  • 87% of 108 U.S. textile mill producers relied on guaranteed quality as a marketing strategy for the U.S. market; survey year 1995, United States.[37]
  • 81% of 108 U.S. textile mill producers relied on high quality and price; survey year 1995, United States.[37]
  • 73% of 108 U.S. textile mill producers relied on brand advertising; survey year 1995, United States.[37]
  • 75% of 108 U.S. textile mill producers relied on innovative styling; survey year 1995, United States.[37]

Digital marketing in the textile mill industry

  • 65% of EU27 textile companies had an active website and online presence in 2023.[3]
  • 26% of surveyed textile companies had one full-time employee in digital-transition-related roles in 2024, across the surveyed textile ecosystem.[3]
  • 22.1% of surveyed EU27 textile companies invested 5%–9% of annual revenue or income in digital transformation in 2023.[3]
  • 13% of surveyed textile companies had 6–10 full-time employees in digital-transition-related roles in 2024, across the surveyed textile ecosystem.[3]
  • 54% of EU27 textile companies with a website had more than 10 pages in 2023.[3]

Branding in the textile mill industry

  • About two-thirds of surveyed Indian textile enterprises did not have a company logo; survey year 2007, India.[43]
  • 100% of surveyed Indian textile enterprises had a company name, but none had a separate product name; survey year 2007, India.[43]
  • 81% of brands and retailers in the OECD company survey required sustainability certifications from textile suppliers; survey year 2024, international.[1]
  • 242% was the increase in facilities certified under OEKO-TEX Sustainable Textile and Leather Production between 2018 and 2023.[1]
  • 91% of large brands and retailers in the OECD company survey required sustainability certifications from textile suppliers; survey year 2024, international.[1]

Social media in the textile mill industry

  • 71.7% of surveyed textile-product users in Kosovo used Instagram most often for textile information and purchases in 2024.[44]
  • 77.0% of surveyed textile-product users in Kosovo used Facebook most often for textile information and purchases in 2024.[44]
  • 57% of EU27 textile companies had an active social-media account in 2023.[3]
  • 22.9% of surveyed textile-product users in Kosovo used TikTok most often for textile information and purchases in 2024.[44]
  • 14% of EU27 textile companies used YouTube in 2023, based on company-website text mining.[3]

Influencer Marketing in the fashion and textiles sector (sector benchmark)

  • 76% of fashion earned media value was generated by affordable fashion brands globally in 2025.[45]
  • $15.1 billion in earned media value was generated by the top 100 global fashion brands in 2025.[45]
  • 1.21 trillion impressions were generated by fashion influencer content globally in 2023, primarily on Instagram.[46]
  • 1.8% was the average influencer engagement rate for giant fashion brands, compared with 1.9% for challengers and 1.6% for up-and-comers in 2024.[47]
  • 1.53% was the average engagement rate for fashion influencer content in 2023, rising to 2.26% on TikTok.[46]

10 Statistics

Operations & Execution

Operations focus on defect reduction and yield changes after IoT implementation, including 90.1% first-pass yield in a 2026 textile-manufacturing study.

Process optimization in the textile mill industry

  • 14.6% was the reported moisture-content optimization for wool textiles after IoT implementation in a 2026 textile-manufacturing study.[48]
  • 12.8% was the reported moisture-content optimization for silk textiles after IoT implementation in a 2026 textile-manufacturing study.[48]
  • 11.5% was the reported moisture-content optimization for rayon textiles after IoT implementation in a 2026 textile-manufacturing study.[48]
  • 9.8% was the reported moisture-content optimization for denim after IoT implementation in a 2026 textile-manufacturing study.[48]
  • 35% of textile-sector energy consumption was attributed to low-temperature processes in a 2021 textile-manufacturing energy benchmark.[49]

Operational efficiency in the textile mill industry

  • 6.1% was the year-over-year labor-productivity decrease in U.S. textile mills in 2018, measured as output per hour.[50]
  • 9.8% was the year-over-year labor-productivity decrease in U.S. textile mills in 2022, measured as output per hour.[50]
  • 2.0% was the year-over-year labor-productivity decrease in U.S. textile mills in 2021, measured as output per hour.[50]
  • 23.6% was the average reduction in critical laboratory activities after a Lean intervention at a Peruvian industrial-yarn company.[51]
  • 6.8% was the year-over-year labor-productivity increase in U.S. textile mills in 2023, measured as output per hour.[50]

Quality management in the textile mill industry

  • 8.3% was the overall defect rate before IoT implementation in a 2026 textile-manufacturing study.[48]
  • 5.6% was the overall defect rate after IoT implementation in a 2026 textile-manufacturing study.[48]
  • 3.5% was the defect rate reported for packaging in a 2026 textile-manufacturing process evaluation.[48]
  • 90.1% was the first-pass yield after IoT implementation in a 2026 textile-manufacturing study.[48]
  • 4.9% was the defect rate reported for cutting in a 2026 textile-manufacturing process evaluation.[48]

Outsourcing / Offshoring in the fashion and textiles sector (sector benchmark)

  • Among 67 surveyed apparel and footwear brands globally, approximately 7% reported mature practices across strategic sourcing, collaborative supply planning, and proactive supplier management.[52]
  • Among surveyed apparel and footwear brands globally, 49% prioritized transforming their supply base to increase margins or decrease costs over the next two years.[52]
  • Among U.S. fashion companies, 60% sourced less than 10% of their apparel products from China in 2025.[53]
  • Across U.S. fashion companies, 46 countries were used as apparel sourcing destinations in 2025.[53]
  • Among U.S. fashion companies, more than 80% planned to further reduce apparel sourcing from China over the following two years through 2027.[53]

11 Statistics

Finance & Pricing

Pricing and efficiency programs show measurable effects, including 3% average price increases paid by U.S. textile mills during 2024.

Pricing strategy in the textile mill industry

  • US$60 million was the estimated additional annual textile-export revenue associated with a 5% export uplift from premium pricing and related gains in Pakistan.[54]
  • 2.13% was the approximate year-over-year increase in Kohinoor Textile Mills’ revenue from 2024 to 2025.[12]
  • 3% was the average increase in prices paid by U.S. textile mills during 2024, according to an industry survey.[55]
  • 29.84% was the year-over-year revenue increase reported by AN Textile Mills, from Rs3,460.089 million in 2024 to Rs4,492.440 million in 2025.[56]
  • 20% of surveyed U.S. manufacturers reported lower prices at the end of 2024, with decreases averaging 6.0%; textile mills were included in the survey population.[55]

Cost reduction in the textile mill industry

  • 26.9 million Pakistani rupees per mill per year was the estimated saving from efficient motors in textile mills.[54]
  • Approximately €8,500 per year was the estimated cost reduction from a new staple-fibre sizing machine at Getzner Textil under full utilization.[57]
  • 21% was the measured daily energy-consumption reduction from an energy audit and conservation program at a textile spinning mill in western Tamil Nadu, India.[58]
  • 1.5 million kilowatt-hours per mill per year was the estimated total energy saving from the assessed retrofit measures.[54]
  • 3.16 billion Pakistani rupees per year was the estimated aggregate saving for 100 textile mills implementing the assessed retrofit package.[54]

Profitability in the textile mill industry

  • 12.14% was Gadoon Textile Mills’ EBITDA-to-sales ratio in 2025.[10]
  • 14.01% was Sapphire Textile Mills’ return on equity in 2024.[59]
  • 18.83% was Sapphire Textile Mills’ EBITDA-to-sales ratio in 2024.[59]
  • 9.55% was Sapphire Textile Mills’ return on capital employed in 2024.[59]
  • 6.28% was Sapphire Textile Mills’ net-profit-to-sales ratio in 2024.[59]

Financial planning in the textile mill industry

  • Rs2,116.772 million was Gul Ahmed Textile Mills’ closing capital-work-in-progress balance in 2025.[12]
  • Rs123 million of borrowing cost was capitalized by Gul Ahmed Textile Mills during 2025 construction activities.[12]
  • Rs6,627.126 million was Sapphire Textile Mills’ fixed capital expenditure in 2024.[60]
  • Rs345.301 million of Gul Ahmed Textile Mills’ 2025 capital expenditure was classified as other capital expenditure.[12]
  • 49.735 megawatts was the capacity of each of three renewable-energy projects operated by a Sapphire Textile Mills-associated company in Jhimpir, Sindh.[60]

12 Statistics

Product & Service

Circularity signals include reuse rates and waste outcomes, including 50% of sorted textiles in the EU sent for reuse in the cited assessment.

Product development in the textile mill industry

  • 115 U.S. textile-mill respondents reported conducting research and development in the 2017 assessment.[61]
  • 48% of medium-sized U.S. textile and apparel organizations reported conducting research and development in 2017.[61]
  • 38% of surveyed U.S. textile and apparel organizations reported conducting research and development in 2017.[61]
  • 1,115 patents and patent applications were held by Lenzing across 46 countries in 2024.[40]
  • 1.1% was the estimated share of global man-made cellulosic fiber production made from recycled feedstocks in 2024.[32]

Product lifecycle in the textile mill industry

  • 1% of clothing material was recycled into new clothing, according to the European Commission.[62]
  • 50% of sorted textiles in the EU were sent for reuse in the cited material-flow assessment.[13]
  • 87% of textile waste was landfilled or incinerated after final use, according to the EU textiles preparatory report.[63]
  • 5 million tonnes of clothing were discarded annually in the EU, according to the European Commission’s textiles strategy.[62]
  • 30% of garments were estimated to be over-produced and discarded without being worn.[63]

After-sales in the textile mill industry

  • 21% was the average share of unsold textile products reported in the research literature reviewed by the EEA.[64]
  • 95% of textiles brought to participating European Repair Cafés were successfully repaired in 2025.[64]
  • 3,000 textile items were successfully repaired at participating European Repair Cafés in 2025.[64]
  • 20% was the estimated average return rate for clothing bought online in Europe.[64]
  • 70% of clothing returns were attributed to perceived poor fit or style in the cited European analysis.[64]

Value proposition in the textile mill industry

  • 0.5% was the increase in global synthetic short-staple-fiber consumption in the organized spinning-mill sector in 2023.[65]
  • 197,000 companies operated in the EU textile and clothing sector in 2023.[62]
  • 43 million tonnes was the organized spinning-mill sector’s global raw-material consumption in 2023.[65]
  • 33% was the share of U.S. textile-industry GDP generated by textile mills in 2022.[6]
  • 26 kilograms was the average annual textile use per EU resident in the cited 2026 report.[66]

13 Statistics

Sustainability & Ethics

Sustainability reporting emphasizes water recycling and energy use, including 13 lakh kilolitres of water recycled by Sutlej Textiles in 2024–25.

Sustainability in the textile mill industry

  • 13 lakh kilolitres of water were recycled by Sutlej Textiles in India during financial year 2024–25.[67]
  • Two Sutlej Textiles units in India operated zero-liquid-discharge systems during financial year 2024–25.[67]
  • 50,600.88 cubic metres of water were used in production processes by Portuguese textile producer Lameirinho in 2024.[68]
  • 673 cubic metres of water were recycled or reused at Marimekko’s textile printing factory in Finland in 2024.[69]
  • 92% of waste was recycled at SAITEX’s Vietnam mill in 2024.[70]

ESG in the textile mill industry

  • 2.30 MWh was the electricity consumed per tonne of processed material at Mey’s knitting mill in Germany in 2024.[71]
  • 76% was the reduction in Marimekko’s water-scarcity score per kilogram of sourced textile materials between 2019 and 2024.[60]
  • 1.02 billion Canadian dollars was contributed to Canada’s GDP by textile product mills in 2024.[72]
  • 60 kilolitres of condensate water per day was identified as recoverable by Sutlej Textiles’ water audit in India in 2024–25.[67]
  • 4,394.27 MWh was Mey’s total energy consumption at its German production site in 2024.[71]

Ethics in the textile mill industry

  • 10 of PUMA’s monitored textile and apparel factories were covered by the ILO Better Work programme in 2024.[60]
  • 9 of PUMA’s monitored textile and apparel factories had third-party grievance mechanisms in 2024.[60]
  • 43% of PUMA’s monitored textile and apparel factories participated in the legally binding ACCORD initiative in 2024.[60]
  • 64% of PUMA’s monitored textile and apparel factories had a third-party grievance mechanism in 2024.[60]
  • 71% of PUMA’s monitored textile and apparel factories were covered by the ILO Better Work programme in 2024.[60]

CSR in the textile mill industry

  • 5 biomass boilers or heaters were installed at Masood Textile Mills in Pakistan by 2024.[73]
  • 1.4 million tonnes of used textiles were exported by EU Member States in 2023, affecting downstream textile-reuse and recycling systems.[64]
  • 264,000–594,000 tonnes of textiles were destroyed before use in Europe each year, according to the EEA estimate.[64]
  • 70% of Tata Textile Mills’ steam condensate was recovered in Pakistan in 2024.[73]
  • 100% of Tata Textile Mills’ production-area lighting was converted to LED systems in Pakistan in 2024.[73]

Circular economy in the textile mill industry

  • 250,000 tonnes was the expected annual capacity for chemical textile recycling in Europe by 2025.[64]
  • 16 kilograms of textile waste were generated per person in the EU in 2022.[64]
  • 1.4 million tonnes of used textiles were exported from the EU in 2023.[64]
  • 12% of European textile waste was sent to landfill in 2022.[64]
  • 6.94 million tonnes of textile waste were generated in EU Member States in 2022.[64]

Carbon footprint in the textile mill industry

  • 42,624.12 metric tonnes of CO2e was the calculated carbon footprint of the studied textile products in the 2023 Asian textile-sector baseline study.[74]
  • 6.3 kilograms of CO2e per kilogram of mill output was CIEL Textile’s carbon intensity in financial year 2023–24.[75]
  • 4.4 kilograms of CO2e per kilogram of textile was India’s spinning-stage footprint for finished cotton woven fabric in the ITMF study.[65]
  • 68,746.86 tonnes of CO2e was Kıvanç Textile’s corporate carbon footprint in Turkey in 2023.[76]
  • 126,376.6 metric tonnes of CO2e was the calculated textile-industry carbon footprint in 2024 in the published accounting-framework study.[77]

15 Statistics

Globalization & Expansion

Trade structure remains export-led and cross-border, with Asia export dominance at 70.6% of world textile and clothing exports in 2022.

Globalization in the textile mill industry

  • 64% of Viet Nam’s textiles and clothing exports consisted of foreign value added in 2022.[88]
  • 36.4% of value added in global textiles and clothing exports originated within the exporting industry in 2022.[88]
  • 3.7% of world merchandise exports came from textiles and clothing in 2022, according to the WTO.[88]
  • More than 40% of value added in global textiles and clothing exports was supplied by China in 2022.[88]
  • $299.02 billion was China’s textile and apparel export value in 2024.[89]

Cultural adaptation in the textile mill industry

  • 332 Inditex suppliers were located in the European Union in 2022.[90]
  • 30 countries received exports from an Indian sari-recycling textile producer in 2024, including France, Italy and Spain.[91]
  • $8.42 billion was Kohinoor Mills’ 2025 revenue from Asia across weaving and dyeing operations.[92]
  • 1,729 direct suppliers served Inditex across 50 markets in 2022.[90]
  • 49% of Inditex garment factories were located in Spain, Portugal, Morocco or Türkiye in 2022, supporting proximity to regional markets.[90]

Supplier management in the textile mill industry

  • 25% of Hayleys Fabric’s dye and chemical suppliers were located in India in 2024/25.[93]
  • 9% of Hayleys Fabric’s yarn and greige suppliers were located in Viet Nam in 2024/25.[93]
  • 61% of Hayleys Fabric’s average annual procurement spend came from overseas suppliers in 2024/25.[93]
  • 38% of Hayleys Fabric’s dye and chemical suppliers were located in Sri Lanka in 2024/25.[93]
  • 62% of Hayleys Fabric’s yarn and greige suppliers were located in India in 2024/25.[93]

Stakeholder management in the textile mill industry

  • 165 factories in Inditex’s 2022 supply chain performed dyeing and washing.[90]
  • 49% of Inditex’s garment factories were located in proximity-manufacturing countries in 2022.[90]
  • 3,200 factories in Inditex’s 2022 supply chain performed spinning, weaving or other raw-material processes.[90]
  • 263 factories in Inditex’s 2022 supply chain performed finishing operations.[90]
  • 61% of Hayleys Fabric’s procurement spend came from overseas suppliers in 2024/25, requiring cross-border supplier oversight.[93]

Distribution channels in the textile mill industry

  • RMB41.3 million was Colony Textile Mills’ African weaving revenue in 2024.[94]
  • 69% of Mahmood Textile Mills’ revenue came from Pakistan in 2025.[86]
  • RMB93.9 million was Colony Textile Mills’ United States weaving revenue in 2024.[94]
  • RMB881.7 million was Colony Textile Mills’ European weaving revenue in 2024.[94]
  • 16.92% of Mahmood Textile Mills’ total revenue came from one customer in 2025.[86]

Key questions about the textile mill industry

What is the market size for the global textile market, and what do U.S. textile mills generate?
The global textile market reached an estimated $660.13 billion in 2025. In the United States, textile mills generated $23.95 billion in 2024 sales and employed 69,089 people.
How fast is the textile market expected to grow toward 2030?
The global textile market is forecast to reach $919.08 billion by 2030. This implies a 6.9% compound annual growth rate from 2025 to 2030.
Which companies lead the textile mill industry?
Hengli Group leads Gitnux's 2026 textile mill ranking with an Overall score of 9.6, with capacity above 4 billion metres annually across integrated polyester, fibers, yarns, textiles. Shenzhou International is the highest-ranked textile manufacturer at 9.2, with 280,000 metric tons of fabric and 600 million garments annually in knitwear and fabrics.
What technology shifts are most visible in textile mills?
Companies report adoption of AI, automation and robotics, and broader digitization such as cloud technology and traceability systems. In 2026, 43% of participating Indian textile and apparel companies were using or piloting AI.
How concentrated is the textile market structure across regions?
Asia supplied 70.6% of world textile and clothing exports in 2022. China represented approximately 32% of global textile and apparel trade in 2025, with an estimated $291 billion in combined exports.
What is changing in compliance and product transparency requirements?
EU ecodesign requirements for textiles and digital product passports are moving toward implementation. The Digital Product Passport Registry launched in 2026, and adoption of the textile delegated act is planned in Q4 2027, subject to change.
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