Apparel Accessories and Other Apparel Manufacturing: Business Name Ideas

What this industry covers

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing apparel and accessories (except apparel knitting mills, cut and sew apparel contractors, men's and boys' cut and sew apparel, women’s, girls', and infants’ cut and sew apparel, and other cut and sew apparel). Jobbers, who perform entrepreneurial functions involved in apparel accessories manufacture, including buying raw materials, designing and preparing samples, arranging for apparel accessories to be made from their materials, and marketing finished apparel accessories, are included. Examples of products made by these establishments are belts, caps, gloves (except medical, sporting, safety), hats, and neckties.

Businesses classified here include

• Apparel findings and trimmings cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Aprons, waterproof (e.g., plastics, rubberized fabric), rubberizing fabric and manufacturing aprons
• Aprons, waterproof (including rubberized fabric, plastics), cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Arm bands, elastic, cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Ascots, men's and boys', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Baseball caps cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Bathing caps, rubber, manufacturing
• Belts, apparel (e.g., fabric, leather, vinyl), cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Belts, money, any material, cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Bibs and aprons, waterproof (e.g., plastics, rubber, similar materials), cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Bibs and aprons, waterproof (e.g., plastics, rubber, similar materials), rubberizing fabric and manufacturing bibs and aprons
• Bow ties, men's and boys', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Caps (except fur, leather) cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Caps (i.e., apparel accessory) cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except fur, leather, apparel contractors)
• Caps, textiles, straw, fur-felt, and wool-felt, cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Chauffeurs' hats and caps cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Coat trimmings fabric cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Cummerbunds cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Dress and semidress gloves cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Dress trimmings cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Findings, suit and coat (e.g., coat fronts, pockets), cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Glove linings (except fur) manufacturing
• Gloves and mittens (except athletic), leather, fabric, fur, or combinations, cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Gloves and mittens, woven or knit, cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors), manufacturing
• Gloves, leather (except athletic, cut and sewn apparel contractors), manufacturing
• Handkerchiefs (except paper) cut and sewn from purchased fabric
• Harvest hats, straw, manufacturing
• Hat bodies (e.g., fur-felt, straw, wool-felt) cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Hat findings cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Hat linings and trimmings cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)

Definition and examples from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 315990), U.S. Census Bureau.

Name ideas for apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing

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Name words that fit, with their meanings

• Apparel
• Accessory
• Works
• Forge
• Craft
• Mill
• Made

U.S. business numbers

Locations by number of employees nationwide

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022. Counts cover employer establishments (businesses with paid employees); self-employed owners without staff are not included. Small establishments with 1–4 employees include those that reported no paid employees in mid-March.

Top states for apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing

1. California 146 locations
2. New York 70 locations
3. Florida 60 locations
4. Texas 47 locations
5. Pennsylvania 28 locations
6. Michigan 23 locations
7. Illinois 22 locations
8. New Jersey 22 locations
9. North Carolina 22 locations
10. Ohio 21 locations

All 37 states

• Arizona (5)
• Arkansas (4)
• California (146)
• Colorado (15)
• Connecticut (5)
• Florida (60)
• Georgia (15)
• Idaho (5)
• Illinois (22)
• Iowa (5)
• Kentucky (8)
• Louisiana (3)
• Maine (4)
• Maryland (18)
• Massachusetts (9)
• Michigan (23)
• Minnesota (20)
• Mississippi (9)
• Missouri (13)
• Montana (4)
• Nevada (3)
• New Hampshire (3)
• New Jersey (22)
• New Mexico (5)
• New York (70)
• North Carolina (22)
• Ohio (21)
• Oregon (9)
• Pennsylvania (28)
• South Carolina (11)
• Tennessee (11)
• Texas (47)
• Utah (12)
• Vermont (3)
• Virginia (15)
• Washington (13)
• Wisconsin (8)