How big is apparel and leather products manufacturing in the U.S.?

Apparel and Leather Products manufacturing produced $12.3B of value added in 2025, or 0.4% of all U.S. manufacturing output and 0% of total GDP, per BEA GDP-by-industry data. It ranks 19 of 19 manufacturing subsectors by size.

Is apparel and leather products manufacturing growing or shrinking?

In the latest annual data (2025), apparel and leather products value added is down 1.6% year over year in dollar terms. The full quarterly series since 2005 is charted above and updates with each BEA release.

Which states produce the most apparel and leather products?

California leads with $4.1B of apparel and leather products GDP in 2024, followed by New York ($1.2B) and Texas ($743M), per BEA state GDP data.

Is apparel and leather products a durable or nondurable goods industry?

BEA classes apparel and leather products manufacturing as nondurable goods. Nondurable goods (food, chemicals, plastics, fuel, paper) are products generally consumed within three years.

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Apparel and Leather Products Manufacturing

Apparel and Leather Products manufacturing produced $12.3B of value added in 2025. That is 0.4% of all U.S. manufacturing output and 0% of GDP, making it the 19th-largest of the 19 manufacturing subsectors the Bureau of Economic Analysis tracks. Output shrank 1.6% year over year. It is classed as nondurable goods manufacturing; the largest producing state is California ($4.1B in 2024).

Output and growth

Value added: $12.3B in 2025, 0.4% of all U.S. manufacturing and 0% of GDP.
Year-over-year change: -1.6% in dollar terms.
Classification: nondurable goods manufacturing (BEA subsector 315AL).

Top producing states

California: $4.1B (2024)
New York: $1.2B (2024)
Texas: $743M (2024)

Frequently asked questions

How big is apparel and leather products manufacturing in the U.S.? Apparel and Leather Products manufacturing produced $12.3B of value added in 2025, or 0.4% of all U.S. manufacturing output and 0% of total GDP, per BEA GDP-by-industry data. It ranks 19 of 19 manufacturing subsectors by size.
Is apparel and leather products manufacturing growing or shrinking? In the latest annual data (2025), apparel and leather products value added is down 1.6% year over year in dollar terms. The full quarterly series since 2005 is charted above and updates with each BEA release.
Which states produce the most apparel and leather products? California leads with $4.1B of apparel and leather products GDP in 2024, followed by New York ($1.2B) and Texas ($743M), per BEA state GDP data.
Is apparel and leather products a durable or nondurable goods industry? BEA classes apparel and leather products manufacturing as nondurable goods. Nondurable goods (food, chemicals, plastics, fuel, paper) are products generally consumed within three years.

About this data

Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (public domain). National quarterly values are seasonally adjusted annual rates. Corporate-profit industry detail reflects inventory valuation adjustment without capital consumption adjustment, per NIPA table 6.16D conventions.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.