Company Index Stats

How many Fashion & Apparel companies are there?

There are 2,328,924 Fashion & Apparel companies in the DiscoLike index as of October 2026.

Companies can carry several industry labels, so counts overlap.

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Fashion & Apparel covers clothing, footwear, jewellery and accessories, both the brands and the shops selling them.

Where it meets E-Commerce

Apparel is the largest label in both groups, as stores in E-Commerce and as women's apparel brands here, and 73% of Fashion & Apparel companies also carry E-Commerce. Fashion & Apparel is the category, E-Commerce the channel.

Usually an additional label
Only 45% list Fashion & Apparel as their main industry, the 1st lowest share of 53; 1,285,670 carry it additionally, admitting companies identified elsewhere.
D2C is unusually concentrated
38% sell D2C against an 8% index baseline, while 8% sell B2B against 33%. A D2C-focused company set will be far larger than a B2B one.
Small companies dominate
83% have 1-10 employees, the 7th highest share of 53 and above the 76% index baseline. The 11-50 employee segment contains 22,210 companies.

1,043,254 carry Fashion & Apparel as their main industry; 1,285,670 carry it as an additional label.

By Country

Top 30 countries for Fashion & Apparel

1United States643,244
2India134,724
3United Kingdom122,799
4France87,282
5Germany86,303
6Brazil79,281
7Italy66,903
8Spain56,954
9Canada54,468
10Australia52,281
11Japan47,648
12China46,820
13Türkiye41,732
14Netherlands38,206
15Russia33,991
16Pakistan32,587
17South Korea23,232
18Poland22,917
19Switzerland21,393
20Mexico19,716
21Argentina16,825
22Indonesia15,900
23Colombia15,318
24Belgium15,098
25South Africa14,034
26Sweden13,118
27Hong Kong SAR China12,810
28Singapore12,201
29Bangladesh11,990
30Iran11,899
All 149 countries with Fashion & Apparel companies

By Company Size

Employee-size distribution

1-10 employees143,042
11-50 employees22,210
51-200 employees5,250
201-500 employees688
501-1000 employees122
1001-5000 employees165

By Sub-Industry

Top sub-industries

These 5 sub-industries account for 60% of the 2,328,924 Fashion & Apparel companies by label rather than by distinct company. Sub-categories can span adjacent industries, and a company carrying several labels is counted under each.

1Womens Apparel Brand582,322
2Jewelry Brand278,259
3Mens Apparel Brand278,058
4Custom Apparel and Embroidery178,522
5Footwear Brand88,120

By Region

Regional rollups for Fashion & Apparel

European Union

495,836

DACH

118,166

Nordics

36,188

Benelux

54,244

GCC

19,289

ASEAN

56,237

ANZ

60,519

Map

Where Fashion & Apparel companies are

Most Fashion & Apparel companies are concentrated in United States, India, United Kingdom.

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Methodology

Aggregate counts from the DiscoLike index of 80M+ companies. Companies without a resolvable location are counted under 'unknown', and cells below the minimum count threshold are folded into an 'other' bucket. Industry and business-type categories overlap: a company carrying several labels is counted in each.

Updated monthly. Current snapshot: October 2026. See the full Company Index Stats.

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DiscoLike, "Fashion & Apparel companies", Company Index Stats, October 2026. https://discolike.com/company-stats/fashion-apparel/

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