| US
End User Base |
CUSTOMER
BASE |
How
many workers in the U.S. wear a uniform to
work every day? Depends on how you define a
uniform. There are certain occupations (police
officer, fire fighter, pilot, etc.) that require
a uniform—identifiable and counted by
census reports. Other segments considered part
of the uniform market have exploded and are
not as easy to quantify. For example, uniform
dealers now sell promotional products, corporate
logo’d apparel and school uniforms.
Made To Measure Magazine estimates that one-fourth
of employees in the U.S. wear a uniform of some type.
Note the U.S. Dept. of Labor figures below as a few
of the most obvious markets for uniform sales.
|
US
Department of Labor - 2000 Census Figures |
| CATEGORY |
OCCUPATIONS |
WORKERS |
Protective
Service |
Police/Sheriff
Patrol
Officers, Fire Fighters,
Security Guards,
Correctional Officers, etc. |
3,009,070 |
Food
Preparation And
Serving Related |
Chefs,
Cooks, Waiters,
Waitresses, Servers,
Counter Attendents,
Dishwashers, Bartenders, etc. |
9,955,060 |
Healthcare
Practitioners
and Technical |
Doctors,
Nurses, Therapists,
Veterinarians, Paramedics,
Medical Administrators, etc.
|
6,041,210 |
Transportation
and
Material Moving |
Pilots,
Bus Drivers, Service
Station Attendants, Railroad,
Subway Operators, Delivery
Services, etc. |
9,592,740 |
| Personal
Care and Service |
Flight
Attendants, Gaming
Dealers, Ushers, Bellhops,
Tour Guides, etc. |
2,700,510 |
| TOTAL* |
|
31,298,590 |
| *Size
of entire US workforceat that time was 130
million |
|
US
Manufacturing Base |
MANUFACTURING
BASE |
The
number of manufacturers serving the market
is a variable based on changing uniform specifications
and career apparel fashions. Many firms have
serviced the industry for decades, while others
enter and exit as clothing styles for the workplace
evolve. Made To Measure, by database projection
and from general industry analysis, estimates
the number of suppliers serving the uniform
industry to be between 700 and 1200 manufacturers.
The
U.S. Census Survey of Manufacturers figures
below include those manufacturers exclusively
devoted to uniforms and career apparel as
well as others who market a portion of their
production to the industry.
|
US
CENSUS BUREAU - SURVEY OF MANUFACTURERS 2000 |
| CATEGORY |
SALES
VOLUME |
Men’s,
junior boys, and little boys’ suits,
including uniforms
|
$665,635,000 |
| Men’s
and junior boys’ overcoats, topcoats, and
tailored car and suburban coats, including uniform
and wool water-repellent, excluding raincoats |
98,033,000 |
| Receipts
for contract and commission work on men’s
and junior boys’ work clothing (except
jeans and jean-cut casual slacks) |
53,593,000 |
| Men’s
and junior boys’ tailored dress and sport
coats, including uniform and separate leisure-type,
and tailored vests |
600,560,000 |
| Men’s
junior boys’, and little boys’ woven
dress and sport shirts ,including military-type
uniform shirts |
738,276,000 |
| Men’s,
junior boys’, and little boys’ separate
dress and sport, trousers, pants, and slacks,
including military-type uniform pants (excluding
jeans) |
2,282,093,000 |
| Men’s
and boys’ cut and sew work clothing |
1,795,685,000 |
| Men’s
and junior boys’ work shirts |
535,921,000 |
| Men’s
and junior boys’ work clothing (except
shirts and jeans and washable service apparel,
including work pants, overalls, and work jackets) |
1,208,827,000 |
| Women’s,
misses’, and juniors’ washable service
apparel, including aprons, smocks, hoovers, uniforms
for maids, nurses, etc. and patient hospital
wear |
206,331,000 |
| TOTAL |
$8,184,954,000 |
|
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