315990 Apparel Accessories and Other Apparel Manufacturing

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing apparel and accessories (except apparel knitting mills, cut and sew apparel contractors, and cut and sew apparel manufacturing (except contractors)). 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, safety, sporting), hats, and neckties.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS descriptions.

When to use a different code

Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:

• Cutting and/or sewing materials owned by others for apparel and apparel accessories are classified in Industry 315210, Cut and Sew Apparel Contractors.
• Manufacturing paper hats and caps are classified in U.S. Industry 322299, All Other Converted Paper Product Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing plastics or rubber hats and caps (except bathing caps) are classified in Subsector 326, Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing athletic gloves, such as boxing gloves, baseball gloves, golf gloves, batting gloves, and racquetball gloves are classified in Industry 339920, Sporting and Athletic Goods Manufacturing.
• Manufacturing metal fabric, metal mesh, or rubber gloves are classified in U.S. Industry 339113, Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing.
• Knitting apparel, mittens, gloves, hats, and caps or knitting fabric and manufacturing apparel, mittens, gloves, hats, and caps are classified in Industry 315120, Apparel Knitting Mills.
• Manufacturing cut and sew apparel from purchased fabric, including manufacturing fur and leather apparel are classified in Industry 315250, Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing (except Contractors).

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS cross-references.

Activities listed under 315990

The Census index assigns these 56 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• 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)
• Hats (except fur, knitting mill products, leather) cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Hats, cloth, cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Hats, fur-felt, straw, and wool-felt, cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Hats, trimmed, cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Headbands, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Knit gloves cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Leather gloves or mittens (except athletic, cut and sewn apparel contractors) manufacturing
• Linings, hat, men's, cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Millinery cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Millinery trimmings cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Mittens cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Mittens, leather (except apparel contractors), manufacturing
• Mittens, woven or knit, cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Mufflers cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Neckties cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Neckwear cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Opera hats cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Panama hats cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Police caps and hats (except protective head gear) cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Scarves cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Straw hats manufacturing
• Suit trimmings cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Suspenders cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Ties, men's and boys' hand sewn (except apparel contractors), manufacturing
• Uniform hats and caps cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
• Work gloves, leather (except apparel contractors), manufacturing

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 315990

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 315990, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed 600 employees. Check your business.

Source: SBA table of size standards, effective March 17, 2023.

Closest UK SIC 2007 codes

There is no official one-to-one link between NAICS and UK SIC. These codes share the same international class (ISIC Rev. 4: 1399, 1410, 1420, 2219), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 13990Manufacture of other textiles n.e.c.UK SIC
• 14200Manufacture of articles of furUK SIC
• 22190Manufacture of other rubber productsUK SIC

Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.