How many clothing manufacturers are in Pakistan?
Pakistan has approximately 5,000 registered apparel manufacturers across the main clusters: Sialkot (sports, boxing, leather specialty), Karachi (denim, knitwear, woven), Lahore and Faisalabad (textile mills, hosiery).
Detail
Pakistan has approximately 5,000 registered apparel manufacturers, distributed across four major industrial clusters: (1) Sialkot — sports apparel, sports equipment, boxing gear, martial arts uniforms, leather goods specialty, with about 5,000 specialist factories in a 30 km radius (counting all industries, not apparel-only); (2) Karachi — denim (Artistic Milliners, Soorty), knitwear (Style Textile, Masood, Yunus), woven (US Apparel) at industrial scale; (3) Lahore — large vertically integrated textile mills (Crescent Bahuman, Sapphire, Kohinoor) plus diverse smaller apparel factories; (4) Faisalabad — hosiery and knitwear hub (Interloop, Masood Textile Mills). Pakistan's apparel and textile sector contributes roughly 60% of national exports and employs over 15 million people directly and indirectly.
Key facts
- ~5,000 registered apparel manufacturers nationally
- 4 main clusters: Sialkot, Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad
- Sialkot: sports, boxing, leather specialty
- Karachi: denim and knitwear at scale
- Apparel = ~60% of Pakistan's national exports
Related answers
Why is Sialkot important for clothing manufacturing?
Sialkot District in northern Punjab, Pakistan is the world's leading industrial cluster for sports equipment and sports apparel — roughly 5,000 specialist factories in a 30 km radius producing an estimated 60-70% of the world's match-grade footballs.
Where is Mughal Apparel located?
Mughal Apparel's factory is at Stadium Road, Daska, Sialkot District, Punjab, Pakistan — 25 km from Sialkot city and 50 km from Sialkot International Airport.
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