Workwear Market Expected to Reach $29.1 Billion by 2031—Allied Market Research

According to a new report published by Allied Market Research, titled, “Workwear Market," The Workwear Market Size was valued at $16.2 billion in 2021, and is estimated to reach $29.1 billion by 2031, growing at a CAGR of 6.3% from 2022 to 2031.

The workwear market is meant to provide the products such as corporate workwear, industrial workwear, and uniforms with upper ware & bottom wear clothing. Industrial workwear is meant to provide safety & durability to people and protection from external hazards to employees on the work floor. Corporate workwear is meant to provide unique identification of the employees working in corporate sector.

The major factors that drive the growth of the Workwear Market Growth in the service industry due to emergence of new employment opportunities, which resulted in large scale of employment. Increasing penetration of the service industry creates huge Workwear Market Opportunity. Moreover, rise in awareness among the corporates regarding the benefits of workwear such as protection of employees and easiness in identification impact the market positively.

Uniforms or workwear are cost effective for the employees working in the companies as they do not have to buy different clothes and do not have to make additional expenditure. Furthermore, the increasing occurrence of workplace accidents on a global level is the key driver to promote the adoption of appropriate work apparel and footwear. The initiation has been started with the increase in number of awareness program by the governments on workplace security and rise in the joint venture programs of key players in different regions for R&D on workwear are the factors that collectively drive the market demand.

Furthermore, the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic is having mixed impact on workwear market. The effects of the pandemic were also reflected in the workwear market, owing to closure of production houses, corporate offices, and almost all the industries throughout the world. On the other hand, the pandemic has shown a positive impact on the medical and the healthcare industry causing an increase in the work flow with lot of demand generated from biological centers for surgical and the medical work wear. With unpredicted demand for such workwear majorly the PPE kits, manufacturers have increased their production capacity to meet the growth in demand and increase their Workwear Market Share.

As a result of the above-mentioned factors, a substantial increase in sales of workwear products including PPE kits, masks, and work apparels for both men and women increased and surge in hospital demand for such products particularly in previous two quarters, which has also increased demand for workwear in the market. Thus, despite growing influence of the pandemic on nearly every economic area,Workwear Market Size has witnessed remarkable growth in recent period. As a result of rise in demand for workwear and the rapid growth of e-commerce industry throughout the world has increased the availability of variety of workwear product are the key drivers to the growth of the market in the upcoming future.

The workwear market is expected to witness significant growth, owing to rise in importance of workwear as it depicts professionalism and easiness in identification of employees at workplace mainly in corporate sectors and in the manufacturing units. Moreover, the increasing inclination of corporates and the manufacturing units toward the security of the working employees due to the increase in accidents at workplace on global level is the key driver to the market growth. Furthermore, the rapid growth of e-commerce industry throughout the world increases the availability of variety of workwear products, which is going to make positive impact on Workwear Market Trends.

Leading players are majorly investing in production of stain free and sweat resistant fabrics owing to surge in demand for such fabrics among the consumers. Moreover, it is one of the major drivers increasing R&D efforts in the workwear industry. At present many leading market players have focused on R&D to develop new technologically enhanced workwear. It was also founded that globally the spending on R&D in the workwear is about 7 to 8% of the total revenue of individual market players. And according to the research on Workwear Market Analysis, it was also discovered that the major players are spending about 12% of their annual sales on the R&D activities. On other hand, 6% of annual sales are invested on R&D activities by the small and the medium players who try to expand their footprint by enhancing online retailing to fulfill the increasing Workwear Market Demand across the globe.

Some of the key players in the workwear industry include 3M, A. Lafont, SAS, Adidas AG, Adolf Würth GmbH & Co, Aramark, Asics Corporation Carhartt, Inc., Chemical Guys, Fila Holding Corp, New Balance Inc., Nike, Inc., Puma SE, The Gap, Inc., Under Armour, Inc., and VF Corporation.

Key findings of the study

• By type, the apparel, segment dominated the global market in 2021, and is expected to retain its dominance throughout the market Workwear Market Forecast period.
• On the basis of end user, the men segment accounted for a major share in the workwear market in 2021, and is expected to grow at a significant CAGR during the workwear forecast period.
• Depending on distribution channel, the specialty stores segment accounted for a major share of the market in 2021, and is expected to grow at a significant CAGR during the forecast period.
• Asia-Pacific accounted for highest market share in 2021, and is expected to grow at a significant CAGR during the forecast period.