NAICS Code 315240: Women's, Girls', and Infants' Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing
National industry
SBA small business size standard: 750 employees
Definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing women's, girls', and infants' apparel from purchased fabric. Women's, girls', and infants' clothing jobbers, who perform entrepreneurial functions involved in apparel manufacture, including buying raw materials, designing and preparing samples, arranging for apparel to be made from their materials, and marketing finished apparel, are included.
Government contracts for this product: PSC 8410 Outerwear, Women's
Code facts
- Part of
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31-33
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315
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3152
- 31524
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3152
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315
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31-33
- Contract awards
- 40 In the last 12 months
- Contract obligations
- $12,293,905 In FY2025
NAICS codes and definitions come from the U.S. Census Bureau, size standards from the SBA and contract spending from SAM.gov/FPDS.
Business activities under NAICS 315240
- Aprons, work (except waterproof, leather), women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Athletic clothing (except team athletic uniforms), women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Bakers' service apparel, washable, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Bandeaux, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Bathing suits, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Bathrobes, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Beachwear, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Bedjackets, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Blouses, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Body stockings, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Bra-slips, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Brassieres cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Bridal dresses or gowns, custom made
- Bridal dresses or gowns, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Briefs, underwear, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Buntings, infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Caftans, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Camisoles, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Capes (except fur, waterproof), women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Chemises, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Clothing, water resistant, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Clothing, water-repellent, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Coats (except fur, leather, waterproof), women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Coats, nontailored service apparel (e.g., laboratory, medical, mechanics'), women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Coats, tailored (except fur, leather), women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric
- Collar and cuff sets, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Corselets, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Corsets and allied garments (except surgical), women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Coveralls, work, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Culottes, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Custom tailors, women's and girls' dresses cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Diaper covers, infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Dickeys, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Down-filled clothing, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Drawers, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Dresses, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Dressing gowns, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Dungarees, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Dusters (i.e., apparel), women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Ensemble dresses, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Feather-filled clothing, jackets, and vests, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Firefighters' dress uniforms, women's, cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Flannel shirts, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Foundation garments, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Garter belts cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Garters, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Girdles, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Gowns, formal, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Gowns, wedding, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Hospital service apparel, washable, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Housecoats, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Housedresses, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Industrial garments, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Infants' apparel cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Infants' water resistant outerwear cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Jackets (except fur, leather, sheep-lined), women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Jackets, service apparel (e.g., laboratory, medical), women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Jackets, ski, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Jean-cut casual slacks, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Jeans, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Jerseys, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Jogging suits, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Jumpsuits, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Knickers, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Laboratory coats, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Leggings, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Leotards, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Lingerie, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Lounging robes and dressing gowns, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Mackinaws, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Maternity bras and corsets, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Medical service apparel, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Melton jackets, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Middies, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Military dress uniforms, tailored, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Negligees, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Nightgowns, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Nightshirts, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except contractors)
- Nightwear, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Overcoats, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Pajamas, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Panties, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Pants outfits, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Pants, athletic, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Pants, sweat, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Pants, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Pantsuits, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Panty girdles, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Paper dresses, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Playsuits, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Police dress uniforms, women's, cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Polo shirts, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Professional service apparel, washable, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Raincoats, water resistant, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Raincoats, water-repellent, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Riding clothes, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Robes, lounging, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Rompers, infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Service apparel, washable, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Shirts, outerwear, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Shirts, underwear, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Shorts, outerwear, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Ski pants, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Ski suits, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Skirts, tennis, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Skirts, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Slacks, jean-cut casual, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Slacks, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Slips, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Snowsuits, women's, girls, and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Sports clothing (except team uniforms), women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Suits (e.g., jogging, snowsuit, warm-up), women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Suits, tailored, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Sunsuits, infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Sweat pants, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Sweat suits, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Sweater jackets, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Sweater vests, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Sweaters, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Sweatshirts, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Swimsuits, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Tank tops, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Teddies, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Tennis shirts, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Tennis skirts, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Training pants (i.e., underwear), infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- T-shirts, outerwear, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- T-shirts, underwear, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Underwear shirts, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Underwear shorts, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Underwear, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Uniform shirts (except team athletic), women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Uniforms (except team athletic), nontailored, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Uniforms, dress, tailored (e.g., fire fighter, military, police), women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Union suits, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Vests, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Warmup suits, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Washable service apparel, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Water resistant jackets and windbreakers, not tailored, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Water resistant outerwear, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Water resistant overcoats, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Water-repellent outerwear, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Water-repellent overcoats, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Wedding dresses, women's and girls', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
- Windbreakers, women's, girls', and infants', cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
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Contract obligations by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Obligated |
|---|---|
| FY2027 To date | $0 |
| FY2026 | $7,531,183 |
| FY2025 | $12,293,905 |
| FY2024 | $9,342,152 |
| FY2023 | $17,010,618 |
Top contractors by obligations
| Rank | Contractor | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hardwick Tactical Corporation | $3,235,201 | |
| 2 | Bernard Cap, LLC | $1,541,461 | |
| 3 | Federal Prison Industries, Inc. | $1,174,345 | |
| 4 | Goodwill Industries Of South Florida Inc. | $1,033,610 | |
| 5 | Puerto Rico Industries For The Blind Corp | $416,243 | |
| 6 | American Apparel, Inc. | $176,039 |
Top funding agencies by obligations
| Rank | Agency | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Defense Logistics Agency | $7,531,183 |
Top PSC codes by obligations
| Rank | PSC code | Obligated, FY2026–FY2027 | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8410 Outerwear, Women's | $7,571,880 |
Contract obligations by state
| Rank | Place of performance | Obligated, last 12 months | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tennessee | $3,235,009 | |
| 2 | Florida | $2,574,234 | |
| 3 | District of Columbia | $1,107,343 | |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | $279,415 | |
| 5 | Alabama | $92,663 |
Shares are of everything obligated under NAICS 315240 in the last 12 months before deobligations, including work performed abroad or with no place of performance on record.
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Size standard history
Federal Register rules that named this code
| Final rule | Published | Effective |
|---|---|---|
| Small Business Size Standards for Manufacturing | ||
| Small Business Size Standards; Adoption of 2012 North American Industry Classification System for Size Standards |
From the NAICS codes each rule's amendments to 13 CFR 121.201 name. Rules that print their size standard tables as images aren't listed.
Quick answers
What is NAICS 315240?
NAICS 315240 is Women's, Girls', and Infants' Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing, a national industry in NAICS 31-33, Manufacturing.
What is the NAICS code for brassieres cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)?
The NAICS code for brassieres cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors) is 315240, Women's, Girls', and Infants' Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing.
What is the NAICS code for garter belts cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)?
The NAICS code for garter belts cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors) is 315240, Women's, Girls', and Infants' Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing.
What is the NAICS code for infants' apparel cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)?
The NAICS code for infants' apparel cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors) is 315240, Women's, Girls', and Infants' Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing.
When did the size standard for NAICS 315240 last change?
The most recent Federal Register rule on record that names NAICS 315240 in the SBA's size standards is "Small Business Size Standards for Manufacturing" (81 FR 4469), published Jan 26, 2016 and effective Feb 26, 2016.
How much do federal agencies spend under NAICS 315240?
Federal contracts under NAICS 315240 obligated $12,293,905 in fiscal year 2025 and $46,177,858 in fiscal years 2023 through 2027.
Who are the largest contractors under NAICS 315240?
The contractors with the most obligated under NAICS 315240 in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 are Hardwick Tactical Corporation ($3,235,201); Bernard Cap, LLC ($1,541,461); and Federal Prison Industries, Inc. ($1,174,345).
Which agencies buy the most under NAICS 315240?
The agencies that obligated the most under NAICS 315240 in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 are Defense Logistics Agency ($7,531,183).
Which PSC codes are used with NAICS 315240?
The PSC codes with the most obligated under NAICS 315240 in fiscal years 2026 and 2027 are 8410 Outerwear, Women's.
Where is the work under NAICS 315240 performed?
By place of performance, the states with the most contract obligations under NAICS 315240 over the last 12 months are Tennessee ($3,235,009), Florida ($2,574,234) and the District of Columbia ($1,107,343).
What is the latest contract opportunity under NAICS 315240?
The latest contract opportunity under NAICS 315240 is Marine Corps Women's Blue Dress Coat, pre-solicitation from Clothing and Textiles (DLA), posted June 10, 2022.
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