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Fashion Industry

Fashion Industry

Designer working on a garment

New York City is the center of fashion, and offers world-class creative talent, retail space in highly-populated locations, best-in-class production companies and fashion and design schools.

  • NYC is also home to more headquarters of fashion designers and fashion retailers than any other city in the United States.
  • New York City’s fashion industry employs 180,000 people, accounting for 6% of the city’s workforce and generating $10.9 billion in total wages.
  • An estimated 900 fashion companies are headquartered in New York City, which is also home to more than 75 major fashion trade shows and thousands of showrooms.
New York City offers a number of initiatives to support businesses in the Fashion industry.