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2025 U.S. Industry Statistics & Market Forecast - Piece Goods, Notions, and Other Dry Goods Merchant Wholesalers
Market Size & Industry Statistics
The total U.S. industry market size for Piece Goods, Notions, and Other Dry Goods Merchant Wholesalers:
Industry statistics cover all companies in the United States, both public and private, ranging in size from small businesses to market leaders.
In addition to revenue, the industry market analysis shows information on employees, companies, and average firm size.
Investors, banks, and business executives use growth rates and industry trends to understand the market outlook and opportunity.
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Market Forecast
Market forecasts show the long term industry outlook and future growth trends. The following extended five-year forecast projects both short-term and long-term trends.
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Industry Insights
Major trends affect the Piece Goods, Notions, and Other Dry Goods Merchant Wholesalers industry include:- Increase in online sales and e-commerce platforms
- Shift towards sustainable and eco-friendly fabrics
- Growing demand for technical and performance fabrics
- Impact of global supply chain disruptions
- Adoption of advanced technologies for inventory and distribution management
- Rise in direct-to-consumer sales models
- Fluctuations in raw material prices
- Expansion of niche markets and customized products
- Enhanced focus on local sourcing and production
- Increasing influence of social media and digital marketing on consumer choices
- Regulatory changes affecting import and export
- Integration of RFID and IoT for tracking and logistics efficiency
- Emergence of new designers and small businesses as key customer segments
- Consumer preference shifting towards unique and ethnic textiles
- Pressure to improve speed-to-market in fashion cycles
Product & Services Breakdown
Research products and services in the Piece Goods, Notions, and Other Dry Goods Merchant Wholesalers industry generating sales. Note that products are broken into categories with different levels of classification.| Product Description | Number of Companies | Sales ($ millions) | Percent of Total Sales |
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Knit And Woven Piece Goods |
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Goods Purchased Gray And Finished On Contract |
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Cotton, Including Blends |
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Synthetics, Excluding Synthetic Knits |
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Other Knit Fabrics |
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Woolen And Worsted Piece Goods |
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Other Piece Goods |
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Notions, Including Buttons, Ribbons, Lace, Sewing Accessories, Zippers, And Bindings |
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Miscellaneous Commodities |
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U.S. Geographic Distribution: Revenue Statistics by State
Market Size by State ($ millions) indicates how the industry's competition is distributed throughout the country. State-level information can identify areas with higher and lower industry market share than average.
Income Statement (Average Financial Metrics)
Financial metrics provide a snapshot view of a benchmark "average" company. Key business metrics show revenue and operating costs. The data collected covers both public and private companies.| Industry Average | Percent of Sales (Industry Benchmark) |
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Financial Ratio Analysis
Financial ratio information can be used to benchmark how a Piece Goods, Notions, and Other Dry Goods Merchant Wholesalers company compares to its peers. Accounting statistics are calculated from the industry-average for income statements and balance sheets.| Profitability & Valuation Ratios | Industry Average |
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| Company valuation can be measured based on the firm's own performance, as well as in comparison against its industry competitors. These metrics show how the average company in the Piece Goods, Notions, and Other Dry Goods Merchant Wholesalers industry is performing. | |
| Profit Margin Gross Profit Margin, Operating Profit Margin, and Net Profit Margin. Show company earnings relative to revenues. |
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| Return on Equity (ROE) Return on Equity (ROE) is net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Shareholders' Equity is defined as the company's total assets minus total liabilities. ROE shows how much profits a company generates with the money shareholders invested (or with retained earnings). |
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| Return on Assets (ROA) Return on Assets (ROA) is net income relative to total assets. The market research on Piece Goods, Notions, and Other Dry Goods Merchant Wholesalers measures how efficiently the company leverages its assets to generate profit. ROA is calculated as Net Income divided by Total Assets. |
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| Bankers and suppliers use liquidity to determine creditworthiness and identify potential threats to a company's financial viability. | |
| Current Ratio Measures a firm's ability to pay its debts over the next 12 months. |
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| Quick Ratio (Acid Test) Calculates liquid assets relative to liabilities, excluding inventories. |
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| Efficiency Ratios - Key Performance Indicators | Industry Average |
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| Measure how quickly products and services sell, and effectively collections policies are implemented. | |
| Receivables Turnover Ratio If this number is low in your business when compared to the industry average in the research report, it may mean your payment terms are too lenient or that you are not doing a good enough job on collections. |
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| Average Collection Period Based on the Receivables Turnover, this estimates the collection period in days. Calculated as 365 divided by the Receivables Turnover |
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| Inventory Turnover A low turnover rate may point to overstocking, obsolescence, or deficiencies in the product line or marketing effort. |
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| Fixed-Asset Turnover Generally, higher is better, since it indicates the business has less money tied up in fixed assets for each dollar of sales revenue. |
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Compensation & Salary Surveys for Employees
Compensation statistics provides an accurate assessment of industry-specific jobs and national salary averages. This information can be used to identify which positions are most common, and high, low, and average annual wages.| Title | Percent of Workforce | Bottom Quartile | Average (Median) Salary | Upper Quartile |
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| Management Occupations | 12% | Order at top of page |
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| Top Executives | 5% | |||
| Chief Executives | 0% | |||
| General and Operations Managers | 5% | |||
| Business and Financial Operations Occupations | 9% | |||
| Business Operations Specialists | 7% | |||
| Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations | 9% | |||
| Art and Design Workers | 8% | |||
| Designers | 8% | |||
| Fashion Designers | 5% | |||
| Sales and Related Occupations | 18% | |||
| Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing | 13% | |||
| Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing | 13% | |||
| Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products | 12% | |||
| Office and Administrative Support Occupations | 23% | |||
| Information and Record Clerks | 7% | |||
| Material Recording, Scheduling, Dispatching, and Distributing Workers | 6% | |||
| Production Occupations | 6% | |||
| Transportation and Material Moving Occupations | 20% | |||
| Material Moving Workers | 18% | |||
| Laborers and Material Movers | 17% | |||
| Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand | 7% | |||
| Stockers and Order Fillers | 7% | |||
Piece Goods, Notions, and Other Dry Goods Merchant Wholesalers Competitor Landscape & Key Companies [PREMIUM]
The most influential companies in the Piece Goods, Notions, and Other Dry Goods Merchant Wholesalers industry and adjacent industries either have large market share or are developing new business models and methods that could disrupt the status quo. We look at leading and emerging companies in the Piece Goods, Notions, and Other Dry Goods Merchant Wholesalers industry and adjacent sectors:| Market Leaders: Direct Competitors Companies with the largest market share, focused in this industry |
Market leaders: Diversified Competitors Largest companies that have diversified operations in this and other industries |
| Innovators: Direct Competitors Innovative, Emerging, and Disruptive Companies that may influence the future direction of the industry. |
Innovators: Diversified Competitors Innovators and Disruptors in adjacent industries that may also affect the Piece Goods, Notions, and Other Dry Goods Merchant Wholesalers industry. |
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Latest Industry News
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- Trump tariffs live updates: Trump sets tariff rates on Japan, S Korea in letter spree; China vows payback - Yahoo Finance - China warned President Trump on Tuesday against restarting trade tensions and that it will hit back at countries that make deals with the US to exclude China from supply chains. (07/04/2025)
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- Best Consumer Staples Stocks to Buy in 2025 | The Motley Fool - The iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF doesn't include retailers, but the other two ETFs have giants such as Walmart (WMT 0.97%) and Costco making the cut. In addition, all three ETFs own popular ... (06/28/2025)
- 1840 - 1860 Slothower Family's Appliqued Quilt - Smithsonian Institution - Object Details maker unknown Description Also known as the “Seamstresses’ Quilt,” this red and green example of mid-19th century quilting was in the George Slothower family of Baltimore County, Maryland. He was a wholesale dry goods merchant and the owner of two cotton mills: the Powhatan and Pocahontas Mills. Apparently at the time this quilt was crafted, resident seamstresses, usually ... (06/27/2025)
- Prices of canned goods, other items to go up after fuel price hike —supermarket group - The prices of manufactured items such as canned goods, processed foods, drinks, and others may go up due to the big-time hike in fuel prices this week, a group of supermarket owners said. This is ... (06/23/2025)
- Bill would provide axle variance to truckers hauling dry bulk goods - Truckers hauling dry bulk goods would be allowed a 10% axle variance under a new bill introduced in the Senate. On Wednesday, June 18, Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., introduced the Vehicle Axle Redistribution Increases Allow New Capacities for Efficiency (VARIANCE) Act. Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., co-sponsored the bill. S2108 would grant a 10% axle variance for commercial motor vehicles ... (06/20/2025)
- Pawz and Unwine-d offers pet supplies, wine, and crafts in Wausau - IndyStar - Pawz and Unwine-d puts creative spin on pet retail with addition of wine and craft goods The pet, wine and gift shop opened in late 2024 at 4317 Stewart Ave. in Wausau. Stop in to meet store ... (06/10/2025)
- Trump finally unveiled his long-awaited tariff plan. Here’s what happened on ‘Liberation Day’ - The Independent - By executive order, the president is imposing a 10 percent tariff on all imported goods — including U.S. allies like the U.K. — with double-digit “reciprocal” tariffs on foreign trading ... (06/09/2025)
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