Top 15 clothing manufacturers in Bangladesh (2026)

Bangladesh’s largest clothing manufacturers are big vertical groups that knit or weave fabric, dye it, and sew garments for global retailers: the knitwear groups DBL, Epyllion, Square Fashions, Viyellatex, Fakir and Urmi; the woven, denim and outerwear makers Ha-Meem, Envoy, Pacific Jeans, Ananta, Snowtex, Youngone, Standard Group and Mohammadi; and Desh Garments, the first export garment factory. Below, the fifteen are split by what they specialise in, with a comparison table first. Every fact comes from the company’s own website, named trade press or BGMEA’s public member records. The profiles were first checked on 18 September 2026; the member records and the added company figures were checked on 17 October 2026.

The fifteen profiles are in no particular order and are not a ranking by size; the one ranking on this page, the top 10 exporters by export value, comes from National Board of Revenue data published by Prothom Alo and is in the next section. CMB Sourcing Ltd. is a buying house that works with clothing manufacturers in Bangladesh; it is not affiliated with any of these companies.

Bangladesh’s top 10 exporters by value: nine garment groups and Pran-RFL

The most recent public ranking of Bangladesh’s exporters by value that we could find is Prothom Alo’s list for the 2024–25 fiscal year (July 2024 to June 2025), compiled from National Board of Revenue (NBR) export records and published on 4 November 2025. It counts actual exports only, leaving out deemed and sample exports, and it ranks groups by everything they export: nine of the ten earn 90 to 100% of that from garments, and the tenth, Pran-RFL, exports mostly agricultural and agro-processed products. Together the ten exported US$5.25 billion, 11% of the country’s US$46.57 billion of exports that year. The last column gives each group’s place in the newspaper’s garments-only list for 2023–24, built from the same NBR records.

We leave the values for places 5 to 10 blank on purpose. The English edition prints them as US$39 million to US$46 million each, which cannot be right next to its own total: the top four alone come to US$2.70 billion, leaving about US$2.55 billion, or roughly US$425 million a group, for the other six (our arithmetic). Two groups from the 2023–24 list dropped out: Standard Group, eighth that year, whose exports fell 3.5%, and Beximco Group, ninth, whose exports fell 79%; its factories have been closed and the government paid the workers’ dues. The 2024–25 report also gives some sizes: more than 73,000 people at Youngone’s factories in Chattogram and Dhaka, 50,000 workers at DBL, 35,000 employees across Micro Fibre’s seven establishments, and an average of 712,000 garments a day shipped by Mondol. Mondol, Palmal, Micro Fibre and Pran-RFL have no profile below.

At a glance

Each profile below ends with one thing you can check yourself: a member company’s entry in BGMEA’s public member search, with its BGMEA registration number. BGMEA lists every member factory as a separate company, so a group appears as several entries; the table names one per group. Those records also carry staff, machine and capacity figures, which we have not checked and do not quote.

Knitwear groups

1. DBL Group

Established in 1991 and focused on 100% export-oriented composite knit garments and textiles, with production facilities in Gazipur. In August 2026 The Financial Express, citing group officials, reported that its five garment units in the Gazipur area employ around 25,000 workers and export nearly US$40 million a month; the 50,000 in the ranking report above is for the group as a whole. In March 2025 it bought Glory Textile and Apparels, a knit composite factory at Bhaluka in Mymensingh, for Tk 425 crore, The Business Standard reported.

Check it yourself: Jinnat Apparels Ltd., a DBL unit at Kashimpur, Gazipur, is BGMEA member no. 3214, and its record lists t-shirts, dresses, tank tops and trousers. Seven more DBL companies are BGMEA members, Glory Textile and Apparels among them.

2. Epyllion Group

Entered garment manufacturing in 1994 at Mirpur with two sewing lines and 200 employees. It now reports 160 sewing lines and more than 23,000 employees, in six garment units with two textile units, an accessories unit, yarn dyeing, washing, a testing laboratory and Sailor, its own retail brand in Bangladesh with 20 outlets.

Check it yourself: Epyllion Knitwears Ltd. is BGMEA member no. 3797, with its factory at Bahadurpur, Gazipur Sadar; its record lists knit items, polo shirts, sweatshirts and trousers. A search under the group name Epyllion returns six member companies.

3. Square Fashions

Part of Square, which entered the textile business in 1997 with yarn manufacturing; the garment business dates from 2001. It runs a vertical set-up with fibre dyeing (added in 2013 for top-dyed cotton mélange yarn), knitting and garment making, producing t-shirts, polo shirts, sweatshirts, dresses, jackets, shorts and trousers for men, women and children. Its website lists certificates including OEKO-TEX STANDARD 100 and STeP, GOTS, GRS, RCS, OCS and WRAP.

Check it yourself: Square Fashions Ltd. is BGMEA member no. 3545, with its factory at Jamirdia, Habirbari, Bhaluka, Mymensingh; its record lists sweatshirts, t-shirts, polo shirts and jackets. The GOTS and Textile Exchange certificates can be looked up in each body’s own database.

4. Viyellatex

A knit composite apparel and textile manufacturer that started in 1996, making menswear, womenswear and kidswear. It names Puma, Marks and Spencer and Timberland among its buyers, lists FLO-CERT, ISO 14001, GOTS and OEKO-TEX among its certifications, and describes its knit supply chain as the first to be fully bluesign certified.

Check it yourself: Viyellatex Ltd. is BGMEA member no. 4127, in Gazipur; its record lists t-shirts, polo shirts, joggers and tank tops.

5. Fakir Group

Based in Fatullah, Narayanganj, with its own knitting, dyeing, sewing, finishing and packaging facilities, plus a spinning unit. The group’s website lists five running concerns: Fakir Knitwears, Fakir Eco Knitwears, FKL Spinning, Fakir Logistics and an agriculture and fisheries company.

Check it yourself: Fakir Knitwears Ltd. is BGMEA member no. 3979, at Kayempur, Fatullah; its record lists t-shirts, polo shirts, tank tops and leggings. Other BGMEA members carry the Fakir name too, including companies the group’s website does not list, so match the full company name.

Woven, denim and outerwear groups

6. Ha-Meem Group

Reports 26 garment factories, its woven units spread across six locations, alongside denim fabric, sweater and accessories units, about 7 million woven garments a month and around 50,000 workers. It makes bottoms and tops, cargo trousers, denim jeans, men’s shirts, dress trousers and jackets, and its denim mill, on 100 acres, has installed capacity of more than 4 million metres of fabric a month. Head office in Tejgaon, Dhaka.

Check it yourself: Ha-Meem Design Ltd. is BGMEA member no. 3895, with its factory at Kaliganj, Gazipur; its record lists shirts, trousers, shorts and jackets. A search under the group name Ha-Meem returns 14 member companies, the That’s It units among them.

7. Envoy Group

Established in 1984 with a focus on ready-made garments and textiles. Its denim mill, Envoy Textiles, stands on 45 acres in Mymensingh and is LEED Platinum certified; in July 2026 The Financial Express reported that it had raised capacity to 60 million yards of denim a year. Envoy Textiles became a public limited company in 2012.

Check it yourself: Envoy Garments Ltd. is BGMEA member no. 430, with a factory at East Rampura, Dhaka; its record lists shirts, trousers, shorts and overalls. A search under the group name Envoy returns 15 member companies.

8. Pacific Jeans Group

A denim manufacturer founded in 1984 in the Chattogram Export Processing Zone, exporting jeans to more than 50 countries. Its website gives more than 21,000 people working with the group and says all its factories are LEED certified. Its seven factories reopened on 23 October 2025 after a week-long closure during labour unrest, when The Business Standard reported about 35,000 workers returning to them, more than the website’s figure.

Check it yourself: Pacific Jeans Ltd. is BGMEA member no. 1860, at Plot 14–19, Sector 5, Chattogram; its record lists jackets, trousers and shorts. Seven more companies with Pacific Jeans contact details are BGMEA members, among them Universal Jeans, NZN Garments and Pacific Workwears.

9. Ananta Companies

Founded in 1992 on Elephant Road, Dhaka, as a 100% export-oriented woven garment maker, and based in Ashulia since 2005. It makes trousers, shirts, unlined jackets, overalls, shorts and school-wear, and reports about 15,000 employees and capacity of 2.5 million garments a month. Its website lists code-of-conduct audits including WRAP, BSCI, SEDEX and GSV, and reports LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for Ananta Garments and Ananta Sportswear.

Check it yourself: Ananta Apparels Ltd. is BGMEA member no. 1181; its record lists skirts, trousers, shorts and pants. A search under the group name Ananta returns ten member companies.

10. Snowtex Group

Established in 1998, making jackets, windbreakers, workwear, safety wear, bottoms and shorts, and describes itself as a LEED Platinum-certified apparel manufacturer. Its website lists five units: two Snowtex Outerwear units and Snowtex Sportswear at Dhulivita, Dhamrai, Cut N Sew at Malibagh and Snowtex Apparels at Mirpur, Dhaka.

Check it yourself: Snowtex Outerwear Ltd. is BGMEA member no. 5756, at Lakuriapara, Dhulivita, Dhamrai; its record lists shirts, trousers, jackets and skirts. Snowtex Apparels, Snowtex Sportswear and Cut N Sew are BGMEA members too.

Older, larger, and the one that started it

11. Youngone Corporation

A South Korean company founded in 1974 that set up Bangladesh’s first foreign-owned apparel plant in Chattogram in 1980. It makes outerwear, sportswear and technical textiles, much of it inside the Korean Export Processing Zone it developed in Anwara, Chattogram, and in February 2026 became the only foreign industrial group to pass US$1 billion of exports from Bangladesh.

Check it yourself: Youngone (CEPZ) Limited is BGMEA member no. 781, at Plot 11–16, Sector 2, Chattogram Export Processing Zone; its record lists jackets, sportswear, vests and trousers. Four more Youngone companies are BGMEA members, among them Karnaphuli Sportswear and Youngone Hi-Tech Sportswear.

12. Standard Group

Making garments since 1984, with one of the largest woven garment set-ups in the country: 11 production locations near the capital, 40,000 full-time employees, average woven output of 150,000 pieces a day, and in-house washing, printing, embroidery, design, testing and accessories facilities.

Check it yourself: Standard Group Limited is BGMEA member no. 3955, with its factory at Gilaberaid, Sreepur, Gazipur; its record lists trousers, shorts, jackets and shirts. Standard Stitches Ltd. is among the group’s other BGMEA members.

13. Urmi Group

A group dating from 1974 whose garment business began with Urmi Garments in 1984. It reports capacity of 44 tonnes of fabric and 250,000 garments a day across three factories, more than 16,800 employees, seamless garment production, and certifications including GOTS, OCS, RCS, GRS, OEKO-TEX STeP and Fairtrade. Its three garment factories are FTML, UGL and UHM, the last a LEED-certified joint venture with Toray of Japan.

Check it yourself: Urmi Garments Ltd. is BGMEA member no. 571, with its factory at Dailla, Demra, Dhaka; its record lists t-shirts, polo shirts, tank tops and trousers. Fakhruddin Textile Mills and UHM Ltd. are BGMEA members too.

14. Mohammadi Group

Started in 1986 with one factory and 52 workers, and by 2018 was exporting three million sweaters a year alongside woven shirts. Its chairperson, Rubana Huq, became the first woman to lead BGMEA in 2019.

Check it yourself: Mohammadi Fashion Sweaters Ltd. is BGMEA member no. 3633, with its factory at Khilkhet Khapara, Badda, Dhaka; its record lists all kinds of sweaters. A search under the group name Mohammadi returns nine member companies, MG Shirttex among them.

15. Desh Garments

Not one of the largest today, but the one the industry started with. Desh Garments, established in 1977 by Noorul Quader, was the first export-oriented garment factory in Bangladesh; its staff trained with Daewoo in South Korea in the early 1980s, and many went on to found the factories on this list.

Check it yourself: Desh Garments Ltd. holds BGMEA registration no. 1. Its record gives a factory at Kalurghat Heavy Industrial Area, Chattogram, and lists woven shirts, uniforms, casual shirts and blouses.

Clothing manufacturers in Bangladesh, by product

The quickest way to shortlist is by what a group already makes at scale, because a knit composite mill and a woven trouser factory are different businesses under the same word "garments".

• Knitwear (t-shirts, polos, sweatshirts, fleece): DBL Group, Epyllion Group, Square Fashions, Viyellatex, Fakir Group and Urmi Group, all vertical from knitting or dyeing to sewing.
• Woven (shirts, trousers, jackets): Ha-Meem Group, Standard Group and Ananta Companies.
• Denim: Pacific Jeans, ninth among Bangladesh’s exporting groups in 2024–25 with denim garments as its main product, and Envoy Group with its own denim mill. The mills that weave denim fabric, such as Envoy Textiles, Shasha Denims and Square Denims, are compared on our denim jeans page.
• Sweaters and flat knits: Mohammadi Group.
• Outerwear, sportswear and workwear: Youngone Corporation and Snowtex Group.

Our product pages describe what each category involves, from fabric and minimums to the tests your market asks for.

Clothing manufacturers in Bangladesh, by region

Almost every group on this list sits in one of four districts, and the district decides the shipping route and the supporting mills. Gazipur: DBL, Epyllion’s units at Bahadurpur, Viyellatex Ltd., Standard Group’s unit at Sreepur and a Ha-Meem unit at Kaliganj. Dhaka and its belt: Epyllion’s units at Mirpur, Ha-Meem’s head office at Tejgaon, Urmi at Demra, Mohammadi, Envoy and Standard around the capital, Ananta at Ashulia and Snowtex at Dhamrai. Mymensingh, to the north: Square Fashions at Bhaluka and Envoy’s denim mill. Narayanganj: Fakir Group at Fatullah, in the historic knit district where our own office is. Chattogram, the seaport: Youngone, Pacific Jeans and Desh Garments. Our guide to where clothing is made in Bangladesh compares the districts.

How the industry is organised

The fifteen groups above are the visible top of a much larger base. Mapped in Bangladesh, the most transparent public count, listed 3,320 export-oriented garment factories in September 2026, and its 2022 census counted 3,723 factories and about 2.78 million workers. Together they exported US$38.70 billion of clothing in the year to June 2026, more than 80% of everything the country sells abroad. Two associations keep the member lists that count: BGMEA for woven and general garment exporters and BKMEA for knitwear, headquartered in Narayanganj. Our guide to garment factories in Bangladesh gives the registers, the safety programmes and how to check any factory.

Working with a manufacturer of any size

You can approach a group on this list directly if your volumes justify it: large, repeat quantities of one product type, a team that can visit, and the patience to be a small account in a big factory. For everything else, a buying house places your order with a factory sized for it, manages sampling, quality control and shipping, and is accountable to you for the result; and a style that starts at a few hundred pieces has a low MOQ route that a group of this size will not offer. Our 2026 buyer’s guide sets out costs, minimums, duty and timing for both routes.

Questions buyers ask about clothing manufacturers in Bangladesh

Which are the largest?

By their own published figures: Ha-Meem Group with 26 garment factories and around 50,000 workers, Standard Group with 40,000 full-time employees across 11 locations, Epyllion with 160 sewing lines and more than 23,000 employees, and Youngone, the only foreign group to pass US$1 billion of exports from Bangladesh. Those figures are the companies’ own, and the fifteen profiles are not a ranking. By export value, the most recent public ranking we could find, built from NBR data for 2024–25 and published by Prothom Alo, puts Youngone first at US$970 million, then Ha-Meem at US$650 million, Mondol at US$560 million and DBL at US$520 million; the full top 10 is in the table near the top of this page.

Will a large group take a small order?

Rarely. Groups of this size plan capacity around large seasonal programmes for long-term buyers. A new brand ordering a few hundred pieces per style is usually better served by a mid-sized specialist factory or by a buying house with a small-run route.

How do I check that a manufacturer is real and compliant?

Look it up in the Mapped in Bangladesh database and the BGMEA or BKMEA member list, verify every certificate in the issuing body’s own register, read its safety inspection record on the International Accord’s public pages, and confirm that the address on the certificates matches the address on your order. Our guide to verifying factory certificates walks through each register.

What this list means for smaller brands

Groups of this size are built for high-volume retail programmes. They typically plan capacity around large seasonal orders and long-term buyers, so a new brand ordering a few hundred pieces per style is rarely a fit.

If your quantities are smaller, you have two realistic options:

• Mid-sized specialist factories that focus on one product category and accept lower minimums.
• A buying house that places your order with compliant factories matched to your product and quantity, and manages sampling and quality control for you. How buying houses work. It is the service we offer: clothing manufacturing in Bangladesh through our sister factory or an audited partner factory, managed from Narayanganj, Dhaka.

How to check any manufacturer yourself

• Look the factory up on Mapped in Bangladesh, which lists export-oriented garment factories.
• Find it in BGMEA’s member search: type its number in the BGMEA Reg No box, or the group’s name in the Unit Name box. In our test on 17 October 2026 the Unit Name box matched group names (Epyllion returned six companies) but not single company names such as Jinnat Apparels, and the keyword box returned no results.
• Ask for the trade licence, Export Registration Certificate and the audits your market requires, then verify each one: our certifications guide shows where.
• Check duty and labelling rules for your market: UK, US or EU.

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