Key figures

French textile industry accounts for 2200 companies and 61000 employees.

The complete textile manufacturing process is complex and all steps can be carried in France : spinning, weaving, knitting, ennobling ...

Textile cover many applications : clothing, home textile, health, and many industries with technical use textiles.

Most french textile companies are SMEs (63%).

Employment, turnover and exportations increase, driven by fashion and luxury markets and technical use textile development.