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Cut and Sewn Textile Product Manufacturing in Australia - Market Research Report (2015-2030)

Mia Jeremic Mia Jeremic Melbourne, Australia Last Updated: August 2025 ANZSIC C1333

Revenue

$2.2bn

2025-26

$2.2bn

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$XXX.Xm

Employees

8,286

Businesses

777

Wages

$XXX.Xm

Cut and Sewn Textile Product Manufacturing in Australia industry analysis

After several challenging years marked by rising import competition and declining demand in key product segments, Australia’s cut and sewn textile manufacturers face an ongoing battle to stitch together a viable path for growth. Imports claim a growing share of domestic demand, particularly in low-cost, commoditised categories like towels and bedding. As a result, industry revenue has declined at an annualised rate of 4.2% through the end of 2025-26 to $2.2 billion. A modest rebound of 0.4% in the most recent year offers some relief, supported by easing input costs and renewed demand for premium, sustainable, locally made products.
Manufacturers are investing in automation, technical textiles and design innovation to improve efficiency and differentiate their offerings, as evidenced by a lift in profit margins. The industry is shifting structurally from volume to value, with rising demand from furniture and blind manufacturers for customisable and climate-resilient fabrics. Imports dominate in standardised segments where minimal quality differences leave little room for domestic manufacturers to compete on price.
Barriers to entry are becoming more pronounced. Labour shortages and tightening sustainability expectations make it harder for smaller manufacturers to compete, leading to a drop in establishment numbers. Larger, vertically integrated businesses are better equipped to absorb rising compliance costs and invest in clean technologies. Government and consumer demands for recycled content traceability are accelerating the industry’s transition towards low-waste, high-value production. While these shifts demand upfront investment, they also offer long-term advantages to businesses that adapt early.
Future growth will depend on strategic repositioning rather than scale alone. Although rising discretionary incomes may support demand, spending is becoming more selective, with consumers prioritising quality and sustainability. Housing and lifestyle changes will reshape domestic needs, creating opportunities for travel-friendly and multifunctional products. Export markets offer potential, especially in premium segments, but global trade tensions and supply chain volatility will continue to pose risks. Industry revenue is forecast to climb at an annualised rate of 1.0% through 2030-31 to reach $2.3 billion. Success will hinge on cutting through the competition with tailored innovations in a subdued and competitive environment.

Trends and Insights

  • Low-cost imports from China have eroded domestic market share and forced structural adjustments. Fragmented local producers are pivoting to high-value niches and automation to survive as imports, despite slowing, capture a greater share of domestic demand.
  • Domestic manufacturers are doubling down on premium, design-led products to compete with imports. Technical textiles like tarpaulins and eco-certified furnishings are gaining traction locally and abroad, though the strong Australian dollar constrains export growth.
  • Industry establishments cluster in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland. This reflects the importance of proximity to large consumer markets and key retail partners like Bunnings for fast delivery and collaboration.
  • Market share concentration remains low as industry manufacturers focus on single product segments. A key growth strategy is acquiring competitors with specialised offerings to secure a larger market share.
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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2015-2030)

Industry revenue has declined at a CAGR of 4.3 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $2.2bn in 2025.

Trends and Insights

Surging low-cost imports have reshaped market dynamics

  • Although domestic demand and imports for cut and sewn textile products have declined, imports are seizing the shrinking domestic market, with a growing share projected in 2025-26. This underscores imports’ entrenched position in the industry landscape.
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Cut and Sewn Textile Product Manufacturing in Australia
Revenue (2015-2030)
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Industry outlook (2025-2030)

Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.

Trends and Insights

Changing spending habits will reward textile manufacturers focused on quality and design

  • Rising real household discretionary income across Australia over the coming years will bring a welcome a lift to some segments of the Cut and Sewn Textile Product Manufacturing industry.

Biggest companies in the Cut and Sewn Textile Product Manufacturing in Australia

Company
Market Share (%)
2026
Revenue ($m)
2026
Hunter Douglas
164.2
Gale Pacific
88.3

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Products & Services Segmentation

Cut and Sewn Textile Product Manufacturing in Australia
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Textile blinds and awnings, Indoor textile furnishing articles and Textile tarpaulins, sails and tents. Textile blinds and awnings is the largest segment of the Cut and Sewn Textile Product Manufacturing in Australia.

Trends and Insights

Rising savings and financial caution are softening demand for textile blinds and awnings

  • The textile blinds and awnings segment includes canvas, knitted, woven, plastic-coated and other fabric blinds, awnings and window coverings.
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Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

Industry manufacturers primarily produce household textile goods (except apparel), like bed linen, curtains, towels and pillows. They also make blinds, tents, awnings, sails, tarpaulins and other goods produced from natural or synthetic fibres. These products can be manufactured from purchased cut and sewn materials or from fabrics, fibres and materials woven and manufactured at the same facility.

What's included in this industry?

Products and services covered in the Cut and Sewn Textile Product Manufacturing industry in Australia include Textile blinds and awnings, Indoor textile furnishing articles, Textile tarpaulins, sails and tents and Towels, cloths and other textile products.

Companies

Companies covered in the Cut and Sewn Textile Product Manufacturing industry in Australia include Hunter Douglas and Gale Pacific.

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Related Terms

Related terms covered in the Cut and Sewn Textile Product Manufacturing industry in Australia include tarpaulin and offshore.

Industry Code

ANZSIC 2006

ANZSIC 1333 - Cut and Sewn Textile Product Manufacturing in Australia

Performance

Get an indication of the industry's health through historical, current and forward-looking trends in the performance indicators that make or break businesses.

Analyst insights

Low-cost imports from China have eroded domestic market share and forced structural adjustments. Fragmented local producers are pivoting to high-value niches and automation t...

In this chapter (4)

  • Current Performance
  • Outlook
  • Volatility
  • Life Cycle

Key metrics

  • Annual Revenue, Recent Growth, Forecast, Revenue Volatility
  • Number of Employees, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Employee
  • Number of Businesses, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Business
  • Total Profit, Profit Margin, Profit per Business

Charts

  • Revenue, including historical (2015-2024) and forecast (2025-2030)
  • Employees, including historical (2015-2024) and forecast (2025-2030)
  • Businesses, including historical (2015-2024) and forecast (2025-2030)
  • Profit, including historical (2015-2025)
  • Industry Volatility vs. Revenue Growth
  • Industry Life Cycle

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in supply, demand and current events that are driving current industry performance
  • Expected trends, economic factors and ongoing events that drive the industry's outlook
  • Key success factors for businesses to overcome volatility
  • How contribution to GDP, industry saturation, innovation, consolidation, and technology and systems influence the industry's life cycle phase.

Products and Markets

Learn about an industry's products and services, markets and trends in international trade.

Analyst insight

Domestic manufacturers are doubling down on premium, design-led products to compete with imports. Technical textiles like tarpaulins and eco-certified furnishings are gaining...

In this chapter

  • Products & Services
  • Major Markets
  • International Trade

Key metrics

  • Largest market segment and value in 2025
  • Product innovation level
  • Total imports, level and trend
  • Total exports, level and trend
  • Trade Balance

Charts

  • Products & services segmentation in 2025
  • Major market segmentation in 2025
  • International trade, including imports by country and exports by country

Detailed analysis

  • Trends impacting the recent performance of the industry's various segments
  • Innovations in the industry's product or service offering, specialization or delivery method
  • Key factors that successful businesses consider in their offerings
  • Buying segments and key trends influencing demand for industry products and services
  • Recent trends in import and export volumes, country of origin or destination, and expected future trends

Geographic Breakdown

Discover where business activity is most concentrated in an industry and the factors driving these trends to find opportunities and conduct regional benchmarking.

Analyst insights

Industry establishments cluster in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland. This reflects the importance of proximity to large consumer markets and key retail partners like ...

In this chapter (1)

  • Business Locations

Charts

  • Share of revenue, establishment, wages and employment in each region
  • Share of population compared to establishments in each region in 2025

Tables

  • Number and share of establishments in each region in 2025
  • Number and share of revenue each region accounts for in 2025
  • Number and share of wages each region accounts for in 2025
  • Number and share of employees in each region in 2025

Detailed analysis

  • Geographic spread of the industry across Asia Pacific, and trends associated with changes in the business landscape
  • Key success factors for businesses to use location to their advantage

Competitive Forces

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Analyst insights

Market share concentration remains low as industry manufacturers focus on single product segments. A key growth strategy is acquiring competitors with specialised offerings t...

In this chapter (4)

  • Concentration
  • Barriers to Entry
  • Substitutes
  • Buyer & Supplier Analysis

Key metrics

  • Industry concentration level
  • Industry competition level and trend
  • Barriers to entry level and trend
  • Substitutes level and trend
  • Buyer power level and trend
  • Supplier power level and trend

Charts

  • Market share concentration among the top 4 suppliers from 2020-2025
  • Supply chain including upstream supplying industries and downstream buying industries, flow chart

Detailed analysis

  • Factors impacting the industry’s level of concentration, such as business distribution, new entrants, or merger and acquisition activity.
  • Key success factors for businesses to manage the competitive environment of the industry.
  • Challenges that potential industry entrants face such as legal, start-up costs, differentiation, labor/capital intensity and capital expenses.
  • Key success factors for potential entrants to overcome barriers to entry.
  • Competitive threats from potential substitutes for the industry’s own products and services.
  • Key success factors for how successful businesses can compete with substitutes.
  • Advantages that buyers have to keep favorable purchasing conditions.
  • Advantages that suppliers have to maintain favorable selling conditions.
  • Key success factors for how businesses can navigate buyer and supplier power.

Companies

Learn about the performance of the top companies in the industry.

Analyst insights

High import penetration has driven enterprise numbers to fall, with most companies either offshoring manufacturing to remain competitive or exiting altogether. Some companies...

In this chapter

  • Market Share Concentration
  • Companies
  • Company Spotlights

Charts

  • Industry market share by company in 2021 through 2025
  • Major companies in the industry, including market share, revenue, profit and profit margin in 2025
  • Overview of Hunter Douglas's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2019 through 2025
  • Overview of Gale Pacific's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2019 through 2025

Detailed analysis

  • Description and key data for Hunter Douglas, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Gale Pacific, and factors influencing its performance in the industry

External Environment

Understand the demographic, economic and regulatory factors that shape how businesses in an industry perform.   

Analyst insights

Strict product standards ensure safety and quality across the industry. Compliance with Australian Consumer Law on labelling, fibre content and flammability is mandatory, hel...

In this chapter

  • External Drivers
  • Regulation & Policy
  • Assistance

Key metrics

  • Regulation & policy level and trend
  • Assistance level and trend

Charts

  • Regulation & Policy historical data and forecast (2015-2030) 
  • Assistance historical data and forecast (2015-2030) 

Detailed analysis

  • Demographic and macroeconomic factors influencing the industry, including Regulation & Policy and Assistance
  • Major types of regulations, regulatory bodies, industry standards or specific regulations impacting requirements for industry operators
  • Key governmental and non-governmental groups or policies that may provide some relief for industry operators.

Financial Benchmarks

View average costs for industry operators and compare financial data against an industry's financial benchmarks over time. 

Analyst insights

Profit margins have improved as manufacturers focus on premium, sustainable products and benefit from eased input costs. Strategic partnerships with major retailers and whole...

In this chapter

  • Cost Structure
  • Financial Ratios
  • Key Ratios

Key metrics

  • Profit margin, and how it compares to the sector-wide margin
  • Average wages, and how it compares to the sector-wide average wage
  • Largest cost component as a percentage of revenue
  • Industry average ratios for days' receivables, industry coverage and debt-to-net-worth ratio

Charts

  • Average industry operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2025
  • Average sector operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2025
  • Investment vs. share of economy

Data tables

  • Cash Flow & Debt Service Ratios (2015-2030)
  • Revenue per Employee (2015-2030)
  • Revenue per Enterprise (2015-2030)
  • Employees per Establishment (2015-2030)
  • Employees per Enterprise (2015-2030)
  • Average Wage (2015-2030)
  • Wages/Revenue (2015-2030)
  • Establishments per Enterprise (2015-2030)
  • IVA/Revenue (2015-2030)
  • Imports/Demand (2015-2030)
  • Exports/Revenue (2015-2030)

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in the cost component for industry operators and their impact on industry costs and profitability 

Key Statistics

Industry Data

Data Tables

Including values and annual change:

  • Revenue (2015-2030)
  • IVA (2015-2030)
  • Establishments (2015-2030)
  • Enterprises (2015-2030)
  • Employment (2015-2030)
  • Exports (2015-2030)
  • Imports (2015-2030)
  • Wages (2015-2030)

Top Questions Answered

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What is the market size of the Cut and Sewn Textile Product Manufacturing industry in Australia in 2025?

The market size of the Cut and Sewn Textile Product Manufacturing industry in Australia is $2.2bn in 2025.

How many businesses are there in the Cut and Sewn Textile Product Manufacturing industry in Australia in 2025?

There are 777 businesses in the Cut and Sewn Textile Product Manufacturing industry in Australia, which has declined at a CAGR of 1.1 % between 2020 and 2025.

How may import tariffs affect the Cut and Sewn Textile Product Manufacturing industry in Australia?

The Cut and Sewn Textile Product Manufacturing industry in Australia is likely to be significantly impacted by import tariffs with imports accounting for a high share of industry revenue.

How may export tariffs affect the Cut and Sewn Textile Product Manufacturing industry in Australia?

The Cut and Sewn Textile Product Manufacturing industry in Australia is unlikely to be materially impacted by export tariffs with exports accounting for a low share of industry revenue.

Has the Cut and Sewn Textile Product Manufacturing industry in Australia grown or declined over the past 5 years?

The market size of the Cut and Sewn Textile Product Manufacturing industry in Australia has been declining at a CAGR of 4.3 % between 2020 and 2025.

What is the forecast growth of the Cut and Sewn Textile Product Manufacturing industry in Australia over the next 5 years?

Over the next five years, the Cut and Sewn Textile Product Manufacturing industry in Australia is expected to grow.

What are the biggest companies in the Cut and Sewn Textile Product Manufacturing industry in Australia?

The biggest companies operating in the Cut and Sewn Textile Product Manufacturing industry in Australia are Hunter Douglas and Gale Pacific

What does the Cut and Sewn Textile Product Manufacturing industry in Australia include?

Textile blinds and awnings and Indoor textile furnishing articles are part of the Cut and Sewn Textile Product Manufacturing industry in Australia.

Which companies have the highest market share in the Cut and Sewn Textile Product Manufacturing industry in Australia?

The company holding the most market share in the Cut and Sewn Textile Product Manufacturing industry in Australia is Hunter Douglas.

How competitive is the Cut and Sewn Textile Product Manufacturing industry in Australia?

The level of competition is moderate and steady in the Cut and Sewn Textile Product Manufacturing industry in Australia.

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