This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing cut and sew hats, caps, millinery, and hat bodies from purchased fabric. Jobbers, who perform entrepreneurial functions involved in hat, cap, and millinery manufacture, including buying raw materials, designing and preparing samples, arranging for hats, caps, and millinery to be made from their materials, and marketing finished hats, caps, and millinery, are included.
The NAICS industry code for Hat, Cap, and Millinery Manufacturing is 315991. Included in this industry are:
Baseball caps cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
Caps (except fur, leather) cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel con
Caps (i.e., apparel accessory) cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except fur, le
Caps, textiles, straw, fur-felt, and wool-felt, cut and sewn from purchased fabri
Chauffeurs' hats and caps cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel cont
Harvest hats, straw, manufacturing
Hat bodies (e.g., fur-felt, straw, wool-felt) cut and sewn from purchased fabric
Hats (except fur, knitting mill products, leather) cut and sewn from purchased fa
Hats, cloth, cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
Hats, fur-felt, straw, and wool-felt, cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except
Hats, trimmed, cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
Millinery cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
Opera hats cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
Panama hats cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contractors)
Police caps and hats (except protective head gear) cut and sewn from purchased fa
Straw hats manufacturing
Uniform hats and caps cut and sewn from purchased fabric (except apparel contract
Cross-References. Establishments primarily engaged in
- Cutting and/or sewing materials owned by others for hats, caps, and millinery - classified in Industry 31521, Cut and Sew Apparel Contractors;
- Manufacturing paper hats and caps - classified in U.S. Industry 322299, All Other Converted Paper Product Manufacturing;
- Manufacturing plastics or rubber hats and caps (except bathing caps) - classified in Subsector 326, Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing; and
- Manufacturing fur and leather hats and caps - classified in U.S. Industry 315292, Fur and Leather Apparel Manufacturing.
Information courtesy of the U.S. Census Bureau.
