Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Private equity backed apparel brands worldwide
RevenueBase identified 2,827 private equity backed apparel brands worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 171,315 professional contacts across them, including 20,658 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and New York the largest hub.
This list covers private equity backed apparel brands worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 29, 2026. Country and city lists for private equity backed apparel brands follow the table.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest private equity backed apparel brands worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14,008 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Abercrombie & Fitch Co.(NYSE: ANF) is a global, digitally led omnichannel specialty retailer of apparel and accessories catering to kids through millennials with assortments…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 11,155 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “In 1969, Don and Doris Fisher opened the first Gap store on Ocean Avenue in San Francisco.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 10,699 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “TOMMY HILFIGER is one of the world’s leading designer lifestyle brands creating a platform that inspires the modern American spirit, while committing to wasting nothing and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 7,875 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “In 1981, GUESS sold its very first pair of jeans to Bloomingdale's department store.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 5,794 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1670, HBC is North America’s longest continually operating company and is headquartered in New York and Toronto.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 5,588 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Gildan is leading the way in apparel manufacturing with a strong portfolio of brands, including Gildan®, Hanes®, Comfort Colors®, American Apparel®, ALLPRO™, GOLDTOE®, Peds®…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 5,347 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1990, the No Fear mission is to enrich the lives of our customers, employees and partners by inspiring them to dream.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 4,846 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “An Italian House of Brands, Family Owned Since 1951.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 4,066 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ABOUT US excels at bringing excitement and confidence to customers through the fashion we create.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 3,081 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “URBN Urban Outfitters, is a portfolio of global consumer brands comprised of Anthropologie, Anthropologie Weddings, Free People, FP Movement, Terrain, Urban Outfitters, Nuuly…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 2,788 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 2,773 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are Miroglio Group, an international company founded in Alba, Italy, in 1947.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 2,554 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “A Polo Wear nasceu da vontade de oferecer ao público masculino uma linha de produtos PREMIUM que mescla o estilo casual e esportivo, sem deixar de lado a influência das principais…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 2,457 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “UNIQLO is a brand of Fast Retailing Co, Ltd, a leading Japanese retail holding company with global headquarters in Tokyo.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 2,385 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Kontoor Brands (NYSE: KTB) is a portfolio of three of the world’s most iconic lifestyle, outdoor and workwear brands: Wrangler®, Lee® and Helly Hansen®.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 2,024 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Empresa líder en el sector retail textil.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 1,841 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Pepe Jeans London has been at the forefront of international denim-led fashion for the past 45 years, being able to create an internationally recognized brand with a unique…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 1,505 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are the leading platform in the management and consolidation of lifestyle and premium fashion brands - the iconic brands - in Brazil.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 1,477 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Kellwood designs, manufactures, and markets a growing collection of premier fashion brands across a broad range of consumer lifestyles including Briggs NY, Democracy, Jolt, My…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 1,382 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Established in 1975, Delta Galil Industries (TASE: DELG) is a global manufacturer and marketer of Private Label apparel products for men, women and children as well as owner of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 1,372 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Over the last three and a half decades, MAS Intimates has differentiated itself in the global fashion industry through its innovation mindset, strong technical competency and by…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 1,230 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “A TNG não é simplesmente um varejo de moda.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 1,118 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “GOLDEN ABC, Inc.(GABC) is a multi-awarded international fashion enterprise that is home to top proprietary brands shaping the retail industry today.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 1,102 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Global Leader in Apparel and Fashion | Over 55 years of excellence in the industry, Crystal International - headquartered in Hong Kong, has a diverse product portfolio spanning 6…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 1,083 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Steered by the vision, energy and acumen of its technocrat founder, Mr.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: private equity backed apparel brands. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names private equity backed apparel brands.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of private equity backed apparel brands, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name private equity backed apparel brands. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Private equity backed apparel brands worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 29, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among private equity backed apparel brands, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for private equity backed apparel brands are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “private equity backed apparel brands”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names private equity backed apparel brands), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among private equity backed apparel brands, and records with no verified work email.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 20,658 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 29, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Private equity backed apparel brands by location
14 lists · largest firstEvery Private equity backed apparel brands list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
Countries
- Private equity backed apparel brands based in the United States627
- Private equity backed apparel brands based in India264
- Private equity backed apparel brands based in Italy152
- Private equity backed apparel brands based in the United Kingdom124
- Private equity backed apparel brands based in Brazil115
- Private equity backed apparel brands based in Canada78
- Private equity backed apparel brands based in Türkiye66
- Private equity backed apparel brands based in Germany53
- Private equity backed apparel brands based in Spain51
- Private equity backed apparel brands based in the Netherlands46
- Private equity backed apparel brands based in Australia35
Cities
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names private equity backed apparel brands, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many private equity backed apparel brands are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 2,827 private equity backed apparel brands worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Abercrombie & Fitch CO, headquartered in Columbus, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most private equity backed apparel brands?
The United States leads with 627 companies, followed by India (264) and Italy (152). Every private equity backed apparel brands list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most private equity backed apparel brands?
New York leads with 134 headquartered companies, followed by Los Angeles (55) and London (41).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
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How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 29, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.