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list Publicly Traded Clothing and Footwear Companies
Comprehensive 2026 directory of the largest apparel, retail, and footwear stocks listed on the NYSE and NASDAQ. Track market caps and performance across luxury, sportswear, and mass-market segments.
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Navigating the list Publicly Traded Clothing and Footwear Companies requires a deep understanding of the divergence between luxury resilience and mass-market volatility. As of early 2026, global giants like LVMH and Inditex continue to set the pace for valuation, while U.S.-listed leaders such as the Nike (NKE) Profile remain anchors for institutional portfolios. Off-price retailers have shown remarkable strength, with TJX and Ross Stores outperforming traditional department stores. Investors seeking specific exposure can utilize our Clothing Stores Widget to compare fundamental metrics in real-time. This updated list reflects recent IPOs and the ongoing impact of global trade tariffs on supply chain costs.
Key Takeaways
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Luxury vs. Mass Market
Luxury leaders like LVMH maintain higher margins and valuation premiums, while off-price retail giants like TJX capture value-conscious consumers. Track these trends via the Sectors by Industry guide.
02
Sportswear Momentum
Athletic footwear specialists like Deckers (HOKA) and On Holding continue to gain market share from legacy players. Analyze this segment with our Athletic Apparel Widget.
03
Tariff Headwinds
Proposed 2026 trade tariffs are expected to impact supply chain costs for apparel companies heavily reliant on overseas manufacturing, particularly in Asia.
04
Footwear Resilience
Specialized footwear brands like Crocs and Deckers have shown high YTD returns due to strong brand loyalty. See the full Footwear Companies List for details.
Top list Publicly Traded Clothing and Footwear Companies by Market Cap (2026)
The following table lists the dominant global and U.S. exchange-listed apparel and footwear firms ranked by market capitalization as of April 2026.
| Rank | Ticker | Company | Industry | Market Cap | YTD % | P/E Ratio | Div Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MC.PA | LVMH | Luxury Apparel | $283B | -- | -- | -- |
| 2 | RMS.PA | Hermès | Luxury Apparel | $280B | -- | -- | -- |
| 3 | ITX.MC | Inditex (Zara) | Apparel Retail | $171B | -- | -- | -- |
| 4 | TJX | TJX Companies | Off-Price Retail | $140B | -- | -- | -- |
| 5 | ROST | Ross Stores | Off-Price Retail | $71B | -- | -- | -- |
| 6 | CTAS | Cintas Corp | Apparel Services | $70B | -- | -- | 1.0% |
| 7 | NKE | Nike Inc. | Footwear/Apparel | $65B | -- | 25x | 1.5% |
| 8 | ADS.DE | Adidas | Footwear/Apparel | $29B | -- | -- | -- |
| 9 | DECK | Deckers Outdoor | Footwear | $25B | +14% | -- | -- |
| 10 | CROX | Crocs Inc. | Footwear | $5B | -- | -- | -- |
Market data is approximate and for informational purposes only. Data reflects early Q2 2026 figures. Not a recommendation to buy or sell.
list Publicly Traded Clothing and Footwear Companies — Complete Company List
Clothing and Footwear Stocks
A full list of publicly traded clothing and footwear companies can be found by scrolling down or you can access a list of the companies in each group by the industry links on this page.
- Gap, Inc. (The) (GPS)
- Guess?, Inc. (GES)
- Nordstrom, Inc. (JWN)
- Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST)
- TJX Companies, Inc. (The) (TJX)
- Urban Outfitters, Inc. (URBN)
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Publicly Traded Clothing and Footwear Companies
- Athletic Apparel
- Children’s Apparel
- Clothing Companies
- Clothing Stores
- Handbags and Accessories
- Leather Products
- Men’s Apparel
- Shoe Companies
- Shoe Stores
- Textiles
- Uniforms
- Women’s Apparel
- Large-Cap Consumer Goods
- Mid-Cap Consumer Goods
- Small-Cap Consumer Goods
- Micro-Cap Consumer Goods
- Large-Cap Retail
- Mid-Cap Retail
- Small-Cap Retail
- Micro-Cap Retail
Clothing
- Duluth Holdings Inc. (DLTH) (IPO in November 2015: lifestyle brand retailer)
- Kornit Digital Ltd (KRNT) (IPO in April 2015, Israel: digital textile printing technologies)
- XCEL Brands, Inc. (XELB) (IPO in July 2015: Brand development company; brands include Issac Mizrahi, Judith Ripka, Halston and Wonder)
Clothing and Footwear: Comparison Widgets
- Athletic Apparel Industry Comparison Widget
- Clothing and Apparel Industry Comparison Widget
- Clothing Stores Industry Comparison Widget
- Children and Young Adult Clothing Industry Comparison Widget
- Handbags and Accessories Industry Comparison Widget
- Men’s Clothing Industry Comparison Widget
- Shoe Industry Comparison Widget
- Shoe Stores Industry Comparison Widget
- Textile Industry Comparison Widget
- Uniform Industry Comparison Widget
- Women’s Apparel Industry Comparison Widget
- Abercrombie & Fitch Company (ANF) (Retail stores: casual apparel personal care and accessories; brands include Abercrombie & Fitch, Abercrombie Kids and Hollister)
- American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (AEO) (Retail stores located in Asia and the United States; brands include American Eagle Outfitters and Aerie)
- Ascena Retail Group, Inc. (ASNA) (Women’s Apparel: Retail stores focusing on women and tween girls; brands include Dressbarn, Maurices, Justice, Lane Bryant, Ann Taylor, LOFT and Catherines)
- Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. (BOOT) (Retail stores: western and work-related footwear; related apparel and accessories)
- Buckle, Inc. (The) (BKE) (Apparel, footwear and accessories stores)
- Burlington Stores, Inc. (BURL) (Off-price apparel, home and baby products retailer: brands include Burlington Coat Factory, Burlington Shoes, Cohoes Fashions, MJM Designer Shoes and Super Baby Depot)
- Caleres, Inc. (CAL) (Formerly the Brown Shoe Company: retail stores; brands include Carlos Santana, Dr. Scholl’s, Famous Footwear)
- Canada Goose Holdings Inc. (GOOS) (IPO March 16, 2017; Canada Goose outwear)
- Carter’s, Inc. (CRI) (Children’s apparel and product stores: brands include Carter’s and OshKosh B’gosh)
- Cato Corporation (The) (CATO) (Women’s Apparel: Apparel and accessories specialty stores: brands include Cato, Versona, It’s Fashion and It’s Fashion Metro)
- Cherokee Inc. (CHKE) (Manages a wide range of fashion and lifestyle brands including Cherokee, Carole Little, Everyday California, Tony Hawk, Liz Lange, and Sideout)
- Chico’s FAS, Inc. (CHS) (Women’s Apparel: Boutiques and outlets for women’s apparel and accessories; brands include Boston Proper, Chico’s, Soma Intimates and White House | Black Market)
- Children’s Place, Inc. (The) (PLCE) (Children’s specialty apparel retailer)
- Christopher & Banks Corporation (CBK) (Women’s apparel stores: brands include Christopher & Banks (Petite sizes 4-16)
- Cintas Corporation (CTAS) (Uniforms, supplies and equipment, fire protection services)
- Citi Trends, Inc. (CTRN) (Retail stores: urban apparel, shoes and accessories)
- Columbia Sportswear Company (COLM) (Athletic Apparel: Outdoor apparel, footwear and accessories: brands include Columbia Sportswear, Mountain Hardwear, Montrail, Pacific Trail and Sorel; retail stores)
- Crocs, Inc. (CROX) (Retail stores; casual footwear for men, women and children)
- Deckers Outdoor Corporation (DECK) (Designs and distributes footwear, apparel and accessories; brands include Ahnu, Sanuk, Teva and UGG; retail stores)
- Delta Apparel, Inc. (DLA) (Designs and manufactures a wide range of apparel and activewear)
- Destination Maternity Corporation (DEST) (Women’s Apparel: Retail locations focusing on maternity apparel)
- Destination XL Group, Inc. (DXLG) (Retail stores focusing on big & tall men’s apparel)
- DSW Inc. (DSW) (Retail stores: dress, casual and athletic footwear)
- Duluth Holdings Inc. (DLTH) (Lifestyle brand retailer)
- Express, Inc. (EXPR) (Specialty apparel and accessories retailer)
- Ever-Glory International Group, Inc. (EVK) (Women’s Apparel: China: retail stores focusing on women’s apparel)
- Foot Locker, Inc. (FL) (Athletic footwear and related apparel; brands included: Foot Locker, Footaction, Lady Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker, Champs Sports)
- Fossil Group, Inc. (FOSL) (Handbags, accessories and apparel)
- Francesca’s Holdings Corporation (FRAN) (Women’s Apparel: Retail boutiques targeting female consumers between the ages of 18 and 35)
- G&K Services, Inc. (GK) (Work apparel and facility services)
- Gap, Inc. (The) (GPS) (Retail stores: men’s, women’s and children’s apparel, accessories and personal care products: brands include Athleta, Banana Republic, Gap and Old Navy)
- Genesco Inc. (GCO) (Retail stores: footwear, headwear, sports apparel and accessories)
- G-III Apparel Group, LTD. (GIII) (Designs and manufactures apparel products under numerous licensed and proprietary brands; brands include Calvin Klein, Dockers, Guess?, Jessica Simpson, Kenneth Cole, Levi’s and Tommy Hilfiger)
- Gildan Activewear, Inc. (GIL) (Canada: manufacturer of a number or items including T-shirts, sports shirts, underwear, socks and hosiery)
- Gordmans Stores, Inc. (GMAN) (Apparel and home fashions retailer)
- Guess?, Inc. (GES) (Apparel retail stores in Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America in addition to licenses and franchises of addition stores outside North America)
- Hanesbrands Inc. (HBI) (Innerwear and activewear apparel including bras, panties, sheer hosiery, socks, T-shirts and underwear; brands include Hanes, Champion, Gear, Playtex and Wonderbra)
- J.Jill, Inc. (JILL) (IPO March 9, 2017; women’s apparel)
- Iconix Brand Group, Inc. (ICON) (Brand management companies: multiple brands)
- KBS Fashion Group Limited (KBSF) (China: retail stores focusing on casual menswear)
- L Brands, Inc. (LB) (Diversified specialty stores: lingerie, personal care and beauty products; brands include Bath & Body Works, Henri Bendel , La Senza, PINK and Victoria’s Secret)
- Lakeland Industries, Inc. (LAKE) (Protective clothing and garments)
- Land’s End, Inc. (LE) (Catalog and ecommerce: men’s women’s and children’s apparel, footwear and accessories)
- Lululemon Athletica Inc. (LULU) (Athletic Apparel: Canada: yoga-inspired athletic apparel company)
- Michael Kors Holdings Limited (KORS) (Accessories, apparel and footwear)
- Naked Brand Group Inc. (NAKD) (Men’s and women’s innerwear, sleepwear and lounge apparel)
- New York & Company, Inc. (NWY) (Women’s Apparel: Retails stores focusing on women’s fashion apparel and accessories)
- Nike, Inc. (NKE) (Athletic Apparel: Athletic footwear, apparel and accessories: brands include NIKE, Hurley and Converse)
- Nordstrom, Inc. (JWN) (Nordstrom Rack locations in addition to apparel, footwear and accessories retail stores)
- Oxford Industries, Inc. (OXM) (Athletic Apparel: Brands include Tommy Bahama (sportswear)
- Perry Ellis International Inc. (PERY) (Designs and distributes men’s, women’s and children’s apparel and accessories)
- PVH Corp. (PVH) (Brands include Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger; dress shirts, footwear, neckwear, sportswear, swimwear)
- Ralph Lauren Corporation (RL)
- Rocky Brands, Inc. (RCKY) (Hunting and hiking boots, occupational footwear and casual footwear)
- Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST) (Ross Dress for Less apparel and home fashion retail stores; dd’s DISCOUNTS retail stores)
- Sequential Brands Group, Inc. (SQBG) (Owns a portfolio of consumer brands)
- Shoe Carnival, Inc. (SCVL) (Retail stores: dress, casual and athletic footwear)
- Skechers U.S.A., Inc. (SKX) (Retail stores: high performance and lifestyle footwear)
- Stage Stores, Inc. (SSI) (Apparel, footwear and accessories retail stores; brands include Bealls, Goody’s, Palais Royal, Peebles and Stage)
- Stein Mart, Inc. (SMRT) (Retail men’s and women’s apparel stores)
- Steven Madden, Ltd. (SHOO) (Fashion footwear and accessories)
- Superior Uniform Group, Inc. (SGC) (Uniforms for a number of industries including healthcare, food services, security, travel and tourism, transportation)
- Tailored Brands, Inc. (TLRD) (Men’s apparel stores: brands include Men’s Wearhouse and Tux, Jos. A. Bank, K&G and Moores)
- Tapestry, Inc. (TPR) (Formerly Coach, Inc.: Bags, business cases, eyewear, jewelry, travel products, scarves and watches)
- The Finish Line, Inc. (FINL) (Athletic Apparel: Retail locations: athletic apparel, shoes and related accessories; specialty running stores)
- Tilly’s, Inc. (TLYS) (Athletic Apparel: Retail locations: action sports apparel and footwear)
- TJX Companies, Inc. (The) (TJX) (Multiple retail brands including HomeGoods, Marshalls, Sierra Trading Post and T.J. Maxx)
- Under Armour, Inc. (UA) (Athletic Apparel: Performance footwear, apparel and equipment)
- Unifirst Corporation (UNF) (Work clothing and uniforms; facility service products)
- Urban Outfitters, Inc. (URBN) (Urban Outfitters and Anthropologie stores in North America and Europe; wholesale distribution through Free People brand)
- V.F. Corporation (VFC) (Apparel and footwear: brands include Lee, The North Face, Timberland, Vans and Wrangler)
- Vera Bradley, Inc. (VRA) (Accessories for women: women’s handbags, luggage and travel items, eyewear)
- Vince Holding Corp. (VNCE) (Retail stores: women’s, men’s and children’s apparel; men’s and women’s footwear; handbags)
- Weyco Group, Inc. (WEYS) (Designs footwear: brands include BOGS, Florsheim, Nunn Bush, Rafters, Stacy Adams and Umi)
- Winmark Corporation (WINA) (Diversified specialty stores: Brands include Once Upon A Child, Plato’s Closet, Play It Again Sports and Style Encore)
- Wolverine World Wide, Inc. (WWW) (Footwear, apparel and accessories: industrial occupational safety footwear, outdoor high performance outerwear; brands include Hush Puppies, Keds, Wolverine)
- XCEL Brands, Inc. (XELB) (IPO in July 2015: Brand development company; brands include Issac Mizrahi, Judith Ripka, Halston and Wonder)
- Zumiez Inc. (ZUMZ) (Athletic Apparel: Retail stores: action sports oriented stores)
Risks & Considerations
Tariff and Trade Policy Volatility
Many companies in this sector rely on global manufacturing hubs. New trade barriers or import tariffs in 2026 could significantly increase COGS and compress operating margins.
Consumer Discretionary Exposure
Apparel and footwear purchases are highly sensitive to inflation and household disposable income. A shift in consumer sentiment toward value can hurt full-price retailers.
Fashion Cycle and Inventory Risk
Rapidly changing trends can lead to inventory overhangs and heavy discounting, especially for brands that fail to adapt to current "athleisure" or "gorpcore" demands.
Supply Chain Concentration
Heavy reliance on specific regions for production poses risks of disruption due to local economic instability or shipping lane bottlenecks.
These risk factors are for educational purposes only and are not exhaustive. Individual investment decisions should be based on thorough due diligence.
Frequently Asked Questions
LVMH leads the global market at a $283B market cap, followed closely by Hermès ($280B) and Inditex ($171B). Among U.S.-headquartered firms, TJX Companies is the dominant player in the retail space with a $140B valuation.
The NYSE hosts a variety of major apparel tickers including Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), American Eagle (AEO), Bath & Body Works (BBWI), Boot Barn (BOOT), and Canada Goose (GOOS). As of 2026, there are approximately 30 active primary apparel listings on the exchange.
Nike (NKE) remains the leader at $65B, followed by Adidas ($29B) and ASICS ($20B). Specialty U.S. players like Crocs (CROX) and Deckers (DECK) follow in the rankings with strong niche market positions.
Performance has been characterized by low single-digit growth overall. Luxury brands remain resilient, while sportswear and off-price retail continue to outperform traditional department stores. Adidas reported significant sales growth of 13% for the FY2025 period.
Gap (GPS) remains an active public company but has faced high volatility. In contrast, off-price competitors like Ross Stores (ROST) have reached significantly higher market caps ($71B) by capturing the budget-conscious consumer segment.
Amer Sports (AS) is a notable recent entrant to the public markets. Investors are also closely watching established newer listings like On Holding (ONON) as they scale their global footprint.
Cintas (CTAS) offers a stable yield of around 1% at a $70B cap. Sector averages generally hover between 1% and 2% as most companies prioritize growth and supply chain reinvestment over high payouts.
Analysts project single-digit growth with potential headwinds from trade tariffs. Momentum is currently strongest in the sportswear and technical footwear categories, led by brands like Lululemon (LULU) and Deckers (DECK).
Last updated April 2026 · Data sourced from U.S. exchange filings