What Huddersfield Textiles does

Huddersfield Textiles Ltd is a privately held, specialist English cloth merchant headquartered in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, UK, with a registered office at The Old Dye Works, Birkhouse Lane. The company designs, develops, and produces premium worsted and woollen suit fabrics using traditional English craftsmanship — including Tappet, Dobby, and Jacquard looms — alongside proprietary finishing techniques such as the VV (Velvet Viscose) finish used in its VV150s and VV Legends luxury lines. Its product portfolio spans more than 30 cloth collections covering suiting (e.g., Pinnacle, Integrity V2 Mohair, Gabardine), shirtings (Symmetry), linings (Digital, Allure), coatings, and seasonal fabrics (Seersucker, Autumn Lambswool), with pricing on a per-meter basis (e.g., Seersucker at £21.74/m, Corduroy at £47.22/m) and bulk discounts available on inquiry.

The company operates a hybrid go-to-market: a direct self-serve e-commerce storefront at shop.huddersfieldtextiles.com, a dedicated wholesale portal for trade accounts, two physical showrooms in Huddersfield, and a Bangkok operations office. Customers are primarily bespoke tailors, clothiers, and made-to-measure providers distributed globally, with shipments reaching 100+ countries via DHL Express. The HT Group also encompasses wholly-owned subsidiaries Taylors Cloth Ltd, Jacob Brian Tailors, and Huddersfield Textiles Wholesale, plus a product partnership with Tricker's Shoes.

A distinctive strategic move is the BeSuited platform, a free white-labelled 3D suit builder software that integrates with Shopify, Squarespace, Wix, and Vista Print websites. BeSuited is offered at no charge to tailors, with revenue derived from fabric supply when garments are ordered through the platform — effectively turning the software into a customer-acquisition and lock-in layer for Huddersfield Textiles' core cloth business. No revenue, funding, or headcount figures are publicly disclosed, and ownership remains private.

Name

Huddersfield Textiles

Legal name

Huddersfield Textiles Ltd

Website

https://huddersfieldtextiles.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1869

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Huddersfield Textiles is a privately held English cloth merchant that designs and produces premium worsted and woollen suiting fabrics in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, selling globally to bespoke tailors, clothiers, and made-to-measure providers via e-commerce, wholesale, and showrooms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Premium Worsted Suiting Fabrics

NAICS

Fabric Mills (3132), Textile Mills (313)

SIC

Textile Mill Products (2200), Broadwoven Fabric Mills, Man Made Fiber & Silk (2221), Wholesale-Apparel, Piece Goods & Notions (5130)

akta.pro primary industry

Woven Fabrics (CRAAAMAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Denim & Twill Fabrics (CRAAAMAE), Apparel Dyeing, Printing, Finishing & Laundries (CRAAAAAM), Textiles & Fabric / Piece Goods Wholesale (CRAOADAH)

Keywords

• English worsted cloth
• Premium suiting fabrics
• Bespoke tailoring materials
• Woollen cloth manufacturing
• Luxury shirting fabrics

Headquarters

HQ city

Huddersfield

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Cloth and Fabric Sales: Primary revenue stream from selling premium English worsted cloth, suit fabrics, linings, and specialty textiles by the meter. Products include VV150s, Pinnacle, Integrity, Gabardine, Corduroy, Seersucker, and various other collections sold in cut lengths or full pieces.
2. BeSuited 3D Suit Builder Platform: Free white-labelled 3D suit builder software for tailors and clothiers. Revenue is generated when tailors order fabrics through the platform for garments built by the customer. Also offers optional CMT (Cut, Make, Trim) services.
3. Cloth Bunches and Wholesale: Luxury promotional cloth bunches sold to tailors and clothiers, along with wholesale accounts for trade customers.
4. Accessories and Complementary Products: Sale of Tricker's Shoes and potentially other accessories through their platform.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Huddersfield Textiles is a specialist English cloth merchant that manufactures and sells premium worsted and woollen suiting fabrics, linings, and shirtings by the meter. Its luxury cloth ranges — including the VV150s, Pinnacle, and Integrity Mohair collections — are supplied to bespoke tailors, clothiers, and individual consumers worldwide. The company complements its cloth business with a BeSuited 3D suit builder tool and physical showrooms in addition to online e-commerce.

Product overview

Huddersfield Textiles is a specialist English cloth merchant offering premium worsted and woollen suit fabrics, linings, and shirtings through both wholesale and direct-to-consumer channels. The product portfolio consists of 30+ distinct cloth collections including luxury lines (VV150s, VV Legends, Pinnacle, Integrity V2 Mohair), classic English fabrics (Gabardine, Flannels, Tweeds, Corduroy), seasonal collections (Seersucker, Autumn Lambswool, English Coatings), and premium linings/shirtings. The company also operates BeSuited, a white-labelled 3D suit builder platform that tailors/clothiers can integrate into their e-commerce websites. Products are sold as cut lengths, bolts, pieces, and end-of-line cloth, with cloth bunches available for trade customers. The HT Group also includes Tricker's Shoes partnership. All fabrics are designed, developed, and produced to exacting standards in Huddersfield, Yorkshire.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• BeSuited: A 3D suit builder software designed for clothier websites, allowing customers to design and order custom garments online. White-labeled software offered free to tailors and clothiers.

Products and services

• VV150s Cloth Collection

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• HT Group CompaniescoreOthersAffiliated group of companies including Taylors Cloth Ltd and Jacob Brian Tailors, along with Huddersfield Textiles Wholesale division, forming an integrated textile and tailoring ecosystem.
• Tricker's ShoesminorOthersPartnership offering Tricker's Shoes through the Huddersfield Textiles platform, providing complementary footwear for the luxury suiting customer.
• Global PaymentscoreOthersPayment services provider handling financial transactions relating to the website and services, processing customer payments for cloth purchases.
• PayPalcoreOthersPayment services provider enabling secure payment processing for e-commerce transactions alongside Global Payments.
• DHL ExpresscoreOthersPrimary delivery service provider for worldwide shipping, offering 24-96 hour delivery to international customers.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Holland & Sherry: Historic English cloth merchant supplying premium worsted suiting fabrics to bespoke tailors worldwide. Closest direct competitor given shared English heritage, similar fabric portfolio, and overlapping global tailor customer base.
• Scabal: Belgian luxury cloth merchant producing worsted and woollen suiting fabrics in its own English mills (Huddersfield region). Highly comparable product range, customer base, and heritage positioning.
• Dormeuil: French heritage cloth merchant with strong English worsted offering (e.g., Tonik, Amadeus) sold to bespoke and made-to-measure tailors globally. Direct competitor in luxury suiting with similar GTM and customer profile.
• Hield Brothers: Long-established Huddersfield-based cloth merchant offering premium worsted suiting fabrics. Direct regional peer operating in the same Yorkshire manufacturing cluster with overlapping collections.
• Taylor & Lodge: English worsted cloth mill in Huddersfield producing premium suiting fabrics for tailors. Direct peer sharing manufacturing heritage, geography, and customer base.
• Bower Roebuck: Huddersfield-based worsted woollen cloth manufacturer supplying luxury suiting fabrics. Direct peer with similar English mill heritage, product focus, and tailor customer base.

Broad incumbents

• Loro Piana: Italian luxury textile house (now part of LVMH) producing premium worsted and cashmere fabrics including custom suiting. Comparable in materials and luxury positioning, but vastly broader scale, vertical integration into ready-to-wear, and global brand reach.
• Ermenegildo Zegna: Italian luxury menswear group with its own fabric mill (Lanificio Zegna) producing premium suiting cloths. Overlaps with Huddersfield on worsted cloth manufacturing and luxury tailoring customers, but operates a much wider ready-to-wear and retail business.
• Reda: Italian woollen mill producing premium suiting fabrics supplied to bespoke tailors and ready-to-wear brands globally. Comparable in worsted fabric production and tailoring customer base but with broader industrial scale.
• Drago SpA: Italian fabric mill (Drago Biella) producing fine wool and worsted suiting fabrics for bespoke and made-to-measure tailors. Comparable on premium suiting fabric production and tailor channel, though broader European industrial footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/huddersfieldtex
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/huddersfield-textiles-limited
• Instagraminstagram.com/huddersfield_textiles_group

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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