Jitex

Name

Jitex

Website

https://jitex.cz

Company type

Private

Founded year

1949

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Jitex is a privately held Czech apparel company, founded in 1949 in Pisek, that operates the online retail store jitex.cz selling traditional knitted women's and men's clothing and functional underwear to Czech consumers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Apparel Manufacturing

NAICS

Apparel Knitting Mills (3151), Knit Fabric Mills (313240)

SIC

Knit Outerwear Mills (2253), Knitting Mills (2250), Women's, Misses', Children's & Infants' Undergarments (2340)

akta.pro primary industry

Knitted Fabrics (CRAAAMAC)

Keywords

• Knitted apparel
• Functional underwear
• Traditional clothing
• Men's knitwear
• Women's knitwear

Headquarters

HQ city

Pisek

HQ country

Czechia

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Jitex is an online store that sells traditional knitted women's and men's clothing as well as functional underwear directly to customers. The company manufactures and retails its own line of knitwear apparel through its e-commerce website.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Traditional knitted women's clothing Traditional knitted apparel for women, sold to individual consumers through the company's online store.
• Traditional knitted men's clothing Traditional knitted apparel for men, sold to individual consumers through the company's online store.
• Functional underwear Functional underwear sold to individual consumers through the company's online store.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Direct peers

• Wolford: Austrian hosiery, bodywear, and knit apparel brand. Comparable to Jitex in its Central European heritage, bodywear/knitwear overlap, and similar product mix spanning traditional and functional categories.
• Dale of Norway: Norwegian heritage knitwear brand producing traditional patterned sweaters and outdoor knitwear. Directly comparable to Jitex in its traditional, heritage-driven knitwear identity and direct-to-consumer model, with similar appeal to consumers seeking craft and country-of-origin authenticity.
• Falke: German premium hosiery and knitwear maker. Comparable to Jitex on the functional underwear and knit basics side, with a similar European premium positioning and a heritage German manufacturing footprint.
• Hanro: Swiss heritage brand for premium underwear, basics, and knitwear. Closely comparable to Jitex on the functional underwear side of the product line, with a similar premium positioning and overlap in traditional European knit-apparel production.
• Peregrine: British heritage knitwear brand producing traditional woolen garments. Directly comparable to Jitex as a heritage-led traditional knitwear specialist with DTC and select wholesale distribution in Europe.
• Johnstons of Elgin: Scottish cashmere and wool knitwear manufacturer with over 200 years of heritage. Mirrors Jitex's long-history, traditional-craft, EU-style positioning, and combines in-house manufacturing with a DTC/wholesale mix for premium knit apparel.
• Schneiders Salzburg: Austrian heritage clothing maker specializing in traditional and country apparel. Comparable to Jitex as a Central European heritage brand with a strong traditional clothing identity and similar Austrian/Czech cultural adjacency.

Broad incumbents

• Smartwool: Large US-based functional sock and knitwear brand (part of VF Corporation). Comparable to Jitex on the functional knitwear/underwear side, but operates at much greater scale and with a performance/active positioning rather than traditional.
• Icebreaker: Global merino wool base-layer and functional apparel brand. Overlaps with Jitex's functional underwear line and knit apparel production, but operates globally and with a performance/outdoor positioning rather than traditional heritage.

Emerging players

• Dubarry: Irish heritage footwear and knitwear brand. Overlaps with Jitex in the traditional European knitwear segment, though smaller in apparel focus; relevant as a peer for heritage-driven country/casual apparel consumers.

Market position

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/jitex-pisek-a-s-

Revenue estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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