Knitwear Inc

What Knitwear Inc does

Knitwear Inc is a wholesale apparel company based in Dallas, Texas, operating with a 27-person headcount and an online presence at anvilknitwear.com. The company is associated with the Anvil Knitwear brand and operates within a broader apparel ecosystem that includes the ComfortColors and American Apparel sub-brands, offering t-shirts and garments across adult, women, and youth categories. Its product portfolio is positioned for bulk apparel needs including custom printing, uniform ordering, retail resale, and promotional merchandise.

The company's go-to-market is built on a wholesale distributor model, selling through authorized distributors to businesses, organizations, print shops, and customization providers across the domestic U.S. market. A separate retail e-commerce channel is maintained for individual consumers. Core technology is not disclosed in the source material, and the company relies on its website as the primary marketing and information channel, featuring inventory finding, distributor location tools, and sustainability messaging. The brand-level differentiators emphasized in publicly available material are its multi-brand portfolio and wholesale pricing for bulk orders.

Public-source data for Knitwear Inc specifically is thin: no revenue figures, funding history, M&A activity, leadership disclosures, certifications, patents, or named customer relationships are present in the input. The associated data references Gildan Activewear S.R.L. — a publicly traded apparel entity on NYSE under ticker GIL — and the operating geography is characterized as North America with single-country/domestic distribution focus. Customer segmentation is horizontal, with wholesale apparel buyers as the primary segment and retail consumers as secondary.

Name

Knitwear Inc

Legal name

Gildan Activewear S.R.L.

Website

https://anvilknitwear.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Knitwear Inc is a 27-employee wholesale apparel company based in Dallas, Texas, operating the Anvil Knitwear brand. It sells t-shirts and apparel in bulk to businesses, organizations, print shops, and customization providers across the U.S. market.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wholesale Apparel

SIC

Wholesale-Apparel, Piece Goods & Notions (5130), Retail-Apparel & Accessory Stores (5600)

akta.pro primary industry

Knitwear & Sweaters Manufacturers (CRAAAAAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Textiles & Fabric / Piece Goods Wholesale (CRAOADAH)

Keywords

• Wholesale apparel
• T-shirt manufacturing
• Bulk clothing
• Screen printing apparel
• Branded casualwear

Headquarters

HQ city

Not specified

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Knitwear Inc operates as the wholesale arm of Gildan USA, supplying t-shirts and apparel in bulk to businesses, organizations, print shops, and customization providers. The portfolio spans the core Gildan brand along with sub-brands ComfortColors and American Apparel, covering adult, women, and youth segments with multiple color options and sustainability-focused offerings. Distribution is handled primarily through authorized wholesale distributors, with a separate retail e-commerce site for individual consumer purchases.

Product overview

Gildan is a wholesale apparel company offering t-shirts and other garments. The product portfolio includes the core Gildan brand as well as sub-brands Comfort Colors and American Apparel, covering adult, women, and youth categories.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ComfortColors: A brand of apparel offering color-intensive garments.
• American Apparel

Products and services

• Gildan Apparel Wholesale t-shirts and apparel products sold through authorized distributors to businesses, organizations, print shops, and customization providers for bulk purchase, custom printing, uniform ordering, and promotional merchandise.
• Comfort Colors Apparel Sub-brand of apparel offering color-intensive garments, featured on the Gildan wholesale website with its own product page, sold through the same wholesale distribution network.
• American Apparel Retail apparel brand operated under the Gildan portfolio, featured on the Gildan website with its own product page and distributed through the wholesale channel.
• Retail E-commerce Channel Separate retail storefront at retail.gildan.com for individual consumers purchasing Gildan apparel for personal use.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Gildan Activewear: Gildan Activewear is the parent/manufacturer whose brands (Gildan, ComfortColors, American Apparel) anchor Knitwear Inc's product line. Directly comparable in product portfolio and is the upstream source for nearly all inventory sold.
• Hanesbrands: Hanesbrands is a major apparel manufacturer whose Champion and Hanes blank apparel lines are commonly sold through the same wholesale distribution channel and compete with the Gildan portfolio at the product level.
• Fruit of the Loom: Fruit of the Loom is a large incumbent apparel manufacturer whose blank t-shirt and activewear lines compete directly with Gildan products in the same wholesale and decorator distribution channels.

Direct peers

• SanMar Corporation: SanMar is one of the largest US wholesale apparel distributors, serving the same print shop, uniform, and promotional merchandise buyer base. Operates a comparable B2B wholesale model with broad brand portfolio distribution.
• Alphabroder: Alphabroder (now part of SanMar) is a major US wholesale apparel distributor serving decorators, screen printers, and promotional products distributors with a comparable brand-portfolio wholesale model.
• S&S Activewear: S&S Activewear is a national wholesale apparel distributor serving the same B2B buyer base of screen printers, embroiderers, and promotional product companies with a comparable multi-brand blank apparel catalog.
• Bella+Canvas: Bella+Canvas is a wholesale blank apparel manufacturer/brand serving the same decorator and print shop segments with comparable product categories (t-shirts, sweatshirts, youth/women lines). Operates a parallel wholesale distribution model.
• Next Level Apparel: Next Level Apparel is a wholesale blank apparel manufacturer competing in the same t-shirt/fleece categories as Gildan and selling through comparable wholesale distributor and decorator channels.
• TSC Apparel: TSC Apparel is a US wholesale apparel distributor serving the same print/embroidery and promotional merchandise buyer base with a comparable multi-brand blank apparel catalog and bulk B2B order model.
• Anvil Knitwear: Anvil Knitwear is a blank apparel brand (now part of the Gildan family) whose identity maps closely to the Knitwear Inc name and anvilknitwear.com URL, sharing the same knitwear product positioning and wholesale buyer audience.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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