List of Shoe Manufacturers in the USA

Last updated 2 November 2026

There are 7,054 shoe manufacturers in the USA, one in every 9,054 US companies. Most of them are small: nine in ten have one to four people, and only 102 firms employ 50 people or more. One in sixteen shoe manufacturers is based in New York, New Orleans, Brooklyn, Houston and Los Angeles. Below you find the largest shoe manufacturers in the USA, the cities where they cluster, how many started this year and which are the oldest. The full list with addresses, phone numbers and email is in our US company database or through the Company Data API.

7,054 companies indexed · Data counted on 2 November 2026

Companies7,0541 in9,054 US companiesCities2,695Largest cityNew York 164Sole traders3%Employees1-4 (90%)Revenue< $100K (58%)Email12%Phone39%Website21%

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	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	Nike, INC.	USA	Beaverton	1 Sw Bowerman Dr	Washington	97005-6453	*****.com	1964	$46,398,000,000	77,800	Corporation	497	8739914
2	Skechers U.S.A., INC.	USA	Manhattan Beach	228 Manhattan Beach Blvd Ste 200	Los Angeles	90266-5356	*****.com	2025	$8,969,351,000	20,100	Corporation	883	2902395
3	Crocs, INC.	USA	Broomfield	500 Eldorado Blvd Bldg 5	Broomfield	80021-3408	*****.com	1999	$4,040,647,000	8,010	Corporation	242	3935207
4	Steven Madden, LTD.	USA	Long Island City	5216 Barnett Ave	Queens	11104-1018	*****.com	1990	$2,534,109,000	6,300	Corporation	195	2964643
5	Wolverine World Wide, INC.	USA	Rockford	9341 Courtland Dr Ne	Kent	49351	*****.com	1883	$1,874,300,000	3,050	Corporation	635	704609
6	Red Wing Shoe Company, INC.	USA	Red Wing	314 Main St	Goodhue	55066-2337	*****.com	1921	$788,391,612	2,872	Corporation	400	410498220
7	Kcp Holdco, INC.	USA	New York	603 W 50th St	New York	10019-7029	*****.com	2012	$495,877,547	1,600	Corporation	140	5119252
8	Careismatic Group INC.	USA	Sherman Oaks	15301 Ventura Blvd	Los Angeles	91403-3102	*****.com	2022	$487,876,030	707	Corporation	23	7109757
9	Rocky Brands, INC.	USA	Nelsonville	39 E Canal St	Athens	45764-1247	*****.com	1932	$481,976,000	2,200	Corporation	28	821674
10	Reebok International LTD., LLC	USA	Boston	25 Drydock Ave	Suffolk	02210-2344	*****.com	2022	$431,330,976	9,102	Corporation	465	6503421
11	Careismatic Group Ii, INC.	USA	Santa Monica	1119 Colorado Ave	Los Angeles	90401-3009	N/A	2022	$204,354,788	707	Corporation	23	7123521
12	Bh Shoe Holdings, INC.	USA	Greenwich	124 W Putnam Ave Ste 1	Ct	06830-5317	*****.com	1992	$143,272,358	1,300	Corporation	8816	2317122
13	C. & J. Clark America, INC.	USA	Needham	140 Kendrick St Ste C110	Norfolk	02494-2739	*****.com	1825	$110,526,978	2,400	Corporation	918	0000618107
14	Careismatic Brands, LLC	USA	Sherman Oaks	15301 Ventura Blvd Ste 300	Los Angeles	91403-3102	*****.com	2021	$95,838,490	707	Corporation	23	1941896
15	Vans, INC.	USA	Costa Mesa	1588 S Coast Dr	Orange	92626-1533	*****.com	1987	$87,531,152	667	Corporation	1205	2148078
16	G.H. Bass & CO.	USA	New York	512 Fashion Ave Fl 28	New York	10018-0845	*****.com	2013	$67,645,761	4,100	Corporation	592	0857450
17	Nike USA, INC.	USA	Beaverton	1 Sw Bowerman Dr	Washington	97005-0979	*****.com	1998	$47,192,754	10,000	Corporation	497	931243023
18	Timberland LLC	USA	Stratham	200 Domain Dr	Rockingham	03885-2575	*****.com	2011	$46,248,372	7,500	Corporation	1205	0864685
19	H.H. Brown Shoe Company, INC.	USA	Greenwich	124 W Putnam Ave Ste 1a	Ct	06830-5317	*****.com	1992	$46,225,209	1,200	Corporation	8816	000674376
20	Justin Brands, INC.	USA	Fort Worth	610 W Daggett Ave	Tarrant	76104-1103	*****.com	1991	$44,936,107	1,035	Corporation	8816	2282098
21	Fuerst Group, INC.	USA	Menlo Park	540 Santa Cruz Ave	San Mateo	94025-4310	*****.com	2012	$35,481,942	135	Corporation	39	1246988
22	Dunlop Protective Footwear USA, LLC	USA	Havre de Grace	1850 Clark Rd	Harford	21078-4000	*****.com	2016	$24,958,061	110	Corporation	14	W14153738
23	Sole Technology, INC.	USA	Lake Forest	26921 Fuerte	Orange	92630-8149	*****.com	1996	$24,712,190	140	Corporation	8	1956649
24	S. Goldberg & CO., INC.	USA	Rochelle Park	216 State Rt 17 N	Bergen	07662-3333	*****.com	1896	$23,325,274	105	Corporation	7	220946070
25	Phoenix Footwear Group, INC.	USA	Carlsbad	2236 Rutherford Rd Ste 113	San Diego	92008-8836	*****.com	2002	$23,151,954	52	Corporation	6	3502770

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Shoe manufacturers in New York

New York has 164 shoe manufacturers, <0.1% of all 732,093 New York companies and 103% above the national share. Four in five New York firms have fewer than five people; 5 have 50 or more. 4 new firms were entered in 2026, 3 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 130 · 79%
5-9: 13 · 8%
10-19: 7 · 4%
20-49: 9 · 5%
50+: 5 · 3%

Legal form

Sole traders: 2 · 1%
Partnerships: 2 · 1%
Corporations and LLCs: 125 · 76%
Other or none: 35 · 21%

Of the US total: 2.3%
Of all New York companies: <0.1%
Against the national share: 2.0×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 4
Entered 2025: 3
Of USA's 2026 entries: 1.5%

Old

Before 1990: 3 · 2%
1990 or later: 161 · 98%
Of USA's pre-1990 firms: 1.7%

Reachable

Email: 35 · 21%
Phone: 77 · 47%
Website: 54 · 33%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 66 · 45%
$100K-$500K: 51 · 35%
$500K-$1M: 7 · 5%
$1M and more: 23 · 16%

Largest

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Shoe manufacturers in the USA

7,054

2 November 2026

There are 7,054 shoe manufacturers in the USA in our data (2 November 2026). That is one in every 9,054 US companies. About one new firm is entered in the register every working day this year (266 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 6,553 93%
Head offices: 121
Branch offices: 380

Classification

Our platform filter is SIC 3021, 3131, 3142, 3143 and 2 more.

5,110 of the 7,054 are corporations and LLCs (72%); 209 are sole traders. They come from the state business registers and our US register data, through the Company Data API.

Largest shoe manufacturers in the USA

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in New York, the biggest newcomers of 2026 and the oldest firms. Click a name for the record.

Nike is the largest shoe manufacturer in the USA by headcount. 102 firms employ 50 people or more; 62 employ 100 or more.

1Beaverton77,800 staff
2Manhattan Beach20,100 staff
3Boston9,102 staff
4Broomfield8,010 staff
5Long Island City6,300 staff
6New York4,100 staff
7Rockford3,050 staff
8Red Wing2,872 staff
9Needham2,400 staff
10Nelsonville2,200 staff

By employee size · 7,031 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	6,319	90%
5-9	371	5%
10-19	148	2%
20-49	91	1%
50-99	40	0.6%
100-199	33	0.5%
200-499	23	0.3%
500-999	2	<0.1%
1,000+	4	<0.1%

90% have 1 to 4 people; 91 have 20 to 49; 102 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	3,840	58%
$100K-$500K	1,967	30%
$500K-$1M	346	5%
$1M-$5M	445	7%
$5M-$10M	17	0.3%
$10M-$50M	23	0.3%
$50M-$100M	3	<0.1%
$100M-$500M	7	0.1%
$500M+	6	<0.1%

58% under $100,000; 445 between $1M and $5M; 56 above $5M.

Where in the USA?

New York has the most shoe manufacturers in the USA (164), ahead of New Orleans (86), Brooklyn (77), Houston (72) and Los Angeles (55). Together the five hold one in sixteen of them.

Cities by number of firms

2,695 US cities have at least one shoe manufacturer; 100 have ten or more; 1,635 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

By county 979 counties

County	Firms	%
Los Angeles	229	3%
New York	164	2%
Maricopa	163	2%
Orange	102	1%
Miami-Dade	97	1%
Harris	93	1%
Orleans	86	1%
Jefferson	86	1%
Suffolk	79	1%
Cook	78	1%

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Firm sizes in the USA

Of the 7,031 US shoe manufacturers with a known headcount, 6,319 (90%) have one to four people, 371 have five to nine, 239 have ten to 49 and 102 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (3,840, 58%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all US companies

Micro under 106,690 95%
Small 10 to 49239 3%
Medium 50 to 24996 1%
Large 250+6 <0.1%

Grey line: the share among all US companies (96% have under ten staff).

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 39 more than $10 million.

266

firms were entered in 2026.

How reachable are they?

Shoe manufacturers are harder to reach than the average US company: 39% list a phone number and 21% a website.

Email822 12%
Phone2,775 39%
Website1,473 21%

Grey line: all US companies (email 15%, phone 42%, website 24%).

The full list with these fields is in our US company database.

Newcomers in the USA in 2026

266 shoe manufacturers were entered in the US register so far in 2026, about one per working day, after 477 in 2025. The USA as a whole saw 2,970,531 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes <0.1% of the inflow.

3552022
4522023
4402024
4772025
2662026 so far

261 of this year's 266 are corporations and LLCs.

The biggest newcomers of 2026

The year is the register entry; an established firm that changes legal form appears as new.

1Oswego2 staff
2Vacherie2 staff
3Comstock2 staff
4New York2 staff
5Miami2 staff

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 16 printing companies for every shoe manufacturer in the USA.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Printing Companies	109,503	40%	81%
Signage Companies	47,775	45%	85%
Shoe Manufacturers	7,054	21%	90%
Rubber Companies	4,990	67%	45%
Protective Clothing Companies	4,011	32%	83%
Sportswear Companies	2,230	40%	66%

In other countries

Only Spain, Brazil and Italy have more shoe manufacturers than the USA.

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
Spain	12,754	2.3
Brazil	11,001	0.4
Italy	9,377	1.3
The USA	7,054	0.1
Portugal	2,063	2.4

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Sole traders or corporations: how they are organised

One in thirty-four US shoe manufacturers work as sole traders, against 5% of all US companies. Seven in ten are corporations and LLCs.

Sole traders2093%
Partnerships1051%
Corporations and LLCs5,11072%
No form on record or other1,63023%

Single-site: 93%
Head offices: 121
Branches: 380

All US companies: 5% sole traders, 1% partnerships, 68% corporations and LLCs.

The oldest firms in the USA

Our data holds 3 US shoe manufacturers from before 1900, 29 from before 1950 and 179 from before 1990.

1825
1. Needham
1883
1. Rockford
1896
1. Rochelle Park
1909
1. New York
1910
1. Richmond
1910
1. Rockford

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US shoe manufacturers date from before 1990

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Frequently asked questions

How many shoe manufacturers are there in the USA?

There are 7,054 shoe manufacturers in the USA in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. That is one in every 9,054 US companies.

Which is the largest shoe manufacturer in the USA?

Nike in Beaverton, with 77,800 staff.

Which US city has the most shoe manufacturers?

New York, with 164, ahead of New Orleans (86), Brooklyn (77), Houston (72) and Los Angeles (55).

How many shoe manufacturers are there in New York?

164, which is <0.1% of all 732,093 New York companies and 103% above the national share.

How big is a typical shoe manufacturer?

Small. 90% of the 7,031 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 102 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are US shoe manufacturers sole traders or companies?

One in thirty-four (209) are sole traders, 1% are partnerships and 72% (5,110) are corporations and LLCs.

How many shoe manufacturers started in 2026?

266 were entered in the US register so far in 2026, after 477 in 2025. 261 of them are corporations and LLCs.

What is the oldest shoe manufacturer in the USA?

C. & J. Clark America in Needham, 1825, followed by Wolverine World Wide in Rockford (1883) and S. Goldberg & Co. in Rochelle Park (1896). 3 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers shoe manufacturers?

Our platform filters them on SIC 3021 (rubber and plastics footwear), 3131 (boot and shoe cut stock and findings), 3142 (house slippers) and 3143 (men's footwear, except athletic) and 2 more.

Can I download the full list?

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