No.4016
Uniform Market in Japan: Key Research Findings 2026
Uniform Market in Japan Grew by 3.7% YoY to Attain 552,000 Million Yen in FY2024
Yano Research Institute (the President, Takashi Mizukoshi) has surveyed the uniform market in Japan, analyzed the trends by application and company, and evaluated the market outlook.
Market Overview
The domestic uniform market (as a total of industrial workwear, healthcare & service apparel, corporate wear, and school uniforms) was valued at 552,000 million yen in FY2024, representing 103.7% of the previous fiscal year (based on the shipment values of manufacturers).
The most significant external factor affecting the market is the lengthening, intensifying Japanese summer. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency*, the number of extremely hot day (maximum temperature over 35 degrees Celsius) in increasing yearly, while lengthening of the protracted high-temperature periods is rendering the traditional seasonal calendar obsolete.
Under the circumstance, uniform manufacturers are placing more weight on summer clothes.
*Source: Japan Meteorological Agency, "Number of Days with Extreme Heat (Average of 13 Locations Nationwide)"
https://www.data.jma.go.jp/cpdinfo/extreme/extreme_p.html?select_elem=max35up
[Note: The URL above is available only in Japanese. If you need English-written source, Japan Meteorological Agency’s Climate Change in Japan 2025 may be helpful.
URL: https://www.data.jma.go.jp/cpdinfo/ccj/2025/pdf/cc2025_gaiyo_en.pdf)
Noteworthy Topics
2025 Revision on The Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health Creating Surge in Demand for Temperature Control Solutions
The 2025 revision to the Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health that came into force on June 1 has officially mandated heatstroke prevention at qualifying worksites. This legal shift has accelerated demand for cooling solutions like fan-equipped apparel—a market already bolstered by Japan’s increasingly long and intense summers.
Future Outlook
The domestic uniform market (as a total of industrial workwear, healthcare & service apparel, corporate wear, and school uniforms) is projected to reach 567,000 million yen in FY2025, representing 102.7% of the preceding fiscal year. The uniform market is poised for growth in FY2025, as higher product prices—due to surging material costs—and the popularity of premium fan-equipped apparel more than offset the demographic decline in the labor force.
Research Outline
2.Research Object： Domestic leading uniform manufacturers
3.Research Methogology： Face-to-face interviews (including online) by expert researchers, and literature research
The Uniform Market
The uniform market in this research is categorized into the following four segments: Industrial Workwear (construction and general industrial wear; excludes food processing,) Healthcare & Service Apparel (lab coats and scrubs; care worker uniforms; apparel for workers in facility service, food service, and food processing factory, etc.,) Corporate Wear (standardized business attire for clerical and administrative staff,) and School Uniforms. The market size is calculated based on the shipment values of manufacturers.
＜Products and Services in the Market＞
Industrial workwear, corporate wear, medical staff uniforms (lab coats, scrubs), HACCP-compliant garments (for food service and food processing factories), Front-of-House attire for entertainment services and hospitality services, school uniforms
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