Prato industry in numbers

Industry – Breakdown for the Province of Prato

 

 

N° of Active Firms

% Industrial Firms

Export in millions of Euros

Manufacturing (including fashion)

7.995

28%

2.280

Construction

4.288

15%

-

Wholesale and Retail commerce, Services Industry (to individuals and compagnie)

14.088

49% 

-

Agriculture and Fishing

559

2% 

3

Other

2.046

7% 

7

TOTAL

28.976

100%

2.291

 

The fashion district of Prato

The fashion district of Prato historically encompasses not just the seven boroughs that make up the Province itself, but also three boroughs in the Province of Pistoia and two in the Province of Florence. The data regarding the fashion industry – as opposed to the data regarding other industries – refers to this entire fashion district, not just those areas governed by the administrative territory of the Province of Prato.

 

The Fashion District of Prato

 

Textiles

Clothing and Knitwear

District

Firms

2.815

4.379

7.194

Labour Force

21.044

17.689

38.734

Total Income 2014 (in millions of Euros)

2.728

1.464

4.192

Income from Exports 2014 (in millions of Euros)

1.622

862

2.484

% export

 

 

58%

 

 

PRODUCTION AND EXPORT OF THE INDUSTRIAL PRATO DISTRICT