U.S. women's plus-size apparel market - statistics & facts

Plus-size clothing is often described as clothing for larger than average people. Sizing in the U.S. varies between retails and even individual items of clothing, but many retailers start plus-size clothing at size 12 or 14. The average U.S. women’s dress size is between 16 and 18, meaning that plus-size is the new average, although it is not typically thought of that way. In the past, Lane Bryant was the only largely known retailer for shoppers of plus-size women’s clothing, but now, many major clothing retailers such as H&M, ASOS, and Mango cater to plus-size customers. The market for U.S. plus-size apparel was valued at 24 billion U.S. dollars in 2020, up from 20.5 billion U.S. dollars in 2016.

Global womenswear market sales: 643bn USD

U.S. women's and girls' apparel market revenue: 163bn USD

Plus-size women's clothing store market size in the U.S.: 6.74bn USD

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Revenue of the apparel market worldwide from 2014 to 2027 (in trillion U.S. dollars)

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