Global Flame Resistant Clothing Market Research Report 2023-Competitive Analysis, Status and Outlook by Type, Downstream Industry, and Geography, Forecast to 2029

Global Flame Resistant Clothing Market Research Report 2023-Competitive Analysis, Status and Outlook by Type, Downstream Industry, and Geography, Forecast to 2029

Flame-resistant clothing (FRC) refers to clothing that is designed to withstand heat or exposure to flame without combusting or breaking open for the purpose of protecting the wearer from burns. Flame-resistant clothing is made from inherently nonflammable fabrics and materials. The materials have a chemical structure that is naturally resistant to flames. These types of fabrics may catch fire, but they will either self-extinguish or burn extremely slowly.

Market Overview:

The latest research study on the global Flame Resistant Clothing market finds that the global Flame Resistant Clothing market reached a value of USD 2026.12 million in 2022. It’s expected that the market will achieve USD 3070.02 million by 2028, exhibiting a CAGR of 7.17% during the forecast period.

Growth Drivers

The powerful functions and benefits of flame resistant clothing drive consumption, which is beneficial to the development of the industry. The benefits of flame resistant clothing are obvious. They allow workers to conduct work in potentially hazardous locations with a greatly reduced risk of injury. While no flame-resistant clothing is guaranteed to prevent every injury, every time, the risk while wearing these specialized garments is significantly lower than it would be if the worker was wearing everyday clothing.

Challenges

Taking into consideration the importance of safety features of Flame resistant clothing, governing bodies have developed high quality standards for personal protective equipment to ensure wearer safety. Flame resistant clothing needs to comply with standards set by protective apparel agencies such as Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Manufacturers in the flame resistant clothing market need to comply with regulatory requirements before marketing and selling their products. For example, the European Commission recently introduced the EU Regulation 2016/425 concerning the quality of personal protection equipment. The NFPA 2113 standards established by the National Fire Protection Association define the safety requirements associated with the selection, care, use, and maintenance of flame-resistant garments including fire retardant apparels.

Region Overview:

Geographically, North America held the largest market share – 38.89% in 2022.

Company Overview:

Bulwark Protection is one of the major players operating in the Flame Resistant Clothing market, holding a share of 8.3% in 2022.

Bulwark Protection

Bulwark FR, Workrite Fire Service and Bulwark CP – the most trusted names in FR and PPE have come together to form Bulwark Protection, the ultimate one-stop safety solution. Bulwark Protection Company, Inc. has delivered high-quality flame-resistant (FR) workwear for more than 40 years. They are also the leading supplier of FR station wear for fire service.

Sioen

Sioen Apparel focusses on high quality professional protective clothing, specialised protective clothing and private label recreational clothing. In its domain, Sioen Apparel is European market leader, is active in more than 80 countries, employs over 2800 persons in 8 plants. Sioen Apparel is one of the three divisions of Sioen Industries. Apart from Sioen Apparel, there are two other divisions: Sioen Coating, world leader in coated technical textiles and Sioen Chemicals, specialised in fine chemicals.

Segmentation Overview:

By type, Coveralls segment accounted for the largest share of market in 2021.

Application Overview:

The market's largest segment by application is the segment Fire-fighting, with a market share of 30.03% in 2022.
Flame resistant clothing are employed extensively in sectors such as chemicals, military, building & infrastructure, and oil & gas, as they help safeguard workers from any fire-related accidents. These materials are utilized as fire buffers and are made into protective garments to shield employees from overt and secondary fire and electric arc exposure.

Key Companies in the global Flame Resistant Clothing market covered in Chapter 3:

Aramark
Fristads
Bulwark Protection
Lakeland
Sioen
Honeywell
UniFirst
Kimberly-Clark
Carhartt
Alsico

In Chapter 4 and Chapter 14.2, on the basis of types, the Flame Resistant Clothing market from 2018 to 2029 is primarily split into:

Shirts
Pants
Outerwear
Coveralls
Others

In Chapter 5 and Chapter 14.3, on the basis of Downstream Industry, the Flame Resistant Clothing market from 2018 to 2029 covers:

Fire-fighting
Military
Chemical
Petrochemical
Electrical
Others

Geographically, the detailed analysis of consumption, revenue, market share and growth rate, historic and forecast (2018-2029) of the following regions are covered in Chapter 8 to Chapter 14:

North America (United States, Canada)
Europe (Germany, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, Netherlands, Turkey, Switzerland, Sweden)
Asia Pacific (China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia)
Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, Argentina)
Middle East & Africa (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, South Africa)