Manufacture of leather and footwear

Sector overview

The  Manufacture of leather and footwear Sector counts some 172 enterprises employing 10 or more persons. Among the sector enterprises 132 are producing for the export market.

Breakdown of enterprises employing 10 or more persons by activity and regime

Activity	TE*	OTE*	Total
Processing and tanning of hides Processing and tanning of hides	3	6	9
Shoes and shoe uppers	97	26	123
Luggage, handbags and leather accessories	25	8	33
Clothing in leather	10	2	12

* TE: Totally exporting
*OTE: Other than totally exporting.
Note: An enterprise may be counted for a number of times

Employment

The Manufacture of leather and footwear sector enterprises employing 10 or more workers account for 31,324 jobs of which 29,926 positions are with wholly exporting enterprises and 1,398 positions are with other than totally exporting.

Activity	Employment TE*	Employment OTE*	Total
Processing and tanning of hides Processing and tanning of hides	285	149	434
Shoes and shoe uppers	20,397	875	21,272
Luggage, handbags and leather accessories	5,216	379	5,595
Clothing in leather	4,226	26	4,252

* TE: Totally exporting
*OTE: Other than totally exporting.
Note: An enterprise may be counted for a number of times

Exports / Imports

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Development perspectives

The Center for Studies and Industrial Prospects (CEPI) has identified more than 50 project ideas and 3 professional files.

Partnership

The total number of enterprises with foreign participation is 80 , 59 are 100% foreign owned. 79 are totally exporting enterprises.

reakdown of partnership enterprises by country
France (26)	Italie (41)	Allemagne (8)	Belgique (2)	Autres (11)

Note: An enterprise may be counted for a number of times

Source: Agency for the Promotion of Industry and Innovation - September 2025