WHAT IS THE LIST OF THE TOP 100 GARMENT BUYING HOUSES IN BANGLADESH

Top 100 Garment Buying Houses in Bangladesh:

Garment buying houses act as a bridge that connects apparel buyers (retailers) and garment manufacturers. Bangladesh is well known for its high-quality ready-made garment industry. The ready-made garment (RMG) industry is the leading source of foreign currency earnings for Bangladesh, which is more than 80% of the total export earnings.

History of Garment Buying Houses in Bangladesh:

Garment buying house business in Bangladesh started in the early 1980s when the country’s textile and garment industry began to develop. At that time, there were few buyers sourced from Bangladesh, and most of them were from Europe. These buyers needed local support to source products and ensure quality control, which led to the emergence of the buying house business.

The first Garmet buying houses in Bangladesh was established in the mid-1980s. Initially, these buying houses were small and operated as agents for foreign buyers. Once upon a time, Bangladeshi buying houses provided a small range of services, including sample development, arranging production, and maintaining quality control. Over time, the buying houses established themselves in size and number. Now, buying houses is an integral part of the garment industry.

Bangladesh’s Garment buying house industry grew significantly in the 1990s as the nation established itself as a leading supplier of garments to the international market. When more and more international retailers and brands started sourcing their products from Bangladesh, the buying house industry developed into a key mediator between buyers and manufacturers.

Bangladesh’s Garmet buying house industry is becoming pretty advanced and competitive. There are already thousands of buying houses in the country, ranging in size from little entrepreneurs to significant international companies. Now, a wide range of services, such as production process, sourcing, quality control, logistics, and compliance management, are mostly provided by these buying houses.

They are essential to the nation’s garment industry, which contributes significantly to the nation’s economy and accounts for around 80% of its export earnings. From them, we have listed the Top 100 Garment Buying Houses in Bangladesh.

How many Garment Buying Houses in Bangladesh?

Bangladesh has over three thousand registered buying houses, which support garment manufacturers in all aspects of the apparel business. Bangladesh is currently the world’s second-largest garment exporter, with a total value of approximately $50.00 million dollars
According to the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers Association (BGMEA), approximately one thousand of its associated members are registered as buying houses.

There is another association,  Bangladesh Garments Buying House Association (BGBA) which has a thousand & five hundred registered members.

Here is the list of the Top 100 Garment Buying Houses in Bangladesh with the links to the official website:

From these Top 100 Garment Buying Houses in Bangladesh, most of those listed are foreign and multinational buying houses, considering brand reputation and value, yearly turnover, and social compliance issues.

1. Next Sourcing ltd
2. ZXY Apparel Buying Solutions Ltd
3. Wool Worths (H.K) Procurement Ltd
4. Tesco International Sourcing
5. Puls Trading Far East Ltd
6. Asmara (BD) Pvt. Ltd
7. Debenhams Hong Kong Ltd
8. Etam Int’l Sourcing
9. Comtextile (HK) Ltd
10. Tex-Ebo Internation Pte Ltd
11. Kiabi International Supply Services
12. Li & Fung (Bangladesh) Ltd
13. VF Asia Ltd
14. Team Sourcing Company Ltd
15. Cherryfield Trading Ltd
16. TEMA Magazacilik Hiz. Tic. A.S.
17. WMGS Services Limited
18. Mustang International Limited
19. Crossline Bangladesh (Pvt.) Ltd
20. Synergies Sourcing Bangladesh Ltd
21. Koton Bangladesh Ltd
22. Shelsham Trading Co. Ltd.
23. Sears Buyign Services, Inc.
24. SRG Apparel Plc
25. Linmark Internationa(Bangladesh) Ltd.
26. Esprit De Corp (Far East) Ltd.
27. Williams Ltd
28. Bodyline (Far East) Ltd
29. Chavi Bangladesh Ltd
30. Kmart Australia Limited
31. Malu Bangladesh
32. Best Sellers Int limited
33. Patrick International Corporation Ltd
34. Kento Asia Ltd
35. Marks & Spencer Bangladesh
36. Linmark Int’l (Bangladesh) Ltd.
37. Tom Tailor Sourcing Ltd.
38. Comtextile (HK) Ltd
39. Triton Textile Bangladesh Ltd.
40. Perry Ellis International Inc
41. Winners Creations Ltd
42. Centro Tex Limited
43. Styletex Trading
44. s.Oliver Bernd Freier GmbH & CO. KG
45. Puma
46. C&A
47. Lindex Bangladesh Liaison Office
48. PVH-Phillips Von Heuson
49. Levi-Strauss
50. Wal-Mart
51. GAP
52. Grenville
53. Spider Group
54. Katag
55. Shobi fashion
56. Target Sourcing Services
57. Far East Textiles & Clothing
58. Debenhams Hong Kong ltd
59. Calvin Klein
60. Promoda Apparels Ltd.
61. Norwest Industries Ltd
62. Kiabi International Supply Services
63. SRG Apparel Plc
64. Mustang Associates Ltd.
65. El Corte Ingles
66. Peek & Cloppenburg KG Düsseldorf
67. G-Star RAW
68. Just Group Bangladesh Ltd
69. Wing Fat Enterprises
70. Hermes-OTTO International (H.K Ltd)
71. Mothercare
72. Nafisa Int’l Trading (BD) Ltd
73. Trucare FZC
74. OVS S.p.A.
75. Far East Sterling Ltd
76. LC Waikiki
77. Poeticgem International
78. Big W Asia Sourcing
79. Losan (Sonae)
80. Macy’s
81. Verner Retail ( Bangladesh)
82. Gerry Weber Far East Ltd
83. ARP Trading House
84. WS Team
85. Nak Fashion & Textiles
86. Contempo Overseas Ltd
87. Miles Bangladesh Liasion Office
88. Indesore Trading Ltd
89. Metro Group Buying HK Limited
90. Luke Dhaka Co. Ltd.
91. Signet Enterprises Ltd
92. Wilson Imports (BD) Ltd
93. Big W Asia, Bangladesh
94. Carrefour Global Sourcing 
95. Coop Global Sourcing Ltd 
96. Design Tex Ltd 
97. Takko Holding GMBH
98. Kiwi Fashion Ltd 
99. The Cotton Group 
100. Dongyi Sourcing Ltd

How to Be a registered member of BGMEA for the Buying House?

The top listed garment buying houses are the associate member of BGMEA in Bangladesh.
You will need to submit below set of documents to BGMEA authority to become a proud member of them.

 1. Application for Associate Member in the Letter Head Pad as per written instruction by BGMEA

2. Payable amount of 40,000 T.K in favor of BGMEA Dhaka through Pay order/ Bank draft / BGMEA Bank Account.

3.     Photocopy of Trade License duly attested by Lien Bank.

4.     Photocopy of Memorandum of Association (MOA) & Incorporation Certificate/Partnership deed duly attested by Lien Bank

5.     Specimen Signature of buying house owners/ managing Partners with photographs duly attested by Lien Bank

6.     National ID/Passport Photocopy of buying house owners/ managing Partners

7.     Photocopy of TIN certificate duly attested by Lien Bank

8.     Rental agreement deed / Purchase docs for the Buying office.

9.     Board of Investment (BIDA) Permission applicable foreign-invested /Joint Venture Company

10. A work permit is given by the Board of Investment (BIDA) for foreign investors buying houses.

Boni Amin

Author with two decades of expertise in Clothing merchandise & Digital marketing in the world’s most renowned Apparel companies.