Glove manufacturers in the USA are few, specialised and spread across very different products, and that is the first thing a brand needs to know. Most gloves sold in the United States are made abroad. What the country still has is a short list of factories and workshops that cut and sew leather work gloves, knit and sew industrial gloves, dip nitrile gloves, hand-sew fashion gloves and build baseball gloves, and some of them will make gloves for your brand.
This directory profiles six US glove makers, each checked on its own website. It keeps them apart by what they will actually do for you, because they are not interchangeable. Three state that they make private label gloves. One makes custom gloves to a client's design, for individuals or for production. Two make custom gloves for companies and groups under their own name, but not for resale under your label.
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Key Takeaways
- Gloves are made in separate trades that rarely share factories. Leather work gloves, knitted and coated industrial gloves, nitrile gloves, fashion gloves and baseball gloves each have their own US makers.
- Three makers state they produce private label gloves. Sullivan Glove Co. in Bend, Oregon, Carolina Glove & Safety Company in Conover, North Carolina, and American Nitrile in Grove City, Ohio.
- Published minimums are rare. Vermont Glove states 24 pairs for logo-engraved orders and Sullivan says its minimums are low. The others quote per project.
- "Made in USA" needs checking glove by glove. Carolina Glove runs a domestic line and an imported line side by side, so ask which styles are made in its North Carolina plants.
- A five-finger leather glove is a 20-plus piece assembly, against roughly four pieces for a T-shirt. That's why gloves are made in dedicated factories.
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Why are gloves a specialist business?
Because a glove wraps a moving three-dimensional object with five independent joints, and flat pattern-making can't cheat that. The trade has its own anatomy: the trank (the palm and back cut as one piece), the fourchettes (the strips that form the sides of each finger), the quirks (the small diamonds at the finger base that let the hand close), the thumb, the welts, and the linings. Add them up and a single pair of five-finger leather gloves runs past 20 cut pieces.
Why gloves live in dedicated factories
That's why gloves live in dedicated factories rather than as a line item in an apparel plant. Sizing works on hand circumference in inches rather than S/M/L. Seam type is a design decision, not a finishing detail. An inseam, an outseam, and a piqué seam each change how the glove feels on the hand. Materials range from tanned leather to knitted cotton and Kevlar® to fleece to dipped nitrile. Touchscreen tips need conductive yarn knitted or stitched into the fingertip. Would you hand that brief to a T-shirt factory?
How did we choose these glove manufacturers?
Every company below had to pass three checks on its own website: it states that it makes gloves in the United States, it says where it works, and it offers private label, custom or made-to-specification work rather than only selling its own finished stock. We left out glove brands that import their product, companies whose sites don't say where their gloves are made, makers whose sites we couldn't read, and directory listings we couldn't trace to a working company site.
We did not rank one to six, because these companies make different products. Where a figure is a company's own claim, such as a founding year, a capacity or a minimum, we say so. Six verified names is what the research produced, and it's a more useful number than a padded ten.
Which US glove manufacturers can make gloves for your brand?
Sullivan Glove Co. (Bend, Oregon, USA)
Leather gloves for work, motorcycle, hunting, rodeo and cold weather, from a company that dates itself to 1941 and says every pair is hand sewn in Bend (Sullivan Glove Co., About). Its private label page is the clearest offer in this directory: "Private label work is a large part of what we do", working with well known brands and small companies on material, style and customisation, with what it calls low minimum requirements (Sullivan Glove Co., Private Label). No minimum figure is published. Best for a brand that wants a genuinely domestic leather glove under its own label.
Carolina Glove & Safety Company (Conover, North Carolina, USA)
A family-owned industrial and retail glove maker founded in 1946, which says it has four glove plants in the North Carolina foothills and capacity for over 65,000 dozen gloves per week, both company statements (Carolina Glove, About Us). It offers private labeling and custom packaging, custom glove design for industrial and retail markets, Kevlar® and specialty-yarn gloves, custom sizing, heat transfer and pad printing, and retail barcoding and hang tags (Carolina Glove, Custom Design Capabilities). It also runs a direct import programme alongside its domestic line, so confirm in writing that your style will be made in its US plants. Best for work, garden and safety gloves at volume.
American Nitrile (Grove City, Ohio, USA)
A nitrile glove manufacturer founded in 2021 that makes medical and research or lab gloves in a 530,000 sq ft plant, where it says it currently produces over 120 million gloves per month on six lines (American Nitrile, About). Its Launch U.S.â„¢ programme is built to take co-branded and private label nitrile gloves from discovery and prototype to market (American Nitrile, Launch U.S. Private Label). Capacity figures are self-reported. Best for a healthcare, lab, food or janitorial brand that needs a US-made disposable glove.
Wing + Weft Gloves (New York City, New York, USA)
A glove workshop in Manhattan's Garment District, at 35 West 36th Street, that traces its lineage to Glamour Gloves in the 1940s and describes itself as the last remaining legacy glove manufacturer in NYC, with more than 50 years of gloves for theatre, film and fashion (Wing + Weft, About). It takes custom gloves "whether for individual use or production", with price and turnaround set by design, materials and quantity (Wing + Weft, FAQ). Each pair is cut, sewn and finished by hand in leather, lace, satin, mesh and specialty fabrics (Wing + Weft, Design Consultation). Best for a designer, costume or bridal glove in short runs.
Vermont Glove (Randolph, Vermont, USA)
Goat leather work and everyday gloves, handmade in Randolph since 1920 according to the company (Vermont Glove, Made in USA). Its corporate programme engraves a company's logo on the cuff of two models, from 24 pairs, with volume pricing from 48 pairs and a typical 6 to 8 weeks (Vermont Glove, Corporate Gifting). It states it is not offering custom branded gloves for resale at this time, and its own logo stays on the glove, so treat it as a source of branded gifts and staff gloves, not a private label line.
Nokona (Nocona, Texas, USA)
A leather goods company founded in 1926 that has made baseball gloves in Texas since 1934 and says it kept manufacturing there when most US glove makers moved overseas in the 1960s and 1970s (Nokona, Our Story). Its ShowGloves® configurator, launched in 2018, builds a ballglove in the USA to the buyer's own specification, and it runs a corporate gifting programme for companies. Its site does not describe a private label service, so treat it as a custom maker for teams, clubs and corporate gifts under the Nokona name, not a contract factory.
How do the US glove makers compare?
| Maker | Location | Gloves | Service stated on its site | Published minimum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sullivan Glove Co. | Bend, OR | Leather work, motorcycle, cold weather | Private label for brands | "Low", no figure |
| Carolina Glove & Safety Company | Conover, NC | Industrial, garden, Kevlar®, knit, leather palm | Private labeling, custom design (domestic and imported lines) | Not published |
| American Nitrile | Grove City, OH | Nitrile medical and lab | Co-branded and private label programme | Not published |
| Wing + Weft Gloves | New York City, NY | Fashion, costume, bridal | Custom gloves, individual or production | Not published |
| Vermont Glove | Randolph, VT | Goat leather work and everyday | Logo engraving for companies, not for resale | 24 pairs |
| Nokona | Nocona, TX | Baseball and softball | Custom gloves to spec, corporate gifting | Not published |
Source: each company's own website, checked October 2026. Minimums and capacities are self-reported and can change.
Glove manufacturing questions
Can I get gloves made in the USA for my brand?
Yes, from a small number of makers. Sullivan Glove Co. makes private label leather gloves in Bend, Oregon. Carolina Glove & Safety Company offers private labeling and custom design for industrial and retail gloves in North Carolina. American Nitrile runs a private label programme for nitrile gloves in Ohio. Wing + Weft Gloves in New York City makes custom gloves for production as well as for individuals.
What is the minimum order for custom gloves in the USA?
Most US makers don't publish one. Vermont Glove states 24 pairs for logo-engraved orders, and Sullivan Glove Co. says its minimums are low without giving a number. Glove minimums are usually quoted across a size run rather than per style, because gloves size on hand circumference, so ask for the size-curve breakdown behind any figure you're given.
Why are gloves more expensive to manufacture than shirts?
Piece count and skill. A pair of five-finger leather gloves is a 20-plus piece assembly of tranks, fourchettes, quirks, thumbs, welts, and linings, against roughly four cut pieces for a T-shirt. Sullivan Glove Co. and Wing + Weft both state their gloves are sewn by hand. More pieces means more cutting, more stitching, and more places for the glove to fail.
What is the difference between fashion, sport, work and medical gloves?
They're separate industries. Fashion gloves centre on fine leather and fabric cut and sewn by hand, as at Wing + Weft. Sport gloves such as baseball gloves are built from heavy leather shells, padding and lacing, as at Nokona. Work gloves are protective equipment, rated for cut, heat or abrasion and made by companies like Carolina Glove. Medical and lab gloves are dipped from nitrile on formers, as at American Nitrile. Factories rarely cross segments.
Are touchscreen gloves harder to manufacture?
They add a construction step rather than a whole new process. Conductive yarn is knitted or stitched into the fingertip so the finger can complete a capacitive circuit. It's uncontroversial technically, but it has to be specified in the tech pack, naming which fingers get the treatment. Assume nothing, because a factory won't add it unless you ask.
Does "made in USA" on a glove mean every part is American?
Not always. Cutting and sewing can happen in the US while the leather, yarn or liner comes from elsewhere, and some makers sell domestic and imported lines under one name. If the label claim matters to your brand, ask each maker in writing where your style is cut and sewn and where its leather or yarn comes from.
About the author
Will Godax, Founder at OneAim Apparel. Will runs OneAim Apparel, a group of documented United States clothing factories. His day job is reading factory briefs and placing that production with the plant in the group built for the product, which means he sees where accessory categories like gloves go wrong long before the bulk order does. This directory was compiled from each company's own website rather than from OneAim's own group, and every self-reported claim is labelled as such. Corrections and factory submissions: get in contact.
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Sources
- Sullivan Glove Co., Private Label Gloves and About, Bend, Oregon, checked October 2026. Source of the private label offer, the low-minimum statement, the 1941 founding and hand sewing in Bend.
- Carolina Glove & Safety Company, About Us and Custom Design Capabilities, Conover, North Carolina, checked October 2026. Source of the 1946 founding, the four North Carolina glove plants, the 65,000 dozen per week capacity (self-reported), private labeling, custom design and the imported line.
- American Nitrile, About and Launch U.S. Private Label, Grove City, Ohio, checked October 2026. Source of the 2021 founding, the plant size, the 120 million gloves per month on six lines (self-reported) and the private label programme.
- Wing + Weft Gloves, About, FAQ and Design Consultation, New York City, checked October 2026. Source of the Garment District address, the company history, custom gloves for individuals or production, and hand cutting and sewing.
- Vermont Glove, Made in USA and Corporate Gifting, Randolph, Vermont, checked October 2026. Source of the Randolph production since 1920, logo engraving, the 24 and 48 pair figures, the 6 to 8 week lead time and the no-resale statement.
- Nokona, Our Story, Nocona, Texas, checked October 2026. Source of the 1926 and 1934 dates, Texas manufacturing and the ShowGloves® custom configurator.
- OneAim Apparel internal sourcing and pipeline observations, 2024 to 2026.
Every company named above appears in this source list. Founding dates, capacities, minimums, lead times and production claims are the companies' own published statements, labelled as such in the text, and we did not independently audit them. No company in this article is a OneAim group member, and none paid to appear. Reviewed and updated 16 October 2026 by Will Godax.
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