7 Sewing And Alteration Business Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: November 19th, 2023

Start A Sewing And Alteration Business

Do you have sewing skills and looking for an entrepreneurship opportunity? You can start your sewing and alteration business.

A sewing and alteration business offers customers clothing repair, custom tailoring, button replacement, and other alterations. You can start a sewing and alteration business at home or set up a retail location.

To start a sewing and alteration business, you will need a commercial-grade sewing machine and a marketing strategy, so target customers learn about your business.

Here are some real life success stories of starting a sewing and alteration business:

1. ALTRD ($12K/year)

Saara and Stephanie, long-time friends with socially oriented businesses, came up with the idea for ALTRD after realizing the lack of convenient tailoring solutions in the corporate world. They saw an opportunity to connect skilled immigrant women, who were talented at sewing but restrained by cultural and childcare reasons, with individuals in need of quality, convenient alterations. Through running a successful pilot and utilizing platforms like Shopify and Yelp, ALTRD has gained momentum and aims to expand to other cities in the future.

How much they make: $12K/year
Current team size: 0

These Two Founders Started An On-Demand Clothing Alterations Startup

ALTRD is a clothing alteration service launched by two socially oriented entrepreneurs that connects customers with skilled immigrant women tailors in New York who work from home and has already built an impressive team of 25 experts while making an effort to offer convenient and quality tailoring solutions as well as opportunities for women in need of work.

About

Saara started ALTRD almost 6 years ago

Revenue

Saara grew the business to $1K/month

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4. Look Smart Alterations

LookSmart Alterations is the world's largest clothing alterations and tailoring and company. Over 120 stores across Australia and New Zealand. Enquire now.

Where they're located: South Australia, Australia
Website traffic: 80K/month

5. SEWING STUDIO

The Sewing Studio Fabric Superstore carries a wide variety of cotton fabrics, fashion fabrics, bridal fabrics, stretch fabrics, trims and much more! We carry top sewing machine brands such as Babylock, Brother and Juki with a full sales and service department. We also teach sewing classes.

Where they're located: Tampa, Florida, USA

So... can you actually make money with a sewing and alteration business?

Of course. There are millions to be made in this industry.

But how?

Research real, profitable businesses and see exactly how much money they make.
Study exactly what works, and what doesn’t.
Take action, because now you have the roadmap.

Join Starter Story and build your next big thing:

Start Now

7. Stitch-It & Co

Stitch-It & Co. is Nashville's premier shop for alterations, custom suits for men, and custom suits for women. Over 30 years in the business, with seasoned tailors to approach every custom piece with experience. Start shopping online for a custom suit, jacket, or shirt.

Where they're located: Nashville, Tennessee, USA