Men's Wholesale Workwear: Work Clothing & Safety Apparel
Men's wholesale workwear — work shirts, pants, FR clothing and hi-vis safety apparel.
Workwear is clothing bought to a specification: work shirts and pants that survive industrial laundering, flame-resistant garments rated for arc and flash-fire hazards, and high-visibility apparel built to ANSI classes for road and construction crews. The manufacturers below supply that trade - uniform rental and direct-purchase programs, safety distributors and workwear retailers. Hi-vis and FR are folded into this directory because the same buyers purchase them with the core work clothing, usually from the same programs.
Men's Workwear Guides and Resources
Red Kap
Red Kap : Red Kap manufactures men's and women's industrial workwear, including work shirts, work pants, shorts and hi-visibility apparel. It supplies uniform programs for automotive, manufacturing, transportation and other trades.
Bulwark Protection
Bulwark Protection : Bulwark Protection manufactures flame-resistant (FR) workwear, including FR shirts, pants, coveralls and outerwear. It supplies FR apparel programs for oil and gas, electric utility and other hazardous work environments.
ML Kishigo
ML Kishigo : ML Kishigo, operating as Kishigo, manufactures high-visibility safety apparel, including ANSI-compliant vests, shirts, jackets and rainwear. It focuses exclusively on hi-vis workwear for road, construction and industrial crews. Location: Fountain Valley, CA.
GSS Safety
GSS Safety : GSS Safety manufactures high-visibility safety apparel, including ANSI Class 2 and Class 3 vests, shirts, sweatshirts and jackets. It supplies hi-vis workwear for construction, road work and warehouse crews.
Dickies
Dickies : Dickies manufactures workwear including work pants, work shirts, coveralls and hi-visibility apparel for men. Its occupational apparel is supplied for business and uniform use through the Dickies workwear program operated in the B2B channel.
Carhartt
Carhartt : Carhartt manufactures rugged workwear, including work jackets, pants, shirts and hi-visibility and flame-resistant apparel. Through Carhartt Company Gear, it outfits businesses and crews with logo-ready work apparel.
Berne Apparel
Berne Apparel : Berne Apparel manufactures workwear and outerwear, including insulated jackets, bib overalls, coveralls and hi-visibility apparel. It supplies durable work clothing for agricultural, construction and industrial workers.
Portwest
Portwest : Portwest manufactures workwear and personal protective equipment, including extensive high-visibility, flame-resistant and rainwear ranges. It supplies safety apparel through distributors to construction, transport and industrial employers.
Tingley
Tingley : Tingley manufactures protective workwear, including high-visibility apparel, waterproof rainwear and protective footwear. Its hi-vis jackets, bibs and suits serve construction, utility, municipal and industrial workers.
Ergodyne
Ergodyne : Ergodyne manufactures work safety gear, including GloWear high-visibility apparel such as vests, shirts and jackets. It supplies hi-vis and thermal workwear for construction, road and industrial crews.
Radians
Radians : Radians manufactures safety products, including RadWear high-visibility apparel such as vests, shirts, sweatshirts and jackets. It supplies ANSI-rated hi-vis workwear through safety distributors.
The Three Workwear Businesses
Core workwear - shirts, pants, shorts, coveralls and outerwear in durable twills - sells through uniform programs and workwear retailers, and is judged on cost per wear: fabric weight, seam construction and laundering survival. The manufacturers in the listings are the names behind those programs, some selling work clothing for a century.
Flame-resistant clothing is a regulated specialty: garments are rated to standards such as NFPA 2112 for flash fire and arc ratings for electrical work, and employers buy them under written hazard assessments. High-visibility apparel is the third business, specified by ANSI/ISEA 107 class - Class 2 and Class 3 vests, shirts, sweatshirts and rainwear with reflective tape placement set by the standard. FR and hi-vis overlap constantly, and combined garments exist for crews who need both.
Buying Workwear for a Program or a Store
Program buyers should fix the specification first - fabric, color, FR or hi-vis rating, logo placement - then hold suppliers to continuity, because a workforce in mismatched garments is a program failing in public. Ask about size range including tall and extended sizes; workwear that stops at XL excludes part of almost every crew.
Retail buyers stock the brands their local industries wear, leaning on the distributor network the manufacturers sell through. Either way, the quality signals are unglamorous and consistent: bartacked stress points, heavy zippers, fabric that keeps its color and, for hi-vis, tape that stays reflective after repeated washing. The listings are the manufacturers whose garments are built to that test.
Common Questions
What does FR mean on workwear?
FR means flame-resistant: the fabric is engineered to self-extinguish and to limit burn injury in flash-fire or arc-flash events, and garments are certified to standards such as NFPA 2112. FR clothing is specified by the employer's hazard assessment, not chosen by preference.
What are ANSI hi-vis classes?
ANSI/ISEA 107 sets performance classes for high-visibility apparel. Class 2 garments suit workers near traffic up to 50 mph; Class 3 adds sleeves and more reflective material for the highest-risk road work. Many vests and shirts in the listings state their class.
Who buys men's workwear at wholesale?
Uniform rental and direct-purchase program operators, safety equipment distributors, industrial suppliers and workwear retailers. Individual employers usually buy through a program or distributor rather than directly from the manufacturer.