The Prato district comprises approximately 8,000 medium-small firms that employ 44,000 people that account for:

• 15% of the population
• 30% of the total workforce;
• 60% of all the jobs.

The main manufacturing areas are: woolens (27.1% of the total output), yarns (18.6%) and cotton and linen textiles (16%). There has been a recent surge in synthetic textile production that now is roughly 7.2% of the area's output. The second industry in the area is textile machinery, with 200 firms that have annual turnover of US$210 million (40% of the products are exported). And finally a small number of firms are dedicated to packaging and auxiliary goods (oils, dyes, detergents, etc.) for the textile industry.