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BFA is a trade association representing British footwear manufacturers and British based footwear brands. Every year in the UK £5 billion worth of footwear is sold to consumers, £0.6 billion of footwear is manufactured and around £0.5bn is exported around the world.


Our website offers:
Detailed information about the companies which make up the British footwear industry in the form of a searchable directory with links to their own websites
Facts and figures on the British footwear industry
Consumer information about hard-to-find footwear, and consumer rights
Footwear news and views
Knowledge section - links to other sources of information about footwear, Frequently Asked Questions and assorted background footwear-related documents

Industry background

Britain is home to some of the world's leading footwear brands and the most innovative directional designers. The industry has a £2.3 billion annual turnover at ex-factory prices and exports over 90% of its production around the world. Britain's shoemakers are particularly proud of their strengths in the areas of high quality dressy footwear, directional fashion, casual comfort brands, safety and protective footwear and fashionable high volume value sourcing. See the Footwear Suppliers section of this site for full details of the various sectors and of the individual firms.