Custom Embroidery for Businesses: Polo Shirts, Workwear and Company Logos

Custom embroidery for businesses is a durable way to identify teams, create consistent workwear and apply company logos to clothing. It can be used on polo shirts, T-shirts, sweatshirts, caps, jackets, aprons, towels, table linen and many other textile products.

Bordados Custom works with businesses from many different sectors, including hospitality, security, gyms, logistics, retail, workshops, services and garment manufacturing. We can supply the clothing or embroider garments and textile items supplied by the customer.

1. Which businesses can use embroidered workwear?

Almost any company that uses workwear, uniforms or team clothing can use embroidery. We have produced work for hospitality, security, gyms, logistics, retail, workshops, services and many other sectors.

The requirement may be as simple as a company logo embroidered on a polo shirt, or it may include individual employee names, positions, departments, team identification or larger designs on the back.

2. Which products are most popular for company embroidery?

The most common choices include embroidered polo shirts, T-shirts, sweatshirts and caps. The best product depends on the sector, working conditions and the image the company wants to present.

Polo shirts are often chosen for a more polished appearance. T-shirts work well for operational teams, shops and informal environments. Sweatshirts and jackets are useful for colder conditions, while caps can complete a uniform or work as a standalone branded item.

Embroidery is not limited to clothing. We also receive customer-supplied textiles such as towels, table linen and other products for bulk personalisation.

3. Where should a company logo be embroidered?

The chest is the most common position because it is visible, professional and works well for most company logos.

Businesses can also add employee names, job titles, large back designs, sleeve personalisation or several embroidered areas on the same garment.

On sweatshirts, for example, a smaller chest logo can be combined with a larger back design. When the back design is very large, another personalisation method may be more suitable.

4. Embroidery or printing for company workwear?

There is no single best method for every application.

Embroidery is particularly suitable for logos, names and applications where a structured appearance and strong durability are important. Printing can make more sense for very large areas, certain graphic styles or situations where weight and comfort are important.

A common combination is embroidery on the chest and printing on the back. This keeps the premium embroidered logo at the front while avoiding a very large stitched area across the back.

5. Why do larger business orders usually have a lower unit price?

The main difference between many business and individual orders is quantity.

A company may need 50, 100 or more garments for employees, different shifts, new starters or several locations. As quantity increases, the unit price decreases progressively.

This gives larger business orders a lower cost per garment without reducing embroidery quality.

6. Can the same embroidery be reordered years later?

Yes. This is especially useful for companies that need replacement uniforms or new garments for new employees.

We keep the original digitised embroidery file and relevant thread references from the job. Where appropriate, this includes the specific thread reference rather than only a general colour description.

This allows us to recover previous work and reproduce it with a high level of consistency, even when a customer returns several years later.

Small variations can naturally occur between garment batches, materials or available thread lots, but keeping the original production information greatly reduces the need to rebuild the work from scratch.

7. Can a business supply its own garments?

Yes. We frequently embroider clothing and textiles supplied directly by the customer.

This works well when a company already has a uniform supplier, uses specialist technical garments or only requires the embroidery service.

For customer-supplied garments, we recommend sending a few additional units whenever possible. Industrial embroidery is a mechanical production process and, despite normal production controls, incidents can occur, including thread or needle breakage, marking or unexpected machine faults.

A small quantity of spare garments allows a damaged unit to be replaced without compromising the required final quantity. If no production issue occurs, the extra items can simply be returned already embroidered.

When we supply the garments ourselves, we manage that production margin internally so the customer receives the ordered quantity.

8. Embroidery for garment manufacturers and large textile batches

Not every business order arrives as finished clothing. We also work with garment manufacturers that require embroidery before the final garment is assembled.

In these cases, we receive the components or textile material, produce the embroidery to the agreed specification and return it so manufacturing can continue.

We also work with large quantities of other textile products and have handled batches of more than one thousand items, including towels and table linen.

9. Frequently asked questions about business embroidery

Which garments are most popular for company embroidery?

Polo shirts, T-shirts, sweatshirts and caps are among the most common, but many other textile products can also be embroidered.

Where should the company logo go?

The chest is the most common position. Back designs, sleeves, employee names and job titles can be added when needed.

Can a company send its own clothing?

Yes. We regularly work with customer-supplied clothing, towels, table linen and other textile products.

Should we send spare garments?

For larger customer-supplied orders, yes. A small production margin helps protect the required final quantity if an unexpected incident occurs.

Can you reproduce the same embroidery in future orders?

Yes. We retain the original embroidery file and relevant production references to support future reorders with a high level of consistency.

Do 50 or 100 items cost less per unit?

The unit price decreases progressively with quantity, so larger business orders normally benefit from a lower cost per item.

Is embroidery or printing better for the back?

It depends on size, artwork and comfort. For very large designs, embroidery on the chest combined with printing on the back can be a practical solution.

Do you work with garment manufacturers?

Yes. We can embroider components or textile panels before the final garment is assembled.

Business embroidery designed for today's order and tomorrow's reorders

For a business, personalised clothing is not only about placing a logo on a garment. The result needs to suit the working environment, the pricing needs to make sense at the required quantity and future replacements should be able to match the original work as closely as possible.

Bordados Custom can supply garments or embroider items supplied by the business, work with anything from small replacement orders to large batches, and retain the technical production information needed for future orders.