The Bangladesh government has initiated a move to identify non-readymade garment factories and their establishments and create sector-wise database of those units. The database would have sector-wise factory information, names and addresses of such units, number of workers and other related matters. So far the government has established a database only for the garment sector.

There are more than 45 formal industrial sectors including the readymade garment in the country but there is no specific database or information on how many factories are running across the country with people employed there and their compliance status.

More than 600 garment factories are doing business without a DIFE (Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments) license. About 800 factories are members of neither Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) nor Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA). These 800 units are doing sub-contracting.

DIFE has made an appeal to those units that don't have DIFE license to immediately take approval. The formal industrial sectors included jute, sugar, ship breaking, carpet, etc.