Guangdong Province

Foshan

As the core base of China’s ceramic industry, Foshan is home to over 2,000 ceramic bathroom enterprises, covering all categories such as architectural ceramics, sanitary ceramics, and smart toilets. Brands like Dongpeng, ARROW, Hengjie, Ying, and Annwa are all based in Foshan.

Chaozhou

Known as the “Ceramic Capital,” Chaozhou builds on its ceramic bathroom foundation and has recently emerged in the smart toilet sector. Country Garden, a real estate giant, invested in a super factory in Chaozhou, aiming to become the world’s largest smart toilet manufacturer. The first phase has achieved an annual capacity of 700,000 smart toilets, and the second phase plans to build a water-saving smart cover base.

Chaozhou specializes in exports and OEM processing. Keorh, a representative smart bathroom factory, has a 20,000-square-meter modern production base with globally leading smart toilet production lines, achieving an annual capacity of 1 million pieces. It operates both its own brand and OEM services, providing customized solutions for brands in over 30 countries like Europe, America, and Southeast Asia. Cooperation models include technology licensing, patent sharing, and overseas showroom support, with some strategic partners gaining exclusive patent rights in specific regions.

Jiangmen

Kaiping and Heshan in Jiangmen focus on faucets, showers, and other plumbing hardware. Shuikou Town in Kaiping, known as the “China Plumbing and Bathroom Hardware Export Base,” had an export value of over $2.1 billion in 2024, covering more than 200 countries and regions. Many well-known brands’ hardware bathroom products are OEMed by Kaiping factories, with representative enterprises including Huayi, CAE, Caizhou, Jishiduo, Gold Medal, and Larsd.

Zhongshan

Zhongshan specializes in shower rooms, accounting for about 70% of China’s mid-to-high-end market and 40% of the industry’s export value. Representative enterprises include Ally, Rosery, Kendo, and Neptum.

Other production areas in Guangdong include Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Dongguan, with representative enterprises like Seagull, Globeunion, and Apollo.

Fujian Province:

Nan’an, Quanzhou

Nan’an, Quanzhou, is known as the “Hometown of Plumbing in China.” Early bathroom fixture distributors were mostly from Nan’an, and it has fostered industry giants like JOMOO. In recent years, Nan’an enterprises have accelerated intelligent transformation. For example, JOMOO’s “full bathroom customization” solution integrates smart toilets, shower systems, and bathroom cabinets, enabling scene linkage through IoT. Emerging brands like VEMUSE focus on high-end design, exporting to over 30 countries, while Rimei enhances production efficiency with automated equipment, achieving an annual capacity of over one million sets and being recognized as a national high-tech enterprise.

Xiamen

Xiamen excels in toilet tank fittings, serving as the most concentrated production base in China. Leading domestic water fitting manufacturers WDI and R&T are based in Xiamen. It also accounts for a large share of hardware product exports like faucets and showers. Though lacking well-known terminal brands, Xiamen is a behind-the-scenes OEM base for numerous brands, housing renowned OEM giants like Yota, R&T, Solex, and Runner.

Fuzhou

Fuzhou focuses on induction bathroom fixtures, with representative enterprises like GLLO and ZILONG. Their induction water-saving bathroom products are widely used in public facilities.

Zhangzhou

Zhangzhou also has many bathroom fixture enterprises, such as BOLINA, whose smart toilets have obtained EU certification and are exported to Europe and America.

Zhejiang Province:

Taizhou

Taizhou is a renowned plumbing and bathroom manufacturing base, with main production areas in Yuhuan and Jiaojiang. Jiaojiang’s smart toilets account for half of the industry, housing brands like IKAHE, Xima, Bianjiebao, and VIVI. Jiaojiang even established a “Smart Toilet Town” for this.

Hangzhou

Hangzhou specializes in leisure bathroom products, including shower rooms, bathtubs, glass basins, and bathroom cabinets, centered in Dangshan, Dangwan, and Nanyang of Xiaoshan, radiating to Fuyang, Yuhang, etc. Hangzhou also expands markets through e-commerce platforms, using short-video marketing to showcase product installation and usage scenarios, closing the gap with consumers.

Jiaxing

Xindai Town in Pinghu, Jiaxing, mainly produces shower rooms, while Wangdian Town in Xiuzhou District, Jiaxing, is known as the “Hometown of Bathroom Heaters,” once producing 70% of domestic and 50% of global bathroom heaters at its peak.

Wenzhou

Wenzhou has a large output of plumbing and bathroom products, mainly producing faucets, bathroom accessories, valves, etc., distributed in Longwan, Yongjia, Ruian, and other areas.

Ningbo

Ningbo’s most representative areas are Lubu Town in Yuyao, Changhe Town in Cixi, and Jiangkou in Fenghua. Lubu is China’s largest hose production base, with a Jiangnan Plumbing City, though most are small-scale factories or even family workshops, mainly exporting low-end products, similar to Changhe Town.

Shaoxing

Diankou Town in Zhuji, Shaoxing, is known as the “Hometown of Hardware in China,” producing most of the country’s copper joint fittings.

Zhushan, Hubei

The Baofeng Bathroom Industrial Park in Zhushan, Hubei, has attracted 88 enterprises by undertaking industrial transfer from coastal areas, achieving a “triple jump” in output value from 100 million yuan to 10 billion yuan within 3 years. Products cover smart toilets, hardware accessories, etc., aiming to build a “Manufacturing Capital” of bathrooms in central and western China.

If you are seeking bathroom fixture OEM manufacturers, you can look for quality and experienced enterprises in the above-mentioned industrial clusters based on your product needs. For smart toilet OEM partners, Keorh is a trustworthy choice.

In the next article, we will introduce some well-known large factories in the industry to help you better understand their capabilities.