Where the jewellery trade works: gold souks, jewellery quarters, diamond districts, manufacturing towns and export zones, with what you find there and the official website where there is one.
Diamond district
New York, United States
What you find: Diamonds and fine jewellery, wholesale and retail; setters, cutters and repairers
The block of West 47th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, the centre of the US diamond trade. Street-level shops, with dealers, cutters and workshops in the buildings above. Also listed in our gem markets.
Jewellery quarter
Chicago, United States
What you find: Jewellery retail, diamond dealers, watch and jewellery repair
A stretch of Wabash Avenue in the Loop, between Washington and Monroe streets, that has been a centre of jewellery, silver and watch making and trading since the early 1900s. A Chicago Landmark district since 2003.
Jewellery quarter
Philadelphia, United States
What you find: Diamonds, engagement rings, jewellery retail and repair
Sansom Street and the blocks around it, near Washington Square: one of the oldest jewellery districts in the United States, dating from the 19th century, with many independent jewellers, engravers and diamond dealers.
Trade district
Los Angeles, United States
What you find: Diamonds, gold jewellery, wholesale and retail, repair and casting
Several blocks of downtown Los Angeles around Hill Street, Broadway and Olive Street, with thousands of jewellery businesses in early-20th-century buildings, including large jewellery marts.
Trade district
Guadalajara, Mexico
What you find: Gold, silver and gem jewellery, loose stones, repair
A four-storey jewellery centre in Guadalajara's San Juan de Dios district with hundreds of jewellery shops, workshops and repairers, in a city that is a major centre of Mexico's jewellery industry.
Jewellery town
Taxco, Mexico
What you find: Silver jewellery and silverware
A hillside colonial town in Guerrero that became Mexico's silver jewellery centre in the 20th century, after the designer William Spratling revived the craft. Hundreds of silver workshops and shops; check the 925 mark when buying.
Places and official bodies, not businesses: JewelLoop does not rank, recommend or endorse any shop or dealer. Websites are the district's own or an official body's. Many trade offices and factories see buyers by appointment only, so check before you travel, and follow the export and customs rules of every country involved. Gem trading places are in Gem markets of the world.