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The study presented in the paper focuses on identifying relationships of textile cluster actors, with the aim to further developing recommendations for increasing their effectiveness. The identification of formal and informal ties in industrial clusters remains an urgent research task. The paper outlines the limitations of existing approaches, including the method for identifying vertically organized structures based on technological links and the territorial proximity of enterprises that potentially make up a cluster. The authors propose a method for identifying industrial clusters based on the analysis of business links, testing this method on the case of the Ivanovo region textile cluster. A list of interlinked enterprises is determined, and their vertical and horizontal relationships identified using information about actors. This serves as the basis for studying drivers and barriers to cluster participation, specific features of cluster management and coordination of joint activities, as opportunities to gain positive synergy effects for cluster.