Market research on the consumer health industry. Our reports feat...
Market research on the consumer health industry. Our reports feature a wealth of standardised and cross-comparable statistics including total market sizes, market share and share data, distribution and industry trends.
A growing proportion of the Swiss population is considered obese, while the percentage of overweight people has also been increasing for several years as the pandemic years resulted in weight gains. These trends have created a somewhat positive…
Wound care sales have gained momentum in 2023 amid a return to travel and tourism. People are more comfortable with travelling following the COVID-19 pandemic and have resumed taking vacations and excursions. Moreover, there has been a reduction in…
2023 saw surging interest in weight loss driven by the rise of GLP-1 medications, with prescription drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy creating headlines during the year. Demand will continue to be strong in 2024, driven by the efficacy of these…
Consumption of analgesics continued to increase in Germany during 2023, after the demand spike in 2022, a year in which consumers were often experiencing flu and colds in the post-pandemic period and therefore OTC medicines, such as analgesics, were…
Consumer health in Germany was recording moderate current value growth in 2023. While OTC was performing better than vitamins and dietary supplements, it was being outperformed by categories such as sports nutrition and weight management and…
Cough and cold remedies were recording see high single-digit growth in current value terms in 2023, with sales benefiting from the large number of cases of cold and flu in the 2023/2024 season. Furthermore, value sales were also being boosted by unit…
Dermatologicals again registered positive current value growth in 2023, continuing the trend of the previous years. The most dynamic category – hair loss treatments – continued to post strong growth. There are several reasons supporting the demand…
Most areas of dietary supplements continued to grow in volume and current value terms in 2023, albeit generally at quite modest rates, particularly in volume terms. Sales have been hit by the saturated nature of dietary supplements as well as the…
In 2023, the demand for digestive remedies across different categories was relatively stable. The increasing prevalence of symptoms of acid or gastroesophageal reflux have been supporting retail volume and current value sales of proton pump…
Over the review period, eye care continued to benefit from the growing demand for products that can soothe eye fatigue, which is mainly resulting from extended exposure to digital devices, mainly computers, smartphones, TVs and tablets. Sales…
Herbal/traditional continued to grow at healthy pace in current value terms in 2023. Many of the leading players in consumer health were investing more in developing their herbal/traditional product ranges as well as their marketing activities in for…
The retail prices of all NRT smoking cessation aids were rising in 2022 and 2023, which helped to drive current value growth for these products in these years. However, volume sales of most NRT smoking cessation aids were flat or even declining in…
Having already recorded very dynamic growth in 2022, paediatric cold, cough and allergy remedies continued to register the strongest growth in paediatric consumer health in Germany in 2023, albeit at a much more modest pace. This strong performance…
As in 2022, sleep aids was registering a slight decline in current value terms as a result of falling in 2023. While prices were still rising during the pandemic (2020, 2021), which, paired with increased volume demand for sleep aids during the…
Sports nutrition – one of the most dynamic categories in the entire consumer health industry, continued to record strong growth in 2023. The category has been continuing to experience a positive performance, with double-digit current value growth…
Single vitamins continued to record positive volume and current value growth in 2023. Multivitamins, which offer convenience and economy benefits, also continued to grow in volume and current value terms in 2023. The demand for vitamins spiked during…
As a year earlier, most areas of weight management and wellbeing were recording positive volume and value growth in 2023 as consumers looked to shed the weight gained during lockdown and home seclusion, but also due to increased health consciousness.…
Wound care has been registering positive volume and current value growth rates in 2022 and 2023 as outdoor and physical activities increased again in the post-pandemic period. The relatively long summer season in 2023 also benefitted demand for wound…
Analgesics experienced a rise in unit prices due to inflationary pressure, which pushed up the price of imported medications and locally-produced options. Current value growth accelerated in 2023 as a result of this trend. Brand loyalty remains…
Analgesics remains the largest category in consumer health in Nigeria. Sales continued to rise in 2023, supported by strong brand positioning and consumer awareness. Other factors driving growth included affordability, widespread availability and a…