Market research on the home care industry. Our reports feature a ...
Market research on the home care 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.
Hand dishwashing continued to dominate in dishwashing in Cameroon in 2023, with automatic dishwashing remaining conspicuously absent. Handwashing dishes has traditionally been the norm in the country and continues to be the prevailing practice among…
Automated dishwashing tablets emerge as the fastest-growing subcategory in dishwashing, driven by their pre-measured portions and user-friendly nature. The convenience they offer aligns well with the hectic lifestyles of consumers. Compared to liquid…
The dishwashing category has benefited from consumers returning to home cooking or choosing food delivery/takeaways instead of going to restaurants. This has been visible with the continued trend towards consumers taking meals from home to eat in the…
Dishwashing in 2023 faces steady retail volume growth, despite the high costs of living confronted by locals. Demand for hand dishwashing remains stable, with little change in the competitive landscape and product development somewhat limited. By…
In 2023, demand for dishwashing in Egypt continued to be driven by hand dishwashing, due to habit persistence and affordable prices. In addition, the possession rate of dishwashers in the country is extremely low. Therefore, hand dishwashing…
Hand dishwashing continued to dominate sales of dishwashing in Saudi Arabia at the end of the review period. The diversity of hand dishwashing products available in the local market in terms of prices, fragrances, and the assortment of brands on…
In Brazil, dishwashing recorded high single-digit retail value growth, strongly influenced by a recurrent inflationary effect on current unit prices in 2023. However, in comparison to the previous year, the Brazilian economy showed signs of…
In 2023, retail value growth soared due to rising price points, while retail volume sales remained positive, driven by an uplift in sales for automatic dishwashing liquid and tablets. The steep devaluation of the currency during the year led to…
Automatic dishwashing witnessed the highest growth in both retail volume and value terms in 2023. While the household possession rate of dishwashers remained very low, it continued to grow steadily at the end of the review period. Indeed, growth…
Hand dishwashing in Pakistan continued to register healthy retail volume growth and a double-digit increase in retail current value sales in 2023. This expansion can be attributed to the increasing population and number of households and the cultural…
In 2023, dishwashing experienced robust value sales growth, largely influenced by inflationary pressures contributing to rising unit prices. Although fuel costs had stabilised after the initial shock in 2022 following the Russian invasion of Ukraine,…
Dishwashing is booming in value growth, driven by price hikes caused by increased costs for manufacturers and inflation overall. On the other hand, volume remains stable, albeit at low growth rates. This is because many dishwashing products are…
Dishwashing maintained slow and stable retail volume and current value growth in 2023. While retail volume growth in hand dishwashing was negligible, automatic dishwashing saw a stronger increase from a much lower base. Automatic dishwashing saw a…
In 2023, value sales of dishwashing in Germany continued to grow, primarily influenced by inflationary pressures that led to a rise in unit prices. Among the different formats, automatic dishwashing tablets retained the highest value share, while…
As with home care products in general, cross-border shopping led to a decline in volume sales. Although inflation has soared in Argentina, the depreciation rate against the Uruguayan peso has made dishwashing products purchased in Argentina much…
Dishwashing experienced stagnation in 2023. Convenience continued to be a major influence on demand within the dishwashing category, with products offering the capacity to reduce the amount of time and effort spent on dishwashing tasks appealing to…
The automatic dishwashing landscape in Poland continued to have low market penetration in 2023, which created solid room for growth and expansion in sales and market share. Consumers in Poland are increasingly becoming more time-conscious, seeking…
Due to its essential nature, hand dishwashing continued to grow in retail volume during 2023 despite increased prices, high inflation, and declining purchasing power. Due to the high cost of transportation after the removal of fuel subsidies, most…
On 1 November 2021, a considerable tax was placed on disposable plasticware: NIS11 per kg of single-use plastic plates and utensils. This tax nearly doubled the price of single-use plasticware overnight, as the Israeli government sought to reduce the…
Dishwashing in Belgium is a fairly mature category and not especially susceptible to trends, sustaining stability in terms of volume sales. A previous decline turned to positive growth in 2023, which was somewhat curbed thanks to rising energy costs…
In 2023, dishwashing saw modest current value growth in India, primarily driven by rising volumes, as input costs for dishwashing products started to stabilise. Following the slump in the prices of palm oil and other raw materials, several major…
Overall demand for dishwashing in South Africa continued to rise in 2023, supported by both automatic dishwashing and the dominant hand washing format. The number of dishwashers owned pre-pandemic when compared to after the lockdowns in South Africa…
In the highly competitive landscape of dishwashing in Kenya, brand owners actively targeted consumers with promotions and special offers and deals. Small-scale local manufacturers and consumers interested in do-it-yourself (DIY) were more inclined to…
In 2023, high price growth led to double-digit retail value growth, while retail volume sales struggled. With prices rising steeply, consumers were encouraged to be as economical as possible, with a volume decline for hand dishwashing liquids further…
The positive performance of dishwashing in Romania in 2023 was the result of Romanian consumers often cooking at home, as high inflation and strong pressure on purchasing power discouraged visits to foodservice establishments. However, hand…
During the pandemic, demand for dishwashing rocketed as hygiene concerns increased and people spent more time on average at home, thereby creating more dishes to clean. As expected, once the wave of infections and respective health restrictions…
Overall volume sales in dishwashing stagnated in 2023, with consumer demand waning in response to high inflation and rising unit prices. Automatic dishwashing continued to see strong and steady rises as one of the better-performing product areas,…
The normalisation of consumers' lifestyles post-pandemic, including dining out and ordering takeaways, has continued to reduce demand for dishwashing products, and the category recorded further volume decline in 2023. Dishwashing registered a boom in…
Dishwashing experienced strong retail value growth in 2023, driven primarily by price increases, with retail volume sales challenged. However, value growth was also supported by Canadians continuing to cook most of their own meals, with rising prices…
Dishwashing saw double-digit growth in both value and volume terms in 2023, with the category playing a significant role in driving sales in home care products in Indonesia overall. Moreso, the category is expected to maintain a robust trend over the…
Automatic dishwashing is seeing positive gains in both value and volume terms, whilst hand dishwashing remains in a volume slump. This is interesting as, during times of high inflation, hand dishwashing is seen as a more cost-effective option.…
Orkla continued to dominate dishwashing in 2023, supported by its Sun and Zalo brands, which led in automatic dishwashing and hand dishwashing, respectively. While these two brands lost value share during the review period, this was due partially to…
Dishwashing registered healthy volume growth in 2023, as price increases eased. Hand dishwashing continued to account for most value sales and also registered the highest value and volume growth. As such, value sales for automatic dishwashing…
Dishwashing saw exceptional growth in the Philippines in 2023, with growth for both hand dishwashing and automatic dishwashing. However, while automatic dishwashers are slowly gaining ground in urban and high-income households in the Philippines,…
Dishwashing witnessed notable current value growth in 2023, propelled by a surge in demand for automatic dishwashing products and a modest increase in current value sales of hand dishwashing. Urbanisation in South Korea is expanding the number of…
The full lifting of COVID-19 restrictions was seen in 2022, which led to the reopening of the economy and international borders. Many consumers returned to socialising, the office and school, as they were no longer confined to the home. They were…
With households seeing a drop in their disposable income in 2023 promotions became the number one driver of sales of dishwashing products. Many people stocked up on supplies when there were attractive prices on offer, meaning that volume sales tended…
In 2023, retail value sales of dishwashing products in China, which encompass both automatic dishwashing powders and hand dishwashing liquids, saw moderate growth. There was, however, a slight drop in value sales of hand dishwashing, which was mainly…
2022 marked a reversal of the positive trend witnessed in the preceding two years, characterised by an increase in demand for dishwashing. Unfortunately, this negative trend persisted into 2023. In 2022, the decline in retail volume sales could be…
In 2023, dishwashing experienced notable increases in retail volume and current value sales in Australia, largely driven by the trend of cooking at home. This was influenced by various factors, including higher interest rates and the increased cost…
Dishwashing in Morocco saw healthy growth in current value terms in 2023. This was partly due to an increase in unit prices, on the back of rising production costs. Nevertheless, these price increases were somewhat counteracted by heavy discounting…
Hand dishwashing led volume sales growth within dishwashing in Ukraine in 2023, recording the only positive growth in the category, with sales driven by the decline in household incomes and by widespread relocation among consumers. Many Ukrainians…
Dishwashing registered robust growth in both retail volume and current value terms in 2023, as the consumer base for such products continued to widen. Factors such as the habit of cooking at home to save money and heightened hygiene concerns as a…
In 2023, automatic dishwashing tablets experienced the most rapid growth in value terms, aligned with rising price points and increasing sales of dishwashers. Consumers are choosing automatic dishwashing tablets as they offer precise detergent…
Automatic dishwashing tablets saw the strongest retail volume sales in 2023, as household penetration of dishwashers continued to rise in Hungary. Promotional activities and higher levels of product development based on delivering more effective…
Within hand dishwashing, consumers are shifting from the bar format to the cream/paste format. As more households seek the convenience of an effective grease-remover for their dishes that tends to last longer and is softer on skin, the cream/paste…
Inflation continued to translate into higher retail price points in 2023. Higher manufacturer and retailer input costs, for example, increased operating costs like material sourcing, rental levels and salary costs, leading to higher price points.…
In 2023, retail volume sales of dishwashing in the US continued to decline, despite hybrid working arrangements contributing to elevated dishwasher usage compared to pre-pandemic levels. Weakened dishwasher sales were also evident, attributed in part…
Dishwashing products in Spain registered only marginal growth in retail volume terms in 2023. This was partly attributable to the high cost of living, which forced many consumers to modify their daily cleaning habits, in order to reduce their water…
Private label saw robust growth within dishwashing in the Netherlands in 2023, driving overall growth and outperforming branded alternatives, and rising fastest in automatic dishwashing. Rapid expansion within this particular segment was the result…