Market research on the soft drink industry. Our reports feature a...
Market research on the soft drink industry. Our reports feature a wealth of standardised and cross-comparable statistics including total market sizes, market share and brand share data, distribution and industry trends.
The bottled water category continues to grow in 2023, with demand patterns normalising after the fluctuations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. On-trade volumes have surpassed pre-pandemic levels as this channel is back to operating normally…
South Africa has been facing drinking water supply issues, supporting elevated demand for bottled water compared to pre-pandemic levels, including for still bottled water, despite declining off-trade volume sales as a result of a greater return to…
Demand for bottled water in South Korea is set to continue to rise in volume terms both off-trade and on-trade in 2023. Throughout the pandemic, buying bottled water for home consumption became a habit. Consumers who had previously purchased bottled…
Off-trade volume sales of bottled water are set to increase only very slightly in 2023. However, this represents a normalisation of growth following the huge boost to sales seen in the off-trade channel as a result of the pandemic, and in 2023 volume…
Bottled water sales are projected to see only a marginal increment in off-trade volume terms over 2023, partly due to the shift back to foodservice, which exceeded its 2019 pre-pandemic volume sales level by 2022. However, growth rates have varied…
Off-trade volume sales of bottled water saw a slowdown in growth in 2023, despite the product’s healthy image. The category continued to face ongoing challenges, not least, competition from high-quality tap water, which is predominantly sourced from…
The increasing tendency of Taiwanese consumers to favour healthier soft drinks ensured bottled water recorded another solid performance in off-trade volume growth terms in 2023. Carbonated bottled water was the most dynamic of the main categories in…
With tap water being undrinkable in Thailand, bottled water is cheap and widely available throughout the country. During 2023, the category saw dynamic growth in off-trade volume terms as an increasingly health conscious population reduced their…
The demand for bottled water has remained stable, with moderate-to-minor changes in the review period. For example, in 2022 and during 2023 there have been slight increases in consumption. Even with high inflation and increases in prices in the last…
Bottled water makes up over two-thirds of the soft drinks market in the Middle East and Africa and will continue to dominate over the foreseeable future. Demand is high due to a scarcity of clean water, particularly in rural areas, with bulk buying…