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Largest Product Categories in German eCommerce: Fashion Tops the List

Germany is one of the markets with the highest eCommerce revenues in the world, and 2023 was a successful year for selling products online. Find out which categories generated the most revenue in 2023.

April 05, 2024

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The German eCommerce market is the second largest in Europe, having generated US$113.3 billion across all product categories in 2023. Of these, three stand out:

Largest Product Categories in German eCommerce by Revenue, 2023

Fashion sells best in German eCommerce. The category consists of apparel, bags & accessories and footwear, and accounted for total revenues of US$28.3 billion in 2023. Hobby & Leisure is a close second, with US$27.5 billion in revenues. In third place is Electronics, which reached US$24.3 billion.

The following categories fall further behind, as indicated by Furniture & Homeware, which did not reach half the revenues of the previous category, at US$11.2 billion.

At the bottom of the ranking are Care Products, with US$9.4 billion in revenues in 2023, Grocery with US$6.9 billion, and lastly DIY with US$5.9 billion.

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