e-Commerce Market Analytics

Food & Personal Care in Germany

The category Food & Personal Care consists of two subcategories: Food & Beverages and Personal Care. It includes the online trade of food and beverages as well as medicine, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical and personal care products. The market category also includes prescription drugs and medical products for private use (e.g., blood pressure monitors, disinfectants, dressings). Online pharmacies are counted among this category as well. Not included in this category are food products, especially for babies (see: Toys, Hobby & DIY).

In Germany, this segment generates a revenue of US$23 billion in 2021, which amounts to a 18.2% share of the entire German eCommerce market.

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Food & Personal Care in Germany

Top online stores

With sales in the German Food & Personal Care market, amazon.de generated a revenue of US$1 billion in 2021, which means it is the leading online store in this segment. In second place is docmorris.de with a revenue of over US$0.9 billion, followed by douglas.de with a revenue of US$0.6 billion. Altogether, the top three online stores account for a market share of about 27% within the top 100 stores of the given segment.

The Food & Personal Care ranking of Germany is based on all online stores that generated sales in this segment in 2021. Due to a country- and category-dependent approach, both national and international online stores can be part of the ranking. The ranking shows a filtered revenue. It only includes national sales within the segment.

One of the fastest growing stores in the German Food & Personal Care market is disapo.de. The store achieved sales of around US$15.7 million in 2021. Its revenue growth amounts to 332% within the previous year.

Growth champions:
idealclean.de
yfood.eu
korodrogerie.de
Editorial tips:
eismann.de
hygi.de
medikamente-per-klick.de

Top online Food & Personal Care stores in Germany by eCommerce net sales 2021 in million US$

# Store
1. amazon.de
US$992.8m
2. docmorris.de
US$927.0m
3. douglas.de
US$637.5m
4. shop-apotheke.com
US$551.6m
5. shop.rewe.de
US$514.5m
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Food & Personal Care in Germany

Market size and growth rate

Revenue in 2021
US$23,214.9m
REVENUE
CAGR 2021-2025
16.8%
CAGR
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Of the five categories considered by ecommerceDB, Food & Personal Care is the third largest segment in Germany, as indicated by the Statista Digital Market Outlook. Over the last year, the revenue of this market has grown by 32%. The predicted compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2021 and 2025 is 17%.The declining revenue growth suggests a moderately flooded market.

Looking at the 2 subcategories of Food & Personal Care, Personal Care is the largest. It accounts for 66% of the sales in the market. The subcategory Food & Beverages has a 34% share of the segment.

Food & Personal Care in Germany

Top shipping service providers

Depending on which kind of product is shipped and which country a parcel is shipped to, a company chooses to use different shipping service providers. The top three providers in the German Food & Personal Care market are shown in the table on the right.

In Germany, DHL is the most frequently offered shipping service provider in eCommerce in the Food & Personal Care market in 2021. Of those stores indicating which service they use to transport their goods, 82% cited DHL as one of their providers. Moreover, DPD and Self-collection / Click & collect are among the top three shipping service companies offered by German online retailers in the Food & Personal Care segment, at rates of 16% and 10% respectively.

Shipping information is based on orders from the store’s main country, which is defined as the one where the store generates most of its online revenue. In this case, it is Germany. To have a category-specific evaluation, only stores with a focus on the Food & Personal Care category are included. Only stores that provide information about their shipping providers can be considered.

Competitor analysis of shipping service providers in Germany

# Shipping service provider
1. DHL
82.0%
2. DPD
16.0%
3. Self-collection / Click & collect
10.0%

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