Hobby & Leisure market in Germany

The German Hobby & Leisure eCommerce market is predicted to reach US$26,815.5 million by 2024 and accounts for 24.2% of the total eCommerce market in Germany. It is expected to increase over the next years. The expected compound annual growth rate for the next four years (CAGR 2024-2028) will be 3.6%, resulting in a projected market volume of US$30,923.1 million by 2028. Within the Hobby & Leisure market ECDB considers the following twelve sub-markets: Media, Sports Equipment, Bullion & Precious Metal, Pet Supplies, Toys, Stationery, Crafts & Art Supplies, Camping & Adventure, Musical Instruments, Other Hobby & Leisure, Erotic & Adult, Flowers & Gifts, and Smoking Supplies.

The online share refers to the proportion of the retail volume that is transacted via the Internet. It includes purchases via desktop PC, tablet or smartphone, both via website or app. Only retail of physical goods is taken into account. In the German Hobby & Leisure retail market, the online share is 14.7% and will increase by an average of 5.0% to 17.9% by 2028.

With sales in the German Hobby & Leisure market, amazon.de generated a revenue of US$5,104.9 million in 2023, which means it is the leading online store in this market. The Hobby & Leisure ranking of Germany is based on all online stores that generated sales in this market in 2023. Due to a country- and category-dependent approach, both national and international online stores can be part of the ranking. The graph shows a filtered revenue. It only includes national sales within the respective market.

The German Hobby & Leisure eCommerce market in 2023 in terms of offered payment methods is fragmented and highly competitive with PayPal (E-wallets) covering the largest share with 89.3% of all online stores checked. Other offered payment methods in the German Hobby & Leisure eCommerce market in 2023 are VISA (Cards) with 79.4%, Mastercard (Cards) with 79.2%, and Bank transfer/cash in advance (Bank transfer) with 77.9%. With 52.7% Sofortüberweisung (Bank transfer) still has a considerable market share amongst the offered payment methods compared to PayPal (E-wallets).

With 86.2% of all online retailers using DHL it is the dominating shipping service provider in the German Hobby & Leisure eCommerce market in 2023. DPD follows at a distant second, utilized by 22.4% of online retailers. Other shipping service providers, including GLS, Deutsche Post, and UPS (United Parcel Service), are employed by a significantly smaller proportion of online retailers.

Although Shopware holds a commanding lead with 21.1% of online stores using the shop software solution, the German Hobby & Leisure eCommerce market in 2023 remains vibrant and competitive. This is due to the presence of several other shop software solutions, including Magento, JTL-Shop, Shopify, and OXID EShop, which collectively hold a significant share of the market.