Furniture retail and trade is an important part of any country’s economy. The furniture industry is comprised of the production, distribution, and retail of furniture for residential and commercial use. The global furniture market is a multi-billion U.S. dollar industry, which was valued at approximately 510 billion U.S. dollars in 2020. The United States is the largest furniture market in the world, however the APAC region is growing in size and importance, and accounted for three of the top five leading markets in 2020. The international trade of furniture products is a significant business, with the import and export of furniture witnessing steady growth in recent years. China is the dominant exporter of furniture and the United States is the leading importer.
Outdoor furniture, also known as garden or patio furniture is a growing market worldwide. Products from this sector are typically more robust than indoor furniture and furnishings and have been designed to withstand the conditions and wear and tear associated with outdoor use. Outdoor furniture comes in a range of materials which are tailored for the outdoors, such as wood, metal, and plastic. The U.S. outdoor furniture market was estimated to be around 9.06 billion U.S. dollars in 2020. Most furniture stores in the United States offer outdoor furniture products, with additional offerings becoming available based on seasonality. Outdoor dining sets are one of the leading types of outdoor furniture in the United States, with sales of 23.2 billion U.S. dollars in 2018.
Ashley HomeStore was the leading furniture store in the United States in 2019, with sales of five billion U.S. dollars. IKEA and Williams-Sonoma are two other key players in this market. These retailers cater for all the key categories of the home or residential furniture market such as living room, dining room, bedroom, kitchen, and outdoor furniture and furnishings.
Hampton Bay and Home Styles were the two best known outdoor furniture brands among U.S. consumers in 2017. However, it appears that consumers are happy to visit the big furniture chains for most of their furniture needs in place of specialty retailers which cater for more niche or specific requirements. IKEA was the furniture store that Americans visited the most often for their furniture shopping needs in 2019.
Table of ContentsFurniture market overviewRetailLeading retailersConsumer behavior
1. Furniture market overview
Revenue from the global furniture industry stood at 1.3 trillion U.S. dollars in 2020. The Statista Consumer Market Outlook estimates that by 2025, revenue in this industry will reach 1.6 trillion dollars.
The United States furniture market generated the highest revenue per country revenue with over 226.78 billion U.S. dollars. Ranked second and third were China and Germany with 72.5 billion and 53.5 billion dollars respectively. The furniture market in Russia created a revenue of almost 17 billion, while the market in Switzerland saw a revenue of around 5.7 billion dollars.
In 2021, retail e-commerce revenue from furniture and homeware sales amounted to 132.7 billion U.S. dollars and are projected to increase to over 208.2 billion U.S. dollars in 2025. In the most recently measured period, furniture and home furnishing sales accounted for 11.78 percent of total retail e-commerce sales in the United States.
This statistic depicts the value of the outdoor furniture market worldwide from 2020 to 2027. In 2020, the global outdoor furniture market was valued at approximately 17.1 billion U.S. dollars and was forecast to reach a value of 22.9 billion U.S. dollars by 2027.
In 2021, retail e-commerce revenue from furniture and homeware sales amounted to 132.7 billion U.S. dollars and are projected to increase to over 208.2 billion U.S. dollars in 2025. In the most recently measured period, furniture and home furnishing sales accounted for 11.78 percent of total retail e-commerce sales in the United States.
This statistic depicts the value of the outdoor furniture market worldwide from 2020 to 2027. In 2020, the global outdoor furniture market was valued at approximately 17.1 billion U.S. dollars and was forecast to reach a value of 22.9 billion U.S. dollars by 2027.
In 2018, the outdoor furniture market in the United States was valued at approximately 8.4 billion U.S. dollars. It was forecast to reach a value of 9.64 billion U.S. dollars by 2023.
2. Retail
This statistic depicts the share of furniture store sales in the United States in 2018, broken down by product category. In 2018, stationary upholstery furniture products accounted for 22 percent of total furniture store sales in the United States.
This statistic presents the furniture purchase share of consumers in the United States in 2018 and 2019, broken down by category. 29.5 percent of respondents stated that they had bought bedding in 2018.
This statistic depicts the share of furniture stores that offer outdoor furniture in the United States as of December 31, 2018, broken down by availability. That year, 64 percent of U.S. furniture stores carried outdoor furniture on a year-round basis.
In 2020, 77 percent of specialty retailers of hearth, patio, and barbecue products carried gas fire pit products. Outdoor lighting products were not as common among specialty retailers of hearth, patio, and barbecue products, with 14 percent of these stores carrying such products that year.
This statistic depicts the outdoor products carried by furniture stores in the United States as of December 31, 2018. In that year, 100 percent of U.S. furniture stores carried outdoor dining sets. In comparison, 45 percent of furniture stores carried grills as part of their outdoor furniture offering in 2018.
This statistic depicts the retail sales of outdoor dining sets in the United States from 2017 to 2018. In 2018, total retail sales of outdoor dining sets in the United States amounted to approximately 23.2 billion U.S. dollars.
This statistic depicts the median selling price of dining sets and tables from furniture stores in the United States in 2017 and 2018, broken down by product type. In 2018, outdoor dining sets had a median selling price point of 949 U.S. dollars.
This statistic depicts the purchase preference of U.S. consumers when shopping for outdoor dining sets in the United States in 2019. In that year, 49 percent of respondents stated that they purchased or planned to purchase a 5-piece outdoor dining set.
This statistic depicts the purchase channel preference of U.S. consumers when shopping for outdoor dining sets in the United States in 2019. In that year, 71 percent of respondents stated that they purchased their outdoor dining set in-store.
3. Leading retailers
In 2019, Ashley HomeStore was the top ranked furniture store in the United States with sales that amounted to about five billion U.S. dollars. Amazon.com was the top ranked online furniture retailer in the United States that year.
This statistic depicts the sales of the leading 10 conventional furniture stores in the United States from 2018 to 2019. In 2019, Ashley HomeStore was the top ranked conventional furniture store in the United States with sales that amounted to about 4.96 billion U.S. dollars.
This statistic depicts the sales of the leading 10 specialty furniture stores in the United States from 2018 to 2019. In 2019, Ikea was leading specialty furniture store in the United States with sales that amounted to about 3.31 billion U.S. dollars.
This statistic presents a ranking of the most popular online stores in the furniture & homeware segment in the United States in 2018, sorted by annual net e-commerce sales. In 2018, market leader homedepot.com generated around US$5.0 billion via the sale of physical goods in this segment. The online store waifair.com was ranked second with a revenue of more than US$3.5 billion.
IKEA is an internationally known home furnishing retailer. IKEA`s annual revenue has seen constant growth over the past two decades. Due to the coronavirus crisis, the revenue declined for the first time in 2020, amounting to 39.6 billion euros. The next year, revenue grew again and amounted to over 40 billion euros.
In 2021, the global net revenue of Williams-Sonoma amounted to over 8.2 billion U.S. dollars, representing an increase of over 21 percent compared to last year’s figures. Williams-Sonoma is a high-end American retail company that sells kitchenware, furniture and linens, as well as other housewares and home furnishings. The company was founded in 1956 by Charles E. Williams, who was one of the titans of the American food revolution.
4. Consumer behavior
The statistic shows the retailers where U.S. consumers shopped most often for furniture as of 2019. As of March 2019, 9.8 percent of respondents stated that they shopped most regularly for furniture at IKEA.
As of 2019, 58 percent of consumers in the United States stated that they had bought outdoor furniture within the past two years. In 2020, the value of the U.S. outdoor furniture market amounted to 4.6 billion U.S. dollars.
This statistic shows the outdoor furniture purchased by consumers in the United States within the last two years as of 2018. As of 2018, 20 percent of respondents stated that they had bought a bench within the last two years.
This statistic shows the average annual expenditure on outdoor furniture per consumer unit in the United States from 2007 to 2020. In 2020, the country’s average expenditure on outdoor furniture amounted to approximately 47 U.S. dollars per consumer unit.
This statistic depicts the type of information which consumers researched on outdoor furniture online prior to purchase in the United States as of 2018, broken down by household income. As of 2018, at least 90 percent of American consumers, across the three income levels, responded that they looked online for the prices of outdoor furniture before purchase.
This statistic depicts the purchase location preference of U.S. consumers when shopping for outdoor dining sets in the United States in 2019. In that year, 34 percent of respondents stated that they purchased their outdoor dining set from a big box retailer.
As of 2019, 93 percent of Baby Boomers respondents in the United States said that they preferred American-made outdoor furniture. This figure was 84 percent for overall outdoor furniture shoppers.
Description: As of 2019, 39 percent of respondents in the United States said that they preferred to buy American-made outdoor furniture because the products are of a higher quality. 38 percent of respondents stated that they don’t prefer such products as they cost too much.
This statistic shows the results of a 2019/2020 survey in which designers and retailers were asked to predict which outdoor furniture fabric patterns were most likely to be best-sellers in 2020, by product. In 2020, the majority of retailers, 65 percent, predicted that solids would be the best selling pattern for both cushions and slings in 2020.
Source from Statista
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