Overview of figures

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The market in figures

Consumer Electronics in Germany
Sales in Billions of Euros 2021 vs. 2022

Consumer electronics, private IT products and private telecommunications products

2021
31.2
2022
30.7 (-1.5 %)

Percentages indicate change vs. previous year

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With sales of more than 30.7 billion euros in 2022, the consumer electronics sector with the product areas of consumer electronics, privately used telecommunications and privately used IT products shows a decline of 1.5 percent compared to 2021.

 

Domestic Appliances in Germany
Sales in Billions of Euros 2020 vs. 2021*

Small and major domestic appliances

2021
17.8
2022
17.6 (-1.0 %)

Percentages indicate change vs. previous year

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In the area of home appliances, sales remained almost stable at a total of 17.6 billion euros (-1.0 percent). The increase in sales of major domestic appliances for the year as a whole was 0.6 percent to almost 10.5 billion euros. Sales of small domestic appliances fell by 3.4 percent to 7.1 billion euros.

Consumer Electronics in Germany
Sales in Billions of Euros 2021 vs. 2022

Consumer electronics, private IT products and private telecommunications products

2021
31.2
2022
30.7 (-1.5 %)

Percentages indicate change vs. previous year

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With sales of more than 30.7 billion euros in 2022, the consumer electronics sector with the product areas of consumer electronics, privately used telecommunications and privately used IT products shows a decline of 1.5 percent compared to 2021.

 

Domestic Appliances in Germany
Sales in Billions of Euros 2020 vs. 2021*

Small and major domestic appliances

2021
17.8
2022
17.6 (-1.0 %)

Percentages indicate change vs. previous year

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In the area of home appliances, sales remained almost stable at a total of 17.6 billion euros (-1.0 percent). The increase in sales of major domestic appliances for the year as a whole was 0.6 percent to almost 10.5 billion euros. Sales of small domestic appliances fell by 3.4 percent to 7.1 billion euros.

Selected market figures Germany 2022

11.1 %
0.6 %
3.4 %
11.1 %
0.6 %
3.4 %

Selected market figures Europe* 2022

10 %
10 %
8 %
10 %
10 %
8 %

*Europe: Western Europe, Central Eastern Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan – Source: GfK Market Intelligence Retail Tracking, Coverage 100 %.

Selected market figures Global* 2022

7 %
7 %
7 %
7 %
7 %
7 %

*Source: GfK Market Intelligence Retail Tracking, global including North America, Coverage 100 %