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Coffee in the United Arab Emirates

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  • 23 Pages
  • November 2025
  • Region: United Arab Emirates
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 1208997
In the UAE, coffee value and volume sales are rising in 2025, supported by a deeply rooted coffee culture, high purchasing power and growing demand for modern and specialty formats. Both retail and foodservice channels are benefiting, as flavour fusions, single-origin and micro-lot coffees, and wider ownership of coffee machines drive a shift towards fresh beans and premium at-home experiences.

This report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data 2020-2025, allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. It identifies the leading companies, the leading brands and offers strategic analysis of key factors influencing the market - be they legislative, distribution or pricing issues. Forecasts to 2030 illustrate how the market is set to change.

Product coverage: Fresh Coffee, Instant Coffee.

Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.

Why buy this report?

  • Get a detailed picture of the Coffee market;
  • Pinpoint growth sectors and identify factors driving change;
  • Understand the competitive environment, the market’s major players and leading brands;
  • Use five-year forecasts to assess how the market is predicted to develop.

Table of Contents

KEY DATA FINDINGS
2025 DEVELOPMENTS
  • Coffee culture, premiumisation and supply constraints shape growth in the UAE
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Strong coffee culture in the UAE meets rising global trends
  • Fresh coffee beans drives growth, outpacing overall coffee
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Coffee is set to demonstrate strong growth
  • Innovations are expected to reach coffee space in the UAE
  • Sustainability and fair trade
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • Nestlé maintains overall leadership through portfolio of established brands
  • International players record notable growth
CHANNELS
  • Hypermarkets continues to lead retail distribution despite slight loss of share in 2025
  • Rapid growth of e-commerce and the popularity of buying from roasteries
CATEGORY DATA
  • Table 1 Retail Sales of Coffee by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 2 Retail Sales of Coffee by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 3 Retail Sales of Coffee by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 4 Retail Sales of Coffee by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 5 Retail Sales of Fresh Ground Coffee Pods by Hard vs Soft: % Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 6 NBO Company Shares of Coffee: % Retail Value 2021-2025
  • Table 7 LBN Brand Shares of Coffee: % Retail Value 2022-2025
  • Table 8 Forecast Retail Sales of Coffee by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 9 Forecast Retail Sales of Coffee by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 10 Forecast Retail Sales of Coffee by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 11 Forecast Retail Sales of Coffee by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
COUNTRY REPORTS DISCLAIMERHOT DRINKS IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Rising demand, shifting consumption habits, and stronger competition in UAE hot drinks
KEY DATA FINDINGS
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Local culture supports strong growth for hot drinks in the UAE
  • Local players benefit from price hikes
  • Health trends centre around functionality
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Value sales will keep on rising as foodservice volume growth outpaces retail
  • International players enter the landscape
  • E-commerce to continue seeing fastest expansion among retail distribution channels
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • Unilever maintains leadership, followed closely by Nestlé
  • Both brands and private label see strong expansion across hot drinks in 2025
CHANNELS
  • Hypermarkets leads distribution through convenience and bulk deals
  • E-commerce sees fastest rise
MARKET DATA
  • Table 12 Sales of Hot Drinks by Retail vs Foodservice: % Volume Breakdown 2020-2025
  • Table 13 Sales of Hot Drinks by Retail vs Foodservice: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 14 Retail Sales of Hot Drinks by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 15 Retail Sales of Hot Drinks by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 16 Retail Sales of Hot Drinks by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 17 Retail Sales of Hot Drinks by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 18 Foodservice Sales of Hot Drinks by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 19 Foodservice Sales of Hot Drinks by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 20 Total Sales of Hot Drinks by Category: Total Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 21 Total Sales of Hot Drinks by Category: % Total Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 22 NBO Company Shares of Hot Drinks: % Retail Value 2021-2025
  • Table 23 LBN Brand Shares of Hot Drinks: % Retail Value 2022-2025
  • Table 24 Penetration of Private Label in Hot Drinks by Category: % Retail Value 2020-2025
  • Table 25 Retail Distribution of Hot Drinks by Format: % Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 26 Retail Distribution of Hot Drinks by Format and Category: % Volume 2025
  • Table 27 Forecast Sales of Hot Drinks by Retail vs Foodservice: % Volume Breakdown 2025-2030
  • Table 28 Forecast Sales of Hot Drinks by Retail vs Foodservice: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 29 Forecast Retail Sales of Hot Drinks by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 30 Forecast Retail Sales of Hot Drinks by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 31 Forecast Retail Sales of Hot Drinks by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 32 Forecast Retail Sales of Hot Drinks by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 33 Forecast Foodservice Sales of Hot Drinks by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 34 Forecast Foodservice Sales of Hot Drinks by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 35 Forecast Total Sales of Hot Drinks by Category: Total Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 36 Forecast Total Sales of Hot Drinks by Category: % Total Volume Growth 2025-2030
COUNTRY REPORTS DISCLAIMER
SOURCES
  • Summary 1 Research Sources