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Home Furnishings in the United Kingdom

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  • 27 Pages
  • June 2025
  • Region: United Kingdom
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 1923981
In 2024, the UK’s home furnishings market saw a decline in value sales, driven primarily by persistent economic pressures that led consumers to prioritise essential spending. Spending on home improvements and DIY also declined, indicating a broader shift away from discretionary purchases in home décor and furniture. Sales of furniture and lighting experienced consistent year-on-year declines, both in-store and online, reflecting the overall softness in consumer demand.

The Home Furnishings in United Kingdom report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of market demand at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data (historic date range), allowing you to identify the categories driving growth. It also identifies the leading companies and their brands, and offers strategic analysis of key factors influencing demand - from new product developments, consumer lifestyles, route to market and pricing issues. Forecasts to 2029 illustrate how market demand is expected to evolve in the medium-term

Product coverage: Indoor Living, Lighting, Outdoor Living.

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

Why buy this report?

  • Get a detailed picture of the Home Furnishings 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
2024 DEVELOPMENTS
  • Increased demand for comfort and functionality makes indoor living the largest category in the UK's home furnishings market
  • IKEA strengthens its focus on sustainability and multifunctionality but faces headwinds from economic challenges
  • Non-grocery retailers consolidate leadership through omnichannel expansion and strategic acquisitions
PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
  • Consumer demand for home-related products and the growth of outdoor living in the UK driven by post-pandemic trends such as staycations and home-centric lifestyles
  • Future of AI and automation in furniture design and production driven by innovations in smart furniture and self-assembling technology
  • Declining birth rate in the UK influencing demand for versatile and space-saving children’s furniture
CATEGORY DATA
  • Table 1 Sales of Home Furnishings by Category: Value 2019-2024
  • Table 2 Sales of Home Furnishings by Category: % Value Growth 2019-2024
  • Table 3 NBO Company Shares of Home Furnishings: % Value 2020-2024
  • Table 4 LBN Brand Shares of Home Furnishings: % Value 2021-2024
  • Table 5 LBN Brand Shares of Light Sources: % Value 2021-2024
  • Table 6 Distribution of Home Furnishings by Format: % Value 2019-2024
  • Table 7 Forecast Sales of Home Furnishings by Category: Value 2024-2029
  • Table 8 Forecast Sales of Home Furnishings by Category: % Value Growth 2024-2029
HOME AND GARDEN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Home and garden in 2024: The big picture
  • 2024 key trends
  • Competitive landscape
  • Retail developments
  • What next for home and garden?
MARKET DATA
  • Table 9 Sales of Home and Garden by Category: Value 2019-2024
  • Table 10 Sales of Home and Garden by Category: % Value Growth 2019-2024
  • Table 11 NBO Company Shares of Home and Garden: % Value 2020-2024
  • Table 12 LBN Brand Shares of Home and Garden: % Value 2021-2024
  • Table 13 Penetration of Private Label in Home and Garden by Category: % Value 2019-2024
  • Table 14 Distribution of Home and Garden by Format: % Value 2019-2024
  • Table 15 Distribution of Home and Garden by Format and Category: % Value 2024
  • Table 16 Forecast Sales of Home and Garden by Category: Value 2024-2029
  • Table 17 Forecast Sales of Home and Garden by Category: % Value Growth 2024-2029
DISCLAIMER
SOURCES
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