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Analgesics in the United Kingdom

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  • 26 Pages
  • September 2025
  • Region: United Kingdom
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 316727
Retail value sales of analgesics are set to grow in current terms in the UK in 2025. Topical analgesics/anaesthetic is expected to be the most dynamic category within analgesics. The category’s growth is being driven by increasing consumer demand for cost effective accessible OTC pain relief options, particularly in response to rising health awareness and self-care trends.

The Analgesics in United Kingdom report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data 2020-2024, allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. Forecasts to 2029 illustrate how the market is set to change.

Product coverage: Systemic Analgesics, Topical Analgesics/Anaesthetic.

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

Why buy this report?

  • Get a detailed picture of the Analgesics 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
  • Solid growth as self-medication grows
  • Reckitt Benckiser retains lead thanks to Nurofen
  • Pharmacies remains the dominant channel, but e-commerce continues to grow from low base
PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
  • Analgesics to continue to grow over forecast period
  • Value hacking and digital diagnostics provide opportunities
  • Gentle efficacy is important amongst sceptical consumers
CATEGORY DATA
  • Table 1 Sales of Analgesics by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 2 Sales of Analgesics by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 3 NBO Company Shares of Analgesics: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 4 LBN Brand Shares of Analgesics: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 5 Forecast Sales of Analgesics by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 6 Forecast Sales of Analgesics by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
CONSUMER HEALTH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Consumer Health in 2025: The big picture
  • Key trends in 2025
  • Competitive landscape
  • Channel developments
  • What next for consumer health?
MARKET INDICATORS
  • Table 7 Consumer Expenditure on Health Goods and Medical Services: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 8 Life Expectancy at Birth 2020-2025
MARKET DATA
  • Table 9 Sales of Consumer Health by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 10 Sales of Consumer Health by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 11 NBO Company Shares of Consumer Health: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 12 LBN Brand Shares of Consumer Health: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 13 Penetration of Private Label in Consumer Health by Category: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 14 Distribution of Consumer Health by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 15 Distribution of Consumer Health by Format and Category: % Value 2025
  • Table 16 Forecast Sales of Consumer Health by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 17 Forecast Sales of Consumer Health by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
APPENDIX
  • OTC registration and classification
  • Vitamins and dietary supplements registration and classification
  • Self-medication/self-care and preventive medicine
  • Switches
  • Summary 1 OTC: Switches 2024-2025
DISCLAIMERDEFINITIONS
SOURCES
  • Summary 2 Research Sources