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Sports Drinks in New Zealand

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  • 33 Pages
  • January 2026
  • Region: New Zealand
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 3676563
Off-trade volume sales of sports drinks maintained positive growth in New Zealand in 2025, at a higher rate than seen the previous year, driven by broadening consumption occasions beyond traditional high-intensity exercise, towards recovery and overall balance. Usage is increasingly spanning pre-, during- and post-activity, as well as lifestyle-adjacent occasions such as group workouts, outdoor activities, and lower-intensity fitness routines.

This Sports Drinks in New Zealand report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data (2021-2025), 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, packaging or pricing issues. Forecasts to 2030 illustrate how the market is set to change.

Product coverage: Reduced Sugar Sports Drinks, Regular Sports Drinks.

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

Why buy this report?

  • Get a detailed picture of the Sports Drinks 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
  • Sports drinks benefit from widening consumption occasions
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Clean-label, recovery-led sports drinks reshape the category beyond performance hydration
  • Reduced sugar sports drinks align with sugar moderation trends
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Sports drinks shifts into a growth-stage lifestyle category, supported by broader penetration and health-led innovation
  • Digital retail execution strengthens visibility, conversion, and repeat purchasing for sports drinks
  • Health-led reformulation and cognitive functionality redefine sports drinks beyond performance hydration
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • Coca-Cola maintains robust lead thanks to strong brand trust of Powerade
  • Small new entrants disrupt sports drinks with new formulations to meet a wider range of needs
CHANNELS
  • Supermarkets anchor sports drinks distribution, thanks to enabling wide consumer reach
  • Forecourt retailers benefit from meeting on-the-go hydration needs
CATEGORY DATA
  • Table 1 Off-trade Sales of Sports Drinks: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 2 Off-trade Sales of Sports Drinks: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 3 Off-trade Sales of Sports Drinks: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 4 Off-trade Sales of Sports Drinks: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 5 NBO Company Shares of Off-trade Sports Drinks: % Volume 2021-2025
  • Table 6 LBN Brand Shares of Off-trade Sports Drinks: % Volume 2022-2025
  • Table 7 NBO Company Shares of Off-trade Sports Drinks: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 8 LBN Brand Shares of Off-trade Sports Drinks: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 9 Forecast Off-trade Sales of Sports Drinks: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 10 Forecast Off-trade Sales of Sports Drinks: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 11 Forecast Off-trade Sales of Sports Drinks: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 12 Forecast Off-trade Sales of Sports Drinks: % Value Growth 2025-2030
COUNTRY REPORTSSOFT DRINKS IN NEW ZEALAND
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Volume sales see an uptick thanks to stabilising economic factors
KEY DATA FINDINGS
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Health and wellness trends become the defining structural driver of soft drinks in New Zealand
  • Flavour innovation remains a critical driver of differentiation in soft drinks
  • Sustainability trends continue to rise across New Zealand’s soft drinks market
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • An ongoing positive performance driven by an improving economy and health-led trends
  • Future innovations will be backed by science-led claims
  • Distribution will become more strategic over the forecast period
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • Coca-Cola Amatil (NZ) Ltd maintains its overall company lead thanks to myriad strengths
  • Allpress Espresso benefits from translation café-style coffee into a RTD offer
CHANNELS
  • Supermarkets maintains leading distribution channel place
  • Warehouse clubs and retail e-commerce continue to grow
  • Foodservice vs retail split
  • Fountain sales in New Zealand
MARKET DATA
  • Table 13 Off-trade vs On-trade Sales of Soft Drinks (RTD) by Channel: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 14 Off-trade vs On-trade Sales of Soft Drinks (RTD) by Channel: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 15 Off-trade vs On-trade Sales of Soft Drinks by Channel: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 16 Off-trade vs On-trade Sales of Soft Drinks by Channel: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 17 Off-trade vs On-trade Sales of Soft Drinks (as sold) by Category: Volume 2025
  • Table 18 Off-trade vs On-trade Sales of Soft Drinks (as sold) by Category: % Volume 2025
  • Table 19 Off-trade vs On-trade Sales of Soft Drinks by Category: Value 2025
  • Table 20 Off-trade vs On-trade Sales of Soft Drinks by Category: % Value 2025
  • Table 21 Off-trade Sales of Soft Drinks (RTD) by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 22 Off-trade Sales of Soft Drinks (RTD) by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 23 Off-trade Sales of Soft Drinks by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 24 Off-trade Sales of Soft Drinks by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 25 Sales of Soft Drinks by Total Fountain On-trade: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 26 Sales of Soft Drinks by Total Fountain On-trade: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 27 NBO Company Shares of Total Soft Drinks (RTD): % Volume 2021-2025
  • Table 28 LBN Brand Shares of Total Soft Drinks (RTD): % Volume 2022-2025
  • Table 29 NBO Company Shares of On-trade Soft Drinks (RTD): % Volume 2021-2025
  • Table 30 LBN Brand Shares of On-trade Soft Drinks (RTD): % Volume 2022-2025
  • Table 31 NBO Company Shares of Off-trade Soft Drinks (RTD): % Volume 2021-2025
  • Table 32 LBN Brand Shares of Off-trade Soft Drinks (RTD): % Volume 2022-2025
  • Table 33 NBO Company Shares of Off-trade Soft Drinks: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 34 LBN Brand Shares of Off-trade Soft Drinks: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 35 Penetration of Private Label in Off-trade Soft Drinks (RTD) by Category: % Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 36 Penetration of Private Label in Off-trade Soft Drinks by Category: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 37 Distribution of Off-trade Soft Drinks (as sold) by Format: % Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 38 Distribution of Off-trade Soft Drinks (as sold) by Format and Category: % Volume 2025
  • Table 39 Forecast Off-trade vs On-trade Sales of Soft Drinks (RTD) by Channel: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 40 Forecast Off-trade vs On-trade Sales of Soft Drinks (RTD) by Channel: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 41 Forecast Off-trade vs On-trade Sales of Soft Drinks by Channel: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 42 Forecast Off-trade vs On-trade Sales of Soft Drinks by Channel: % Value Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 43 Forecast Off-trade Sales of Soft Drinks (RTD) by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 44 Forecast Off-trade Sales of Soft Drinks (RTD) by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 45 Forecast Off-trade Sales of Soft Drinks by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 46 Forecast Off-trade Sales of Soft Drinks by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 47 Forecast Sales of Soft Drinks by Total Fountain On-trade: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 48 Forecast Sales of Soft Drinks by Total Fountain On-trade: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
COUNTRY REPORTS
SOURCES
  • Summary 1 Research Sources