RTD coffee declined in South Korea in off-trade volume terms in 2025, due to consumer fatigue, rising costs, and limited innovation. Brands responded with large-format, value-driven products and a premiumisation strategy, exemplified by indulgent flavours and eco-friendly packaging. Lotte led amidst fierce rivalry from franchised brands like Starbucks in 2025.
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, packaging or pricing issues. Forecasts to 2030 illustrate how the market is set to change.
Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.
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, packaging or pricing issues. Forecasts to 2030 illustrate how the market is set to change.
Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.
Why buy this report?
- Get a detailed picture of the RTD 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 FINDINGSCOUNTRY REPORTS DISCLAIMERSOFT DRINKS IN SOUTH KOREAKEY DATA FINDINGSCOUNTRY REPORTS DISCLAIMER
2025 DEVELOPMENTS
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
WHAT’S NEXT?
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
CHANNELS
CATEGORY DATA
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
WHAT’S NEXT?
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
CHANNELS
MARKET DATA
APPENDIX
SOURCES
