The Confectionery Segment in France registered a Market volume of 428.23 million kilograms in 2025
The indicator recorded a historical growth (CAGR) of 0.03% between 2022 to 2025, and is expected to grow by...
GlobalData projects the indicator to grow at a CAGR of...
Market volume of Confectionery products in France recorded an YoY growth in 2021
Market volume of Confectionery products in France recorded a YoY growth in 2019, followed by a decline in 2020, and a growth in 2021.
Several economic challenges during the review period affected market growth. Additionally, French consumers are becoming increasingly health conscious and are therefore looking for healthier snacks that are low in sugar, especially chocolate. As a result, chocolate manufactures will have to innovate in this segment to drive market growth.
Confectionery covers all chocolate-based products, all bubble and chewing gum, sugar-based confectionery items including hard boiled sweets, mints, caramels & toffees, gums and jellies, marshmallows, fudges and medicated throat lozenges.
Five forces analysis
The confectionery market will be analyzed taking manufacturers of chocolates, gum and sugar confectionery as players. The key buyers will be taken as retailers, and cocoa farmers and other raw material producers as the key suppliers.
The French confectionery market experienced moderate growth during the review period (2015–2019). Players in this market are often quite diversified, but generally tend to depend heavily on the food and beverage market. This, and the low cost of switching for end consumers, drives rivalry, although the latter can be mitigated to some extent by strong branding. Overall, the degree of rivalry in this market is assessed to be moderate.
Buyers in the confectionery market range from small independent retailers to large, often multinational supermarket and hypermarket chains. With extensive distribution infrastructure and financial muscle, larger buyers are able to exert a strong degree of power; in turn, due to the high importance of branding in the market, these buyers are heavily influenced by consumer demand.
Market trends
Hypermarkets & supermarkets accounted for the leading share in the distribution of confectionery products in the country. Flexible packaging was the most commonly used pack material in the country. Consumption of confectionery products was higher among males than females in the country. Mondelez International, Ferrero, and Mars incorporated, are the top three companies in the French confectionery sector.
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