Indian Household Care Market

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Indian Household Care Market: An Overview Written by marketresearchdata Wednesday, 30 December 2009 18:06 The Indian Household Care market is broadly categorized in to: Laundry Care – Laundry Detergents, Conditioners & softeners, Laundry Aids Dishwashing products – Liquid, Powder, Bars Toilet Care Disinfectants Air Care Laundry Care – The Indian Laundry care market is estimated at Rs 92Bn for year 2008 , Laundry detergents represents the major share of the market accounting for more than 85% of the total Laundry care market. The Indian laundry detergent market is estimated at CAGR of over 11% between 2008-2011. Washing powders constitute a major chunk of the Indian market up to an approximate of 70%, rest being the soaps & bars (30%). Hindustan Unilever (HUL) is the market leader in this segment (approximately 38% market share) followed by other majors like Ghari, Nirma & Henkel. The major brands in these segments are Wheel, Ghari, Nirma, Surf, Tide, Rin. Conditioners & softeners are premium segmented products which are gaining wide importance in the Indian market as they offer specialized treatment for rigid stains & spots on fabrics. The acceptance of these products has picked up in the recent years despite of high pricing as they are fast acting & user friendly. Some of the familiar brands include Comfort fabric softener & Ezee. Dishwashing Products – The Indian Dishwashing detergent market is estimated to grow at CAGR of over 26.8% between 2008-2011. In this segment, Dishwashing soaps/bars dominate the market followed by powder & liquid. Dishwashing tablets are

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Indian Household Care Market: An OverviewWritten by marketresearchdata   Wednesday, 30 December 2009 18:06

The Indian Household Care market is broadly categorized in to:

Laundry Care – Laundry Detergents, Conditioners & softeners, Laundry Aids

Dishwashing products – Liquid, Powder, Bars Toilet Care Disinfectants Air Care

Laundry Care –

The Indian Laundry care market is estimated at Rs 92Bn for year 2008, Laundry detergents represents the major share of the market accounting for more than 85% of the total Laundry care market.

The Indian laundry detergent market is estimated at CAGR of over 11% between 2008-2011. Washing powders constitute a major chunk of the Indian market up to an approximate of 70%, rest being the soaps & bars (30%).

Hindustan Unilever (HUL) is the market leader in this segment (approximately 38% market share) followed by other majors like Ghari, Nirma & Henkel. The major brands in these segments are Wheel, Ghari, Nirma, Surf, Tide, Rin.

Conditioners & softeners are premium segmented products which are gaining wide importance in the Indian market as they offer specialized treatment for rigid stains & spots on fabrics. The acceptance of these products has picked up in the recent years despite of high pricing as they are fast acting & user friendly. Some of the familiar brands include Comfort fabric softener & Ezee.

Dishwashing Products –

The Indian Dishwashing detergent market is estimated to grow at CAGR of over 26.8% between 2008-2011. In this segment, Dishwashing soaps/bars dominate the market followed by powder & liquid. Dishwashing tablets are at a nascent stage as the concept is yet to kick off in the Indian market.Hindustan Unilever (HUL) is the market leader in this dish wash segment (approximately 57% market share)

Major brands like Vim, Pril, Sabena and Exo compete in the market.

Major Players :

Hindustan Unilever Limited

Financial Information – Gross Sales of Rs 21649.51 crores for the period 2008-09 (Company considered 15 months period)Segment-wise sales – Soaps, Detergents & Household Care- 49%, Personal products – 29%

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Key ProductsWheel became the largest detergent brand of India with annual turnover exceeding Rs. 2000 crores.

Active Wheel

Cif Comfort Domex Rin Sunlight Surf Excel Vim

Nirma Ltd

Sales for FY 2008-09 Consolidated Rs 4898.71 Cr & Standalone Rs 3354.06. Cr.

The Detergent and Soap has highest level of penetration in India. During the year under review, sales from the Soaps & Detergent at Rs.2109.26 Crore accounted for 43.06% of the gross sales on consolidated basis and 62.89% of gross sales on standalone basis.

The production of Detergents for year 2008-2009 was 640281 Tonnes and turnover was 635094 Tonnes valued at Rs1680.16.

Key Products

Nirma Washing Powder

Super Nirma Washing Powder Nirma Popular Detergent Powder Nirma Detergent Cake Super Nirma Detergent Cake Nirma Popular Detergent Cake

Ghari Group of Companies

Group turnover for FY 2006-07 of more than Rupees 1000, continuing with an average growth rate of 15 to 20%. In the Indian Detergent Industry it is currently ranked as third largest brand in its category with more than 16% market share (approx.)

Key Products

Ghari Detergent Cake

Ghari Detergent Powder Premium Detergent

P & G

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Key Products

Ariel Front-O-Mat

Ariel 2 Fragrances Tide Detergent Tide Bar

Henkel India Ltd

Net sales for year ended 31st December 2008 is RS 46,638 Crs and for the segment Detergents & Cleansers is Rs 30,781 Crs

Key Products

Henko Stain Champion

Mr. White Chek

Godrej

Sales for FY 2008-2009 were Rs 1393.0 Cr. Liquid detergents accounts for RS 42.9 Cr for the same period.The detergent production was 3,699 Mt and turnover was 3,553Mt.The Company has detergent installed capacity of 12000Mt.

Key Products

Ezee

Ambipur Godrej Dish Wash