Carbonated Soft Drink Industry 2026

Top insights for Carbonated Soft Drinks Markets:

Steady declines in carbonated soft drink volumes are largely due to health concerns, as soda's high sugar and caffeine contents cause several health issues like obesity, diabetes, osteoporosis, and tooth decay.

As a result, carbonated drinks only accounts for 20.0% of non-alcoholic drinks sales, compared to mineral and spring water at 59.5% and fruit and vegetable juices at 20.4% in 2020.

Still bottled water - spring, mineral and purified, carbonated bottled water - spring, mineral and purified, flavored bottled water and functional bottled water are the 2nd highest retail value of soft drinks with sales of $238.9 billion in 2019, representing growth of 33.4% or $60.1 billion since 2015.

In terms of the volume of annual consumption, non-alcoholic (or soft) drinks account for around 65% of the market and these come in a wide range of forms, including bottled water, carbonated drink, soda, energy drinks, sports or electrolyte drinks, fruit juices, ready-to-drink tea and coffee, etc.

Soft drinks consumption is largely dominated by the bottled water and carbonated drinks categories, which account for 80 per cent of the total sales of soft drinks.

Overview per country:

• US: By volume (gallons), bottled water accounted for 23.9% of all US beverages in 2017, versus 22.3% for second-place carbonated soft drinks.
• US: In 2013, the concentration share ratio of the leading four manufacturers of carbonated soft drinks was 82.2% of the total market.
• India: Carbonated drinks account for more than half of the soft drink market in India Innovation, new consumption occasions and focus on execution will be the biggest growth drivers of the soft drink segment.

Top view datapoints for Carbonated Soft Drinks Markets:

• Carbonated Soft Drinks Sales in the US - 2007-2019
• Forecast Carbonated Soft Drinks Sales in the US - 2019-2023
• Household Expenditure on Carbonated Beverages in Japan - 2012-2019
• Forecast Household Expenditure on Carbonated Beverages in Japan - 2019-2023
• European Carbonated Soft Drinks Market Size in Value by country - 2007-2019
• European Carbonated Soft Drinks Market Size in Valume by country - 2007-2019
• Forecast of European Carbonated Soft Drinks Market Size in Value by country - 2019-2023
• Forecast of European Carbonated Soft Drinks Market Size in Valume by country - 2019-2023
• European Carbonated Soft Drinks Market Size in Value per capita by country - 2007-2019
• European Carbonated Soft Drinks Market Size in Valume per capita by country - 2007-2019