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Vitamin and Supplement Manufacturing in Australia - Market Research Report (2014-2029)

Arna Richardson Arna Richardson Melbourne, Australia Last Updated: October 2024 ANZSIC OD5417

Revenue

$1.7bn

2024-25

$1.7bn

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$XXX.Xm

Employees

3,031

Businesses

84

Wages

$XXX.Xm

Vitamin and Supplement Manufacturing in Australia industry analysis

The recent performance of the Vitamin and Supplement Manufacturing industry reflects its international orientation. Rising export earnings initially drove industry growth as demand for Australian 'clean and green' vitamins and supplements from Asian consumers surged. In 2018-19, exports to China increased three-fold as Chinese consumers favoured Australian vitamin brands because of their reputation for safety. Buoyant sales in downstream unofficial daigou channels also promoted strong domestic growth. However, subsequent regulatory changes in China regarding eCommerce sales and daigou trading changed buying patterns, as did travel restrictions implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trends and Insights

  • Changing Chinese demand patterns and the COVID-19 pandemic have influenced local sales and export earnings in recent years. Although demand and supply patterns are now returning to more normal conditions, the industry has yet to fully recover lost ground.
  • Health and wellbeing products represent the industry's largest product segment. Increasing health consciousness is shaping health and wellbeing product consumption as consumers take both a proactive and holistic approach.
  • The integrated nature of the general Pharmaceutical Product Manufacturing industry is reflected in the industry's geographic spread. Most pharmaceutical companies are located in Melbourne and Sydney to benefit from market size and infrastructure, including a skilled labour force.
  • The industry exhibits a high and increasing level of competition with a strong focus on branding and reputation. At the retail level, prominent brands rely on brand and product ambassadors to promote their vitamin and supplement products.

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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2014-2029)

Industry revenue has declined at a CAGR of 3.8 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $1.7bn in 2024.

Trends and Insights

Despite favourable demand conditions, the industry loses ground

  • Advantageous demand conditions have helped support the industry, with local and international consumers purchasing more vitamins and supplements in line with health and wellbeing trends. As Australians take a more proactive approach to maintaining their health and wellbeing, many have turned to vitamins and dietary supplements.
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Vitamin and Supplement Manufacturing in Australia
Revenue (2014-2029)
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Industry outlook (2024-2029)

Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.

Trends and Insights

Rising health consciousness will support demand

  • Australian consumers taking an increasingly proactive approach to their health and wellbeing – with a particular focus on personalised and preventative health products – will support domestic vitamin and supplement consumption over the coming years.

Biggest companies in the Vitamin and Supplement Manufacturing in Australia

Company
Market Share (%)
2025
Revenue ($m)
2025
Blackmores
420.0
Sanofi-Aventis Australia
303.0
CK Life Sciences
85.0

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Products & Services Segmentation

Vitamin and Supplement Manufacturing in Australia
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Health and wellbeing products, Sports and active nutrition products and Weight management products. Health and wellbeing products is the largest segment of the Vitamin and Supplement Manufacturing in Australia.

Trends and Insights

Increasing health consciousness is shaping health and wellbeing product consumption

  • This segment includes a range of general health products for oral consumption, including pills, oils, tablets and powdered mixes containing vitamins, herbs, minerals and specialty supplements.
  • More insights available in the full report

Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

Vitamin and supplement manufacturers develop and produce goods that are consumed orally and contain one or more ingredients supplementing the diet. The industry excludes manufacturers of products used to prevent or treat illnesses. It also excludes companies that develop and market vitamins, but rely on contract manufacturers to produce them.

What's included in this industry?

Health and wellbeing productsSports and active nutrition productsWeight management products

Companies

BlackmoresSanofi-Aventis AustraliaCK Life Sciences

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Related Terms

FUNCTIONAL SUPPLEMENTSAUSTRALIAN REGISTER OF THERAPEUTIC GOODSCOMPLEMENTARY MEDICINEDAIGOU

Industry Code

ANZSIC 2006

ANZSIC 1841 - Vitamin and Supplement Manufacturing in Australia

Performance

Get an indication of the industry's health through historical, current and forward-looking trends in the performance indicators that make or break businesses.

Analyst insights

Changing Chinese demand patterns and the COVID-19 pandemic have influenced local sales and export earnings in recent years. Although demand and supply patterns are now return...

In this chapter (4)

  • Current Performance
  • Outlook
  • Volatility
  • Life Cycle

Key metrics

  • Annual Revenue, Recent Growth, Forecast, Revenue Volatility
  • Number of Employees, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Employee
  • Number of Businesses, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Business
  • Total Profit, Profit Margin, Profit per Business

Charts

  • Revenue, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Employees, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Businesses, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Profit, including historical (2014-2024)
  • Industry Volatility vs. Revenue Growth
  • Industry Life Cycle

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in supply, demand and current events that are driving current industry performance
  • Expected trends, economic factors and ongoing events that drive the industry's outlook
  • Key success factors for businesses to overcome volatility
  • How contribution to GDP, industry saturation, innovation, consolidation, and technology and systems influence the industry's life cycle phase.

Products and Markets

Learn about an industry's products and services, markets and trends in international trade.

Analyst insight

Health and wellbeing products represent the industry's largest product segment. Increasing health consciousness is shaping health and wellbeing product consumption as consume...

In this chapter

  • Products & Services
  • Major Markets
  • International Trade

Key metrics

  • Largest market segment and value in 2024
  • Product innovation level
  • Total imports, level and trend
  • Total exports, level and trend
  • Trade Balance

Charts

  • Products & services segmentation in 2024
  • Major market segmentation in 2024
  • International trade, including imports by country and exports by country

Detailed analysis

  • Trends impacting the recent performance of the industry's various segments
  • Innovations in the industry's product or service offering, specialization or delivery method
  • Key factors that successful businesses consider in their offerings
  • Buying segments and key trends influencing demand for industry products and services
  • Recent trends in import and export volumes, country of origin or destination, and expected future trends

Geographic Breakdown

Discover where business activity is most concentrated in an industry and the factors driving these trends to find opportunities and conduct regional benchmarking.

Analyst insights

The integrated nature of the general Pharmaceutical Product Manufacturing industry is reflected in the industry's geographic spread. Most pharmaceutical companies are located...

In this chapter (1)

  • Business Locations

Charts

  • Share of revenue, establishment, wages and employment in each region
  • Share of population compared to establishments in each region in 2024

Tables

  • Number and share of establishments in each region in 2024
  • Number and share of revenue each region accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of wages each region accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of employees in each region in 2024

Detailed analysis

  • Geographic spread of the industry across Asia Pacific, and trends associated with changes in the business landscape
  • Key success factors for businesses to use location to their advantage

Competitive Forces

Get data and insights on what's driving competition in an industry and the challenges industry operators and new entrants may face, with analysis built around Porter's Five Forces framework.

Analyst insights

The industry exhibits a high and increasing level of competition with a strong focus on branding and reputation. At the retail level, prominent brands rely on brand and produ...

In this chapter (4)

  • Concentration
  • Barriers to Entry
  • Substitutes
  • Buyer & Supplier Analysis

Key metrics

  • Industry concentration level
  • Industry competition level and trend
  • Barriers to entry level and trend
  • Substitutes level and trend
  • Buyer power level and trend
  • Supplier power level and trend

Charts

  • Market share concentration among the top 4 suppliers from 2019-2024
  • Supply chain including upstream supplying industries and downstream buying industries, flow chart

Detailed analysis

  • Factors impacting the industry’s level of concentration, such as business distribution, new entrants, or merger and acquisition activity.
  • Key success factors for businesses to manage the competitive environment of the industry.
  • Challenges that potential industry entrants face such as legal, start-up costs, differentiation, labor/capital intensity and capital expenses.
  • Key success factors for potential entrants to overcome barriers to entry.
  • Competitive threats from potential substitutes for the industry’s own products and services.
  • Key success factors for how successful businesses can compete with substitutes.
  • Advantages that buyers have to keep favorable purchasing conditions.
  • Advantages that suppliers have to maintain favorable selling conditions.
  • Key success factors for how businesses can navigate buyer and supplier power.

Companies

Learn about the performance of the top companies in the industry.

Analyst insights

Japan brewer Kirin's recent purchase of Blackmores now means that nearly all of the top Australian vitamin brands are owned by international interests. Other brands owned by ...

In this chapter

  • Market Share Concentration
  • Companies
  • Company Spotlights

Charts

  • Industry market share by company in 2020 through 2024
  • Major companies in the industry, including market share, revenue, profit and profit margin in 2024
  • Overview of Blackmores's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of Sanofi-Aventis Australia's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of CK Life Sciences's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of revenue, market share and profit margin trend for 4 additional companies

Detailed analysis

  • Description and key data for Blackmores, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Sanofi-Aventis Australia, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for CK Life Sciences, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description, key data and performance trends for 4 additional companies

External Environment

Understand the demographic, economic and regulatory factors that shape how businesses in an industry perform.   

Analyst insights

Demand for vitamins largely flows from downstream demand at the consumer level, reflecting prevailing social trends. New health consciousness trends are seeing consumers adop...

In this chapter

  • External Drivers
  • Regulation & Policy
  • Assistance

Key metrics

  • Regulation & policy level and trend
  • Assistance level and trend

Charts

  • Regulation & Policy historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 
  • Assistance historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 

Detailed analysis

  • Demographic and macroeconomic factors influencing the industry, including Regulation & Policy and Assistance
  • Major types of regulations, regulatory bodies, industry standards or specific regulations impacting requirements for industry operators
  • Key governmental and non-governmental groups or policies that may provide some relief for industry operators.

Financial Benchmarks

View average costs for industry operators and compare financial data against an industry's financial benchmarks over time. 

Analyst insights

COVID-19 associated challenges have impacted the industry's bottom line. These have included supply-chain disruptions, labour shortages and higher freight costs.

In this chapter

  • Cost Structure
  • Financial Ratios
  • Key Ratios

Key metrics

  • Profit margin, and how it compares to the sector-wide margin
  • Average wages, and how it compares to the sector-wide average wage
  • Largest cost component as a percentage of revenue
  • Industry average ratios for days' receivables, industry coverage and debt-to-net-worth ratio

Charts

  • Average industry operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
  • Average sector operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
  • Investment vs. share of economy

Data tables

  • Cash Flow & Debt Service Ratios (2014-2029)
  • Revenue per Employee (2014-2029)
  • Revenue per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • Employees per Establishment (2014-2029)
  • Employees per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • Average Wage (2014-2029)
  • Wages/Revenue (2014-2029)
  • Establishments per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • IVA/Revenue (2014-2029)
  • Imports/Demand (2014-2029)
  • Exports/Revenue (2014-2029)

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in the cost component for industry operators and their impact on industry costs and profitability 

Key Statistics

Industry Data

Data Tables

Including values and annual change:

  • Revenue (2014-2029)
  • IVA (2014-2029)
  • Establishments (2014-2029)
  • Enterprises (2014-2029)
  • Employment (2014-2029)
  • Exports (2014-2029)
  • Imports (2014-2029)
  • Wages (2014-2029)

Top Questions Answered

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What is the market size of the Vitamin and Supplement Manufacturing industry in Australia in 2024?

The market size of the Vitamin and Supplement Manufacturing industry in Australia is $1.7bn in 2024.

How many businesses are there in the Vitamin and Supplement Manufacturing in Australia industry in 2024?

There are 84 businesses in the Vitamin and Supplement Manufacturing industry in Australia, which has grown at a CAGR of 1.8 % between 2019 and 2024.

Has the Vitamin and Supplement Manufacturing industry in Australia grown or declined over the past 5 years?

The market size of the Vitamin and Supplement Manufacturing industry in Australia has been declining at a CAGR of 3.8 % between 2019 and 2024.

What is the forecast growth of the Vitamin and Supplement Manufacturing industry in Australia over the next 5 years?

Over the next five years, the Vitamin and Supplement Manufacturing industry in Australia is expected to grow.

What are the biggest companies in the Vitamin and Supplement Manufacturing market in Australia?

The biggest companies operating in the Vitamin and Supplement Manufacturing market in Australia are Blackmores, Sanofi-Aventis Australia and CK Life Sciences

What does the Vitamin and Supplement Manufacturing in Australia include?

Health and wellbeing products and Sports and active nutrition products are part of the Vitamin and Supplement Manufacturing industry.

Which companies have the highest market share in the Vitamin and Supplement Manufacturing in Australia?

The company holding the most market share in Australia is Blackmores.

How competitive is the Vitamin and Supplement Manufacturing industry in Australia?

The level of competition is high and increasing in the Vitamin and Supplement Manufacturing industry in Australia.

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  • Australian Securities & Investments Commission

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  • Industry federations or regulators
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