Coffee Market in the United Kingdom

The first thing that comes to mind when you hear about the UK is their tea culture. However, the coffee consumption, and at large, the coffee market in the United Kingdom has grown significantly over the past century to a value of approximately 2 billion dollars in 2023.

The first coffee shop in the UK opened in London in 1652 in St. Michaels Alley. This was the offset of the coffee market in the UK which now generates revenue of 1.97 billion dollars in 2023 and is expected to continue growing by at least 1% every year and reach 3 billion dollars in 2028.

The UK is also one of Europe’s largest coffee importer with an import value of over 600 million dollars. While it is a major coffee consumer and importer, the United Kingdom also has its fair share of exports valued of over 250 million dollars.

This article gives an overview of what the coffee market in the United Kingdom looks like.

Revenue of Coffee in the UK and future projections (2018-2028)

Year

Coffee Revenue in USD dollars

Instant coffee

Roast coffee

Total revenue in US$

2018

0.78 billion

0.62 billion

1.40 billion

2019

0.76 billion

0.64 billion

1.40 billion

2020

0.78 billion

0.70 billion

1.48 billion

2021

0.83 billion

0.74 billion

1.58 billion

2022

0.88 billion

0.84 billion

1.73 billion

2023

0.99 billion

0.98 billion

1.97 billion

2024

1.05 billion

1.09 billion

2.13 billion

2025

1.09 billion

1.18 billion

2.27 billion

2026

1.13 billion

1.28 billion

2.41 billion

2027

1.18 billion

1.38 billion

2.55 billion

2028

1.23 billion

1.48 billion

2.71 billion

Coffee revenue change in the UK and future projections (2018-2028)

Year

Coffee Revenue Change in Percentage (%)

Instant Coffee

Roast Coffee

Total Revenue Change

2018

2019

-2.6%

3.2%

0%

2020

2.6%

9.4%

5.7%

2021

6.4%

5.7%

6.8%

2022

6%

13.5%

9.5%

2023

12.5%

16.7%

13.9%

2024

6.1%

11.2%

8.1%

2025

3.8%

8.3%

6.6%

2026

3.7%

8.5%

6.2%

2027

4.4%

7.8%

5.8%

2028

4.2%

7.2%

6.3%

Average annual revenue per capita of coffee in the UK and future projections (2018-2028)

Year

Coffee Revenue Per-Capita in USD dollars

Instant Coffee

Roast Coffee

Total Revenue per capita

2018

11.63

9.26

20.9

2019

11.23

9.44

20.68

2020

11.5

10.35

21.85

2021

12.2

10.89

23.08

2022

12.91

12.28

25.19

2023

14.33

14.28

28.61

2024

15.14

15.77

30.91

2025

15.69

17.05

32.74

2026

16.29

18.41

34.7

2027

16.88

19.73

36.61

2028

17.5

21.17

38.67

Average annual total volume of coffee consumed in the UK and future projections (2018-2028)

Year

Volume in Kilograms (kg)

Instant Coffee

Roast Coffee

Total Volume

2018

35.97kg

26.48kg

62.45kg

2019

36.14kg

27.8kg

63.94kg

2020

36.62kg

29.88kg

66.5kg

2021

35.65kg

28.57kg

64.21kg

2022

36.53kg

30.93kg

67.46kg

2023

37.33kg

33.12kg

70.45kg

2024

38.16kg

35.40kg

73.56kg

2025

39kg

37.71kg

76.71kg

2026

39.84kg

40.06kg

79.9kg

2027

40.61kg

42.25kg

82.86kg

2028

41.46kg

44.65kg

86.1kg

Average annual volume change of coffee consumed in the UK and future projections (2018-2028)

Year

Volume change in Percentage (%)

Instant Coffee

Roast Coffee

Percentage (%) volume change

2018

2019

0.5%

5%

2.4%

2020

1.3%

7.5%

4%

2021

-2.7%

-4.4%

-3.4%

2022

2.5%

8.3%

5.1%

2023

2.2%

7.1%

4.4%

2024

2.23%

6.9%

4.4%

2025

2.21%

6.5%

4.3%

2026

2.2%

6.2%

4.2%

2027

1.9%

5.5%

3.7%

2028

2.1%

5.7%

3.9%

Average annual volume per capita of coffee in the UK and future projections (2018-2028)

Year

Volume in kg

Instant Coffee

Roast Coffee

Total volume per capita

2018

0.54kg

0.39kg

0.93kg

2019

0.54kg

0.41kg

0.95kg

2020

0.54kg

0.44kg

0.98kg

2021

0.52kg

0.42kg

0.94kg

2022

0.53kg

0.45kg

0.98kg

2023

0.54kg

0.48kg

1.02kg

2024

0.55kg

0.51kg

1.07kg

2025

0.56kg

0.54kg

1.11kg

2026

0.57kg

0.58kg

1.15kg

2027

0.58kg

0.61kg

1.19kg

2028

0.59kg

0.64kg

1.23kg

Value of coffee imported to the UK from 2001 to 2021 (In British Pound)

Year

Value of coffee imported in GBP

2001

145,617,000

2002

134,297,000

2003

150,819,000

2004

182,848,000

2005

210,083,000

2006

234,503,000

2007

267,649,000

2008

342,256,000

2009

385,313,000

2010

442,653,000

2011

596,644,000

2012

534,023,000

2013

442,330,000

2014

505,538,000

2015

615,082,000

2016

744,953,000

2017

820,444,000

2018

808,548,000

2019

828,257,000

2020

785,142,000

2021

688,071,000

Import value of coffee in the United Kingdom by continent of origin (in British Pounds)

Continent

Import value (GBP)

Europe

434.29 million

Latin American and the Caribbean

187.41 million

Oceania and Asia

88.9 million

Sub-Saharan Africa

21.6 million

North America

8.94 million

Western Europe

2.09 million

Middle East and North Africa

1.33 million

Eastern Europe

0.02 million

Value of coffee imported into the UK from top country sources (in Euros)

Country

Value of coffee imported (in Euros)

Switzerland

156,362,000

Brazil

101,136,000

Colombia

66,291,000

Italy

57,155,000

Vietnam

55,996,000

France

43,850,000

Honduras

36,504,000

Netherlands

33,277,000

Belgium

31,277,000

Ireland

25,989,000

Value of coffee exported from the UK from 2001 to 2021 (In British Pound)

Year

Value of coffee imported in GBP

2001

27,199,000

2002

25,951,000

2003

23,655,000

2004

26,355,000

2005

26,181,000

2006

28,683,000

2007

35,516,000

2008

57,636,000

2009

78,214,000

2010

104,829,000

2011

133,787,000

2012

145,597,000

2013

212,904,000

2014

232,572,000

2015

230,962,000

2016

252,115,000

2017

279,429,000

2018

267,884,000

2019

277,522,000

2020

270,057,000

2021

257,670,000

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