Global Paper Cups Market Report and Forecast 2023-2028

Global Paper Cups Market Report and Forecast 2023-2028

Market Outlook

According to the report by Expert Market Research (EMR), the global paper cups market attained a volume of 263.6 billion units in 2022. Aided by the increasing environmental awareness and the growing demand for sustainable packaging solutions, the market is projected to further grow at a CAGR of 2.0% between 2023 and 2028 to reach a volume of 295.12 billion units by 2028.

Paper cups are disposable cups made from paper, coated with a thin layer of plastic or wax to prevent liquid from leaking through or soaking the paper. These cups are widely used for serving hot and cold beverages, including coffee, tea, soft drinks, and more. Paper cups are gaining popularity due to their biodegradable nature, lightweight, and ease of use, making them a preferred alternative to conventional plastic and styrofoam cups. Increasing environmental awareness and the growing need for sustainable packaging solutions are driving the growth of the global paper cups market. As governments worldwide impose strict regulations on single-use plastics, consumers and businesses are turning to eco-friendly alternatives like paper cups. The increasing awareness of environmental issues and the harmful effects of plastic waste on the ecosystem are driving the demand for sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives.

The rising demand for on-the-go beverages and the expansion of quick-service restaurants also contribute to the market growth. The rapid expansion of QSRs and coffee chains worldwide has significantly contributed to the growth of the paper cups market. As these establishments require disposable, convenient, and hygienic packaging solutions for serving beverages, paper cups have emerged as a popular choice. Consumers are becoming more environmentally conscious and prefer products that have a minimal impact on the environment. This shift in consumer preference has resulted in an increased demand for paper cups as a sustainable alternative to conventional plastic and styrofoam cups.

Technological advancements and innovations in the manufacturing process of paper cups have resulted in the production of high-quality, durable, and leak-proof cups. These advancements have made paper cups more suitable for various applications, further fuelling the growth of the paper cups market. The rising awareness of health and hygiene has led to a preference for single-use, disposable products that minimise the risk of contamination. Paper cups, being disposable, provide a hygienic solution for serving beverages, driving the growth of the paper cups market.

Market Segmentation

The market can be divided on the basis of cup type, wall type, end user, and region.

Market Breakup by Cup Type:

  • Hot Paper Cups
  • Cold Paper Cups
Market Segregation by Wall Type:
  • Single-Wall Paper Cups
  • Double-Wall Paper Cups
  • Triple-Wall Paper Cups
Market Segmentation by End User:
  • Quick Service Restaurants
  • Institutional
  • Household
  • Others
Market Division by Region:
  • North America
  • Europe
  • Asia Pacific
  • Latin America
  • Middle East and Africa
Competitive Landscape

The EMR report looks into the market shares, plant turnarounds, capacities, investments, and acquisitions and mergers, among other major developments, of the paper cups companies. Some of the major key players explored in the report by Expert Market Research are as follows:
  • Dart Container Corporation
  • F Bender Limited
  • Jiangsu Yinwang New Material Technology Co., Ltd
  • Huhtamäki Oyj
  • Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
  • Pactiv LLC
  • Go-Pak Group
  • Konie Cups International, Inc.
  • Graphic Packaging International, LLC
  • Grupo Phoenix
  • Others
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1 Preface
2 Report Coverage – Key Segmentation and Scope
3 Report Description
3.1 Market Definition and Outlook
3.2 Properties and Applications
3.3 Market Analysis
3.4 Key Players
4 Key Assumptions
5 Executive Summary
5.1 Overview
5.2 Key Drivers
5.3 Key Developments
5.4 Competitive Structure
5.5 Key Industrial Trends
6 Market Snapshot
6.1 Global
6.2 Regional
7 Opportunities and Challenges in the Market
8 Global Paper Cups Market Analysis
8.1 Key Industry Highlights
8.2 Global Paper Cups Historical Market (2018-2022)
8.3 Global Paper Cups Market Forecast (2023-2028)
8.4 Global Paper Cups Market by Cup Type
8.4.1 Hot Paper Cups
8.4.1.1 Market Share
8.4.1.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.4.1.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.4.2 Cold Paper Cups
8.4.2.1 Market Share
8.4.2.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.4.2.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.5 Global Paper Cups Market by Wall Type
8.5.1 Single-Wall Paper Cups
8.5.1.1 Market Share
8.5.1.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.5.1.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.5.2 Double-Wall Paper Cups
8.5.2.1 Market Share
8.5.2.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.5.2.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.5.3 Triple-Wall Paper Cups
8.5.3.1 Market Share
8.5.3.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.5.3.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.6 Global Paper Cups Market by End User
8.6.1 Quick Service Restaurants
8.6.1.1 Market Share
8.6.1.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.6.1.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.6.2 Institutional
8.6.2.1 Market Share
8.6.2.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.6.2.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.6.3 Household
8.6.3.1 Market Share
8.6.3.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.6.3.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.6.4 Others
8.7 Global Paper Cups Market by Region
8.7.1 North America
8.7.1.1 Market Share
8.7.1.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.7.1.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.7.2 Europe
8.7.2.1 Market Share
8.7.2.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.7.2.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.7.3 Asia Pacific
8.7.3.1 Market Share
8.7.3.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.7.3.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.7.4 Latin America
8.7.4.1 Market Share
8.7.4.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.7.4.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.7.5 Middle East and Africa
8.7.5.1 Market Share
8.7.5.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.7.5.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
9 North America Paper Cups Market Analysis
9.1 Market by Cup Type
9.2 Market by Wall Type
9.3 Market by End User
9.4 Market by Country
9.4.1 United States of America
9.4.1.1 Market Share
9.4.1.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
9.4.1.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
9.4.2 Canada
9.4.2.1 Market Share
9.4.2.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
9.4.2.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
10 Europe Paper Cups Market Analysis
10.1 Market by Cup Type
10.2 Market by Wall Type
10.3 Market by End User
10.4 Market by Country
10.4.1 United Kingdom
10.4.1.1 Market Share
10.4.1.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
10.4.1.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
10.4.2 Germany
10.4.2.1 Market Share
10.4.2.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
10.4.2.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
10.4.3 France
10.4.3.1 Market Share
10.4.3.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
10.4.3.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
10.4.4 Italy
10.4.4.1 Market Share
10.4.4.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
10.4.4.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
10.4.5 Others
11 Asia Pacific Paper Cups Market Analysis
11.1 Market by Cup Type
11.2 Market by Wall Type
11.3 Market by End User
11.4 Market by Country
11.4.1 China
11.4.1.1 Market Share
11.4.1.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
11.4.1.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
11.4.2 Japan
11.4.2.1 Market Share
11.4.2.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
11.4.2.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
11.4.3 India
11.4.3.1 Market Share
11.4.3.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
11.4.3.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
11.4.4 ASEAN
11.4.4.1 Market Share
11.4.4.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
11.4.4.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
11.4.5 South Korea
11.4.5.1 Market Share
11.4.5.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
11.4.5.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
11.4.6 Australia
11.4.6.1 Market Share
11.4.6.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
11.4.6.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
11.4.7 Others
12 Latin America Paper Cups Market Analysis
12.1 Market by Cup Type
12.2 Market by Wall Type
12.3 Market by End User
12.4 Market by Country
12.4.1 Brazil
12.4.1.1 Market Share
12.4.1.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
12.4.1.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
12.4.2 Argentina
12.4.2.1 Market Share
12.4.2.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
12.4.2.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
12.4.3 Mexico
12.4.3.1 Market Share
12.4.3.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
12.4.3.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
12.4.4 Others
13 Middle East and Africa Paper Cups Market Analysis
13.1 Market by Cup Type
13.2 Market by Wall Type
13.3 Market by End User
13.4 Market by Country
13.4.1 Saudi Arabia
13.4.1.1 Market Share
13.4.1.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
13.4.1.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
13.4.2 United Arab Emirates
13.4.2.1 Market Share
13.4.2.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
13.4.2.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
13.4.3 Nigeria
13.4.3.1 Market Share
13.4.3.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
13.4.3.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
13.4.4 South Africa
13.4.4.1 Market Share
13.4.4.2 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
13.4.4.3 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
13.4.5 Others
14 Market Dynamics
14.1 SWOT Analysis
14.1.1 Strengths
14.1.2 Weaknesses
14.1.3 Opportunities
14.1.4 Threats
14.2 Porter’s Five Forces Analysis
14.2.1 Supplier’s Power
14.2.2 Buyer’s Power
14.2.3 Threat of New Entrants
14.2.4 Degree of Rivalry
14.2.5 Threat of Substitutes
14.3 Key Indicators for Demand
14.4 Key Indicators for Price
15 Value Chain Analysis
16 Cost Analysis
16.1 Land, Location and Site Development
16.2 Plant Machinery
16.3 Raw Material
16.4 Utilities
16.5 Manpower
16.6 Transportation
16.7 Packaging
16.8 Others
17 Manufacturing Process
18 Competitive Landscape
18.1 Market Structure
18.2 Company Profiles
18.2.1 Dart Container Corporation
18.2.1.1 Company Overview
18.2.1.2 Product Portfolio
18.2.1.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
18.2.1.4 Certifications
18.2.2 F Bender Limited
18.2.2.1 Company Overview
18.2.2.2 Product Portfolio
18.2.2.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
18.2.2.4 Certifications
18.2.3 Jiangsu Yinwang New Material Technology Co., Ltd
18.2.3.1 Company Overview
18.2.3.2 Product Portfolio
18.2.3.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
18.2.3.4 Certifications
18.2.4 Huhtamäki Oyj
18.2.4.1 Company Overview
18.2.4.2 Product Portfolio
18.2.4.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
18.2.4.4 Certifications
18.2.5 Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
18.2.5.1 Company Overview
18.2.5.2 Product Portfolio
18.2.5.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
18.2.5.4 Certifications
18.2.6 Pactiv LLC
18.2.6.1 Company Overview
18.2.6.2 Product Portfolio
18.2.6.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
18.2.6.4 Certifications
18.2.7 Go-Pak Group
18.2.7.1 Company Overview
18.2.7.2 Product Portfolio
18.2.7.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
18.2.7.4 Certifications
18.2.8 Konie Cups International, Inc.
18.2.8.1 Company Overview
18.2.8.2 Product Portfolio
18.2.8.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
18.2.8.4 Certifications
18.2.9 Graphic Packaging International, LLC
18.2.9.1 Company Overview
18.2.9.2 Product Portfolio
18.2.9.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
18.2.9.4 Certifications
18.2.10 Grupo Phoenix
18.2.10.1 Company Overview
18.2.10.2 Product Portfolio
18.2.10.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
18.2.10.4 Certifications
18.2.11 Others
19 Key Trends and Developments in the Market

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