Market Overview

The commercial kitchen equipment & detergent market size for FY2022 based on the shipment value at manufacturers reached 311,090 million yen, 107.5% of that of the previous fiscal year.
Although demand for those equipment and detergents at restaurants and accommodation extremely shrank since FY2020 due to the COVID-19 crisis, the market was supported by the markets of ready-to-eat food i.e., takeaway delis, etc., and by demand for food takeaways and deliveries. As behavior restrictions have been eased in FY2022, bringing back the demand for dining out, the market has expanded, though still failing to return to the level before COVID.
The commercial kitchen equipment & detergent market used to partly depend on official demand, such as school lunches, but the market players sought new demand areas and expanded the business areas in the sluggishness amid the pandemic. Recent soaring costs for raw materials and energy, however, have given burden on the profits, but manufacturers in the market are striving to recover profits.

Noteworthy Topics

Kitchen equipment for Saving Power and Manpower

In recent years, commercial kitchen equipment demanders (food services, ready-to-eat food, school/hospital meals, etc.) have been seriously suffering from manpower shortages, which has led labor cost to skyrocket.
At such clients, demand for automating simple tasks such as preparatory work or cleanups (including dishwashes and equipment cleaning) is likely to be higher than that for cooking or other work that generates added values. For cooking equipment, demand for those that support the staff (steam convection ovens and specialized tools such as Gyoza griller, etc.) is increasing.

Future Outlook

Each market of cooking appliances, commercial freezers/refrigerators, commercial dish washers that comprise commercial kitchen equipment as well as the commercial detergent market are strongly required to save labor and personnel in addition to energy saving and low cost.
Furthermore, as the development of environmentally friendly products (CFC elimination, plastic reduction, etc.) has become more significant, catering to such efforts and profound after-sales services seem to lead to future advancement of the commercial kitchen equipment & detergent industry.

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