Office Supplies
Office Supplies-Looking Ahead Through 2023
As the U.S. office supplies industry continues to navigate the changing marketplace, it's critical to have a clear sense of what’s ahead. The Future of Office Supplies, our easy-to-use, interactive dashboard, gives you access to category-specific, three-year forecasts that function as a trusted third-party check on the decisions you've made ... and those you're considering.
2021 Office Supply Purchase Behavior:
Nearly 30% of consumers think it's important to buy office supplies from environmentally friendly, socially responsible brands.
10% of consumers bought a pre-packaged school supply kit for the 2021/2022 school year .
2022 Growth Drivers:
WRITING INSTRUMENTS and OFFICE ESSENTIALS.
Office Supplies Industry Dollars Through 2023
2021 2022 2023
+8% -1% -1%
"After a tremendous growth year, the office and school supplies industry will experience a slight softening in 2022 when compared to 2021, but volume levels will remain well above 2019. The industry, excluding janitorial and breakroom supplies, will decline 1% due to a volatile start to the year as Easter shifts into calendar Q2 and the mini-BTS seasons in Q1 and Q2 that took place in 2021 return to a more normal schedule." ---Leen Nsouli, Industry Analyst, Office Supplies, The NPD Group
Source: The NPD Group/Future of Office Supplies, November 2021, excluding janitorial and breakroom, filing and storage
