PUBLISHER: QYResearch | PRODUCT CODE: 1862330
PUBLISHER: QYResearch | PRODUCT CODE: 1862330
The global market for Lighters was estimated to be worth US$ 3478 million in 2024 and is forecast to a readjusted size of US$ 4775 million by 2031 with a CAGR of 4.5% during the forecast period 2025-2031.
This report provides a comprehensive assessment of recent tariff adjustments and international strategic countermeasures on Lighters cross-border industrial footprints, capital allocation patterns, regional economic interdependencies, and supply chain reconfigurations.
A lighter is a portable device used to create a flame, typically to ignite items like cigarettes, candles, campfires, or gas stoves. It consists of a container filled with a flammable fluid or pressurized liquid gas, an ignition mechanism, and a means of delivering the flame.
Market Drivers
1. Traditional and Core Drivers
These are the foundational factors that have consistently fueled the market.
High Global Smoking Prevalence: Despite a decline in some Western countries, the absolute number of smokers worldwide remains high, particularly in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. This creates a massive, consistent demand for low-cost disposable lighters as an essential smoking accessory.
Replacement Cycle and Convenience: Disposable lighters are a high-volume, low-cost consumable product. Their inevitable loss, malfunction, or fuel depletion guarantees repeat purchases, creating a stable market base.
Affordability and Accessibility: Cheap disposable lighters (like those from Bic or Clipper) are widely available at convenience stores, gas stations, and supermarkets, making them an impulse buy with a very low barrier to entry.
2. Evolving and Premiumization Drivers
This set of drivers is shaping the growth and innovation in the market, particularly in the non-disposable segment.
Shift Towards Premium and Novelty Lighters: There is a growing consumer interest in lighters as lifestyle accessories, status symbols, and collectibles rather than just utilitarian tools.
Windproof Technology: The demand for reliable lighters for outdoor use (camping, hiking, beaches) drives sales of torch lighters and windproof models.
Rising Cigar and Cannabis Culture:
Cigars: Premium cigar smoking requires a specific type of lighter, typically a butane torch lighter that provides a clean, odorless, and wind-resistant flame without altering the cigar's taste. This is a significant driver for the mid-to-high-end market.
Cannabis Legalization: The legalization of cannabis in various countries and states has created a new, large, and growing consumer base.
Innovation and Product Diversification: Manufacturers are constantly innovating to capture market share.
This report aims to provide a comprehensive presentation of the global market for Lighters, focusing on the total sales volume, sales revenue, price, key companies market share and ranking, together with an analysis of Lighters by region & country, by Type, and by Sales Channel.
The Lighters market size, estimations, and forecasts are provided in terms of sales volume (K Units) and sales revenue ($ millions), considering 2024 as the base year, with history and forecast data for the period from 2020 to 2031. With both quantitative and qualitative analysis, to help readers develop business/growth strategies, assess the market competitive situation, analyze their position in the current marketplace, and make informed business decisions regarding Lighters.
Market Segmentation
By Company
Segment by Type
Segment by Sales Channel
By Region
Chapter Outline
Chapter 1: Introduces the report scope of the report, global total market size (value, volume and price). This chapter also provides the market dynamics, latest developments of the market, the driving factors and restrictive factors of the market, the challenges and risks faced by manufacturers in the industry, and the analysis of relevant policies in the industry.
Chapter 2: Detailed analysis of Lighters manufacturers competitive landscape, price, sales and revenue market share, latest development plan, merger, and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 3: Provides the analysis of various market segments by Type, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different market segments.
Chapter 4: Provides the analysis of various market segments by Sales Channel, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different downstream markets.
Chapter 5: Sales, revenue of Lighters in regional level. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region and introduces the market development, future development prospects, market space, and market size of each country in the world.
Chapter 6: Sales, revenue of Lighters in country level. It provides sigmate data by Type, and by Sales Channel for each country/region.
Chapter 7: Provides profiles of key players, introducing the basic situation of the main companies in the market in detail, including product sales, revenue, price, gross margin, product introduction, recent development, etc.
Chapter 8: Analysis of industrial chain, including the upstream and downstream of the industry.
Chapter 9: Conclusion.