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Revenue for the Paper Product Wholesaling industry has declined. Consumers are progressively accessing media through digital channels and communicating and conducting business online, reducing the need for physical copies of items like newspapers and letters. Manufacturers and retailers are increasingly bypassing wholesalers and interacting directly with producers. Industry revenue is expected to slump at the average annual 1.9% through the end of 2023-24, to an estimated $6.7 billion. A decline in demand from printing and a drop in household disposable income is set to cause an industry revenue sink of an estimated 3.5% in 2023-24.
Industry revenue has declined at a CAGR of 1.9 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $6.7bn in 2023.
Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.
Company | Market Share (%)
2024 | Revenue ($m)
2024 |
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Ball & Doggett | 349.4 | |
Spicers | 269.8 | |
Visy Industries Australia Pty Ltd | 134.9 |
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Pulp and paper, Paperboard containers and Sanitary paper products. Pulp and paper is the largest segment of the Paper Product Wholesaling in Australia.
Stiff competition from plastic alternatives has hampered demand for paperboard containers
Industry operators purchase a range of paper and paper products from domestic and foreign manufacturers to onsell to retailers, downstream manufacturers, businesses, government departments and other industries. Industry products include paper rolls, cardboard containers, sanitary paper products, paper stationery, paper bags and sacks, and other paper products.
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ANZSIC 3736 - Paper Product Wholesaling in Australia
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The market size of the Paper Product Wholesaling industry in Australia is $6.7bn in 2024.
There are 905 businesses in the Paper Product Wholesaling industry in Australia, which has declined at a CAGR of 2.8 % between 2018 and 2023.
The market size of the Paper Product Wholesaling industry in Australia has been declining at a CAGR of 1.9 % between 2018 and 2023.
Over the next five years, the Paper Product Wholesaling industry in Australia is expected to grow.
The biggest companies operating in the Paper Product Wholesaling market in Australia are Ball & Doggett, Spicers and Visy Industries Australia Pty Ltd
Paper roll and ream wholesaling and Paper and paperboard container wholesaling are part of the Paper Product Wholesaling industry.
The company holding the most market share in Australia is Ball & Doggett.
The level of competition is high and steady in the Paper Product Wholesaling industry in Australia.