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MARKET DATA · GLOBAL · 2026

Health & personal care in numbers – 2026

The Business Research Company estimates healthcare e-commerce at about $587 billion worldwide in 2026, up from $500 billion in 2025.
Online sales of personal care products are estimated at about $139 billion in 2026.
Figures are worldwide unless stated otherwise.

Healthcare e-commerce market, worldwide

$587.1B

2026 estimate (The Business Research Company), up from $499.7B in 2025 [1]

Affiliate marketing industry, worldwide

$27.8B

2026, all niches [5]

Share of e-commerce driven by affiliates ESTIMATE

~9.4%

US benchmark, all niches – not niche-specific [6]

Europe and the Nordics

Region	2025	2026 (forecast)	Growth
Europe – B2C e-commerce	$1.02T	$1.08T	+5%
Northern Europe – B2C e-commerce	$78.1B	$82.9B	+6%
Denmark – B2C e-commerce per person	$5,007	–	#1 in Europe

All-sector B2C e-commerce [7].
Health & personal care is not reported separately, so use these figures as market context, not as niche totals.
Exchange rates: USD→EUR 0.89, USD→DKK 6.66, EUR→DKK 7.48 (October 2026) [8].

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TYPICAL COMMISSION

8–18%

Health and wellness programmes typically pay 8–15% on one-time products. Beauty and personal care pays 10–18% on new-customer orders, or a flat $10–$15 on entry products. [3]

Key takeaways

Personal care products e-commerce, worldwide: $138.9B – 2026 estimate (Mordor Intelligence via Research and Markets) [2].

Healthcare e-commerce is forecast to reach $1.13 trillion by 2030, with annual growth of 17.8% [1].

Personal care e-commerce is expected to grow 6.4% a year from 2026 to 2031 [2].

In the EU, nutrition and health claims about food and supplements are governed by Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, and the EU Register lists the permitted and authorised claims [4].

Sources

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