US demand for consumer water and air treatment systems is forecast to increase 4.7 percent per year through 2017 to over 18 million units, an acceleration from lackluster growth posted during the 2007 to 2012 period due to the 2007-2009 recession and the collapse of the housing market. Volume gains will be supported by the economic recovery, particularly the rebound in residential construction and consumer spending. The improving housing market will contribute significantly to volume demand growth since many consumers purchase water and air treatment systems at the time of home construction or remodeling or when purchasing a new home. Further driving volume demand will be the continued trend of a greater number of consumers interested in improving the quality of the
water they drink and the air in their homes and increased awareness of the health and aesthetic benefits of water and air treatment systems.
The report Consumer Water & Air Treatment Systems to 2017 (http://www.reportsnreports.com/reports/249757-consumer-water-air-treatment-systems-to-2017.html) says point-of-use (POU) water and portable air treatment systems — units operating at a single water outlet or in a single room — are expected to post slower growth than their whole-house counterparts through 2017. Nevertheless, these systems will continue to account for a larger share of both volume and value demand. Gains will primarily benefit from heightened consumer concern regarding potential contaminants in household tap water and air. Conventional filtration media are used in the majority of POU water and portable air treatment systems. However, in POU water treatment, faster growth will be registered by reverse osmosis and other membranes and distillation systems, although from significantly smaller bases. Among portable air cleaners, faster gains will be realized for electrostatic technologies. These options with better growth prospects are higher value systems that can typically remove a broader range of contaminants compared to conventional filters. Further advances will be promoted by individuals seeking alternatives to bottled water, primarily for economical (the annual cost of using POU water filtration is typically lower than that spent on bottled water) or environmental (if less bottled water is consumed, less plastic is required to make the bottles and there are fewer bottles to landfill or recycle) reasons.
LIST OF TABLES in this report:
Section I — EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Summary Table 3
SECTION II — MARKET ENVIRONMENT
1 Macroeconomic Indicators 7
2 Population & Households 11
3 Personal Consumption Expenditures 14
4 Residential Building Construction Expenditures 16
5 New Housing Indicators 20
6 Housing Stock by Type 23
7 Residential Improvement & Repair Expenditures 25
8 Consumer Water & Air Treatment System Market, 2002-2012 27
9 Prices of Consumer Water & Air Treatment Systems 29
Section III — TECHNOLOGIES
1 Consumer Water & Air Treatment System Demand 44
2 Consumer Water Treatment System Demand by Technology 47
3 Conventional Water Filtration System Demand 51
4 Reverse Osmosis & Other Membrane Separation Water
Treatment System Demand 58
5 Distillation Water treatment System Demand 64
6 Ion Exchange Salt Water Conditioning System Demand 68
7 Other Water Treatment System Demand 70
8 Consumer Air Treatment System Demand by Technology 78
9 Conventional Air Filtration Treatment System Demand 82
10 Electrostatic Air Treatment System Demand 85
11 Ionization Air Treatment System Demand 87
12 Other Air Treatment System Demand 88
Section IV — PRODUCTS
1 Consumer Water & Air Treatment System
& Consumables Demand 93
2 Consumer Water Treatment System Demand by Type 97
3 Whole-House Water Treatment System Demand 99
4 Point-of-Entry Water Treatment System Demand 101
5 Water Conditioner System Demand 106
6 Point-of-Use Water Treatment System Demand 112
7 Under-the-Sink Water Treatment System Demand 116
8 Countertop Water Treatment System Demand 119
9 Faucet-Mounted Water Treatment System Demand 123
10 Flow-Through Water Treatment System Demand 127
11 Other Point-of-Use Water Treatment System Demand 132
12 Consumer Air Treatment System Demand by Type 144
13 Whole-House Air Treatment System Demand 147
14 Portable Air Treatment System Demand 151
15 Demand for Consumables for Consumer Water & Air
Treatment Systems 159
16 Replacement Water Filter Demand 162
17 Replacement Air Filter Demand 164
18 Replacement Membrane Demand 166
19 Water Softening Salt Demand 167
Section V — REGIONAL MARKETS
1 Population by Region 172
2 Gross Domestic Product by Region 175
3 Construction Expenditures by Region 177
4 Regional Housing Indicators 180
5 Consumer Water & Air Treatment System Demand by Region
& Type 183
6 Northeast Water & Air Treatment System Demand 187
7 Midwest Water & Air Treatment System Demand 194
8 South Water & Air Treatment System Demand 200
9 West Water & Air Treatment System Demand 208
Section VI — INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
1 Consumer Water & Air Treatment System & Consumables
Sales by Company, 2012 217
2 Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures 235
3 Selected Cooperative Agreements 238
LIST OF CHARTS available in the research “Consumer Water & Air Treatment Systems to 2017“:
Section II — MARKET ENVIRONMENT
1 Year of Construction of Housing Stock, 2012 23
2 World Consumer Water & Air Treatment System Demand
by Region, 2012 37
Section III — TECHNOLOGIES
1 Consumer Water Treatment System Demand:
Volume & Value, 2012 48
2 Consumer Air Treatment System Demand:
Volume & Value, 2012 79
Section IV — PRODUCTS
1 Point-of-Use Water Treatment System Demand:
Volume & Value, 2012 113
2 Consumer Water Treatment System Market Share
by Volume, 2012 138
3 Consumer Water Treatment System Market Share
by Value, 2012 140
4 Consumer Air Treatment System Market Share, 2012 155
Section V — REGIONAL MARKETS
1 Consumer Water & Air Treatment System Demand
by Region, 2012 184
Section VI — INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
1 Consumer Water & Air Treatment System & Consumables
Market Share, 2012 219
2 Consumer Water & Air Treatment System Market Share,
2012 222
3 Consumer Water & Air Treatment Systems’ Consumables
Market Share, 2012
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