the air purifier market | France

1.1 Definition and scope of study

A air cleaner is a device to reduce the impact of domestic and industrial pollution by air filtering and consequently eliminating pollutants and unpleasant odours .

There are five main types of air purifiers in France:

• Air purifiers by filtration the most common;

• Air purifiers by ionizer ;

• Air purifiers by combustion ;

• Air purifiers by photo-catalysis ;

• Air purifiers by plasma.

In the industry air purifiers are mainly used to filter and remove toxic residues in hospitals or airplanes. In their use more domestic Air purifiers are also present in offices and homes to improve the hygiene and quality of life of employees and residents.

The market for air cleaners should grow at a very dynamic rate of 11% per year until 2022 . It is driven by Asian demand and more particularly Chinese demand. Today, the market is developing very rapidly in France (36% growth between 2016 and 2017), despite fairly high prices with industrialists and city dwellers ready to equip themselves to fight against the proven harmful effects of pollution on the human body. Even if there is still a niche market still underdeveloped and consequent the domestic and industrial air treatment market is growing exponentially in France and is driven by a number of leading brands such as SEB , Rowenta , Dyson or Philips.

The market evolution is favoured by major R&D investment, including innovations related to the Covid-19 pandemic or the use of new raw materials such as algae .