Middle East and Africa Personal Care Ingredients Market – Industry Trends and Forecast to 2030

Middle East and Africa Personal Care Ingredients Market Analysis and Size

The raw materials used to manufacture skin care products all around the world are personal care ingredients. These components can act as anti-fungal, anti-aging, skin-conditioning, and other compounds in skin care products. Additionally, they can be divided into active and inactive components. Active ingredients include exfoliants, UV-protecting agents, anti-aging agents, and conditioning agents, whereas inactive ingredients include, colorants, preservatives, surfactants, and polymer ingredients.

The Middle East and Africa personal care ingredients market report provides details of market share, new developments, and the impact of domestic and localized market players, analyses opportunities in terms of emerging revenue pockets, changes in market regulations, products approvals, strategic decisions, product launches, geographic expansions, and technological innovations in the market. To understand the analysis and the market scenario, contact us for an analyst brief. Our team will help you create a revenue-impact solution to achieve your desired goal.

The Middle East and Africa personal care ingredients market is expected to grow significantly in the forecast period of 2023 to 2030. Data Bridge Market Research analyzes that the market is growing with a CAGR of 6.6% in the forecast period of 2023 to 2030 and is expected to reach USD 1,798,799.78 thousand by 2030. The major factor driving the growth of the personal care ingredients market is the rising popularity of personal care products among millennials and growing awareness regarding the properties of personal care products.

Market Definition

Personal care ingredients are the raw materials that are used in the manufacturing of skincare products worldwide. Ingredients used in skincare products are anti-fungal agents, anti-aging agents, skin conditioning agents, and others. Personal care ingredients can be classified as active and inactive ingredients. Active ingredients include anti-aging agents, exfoliates, conditioning agents, and UV-protecting agents whereas inactive ingredients include surfactants, preservatives, colorants, and polymer ingredients. The driving factors for the market growth include growing awareness among consumers regarding personal care ingredients.

Middle East and Africa Personal Care Ingredients Market Dynamics

Drivers

• Growth in the awareness among consumers regarding personal care ingredients

Personal care ingredients are the raw materials that are used in the manufacturing of skincare products worldwide. Ingredients used in skincare products are anti-fungal agents, anti-aging agents, skin conditioning agents, and others. Personal care ingredients can be classified as active and inactive ingredients. Active ingredients include anti-aging agents, exfoliants, conditioning agents, and UV-protecting agents whereas inactive ingredients include surfactants, preservatives, colorants, and polymer ingredients. The increasing demand for self-care products to combat stress and anxiety, and the tendency of consumers to increase their engagement in self-care routines as a means of feeling good and looking better, has been the major driver for market growth. The interest in natural and organic ingredients has further increased the awareness and demand for skin care products such as face masks, body scrubs, toners, and serums among users, as it emphasizes changing their existing skin care.

• Innovative product branding and advertising

Innovative product branding helps customers immediately recognize the product. Product branding is a strategic combination of design and experience that uniquely identifies a product and sets it apart from other products in the category. The rise of digital technologies has influenced consumers' buying behavior in the personal care products market across the globe. The major personal care brands in the market are increasing their digital technologies to enable consumers to experience brands in an entirely new way. Technological advancements, innovative branding, and advertising strategies have made it easy to access personal care and hygiene. Major beauty companies and brands are continuously involved in innovating their product branding and advertising strategies to reach a wider audience base and increase customer engagement. Many brands have been using social media platforms as a major strategy to enhance brand reach in recent years.

• Rise in disposable income and increase in urban population

The personal care industry has a very important role in every developed and developing economy. Rise in disposable incomes strengthened the purchasing power of consumers. Accelerated urbanization and increasing urban population with changing lifestyle demands are important drivers for the increasing demand for personal care products in the market. The growing Middle East and Africa economy has increased disposable income with Middle East and Africa population in urban areas. This has increased the spending capacity of the urban population. Millennials form a major part of the urban population and consumer spending. They are at the forefront of the beauty athleisure trend. It constitutes a major significant factor in spending on beauty products and cosmetics. Increasing social media trends and the need to look good are expected to boost market demand.

Opportunities

• Shift in the preference toward sustainable products

Eco-friendly and sustainable ingredients are becoming more popular in the personal care industry. Sustainability is becoming a topmost priority for several brands as companies are constantly focusing on moving forward with greener initiatives without compromising the product's quality and fulfilling the demand of the growing population of eco-conscious consumers. Companies are focusing on reducing synthetic ingredients, using renewable energy for manufacturing, and redesigning products to include less water in their composition.

• Availability of customization in personal care industry

The technological advancements in the industry are leading consumers towards a product just made for the generic skin type. Consumers are becoming extremely careful to choose the product according to their skin type. As a result, beauty companies focus on catering to such consumers with products that are ideal for their use, enabling them to increase consumer engagement in the market. Beauty companies and manufacturers are continuously introducing customization and digitalization in personal care products attributed to the increasing demand for personalized personal care ranges. Consumers are becoming aware of the beauty and skincare products in the market. The appeal of personalization allows consumers to tailor their care routine and express their unique character.

Restraints/Challenges

• Increase in the awareness among people about the harmful effects of chemicals in personal care products

Personal care products or products associated with ingredients are produced using various organic chemicals and synthetic chemicals as raw materials. The majority of personal care ingredients have a long list of chemicals as raw materials to extend their shelf life of up to several months. Despite a wide preference and benefits for personal care ingredients, significant issues associated with the presence of harmful and toxic chemicals in the product are present in the market. Toxic chemicals used in the products are the bottleneck in the process of market growth. In this scenario of personal care products, the majority of manufacturers are trying to improve their quality and trying to use less amount of chemicals. The awareness of consumers is increasing day by day through the internet, news, and digitalization of the world. They are much more aware and have more knowledge about the effects of these fatal chemicals.

• Rise in the side-effects of personal care ingredients

Personal care products or products associated with ingredients are produced using various organic chemicals and synthetic chemicals as raw materials. Chemicals used in personal care ingredients can cause some fatal side effects which can further turn into diseases for short-term or chronic. The COVID-19 pandemic made the public and government highly aware of health consciousness in developed countries like the U.S., Japan, China, Brazil, and Saudi Arabia among others. There are some incidents of increasing symptoms which are bad for health. This is expected to restrain the market from growth in the forecast period.

• Stringent rules & regulations formulated by government agencies

Personal care ingredients being a new need of consumers are finding it hard to reach all probable end users due to some specific regulatory reasons. Since all products are not up to the mark, they can face issues and lawsuits from regulatory bodies. There are benefits to using personal care ingredients and products. However, it has some of its own disadvantages such as it can have harmful chemicals such as parabens and sulfates which can restrict market growth and give a challenge to the manufacturers. Moreover, beauty-associated personal care products are still one of the most widely used materials when it comes to the Middle East and Africa personal care ingredients market. Various types of harmful chemicals are used in the manufacturing of products. Due to the application of chemicals, regulatory bodies issue some regulations and guidelines which can restrict market growth.

• Fluctuations in prices of raw materials

The various types of raw materials are used to manufacture personal care ingredients such as oils, fats, wax esters, and ester oils, and surface-active agents are used as emulsifiers and solubilizing agents among others. There is volatility present in the price of raw materials. Due to these increasing prices, manufacturers may face cascading challenges through supply chains. As prices continue their upward climb, slowing supplier deliveries, and labor availability.

Therefore, the fluctuations in the prices of raw materials used in the manufacturing of personal care ingredients are expected to challenge market growth.

Recent Development

• In November 2022, Ashland introduces Sclareance biofunctional natural sclareolide through biotechnology which helps in reducing and limiting the appearance of dandruff. It helped the company to expand its portfolio which helps in increasing the revenue of the company.

Middle East and Africa Personal Care Ingredients Market Scope

The Middle East and Africa personal care ingredients market is segmented into two segments based on type and application. The growth amongst these segments will help you analyze major growth segments in the industries and provide users with a valuable market overview and market insights to make strategic decisions to identify core market applications.

Type

• Marine Extracts
• Mineral Extracts
• Peptides
• Botanical Extracts
• Biotechnology products
• Synthetics Actives  

Based on type, the market is segmented into six segments, which are marine extracts, mineral extracts, peptides, botanical extracts, biotechnology products, and synthetics actives.

Application

• Skincare
• Haircare
• Others

Based on application, the market is segmented into three segments, which are skincare, haircare, and others.

Middle East and Africa Personal Care Ingredients Market Regional Analysis/Insights

The Middle East and Africa personal care ingredients market is segmented based on type and application.

The countries in the Middle East and Africa personal care ingredients market are Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, South Africa, Israel, and rest of the Middle East and Africa. Saudi Arabia is dominating the Middle East and Africa region due to the rising young population in the country.

The country section of the report also provides individual market-impacting factors and changes in market regulation that impact the current and future trends of the market. Data point downstream and upstream value chain analysis, technical trends porter's five forces analysis, and case studies are some of the pointers used to forecast the market scenario for individual countries. Also, the presence and availability of Middle East and Africa brands and their challenges faced due to large or scarce competition from local and domestic brands, the impact of domestic tariffs, and trade routes are considered while providing forecast analysis of the country data.

Competitive Landscape and Middle East and Africa Personal Care Ingredients Market Share Analysis

The Middle East and Africa personal care ingredients market competitive landscape provides details by competitors. Details included are company overview, company financials, revenue generated, market potential, investment in research and development, new market initiatives, production sites and facilities, company strengths and weaknesses, product launch, product trials pipelines, product approvals, patents, product width and breadth, application dominance, and technology lifeline curve. The above data points provided are only related to the companies’ focus related to the market.

Some of the prominent participants operating in the Middle East and Africa personal care ingredients market are Ashland, BASF SE, Bio-Botanica, BIOLANDES, Clariant, CODIF Technologie naturelle, Croda International Plc, DSM, Evonik Industries AG, Laboratoires Expanscience, Gattefossé, Givaudan, GREENTECH, Hallstar, Lipoid-Kosmetik, The Lubrizol Corporation, Naolys, mibelle GROUP biochemistry, LUCASMEYER COSMETICS, Nutri-Woods Bio-tech (Beijing) Co.,Ltd., Provital, RAHN AG., Sabinsa., SEPPIC, SEQENS, Silab, Solabia Group, Symrise, and Vytrus Biotech among others.

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