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Analgesics in the United Kingdom

Publisher Euromonitor International
Published Sep 19, 2025
Length 26 Pages
SKU # EP20423637

Description

Retail value sales of analgesics are set to grow in current terms in the UK in 2025. Topical analgesics/anaesthetic is expected to be the most dynamic category within analgesics. The category’s growth is being driven by increasing consumer demand for cost effective accessible OTC pain relief options, particularly in response to rising health awareness and self-care trends. This comes with consumers heightened awareness of the pressures on the National Health Service (NHS), promoting self-care an...

Euromonitor International's Analgesics in United Kingdom report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data 2020-2024, allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. Forecasts to 2029 illustrate how the market is set to change.

Product coverage: Systemic Analgesics, Topical Analgesics/Anaesthetic.

Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.

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* Get a detailed picture of the Analgesics market;
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Table of Contents

26 Pages
Analgesics in the United Kingdom
Euromonitor International
September 2025
List Of Contents And Tables
ANALGESICS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
KEY DATA FINDINGS
2025 DEVELOPMENTS
Solid growth as self-medication grows
Reckitt Benckiser retains lead thanks to Nurofen
Pharmacies remains the dominant channel, but e-commerce continues to grow from low base
PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Analgesics to continue to grow over forecast period
Value hacking and digital diagnostics provide opportunities
Gentle efficacy is important amongst sceptical consumers
CATEGORY DATA
Table 1 Sales of Analgesics by Category: Value 2020-2025
Table 2 Sales of Analgesics by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
Table 3 NBO Company Shares of Analgesics: % Value 2021-2025
Table 4 LBN Brand Shares of Analgesics: % Value 2022-2025
Table 5 Forecast Sales of Analgesics by Category: Value 2025-2030
Table 6 Forecast Sales of Analgesics by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
CONSUMER HEALTH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Consumer Health in 2025: The big picture
Key trends in 2025
Competitive landscape
Channel developments
What next for consumer health?
MARKET INDICATORS
Table 7 Consumer Expenditure on Health Goods and Medical Services: Value 2020-2025
Table 8 Life Expectancy at Birth 2020-2025
MARKET DATA
Table 9 Sales of Consumer Health by Category: Value 2020-2025
Table 10 Sales of Consumer Health by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
Table 11 NBO Company Shares of Consumer Health: % Value 2021-2025
Table 12 LBN Brand Shares of Consumer Health: % Value 2022-2025
Table 13 Penetration of Private Label in Consumer Health by Category: % Value 2020-2025
Table 14 Distribution of Consumer Health by Format: % Value 2020-2025
Table 15 Distribution of Consumer Health by Format and Category: % Value 2025
Table 16 Forecast Sales of Consumer Health by Category: Value 2025-2030
Table 17 Forecast Sales of Consumer Health by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
APPENDIX
OTC registration and classification
Vitamins and dietary supplements registration and classification
Self-medication/self-care and preventive medicine
Switches
Summary 1 OTC: Switches 2024-2025
DISCLAIMER
DEFINITIONS
SOURCES
Summary 2 Research Sources

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