Since the past few years, the food delivery market has witnessed a significant rise. In fact, delivery riders’ network effects and route optimization technologies have led to cheaper and faster food delivery. These are the top reasons behind the significant growth of various food delivery operators.
Recently, various aggregators have included this platform-to-consumer system that helps conduct the delivery and ordering processes.
COVID-19 also led millions to order online food for the first time due to lockdown. Most of the grocery delivery services, like Instacart, said it met the target for 2023 just in the third week of lockdown.
Suppose you are all set to start with your food delivery app development idea. In that case, you need to know and understand the market, what’s trending, what’s going down, and much more to be on the safe side throughout your food delivery app development journey.
Today, we are here with food delivery app market stats from various regions worldwide and other relevant statistics that may prove to be useful for you.
Food Delivery App Market Stats Top Highlights
- In the on-demand food delivery segment, the average revenue per user (ARPU) is likely to reach $41.77 by the end of 2021.
- In 2021, the user penetration in the food delivery segment will be about 20.5%.
- In 2021, the market’s largest segment is Restaurant-to-Consumer Delivery, which is likely to reach a market revenue of $8,264m.
- By 2025, the revenue of the online food delivery segment is likely to showcase an annual growth rate of 13.23%, which may lead to an expected market volume of $19,591m.
- As per the global comparison, the highest revenue would be generated in China, maybe $191,050m, in 2021.
- By 2025, the number of users in the on-demand food delivery segment is predicted to reach about 498.5m.
Global Food Delivery App Market
The platform-to-consumer model depends on enough restaurants, riders, and consumers to meet the city’s demands for online food.
CAGR for On-Demand Food Delivery Service Market
During 2019-2024, the on-demand food delivery services market is likely to reach a CAGR of around 6.72%.
On-Demand Food Delivery App Revenue (Globally)
The global online food delivery sector’s market size is expected to reach about $154.34 billion by 2023.
US Food Delivery App Market
Food Delivery App Market Share (US) By 2021
- DoorDash is expected to cover 57% of the US market share.
- Uber Eats is likely to cover about 26% of the US market share.
- Grubhub is predicted to cover about 16% of the US market share.
Food Delivery App Users (US)
In 2020, food delivery app users increased about 111 million that was
- 95 million in 2019
- 88 million in 2018
- 81 million in 2017.
Food Delivery App Revenue (US)
By the end of 2021, the online food delivery app revenue is predicted to generate around $28 billion.
- In 2022, it’s expected to reach $30 billion.
- In 2023, it’s anticipated to grow around $33 billion.
- In 2024, it’s envisioned to increase about $37 billion.
- In 2025, it’s likely to boost around $42 billion.
UK On-Demand Food Delivery App Market
On-Demand Food Delivery App Market Share (UK) By 2021
- Just Eat is expected to cover 45% of the UK market share.
- Uber Eats is likely to cover about 27% of the UK market share.
- Deliveroo is predicted to cover about 26% of the UK market share.
- Dominos is anticipated to cover around 3% of the UK market share.
On-Demand Food Delivery App Revenue (UK)
By the end of 2021, the online food delivery app revenue is predicted to generate around $6.5 billion.
- In 2022, it’s expected to reach $7.2 billion.
- In 2023, it’s anticipated to grow to around $7.9 billion.
- In 2024, it’s envisioned to increase about $8.6 billion.
- In 2025, it’s likely to boost around $9.4 billion.
On-Demand Food Delivery App Users (UK)
In 2020, food delivery app users increased about 24.8 million that was
- 19.9 million in 2019
- 17.6 million in 2018
- 15.5 million in 2017.
Europe Food Delivery App Market
Food Delivery App Market Share (Europe) By 2021,
- Just Eat is expected to cover 42% of the European market share.
- Deliveroo is likely to cover about 23% of the European market share.
- Uber Eats is predicted to cover about 20% of the European market share.
- Delivery Hero is anticipated to cover around 4% of the European market share.
Food Delivery App Revenue (Europe)
By the end of 2021, the online food delivery app revenue is predicted to generate around $20.5 billion.
- In 2022, it’s expected to reach $23.0 billion.
- In 2023, it’s anticipated to grow to around $24.6 billion.
- In 2024, it’s envisioned to increase about $26.2 billion.
- In 2025, it’s likely to boost around $29.1 billion.
Food Delivery App Users (Europe)
In 2020, food delivery app users increased by about 150 million that was
- 121 million in 2019
- 109 million in 2018
- 98 million in 2017.
China Food Delivery App Market
On-Demand Food Delivery App Market Share (China) By 2021,
- Just Eat is expected to cover 42% of the China market share.
- Deliveroo is likely to cover about 23% of the China market share.
- Uber Eats is predicted to cover about 20% of the China market share.
- Delivery Hero is anticipated to cover around 4% of the China market share.
On-Demand Food Delivery App Revenue (China)
By the end of 2021, the online food delivery app revenue is predicted to generate around $63 billion.
- In 2022, it’s expected to reach $70 billion.
- In 2023, it’s anticipated to grow around $78 billion.
- In 2024, it’s envisioned to increase about $88 billion.
- In 2025, it’s likely to boost around $100 billion.
On-Demand Food Delivery App Users (China)
In 2020, food delivery app users increased about 650 million that was
- 550 million in 2019
- 400 million in 2018
- 250 million in 2017.
Active Players of Online Food Delivery Market
Let’s check out the top on-demand food delivery apps that are ruling the global market.
United States
- Grubhub: As of Sep 2021, the Grubhub app generated less than $5k in revenue.
- Doordash: AS per Q2 2021, Doordash attained reached around $1.24 billion in revenue.
- UberEats: As of Q2 2021, UberEats generated about $7 billion in revenue.
- Postmates: In 2020, Postmates boosted its revenue to $8.8 million.
- Seamless: As recorded in September 2021, Seamless encountered around 20k downloads.
United Kingdom
- Deliveroo: As of 2020, Deliveroo attained around £1.2 billion in revenue.
- Just Eat: As per the records of Sep 2021, Just Eat accomplished about 200k downloads.
- Quiqup: As of Sep 2021, Quiqup managed less than 5k downloads worldwide.
- Hungryhouse: It completed less than 5k downloads worldwide in Sep 2021.
- UberEats: As of September 2021, UberEats managed about 2m downloads.
- Jinn: In Sep 2021, Jinn reached 5k and fewer downloads worldwide.
- Food Hub: As recorded in Sep 2021, Food Hub encountered about 30k downloads worldwide.
Australia
- Menulog: This app managed around 80k downloads in Sep 2021 worldwide.
- Deliveroo: In Sep 2021, Deliveroo completed 500k downloads worldwide.
- Uber Eats: As recorded in 2020, Uber Eats held around 66 million users.
- Hey You: As per Sep 2021, the Hey You managed less than 5k downloads worldwide.
- Happy Cow: As of Sep 2021, Happy Cow attained less than $5k in revenue.
United Arab Emirates
- Talabat: In Sep 2021, Talabat completed 400k downloads worldwide.
- Careem (Uber Eats): In Sep 2021, Careem reached 300k downloads worldwide.
- EatEasy: As of September 2021, EatEasy managed less than 5k downloads.
- Deliveroo: As of Sep 2020, Deliveroo held about 7.1 million users.
- Zomato: In Sep 2021, Zomato completed 5m downloads worldwide.
- Eatclean: As per the records of Sep 2021, Eatclean accomplished less than 5k downloads.
India
- Swiggy: As per Sep 2021, Swiggy managed 2m downloads worldwide.
- Zomato: As of 2020, Zomato generated about $394 million in revenue.
- Uber Eats: According to food delivery app statistics, Uber Eats is known as the third most popular application within its category in the Google Play and the App Store.
- Food Panda: As per the records of Sep 2021, Food Panda accomplished about 2m downloads.
- Domino’s: In Sep 2021, Domino’s completed 5m downloads worldwide.
Conclusion
After reviewing the latest food delivery statistics, the food delivery providers are likely to go beyond their way to make their consumers happy.
Moreover, one with an idea of a food delivery app would like to step into the food delivery market and generate unexpected revenue, meeting the food needs of its customers.
If you are facing any challenges in food delivery app development then Emizentech’s app development team can assist you with that.
Sources
- SensorTower
- Statista
- Appsthatdeliver
- And other sources
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