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Shaving Razor Manufacturing in the US - Market Research Report (2015-2030)

Matty O'Malley Matty O'Malley New York, United States Last Updated: January 2025 NAICS OD4247

Revenue

$2.9bn

2025

$2.9bn

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$XXX.Xm

Employees

1,967

Businesses

5

Wages

$XXX.Xm

Shaving Razor Manufacturing in the US industry analysis

Shaving razor manufacturers have experienced steady growth, with a few exceptions because of the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on consumer behavior. Lockdowns in 2020 and 2021 led to fewer people going to work, which in turn caused a drop in razor usage. Despite these setbacks, the industry has seen stable revenue growth owing to increasing consumer spending and the rise in disposable income over the past five years. This increase in financial stability among consumers has driven a preference for premium products, helping boost revenue. However, the landscape continues to evolve with growing competition from electric razors and laser hair removal, which are changing consumer grooming habits. Industry revenue has been increasing at a CAGR of 1.0% over the past five years to total an estimated $2.9 billion in 2025, including an estimated increase of 0.9% in 2025.

Trends and Insights

  • Shaving razor manufacturers have seen steady growth despite some hiccups. While consumer spending and premium product purchases have been a boon, rising competition from electric razors and laser hair removal is posing challenges.
  • Replacement cartridges offer convenience and comfort, making them a staple in the shaving razor manufacturing industry. Premium brands capitalize on this by pricing blades higher and even offering subscription services that cater to customer needs.
  • Manufacturers prefer regions with high populations to reduce transportation expenses. Locating near potential consumers allows them to minimize delivery costs, enhancing their competitiveness and operational efficiency in the industry.
  • Manufacturers heavily invest in research and development to maintain high product quality. They also compete on price to attract consumers. This dual focus ensures they stay ahead in the market while meeting customer expectations for quality and cost.

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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2015-2030)

Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 1.0 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $2.9bn in 2025.

Trends and Insights

Manufacturers have enjoyed steady growth

  • Shaving razor manufacturers have largely enjoyed steady revenue growth except for in 2020 and 2021, as fewer people had to go to work because of lockdowns, which resulted in people not shaving as often. Also, consumer spending fell in 2020, resulting in a drop in sales for manufacturers, as these levels often closely correspond with razor blade sales.
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Shaving Razor Manufacturing in the US
Revenue (2015-2030)
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Industry outlook (2025-2030)

Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.

Trends and Insights

Manufacturers will continue to enjoy growth, but changing consumer behavior may hinder their performance

  • Consumer spending will climb steadily through the end of 2030, forecast to gain at a CAGR of 2.0%. As people commonly buy razors on a regular basis, manufacturers have the chance to profit as consumers often choose branded and high-quality products, which leads to higher consumer spending and, following, an increase in industry revenue.

Biggest companies in the Shaving Razor Manufacturing in the US

Company
Market Share (%)
2025
Revenue ($m)
2025
Profit ($m)
2025
Profit Margin (%)
2025
Procter & Gamble Co
1,925.2
476.4
24.7
Edgewell Personal Care Company
709.8
64.8
9.1

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Products & Services Segmentation

Shaving Razor Manufacturing in the US
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Razors, Replacement cartridges and Other . Razors is the largest segment of the Shaving Razor Manufacturing in the US.

Trends and Insights

The razors segment jumps as consumers are attracted to the cost and convenience of these products

  • The most popular shaving razors are all-in-one razors, which include a base and removable or nonremovable head. Razors with removable blades are considered cartridge razors, in which the blades take the form of cartridges that can be easily replaced when dull.
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Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

This industry manufactures razors, replacement cartridges and disposable razors. This industry excludes related products, such as shaving cream and aftershave.

What's included in this industry?

Manufacturing razorsManufacturing replacement cartridgesManufacturing disposable razors

Companies

Procter & Gamble CoEdgewell Personal Care Company

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Related Terms

RAZORSAFETY RAZORCARTRIDGE RAZORDISPOSABLE RAZOR

Industry Code

NAICS 2017

NAICS 33521 - Shaving Razor Manufacturing in the US

Performance

Get an indication of the industry's health through historical, current and forward-looking trends in the performance indicators that make or break businesses.

Analyst insights

Shaving razor manufacturers have seen steady growth despite some hiccups. While consumer spending and premium product purchases have been a boon, rising competition from elec...

In this chapter (4)

  • Current Performance
  • Outlook
  • Volatility
  • Life Cycle

Key metrics

  • Annual Revenue, Recent Growth, Forecast, Revenue Volatility
  • Number of Employees, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Employee
  • Number of Businesses, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Business
  • Total Profit, Profit Margin, Profit per Business

Charts

  • Revenue, including historical (2015-2024) and forecast (2025-2030)
  • Employees, including historical (2015-2024) and forecast (2025-2030)
  • Businesses, including historical (2015-2024) and forecast (2025-2030)
  • Profit, including historical (2015-2025)
  • Industry Volatility vs. Revenue Growth
  • Industry Life Cycle

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in supply, demand and current events that are driving current industry performance
  • Expected trends, economic factors and ongoing events that drive the industry's outlook
  • Key success factors for businesses to overcome volatility
  • How contribution to GDP, industry saturation, innovation, consolidation, and technology and systems influence the industry's life cycle phase.

Products and Markets

Learn about an industry's products and services, markets and trends in international trade.

Analyst insight

Replacement cartridges offer convenience and comfort, making them a staple in the shaving razor manufacturing industry. Premium brands capitalize on this by pricing blades hi...

In this chapter

  • Products & Services
  • Major Markets
  • International Trade

Key metrics

  • Largest market segment and value in 2025
  • Product innovation level
  • Total imports, level and trend
  • Total exports, level and trend
  • Trade Balance

Charts

  • Products & services segmentation in 2025
  • Major market segmentation in 2025
  • International trade, including imports by country and exports by country

Detailed analysis

  • Trends impacting the recent performance of the industry's various segments
  • Innovations in the industry's product or service offering, specialization or delivery method
  • Key factors that successful businesses consider in their offerings
  • Buying segments and key trends influencing demand for industry products and services
  • Recent trends in import and export volumes, country of origin or destination, and expected future trends

Geographic Breakdown

Discover where business activity is most concentrated in an industry and the factors driving these trends to find opportunities and conduct regional benchmarking.

Analyst insights

Manufacturers prefer regions with high populations to reduce transportation expenses. Locating near potential consumers allows them to minimize delivery costs, enhancing thei...

In this chapter (1)

  • Business Locations

Charts

  • Share of revenue, establishment, wages and employment in each state
  • Share of population compared to establishments in each region in 2025

Tables

  • Number and share of establishments in each state in 2025
  • Number and share of revenue each state accounts for in 2025
  • Number and share of wages each state accounts for in 2025
  • Number and share of employees in each state in 2025

Detailed analysis

  • Geographic spread of the industry across North America, and trends associated with changes in the business landscape
  • Key success factors for businesses to use location to their advantage

Competitive Forces

Get data and insights on what's driving competition in an industry and the challenges industry operators and new entrants may face, with analysis built around Porter's Five Forces framework.

Analyst insights

Manufacturers heavily invest in research and development to maintain high product quality. They also compete on price to attract consumers. This dual focus ensures they stay ...

In this chapter (4)

  • Concentration
  • Barriers to Entry
  • Substitutes
  • Buyer & Supplier Analysis

Key metrics

  • Industry concentration level
  • Industry competition level and trend
  • Barriers to entry level and trend
  • Substitutes level and trend
  • Buyer power level and trend
  • Supplier power level and trend

Charts

  • Market share concentration among the top 4 suppliers from 2020-2025
  • Supply chain including upstream supplying industries and downstream buying industries, flow chart

Detailed analysis

  • Factors impacting the industry’s level of concentration, such as business distribution, new entrants, or merger and acquisition activity.
  • Key success factors for businesses to manage the competitive environment of the industry.
  • Challenges that potential industry entrants face such as legal, start-up costs, differentiation, labor/capital intensity and capital expenses.
  • Key success factors for potential entrants to overcome barriers to entry.
  • Competitive threats from potential substitutes for the industry’s own products and services.
  • Key success factors for how successful businesses can compete with substitutes.
  • Advantages that buyers have to keep favorable purchasing conditions.
  • Advantages that suppliers have to maintain favorable selling conditions.
  • Key success factors for how businesses can navigate buyer and supplier power.

Companies

Learn about the performance of the top companies in the industry.

Analyst insights

P&G's Gillette is moving its manufacturing operations from Boston to a new, expansive facility in Andover, marking a $1.0 billion investment. This shift is all about boosting...

In this chapter

  • Market Share Concentration
  • Companies
  • Company Spotlights

Charts

  • Industry market share by company in 2021 through 2025
  • Major companies in the industry, including market share, revenue, profit and profit margin in 2025
  • Overview of Procter & Gamble Co's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2019 through 2025
  • Overview of Edgewell Personal Care Company's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2019 through 2025

Detailed analysis

  • Description and key data for Procter & Gamble Co, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Edgewell Personal Care Company, and factors influencing its performance in the industry

External Environment

Understand the demographic, economic and regulatory factors that shape how businesses in an industry perform.   

Analyst insights

Manufacturers must comply with environmental regulations. The Environmental Protection Agency enforces the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts. These laws aim to minimize pollutio...

In this chapter

  • External Drivers
  • Regulation & Policy
  • Assistance

Key metrics

  • Regulation & policy level and trend
  • Assistance level and trend

Charts

  • Regulation & Policy historical data and forecast (2015-2030) 
  • Assistance historical data and forecast (2015-2030) 

Detailed analysis

  • Demographic and macroeconomic factors influencing the industry, including Regulation & Policy and Assistance
  • Major types of regulations, regulatory bodies, industry standards or specific regulations impacting requirements for industry operators
  • Key governmental and non-governmental groups or policies that may provide some relief for industry operators.

Financial Benchmarks

View average costs for industry operators and compare financial data against an industry's financial benchmarks over time. 

Analyst insights

Manufacturers' profit is seeing a slight drop because of rising wage costs and input prices. However, strong demand for brand-name razors and the ability to pass costs to loy...

In this chapter

  • Cost Structure
  • Financial Ratios
  • Key Ratios

Key metrics

  • Profit margin, and how it compares to the sector-wide margin
  • Average wages, and how it compares to the sector-wide average wage
  • Largest cost component as a percentage of revenue
  • Industry average ratios for days' receivables, industry coverage and debt-to-net-worth ratio

Charts

  • Average industry operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2025
  • Average sector operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2025
  • Investment vs. share of economy

Data tables

  • Industry Multiples (2018-2023)
  • Industry Tax Structure (2018-2023)
  • Income Statement (2018-2023)
  • Balance Sheet (2018-2023)
  • Liquidity Ratios (2018-2023)
  • Coverage Ratios (2018-2023)
  • Leverage Ratios  (2018-2023)
  • Operating Ratios (2018-2023)
  • Cash Flow & Debt Service Ratios (2015-2030)
  • Revenue per Employee (2015-2030)
  • Revenue per Enterprise (2015-2030)
  • Employees per Establishment (2015-2030)
  • Employees per Enterprise (2015-2030)
  • Average Wage (2015-2030)
  • Wages/Revenue (2015-2030)
  • Establishments per Enterprise (2015-2030)
  • IVA/Revenue (2015-2030)
  • Imports/Demand (2015-2030)
  • Exports/Revenue (2015-2030)

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in the cost component for industry operators and their impact on industry costs and profitability 

Key Statistics

Industry Data

Data Tables

Including values and annual change:

  • Revenue (2015-2030)
  • IVA (2015-2030)
  • Establishments (2015-2030)
  • Enterprises (2015-2030)
  • Employment (2015-2030)
  • Exports (2015-2030)
  • Imports (2015-2030)
  • Wages (2015-2030)

Top Questions Answered

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What is the market size of the Shaving Razor Manufacturing in the US industry in United States in 2025?

The market size of the Shaving Razor Manufacturing in the US industry in United States is $2.9bn in 2025.

How many businesses are there in the Shaving Razor Manufacturing in the US industry in 2025?

There are 5 businesses in the Shaving Razor Manufacturing in the US industry in United States, which has declined at a CAGR of 0.0 % between 2020 and 2025.

Has the Shaving Razor Manufacturing in the US industry in United States grown or declined over the past 5 years?

The market size of the Shaving Razor Manufacturing in the US industry in United States has been growing at a CAGR of 1.0 % between 2020 and 2025.

What is the forecast growth of the Shaving Razor Manufacturing in the US industry in United States over the next 5 years?

Over the next five years, the Shaving Razor Manufacturing in the US industry in United States is expected to grow.

What are the biggest companies in the Shaving Razor Manufacturing in the US market in United States?

The biggest companies operating in the Shaving Razor Manufacturing market in United States are Procter & Gamble Co and Edgewell Personal Care Company

What does the Shaving Razor Manufacturing in the US in United States include?

Manufacturing razors and Manufacturing replacement cartridges are part of the Shaving Razor Manufacturing in the US industry.

Which companies have the highest market share in the Shaving Razor Manufacturing in the US in United States?

The company holding the most market share in United States is Procter & Gamble Co.

How competitive is the Shaving Razor Manufacturing in the US industry in United States?

The level of competition is high and increasing in the Shaving Razor Manufacturing in the US industry in United States.

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