Europe Packaging Market revenue is projected to grow at a CAGR of 4.2% during 2025-2031

Rigid Packaging accounts by Type held the largest share in Europe Packaging Market -6Wresearch

In 2024, Rigid Packaging accounted for the largest share of Europe packaging market, driven by its strong suitability for pharmaceutical, personal care, and food applications. Its durability, regulatory compliance, and ability to protect high-value products make it the preferred choice across key industries, reinforcing its dominant position in the market.

According to 6Wresearch, the Europe Packaging Market revenue is projected to grow at a CAGR of 4.2% during 2025-2031. The Europe packaging market experienced significant expansion from 2021 to 2024, driven by booming ecommerce and rising pharmaceutical exports. Europe’s B2C ecommerce sales grew more during 2021 and 2024, marking an increase year-over-year in 2024 alone. This surge in online activity, with internet users buying goods rising from 2021 to 2024, led to escalating demand for delivery-ready, sustainable, and efficient packaging solutions across the continent.

Simultaneously, the pharmaceutical sector played a key role in driving growth, with sales rising from 2022 to 2023. Exports of medicinal and pharmaceutical products from the EU increased during 2021 and 2024. This rising global demand necessitated secure and compliant packaging formats for international shipment of temperature-sensitive and high-quality drugs, further strengthening the need for innovation in packaging technologies.

According to Vasudha, Senior Research Analyst at 6Wresearch, paper and paperboard packaging accounts for the largest share of the Czech Republic’s packaging market by material, driven by increasing demand for sustainable, recyclable, and functional formats across food, beverage, and e-commerce sectors. With domestic food and soft drinks production reaching USD 14.23 billion in 2023, and growing investments such as Cardbox Packaging’s $7.6 million expansion, paper-based formats are favored for their eco-friendly profile and consumer appeal. These dynamics position paper and paperboard as the top revenue contributor in the Czech packaging landscape.

Europe Packaging Market (2025-2031) report provides an in-depth analysis with 128 figures and 30 tables, covered in 235 pages. The report thoroughly covers market by type, application, end use and countries. Europe Packaging Market outlook report provides an unbiased and detailed analysis of the on-going Europe Packaging Market trends, opportunities/high growth areas and market drivers which would help the stakeholders to devise and align their market strategies according to the current and future market dynamics.