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Gluten-Free Foods

The Editors — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:17:15 +0000

Our posts lately have covered such markets as Gluten-Free Foods, Headphones, Gaming Software, Co-ops, Deer Breeding, Canned Pumpkin, and Restaurants. You really should see what you’re missing over at our new location HERE.

Come on over, take a look and search for the size of the market you’re interested in knowing more about. Below is a copy of today’s market size post:

Gluten is a protein found in various cereal grains, most notably wheat. This protein makes for the elastic texture of dough. It is also a protein that must be avoided by those with celiac disease, a condition which seriously interferes with the body’s ability to absorb nutrients. An in-depth epidemiological study whose findings were publishied in 2003 found that one in ever 133 people in the United States suffers from celiac disease. Celiac disease sufferers and their immediate families are a natural market for gluten-free foods and the food industry has been increasing the number of gluten-free products on the market at a rapid pace in recent years. Those gluten-free offerings include breads, cookies, crackers, breakfast cereals, and cake mixes.

Today’s market size is the estimated size by value of the gluten-free market in the Untied States.

Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2011
Market size: $6.3 billion
Source: Keith O’Brien, “Beat the Wheat,” The New York Times Magazine, page 50, November 27, 2011, available online here.
Original source: Spins, a market research firm.
Posted on November 30, 2011

Medical Marijuana

The Editors — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:28:29 +0000

Our posts lately have covered such markets as Streaming Video, Auto Repair Services, Public Transportation, Coupons, Crushed Stone and today’s topic, Medical Marijuana. You really should see what you’re missing over at our new location HERE.

As of March 2011 there were laws in seven U.S. states that made it legal to sell and use marijuana for medicinal purposes. Those states were California, Colorado, Michigan, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington. Four additional states and the District of Columbia are scheduled to open markets for medical marijuana before the end of 2011: Arizona, Maine, New Jersey, Rhode Island and the District of Columbia. The laws regulating the sale and use of marijuana in these states vary widely which makes tracking the market a complicated task. But as a fast growing market the motivation to track it is present. And the task is made easier by the fact that marijuana is a highly regulated commodity and is therefore tracked carefully by most of the states in which its use for medical purposes is legal.

Today’s market size is the estimated value of marijuana sold legally in the United States. As a point of comparison, and according to the source, the sale of Viagra in the United States in 2010 was valued at $1.93 billion.

Geographic reference: Select States within the United States
Year: 2011
Market size: $1.7 billion
Source: Wayne Heilman, “Report: Medical marijuana sales to reach $1.7B this year,” The Gazette, Colorado Springs, March 24, 2011, available online here.
Original source See Change Strategy and Medical Marijuana Markets

Market for Planes and Boats

The Editors — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:16:46 +0000

We are posting daily market sizes on our newly located blog, which is here. In the last week or so we’ve covered such markets as the airline business, recreational boating in Michigan, salt and reverse mortages. You really need to browse through the posts to get a feel for the breadth of coverage.

Come get your daily market size fix at our new location!

http://marketsize.com/blog/.

A bunch of markets…

The Editors — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:29:17 +0000

Well, since the middle of May we’ve been posting market size items on our new blog site only. It is here!

We’ve covered such things as Agrochemicals in India, VOIP, Mushrooms and Steel.
Don’t miss out on the daily posts that appear at our new location, here.

Flood Insurance Program

The Editors — Fri, 20 May 2011 13:22:53 +0000

With flood waters inundating so many in the Mississippi River Valley and with spillways being opened to try and midigate the damage further downstream, we turn today to the size of the United State’s National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), run by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The program was designed to provide a shared pool of resources that could help and reduce the high cost of disaster assistance resulting from flooding along the national waterways.

NFIP is not only an insurance program but a floodplain management and mapping program. Participation is NFIP is voluntary at the community level, with a couple of exceptions. One is for properties in officially designated flood plains on which a mortgage is held. Banks require the purchase of flood insurance for suchproperties on which they hold the mortgage. Another exception to the voluntary nature of this program is the fact that those who receive financial assistance from the federal government following a Presidential declaration of disaster may then be required to purchase flood insurance through NFIP.

Today’s market size is the total amount paid in premiums to the NFIP in 1990 and 2010 as well as the number of policies in force in those years.

Geographic reference: United States
Year: 1990 and 2010
Market size: Come to our new location to see more and get links to further information yet.

Luxury Car Market in China

The Editors — Wed, 18 May 2011 14:28:08 +0000

Today’s market size post offers the size of the Chinese luxury automobile market in 2010. Come and take a look. Our blog site has moved HERE.

The market size comes from the business section of the May 15, Detroit Free Press. And while the photo we have here, taken at the 2011 International Auto Show, is the hood of a Rolls-Royce the leading luxury car brand in China is another…

Space Shuttle Services

The Editors — Tue, 17 May 2011 13:37:47 +0000

Today’s market size is a bit of an exercise in guessing the low-end, ball park size of a market for space shuttle services for the coming few years. We base this estimate on three things, (1) NASA’s labor commitments to the International Space Station (ISS) between 2011 and 2017; (2) the per astronaut cost to NASA of a ride to and from the ISS on the Russian Soyus Spacecraft, and (3) a contract signed by NASA to contract with SpaceX, a private company, to provide cargo delivery services to the ISS. Clearly, this simple estimate is only an approximation of the potential of this market. Defined more broadly—to include, for example, what is often called space tourism—the market size in coming years is much larger.

What we present here is the minimum market size for shuttle services to the ISS based on NASA demand that grows out of the United State’s closing down of its own Shuttle Program.

Happy final journey, Shuttle Endeavor!

Geographic reference: World
Year: 2012—2017
Market size: The rest of this post is at our new site. Join us there.

Crude Oil Supply

The Editors — Fri, 13 May 2011 14:44:32 +0000

Based on report recently issued by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the supply of crude oil for U.S. energy needs, from all sources, is anticipated to decline between 2009 and 2025. On a per capita basis this decline is rather large, 15.3%. This is because the population is projected to increase by 16.4% between 2009 and 2025 while the supply of crude oil is forecast to decline by 1.39%. Obviously, new sources of petroleum supply will be (are) in high demand, not to mention all other forms of energy.

Today’s market size is the daily supply in millions of barrels per day (mbpd) of crude oil in the United States, for 2009 and projected for 2025.

Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2009 and 2025
Market size: See our new site. It’s a mirror of this one with a bit more info.
Source: “Table C4. Liquid Fuel Supply and Disposition,” Annual Energy Outlook 2011, with Projections to 2035, page 175, April 2011.
Original Source: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration

Cement

The Editors — Wed, 11 May 2011 11:20:37 +0000

See this post at our new location where it includes a graph showing cement production over 15 years as well as the total value of cement sales annually over this period.

A decade’s worth of production data on the cement industry shows a pattern with which we are familiar, the build-up and crash of the housing market. Most of the construction materials industries have seen similar patterns of growth and decline in the 2000s. Early data on 2010 show that sales of cement in that year reached a 27 year low, falling 45% (59 million metric tons) off the high reached in 2005.

The market size presented below is the number of tons of portland and masonry cement produced in the United States in 2010 and the approximate value of that cement if shipped from the mill the same year.

Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2010
Market size: 62.8 million metric tons with an approximate value of $5.7 billion
Source: “Cement,” part of an annual series titled Mineral Commodities Summaries, published by the U.S. Geographical Survey and available online here.
Original Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, USGS

Sodium Sulfate

The Editors — Tue, 10 May 2011 12:58:17 +0000

Sodium sulfate is an inorganic chemical that looks like a white powder. Its chemical symbol is NA₂ SO₄. Sodium sulfates is used in the production of many products. Soaps and detergents account for the largest single share (35%) of its consumption. Other end uses of sodium sulfate include glass manufacturing which accounts for 18% of consumption, the paper and pulp industry uses 15%, and textile production account for 4% of consumption in the United States. The remaining 28% of consumption is divided among many smaller consuming end users.

The market size presented below is the estimated total value of all natural and synthetic sodium sulfate sold in 2010.

Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2010
Market size: $42 Million
Source: “Sodium Sulfate Statistics Information,” part of an annual series titled Mineral Commodities Summaries, published by the U.S. Geographical Survey and available online here.
Original Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, USGS