The expansion of the global bed linen industry is forecast to reach 1.4% p.a. in the coming years. Between 2008 and 2014 the market increased with an average annual growth of 4.2%. Currently, crocheted or knitted bed linen accounts for 8.8% of the global demand while the remaining market share is divided between printed bed linen of cotton (22.8%), other bed linen of cotton (38.6%), printed bed linen of man-made fibres (10.7%), other bed linen of man-made fibres (15.7%), printed bed linen of other materials (0.7%) and other bed linen (2.7%).
China, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States represent the largest bed linen markets while the strongest annual growth is forecast to occur in Jordan (13.1%), Poland (7.2%), Macedonia (5.6%), Bolivia (4.3%) and Qatar (3.7%).
