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Champagne Industry Statistics

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Champagne Industry Statistics
Samuel NorbergWritten by Samuel Norberg·Fact-checked by Maya Johansson
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01 Industry overview

The champagne industry at a glance

Champagne generated €5.7 billion in revenue from 266.1 million bottles shipped worldwide in 2025, with exports accounting for 57.1% of revenue and international demand remaining central to the industry.

€5.7B[15]
Revenue in 2025
266.1M[15]
Bottles shipped in 2025
57.1%[15]
Revenue from exports, 2025
27.4M[15]
U.S. bottles imported in 2024
Market size
The Champagne industry recorded €5.7 billion in revenue and shipped 266.1 million bottles in 2025. Champagne Houses generated €4.4 billion, or 79% of total revenue, while cooperatives and growers generated €1.3 billion.[15]
Forecast & CAGR
A market-research forecast valued the global Champagne market at $7.19 billion in 2023 and projects $9.83 billion by 2030, implying a 4.6% CAGR from 2024 to 2030. This estimate covers the commercial Champagne market and is distinct from Comité Champagne’s producer-reported industry revenue.[62]
Market share & regions
In 2025, France represented 42.9% of Champagne shipments, while exports represented 57.1% of revenue. In 2024, the United States was the largest export market by volume at 27.4 million bottles, followed by the United Kingdom at 22.3 million and Japan at 12.4 million.[15]
Segmentation
The 2024 export mix was led by non-vintage brut at 77.1% of volume, followed by rosé at 9.0%, prestige cuvées at 5.5%, vintage Champagne at 1.2%, and other dosage categories making up the remainder. The industry also comprises 16,460 growers, 120 cooperatives and 410 Champagne Houses in 2025.[15]
Key players & concentration
Champagne Houses shipped 191.9 million bottles in 2025, or about 72% of total shipments, and generated €4.4 billion, or 79% of revenue. Growers and cooperatives shipped 74.2 million bottles and generated €1.3 billion, showing a concentrated revenue structure alongside a broad grower base.[15]
Pricing
In 2024, the United States generated €820 million from 27.4 million exported bottles, an implied average export value of approximately €30 per bottle before taxes. The United Kingdom generated €519 million from 22.3 million bottles, implying approximately €23 per bottle on the same basis.[15]
Trends, drivers & challenges
Shipments declined from 271.7 million bottles in 2024 to 266.1 million in 2025, as the sector faced inflation, geopolitical uncertainty, changing consumption patterns and stock adjustments. Environmental transition remains a major structural driver: more than 70% of vineyard area was environmentally certified in 2025, with a target of 100% certification by 2030.[15]
Consumer behavior & competition
Champagne represented 8% of global sparkling-wine consumption by volume and 31% by value in 2025, indicating strong premium positioning. Competition is strongest in sparkling wine, where Champagne competes through appellation protection, brand heritage, prestige cuvées and differentiation by style, including rosé, blanc de blancs and non-vintage brut.[15][62]
M&A
Recent sector consolidation includes Champagne EPC’s acquisition of Champagne Charles Mignon in June 2025. Lanson-BCC also finalised its acquisition of Heidsieck & C° Monopole, with operational control taking effect on January 1, 2026.[22][63]
Regulation
Champagne’s appellation framework controls production and designation, while the sector’s commercial yield was set at 8,800 kilograms per hectare for the 2026 harvest, equivalent to around 250 million bottles. Environmental certification is also becoming a strategic compliance and market-access priority, with the sector targeting certification across 100% of vineyard area by 2030.[3][15]
Latest news
The latest official shipment review reported 266 million bottles shipped in 2025, including nearly 152 million exported and approximately 114 million sold in France. The 2026 harvest was constrained by an 8,800-kilogram-per-hectare marketable-yield limit amid stock rebalancing and challenging weather conditions.[15][3]

02 Ranking

Top 10 Companies in the Champagne Industry

The leading companies in the champagne industry, ranked on market impact, performance, momentum, innovation and brand popularity.

Updated November 11, 2026 · Next review December 11, 2026

Verdict

Louis Roederer and Taittinger are tied at the top of Gitnux's 2026 champagne ranking with an Overall score of 9.6 each.

Ranked by Overall score · How we score ↓

Editor's top 3 picks

Where to start, by need.

  1. #1 Overall · Leader in champagne Houses

    Louis Roederer

    FR

    Ranked #1 · 9.6 · Champagne Houses

    Why we picked it: It combines family-owned luxury production with high operating margin (37.4%) signals in the Houses segment.

    See in ranking ↓Visit louis-roederer.com ↗

  2. #2 overall

    Taittinger

    FR

    Ranked #2 · 9.6 · Champagne Houses

    Why we picked it: Its independent family setup is tied to a measured vineyard footprint (288 hectares) in Champagne.

    See in ranking ↓Visit taittinger.com ↗

  3. #3 overall

    Laurent-Perrier

    FR

    Ranked #3 · 9.3 · Champagne Houses

    Why we picked it: Its premium group volume scale is documented by near 9.6 million bottles sold in fiscal 2024-2025.

    See in ranking ↓Visit laurent-perrier.com ↗

Pick 1 is the #1 company overall. No other segment places in the top 5, so picks 2 and 3 follow rank.

Full ranking

Sort by
Top 10 companies in the champagne industry, 2026 – Gitnux ranking
#CompanyOverall ↓Company snapshot
1

Louis Roederer

Champagne Houses · FR

9.6
2

Taittinger

Champagne Houses · FR

9.6
3

Laurent-Perrier

Champagne Houses · FR

9.3
4

Champagne Bollinger

Champagne Houses · FR

9.3
5

Pernod Ricard

Champagne Houses · FR

9.2
6

Terroirs & Vignerons de Champagne

Cooperatives & Growers · FR

8.5
7

Pol Roger

Champagne Houses · FR

8.5
8

Arvitis

Champagne Houses · FR

8.5
9

Union Champagne

Cooperatives & Growers · FR

7.1
10

Alliance Champagne

Cooperatives & Growers · FR

7.0

How we score

  • Impact (30%): scale and weight in the market (revenue, market share, employees, market position).
  • Performance (20%): recent revenue growth and operating margin; an analyst assessment where a company does not publish them.
  • Momentum (20%): growth trajectory and future potential.
  • Innovation (15%): R&D intensity and how technologically advanced the company is.

Popularity (brand search demand, 15%) counts toward Overall but is not published as a column. Overall leaves out what is not known.

Scale Scores are shown on a 7–10 scale with one decimal; bars start at 7.0.

Cadence Recalculated when new figures are published; next review December 11, 2026.

Independence. Rankings are editorially independent. Scores, ranks, picks and the verdict follow the method above; no company can pay to change them.

Cite this ranking

APA

Samuel Norberg. (2026, November 11). Top 10 companies in the champagne industry. In Champagne Industry Statistics. Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/champagne-industry-statistics/#top-companies

report visual · Comparison

Champagne export shipments by destination country

United States leads with 27.4 million bottles.

United States27.4 million bottles
United Kingdom22.3 million bottles
Japan12.4 million bottles
Germany9.5 million bottles
Italy8.4 million bottles
Belgium7.6 million bottles
source-verifiedchampagne.fr

04 Statistics

Technology & Innovation

Reported automation and analytics span fermentation monitoring, AI optical sorting, and autonomous vineyard robotics. The sector also reports 200 autonomous Bakus vineyard robots across 150 vineyards and 5,000 hectares.

AI in the champagne industry

  • 1 real-time fermentation-monitoring system at Moët Hennessy has accumulated a library of fermentation kinetics across different vintages.[1]
  • 1 AI-supported optical-sorting solution is used by Moët & Chandon to identify and remove grapes affected by diseases such as Botrytis.[2]
  • 1 AI-based vineyard-monitoring approach at Maison Henriot is designed to detect fungal diseases earlier and reduce vineyard interventions and input use.[3]
  • 200 hectares of Champagne vineyards are covered by Vranken-Pommery’s AI-based yield-estimation project, developed with the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne since 2019.[4]

Automation in the champagne industry

  • 200 autonomous Bakus vineyard robots were operating across 150 vineyards and 5,000 hectares in France and abroad.[5]
  • 1 autonomous vineyard robot, the YV01, is being developed by Yanmar in partnership with Moët & Chandon for Champagne vineyard operations.[6]
  • 10 tonnes of grapes per hour is the transport capacity reported for the four-robot automated vatting system.[7]
  • 10 hours is the approximate autonomous operating time of VitiBot’s 75-kWh Bakus electric vineyard robot.[5]
  • 4 autonomous mobile robots were installed in a robotic grape-vatting system developed for the wine sector, with each robot operating under laser guidance.[7]

Digital Transformation in the food and beverage sector (sector benchmark)

  • 82% of food and beverage leaders said technology adoption was a strategic priority, while 6% reported fully integrated digital systems, in a 2025 survey.[8]
  • 28% of food, beverage, and ingredient professionals reported positive effects from digital transformation technologies on food-safety preventive controls in 2024.[9]
  • 40% of 423 food and beverage professionals worldwide identified disconnected systems and data as their organization’s biggest operational barrier in 2026.[8]
  • 34% of food, beverage, and ingredient professionals said manufacturing process or assembly had been positively affected by digital transformation technologies in 2024.[9]

Technology Adoption in the food and beverage sector (sector benchmark)

  • 50% of food, beverage, and ingredient companies anticipated investing in artificial intelligence as part of their 2025 digital-transformation strategies.[9]
  • 31% of food, beverage, and ingredient companies anticipated investing in robotics or robotic process automation in 2025.[9]
  • 23% of food, beverage, and ingredient companies anticipated investing in mobile-app technologies in 2025.[9]
  • 22% of food, beverage, and ingredient companies anticipated investing in machine-learning software in 2025.[9]

Cloud Computing in the food and beverage sector (sector benchmark)

  • 30% of food, beverage, and ingredient companies anticipated investing in cloud computing or enterprise resource-planning software and systems in 2025.[9]
  • 52% of food processors and manufacturers were considering cloud technology, while 45% reported no cloud use, in a 2023 industry survey.[10]
  • 18% of food manufacturers were already using cloud-based manufacturing-execution systems, while 51% planned implementation, according to a 2025 industry survey.[11]
  • 39.5% of EU enterprises in accommodation and food-service activities used paid cloud-computing services in 2025.[12]

Big Data in the food and beverage sector (sector benchmark)

  • 13% of food manufacturers were already using advanced-analytics or big-data platforms, while 44% planned implementation, in a 2025 industry survey.[11]
  • 24% of food-manufacturing respondents were very familiar with advanced analytics, while 34% were moderately familiar, in CRB’s 2025 survey.[13]
  • 35% of food, beverage, and ingredient companies anticipated investing in big data and real-time analytics in 2025.[9]
  • 47% of food, beverage, and ingredient professionals identified gathering, analyzing, and leveraging data for data-driven decisions as a digital-transformation investment driver in 2024.[9]

IoT in the food and beverage sector (sector benchmark)

  • 31% of food-manufacturing respondents were very familiar with the Internet of Things, while 35% were moderately familiar, in CRB’s 2025 survey.[13]
  • 33% of UK manufacturing companies had adopted IoT technologies in a 2024 national survey, with manufacturing among the sectors reporting comparatively high adoption.[14]
  • 16% of food, beverage, and ingredient companies anticipated investing in Internet-of-Things devices or sensors in 2025.[9]
  • 26% of food manufacturers were already using IoT sensors or equipment monitoring, while 37% planned implementation, in a 2025 industry survey.[11]

Innovation in the champagne industry

  • Over 70% of Champagne vineyard area had environmental certification in 2025, supporting the sector’s innovation and sustainability programme.[15]

05 Statistics

Data & Analytics

We see a broad stakeholder base and a production footprint measured by growers, cooperatives, villages, and hectares. In 2025, 34,200 hectares covered 319 villages.

Data analytics in the champagne industry

  • 16,460 growers, 120 cooperatives and 410 Champagne Houses made up the industry’s stakeholder base in 2025.[15]
  • 100% of Champagne’s vineyard was described as participating in a collective continuous-improvement approach in 2025.[15]
  • The Champagne sector had 34,200 hectares under production across 319 villages in 2025.[15]
  • 264 million bottles followed the 2025 Champagne harvest, according to the sector’s production indicators.[15]

Data Quality in the food and beverage sector (sector benchmark)

  • 7.0 out of 10: Food, beverage and agriculture respondents rated data completeness as important in 2018.[16]
  • 6.4 out of 10: Food, beverage and agriculture respondents rated data accuracy as important in 2018.[16]
  • 22% of consumer-products companies reported that businesses lacked trust in data quality and validity in 2024.[17]
  • 6.6 out of 10: Food, beverage and agriculture respondents rated data consistency as important in 2018.[16]
  • 6.4 out of 10: Food, beverage and agriculture respondents rated data timeliness as important in 2018.[16]
  • 77% of retail and consumer-products companies identified improving data quality as a priority in 2023.[18]

Data Governance in the food and beverage sector (sector benchmark)

  • 47% of supply-management data-governance functions were housed in a center of excellence in 2024.[19]
  • 90% of supply-management organizations agreed or strongly agreed that data governance was necessary in 2024.[19]
  • 22% of consumer-products companies planned to increase investment in data infrastructure and governance over the following 12 months in 2024.[17]
  • 81% of supply-management organizations found their data-governance program useful in 2024.[19]
  • 61% of supply-management organizations had a dedicated data-governance function in 2024.[19]
  • 43% of consumer-products companies reported struggling to establish the right level of data governance in 2024.[17]

KPIs in the champagne industry

  • 325.5 million Champagne bottles were shipped worldwide in 2022.[15]
  • 266.1 million Champagne bottles were shipped in 2025, including 191.9 million by Houses and 74.2 million by cooperatives and growers.[15]
  • 42.9% of 2025 Champagne shipments were sold in France, while 57.1% were exported.[15]
  • 74.2 million bottles were shipped by Champagne cooperatives and growers in 2025.[15]
  • 153.2 million Champagne bottles were exported in 2024, representing 56.4% of total shipments.[15]
  • 118.2 million Champagne bottles were sold in France in 2024, down 7.2% from 2023.[15]

06 Statistics

Strategy & Growth

We track demand via shipment declines, export sensitivity, and value vs. volume. In 2025 the industry shipped 266.1 million bottles worldwide after 271.7 million in 2024.

Growth in the champagne industry

  • Champagne shipments declined 9.2% year over year to 271.4 million bottles in 2024.[15]
  • LVMH generated 18% of Wines and Spirits revenue from Asia excluding Japan in 2024.[20]
  • Domestic French Champagne shipments declined 7.2% year over year to 118.2 million bottles in 2024.[15]
  • Champagne industry revenue reached €5.8 billion in 2024.[15]
  • LVMH sold 61.7 million Champagne bottles in 2024.[20]
  • Champagne exports declined 10.8% year over year to 153.2 million bottles in 2024.[15]

Differentiation in the champagne industry

  • Champagne represented 8% of global sparkling-wine consumption by volume in 2024.[15]
  • Champagne cellars held more than 1 billion bottles, equivalent to almost four years of shipments, in 2024.[15]
  • Champagne represented 34% of global sparkling-wine consumption by value in 2024.[15]
  • Champagne comprised 319 crus, or classified communes, in 2024.[15]
  • Prestige cuvées represented 5.5% of Champagne exports by volume in 2024.[15]
  • Champagne covered 34,200 hectares of vines in 2024.[15]

Mergers and acquisitions in the champagne industry

  • Campari paid €21.3 million for its 80% Champagne Lallier stake in 2020, excluding net financial debt.[21]
  • Champagne EPC acquired Champagne Charles Mignon in 2025.[22]
  • Champagne Lallier sold approximately 1 million bottles in 2019, including nearly 700,000 Lallier bottles.[21]
  • Bollinger announced the acquisition of Oregon’s Ponzi Vineyards in 2021, its first United States winery acquisition.[23]
  • Campari acquired an 80% stake in Champagne Lallier in 2020.[21]
  • Lanson-BCC agreed to acquire 100% of Heidsieck & Co Monopole for €50 million in 2025.[24]

Strategic partnerships in the champagne industry

  • The Comité Champagne governed contractual relationships between growers and Houses and managed the sector’s reserve system in 2024.[15]
  • Champagne cooperatives supported growers through training, innovation, winemaking, storage and sales services in 2024.[15]
  • Laurent-Perrier obtained about 90% of its grape supply through grower contracts in 2024–2025.[25]
  • Laurent-Perrier maintained supply partnerships with more than 1,200 independent Champagne growers in 2024–2025.[25]

07 Statistics

People & Workforce

We monitor workforce scale and the stated need for training linked to robotisation. The sector reports 120,000 seasonal workers in each grape harvest year.

Hiring in the champagne industry

  • 15,000 employees work directly for Champagne growers and houses, according to Comité Champagne.[15]
  • 30,000 direct jobs are provided by the Champagne industry, including production, trade and specialist roles.[15]
  • More than 10,000 self-employed workers are part of the Champagne industry workforce.[15]
  • 120,000 seasonal workers participate in the Champagne grape harvest each year.[15]
  • Nearly 20,000 employees work in the Champagne industry, with nearly 7 in 10 classified as manual workers.[15]

Remote Work in the food and beverage sector (sector benchmark)

  • In U.S. accommodation and food services, 1.7% of employees were able to work fully remotely in 2024.[26]
  • Among food-sector career starters globally, 36% were fully site-based during their first two years of work, according to a 2024 survey.[27]
  • Across U.S. food and beverage businesses, 26% let employees choose to work in-person or remotely in 2025, while 73% require in-person work.[28]
  • U.S. accommodation and food-services firms averaged 0.1 work-from-home days per week from November 2024 through January 2025.[29]

Hybrid Work in the food and beverage sector (sector benchmark)

  • In U.S. restaurant and bar businesses, 12% offered employees a choice between in-person and remote work in 2025.[28]
  • Across U.S. food and beverage businesses, 26% offered employees the option to work in-person or remotely in 2025.[28]
  • Among food-sector career starters globally, 27% worked in a hybrid arrangement during their first two years, according to a 2024 survey.[27]
  • In 2025, 80% of hospitality and food-services employers said they were still struggling to get the balance right with hybrid working.[30]

Upskilling in the champagne industry

  • 1 further industry training challenge is to help workers learn to integrate robotisation into Champagne production.[15]
  • Nearly 7 in 10 Champagne industry employees are manual workers, creating a stated need for training linked to robotisation and changing production methods.[15]
  • 1 structured industry challenge identified by Comité Champagne is to introduce a high-quality, appropriate training offer for Champagne occupations.[15]

Employee Engagement in the food and beverage sector (sector benchmark)

  • Among U.S. and Canadian frontline employees surveyed in 2024, 52% worked in foodservice, in a sample of 46,250 employees used to assess workplace engagement.[31]
  • Food-and-beverage organizations scored 7.91 out of 10 for employee engagement in the latest 2026 benchmark dataset.[32]
  • Food-service employees recorded 72.6% engagement in 2026, up 9.1 percentage points from the prior measurement.[33]
  • Globally, 21% of employees were engaged in 2025, providing an economy-wide benchmark relevant where food-and-beverage-specific engagement data are limited.[34]

DEI in the champagne industry

  • 1 set of caregiver and disability workshops was introduced for employees of Piper-Heidsieck, Charles Heidsieck and Rare Champagne in 2025.[35]
  • 1 diversity-and-inclusion policy was launched for employees of Piper-Heidsieck, Charles Heidsieck and Rare Champagne in 2025.[35]

Change Management in the food and beverage sector (sector benchmark)

  • In the 2024–2025 HR Systems Survey, 28% of organizations used adaptive or agile change management, while 24% used a project-based approach.[36]
  • Among foodservice organizations surveyed in 2024, 44% cited a lack of internal expertise to execute analyses as a menu-optimization barrier.[37]
  • In the 2024–2025 HR Systems Survey, 39% of organizations applied change management sporadically and 9% reported using no change management.[36]
  • In a 2024 survey of foodservice organizations, 49% ranked resistance to change as a top barrier to evolving menu strategy.[37]
  • Among foodservice organizations surveyed in 2024, 46% identified siloed data and inaccessible specialists as barriers to systematic menu optimization.[37]

08 Statistics

Customer & Sales

We track purchasing occasions and repeat behavior using consumer survey results. In 2023, 59% of French consumers said Champagne makes an occasion special or improves it.

Customer experience in the champagne industry

  • 59% of French Champagne consumers in 2023 said Champagne makes an occasion special or improves it.[38]
  • 18% of French Champagne consumers in 2016 consumed Champagne during a meal, identified as an emerging usage occasion.[39]
  • 63% of French Champagne consumers in 2016 considered themselves novices in Champagne knowledge.[39]
  • 41% of French Champagne consumers in 2023 preferred its taste to other sparkling wines.[38]
  • 82% of French Champagne consumers in 2016 consumed Champagne during year-end celebrations.[39]

Customer acquisition in the champagne industry

  • 3% of French Champagne consumers in 2016 purchased Champagne through the internet, despite online research supporting purchase decisions.[39]
  • 33% of French Champagne purchases in 2016 were made in hypermarkets.[39]
  • 19% of French Champagne purchases in 2016 were made directly from the producer.[39]
  • 12% of French Champagne purchases in 2016 were made through wine merchants.[39]
  • 23% of French Champagne purchases in 2016 were made in supermarkets.[39]

Customer loyalty in the champagne industry

  • 53% of Black U.S. wine or Champagne purchasers in 2023 were loyal to the last brand they bought.[40]
  • 41% of U.S. wine or Champagne purchasers in 2023 were loyal to the last brand they bought.[40]
  • 46% of Democratic U.S. wine or Champagne purchasers in 2023 were loyal to the last brand they bought.[40]
  • 67% of French Champagne consumers in 2016 had consumed Champagne for more than 10 years.[39]
  • 46% of Southern U.S. wine or Champagne purchasers in 2023 were loyal to the last brand they bought.[40]

09 Statistics

Marketing & Brand

We see heavy emphasis on online media placement in brand coverage. In 2019, 86.8% of Champagne-brand Media Impact Value came from online-media placements.

Marketing in the champagne industry

  • 16.4 million euros was Moët & Chandon’s international Media Impact Value from Champagne-brand coverage between January and June 2019.[41]
  • 3.7 million euros was Perrier-Jouët’s international Media Impact Value from Champagne-brand coverage between January and June 2019.[41]
  • 1.2 million euros was Ruinart’s international Media Impact Value from Champagne-brand coverage between January and June 2019.[41]
  • 2.5 million euros was Laurent-Perrier’s international Media Impact Value from Champagne-brand coverage between January and June 2019.[41]
  • 2.1 million euros was Pommery’s international Media Impact Value from Champagne-brand coverage between January and June 2019.[41]

Digital marketing in the champagne industry

  • 86.8% of Champagne-brand Media Impact Value in 2019 came from online-media placements.[41]
  • 27.5% of the Media Impact Value generated by 20 Champagne brands internationally in 2019 came from social networks.[41]
  • 12.3% of the Media Impact Value generated by 20 Champagne brands in France in 2019 came from social networks.[41]
  • 75.3% of Champagne-brand placements in 2019 appeared in online media.[41]
  • 3.8% of Champagne-brand placements in 2019 appeared on Instagram.[41]

Branding in the champagne industry

  • 87% of French consumers who knew Champagne in 2018 associated it with prestige.[42]
  • 89% of French sparkling-wine consumers in 2018 considered Champagne a premium product.[42]
  • 83% of French consumers who knew Champagne in 2018 associated it with elegance.[42]
  • 85% of French sparkling-wine consumers in 2018 considered Champagne timeless.[42]
  • 82% of French consumers who knew Champagne in 2018 associated it with refinement.[42]

Social media in the champagne industry

  • 926 French influencers discussed Champagne between August 2022 and August 2023.[43]
  • 25.6% of Champagne-influencer impressions in France occurred between October and December 2022.[43]
  • 40% of Champagne-brand social-media publications in 2024 appeared on Instagram.[44]
  • 73% of Champagne-brand social-media engagement in 2024 was generated on Instagram.[44]
  • 27.7 million impressions were generated by French influencer Champagne mentions between August 2022 and August 2023.[43]

Influencer Marketing in the food and beverage sector (sector benchmark)

  • 69.3% of TikTok videos featuring branded food or beverage products had no brand-relationship disclosure, based on an analysis of 648 videos published in 2025.[45]
  • 63% of U.S. food and beverage shoppers said they purchased a prepackaged product based on an online influencer’s recommendation in the previous year, according to a June 2025 survey.[46]
  • 33% of U.S. food and beverage shoppers said they purchased a product from an influencer-founded or influencer-led brand such as Prime or Feastables in the previous year, in 2025.[46]
  • 49% of U.S. millennial food and beverage shoppers said they purchased from an influencer-founded or influencer-led brand in the previous year, according to a 2025 survey.[46]
  • 82% of U.S. Gen Z food and beverage shoppers said they purchased a prepackaged product based on an online influencer’s recommendation in the previous year, according to a June 2025 survey.[46]

10 Statistics

Operations & Execution

We track production constraints, inventory depth, and waste recovery performance. The 2024 record states more than 1 billion bottles of inventory capacity in underground cellars.

Process optimization in the champagne industry

  • 10,000 kg/ha was the commercialisable Champagne yield fixed for 2024, down from 11,400 kg/ha in 2023 to align production with market conditions.[15]
  • 319 crus, or winegrowing communes, make up the Champagne appellation and its production system.[15]
  • 100% of Champagne grapes are harvested by hand because whole, intact bunches must reach the press.[15]
  • 4 years of Champagne shipments can be stored in the region’s underground cellars, representing more than 1 billion bottles of inventory capacity in 2024.[15]
  • 264 million bottles were harvested in Champagne in the 2025 industry figures.[15]

Operational efficiency in the champagne industry

  • 90% of Champagne industrial waste is treated and recycled, according to the sector’s sustainability information.[15]
  • 50% of the Champagne vineyard area had environmental certification in the cited sector sustainability update.[15]
  • 100% of Champagne wine-production effluents and by-products are recycled, according to the Comité Champagne.[15]
  • 30,000 direct jobs are supported by the Champagne industry, according to the 2024 industry figures.[15]
  • 90% of the Champagne vineyard is operated by growers, houses and cooperatives, which together ship more than two-thirds of the region’s volume.[15]

Quality management in the champagne industry

  • 100% manual harvesting is required in Champagne to preserve whole bunches and support the appellation’s pressing and quality requirements.[15]
  • 9.0% of Champagne export shipments in 2024 were rosé wines.[15]
  • 20% was the reduction in Champagne’s carbon footprint per bottle attributed to lighter bottles and related measures.[15]
  • 77.1% of Champagne export shipments in 2024 were brut non-vintage wines.[15]
  • 1.2% of Champagne export shipments in 2024 were vintage wines.[15]

Supply chain in the champagne industry

  • Japan imported 12.4 million Champagne bottles in 2024, ranking third among export markets.[15]
  • 56.4% of total Champagne shipments in 2024 were exported, equal to 153.2 million bottles.[15]
  • 271.7 million Champagne bottles were shipped worldwide in 2024.[15]
  • 43.5% of Champagne shipments in 2024 were sold in France, equal to 118.3 million bottles.[15]
  • The Champagne reserve system was used significantly in 2024 to cover deficient harvests caused by adverse weather in some vineyard areas.[15]

Outsourcing / Offshoring in the food and beverage sector (sector benchmark)

  • Among United States and European food-services and facility-management buyers, 91% expected outsourcing budgets to increase over the five years following 2024.[47]
  • Among food and beverage CPG companies globally, 47% worked with up to 10 co-manufacturers in 2023.[48]
  • Across food and beverage CPG companies globally, 55% outsourced more manufacturing in 2023 than three years earlier, according to a survey of 287 industry leaders.[48]
  • Across food and beverage CPG companies globally, 75% used at least some co-manufacturing resources in 2023.[48]
  • Among food and beverage CPG companies globally, 36% used co-manufacturers for finished-product manufacturing in 2023.[48]

11 Statistics

Finance & Pricing

We track export turnover by market to infer pricing pressure and concentration. In 2024, U.S. export turnover was €820 million on 27.4 million bottles.

Pricing strategy in the champagne industry

  • €519 million was the 2024 Champagne export turnover generated by shipments to the United Kingdom.[15]
  • €820 million was the 2024 Champagne export turnover generated by shipments to the United States.[15]
  • €153 million was the 2024 Champagne export turnover generated by shipments to Belgium.[15]
  • €229 million was the 2024 Champagne export turnover generated by shipments to Germany.[15]
  • €147 million was the 2024 Champagne export turnover generated by shipments to Australia.[15]

Cost reduction in the champagne industry

  • 90% of Champagne industrial waste is treated and recycled, reducing disposal requirements across the production system.[15]
  • 50% was the reported reduction in Champagne use of plant-protection products and nitrogen fertilisers.[15]
  • LVMH launched a Wines and Spirits programme in 2025 aimed at boosting efficiency and reducing costs.[49]
  • €794,000 was the Comité Champagne’s reported 2024 expenditure on vineyard equipment.[15]
  • €0.009 per bottle was the reported cost of protecting the Champagne appellation in the Comité Champagne annual-report budget.[15]

Profitability in the champagne industry

  • €1.356 billion was LVMH Wines and Spirits profit from recurring operations in 2024.[20]
  • €5.8 billion was the Champagne industry’s 2024 turnover.[15]
  • €233.3 million was Lanson-BCC consolidated revenue in 2025, down 8.7% from the previous year.[50]
  • 23.1% was LVMH Wines and Spirits’ operating margin in 2024.[20]
  • €3.18 billion was LVMH Wines and Spirits revenue from Champagne and wines in 2024.[20]

Financial planning in the champagne industry

  • €953,000 came from agricultural income in the Comité Champagne’s 2024 resources.[15]
  • €3.630 million was the Comité Champagne’s 2024 expenditure on regulation of the Champagne sector.[15]
  • €11.2 million came from grape contributions to the Comité Champagne’s 2024 resources.[15]
  • €7.642 million was the Comité Champagne’s 2024 expenditure on protecting and enhancing the Champagne appellation.[15]
  • €9.79 million came from bottle contributions to the Comité Champagne’s 2024 resources.[15]

12 Statistics

Product & Service

We monitor export product mix, with brut non-vintage remaining the volume core. In 2024, 77.1% of Champagne export shipments by volume were non-vintage brut.

Product development in the champagne industry

  • 9.0% of Champagne exports by volume were rosé in 2024.[15]
  • 77.1% of Champagne exports by volume were non-vintage brut in 2024, making it the industry’s dominant product format.[15]
  • 9,000 kg per hectare was the Champagne harvest yield shown in the industry’s 2025 key figures.[15]
  • 5.5% of Champagne exports by volume were prestige cuvées in 2024.[15]
  • 1.2% of Champagne exports by volume were vintage wines in 2024.[15]

Product lifecycle in the champagne industry

  • 92% of Champagne industry waste was treated and recovered, according to the sector’s circular-economy data.[15]
  • Approximately 10,000 tonnes of waste are produced annually by the Champagne industry.[15]
  • 95.7% of Laurent-Perrier Group’s total Champagne-production and packaging waste was recovered or recycled in 2024.[25]
  • 98% of waste was recycled at Vranken-Pommery Monopole’s Reims site in 2024.[4]
  • Approximately 110,000 tonnes of wine by-products are recovered in Champagne wine distilleries each year.[15]

Value proposition in the champagne industry

  • 30,000 direct jobs were associated with the Champagne industry in the sector’s 2024 data.[15]
  • €820 million was the value of Champagne exports to the United States in 2024, the industry’s largest export market by value.[15]
  • €5.8 billion was the Champagne industry’s sales value in 2024.[15]
  • 27.4 million Champagne bottles were shipped to the United States in 2024, the largest export-market volume.[15]
  • 8% was Champagne’s share of global sparkling-wine consumption by volume in 2025.[15]

13 Statistics

Sustainability & Ethics

We track environmental certification coverage and circular-economy reporting. Over 70% of vineyard area had environmental certification in 2025.

Sustainability in the champagne industry

  • 68% of Champagne vineyard area had environmental certification in December 2023, France.[15]
  • 45% of environmentally certified Champagne vineyard area has Sustainable Viticulture in Champagne certification.[15]
  • 14,700 hectares, representing 43% of the Champagne region, had Sustainable Viticulture in Champagne certification.[15]
  • 100% of Champagne wine effluents and by-products are recycled.[15]
  • Champagne’s environmental certification framework was introduced in 2014.[15]

ESG in the champagne industry

  • 1.8 points was Champagne Bollinger’s Customers score in its 2023 B Impact assessment.[51]
  • 13.8 points was Champagne Bollinger’s Governance score in its 2023 B Impact assessment.[51]
  • 83.9 points was Champagne Bollinger’s overall B Impact Score in its 2023 assessment.[51]
  • 91.9 points was the B Impact Score awarded to the EPI Champagne houses in 2022.[52]
  • More than 98% of waste was recycled at Vranken-Pommery Monopole’s Reims site in 2024.[4]

Ethics in the champagne industry

  • Champagne Bollinger obtained B Corp certification in September 2023 after assessment of governance, workers, customers and environmental performance.[51]
  • The EPI Champagne houses’ 2022 B Corp assessment covered more than 200 questions across governance, environment, employees, customers and community.[52]
  • 7.5 points was Champagne Bollinger’s Mission Locked score in its 2023 B Impact assessment.[51]
  • 100% of Vranken-Pommery Monopole’s Champagne dry-goods suppliers signed requirements covering human rights and labour standards in 2024.[4]
  • 3.2 points was Champagne Bollinger’s Ethics & Transparency score in its 2023 B Impact assessment.[51]

CSR in the champagne industry

  • The EPI Champagne houses received a B Corp score of 91.9 points in 2022.[52]
  • Champagne Bollinger scored 1.8 points for customers in its 2023 B Corp assessment.[51]
  • Champagne Bollinger became B Corp certified in September 2023 as part of its People, Land and local Roots CSR programme.[23]
  • Champagne Bollinger scored 83.9 points in its 2023 B Corp CSR assessment.[51]
  • 100% of Vranken-Pommery Monopole’s Champagne dry-goods suppliers signed sustainability requirements in 2024.[4]

Circular economy in the champagne industry

  • 95.7% of Laurent-Perrier Group’s total waste was recovered or recycled in 2024.[25]
  • 92% of Champagne industry waste is treated and recovered.[15]
  • 110,000 tonnes of Champagne wine by-products are recovered annually in wine distilleries.[15]
  • 80,000 tonnes of vine shoots are reincorporated into Champagne vineyard soils each year.[15]
  • 100% of wine effluent has been treated in Champagne since 2014.[15]

Carbon footprint in the champagne industry

  • Champagne reduced its carbon footprint by 25% over the last 15 years, according to Comité Champagne’s 2024 data.[53]
  • Champagne Gardet’s 2024 greenhouse-gas footprint was 2.2kg of CO2e per bottle sold.[54]
  • Champagne’s carbon footprint decreased 15% between 2003 and 2018.[15]
  • Goods and services purchases account for more than 50% of Champagne’s carbon footprint.[15]
  • Champagne Gardet reported 1,761 tonnes of CO2e for its 2024 financial year.[54]

15 Statistics

Globalization & Expansion

We track export-market diversification by volume and the role of non-EU demand. In 2024, exports outside the European Union represented 38.1% of shipments.

Globalization in the champagne industry

  • Exports outside the European Union have doubled over the past 20 years.[15]
  • The United Kingdom imported 22.3 million Champagne bottles in 2024.[15]
  • The United States imported 27.4 million Champagne bottles in 2024.[15]
  • Japan imported 12.4 million Champagne bottles in 2024.[15]
  • Exports outside the European Union represented 38.1% of Champagne shipments in 2024.[15]

Cultural adaptation in the champagne industry

  • 3.4 million Champagne bottles were imported by the United Arab Emirates in 2024.[15]
  • 4.8 million Champagne bottles were imported by Switzerland in 2024.[15]
  • 12.4 million Champagne bottles were imported by Japan in 2024, making it the sector’s third-largest export market by volume.[15]
  • 7.3 million Champagne bottles were imported by Australia in 2024.[15]

Supplier management in the champagne industry

  • Laurent-Perrier obtained about 90% of its grape supply through contracts in 2024–2025.[25]
  • 390 Champagne Houses shipped more than two-thirds of total Champagne volume in 2024.[15]
  • Laurent-Perrier sourced grapes from more than 1,200 independent growers in the Champagne region in 2024–2025.[25]
  • 16,300 Champagne growers managed 90% of the appellation’s vines in 2024.[15]
  • 125 Champagne cooperatives operated in the sector in 2024.[15]

Stakeholder management in the champagne industry

  • More than 90% of Champagne’s industrial waste was treated and recovered after 15 years of sector action.[15]
  • Champagne reduced plant-protection products and nitrogen fertilisers by 50% over 15 years.[15]
  • 30,000 direct jobs were supported by the Champagne industry in 2024.[15]
  • 15,000 people were employed by Champagne growers and Houses in 2024.[15]
  • 45% of the Champagne vineyard was certified under Viticulture Durable en Champagne in 2024.[15]

Distribution channels in the champagne industry

  • France represented 35.8% of Champagne shipments by value in 2024.[4]
  • The European Union excluding France accounted for 18.4% of Champagne shipments by volume in 2024.[15]
  • Champagne Houses generated 89% of Champagne export turnover in 2024.[15]
  • France accounted for 43.5% of Champagne shipments by volume in 2024.[15]
  • Rosé Champagne represented 9.0% of exports by volume in 2024.[15]

Key questions about the champagne industry

How large is the Champagne market in 2025, and what portion comes from exports?
Champagne generated €5.7 billion in revenue on 266.1 million bottles shipped worldwide in 2025. Exports accounted for 57.1% of revenue.
What is the outlook for Champagne demand, and how has volume moved recently?
Shipments declined from 271.7 million bottles in 2024 to 266.1 million in 2025. A market-research forecast projects the global Champagne market from $7.19 billion in 2023 to $9.83 billion by 2030 (4.6% CAGR from 2024 to 2030).
Which companies lead the champagne industry?
Louis Roederer and Taittinger are tied at the top of Gitnux's 2026 champagne ranking with an Overall score of 9.6 each.
What technology shifts matter operationally in Champagne production and quality control?
Companies reported AI for optical sorting to remove grapes affected by Botrytis and AI-based vineyard monitoring to detect fungal diseases earlier. The sector also reports 200 autonomous Bakus vineyard robots operating across 150 vineyards and 5,000 hectares.
How is the market structured between Champagne Houses and cooperatives/growers?
In 2025, Champagne Houses generated €4.4 billion (79% of total revenue) on 191.9 million bottles (about 72% of shipments). Cooperatives and growers generated €1.3 billion and shipped 74.2 million bottles.
How does regulation affect supply and marketable production in the 2026 harvest?
The commercial yield for the 2026 harvest is set at 8,800 kilograms per hectare, equivalent to around 250 million bottles. The 2026 harvest was constrained by this marketable-yield limit amid stock rebalancing and challenging weather conditions.
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