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Consignment Industry Statistics

What happens when the consignment bargain turns into real retail momentum? Grab the 2026 signals and the latest swing in industry performance, pricing, and turnover to see where consignors are gaining ground and where margins are getting squeezed.
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Consignment Industry Statistics
Priyanka SharmaWritten by Priyanka Sharma·Edited by Karl Becker·Fact-checked by Nikolas Papadopoulos
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How this report is researched
01Editorial Scope

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02Source Research

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01 Industry overview

The consignment industry at a glance

Consignment is expanding within the broader resale economy: global secondhand apparel is projected to reach $393 billion by 2030, while digital platforms, social discovery and brand participation intensify competition.

$393B[39]
Global secondhand apparel, 2030
13%[12]
Online resale CAGR to 2029
93%[2]
U.S. shoppers bought used, 2025
$535.9M[10]
The RealReal consignment revenue, 2025
Market size
The global secondhand apparel market is projected to reach $393 billion by 2030. In the United States, the secondhand apparel market was estimated at $56 billion in 2025, including resale and thrift or donation channels.[39][56]
Forecast & CAGR
U.S. secondhand apparel is forecast to grow at a 9% CAGR from 2024 to 2029. Online U.S. resale is projected to reach $40 billion by 2029, with an average annual growth rate of 13%.[12]
Market share & regions
Online accounted for 88% of U.S. resale spending in 2024, with offline resale representing the remainder. The global market is led by North America and other developed consumer markets, although the cited industry reports do not provide a directly comparable regional percentage split.[12]
Segmentation
Consignment operates across apparel, luxury goods, accessories, jewelry, furniture, electronics, sporting goods and other used merchandise. In U.S. secondhand apparel expenditure data, women’s clothing represented 42.8%, watches and jewelry 16.1%, men’s clothing 14.4% and footwear 5.8%.[57][2]
Key players & concentration
The market remains highly fragmented, with a long tail of platforms and individual sellers despite the scale of major operators. The RealReal generated $535.9 million in consignment revenue in 2025, but this represents one company rather than an industry-wide concentration measure.[12][10]
Pricing
Consignment economics typically use a commission or take rate rather than an outright inventory purchase. The RealReal reported a 37.7% overall take rate on consigned goods in 2025, down from 38.4% in 2024; its 2025 average order value was $594.[10]
Trends, drivers & challenges
Growth is being driven by affordability, sustainability, digital convenience, social commerce and AI-assisted discovery and pricing. The main constraints are competition for supply, increased competition for wallet share, authentication and quality-control costs, and the need to make selling easier; ThredUp identifies supply as the primary constraint on continued growth.[12][2]
Consumer behavior & competition
In 2024, 58% of consumers bought secondhand apparel and 56% of secondhand apparel buyers made a purchase online. OfferUp reported that 93% of U.S. shoppers bought at least one pre-owned item in 2025, while 54% sold one; 70% said the stigma around secondhand shopping had declined.[12][2]
Regulation
U.S. consignment and resale businesses must comply with federal product-safety laws, including rules covering recalled or otherwise prohibited products. The Consumer Product Safety Commission states that these requirements apply to thrift stores, consignment stores, charities and other resellers, which are expected to inspect inventory and avoid selling products that violate applicable laws.[58]
Latest news
The 2026 resale outlook describes the industry as entering a more competitive and structurally complex phase, with the global secondhand market projected to reach $393 billion by 2030. ThredUp highlights AI, off-platform discovery, brand participation and consolidation pressure as defining developments for the current market.[39][59]

02 Ranking

Top 8 Companies in the Consignment Industry

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

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

Verdict

Harv 81 Group leads Gitnux's 2026 consignment ranking with an Overall score of 9.0, with 600 million cork stoppers annually across global operations. Portocork is the runner-up at 8.9, with more than 500 million cork stoppers annually to about 3,000 clients.

Ranked by Overall score · How we score ↓

Editor's top 3 picks

Where to start, by need.

  1. #1 Overall · Leader in cork closures

    Harv 81 Group

    Ranked #1 · 9.0 · Cork closures

    Why we picked it: It supplies large-scale cork-closure production for wine and related packaging workflows.

    See in ranking ↓Visit harv81.com ↗

  2. Leader in integrated cork processing

    Corticeira Amorim

    PT

    Ranked #3 · 8.8 · Integrated cork processing

    Why we picked it: It runs integrated cork processing and reports both margin and revenue growth changes.

    See in ranking ↓Visit amorim.com ↗

  3. Leader in cork flooring & materials

    Granorte

    PT

    Ranked #5 · 8.2 · Cork flooring & materials

    Why we picked it: It operates in cork-based building and composite materials rather than closures alone.

    See in ranking ↓Visit granorte.pt ↗

Pick 1 is the #1 company overall. Picks 2 and 3 are the highest-ranked companies in the top 5 that add a new segment.

Full ranking

Sort by
Top 8 companies in the consignment industry, 2026 – Gitnux ranking
#CompanyOverall ↓Company snapshot
1

Harv 81 Group

Cork closures

9.0
2

Portocork

Cork closures · PT

8.9
3

Corticeira Amorim

Integrated cork processing · PT

8.8
4

M. A. Silva

Cork closures · PT

8.6
5

Granorte

Cork flooring & materials · PT

8.2
6

Oeneo

Technical cork closures and wine-sector products · FR

8.2
7

Vinventions

Synthetic, micro-natural and screwcap closures · BE

8.1
8

Jelinek Cork Group

Cork products, closures, flooring and insulation · CA

7.8

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

Priyanka Sharma. (2026, February 13). Top 8 companies in the consignment industry. In Consignment Industry Statistics. Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/consignment-industry-statistics/#top-companies

report visual · Breakdown

U.S. resale apparel market share by channel

Online resale holds the largest share at 88%.

88%
Online resale
12%
Offline resale
source-verifiedcf-assets-tup.thredup.com

04 Statistics

Technology & Innovation

Consumer responses show AI listing content drives confidence risk: 68% of Gen Z in 2026 felt less confident with AI-edited images.

AI in the consignment industry

  • 48% of consumers said in 2025 that personalization, improved search and discovery could make secondhand apparel shopping as easy as buying new.[1]
  • 68% of Gen Z respondents said in 2026 that AI-generated or substantially edited listing images made them less confident in a resale listing.[2]
  • 30% of U.S. shoppers said in 2026 they would use AI to identify an item or category when selling secondhand goods.[2]
  • 78% of retail executives had already invested in AI in 2025, according to a resale-industry report covering secondhand apparel.[1]
  • 39% of U.S. shoppers said in 2026 they would use AI to suggest prices for resale listings.[2]
  • 62% of retail executives agreed in 2025 that AI could make secondhand shopping more appealing.[1]

Digital Transformation in the retail and e-commerce sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across retail and consumer-goods companies, 70% of business functions had generative AI adopted or piloted in 2025.[3]
  • Among EU large businesses, 96% reached at least a basic level of digital intensity in 2025.[4]
  • Across EU businesses, 74% reached at least a basic level of digital intensity in 2024.[4]
  • Among EU small and medium-sized enterprises, 71% reached at least a basic level of digital intensity in 2025.[4]

Technology Adoption in the retail and e-commerce sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across US and European retailers, 27% had fully scaled cameras and sensors in 2025.[5]
  • Across US and European retailers, 16% had fully scaled artificial intelligence in 2025.[5]
  • Across US and European retailers, 66% had moved beyond exploration and testing of store-intelligence technologies in 2025.[5]
  • Across US and European retailers, 23% had fully scaled wireless communication technologies such as RFID or Bluetooth in 2025.[5]
  • Across US and European retailers, 21% had fully scaled edge computing technologies in 2025.[5]

Cloud Computing in the retail and e-commerce sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across EU enterprises using paid cloud services, 71.53% used cloud-based file storage in 2025.[4]
  • Across EU enterprises using paid cloud services, 71.69% used cloud-based office software in 2025.[4]
  • Across EU enterprises, 52.74% used paid cloud-computing services in 2025.[4]
  • Across EU enterprises using paid cloud services, 45.52% hosted enterprise databases in the cloud in 2025.[4]
  • Across EU enterprises using paid cloud services, 85.15% used cloud-based email in 2025.[4]

Big Data in the retail and e-commerce sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across EU enterprises, 33.02% performed data analytics using their own employees in 2025.[4]
  • Across retail companies, 64% said their customer data was structured and accessible enough to support artificial-intelligence use cases in 2025.[6]
  • Across EU enterprises, 26.20% performed data analytics on transaction records such as sales and payment records in 2025.[4]
  • Across retail companies, 23% were using artificial intelligence in production to resolve customer identities or prepare customer data for marketing or analytics in 2025.[6]

IoT in the retail and e-commerce sector (sector benchmark)

  • Among retail enterprises undertaking digital transformation, 32% were using IoT at an advanced level in 2024.[7]
  • Among retail enterprises undertaking digital transformation, 17% were using IoT at a limited level in 2024.[7]
  • Among retail enterprises undertaking digital transformation, 38% were using IoT at a moderate level in 2024.[7]
  • Among retail and consumer organizations, 32.4% identified IoT adoption as a technology strategy driving observability needs in 2024.[8]
  • Among retail enterprises undertaking digital transformation, 87% were using IoT technology in 2024.[7]

Innovation in the consignment industry

  • 64% of resale sellers said in 2025 that product specifications were a valuable digital-product-passport attribute.[9]

05 Statistics

Data & Analytics

Operators use marketplace metrics at scale, while data quality and governance remain recurring constraints across retail and e-commerce.

Business intelligence in the consignment industry

  • The RealReal reported $535.9 million in consignment revenue in 2025.[10]
  • The RealReal generated $1.61 billion in net merchandise value in 2025.[10]
  • The RealReal reported $2.13 billion in GMV and $1.83 billion in GMV in 2025 and 2024, respectively.[11]
  • The RealReal’s consignment revenue increased 13% in 2025 compared with 2024.[10]
  • The RealReal’s direct revenue increased 41% to $91.1 million in 2025.[10]
  • The RealReal’s consignment GMV increased 15% in 2025 compared with 2024.[10]

Data analytics in the consignment industry

  • ThredUp evaluated more than 60,000 brands using sell-through and sold-item volume data for its 2024 resale rankings.[12]
  • 48% of consumers said personalization, improved search and discovery made secondhand shopping as easy as shopping new in 2024.[13]
  • The RealReal had 1.056 million active buyers in the quarter ended December 31, 2025.[14]
  • The RealReal’s average order value was $646 in the quarter ended March 31, 2026.[14]
  • The RealReal’s average order value was $641 in the quarter ended December 31, 2025.[14]
  • The RealReal recorded 960 thousand orders in the quarter ended December 31, 2025.[14]

Data Quality in the retail and e-commerce sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across retail and e-commerce, 66% of respondents identified data-quality controls as a significant challenge in 2024.[15]
  • Across retail and e-commerce, 62% of respondents rated their data-management practices only somewhat effective in 2024.[15]
  • Across retail and e-commerce, 29% of respondents rated their customer-data collection methods not very effective in 2024.[15]
  • Across retail and e-commerce, 48% of respondents rated their customer-data collection methods only somewhat effective in 2024.[15]
  • Across retail and e-commerce, 66% of respondents rated their identity-resolution ability only somewhat effective in 2024.[15]

Data Governance in the retail and e-commerce sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across retail and consumer-products companies, 96% of respondents said breaking down data silos was a significant challenge in 2025.[16]
  • Across retail and e-commerce, 57% of respondents identified data governance as a significant challenge in 2024.[15]
  • Across retail and CPG companies, 35% of respondents cited inconsistent or incorrect answers to data questions as a governance-related blocker in 2025.[17]
  • Across retail and consumer-products companies, 53.5% of respondents said regulatory compliance was not a significant data challenge in 2025.[16]
  • Across retail and CPG companies, 31% of respondents cited the lack of a corporate data strategy and semantic layer as a key challenge in 2025.[17]
  • Across retail and consumer-products companies, 66% of respondents said their data-management capabilities were only somewhat unified in 2025.[16]

KPIs in the consignment industry

  • The RealReal’s net merchandise value was $466.9 million in the quarter ended December 31, 2025.[14]
  • The RealReal’s net merchandise value was $458.7 million in the quarter ended March 31, 2026.[14]
  • The RealReal’s gross merchandise value was $615.7 million in the quarter ended December 31, 2025.[14]
  • The RealReal’s take rate was 36.4% in the quarter ended March 31, 2026.[14]
  • The RealReal’s gross merchandise value was $606.4 million in the quarter ended March 31, 2026.[14]
  • The RealReal’s consignment revenue was $145.9 million in the quarter ended March 31, 2026.[14]

06 Statistics

Strategy & Growth

Growth narratives emphasize branded resale programs and marketplace modules; ThredUp’s 2024 Resale 360 offered three service modules.

Growth in the consignment industry

  • ThredUp’s 2024 revenue was $260.0 million, up 0.6% from 2023.[10]
  • 2nd STREET’s Japanese clothing and accessories purchase volume reached 98.91 million items in FY2024, up 22.6% year over year.[18]
  • 2nd STREET’s Japanese clothing and accessories sales volume reached 57.46 million items in FY2024, up 16.4% year over year.[18]
  • GEO opened 50 new domestic 2nd STREET stores during FY2024.[18]
  • Savers Value Village opened 29 stores in fiscal 2024, including 22 organic openings and seven stores from the 2 Peaches acquisition.[10]
  • Savers Value Village’s fourth-quarter 2024 net sales increased 5.0% to $402.0 million.[10]

Differentiation in the consignment industry

  • Savers Value Village operated six distinct store banners at December 28, 2024.[10]
  • The RealReal’s flagship stores typically held thousands of unique items for sale in 2024.[10]
  • 2nd STREET’s Japanese clothing and accessories market share was represented by ¥87.62 billion in sales against a ¥591.3 billion market in FY2024.[18]
  • The RealReal authenticated goods from thousands of luxury and premium designers in 2024.[10]
  • GEO operated 890 Japanese 2nd STREET stores, including franchise stores, as of May 31, 2025.[18]
  • ThredUp’s Resale 360 platform provided three service modules to brand and retail clients in 2024.[10]

Mergers and acquisitions in the consignment industry

  • Savers Value Village operated 337 stores after adding seven 2 Peaches stores and opening four stores during the second quarter of 2024.[10]
  • Savers Value Village opened 22 organic stores during fiscal 2024, separate from the seven stores obtained through the 2 Peaches acquisition.[10]
  • Savers Value Village added seven stores through the 2 Peaches Group acquisition during the second quarter of 2024.[10]
  • Savers Value Village acquired seven 2 Peaches stores during fiscal 2024.[10]

Strategic partnerships in the consignment industry

  • ThredUp worked with 50 Resale-as-a-Service clients as of December 31, 2024.[10]
  • GEO operated 551 partner-operated stores across its global store network at the end of fiscal 2024.[10]
  • Savers Value Village supplied wholesale customers across four continents and 12 countries in 2024.[10]
  • GEO operated 113 partner-operated concessions across Asia and the Pacific at the end of fiscal 2024.[10]
  • The RealReal used brand partnerships as one channel for reaching new consignors in 2024.[10]
  • ThredUp’s 2024 Resale-as-a-Service clients included Gap, Reformation, J.Crew, Madewell, Abercrombie and the Container Store.[10]

07 Statistics

People & Workforce

Work models vary: across retail organizations globally, 55% of employees worked from the office five days per week in 2025.

Remote Work in the retail and e-commerce sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across U.S. retail trade, employees worked from home for 15.14% of full paid working days in 2022.[19]
  • Across U.S. retail trade, employees worked from home for 14.09% of full paid working days in 2026.[19]
  • Across U.S. retail trade, employees worked from home for 13.46% of full paid working days in 2024.[19]
  • Across U.S. retail trade, employees worked from home for 14.02% of full paid working days in 2025.[19]
  • Across U.S. retail trade, employees worked from home for 14.03% of full paid working days in 2023.[19]

Hybrid Work in the retail and e-commerce sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across U.K. employers, 42% had a formal hybrid-working policy in 2025.[20]
  • Across U.K. employers, 23% used informal manager-employee arrangements for hybrid work in 2025.[20]
  • Across retail organizations globally, 55% of employees worked from the office five days per week in 2025.[21]
  • Across U.K. employers, 65% required hybrid employees to attend the workplace a minimum number of days in 2025.[20]
  • Across retail organizations globally, 42% used mandated office days as their hybrid-work model in 2025.[21]

Employee Engagement in the retail and e-commerce sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across retail employees in Culture Amp’s 2024 dataset, 70% were engaged in 2025 reporting.[22]
  • Across U.S. retail workers, 35% rated their personal well-being above average in Seramount’s spring 2025 survey.[22]
  • Across U.S. retail workers, 24% reported one or more symptoms of burnout in Seramount’s spring 2025 survey.[22]
  • Across retail employees, 84% would recommend their company as a great place to work in Culture Amp’s 2024 dataset.[22]
  • Across U.S. retail workers, 24% were promoters of their organizations in Seramount’s spring 2025 survey.[22]

Change Management in the retail and e-commerce sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across organizations surveyed by Gartner, 73% of HR leaders said employees were fatigued from change in 2025.[23]
  • Across U.S. CHROs, 30% ranked organization design and change management among their top three HR priorities for 2025.[23]
  • Across U.S. employees, 45% said organizational change during the prior year increased their workload in the 2025 Eagle Hill survey.[24]
  • Across U.S. employees, 43% said organizational change during the prior year increased their stress levels in the 2025 Eagle Hill survey.[24]
  • Across organizations surveyed by Gartner, 74% of HR leaders said managers were not equipped to lead change in 2025.[23]

08 Statistics

Customer & Sales

Adoption is high for online engagement: 93% of Americans shop online for secondhand items in 2026.

Customer experience in the consignment industry

  • 63 average hours per year are spent in The RealReal app by its top 20% of members in the United States.[25]
  • 49% of U.S. consumers had tried thrift or consignment shopping and planned to continue, according to KPMG’s 2023 survey.[26]
  • 93% of Americans shop online for secondhand items, according to The RealReal’s 2026 customer survey in the United States.[25]
  • 92% of Depop gross merchandise sales were transacted through its app in 2025, indicating strong mobile customer engagement.[27]
  • 36% was Depop’s year-over-year growth in gross merchandise sales in 2025, reflecting demand for affordable secondhand apparel.[27]

Customer retention in the consignment industry

  • 57% of Depop sellers who made a sale in 2024 also made at least one purchase during the year.[27]
  • 25% was the increase in repeat purchases reported in a Salesforce case study of thredUP’s retention program.[28]
  • 6.0 million was Etsy’s trailing-twelve-month count of habitual buyers at the end of the third quarter of 2025.[27]
  • 59% of Depop sellers who made a sale in 2025 also made at least one purchase, indicating buyer-seller cross-engagement on the resale platform.[27]
  • 63 average annual app hours were recorded for The RealReal’s top 20% of members, a measure of high-frequency engagement in 2026.[25]

Customer acquisition in the consignment industry

  • 46% was Depop’s year-over-year growth in global registered-user sign-ups in 2025.[27]
  • 60.2% was the year-over-year increase in Depop U.S. buyer gross merchandise sales in the fourth quarter of 2025.[27]
  • 4.8 million new buyers were acquired by Etsy in the third quarter of 2025.[27]
  • 32% was the increase in Depop’s average monthly visits between 2022 and 2024.[27]
  • 37.7% was Depop’s year-over-year increase in active buyers in the fourth quarter of 2025, reaching 7.0 million.[27]

Customer loyalty in the consignment industry

  • 25% was the reported increase in thredUP repeat purchases after implementing a customer-retention program.[28]
  • 59% of Depop sellers who sold an item in 2025 also bought an item, demonstrating cross-side loyalty within the resale marketplace.[27]
  • 60% of Gen Z and millennial shoppers said integrated resale features increase their trust in a brand, according to 2025 resale-industry reporting.[29]
  • 47% of consumers said trade-in credit would make them more likely to make a first purchase, according to 2025 resale-industry reporting.[29]
  • 57% of Depop sellers who sold an item in 2024 also purchased an item on the platform that year.[27]

09 Statistics

Marketing & Brand

Social and creator channels show measurable contribution, including Depop’s 4X share of sales from social channels between 2022 and 2024.

Marketing in the consignment industry

  • More than 100% was the year-over-year growth in Depop Australia new-user sign-ups in the third quarter of 2025, supported by paid marketing.[27]
  • 62% was Depop’s prompted brand awareness among U.S. smartphone users aged 13–35 in 2025.[27]
  • 4X was the increase in Depop’s share of sales from social channels between 2022 and 2024.[27]
  • 59% was the year-over-year growth in Depop U.S. gross merchandise sales in the third quarter of 2025, driven primarily by new-user growth and improved conversion.[27]
  • 70 million people were reached by Depop’s largest-ever U.S. marketing campaign in 2024.[27]

Digital marketing in the consignment industry

  • 36% was the reduction in Depop average product views per session between 2022 and 2024, indicating more efficient digital browsing.[27]
  • 22% of Etsy performance-marketing spend was allocated to paid social marketing in 2024.[27]
  • 92% of Depop gross merchandise sales were transacted through the app in 2025.[27]
  • 36% was Depop’s year-over-year growth in gross merchandise sales in 2025, supported by digital marketplace engagement.[27]
  • 32% was the increase in Depop average monthly visits between 2022 and 2024.[27]

Branding in the consignment industry

  • 74% of Depop gross merchandise sales came from U.S. buyers in 2025, while 26% came from buyers outside the United States.[27]
  • 46% was Depop’s year-over-year growth in global registered-user sign-ups in 2025, following expanded brand investment.[27]
  • 64% of Depop gross merchandise sales came from U.S. buyers in 2024, compared with 36% from buyers outside the United States.[27]
  • 94% of Depop gross merchandise sales were generated by apparel in 2024.[27]
  • 93% of Depop gross merchandise sales were generated by apparel in 2025, reinforcing its fashion-resale brand positioning.[27]

Social media in the consignment industry

  • 92% of Depop gross merchandise sales were transacted through its app in 2025, where social discovery is integrated into shopping.[27]
  • 22% of Etsy performance-marketing spend went to paid social marketing in 2024, up from 17% in 2023.[27]
  • 17% of Etsy performance-marketing spend went to paid social marketing in 2023.[27]

Influencer Marketing in the retail and e-commerce sector (sector benchmark)

  • 80% of brands investing in creator marketing increased creator budgets in 2026, while 25% raised creator spending by more than 10%.[30]
  • 58% of brands integrated retail media networks and creator marketing platforms by amplifying creator-generated content on retail media channels in 2025.[30]
  • 78% of surveyed brands reported growing creator-marketing budgets in 2025, up from 36% reporting budget growth in 2024.[30]
  • 91% of brands investing in creator marketing ran an always-on component in 2026, including 62% with hybrid programs and 29% with fully continuous programs.[30]
  • 49% of brands investing in creator marketing reported sales as an impact of creator activity in 2026, compared with 60% citing brand sentiment and 58% citing awareness.[30]

10 Statistics

Operations & Execution

Consignment throughput depends on supply conversion and control costs; The RealReal reported an 80%+ online marketplace sell-through ratio in 2025.

Process optimization in the consignment industry

  • 4% was The RealReal’s average-order-value increase in 2024, supporting higher revenue from consigned luxury goods in the United States.[31]
  • 15% growth in consignment gross merchandise value drove The RealReal’s 2025 consignment-revenue increase, according to its annual filing for the United States.[32]
  • 55.8% was ThredUp’s year-over-year increase in adjusted EBITDA in 2025, reaching $13.5 million from continuing operations in the United States.[13]
  • 1.65 million active buyers used ThredUp’s marketplaces at the end of 2025, up 29.5% year over year in the United States.[13]
  • 80%+ was The RealReal’s online marketplace sell-through ratio in 2025, indicating the proportion of newly listed supply converted into gross merchandise value in the period, globally.[32]

Operational efficiency in the consignment industry

  • 79.4% was ThredUp’s gross margin in 2025, reflecting the economics of its resale marketplace and processing operations in the United States.[13]
  • 37.7% was The RealReal’s consignment take rate in 2025, representing platform revenue retained after consignor commissions, globally.[32]
  • 30% was ThredUp’s increase in active buyers in the fourth quarter of 2025, reaching 1.65 million in the United States.[13]
  • 25% of The RealReal’s 2024 revenue represented total cost of revenue across consignment, direct and shipping services in the United States.[31]
  • 41% was The RealReal’s increase in direct revenue in 2025, reaching $91.1 million in the United States.[32]

Quality management in the consignment industry

  • 80%+ of The RealReal’s 2025 gross merchandise value came from repeat consignors, indicating sustained supplier retention after authentication and quality-control processes, globally.[32]
  • 80%+ was The RealReal’s 2025 online marketplace sell-through ratio for authenticated luxury goods, globally.[32]
  • 9% of The RealReal’s 2024 revenue represented the cost of consignment revenue, covering the direct costs associated with selling consigned goods in the United States.[31]
  • 79.6% was ThredUp’s fourth-quarter gross margin in 2025, reflecting the margin generated by processed resale transactions in the United States.[13]
  • 19.1% was ThredUp’s increase in gross profit in 2025, reaching $246.8 million from continuing operations in the United States.[13]

Supply chain in the consignment industry

  • 18% was ThredUp’s fourth-quarter 2025 revenue growth, reaching $79.7 million as marketplace and processing volumes expanded in the United States.[13]
  • 29.5% was ThredUp’s increase in active buyers in 2025, expanding demand for inventory processed through its resale supply chain in the United States.[13]
  • 6% was The RealReal’s increase in overall 2024 gross merchandise value, reflecting greater product flow through its resale supply chain in the United States.[31]
  • 15% was The RealReal’s increase in 2025 consignment gross merchandise value, reflecting higher supply flowing through its luxury resale network globally.[32]
  • $53.1 million was ThredUp’s cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and marketable securities balance at the end of the fourth quarter of 2025 in the United States.[13]

Outsourcing / Offshoring in the retail and e-commerce sector (sector benchmark)

  • 57% of retail organizations with $50 million–$100 million in revenue outsourced some or all fulfillment in 2025.[33]
  • 76% of retail organizations with $150 million–$200 million in revenue outsourced some or all fulfillment in 2025.[33]
  • 72% of retail organizations with $100 million–$150 million in revenue outsourced some or all fulfillment in 2025.[33]
  • Among U.S. apparel imports, China’s share fell from 30% in 2019 to 21% in 2023, while other Asian suppliers’ share rose from 30% to 35%.[34]
  • 74% of retailers surveyed sourced internationally, including 71% of small companies and 84% of larger companies, in 2024.[35]

11 Statistics

Finance & Pricing

Take-rate economics shift with mix pressure; The RealReal’s take rate was 36.4% in the quarter ended March 31, 2026.

Pricing strategy in the consignment industry

  • 58.5% was ThredUp’s total take rate in William Blair’s 2024 apparel-and-consignment benchmarking analysis for the United States.[36]
  • 37% was The RealReal’s total take rate in William Blair’s 2024 consignment benchmarking analysis for the United States.[36]
  • 60% was Crossroads Trading’s apparel-and-consignment take rate in William Blair’s 2024 company analysis for the United States.[36]
  • 4% was The RealReal’s 2024 increase in average order value, supporting higher realized prices for consigned luxury goods in the United States.[31]
  • 38.4% was The RealReal’s consignment take rate in 2024 after changes to its consignor commission structure in the United States.[31]

Cost reduction in the consignment industry

  • 9% was The RealReal’s 2024 cost of consignment revenue as a share of revenue, compared with 11% in 2023 in the United States.[31]
  • 4.0 percentage points was The RealReal’s gross-margin improvement in 2024 compared with 2023, reflecting lower relative cost intensity in the United States.[31]
  • 25% of The RealReal’s 2024 revenue was total cost of revenue, down from 32% in 2023, indicating a seven-percentage-point reduction in the United States.[31]
  • 49.5% was the reduction in ThredUp’s loss from continuing operations in 2025, to $20.2 million in the United States.[13]
  • 7% was The RealReal’s 2024 cost of shipping services as a share of revenue, unchanged from 2023 in the United States.[31]

Profitability in the consignment industry

  • -4% was Sellpy’s EBITDA margin in 2024 in OCC Strategy’s consignment-platform profitability comparison.[37]
  • 3% was ThredUp’s EBITDA margin in 2024 in OCC Strategy’s consignment-platform profitability comparison.[37]
  • 75% was The RealReal’s gross-profit share of revenue in 2024, compared with 68% in 2023 in the United States.[31]
  • 4.4% was ThredUp’s adjusted-EBITDA margin in 2025 from continuing operations in the United States.[13]
  • -6.5% was ThredUp’s loss-from-continuing-operations margin in 2025 in the United States.[13]

Financial planning in the consignment industry

  • $53.1 million was ThredUp’s cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and marketable securities at the end of 2025 in the United States.[13]
  • $20.2 million was ThredUp’s loss from continuing operations in 2025, compared with a $40.0 million loss in 2024 in the United States.[13]
  • $13.5 million was ThredUp’s adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations in 2025, compared with $8.7 million in 2024 in the United States.[13]
  • $246.8 million was ThredUp’s gross profit in 2025, up 19.1% year over year in the United States.[13]
  • $62.5 million was The RealReal’s year-over-year increase in consignment revenue in 2025 in the United States.[32]

12 Statistics

Product & Service

Shipping and returns can materially affect GMV economics: The RealReal reported 24.2% of 2025 GMV linked to product returns or order cancellations.

Product development in the consignment industry

  • 31% year-over-year growth was recorded for branded resale in 2023.[12]
  • 87% of retail executives offering resale said in 2023 that it advanced their sustainability goals.[12]
  • 163 brands offered resale shops in 2023, a 31% increase from 2022, according to ThredUp’s U.S. branded-resale analysis.[13]
  • 67% of retail executives offering resale said it would generate more than 10% of company revenue within five years.[12]

Product lifecycle in the consignment industry

  • 68% of younger generations shopped secondhand apparel in 2024.[12]
  • 58% of consumers shopped secondhand apparel in 2024, an all-time high and six percentage points above 2023.[12]
  • 63% of consumers who bought secondhand in 2023 made an online purchase, up 17 percentage points from 2022.[12]
  • 2 in 5 apparel items purchased in 2023 were secondhand, according to ThredUp’s U.S. consumer research.[12]
  • 69% of consumers who resold apparel in 2023 did so to make extra money.[12]

After-sales in the consignment industry

  • Shipping-services revenue increased 5% in 2025, primarily because order volume increased 7%.[10]
  • The RealReal reported $18.0 million in shipping-services revenue in the quarter ended March 31, 2026.[14]
  • 24.2% of The RealReal’s 2025 GMV was associated with product returns or order cancellations.[11]
  • The RealReal reported $17.8 million in shipping-services revenue in the quarter ended December 31, 2025.[14]
  • The RealReal reported 7% year-over-year order growth in 2025.[10]

Value proposition in the consignment industry

  • 38% of consumers said they shopped secondhand to afford higher-end brands in 2023, up 11 percentage points from 2022.[12]
  • 56% of consumers who bought secondhand apparel in 2024 made an online purchase.[12]
  • 55% of Americans preferred a one-of-a-kind, vintage or hard-to-find secondhand gift over a mass-produced new gift in 2026.[38]
  • 58% of consumers shopped secondhand apparel in 2024.[12]
  • 62% of Americans planned to buy secondhand gifts during the 2026 holiday season.[38]

13 Statistics

Sustainability & Ethics

Recirculation scale matters: ThredUp reported 76 million items had been given a second life as of December 31, 2024.

Sustainability in the consignment industry

  • 91% of items received by ThredUp were returned to circulation as of December 31, 2024.[39]
  • 87% of items purchased on Vestiaire Collective prevented a first-hand purchase in 2024.[40]
  • 90% of the environmental impact is avoided when consumers buy pre-loved rather than new on Vestiaire Collective, according to its impact reporting.[40]
  • 76 million items had been given a second life by ThredUp as of December 31, 2024.[39]
  • 40 million luxury items have been kept in circulation by The RealReal to date, according to its social-impact reporting.[41]

ESG in the consignment industry

  • 30 employee resource groups operated at The RealReal in 2024.[41]
  • 67% of The RealReal employees were female in 2024.[41]
  • 50% of The RealReal employees identified as racially or ethnically diverse in 2024.[41]
  • 63% of The RealReal executives were female in 2024.[41]
  • 64% of The RealReal board members were female in 2024.[41]

CSR in the consignment industry

  • 5% of ThredUp’s received items were listed in Rescue Boxes as of December 31, 2024.[39]
  • 341,000 clothing items had been recirculated through J.Crew’s Trade In program at the time of reporting.[42]
  • 34% of The RealReal consignors said environmental impact or extending the life cycle of luxury was a key motivation for using the platform.[41]
  • 2.5 years is the average additional life achieved when clothing is put back into the circular economy through J.Crew’s resale program.[42]
  • 3 million miles of driving emissions had been avoided through J.Crew’s Trade In program at the time of reporting.[42]

Circular economy in the consignment industry

  • 56% of purchases on Carousell’s marketplace displaced the purchase of a new item in 2022.[43]
  • 55% of surveyed Carousell users across six key markets reported increased secondhand buying and selling in 2022 compared with 2021.[43]
  • 37,000 tonnes of clothing waste were estimated to be avoided by listings on Mercari in FY2026.6.[44]
  • 5.9 million preloved electronics, vehicles and car parts were traded on OLX platforms in FY2026.[45]
  • 116,577 tonnes of carbon emissions were avoided by Carousell users in 2022 across four product categories.[43]

Carbon footprint in the consignment industry

  • 1,195 metric tons of CO2e were generated in The RealReal’s Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions in 2023.[41]
  • 82,333 metric tons of CO2e had been avoided through The RealReal’s selling activity by the quarter ended December 31, 2024.[41]
  • 1.78 million tonnes of CO2e were estimated to be avoided through OLX resale transactions in FY2026.[45]
  • 99% of Vestiaire Collective’s 2024 carbon footprint came from Scope 3 emissions.[46]
  • 673 million pounds of CO2e were estimated to be avoided by ThredUp as of December 31, 2024.[39]

15 Statistics

Globalization & Expansion

International operating footprints expand store and distribution networks; Savers Value Village had 351 stores across the United States, Canada, and Australia at December 28, 2024.

Globalization in the consignment industry

  • 351 Savers Value Village stores operated across the United States, Canada and Australia at December 28, 2024.[10]
  • 120 overseas 2nd STREET stores operated across six countries and regions as of May 31, 2025.[18]
  • Used textiles from Savers Value Village were sold to wholesale customers across four continents and 12 countries in 2024.[10]
  • 100 overseas 2nd STREET stores were reached in October 2024 across the United States, Malaysia, Taiwan and Thailand.[18]
  • 172 Savers Value Village stores were in the United States, 165 in Canada and 14 in Australia at December 28, 2024.[10]

Cultural adaptation in the consignment industry

  • 2nd STREET launched its first Singapore store in April 2025 and first Hong Kong store in May 2025.[18]
  • 2nd STREET locally purchased and sold reuse clothing in the United States, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore and Hong Kong in 2025.[18]
  • 2nd STREET concentrated overseas store openings in major metropolitan areas to manage distribution and human resources efficiently in 2025.[18]
  • 2nd STREET adjusted product price brackets to local characteristics in six overseas countries and regions as of 2025.[18]
  • 2nd STREET recruited local employees and provided management training to support overseas operations in 2025.[18]

Supplier management in the consignment industry

  • The RealReal generated $473.4 million in consignment revenue in 2024.[10]
  • The RealReal’s supply came from thousands of individual consignors and businesses across the United States in 2024.[10]
  • The RealReal operated authentication centers in Arizona and New Jersey totaling approximately 1.4 million square feet as of September 30, 2024.[10]
  • The RealReal’s consignors could earn up to 90% of proceeds from sold consigned items in 2024.[10]
  • More than 80% of The RealReal’s gross merchandise value came from repeat consignors in 2024.[10]

Stakeholder management in the consignment industry

  • 15% of The RealReal’s buyers in the 12 months ended September 30, 2024 had also become consignors.[10]
  • Savers Value Village employed nearly 24,000 team members as of January 3, 2026.[10]
  • 48% of The RealReal’s consignors in the 12 months ended September 30, 2024 had also become buyers.[10]
  • The RealReal sold goods bearing thousands of luxury and premium designer brands in 2024.[10]
  • Savers Value Village conducted weekly customer-experience surveys and shared the results with leadership and store managers in 2024.[10]

Distribution channels in the consignment industry

  • ThredUp worked with 50 Resale-as-a-Service clients using clean-out, cash-out marketplace and full-service resale-shop modules as of December 31, 2024.[10]
  • The RealReal operated online marketplace and retail-store channels for consigned goods in 2024.[10]
  • Savers Value Village had six centralized processing centers and eight warehouses serving retail operations at December 28, 2024.[10]
  • Savers Value Village operated 351 physical retail stores across three countries at December 28, 2024.[10]
  • The RealReal’s neighborhood stores were typically 1,800 to 3,500 square feet, while flagship stores were typically 8,000 to 10,000 square feet in 2024.[10]

Key questions about the Consignment Industry

What is the size of the secondhand apparel market for consignment?
The global secondhand apparel market is projected to reach $393 billion by 2030.
How fast is the online consignment channel expected to grow?
Online resale has a projected 13% CAGR through 2029.
Which companies lead the consignment industry?
Harv 81 Group leads Gitnux's 2026 consignment ranking with an Overall score of 9.0, with 600 million cork stoppers annually across global operations. Portocork is the runner-up at 8.9, with more than 500 million cork stoppers annually to about 3,000 clients.
What technology shifts are shaping consignment operations in 2026?
In 2026, 68% of Gen Z respondents said AI-generated or substantially edited listing images made them less confident in a resale listing, while 39% of U.S. shoppers said they would use AI to suggest prices.
Why does the consignment market remain fragmented?
The market remains highly fragmented, with a long tail of platforms and individual sellers rather than industry-wide concentration.
What constraint most limits supply growth in consignment marketplaces?
ThredUp identifies supply as the primary constraint on continued growth.
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