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Corporate Gifting Industry Statistics

Global corporate gifting is forecast to reach $73.8 billion by 2028, while 61% of respondents plan to raise spending on employee recognition and rewards and 69% of employees say recognition makes them feel valued. But personalization is also where risk and ROI collide, since 5,707 US gift card scam complaints in 2023 led to $33.0 million in reported losses, making it essential to measure what works and protect what you send.
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Corporate Gifting Industry Statistics
Leah KesslerWritten by Leah Kessler·Edited by Emilia Santos·Fact-checked by Nicholas Chambers
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01 Industry overview

The corporate gifting industry at a glance

Corporate gifting is part of a broader branded-merchandise economy that generated $338.3 billion in global spending in 2025, with demand shifting toward digital, sustainable and personalized gifts.

$338.3B[2]
Global branded merchandise spending, 2025
$26.78B[2]
U.S. promotional product sales, 2024
2.63%[2]
U.S. sales growth, 2024
32%[61]
North America share, 2025
Market size
The broader global branded-merchandise market generated $338.3 billion in spending in 2025. In the United States, promotional-product distributor sales reached $26.78 billion in 2024, up from $26.09 billion in 2023.[2]
Forecast & CAGR
Strategic Revenue Insights projects the global corporate-gift market to reach $450.51 billion by 2035. The report cites a 5.7% CAGR for North America and 7.8% growth for Asia-Pacific, the fastest-growing major region.[61]
Market share & regions
North America accounted for 32.0% of corporate-gift revenue in 2025, while Asia-Pacific represented 30.0%. Strategic Revenue Insights identifies Asia-Pacific as the fastest-growing large regional market, with a projected 7.8% CAGR.[61]
Segmentation
In the U.S. promotional-products market, apparel represented 26.6% of 2024 sales, followed by drinkware at 10.2% and caps and hats at 9.0%. Sustainable products generated $3.69 billion, or 13.77% of total sales.[2]
Pricing
Reachdesk data for 2024 shows that $20–$50 gifts were the most common spend band for marketing teams, representing 59.4% of gifts, while sales teams allocated 10.9% of gifts to items costing more than $100. Customer-success teams recorded an 83.6% redemption rate for gifts priced at $50–$100.[16]
Trends, drivers & challenges
Digital purchasing and sustainability are major growth themes: online sales reached $6.83 billion, or 25.5% of U.S. promotional-products revenue, in 2024, while sustainable-product sales increased 20% to $3.69 billion. PPAI’s 2025 distributor survey found employee gifting and onboarding were cited by 84% of distributors as a source of client demand, compared with 36% for client appreciation.[2]
Consumer behavior & competition
In Packed with Purpose’s 2026 Harris Poll survey, 57% of U.S. adults said they had received a corporate gift, 89% said a thoughtful gift improves their view of the company, and 59% preferred no gift to a generic gift. Among recipients, 62% received a gift from an employer, while 33% received one from a client or customer.[23]
M&A
Platform consolidation continued in B2B gifting: Sendoso announced its acquisition of Postal on May 1, 2025, combining two gifting and direct-mail platforms. The transaction followed Sendoso’s acquisition of Alyce, announced on February 1, 2024, according to industry reporting.[41][62]
Regulation
In the United States, the Internal Revenue Service generally limits the deductible cost of business gifts to $25 per recipient per tax year. The rule applies to gifts given directly or indirectly to an individual, including certain gifts made to a company for a particular person’s benefit.[63]
Latest news
The latest major industry benchmark is PPAI’s 2025 global economic-impact study, which estimated $338.3 billion in branded-merchandise spending worldwide and a $472 billion global economic footprint. The study also estimated that the sector supported 11.9 million jobs worldwide, including 4.1 million direct industry jobs.[2]

02 Ranking

Top 10 Companies in the Corporate Gifting Industry

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

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

Verdict

iPROMOTEu leads Gitnux's 2026 corporate gifting ranking with an Overall score of 9.3, with revenue growth 75.8% for its promotional-products distributor network. Custom Ink is the highest-ranked custom apparel producer at 9.2, driven by revenue growth 15% as an online custom apparel and branded merchandise provider.

Ranked by Overall score · How we score ↓

Editor's top 3 picks

Where to start, by need.

  1. #1 Overall · Leader in promotional products distribution

    iPROMOTEu

    US

    Ranked #1 · 9.3 · Promotional products distribution

    Why we picked it: Its large distributor network supports business corporate-merchandise programs with reported 75.8% revenue growth.

    See in ranking ↓Visit ipromoteu.com ↗

  2. Leader in custom apparel production

    Custom Ink

    US

    Ranked #2 · 9.2 · Custom apparel production

    Why we picked it: It sells custom apparel and branded merchandise for organizations, backed by 15% reported revenue growth.

    See in ranking ↓Visit customink.com ↗

  3. Leader in branded recognition programs

    HALO Branded Solutions

    US

    Ranked #3 · 9.0 · Branded recognition programs

    Why we picked it: It runs branded merchandise and recognition programs at scale, reporting more than 2,000 employees.

    See in ranking ↓Visit halo.com ↗

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

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Top 10 companies in the corporate gifting industry, 2026 – Gitnux ranking
#CompanyOverall ↓Company snapshot
1

iPROMOTEu

Promotional products distribution · US

9.3
2

Custom Ink

Custom apparel production · US

9.2
3

HALO Branded Solutions

Branded recognition programs · US

9.0
4

Cimpress

Mass customization platform · IE

9.0
5

Koozie Group

Branded drinkware & gifts · US

8.9
6

Geiger

Promotional products, kitting and corporate gifting · US

8.6
7

Proforma

Promotional products, branded gifts and company stores · US

8.5
8

Hit Promotional Products

Promotional gifts and branded merchandise manufacturing · US

8.5
9

4imprint Group

Promotional merchandise and corporate gifting · GB

8.4
10

Gemline

Lifestyle products and promotional gifts · US

8.0

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

Leah Kessler. (2026, February 13). Top 10 companies in the corporate gifting industry. In Corporate Gifting Industry Statistics. Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/corporate-gifting-industry-statistics/#top-companies

report visual · Projection

U.S. online promotional products distributor sales volume

U.S. online promotional products distributor sales volume grew from $6.0B in 2018 to $6.8B in 2024.

$6B
Start
+2.11%
CAGR · 6y
$6.8B
Projected
20182024
source-verifiedppai.org2024

04 Statistics

Technology & Innovation

Technology shifts center on AI adoption and automation needs; nearly 25% of promotional-products firms reported AI in internal processes in 2025.

AI in the corporate gifting industry

  • Nearly two-thirds of incentive professionals believed generative AI was already being used effectively or would soon be used effectively in incentive travel in 2024.[1]
  • Incentive professionals reported using AI for survey analysis, data analysis, sourcing locations and gifting, and dietary-restriction-aware menu suggestions in 2026.[1]
  • Nearly 25% of surveyed promotional-products firms said AI was already part of their internal processes in 2025, while 69.2% were somewhere in the onboarding process, according to PPAI.[2]

Automation in the corporate gifting industry

  • 45% of CorporateGift platform users reported greater control over spending after adopting the platform in 2026.[3]
  • 37% of corporate gifters cited a lack of automation and advanced tools as a reason for seeking a gifting platform in 2026.[3]
  • 39% of CorporateGift platform users reported improved sourcing across categories after adopting the platform in 2026.[3]
  • 57% of corporate gifters cited time-consuming manual processes as a reason for seeking a gifting platform in a 2026 survey.[3]
  • 73% of CorporateGift platform users reported improved inventory management after adopting the platform in 2026.[3]
  • 68.3% of surveyed companies relied on spreadsheets to manage gifting tasks, while describing that approach as inefficient and cumbersome.[4]

Digital Transformation in the consumer goods sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across consumer products, 67% of surveyed executives said digital transformation was necessary to compete in 2025, while 68% were investing in smart technology and automation.[5]
  • Across consumer products, 72% of respondents identified enterprise access to real-time supply-chain analytics as an economic-value area for digitization in 2024.[6]
  • Across consumer products, 94% of surveyed supply-chain executives said they were transforming the supply-chain function in 2026.[7]
  • Across consumer markets, 35% of respondents said their companies had integrated digital capabilities end to end in 2026.[8]

Technology Adoption in the consumer goods sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across consumer packaged goods, 71% of surveyed leaders said their organizations had adopted AI in at least one business function in 2024; global CPG-leader survey.[9]
  • Across consumer products, 66% of leaders said their organizations would increase or strongly increase artificial-intelligence investment over the next three years; survey of 505 leaders in 23 countries.[10]
  • Across consumer packaged goods, 56% of surveyed leaders said their organizations were regularly using generative AI in 2024; global CPG-leader survey.[9]
  • Across consumer products, 73% of chief executives said planned AI investment for 2026 had increased compared with 2025.[7]
  • Across consumer products, about 40% of executives said their companies were applying AI technologies to the business in 2025; survey of consumer-products executives.[6]
  • Across consumer goods, 90% of leaders expected their companies to increase investment in AI agents, and 89% believed AI agents would be essential to compete within two years; 2025 industry survey.[11]

Cloud Computing in the consumer goods sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across EU enterprises, 71.7% of those using paid cloud services used them for office software in 2025.[12]
  • Across EU enterprises, 71.5% of those using paid cloud services used them for file storage in 2025.[12]
  • Across EU enterprises, 52.74% used paid cloud-computing services in 2025.[12]
  • Across EU enterprises, 30.1% of those using paid cloud services used them for enterprise-resource-planning software in 2025.[12]
  • Across EU enterprises, 85.2% of those using paid cloud services used them for email in 2025.[12]

Big Data in the consumer goods sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across EU enterprises, 17.62% performed analytics on customer data in 2025.[12]
  • Across EU enterprises, 26.20% performed analytics on transaction records such as sales or payment data in 2025.[12]
  • Across EU enterprises, 33.02% performed data analytics using their own employees in 2025.[12]
  • Across EU enterprises, 40% performed data analytics internally or through another organization in 2025.[12]
  • Across consumer goods, 51% identified inability to integrate data from multiple sources as their primary analytics challenge in 2025.[13]

IoT in the consumer goods sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across consumer manufacturing, IoT devices delivered an average 20.9% return on investment in the surveyed benchmark.[14]

05 Statistics

Data & Analytics

Programs measure outcomes through datasets and attribution; 1,538,219 gifts were analyzed in Reachdesk’s aggregated dataset covering 2023–2024.

Business intelligence in the corporate gifting industry

  • 70% of North American corporate-gifting programs anticipated budget increases for non-cash rewards in 2026.[1]
  • 65% of North American corporate-gifting programs expected the number of participants receiving incentives to grow in 2026.[1]
  • 60% of European corporate-gifting programs anticipated budget increases for non-cash rewards in 2026.[1]
  • 30% of North American non-cash reward-program allocations consisted of gift cards in 2025.[1]
  • 60% of European corporate-gifting programs expected the number of participants receiving incentives to grow in 2026.[1]
  • 34% of European non-cash reward-program allocations consisted of gift cards in 2025.[1]

Data analytics in the corporate gifting industry

  • 324 opportunities were generated from gifts linked to opportunities in Rapid7’s Reachdesk program.[15]
  • 1,800+ gifts were sent to prospects across Europe by Mapp in one year using Reachdesk.[15]
  • $690,000 in influenced revenue was reported by Rapid7 from its Reachdesk gifting program.[15]
  • 1,538,219 gifts were analyzed in Reachdesk’s aggregated corporate-gifting dataset covering 2023–2024.[16]
  • 10X was the pipeline return on investment reported by Mapp after integrating Reachdesk with its CRM.[15]
  • 7,763 new opportunities were associated with Paycor’s Reachdesk direct-mail program.[15]

Data Quality in the consumer goods sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across supply-management organizations, 49% rated their data quality as good or excellent in 2024.[17]
  • Across consumer packaged goods, 60% planned to increase investment in data and analytics during the following 12 months in 2024.[6]
  • Across consumer packaged goods, 22% reported that businesses lacked trust in data quality and validity in 2024.[6]
  • Across retail and consumer goods, 26% of leaders said their data quality was poor compared with competitors in 2024.[18]

Data Governance in the consumer goods sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across consumer packaged goods companies, 43% said they struggled with establishing the right level of data governance in 2024.[6]
  • Across supply-management organizations, 61% had a dedicated data-governance function in 2024.[17]
  • Across retail and CPG companies, 35% reported receiving inconsistent or incorrect answers to data questions in 2025.[19]
  • Across retail and CPG companies, 42% identified inconsistent data quality, absent semantic layers and fragmented reporting as critical governance challenges in 2025.[19]
  • Across retail and CPG companies, 31% cited the lack of a corporate data strategy and semantic layer as a key challenge in 2025.[19]

KPIs in the corporate gifting industry

  • 12% was Paycor’s response rate for first-time appointments using Reachdesk, versus 6% for in-person gifting.[15]
  • 66% was the increase in email replies reported by Screenloop after adding Reachdesk gifting to outreach.[15]
  • 44% was the reported increase in meetings booked by Paycor after implementing its Reachdesk gifting strategy.[15]
  • 160% was Paycor’s reported quarter-over-quarter increase in response rate after adopting Reachdesk gifting.[15]
  • 75%+ was the meeting-attendance rate reported by Screenloop after using Reachdesk gifting.[15]
  • 38.7X was the return on investment reported by SentinelOne for its Reachdesk direct-mail campaign.[15]

06 Statistics

Strategy & Growth

Spend mix data highlights category performance and redemption. In Reachdesk’s 2024 data, electronics gifts show 86.72% average redemption.

Growth in the corporate gifting industry

  • 91.75% was the average redemption rate for non-alcoholic beverage gifts in Reachdesk’s 2024 data.[16]
  • 789,985 corporate gifts were sent through Reachdesk in 2023 during its reported peak scaling phase.[16]
  • 86.72% was the average redemption rate for electronics gifts in Reachdesk’s 2024 data.[16]
  • 30% of Reachdesk’s suggested 2025 annual corporate-gifting budget framework was allocated to relationship investment.[16]
  • 22% of customer-success-team corporate-gifting sends were bundles in Reachdesk’s 2024 data.[16]
  • 742,144 corporate gifts were sent through Reachdesk in 2024, down 6.1% from 789,985 gifts in 2023.[16]

Differentiation in the corporate gifting industry

  • 25.4% of corporate-gifting sends used marketplace gifts in 2023, versus 28.13% in 2024.[16]
  • 37% of marketing-team corporate-gifting sends were gift cards in Reachdesk’s 2024 data.[16]
  • 20% of marketing-team corporate-gifting sends were bundles in Reachdesk’s 2024 data.[16]
  • 10% of other-team corporate-gifting sends were marketplace gifts in Reachdesk’s 2024 data.[16]
  • 65% of other-team corporate-gifting sends were gift cards in Reachdesk’s 2024 data.[16]
  • $50.23 was the average spend on electronics gifts in Reachdesk’s 2024 marketplace data.[16]

Mergers and acquisitions in the corporate gifting industry

  • 1 acquisition of Gifts by Design positioned BAMKO to develop a corporate awards, incentives and recognition-program vertical.[2]
  • 1 technology platform was added through 1-800-Flowers.com’s acquisition of SmartGift to enable users to send, track and manage gifting experiences.[20]
  • 2 acquisitions were completed by 1-800-Flowers.com in fiscal 2023 to expand its gifting platform: Things Remembered and SmartGift.[20]
  • Thousands of personalized products were added to 1-800-Flowers.com’s platform through its acquisition of Things Remembered.[20]
  • 1 acquisition of SmartGift was announced by 1-800-Flowers.com on May 2, 2023 to expand corporate-gifting capabilities and engagement solutions.[21]

Strategic partnerships in the corporate gifting industry

  • 4 marketing channels ranked ahead of or alongside corporate gifting in Workhuman’s reported channel mix after its Reachdesk partnership.[15]
  • 100 personalized event bundles were used in one Workhuman corporate-gifting campaign after the company partnered with Reachdesk.[15]
  • 1 strategic partnership began in December 2023 between Workhuman and Reachdesk to scale corporate gifting globally.[15]
  • 1 strategic partnership formed BAMKO’s Texas presence in late 2019 through its alliance with Dallas-based distributor Lapgevity.[2]
  • 190+ countries were supported by Reachdesk’s global logistics infrastructure for corporate-gifting campaigns in 2024.[16]

07 Statistics

People & Workforce

Workforce data ties incentives to retention and engagement. In 2023, 91% of employees had received at least one workplace incentive in the United States.

Hiring in the corporate gifting industry

  • 91% of employees had received at least one workplace incentive in the United States in 2023.[22]
  • 22% of employees said they had changed jobs during the previous 12 months because of a lack of employee gifts or incentives in 2023.[22]
  • 55% of employees said their employer had given more gifts or incentives in 2023 than in 2022.[22]
  • 85% of employees said gifts or incentives were important factors when evaluating potential employers in the United States in 2023.[22]
  • 61% of employees said their company used gifts or incentives to reward good performance in the United States in 2023.[22]

Employee retention in the corporate gifting industry

  • 81% of U.S. employees who changed jobs because of insufficient gifts or incentives said their new employer provided more of them in 2023.[22]
  • 56% of U.S. professionals who had received an employer gift said a thoughtful gift made them feel genuinely valued in 2026.[23]
  • 30% of U.S. employees said regular gifts or incentives motivated them to stay with a particular employer in 2023.[22]
  • 42% of U.S. professionals who had received an employer gift said a thoughtful gift made them want to keep working with the sender in 2026.[23]
  • 22% of U.S. employees said they had changed jobs in the previous 12 months because of a lack of employee gifts or incentives in 2023.[22]

Remote Work in the consumer goods sector (sector benchmark)

  • Among U.S. remote-capable employees, 26% worked exclusively remotely in May 2026, while 52% worked in a hybrid arrangement.[24]
  • Across retail and consumer goods organizations, 54% support workcations, compared with 65% across all surveyed sectors in 2024.[25]
  • Across retail and consumer goods organizations, 8% support permanent remote working arrangements, according to a 2024 international mobility survey.[25]
  • Across consumer goods companies, 69% offer some form of work-location flexibility, according to the Flex Index industry benchmark.[26]
  • Across retail and consumer goods organizations, 23% support international hybrid remote-working assignments, according to a 2024 survey.[25]

Hybrid Work in the consumer goods sector (sector benchmark)

  • Among U.S. remote-capable employees, 52% worked hybrid in May 2026, compared with 26% exclusively remote and 22% on-site.[24]
  • Among U.S. remote-capable employees, 54% of hybrid workers were thriving in May 2026, compared with 52% of exclusively remote workers.[24]
  • Among U.S. remote-capable employees, 61% preferred hybrid work in November 2025, compared with 33% preferring exclusively remote work and 6% on-site work.[24]
  • Among U.S. remote-capable employees, 34% of hybrid workers were engaged in May 2026, compared with 37% of exclusively remote workers.[24]
  • Only 11% of U.S. employees benefited from a hybrid policy set jointly by their work team in May 2025.[24]

Employee Engagement in the consumer goods sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across consumer goods and services organizations, 9% of employees expected to leave within two years in data collected from July 2025 through June 2026.[27]
  • Across consumer goods and services organizations, 72% of employees were engaged in data collected from July 2025 through June 2026.[27]
  • Globally, 20% of employees were engaged in 2025, according to Gallup’s World Poll benchmark.[24]
  • Across consumer goods and services organizations, 89% of employees agreed they knew how their work contributed to company goals in data collected from July 2025 through June 2026.[27]
  • Across consumer goods and services organizations, 18% of employees were thinking of or actively seeking jobs elsewhere in data collected from July 2025 through June 2026.[27]

DEI in the corporate gifting industry

  • 80% of U.S. corporate-gift recipients said a cause-aligned gift was more memorable than a generic gift in 2026.[23]
  • Around three-fourths of surveyed corporate gift givers were already supporting or planning to support diversity, equity and inclusion through corporate gifting in 2022–2023.[28]
  • 4% of PPAI 100 distributors cited DEI or ESG-related campaigns as a source of client-program demand in July 2025.[2]

Change Management in the consumer goods sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across 300 senior executives at global consumer products companies, 74% said their organizations were simplifying organizational structures in 2026.[5]
  • Across consumer products leaders in 23 countries, 48% reported productivity benefits from digital transformation in 2025.[10]

08 Statistics

Customer & Sales

Reception and relationship impact remain central. In 2026, 89% of U.S. corporate-gift recipients said a thoughtful gift improves their view of the company.

Customer experience in the corporate gifting industry

  • 50% of U.S. recipients aged 18–34 said a thoughtful gift is something they would use or enjoy in 2026.[23]
  • 80% of U.S. employees said they would think more highly of a company whose gift supported a cause or charity in 2026.[23]
  • 89% of U.S. corporate-gift recipients said a thoughtful gift makes them think more highly of the sender in 2026.[23]
  • 73% of U.S. recipients aged 65 and older said a thoughtful gift is something they would use or enjoy in 2026.[23]
  • 84% of U.S. corporate-gift recipients preferred an inexpensive useful gift over an expensive unusable gift in 2026.[23]

Customer retention in the corporate gifting industry

  • 1.5 times as likely to strengthen a business relationship were gifts recipients would use or enjoy in the United States in 2026.[23]
  • 58% of U.S. customers in brand-loyalty programs said they wished they received holiday gifts from the brand in 2025.[29]
  • 29% of U.S. customers said the positive impact of receiving a brand gift lasted more than six months in 2025.[29]
  • 1.4 times as likely to strengthen a business relationship were unique or creative gifts in the United States in 2026.[23]
  • 2 times as likely to strengthen a business relationship were personalized gifts, compared with gifts without personalization, in the United States in 2026.[23]

Customer acquisition in the corporate gifting industry

  • 2%–3% was the reported engagement rate for traditional email touches in the B2B gifting-channel comparison in 2025.[16]
  • $24 was the median cost of a customer gift in ASI’s corporate gift-giving survey in 2018.[30]
  • 5%–10% was the reported meeting rate for marketing-qualified leads in the comparison of B2B acquisition channels in 2025.[16]
  • 51%–91% was the reported redemption range for corporate-gifting engagements used in B2B prospecting in 2025.[16]
  • 37% of surveyed companies planned client gifts in the ASI corporate gift spending survey in 2018.[30]

Customer loyalty in the corporate gifting industry

  • 86% of U.S. customers said receiving a gift from a brand improves their perception of that brand in 2025.[29]
  • 8 in 10 U.S. corporate-gift recipients said a cause-related gift was more memorable than a generic gift in 2026.[23]
  • 33% of U.S. corporate-gift recipients said their gifts came from a vendor or service provider in 2026.[23]
  • 68% of U.S. customers in brand-loyalty programs said they had never received a holiday gift from the brand in 2025.[29]
  • 35% of U.S. customers said the positive impact of receiving a brand gift lasted up to three months in 2025.[29]

Lead generation in the corporate gifting industry

  • 51%–91% was the reported redemption range for gifting engagements used to support B2B lead generation in 2025.[16]
  • $180–$350 was the reported average cost per marketing-qualified lead in the B2B acquisition comparison in 2025.[16]
  • $32–$55 was the reported average cost per gifting engagement in the B2B lead-generation comparison in 2025.[16]

09 Statistics

Marketing & Brand

Brand gifting behavior shows high adoption rates in prior years. In 2022, 75% of surveyed U.S. companies gave corporate gifts to clients and prospects.

Marketing in the corporate gifting industry

  • 75% of surveyed U.S. companies gave corporate gifts to clients and prospects in 2022.[31]
  • 53% of U.S. companies that gave client gifts used branded merchandise in 2022.[31]
  • 19% of U.S. companies that gave client gifts used individual travel in 2022.[31]
  • $27.47 billion was spent by surveyed U.S. companies on corporate gifts to clients and prospects in 2022.[31]
  • 34% of U.S. companies that gave client gifts used logoed merchandise in 2022.[31]

Digital marketing in the corporate gifting industry

  • 32% of surveyed corporate-gifting users identified limited choice attributes such as color and size as very challenging in 2023.[28]
  • 48% of surveyed corporate-gifting users managed end-to-end gifting internally without a gifting platform in 2023.[28]
  • 28% of surveyed corporate-gifting users identified a limited product range as very challenging in 2023.[28]
  • 30% of surveyed corporate-gifting users identified inventory, storage and shipping management as very challenging in 2023.[28]
  • 52% of surveyed corporate-gifting users outsourced some or all of their gifting needs in 2023.[28]

Branding in the corporate gifting industry

  • 80% of U.S. employees said a company gift supporting a cause or charity would improve their view of the company in 2026.[23]
  • 34% of U.S. companies giving client gifts used logoed merchandise in 2022.[31]
  • 89% of U.S. corporate-gift recipients said a thoughtful gift improves their opinion of the person or company sending it in 2026.[23]
  • 86% of U.S. customers said a gift from a brand improves their perception of that brand in 2025.[29]
  • 53% of U.S. companies giving client gifts used branded merchandise in 2022.[31]

Influencer Marketing in the consumer goods sector (sector benchmark)

  • 24% of consumers globally bought products from influencers or celebrities in October–November 2024, according to a consumer-product and retail survey.[32]
  • 8.8% consideration lift was recorded for CPG influencer campaigns in 2025.[33]
  • 15.7% ad-recall lift was recorded for CPG influencer campaigns in 2025.[33]
  • 22.2% brand lift was recorded for CPG influencer campaigns in 2025.[33]
  • 46% of FMCG/CPG marketers had dedicated and growing creator or influencer budgets in 2026.[34]

10 Statistics

Operations & Execution

Execution challenges concentrate in customization workflows and logistics. In 2023, 30% of respondents cited inventory, storage and shipping as very challenging.

Process optimization in the corporate gifting industry

  • 34.5% of promotional-product suppliers reported stronger demand for decoration and personalization, increasing the need for streamlined customization workflows in 2025.[2]
  • 48% of respondents manage end-to-end corporate gifting internally without a gifting platform, according to a 2023 corporate-gifting industry report.[28]
  • 52% of respondents outsource some or all of their corporate-gifting needs, according to a 2023 corporate-gifting industry report.[28]

Operational efficiency in the corporate gifting industry

  • 28% of respondents identify a limited product range as a very challenging corporate-gifting issue, according to a 2023 industry report.[28]
  • 33% of respondents identify the inability to purchase gifts from multiple brands or retailers as a very challenging task, according to a 2023 industry report.[28]
  • 32% of respondents identify limited choice attributes such as color and size as a very challenging corporate-gifting issue, according to a 2023 industry report.[28]
  • 30% of respondents identify managing gift inventory, storage and shipping as a very challenging corporate-gifting task, according to a 2023 industry report.[28]

Quality management in the corporate gifting industry

  • 54% of U.S. corporate gift givers rate timely delivery extremely important, while another 32% rate it very important, in a 2022 survey.[35]
  • 43% of U.S. corporate gift givers rate product customization extremely important, while another 36% rate it very important, in a 2022 survey.[35]
  • 63% of U.S. corporate gift givers rate product quality extremely important, while another 27% rate it very important, in a 2022 survey.[35]
  • 46% of U.S. corporate gift givers rate process simplicity extremely important, while another 41% rate it very important, in a 2022 survey.[35]
  • 48% of U.S. corporate gift givers rate gift packaging extremely important, while another 30% rate it very important, in a 2022 survey.[35]

Supply chain in the corporate gifting industry

  • 29.1% of promotional-product suppliers reported growth in bundled kits or multi-item sets, affecting corporate-gift assembly and fulfillment requirements in 2025.[2]
  • 23.6% of promotional-product suppliers reported growth in packaging and presentation demand, affecting corporate-gift packaging operations in 2025.[2]
  • 30% of corporate-gifting respondents identify managing inventory, storage and shipping as very challenging, according to a 2023 industry report.[28]

Outsourcing / Offshoring in the consumer goods sector (sector benchmark)

  • 67% of brand owners plan to maintain or increase their use of contract packaging or manufacturing services in the coming years, based on a 2024 survey.[36]
  • 63% of surveyed brand owners contract out between 10% and 49% of their business to contract packaging or manufacturing providers, in 2024.[36]
  • 30% of output is outsourced on average by brands surveyed across CPG, industrial manufacturing and pharmaceuticals in 2025.[37]
  • 42% of consumer packaged goods brand owners plan to increase outsourced work over the next two to three years, according to a 2026 survey.[38]
  • About 40% of surveyed manufacturing professionals outsource more than half their production, spanning CPG, industrial manufacturing and pharmaceuticals, in 2025.[37]

11 Statistics

Finance & Pricing

Pricing benchmarks vary by program size and order type. Omaha Steaks Business data reports a $102 historical median per-recipient investment for programs serving 250–499 recipients.

Pricing strategy in the corporate gifting industry

  • $102 was the historical median per-recipient investment for corporate-gift programs serving 250–499 recipients, according to Omaha Steaks Business ordering data.[39]
  • $30 was the median company spend per client gift, while clients expected gifts worth $100, in a 2022 poll of 1,547 professionals.[23]
  • $125 was the historical median per-recipient investment for eligible direct-shipment corporate-gift orders, according to Omaha Steaks Business data available in 2026.[39]
  • $105 was the historical median per-recipient investment for corporate-gift programs serving 100–249 recipients, according to Omaha Steaks Business ordering data.[39]
  • $217 was the average speaker-gift spend in North America in 2022, according to the Incentive Research Foundation.[1]

Cost reduction in the corporate gifting industry

  • $115 was the historical median per-recipient investment for corporate-gift programs serving 50–99 recipients, according to Omaha Steaks Business ordering data.[39]
  • 48% of respondents manage corporate gifting internally without a platform, exposing inventory, shipping and purchasing processes to potential efficiency costs, in 2023.[28]
  • $100 was the approximate historical median per recipient for corporate-gift programs serving 250–499 recipients, according to Omaha Steaks Business ordering data available in 2026.[39]
  • 43.6% of promotional-product suppliers reported no significant change in customization requests in 2025, limiting the need for additional customization-related operating costs.[2]
  • 52% of organizations outsource some or all corporate-gifting needs, with the report identifying inventory, shipping and cost reduction as outsourcing benefits, in 2023.[28]

Profitability in the corporate gifting industry

  • 57.0% was Moonpig’s gross margin in the year ended April 30, 2025, according to the company’s annual report.[40]
  • 59.6% was Moonpig Group’s consolidated gross margin in the year ended April 30, 2025, for a gifting business that includes attached and standalone gifting.[40]
  • £10.8 million of Moonpig and Greetz income in fiscal 2025 came from streams with a 100% incremental gross margin rate, including subscription fees, marketing income and commissions.[40]
  • 93.9% was the Experiences segment gross margin in the year ended April 30, 2025, according to Moonpig Group’s annual report.[40]
  • 46.1% was Greetz’s gross margin in the year ended April 30, 2025, according to Moonpig Group’s annual report.[40]

Financial planning in the corporate gifting industry

  • $27,466,539,900 was the estimated total U.S. corporate client-gift spend in 2022, according to the Incentive Federation.[31]
  • $5,900 was the median corporate client-gift spend among companies that gave such gifts in 2022, according to the Incentive Federation.[31]
  • 75% of U.S. companies in the Incentive Federation study provided non-cash client gifts in 2022.[31]
  • $13,240.60 was the average corporate client-gift spend among companies that gave such gifts in 2022, according to the Incentive Federation.[31]

12 Statistics

Product & Service

Gift formats and redemption influence program design. In 2024, 54% of North American corporate-gifting respondents used dining gift cards.

Product development in the corporate gifting industry

  • 36% of U.S. companies giving client gifts used experiential rewards in the Incentive Federation’s 2022 study.[31]
  • 59% of U.S. adults who received corporate gifts said they would rather receive no gift than a generic one in 2026.[23]
  • 54% of North American corporate-gifting respondents used dining gift cards in 2025.[1]
  • 80% of U.S. gift recipients said cause-aligned corporate gifts are more memorable than generic gifts in 2026.[23]
  • 48% of North American corporate-gifting respondents used clothing and apparel gift cards in 2025.[1]

Product lifecycle in the corporate gifting industry

  • 71.89% was the redemption rate for alcoholic-drink gifts sent through Reachdesk in 2023–2024.[16]
  • 51% of gifts sent through Reachdesk were gift cards in 2024, compared with 58.7% in 2023.[16]
  • 78.45% was the redemption rate for home-and-lifestyle gifts sent through Reachdesk in 2023–2024.[16]
  • 86.72% was the redemption rate for electronics gifts sent through Reachdesk in 2023–2024.[16]
  • 91.75% was the redemption rate for non-alcoholic beverage gifts sent through Reachdesk in 2023–2024.[16]

After-sales in the corporate gifting industry

  • 42% was the eGift redemption rate reported by Hokodo’s Reachdesk program.[15]
  • 35% of surveyed recipients across the United States, United Kingdom and Ireland were more open to a company reaching out after receiving a corporate gift in 2024.[41]
  • 44% was the gift redemption rate in SentinelOne’s Reachdesk campaign.[15]
  • 54% of corporate gift recipients in a U.S. business.com survey said they had thrown away at least one gift without using it.[42]
  • 67% was the marketplace-item redemption rate reported by Hokodo’s Reachdesk program.[15]

Value proposition in the corporate gifting industry

  • 89% of U.S. adults said they think more highly of a company that sends a thoughtful corporate gift in 2026.[23]
  • 80% of U.S. corporate gift buyers said gifting improved relationships with clients and employees in a 2024 industry presentation.[28]
  • 43% of U.S. corporate gift givers said gifting substantially improved employee retention in a 2021 survey.[43]
  • 57% of employees said receiving gifts by mail made them feel more appreciated in a 2024 industry presentation.[28]
  • 48% of U.S. corporate gift givers said gifting substantially improved relationships with customers or employees in a 2021 survey.[43]

13 Statistics

Sustainability & Ethics

Sustainability demand shows up in both sourcing and buyer priorities. Sustainable products generated $3.69 billion, or 13.77% of total U.S. promotional-products sales in 2024.

Sustainability in the corporate gifting industry

  • 17.6% of PPAI 100 suppliers reported sustainability requests for apparel in 2025, matching the share reporting requests for drinkware.[2]
  • 21.6% of PPAI 100 suppliers reported sustainability requests most often for bags and travel products in 2025.[2]
  • 21% of U.S. promotional-product distributors reported increased demand for eco-friendly products in 2024, including 35% of distributors with sales above $2.5 million.[2]
  • 33% of U.S. promotional-product distributors educated customers about sustainability in 2024, rising to 47% among distributors with sales above $2.5 million.[2]
  • 10% of U.S. promotional-product distributors implemented recycling programs in 2024, compared with 20% of distributors with sales above $2.5 million.[2]

ESG in the corporate gifting industry

  • 42% of promotional-product distributors expected greater preference for locally sourced materials as buyers focus on local economies and carbon reduction.[2]
  • 21.1% of PPAI 100 suppliers said brand safety and compliance were buyer priorities in distributor orders in 2025.[2]
  • 24% of PPAI 100 distributors identified regulatory compliance as a barrier to sourcing new promotional products, according to the reported survey results.[2]
  • 63% of promotional-product suppliers were engaging in ESG audits, according to PPAI 100 reporting cited in 2025.[44]
  • 45% of companies prioritized ESG and sustainable products in corporate gifting, according to Giftpack research.[4]

Ethics in the corporate gifting industry

  • 81% of U.S. consumers said socially responsible desk accessories create a more favorable view of an advertiser providing a promotional item.[45]
  • 87% of U.S. consumers said socially responsible bags create a more favorable view of an advertiser providing a promotional item.[45]
  • 86% of U.S. consumers said sustainable bags create a more favorable view of an advertiser providing a promotional item.[45]
  • 83% of U.S. consumers said sustainable desk accessories create a more favorable view of an advertiser providing a promotional item.[45]
  • 72% of U.S. consumers said socially responsible writing instruments create a more favorable view of an advertiser providing a promotional item.[45]

CSR in the corporate gifting industry

  • 40% of U.S. corporate-gift recipients said a thoughtful gift made them want to keep working with the sender in the 2026 Corporate Gifting Survey.[23]
  • 57% of U.S. adults reported receiving a corporate gift in the 2026 Corporate Gifting Survey.[23]
  • 46% of donations in participating companies’ employee-engagement and CSR programs were funded by company dollars, including matching gifts and rewards, in 2024.[46]
  • 85% of U.S. corporate-gift recipients said the thought behind a gift matters more than its cost in the 2026 Corporate Gifting Survey.[23]
  • 80% of U.S. corporate-gift recipients said a cause-aligned gift is more memorable than a generic gift in the 2026 Corporate Gifting Survey.[23]

Carbon footprint in the corporate gifting industry

  • 27% of large U.S. promotional-product distributors reported reducing their carbon footprint in 2024, compared with 9% of smaller distributors.[2]
  • 11% of U.S. promotional-product distributors reported reducing their carbon footprint in 2024, rising to 27% among distributors with sales above $2.5 million.[2]
  • 42% of promotional-product distributors predicted a higher preference for locally sourced materials as consumers focused on reducing carbon footprints.[2]
  • Promotional products generated up to eight times less carbon impact per memorized impression than digital advertising in the Promotional Product CO2 Project.[47]

15 Statistics

Globalization & Expansion

Cross-border delivery scales with logistics coverage. Reachdesk covered 190+ countries for corporate-gifting logistics in 2024.

Globalization in the corporate gifting industry

  • $765.46 billion was the estimated global corporate-gifting market value in 2023, according to The Business Research Company.[59]
  • The United States ranked first among Reachdesk’s corporate-gifting markets in 2024, followed by the United Kingdom and Canada.[16]
  • 190+ countries were covered by Reachdesk’s corporate-gifting logistics in 2024, according to its 2025 industry report.[16]
  • Asia-Pacific was identified as the fastest-growing regional corporate-gifting market through 2033, with an expected CAGR near 10.5%.[60]
  • 4.64% was the compound annual growth rate of the global corporate-gifting market from 2018 to 2023.[59]

Cultural adaptation in the corporate gifting industry

  • 20.87% of Reachdesk corporate-gifting sends were bundles in 2024, up from 15.9% in 2023.[16]
  • 58% of gifts sent by customer-success teams in Reachdesk’s 2024 data were gift cards.[16]
  • 28.13% of Reachdesk corporate-gifting sends were marketplace gifts in 2024, up from 25.4% in 2023.[16]
  • 95% was the average acceptance rate for Saturday corporate-gifting deliveries in Reachdesk’s 2024 day-of-week analysis.[16]
  • 69% of gifts sent by sales teams in Reachdesk’s 2024 data were gift cards.[16]

Supplier management in the corporate gifting industry

  • 67% of distributors with $25 million to $100 million in sales received real-time inventory feeds from more than 10 suppliers in 2025.[44]
  • 78% of distributors with more than $100 million in sales received real-time inventory feeds from more than 10 suppliers in 2025.[44]
  • 74% of distributors with $10 million to $25 million in sales received real-time inventory feeds from more than 10 suppliers in 2025.[44]
  • 25% of distributors with less than $3 million in sales received real-time inventory feeds from more than 10 suppliers in 2025.[44]
  • 65% of distributors with less than $3 million in sales offered secure online payment portals in 2025.[44]

Stakeholder management in the corporate gifting industry

  • 54.7% of Reachdesk customers connected corporate gifting with Salesforce in 2024.[16]
  • 34% was the conversion rate from 100 personalized event bundles sent in Workhuman’s corporate-gifting program after partnering with Reachdesk.[15]
  • 18.6% of Reachdesk customers connected corporate gifting with Outreach in 2024.[16]
  • 34 meetings were booked from 100 personalized event bundles in Workhuman’s corporate-gifting program.[15]
  • The average corporate-gifting order value at 1-800-Flowers.com increased approximately 6% in fiscal 2023 as customers moved toward higher-value bundled offerings.[20]

Distribution channels in the corporate gifting industry

  • 28.13% of corporate-gifting sends used marketplace items in 2024.[16]
  • 57.9% of swag orders in Reachdesk’s 2024 data were apparel orders.[16]
  • 7.7% of swag orders in Reachdesk’s 2024 data were headwear orders.[16]
  • 3.2% of swag orders in Reachdesk’s 2024 data were office-supplies orders.[16]
  • 20.87% of corporate-gifting sends used bundles in 2024.[16]

Key questions about the Corporate Gifting Industry

What is the market size for corporate gifting in 2025?
Corporate gifting sits inside a broader branded-merchandise economy that generated $338.3 billion in global spending in 2025.
How fast is corporate gifting expected to grow in North America?
Strategic Revenue Insights projects North America corporate-gift growth at a 5.7% CAGR through 2035.
Which companies lead the corporate gifting industry?
iPROMOTEu leads Gitnux's 2026 corporate gifting ranking with an Overall score of 9.3, with revenue growth 75.8% for its promotional-products distributor network. Custom Ink is the highest-ranked custom apparel producer at 9.2, driven by revenue growth 15% as an online custom apparel and branded merchandise provider.
What technology shift is most visible in 2025–2026 corporate gifting?
Automation and advanced tools show up as gating issues: 37% of corporate gifters cited a lack of automation and advanced tools as a reason for seeking a gifting platform in 2026.
How is the market structured between platforms and distributors?
Corporate-gifting fulfillment commonly runs through distributor networks and platform-supported ordering; 52% of surveyed organizations outsourced some or all of their corporate gifting needs in 2022–2023.
What spend bands dominate in U.S. promotional products buying?
For 2024, $20–$50 gifts were the most common spend band for marketing teams, representing 59.4% of gifts.
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