Where Are Massage Chairs Manufactured?

2023-04-12

The majority of massaging work in the chair are executed by the massaging arms. These are two of four rollers made of silicon material. Them are placed at the ends of the profiled arms, them move along the line of the spine from neck down to the lumbar region. They move in different sequences, with with appropriate speed, force, but also in different planes and widths.

Nowadays massage appliances are divided into two categories:

1. Full-featured massage chairs with comprehensive functions and superior performance.

2. Small massage appliances with portable and flexible features.

The modern massage equipment industry originated in Japan in the 1960s when Japanese companies developed the first fully automatic massage chair. By the 1980s, some traditional electrical appliance manufacturers such as Panasonic and THRIVE had started to enter the massage equipment industry.

With the increase in production manufacturers, the variety of massage equipment products gradually became more diverse. While massage chairs continued to improve, small and portable massage equipment products with more flexible features also gradually emerged. During this period, Japanese manufacturers not only explored the domestic market but also began to seek expansion in the surrounding regions overseas. Modern massage equipment began to enter China, as well as other East Asian and Southeast Asian countries and regions through regional trade.

In the 1990s, the pace of massage chairs entering home accelerated, and the varieties of small massage appliances become even more diverse, gradually extending the segmented massage equipment markets such as foot, leg, waist, back, and head. Against the background of global integration, the scale of the global massage appliance market has grown rapidly, gradually moving from Japan, East Asia and Southeast Asia to North America, Europe and other regions. The European and American markets are mainly small massage electrical products, and the main consumers of massage chairs are located in Japan. , South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia and other East and Southeast Asian regions

Since the beginning of the 21st century, after decades of market cultivation, the massage equipment industry has formed several major consumption regions, including North America, Europe, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. In terms of production, with the rise of China as the world's manufacturing center the global massage equipment industry chain has begun to shift to China. Currently, the production of massage equipment in Taiwan has been basically transferred, and Japanese manufacturers are gradually withdrawing from the production of low-priced products such as massage small appliances and mid-to-low-end massage chairs, focusing on the research and development and production of high-performance full-functional massage chairs and other massage products.

According to the Data Bridge Market Research the global massage equipment market size was value at USD 6.9 billion in 2018. Consumers use various type of massage equipment at least one or two massage session every week, which play crucial role in expanding the market scope.

Additionally, the increasing number of shopping malls, supermarkets, and hypermarkets in developing countries including China and India has paved a way for commercial massage chairs and thus, in turn, will expand the buyer reach in the market.

Research by the Mental Health Foundation found that 74% of UK citizens experienced overwhelming stress in 2018. Similarly, a research conducted by the American Psychological Association, there are 77% of American experienced physical symptom cause by stress which include fatigue, headache, upset stomach, muscle tension, teeth grinding, and dizziness. Along with that 73% of American experience psychological symptoms also cause by stress such as irritability, anger , and nervousness.

Occurrences of the aforementioned symptoms are expected to play a crucial role in promoting the scope for massage equipment in the near future.

According to the Data Bridge Market Research demonstrate that global massage equipment market ( back massagers, neck and shoulder massagers, leg massagers, hand massagers and massager chairs and others) is expect to growth at a rate of 10.5% in the forecast from 2021 to 2028 and is expected to reach USD 16,670.92 million by 2028.

Major factors that are expected to boost the demand for massage equipment in the forecast period are the rise in the stress related aliments. Moreover, the growth of the middle- class population in developing countries is further anticipated to boost demand of massage equipment. Additionally the rise in the elderly population is also expected to contributed to growth of the massage market.

In recent years, the European and American massage chairs markets have grown rapidly, and there is a shortage of manufacturers in Europe and the United States. The market position of Chinese massage chair manufacturers has further improved. According to Comtrade Data, in 2021 China's massage chair exports will total US$6.469 billion , From 2010 to 2021, the CAGR ( The compound annual growth rate ) of China's massage chair exports will be 16.89%. From the perspective of China's export status, China's massage appliance exports will account for 65%(The denominator is the global export value of massage appliances) in 2021. Compared with 2010, it accounted for 40%. From the perspective of exporting countries, From the perspective of export countries, China's massage equipment dominates in exports to the United States, Japan, and South Korea.

. According to the data of the General Administration of Customs, China’s massage equipment exports to the United States accounted for 30.18%, and Japan and South Korea accounted for 19.12%.