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Brown: Women of color represent 40% of the $48B beauty market

Orion Brown · #72 How Niche Is Too Niche? · Mar 3, 2025 · at 3:05

Orion Brown pitches The Black Travel Box to investors on The Pitch, highlighting market demographics in the beauty and personal care sector.

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“Looking at a forty eight billion dollar sort of beauty and personal care category, women of color make up about 40% of that, so we're very disproportionately active within the category.”

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The claim, plainly

Women of color account for approximately 40% of the $48 billion beauty and personal care market.

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Assessment

Industry data from market research firms (including McKinsey & Company, NielsenIQ, Mintel, and Market Research Future) substantiates Orion Brown's approximation. Independent category valuations for the U.S. beauty and personal care market cluster between $42 billion and $60 billion (with specific segment analyses valuing the category at $48 billion in 2024). Furthermore, spending by multicultural women / women of color—comprising Black (~11–13%), Hispanic (~16%), and Asian/multiracial (~6–10%) consumers—consistently accounts for an estimated 35% to 40%+ of overall category spending.

Market Research Future estimated the U.S. professional beauty and personal care sector at $48 billion in 2024, within a broader market range of $42 billion to $60 billion reported by McKinsey and EWG.
NielsenIQ, McKinsey, and Mintel data indicate Black consumers represent 11.1% to 12.8% and Hispanic consumers represent approximately 16% of beauty sales, which alongside Asian and multiracial consumers totals 35% to 40%+ category share for women of color.

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[1] thepitch.show [2] mckinsey.com [3] blkgrn.com [4] marketresearchfuture.com [5] marketresearchfuture.com [6] nielseniq.com [7] glossy.co [8] supermarketnews.com

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