In our Food Delivery report, we offer the most extensive research available in the industry. Find out the market size of the online food delivery industry, revenue breakdowns by app, detailed market share by region and country, usage and download statistics, and critical benchmarking data.
What is the market size of the food delivery app industry?
In 2023, the market size of the food delivery app market was $99.1 billion, a 16.8% increase on the previous year. Meituan, Uber Eats and DoorDash are the largest food delivery operators.
The food delivery app industry has doubled in market size since 2019. It is expected to double again by the end of the decade.
What food delivery app has the most market share in the United States?
DoorDash has the most market share by some distance in the United States, with Uber Eats in second and Grubhub third. DoorDash rapidly ascended to the first spot, while Grubhub has declined over the past half a decade.
In Europe, Just Eat Takeaway and Uber Eats are competing for first place in most countries. In the UK, it’s a three way battle between Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats.
Which food delivery app has the largest gross merchandize volume?
Chinese food delivery service Meituan had the highest GMV in 2023 of $135 billion, more than DoorDash and Uber Eats combined. China’s food delivery market is larger than the US in terms of revenue and total orders, and Meituan has a very large share of the market.
DoorDash and Uber Eats are neck-and-neck, despite Uber Eats being available in a lot more countries than DoorDash. Delivery Hero, which operates in a lot of South East-Asia, Middle East and Latin America, is the fourth largest operator by GMV.
Are food delivery apps still unprofitable?
Most food delivery apps have tried to reach some form of profitability over the past two years. Meituan, Uber Eats and Delivery Hero have reached this, while Swiggy, DoorDash and Just Eat Takeaway remain unprofitable.
Every food delivery operator apart from Swiggy reported lower losses or higher profit in 2023 than in 2022. For Zomato, Delivery Hero and Uber Eats it was their first year of full profitability.
How many people use food delivery apps?
About 1.5 billion people used food delivery apps in 2023, with close to 35% of users coming from China. Meituan had 717 million users in 2023.
Outside of China, Delivery Hero has the most total users across all of its apps, at 110 million in 2023. Uber Eats has the most for a single app, at 88 million.
Table of contents
The Food Delivery App Report – Research, Insights and Statistics is provided as downloadable PDF document with all data presented as charts and tables. So you can easily extract graphics and individual data. It provides an overview of the company’s financials, as well as data on demographics and user breakdowns.
What’s included?
- Document: PDF
- Charts: 128
- Data Points: 1028
- Pages: 140
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List of Charts
- Food Delivery Global Revenues
- Food Delivery Revenues by App
- Uber Eats Revenue
- Uber Eats Revenue by Region
- Just Eat Takeaway Revenue
- Just Eat Takeaway Revenue by Region
- DoorDash Revenue
- Deliveroo Revenue
- Deliveroo Revenue by Region
- Meituan Revenue
- Delivery Hero Revenue
- Delivery Hero Revenue by Region
- Zomato Revenue
- Swiggy Revenue
- iFood Revenue
- Rappi Revenue
- Grab Revenue
- Grocery Delivery Global Revenues
- Grocery Delivery Revenues by App
- Instacart Revenue
- Pinduoduo Revenue
- Dingdong Revenue
- Missfresh Revenue
- Getir Revenue
- Glovo Revenue
- GoPuff Revenue
- Food Delivery Revenues by Country
- Food Delivery Projected Market Value
- Food Delivery Valuations
- Food Delivery Annual Funding
- United States Revenue
- United Kingdom Revenue
- Europe Revenue
- China Revenue
- South-east Asia Revenue
- India Revenue
- South America Revenue
- Food Delivery Profits
- Uber Eats Profit
- Just Eat Takeaway Profit
- DoorDash Profit
- Deliveroo Profit
- Delivery Hero Profit
- Zomato Profit
- Instacart Profit
- Pinduoduo Profit
- Dingdong Profit
- Missfresh Profit
- Food Delivery Gross Transaction Value (GMV)
- Uber Eats GMV
- Just Eat Takeaway GMV
- DoorDash GMV
- Deliveroo GMV
- Meituan GMV
- Delivery Hero GMV
- Zomato GMV
- iFood GMV
- Food Delivery Annual Orders
- Uber Eats Annual Orders
- Just Eat Takeaway Annual Orders
- Delivery Hero Annual Orders
- Deliveroo Annual Orders
- iFood Annual Orders
- Zomato Annual Orders
- US Food Delivery Market Share
- Europe Food Delivery Market Share
- China Food Delivery Market Share
- UK Food Delivery Market Share
- India Food Delivery Market Share
- South-east Asia Food Delivery Market Share
- South America Food Delivery Market Share
- Food Delivery Global Users
- Food Delivery Platform-to-Consumer Users
- Food Delivery Restaurant-to-Consumer Users
- Food Delivery Users by App
- Uber Eats Users
- Just Eat Takeaway Users
- Delivery Hero Users
- DoorDash Users
- Deliveroo Users
- Meituan Users
- Ele.me Users
- Zomato Users
- Swiggy Users
- Instacart Users
- Grab Users
- Rappi Users
- Food Delivery Users by Country
- Number of Restaurants by App
- Food Delivery Global App Downloads
- Uber Eats Downloads
- Just Eat Downloads
- Delivery Hero Downloads
- DoorDash Downloads
- Deliveroo Downloads
- iFood Downloads
- Getir Downloads
- Instacart Downloads
- GoPuff Downloads
- Food Delivery Retention Rate
- Food Delivery Install Rate
- Food Delivery Action Rate
- Food Delivery Churn Rate
- Food Delivery Conversion Rate
- Food Delivery Usage Rate
- Food Delivery Average Sales Per Merchant
- Food Delivery Advertising Spend
- Food Delivery Service Fees
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