Green machinery: 14% market growth in 2021

The market for gardening and landscaping machinery and equipment ended 2021 with a significant increase in sales compared to the previous year. Figures compiled by the Italian association of Comagarden manufacturers (FederUnacoma) and the Morgan statistics group indicate a total of 1,660,148 units sold by the end of the year. In percentage terms, this sales volume marks an increase of 14 percentage points over 2020. All the main types of products surveyed by the Morgan Group are showing a positive trend, starting with trimmers, which are up 21.6%, with over 105,000 units sold. Double-digit increases were also recorded for chainsaws (+15.1% to 430 thousand units) and lawn mowers (+12.9% to approximately 325 thousand units), while smaller increases were recorded for brushcutters (+6.1% to 304 thousand units).  The only segment that bucked the trend was sprayers, which closed 2020 with a 33.8% drop. This can be explained by the evolution of the pandemic crisis. During the most acute phase of Covid 19, sprayers were also used for sanitisation operations and this led to a peak in sales. The decline over the last twelve months therefore indicates that the 'Covid effect' is wearing off and that demand is returning to pre-pandemic levels.