The market for office coffee service—this service, often abbreviated OCS, provides companies with the hardware and consumables needed to supply their employees and guests with hot beverages, usually coffee—declined during the recession of 2007-2009 but began to grow again in 2011. This turnaround occurred more quickly than did the rebound for the larger vending machine contractors industry generally. Credit is given by the industry to its ability to be flexible and to alter its offerings. In particular, the rising popularity of single-cup systems has helped the industry to weather economic cycles throughout the first decade of the 2000s.

Today’s market size is the value of the office coffee service market in 2011, a figure that was forecast to rise by 3.5% in both of the following two years.

Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2011
Market size: $4 billion
Source: “Report: Office Coffee Sales To Increase 3.5 Percent Annually in 2012 and 2013,” February 21, 2012, Vending Marketwatch, available online here.
Original source: Packaged Facts
Posted on January 10, 2013