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- The global hair weave market worth $10 billion by 2024.
- The weave industry worth $6.6 billion in 2021, up from $5.8 billion in 2020, seeing 15% CAGR from 2021-2026, growing from $6.6 billion to $13.3 billion.
- Asia-Pacific produce 43% hair weave, wigs, extensions market growth 2020-2024.
- In the United States, these products popular among hair loss sufferers, African American and Orthodox Jewish communities, entertainment professionals.
- The black hair weave industry complex, fascinating, compiling compelling statistics.
- Google search queries hair weave peaked mid-2010s, hit 10-year low in April 2020.
- 40% of human hair consumers are in North America, contributing to a $2 billion industry in 2026.
- Hair passes through ~100 hands before the final destination, with unprocessed hair from Hong Kong ($30.2 million exports) and India ($19 million).
- Hair weave refers to an artificial hairpiece attached by fusing, gluing, blending to natural hair, using real human or synthetic fibers.
- It adds length, volume, texture, and color to natural hair, camouflaging baldness, and thinning, and serves grooming needs.
- Men and women globally utilize hair weaves driven by the rising consciousness of physical appearance, camouflaging baldness, and the demand for non-surgical hair loss treatments.
- Natural hair weaves are projected to grow at a 4.1% CAGR from 2020-2026.
- Online sales are showing the fastest growth at a 5.8% CAGR.
- The industry is projected to grow to $13.28 billion by 2026.
- Human hair is considered a premium choice due to meticulous processing that ensures quality, consistency, and versatility in styling and coloring.
- Synthetic hair is more affordable but has limitations in styling and longevity.
- Celebrity styles in magazines and movies and suppliers of human hair wigs extensions are factors driving the market expansion.
- Asia-Pacific accounts for 43% of the growth in wigs and extensions from 2020-2024.
- Hair weave is also used for achieving styles, lengths, and textures that are unachievable with natural hair.