India's packaged drinking water category: demand drivers and outlook signal opportunity for FMCG and HoReCa

IBEF maps India's packaged drinking water industry — demand trends, market size, segmentation, and growth drivers across retail and institutional channels. Useful category context for grocery operators, beverage brands, and HoReCa buyers tracking bottled water consumption shifts.

— Filed Sun, 7 Jun, 2026, 08:00 IST · Source IBEF Blogs · Updated

IBEF overview of India's packaged drinking water industry covering demand trends, growth drivers, market size, segmentation, and outlook across retail and institutional channels — relevant category context for FMCG, grocery, and HoReCa operators.

Why this matters

Establishes baseline category view for India's packaged drinking water, framing demand drivers and channel mix that beverage brands and HoReCa buyers can benchmark against.

Retail-brand signals steady at 1,200 over the last 90 days.