China Cleaning Appliance Market Reaches CNY 22.7 Billion in First Half

China's cleaning-appliance retail market reached CNY 22.7 billion in the first half of 2026, according to AVC figures reported on August 3. The total forms part of the research company's wider review of domestic home-appliance sales from January through June.

Across the broader appliance market, retail spending reached CNY 425 billion, down 9.9% year on year. Air conditioning and large kitchen and bathroom appliances weighed on the overall result. Cleaning appliances were reported as a separate category alongside refrigeration, televisions, laundry equipment and small kitchen appliances.

The review also discussed the role of retail demonstrations. Cleaning products and small appliances can show their functions directly in a store, allowing consumers to see a practical result rather than compare specifications alone. That observation concerns how products are presented to shoppers; it is not a quantified forecast for cleaner sales.

For the cleaning sector, the half-year total adds a broader time window to AVC's first-quarter update and its 618 online promotion figures. Those reports use different periods and channel coverage. The CNY 22.7 billion figure represents domestic retail demand, not the combined worldwide turnover of Chinese cleaning-equipment manufacturers.