Contents
- Home organization spending statistics: Products shoppers planned to buy in 2025
- Home organization spending statistics: Willingness to pay more for storage and organization
- Home organization spending statistics: Broader U.S. household furnishing and operations expenditures
- Home organization spending statistics: Tools Americans say they use
- Home organization spending statistics: Organizing routines, motivations, and challenges
- Home organization spending statistics: Global storage habits and household clutter
- Sources
Home organization spending statistics: Products shoppers planned to buy in 2025
Home organization spending statistics often describe intentions rather than completed purchases. In a 2025 survey of 2,200 U.S. adults, weighted to approximate the adult population, respondents selected the storage and organization products they planned to buy during the year. The chart reports a full-survey margin of error of ±2 percentage points. These figures show stated purchase plans, not sales, spending amounts, or confirmation that respondents ultimately bought the items.
Food storage led the listed product intentions, at 41%. Closet organizers followed at 38%, while hampers or laundry baskets reached 34%. Kitchen counter or pantry organizers were selected by 31% of respondents. The spread across food, clothing, laundry, and kitchen storage indicates that purchase plans covered multiple household tasks, not one single product type. Source: 2025 IHA State of the Industry — MarketOutlook
| Product planned for purchase in 2025 | Surveyed adults |
|---|---|
| Food storage | 41% |
| Closet organizer | 38% |
| Hamper or laundry basket | 34% |
| Kitchen counter or pantry organizer | 31% |
| Storage tote | 28% |
| Garage storage | 26% |
| File or drawer storage | 22% |
| Desk organizer | 22% |
| Beauty product storage | 21% |
| Cable or personal-electronics storage | 17% |
| Gaming storage | 15% |
The remaining chart entries ranged from storage totes at 28% and garage storage at 26% to gaming storage at 15%. File or drawer storage and desk organizers each registered 22%; beauty product storage was 21%, and cable or personal-electronics storage was 17%. The chart’s categories are not mutually exclusive: a respondent could plan to buy more than one kind of product. The percentages therefore describe item-level intention, not shares of a fixed spending pool. Source: 2025 IHA State of the Industry — MarketOutlook
Home organization spending statistics: Willingness to pay more for storage and organization
The same 2025 survey asked U.S. adults how much more they would be willing to pay for home storage and organization products considering inflation. The largest single response was that they would not pay more: 40%. The next-largest response was willingness to pay 1–9% more, selected by 24%. These are stated attitudes in the survey context; they do not measure actual price changes or purchases. Source: 2025 IHA State of the Industry — MarketOutlook
| Stated willingness considering inflation | Surveyed adults |
|---|---|
| Would not pay more | 40% |
| Pay 1–9% more | 24% |
| Pay 10–19% more | 13% |
| Pay 20–29% more | 8% |
| Pay 30–49% more | 6% |
| Pay 50% or more | 2% |
| Don’t know or no opinion | 7% |
Above the 1–9% band, the reported shares were 13% for 10–19% more, 8% for 20–29% more, 6% for 30–49% more, and 2% for 50% or more. Another 7% said they did not know or had no opinion. The bands preserve the ranges shown in the chart. They describe respondents’ selected willingness categories, not the amount they spent or a forecast of what prices shoppers would accept. The survey included 2,200 adults, was weighted to approximate adults, and reported a full-survey margin of error of ±2 percentage points. Source: 2025 IHA State of the Industry — MarketOutlook
Home organization spending statistics: Broader U.S. household furnishing and operations expenditures
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports average annual expenditures per consumer unit. Its categories provide context for household budgets, but they are broader than home organization: furnishings and equipment, housekeeping supplies, and household operations include spending beyond storage products. A consumer unit is the source’s unit of analysis and should not be treated as interchangeable with a household. Source: Consumer Expenditures Summary — Consumer Expenditures—2025
| BLS category, average annual expenditure per consumer unit | 2024 | 2025 | Percent change, 2024–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Household furnishings and equipment | $2,414 | $2,355 | -2.4% |
| Housekeeping supplies | $877 | $844 | -3.8% |
| Household operations | $1,921 | $2,034 | 5.9% |
In 2025, average household furnishings and equipment expenditures were $2,355 per consumer unit, down 2.4% from $2,414 in 2024. Housekeeping supplies averaged $844, down 3.8% from $877. Household operations moved in the other direction: the 2025 average was $2,034, up 5.9% from $1,921 in 2024. These changes apply to the BLS categories as published; they cannot establish whether organization-specific purchases rose or fell. The 2025 release notes that some 2024 estimates were corrected after publication, so the 2024 comparisons here use the values in that release. Source: Consumer Expenditures Summary — Consumer Expenditures—2025
Home organization spending statistics: Tools Americans say they use
A YouGov survey asked U.S. adult citizens about tools they use to organize their homes. In an online survey fielded July 17–20, 2025, 1,155 citizens were selected from an opt-in panel; results were weighted to represent adult U.S. citizens. The source reports an overall margin of error of approximately 4%. These responses concern tool use, not purchases or spending. Source: Women spend more time than men organizing their homes, say it’s more important, and like doing it more
Storage bins were the most commonly reported tool in the selected findings, used by 74% of respondents. Shelving units were reported by 54%, and hooks or hanging systems by 49%. The other measured items had lower use: drawer dividers, 31%; closet organizers, 30%; and labels, 21%. The figures offer a snapshot of reported use across these specific tools. They do not show how often products are used, how many a person owns, or whether they were bought during 2025. Source: Women spend more time than men organizing their homes, say it’s more important, and like doing it more
| Home organization tool | U.S. adult citizens who said they use it |
|---|---|
| Storage bins | 74% |
| Shelving units | 54% |
| Hooks or hanging systems | 49% |
| Drawer dividers | 31% |
| Closet organizers | 30% |
| Labels | 21% |
Home organization spending statistics: Organizing routines, motivations, and challenges
Organization was important to most respondents in the same July 2025 YouGov poll: 91% said having an organized home was at least somewhat important to them. Their reported routines varied. The most common answer in the supplied findings was organizing when things get out of hand, at 46%. Another 38% said they organize regularly and frequently. Smaller shares said they organize everything once or twice a year (8%) or do not really organize (3%). These are responses about household approaches, rather than a measured frequency diary. Source: Women spend more time than men organizing their homes, say it’s more important, and like doing it more
Respondents also identified both practical obstacles and a motivation. Insufficient storage space was named as a challenge by 46%, followed by having too many belongings at 41%. Difficulty letting go of things was cited by 37%, and other people in the home by 26%. In the motivations passage, 66% said wanting to find things easily was one reason to organize. These answers show that reported organization challenges can involve space, possessions, decisions about what to keep, and shared living arrangements, while easy retrieval is a stated motivation. They do not establish that any one challenge causes a particular spending choice. Source: Women spend more time than men organizing their homes, say it’s more important, and like doing it more
The survey covered 1,155 U.S. adult citizens online from July 17–20, 2025, with weighting to represent adult U.S. citizens and an approximately 4% overall margin of error. Its importance, routine, motivation, and challenge findings are self-reported survey measures. They can describe what respondents say matters to them, but should not be read as direct evidence of shopping behavior or annual outlays. Source: Women spend more time than men organizing their homes, say it’s more important, and like doing it more
Home organization spending statistics: Global storage habits and household clutter
An IKEA study conducted by YouGov in April 2026 surveyed 31,488 participants across 31 markets. The samples were nationally representative within markets and weighted by gender, age, and geography. Its global findings describe the surveyed markets collectively, not U.S. households alone. They concern storage habits and clutter rather than spending. Source: New global IKEA study: Nearly 4 in 10 are staging a “silent protest” over household mess
A drawer or box for miscellaneous items with no designated home appeared in 68% of surveyed households across the markets. In the study’s account, 53% of participants said they claimed that drawer or box as their own. The findings pair a common catch-all storage spot with personal ownership of it, but do not report the size of these spaces or the objects inside. Source: New global IKEA study: Nearly 4 in 10 are staging a “silent protest” over household mess
Some reported habits make clear that storage does not always mean a conventional container or organizer: 10% said they use an oven for storage, rising to 21% among surveyed participants in South Korea. Separately, 82% said they keep things purely for sentimental reasons, even when they rarely use them or keep them out of sight. Another 26% said they hide mementos from past relationships. These percentages refer to different reported behaviors and should not be added together. Source: New global IKEA study: Nearly 4 in 10 are staging a “silent protest” over household mess
The survey also asked about clutter before guests arrive and difficult areas in the home. Across the 31 markets, 34% said they move clutter from room to room before guests arrive. The kitchen countertop was identified by 24% as the hardest space to keep clutter-free, and by 37% as the space most likely to cause an argument about clutter. The countertop responses capture two distinct judgments: difficulty keeping a space clear and its role in household disagreements. Finally, 15% of participants globally said they see mess as a form of creativity. Together these findings show varied attitudes and workarounds, without measuring organization-product spending or establishing a single global household norm. Source: New global IKEA study: Nearly 4 in 10 are staging a “silent protest” over household mess