The Greek Yogurt Market in Numbers: Global Size, US Share, Greek Exports and Who Is Growing (2026)
Updated: 24 hours ago
Market statistics for Greek yogurt are plentiful and contradictory, because "Greek yogurt" means different things to different counters: strained yogurt made in Greece, strained yogurt made anywhere, or anything labelled Greek including thickened imitations. This page collects the most useful figures, says where each comes from and what it includes, and is updated as new data arrive. Numbers are as of October 2026.
Global market
Source | 2025 estimate | Forecast | Growth | Definition |
Mordor Intelligence | US$18.7 billion | US$30.2 billion by 2031 | 8.4% CAGR | Retail Greek yogurt globally; North America 37.5% |
Fortune Business Insights | US$38.3 billion | US$78.7 billion by 2034 | 8.3% CAGR | Broader; names Chobani (~24%) and Danone (~19%) as leaders |
Greek trade press (PowerGame / Apogevmatini) | about €15 billion | over €25 billion by 2031 | — | Greek-yogurt category, ~12% of a ~€120 billion world yogurt market |
How to read it: the growth rate is the consistent finding, around 8% a year; the absolute size depends on whether thickened "Greek-style" and private label are included. North America is the largest region, Asia-Pacific the fastest growing.
United States
Share of yogurt sales: under 1% in 2007; about 48% by value in the 52 weeks to November 2015 (Nielsen); above 50% by 2017 according to several analysts.
Chobani: 17.6% of all US yogurt and a third of the Greek segment in 2015; more than 20% of all yogurt by 2021; estimated US$3.6 billion trailing revenue in 2025; raised US$650 million in October 2025 for a US$1.2 billion plant in Rome, New York and an Idaho expansion.
FAGE: the US supplies about 59% of FAGE's global sales; fourth-largest US yogurt brand.
Danone (Oikos): roughly a fifth of the US Greek segment.
Total US yogurt: US$10.8 billion in the 52 weeks to August 2024, up 6.5% (Circana), with Greek demand described as having "levelled off" and growth shifting to high-protein, drinkable and skyr formats. Greek-type products were about 20% of global dairy-yogurt launches (Innova).
Structural change: General Mills sold its North American yogurt business (Yoplait, Liberté and others) to Lactalis and Sodiaal for US$2.1 billion (2024–25).
United Kingdom
Yogurt market about €2.3 billion.
Greek and Greek-style together about €740 million in 2025, up 22%.
Authentic Greek (made in Greece): about €320 million, up 52%.
Greek-style (made elsewhere): about €420 million, up 7%.
Since the 2014 Court of Appeal ruling in FAGE v Chobani, only Greek-made yogurt may be sold as "Greek yoghurt" in the UK, which makes the UK the one large market where the label separates the two cleanly.
Italy
Greek yogurt sales about €570 million, of which about 95% is made in Greece.
Italy is the largest export destination for Greek yogurt by volume.
Greek production and exports
Indicator | Figure | Year |
Yogurt production in Greece | about 400,000 tonnes | 2025 |
Yogurt exports, volume | about 240,000 tonnes (+42%) | 2025 |
Yogurt exports, value | €559 million (+42.5%) | 2025 |
Share of exports sold as private label | about 90% | 2025 |
Top destinations | Italy, UK, France, Belgium, Netherlands | 2025 |
Fastest-growing destinations | Ireland, Netherlands, UK | 2025 |
H1 2026 exports | €362 million (+38%), 157,100 tonnes | 2026 |
2026 export forecast | over 300,000 tonnes | 2026 |
Greek dairy exports, all products | about €2 billion expected | 2026 |
Production growth | doubled in 10 years; +30% in 2025 (ICAP CRIF) | 2025 |
Historical | 4th-largest yogurt exporter in 2018; exports +188% 2014–2020 | 2018–20 |
Yogurt is now Greece's most valuable dairy export, ahead of feta. The export surge is largely private label: supermarket "authentic Greek yogurt" in Italy, Britain and the Benelux is filled mostly by Kri Kri, Hellenic Dairies (Olympus) and Mevgal.
Producers (latest full-year figures)
Company | Revenue | Growth | Export share | Notes |
FAGE International | US$898 million (2025) | +19% | over 90% of sales outside Greece | Net profit US$208 million; plants in Greece and New York |
Hellenic Dairies (Olympus) | over €500 million (2023) | — | over 55% | Bought Dodoni (~€180 million revenue) in Nov 2025 for ~€205 million |
Kri Kri | €329 million (2025) | +28% | 62% | Yogurt exports +46%; target over €400 million in 2026 |
Mevgal | €207 million (2025) | +6% | 46% | Building ~€150 million second yogurt plant |
Koukakis Farm | €59 million (2025) | +16% | 25% | EOS Capital investment 2026 |
Delta (Vivartia/CVC) | €31 million yogurt sales (2024) | −4% | — | For sale |
Full profiles in The Greek yogurt producers of Greece.
Capital investment announced (2021–2026)
Chobani: US$1.2 billion Rome, NY plant; US$500 million Idaho expansion.
Kri Kri: €26–30 million a year, about €127 million planned for 2026–2030.
Mevgal: ~€150 million "Dairy Future" plant.
FAGE: ~€150–170 million Dutch plant, delayed to around 2030.
Hellenic Dairies: ~€205 million Dodoni acquisition plus ~€150 million flagged for the Ioannina plant.
Input costs
Greek farm-gate cow's milk at about 53 cents per kilo was the second most expensive in the EU in 2026; sheep's milk €1.60–1.70 per kilo. Because strained yogurt uses roughly three kilograms of milk per kilogram of product, milk price is the dominant cost and the reason "Greek-style" thickened products undercut strained ones.
Search demand (US, Google Ads averages, 2026)
"greek yogurt recipe" and "greek yogurt benefits": about 14,800 searches a month each
"what is greek yogurt", "how to make greek yogurt", "greek yogurt probiotic": about 5,400 each
"high protein yogurt": about 153,000 a month, up 46% year on year (Glimpse, 2025)
Interest has moved toward protein and health questions rather than the category name itself.
Caveats
Market-research totals are modelled estimates sold commercially; the press summaries quoted here are what the firms publish openly.
Greek export data are reported by the Panhellenic Exporters Association from customs statistics and may be revised.
Company figures are from annual reports and announcements; private companies (Hellenic Dairies, Mevgal, Kolios) publish less than listed Kri Kri.
"Greek yogurt" in US data includes thickened products; in UK data it is split; in Greek export data it is Greek-made product only.
For the legal and naming background see Who owns the name "Greek yogurt"?; for the environmental side of the volume growth see Acid whey: Greek yogurt's byproduct problem.
This page is updated as new figures are published. Analysts, producers and journalists who want to flag a newer source can use the [contact page](https://www.yogurt.gr/contact).
Sources
Mordor Intelligence, Greek Yogurt Market: mordorintelligence.com
Fortune Business Insights, Greek Yogurt Market: fortunebusinessinsights.com
PowerGame, Greek yogurt: Kri Kri, Mevgal and FAGE in the race to €25 billion: powergame.gr
FoodNavigator, Greek yogurt share of US market (Nielsen 2015): foodnavigator.com; Sacra, Chobani: sacra.com; Wikipedia, Chobani: en.wikipedia.org
IFT Food Technology, yogurt market 2024: ift.org; Dairy Foods, General Mills sale: dairyfoods.com
To Vima, exports 2025: tovima.com; dairy exports to €2 billion (2026): tovima.com; exports +40% Jan–May 2025: tovima.com; producers expanding: tovima.com
SKAI / ICAP CRIF, yogurt as top dairy export (2026): skai.gr; Greek News Agenda, export history: greeknewsagenda.gr
Company results: FAGE en.mononews.gr; Kri Kri esmmagazine.com; Hellenic Dairies powergame.gr and Dodoni epant.gr; Mevgal newmoney.gr; Koukakis powergame.gr; Delta powergame.gr
DairyReporter, FAGE Netherlands plant: dairyreporter.com
Search data: seodata.dev (how is greek yogurt made), seodata.dev (is greek yogurt a probiotic), Glimpse, high protein yogurt
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