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The Worldwide Power Strip Industry is Expected to Reach $16.2 Billion by 2027

Dublin, Jan. 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Global Power Strip Market By Type (Common, Smart and Specialized), By Protection (Surge Protection, Fuse-based Protection and Others), By Application (Commercial, Household and Industrial), By Regional Outlook, COVID-19 Impact Analysis Report and Forecast, 2021 - 2027" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

The Global Power Strip Market size is expected to reach $16.2 billion by 2027, rising at a market growth of 6.4% CAGR during the forecast period. A block of electrical sockets, which offers an additional cord length and mobility than the traditional wall sockets, is known as a power strip. The wall sockets are usually placed at uncertain and hard-to-reach locations. In addition, power strips are generally utilized in some places of the house that have many appliances like the living room as only some of the wall sockets are available in the space.

Power strips mostly consist of a master switch, which cuts off power to the whole strip, suitably enabling one to cut off the power to all the other attached electronic appliances with just a click. Though, some models consist of individual switches for each and every socket on the strip, which makes it more flexible regarding selectively discontinued the power supply of any socket. Such power strips are important because certain electronic appliances should not to be unplugged directly like computers and printers, since they could damage them. Moreover, power strips also have indicator lights on the switches to enable an easy indication for telling which sockets have a power supply or not. Some sophisticated models offer one or more fuses to avoid power surges affecting the devices that are plugged in to the power strip.

The rising demand for a stable power supply is anticipated to fuel the growth of the power strip market. The growing demand for utility & electrical devices is boosting the requirement for a stable power supply, which makes power strips more important to enhance the quality of power in electrical systems.

COVID-19 Impact Analysis

The outbreak of the global Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on various industrial sectors of the business domain. The imposition of numerous regulations like the travel ban, social distancing, temporary ban on manufacturing units, ban on import and exports has resulted in the increasing gap between demand and supply chains. The lack of a workforce has resulted in the depleting stock of numerous products in the market.

However, this pandemic has positively affected the growth of the power strips market due to the significant increase in online sales and the growing use of numerous devices at home. Owing to the imposition of lockdown in many nations across the globe, the customers have started working from home, which created more demand for power strips as they is expected to protect their electrical devices from any power voltage fluctuation, and hence, fueling the sales of power strips.