Summary

Earplugs are used for a variety of customers, some for industrial environments to protect workers’ hearing, and some for consumer use (to block outside traffic and other noise, snoring by bedpartners, by shift workers who sleep during odd hours, etc.).

This consumer category, or the “health & beauty” market, is growing rapidly, according to companies in the industry, due to the information now available online. Ear plug sleeping products are made of soft foam for comfort. Their ear plugs and full sleeping aid packages are an effective snoring solution--blocking noise, light, even blocking smells to help you get to sleep.

Major Retailers & Competitors

The Ear Plug *Super* Store

P.O. Box 658

Hulbert, OK 74441     www.earplugstore.com

McKeon Products

25460 Guenther

Warren, MI 48091  (586-427-7560)     www.macksearplugs.com

This company sells mainly to supermarkets and drugstores.

Apothecary Products

5401 S. Graham Road

St. Charles, MI 48655  (989-865-8221)   www.apothecaryproducts.com

This company distributes mainly to pharmacies.

Dapworld

15250 Sutton Street

Sherman Oaks, CA 91403   (818-501-2899)   www.hearos.com