According to Cecil in list item #9 of the column “How are you supposed to use hand sanitizer?” ( How are you supposed to use hand sanitizer? - The Straight Dope ), the hand sanitizer industry was in 2010 projected to bring in over 400 million dollars annually by this year (2015). This appears to be drawn from this reference in the References:
For those interested, a Google search brought me this: Report: U.S. Hand Sanitizers Market to Exceed $402M by 2015 -- Occupational Health & Safety
The question is, how accurate was that?