Are Singaporeans tightening purse strings as they tie the knot?
Wedding party sizes are shrinking, but couples are not necessarily spending less – merely smarter
[SINGAPORE] Here comes the bride – all dressed in a gown from Taobao, walking through her modest gathering of 50 guests, with an iPhone-wielding content creator filming her trip down a restaurant aisle.
This is one face of the modern wedding in Singapore, with couples being more particular about spending; smaller party sizes; and emerging new services.
These shifts come amid a broad decline in marriages. There were 24,687 marriages in 2025, according to preliminary data – down 6.2 per cent from 2024’s 26,328, in the third straight decline since 2022’s post-pandemic high of 29,389.
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