A marriage market is a public place where parents list advertisements for their children with the aim of finding a marital spouse for them. People then congregate there and read the listings, often in the hope of finding a marital match. Several marriage markets exist in China, such as Shanghai's marriage market at People's Square and at several parks and other public places in Beijing, such as shopping malls.

Finding a Match is easier than finding a Parking Space, Chennai, India

Alternatively, a marriage market can involve the use of marriage brokers and marriage bureaus that are involved in matchmaking to unite people in marriage. In October 2011, marriage markets in India involving the use of brokers were estimated to be a ₹250 billion industry. Marriage markets using brokers exists in New Delhi, India and in several other regions of India.

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  • Banerjee, Kakoli (September 1999). . vol. 20 no. 5. Journal of Family Issues. pp. 648–676. (subscription required)
  • Jones, Gavin W. (February 2009). (PDF). Working paper no. 9. Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore. Archived from (PDF) on 2013-03-04.