Polymer AM Market 2025

About the report This new market study from VoxelMatters offers the most comprehensive analysis and forecast of the polymer additive manufacturing market (units and revenues), including hardware, materials, and services, categorized by end-user segment and geography. Based on VoxelMatters’ extensive database of polymer additive manufacturing companies—including suppliers of hardware, materials, and services—this report provides the latest global polymer AM market analysis and forecasts. Despite macroeconomic uncertainties, the polymer AM sector continues to grow steadily, driven by increasing demand across industrial and automotive applications, advancements in technical polymers, and a shift toward production-scale additive manufacturing. In a polymer AM market that generated $7.4 billion in 2024, hardware remained the leading segment, accounting for $3.1 billion in revenue. Services followed with $2.8 billion, while materials generated $1.5 billion. This confirms that polymer AM is a technology still influenced by capital investment but increasingly defined by its role within vertical end-users, even in serial production. Growth is driven by expanding industrial use cases, broader access to production-ready systems, and a diversified materials portfolio supporting applications in sectors such as general industry, automotive, lifestyle products, dental, and medical. Vat photopolymerization (VPP) remains a core technology for high-resolution applications, particularly in dental and consumer segments. Material extrusion (MEX) has regained momentum due to its affordability and expanding industrial applications, especially within increasingly large print farms. Powder bed fusion technologies (mainly SLS) continue to gain traction for functional parts. However, MJF has experienced a slowdown after years of rapid expansion. Meanwhile, new developments in open material systems are advancing adoption across most key verticals. Material Jetting (MJP) remains primarily a prototyping and tooling technology, although its potential for multi-material functional parts remains interesting. Although some large companies—such as BASF, Jabil, and Braskem—have divested from AM, primarily because the current market demand is too limited to support the scale required for their businesses, polymer materials for AM continue to diversify, with strong revenue contributions from industrial- and dental-grade resins, thermoplastics, and advanced composites. Applications are expanding across sectors with complex requirements, particularly in industrial, automotive, and lifestyle products, where polymer AM now supports tooling, components, and end-use parts. This demand is further amplified by service providers scaling operations and enabling wider access to advanced polymer AM capabilities. Geographically, the market is expanding across all major regions. North America currently leads in overall revenue, but APAC is growing the fastest, driven by competitive hardware innovation and rising demand. EMEA remains a strong player, particularly in services and materials. These three regions are expected to share the global market almost evenly by 2034, each contributing around one-third of total revenue. The LATAM market is currently smaller but is growing and will continue to be monitored. This report provides a thorough analysis of the global polymer AM market, supported by 190 data tables and charts. Leveraging VoxelMatters Directory—the world’s largest verified AM company database with over 7,000 listings—our research team identified 238 hardware manufacturers, 228 material suppliers, and 467 service providers, totaling 933 companies, of which 816 are unique. The underlying dataset for this study includes more than 190,000 data points, offering one of the most accurate and comprehensive views of the global polymer AM landscape. Prominent and emerging companies featured in the report include: 3D Systems, ADDMAN (and Dinsmore), Airtech, Anycubic, Arkema, Bambu Lab, BMF, Carbon, CMS, Creality, ELEGOO, EOS (and ALM), ERPRO Group, eSun, Facfox, Farsoon, FIT AG, Flashforge, GKN (Forecast 3D), Formlabs, HLH, HP, IN3DTEC, Jingrui3D, Kings 3D, Materialise, MCPP, Nano Dimension (Markforged, ETEC), OECHSLER, Photocentric, Polymaker, Prodways, ProtoFab, Protolabs, Prototal, Prusa Research, Quickparts, SABIC, Shapeways, Solid Solutions (3DPRINTUK), Spectrum Filaments, Stratasys, Syensqo, SUNLU, UnionTech/Unionfab, WeNext, among many others. Beyond supporting existing suppliers’ market analysis and development efforts, this report is designed to assist companies in entering the technical polymer AM market and capitalizing on emerging opportunities. OEMs interested in adopting polymer AM for part production will gain a clear understanding of currently available technologies, materials, and services, along with their benefits and challenges. Additionally, this study serves as a valuable guide for investors seeking to identify the next wave of disruptive manufacturing technologies.  To learn more about the scope of this study and the methodology behind this research please contact us.