en.Wedoany.com Reported - Market research firm VoxelMatters has released the latest data from its "2026 Polymer Additive Manufacturing Market Report," revealing that the total polymer additive manufacturing market reached $9.45 billion in 2025, a year-over-year increase of 18.7%. The report is scheduled for official release on July 14 and is currently in the pre-sale phase. Based on over 7,000 verified listings in the VoxelMatters directory, the research team identified 239 hardware manufacturers, 249 material suppliers, and 465 service providers, totaling 953 company entries across sub-segments, of which 836 are independent companies, an increase of 20 from the previous edition.
The report shows that hardware is the largest sub-segment, with revenue of $4.36 billion (up 20.9% year-over-year); service revenue was $3.21 billion (up 17.3% year-over-year); and material revenue was $1.89 billion (up 15.9% year-over-year). The underlying dataset contains nearly 200,000 data points and 78 supporting charts. The report also forecasts that the market will reach nearly $22 billion by 2030 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18.4%, with materials being the fastest-growing sub-segment.
Notably, desktop and consumer-grade 3D printing are becoming the main drivers of current growth. Chinese company Bambu Lab generated revenue in 2025 equivalent to the combined revenue of the three largest industrial polymer additive manufacturing companies. Driven by rising consumer demand and competitive innovation from Chinese brands such as Bambu Lab and Creality, the Asia-Pacific region surpassed North America in 2025 to become the largest and fastest-growing hardware market, while North American hardware revenue remained largely flat. VoxelMatters noted that the firm has consistently considered desktop and consumer-grade 3D printers as viable business segments and included them in its data statistics.
In the industrial sector, Stratasys integrated the former BASF Forward AM materials business through a bankruptcy acquisition into a new "Scaled Additive Manufacturing" division and launched an open materials market. ADDMAN consolidated North American polymer service capacity by acquiring Forecast 3D from GKN. Carbon is moving toward positive cash flow operations. EOS dominates the SLS segment, while HP holds a near-monopoly position in high-speed thermal PBF; both face competition from Formlabs as well as Chinese manufacturers TPM3D and Farsoon. Carbon leads in high-speed DLP, while Axtra 3D stands out with a hybrid SLA/DLP approach.
In terms of materials, resin remains the largest material form, with powder growing fastest driven by nylon. Filament production has expanded but faces price compression from consumer-grade imports. Dental resin, as the largest resin type, shows more resilience in recurring material revenue from the installed base compared to new system sales. The report believes this trend will strengthen as a larger hardware base drives material consumption in 2025. The additive manufacturing market is cyclical, and industrial systems will once again become a growth driver as production volumes scale and buyers digest capacity installed in previous years.
