PUBLISHER: QYResearch | PRODUCT CODE: 1866725
PUBLISHER: QYResearch | PRODUCT CODE: 1866725
The global market for Pressure Sensitive Adhesives was estimated to be worth US$ 8998 million in 2024 and is forecast to a readjusted size of US$ 11080 million by 2031 with a CAGR of 3.0% during the forecast period 2025-2031.
This report provides a comprehensive assessment of recent tariff adjustments and international strategic countermeasures on Pressure Sensitive Adhesives cross-border industrial footprints, capital allocation patterns, regional economic interdependencies, and supply chain reconfigurations.
Pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs) are a class of adhesives that form a bond when pressure is applied to marry the adhesive with a surface, requiring neither solvent, water, nor heat to activate. Their unique properties, such as tackiness at room temperature, clean removability, and high shear strength, make them widely used in labels, tapes, films, and protective applications. In 2024, global PSA production reached approximately 3,398 kilotons, with an average global market price of around US$2,648 per ton. These figures highlight the industry's significant scale and economic value, driven by demand across packaging, automotive, electronics, medical devices, and construction. The versatility of PSAs, ranging from solvent-based and water-based to hot-melt and UV-curable systems, ensures that they can be tailored for different substrates and performance requirements, aligning with the diverse needs of both consumer and industrial markets.
Supply Chain and Upstream-Downstream Relationships
The PSA value chain is characterized by close integration between upstream raw material suppliers and downstream converting industries. Upstream, the key inputs include acrylic monomers, natural and synthetic rubbers, tackifiers, plasticizers, and additives, supplied predominantly by petrochemical producers and specialty chemical companies. The availability and price fluctuations of these raw materials, particularly acrylates and elastomers, directly influence production costs and industry profitability. Midstream, adhesive manufacturers process these raw materials into formulated PSA products with specific performance attributes. Downstream, these adhesives are coated onto substrates such as paper, films, foils, or fabrics, to create pressure-sensitive products like tapes, labels, decals, and protective films. The end-use markets are diverse: packaging relies heavily on PSA labels and sealing tapes; automotive uses high-performance PSAs in interior bonding, lightweighting, and noise-vibration-dampening applications; while electronics and healthcare sectors increasingly adopt specialty PSAs for displays, wearables, and medical dressings. This vertical integration across the supply chain ensures that PSA demand is closely tied to consumer goods, industrial manufacturing, and logistics growth.
Market Trends
The PSA market is experiencing significant shifts shaped by sustainability, technological innovation, and regional demand dynamics. On the sustainability front, there is growing adoption of water-based and UV-curable PSAs, which offer lower volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions compared to solvent-based systems. Bio-based raw materials and recyclable adhesive formulations are gaining traction, particularly in Europe and North America, where regulations and consumer preferences encourage eco-friendly solutions. Technological advancements are driving the development of high-performance PSAs with enhanced thermal resistance, removability, and substrate compatibility, serving demanding sectors such as electronics, automotive, and renewable energy. Regionally, Asia-Pacific continues to dominate PSA production and consumption due to its strong packaging, automotive, and consumer electronics industries, while North America and Europe emphasize high-value specialty adhesives. Meanwhile, e-commerce expansion worldwide is fueling demand for packaging tapes and labels, further underpinning steady market growth. Looking ahead, the PSA industry is expected to evolve toward higher value-added, sustainable, and application-specific solutions, ensuring long-term growth beyond the mature commodity segments.
This report aims to provide a comprehensive presentation of the global market for Pressure Sensitive Adhesives, focusing on the total sales volume, sales revenue, price, key companies market share and ranking, together with an analysis of Pressure Sensitive Adhesives by region & country, by Chemical, and by Application.
The Pressure Sensitive Adhesives market size, estimations, and forecasts are provided in terms of sales volume (K MT) and sales revenue ($ millions), considering 2024 as the base year, with history and forecast data for the period from 2020 to 2031. With both quantitative and qualitative analysis, to help readers develop business/growth strategies, assess the market competitive situation, analyze their position in the current marketplace, and make informed business decisions regarding Pressure Sensitive Adhesives.
Market Segmentation
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Segment by Chemical
Segment by Type
Segment by Application
By Region
Chapter Outline
Chapter 1: Introduces the report scope of the report, global total market size (value, volume and price). This chapter also provides the market dynamics, latest developments of the market, the driving factors and restrictive factors of the market, the challenges and risks faced by manufacturers in the industry, and the analysis of relevant policies in the industry.
Chapter 2: Detailed analysis of Pressure Sensitive Adhesives manufacturers competitive landscape, price, sales and revenue market share, latest development plan, merger, and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 3: Provides the analysis of various market segments by Chemical, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different market segments.
Chapter 4: Provides the analysis of various market segments by Application, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different downstream markets.
Chapter 5: Sales, revenue of Pressure Sensitive Adhesives in regional level. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region and introduces the market development, future development prospects, market space, and market size of each country in the world.
Chapter 6: Sales, revenue of Pressure Sensitive Adhesives in country level. It provides sigmate data by Chemical, and by Application for each country/region.
Chapter 7: Provides profiles of key players, introducing the basic situation of the main companies in the market in detail, including product sales, revenue, price, gross margin, product introduction, recent development, etc.
Chapter 8: Analysis of industrial chain, including the upstream and downstream of the industry.
Chapter 9: Conclusion.