Market Report
The AMPOWER Report is an independent and comprehensive market report on Additive Manufacturing. The data for the report is based on personal interviews with system suppliers, material suppliers, service bureaus and users of Additive Manufacturing. Separate reports are avaialble for metal and polymer Additive Manufacturing.
Key facts AMPOWER Report 2026
The reference for AM data
The AMPOWER Report is the reference for the Additive Manufacturing industry. It provides a detailed view on the metal and polymer AM market and state of the art AM technologies. The AMPOWER Report forecasts the developments expected in the next 5 years.
For the AMPOWER Report, over 300 international experts of the industry were interviewed and more than 50,000 data points were collected. This primary research is backed by secondary market research and intelligence, project experience and several market and technology studies from the past 15 years.
In 2026, AMPOWER released its ninth edition of the market report, first time with view of the fast growing desktop polymer AM market.
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Report content for Additive Manufacturing market
Table of Contents
General market segments
- Equipment Revenue
- Material Revenue
- Part Manufacturing Supplier
- User vs. Supplier forecast
- Market pricing metal and polymer
- Equipment market share analysis
- Desktop equipment and material market
Investments
- EV/NTM sales multiples
- Startup funding volumes
- Startups by vertical
- Majort Investment rounds
Deep dives
- Technology maturity evaluation
- Investor’s view
- Regional reports
- Regional R&D report
Databases
- Global equipment supplier database
- Global service supplier database
- Global powder supplier database
- Global equipment database
Table of Contents
Breakdown by region
- USA
- Rest North America
- South America
- West Europe
- East Europe
- MENA
- Rest EMEA
- China
- East Asia
- South Asia
- Southeast Asia, Oceania
Breakdown by technology
- Metal Powder Bed Fusion (Laser/Electron beam)
- Laser/Electron beam DED
- Arc DED
- Metal BJT
- Polymer Powder Bed Fusion
- Polymer Filament Material Extrusion (FDM)
- Polymer Pellet Material Extrusion
- Vat Polymerization
- Area-wise Vat Polymerization (DLP)
- Material Jetting
- Other
Table of Contents
Breakdown by industry
- Automotive, Motorsports, Trucks, Buses
- Civil Aviation, Turbines, Helicopters
- Defense
- Space
- Medical
- Dental
- Energy, Powerplants
- Oil and Gas
- Industrial
- Tooling, Molding
- Rail and Naval
- Consumer Goods
- High-Tech and Electronics
- Part manufacturing suppliers
- Academia
- Other
Table of Contents
Breakdown by material
- Aluminum alloys
- Stainless steel alloys
- Low alloy steels
- Tool steel alloys
- Nickel based alloys
- Titanium alloys
- Copper and bronze
- Cobalt alloys
- Other metals
- PA12
- PA11
- PA6
- TPU, TPE
- ULTEM, PEI
- PEEK, PEKK
- PPS, PPSU
- ABS
- PP
- PLA
- PET, PETG
- PC
- Photopolymer (Industrial)
- Photopolymer (Dental and Medical)
- Other Thermoplastic
Report Methodology
Thorough cover of metal and polymer AM market
Basis for the AMPOWER Report 2026 are over 300 personal interviews as well as secondary research from available sources. The personal interviews were conducted directly by AMPOWER staff. The respondents were typically the respective Additive Manufacturing managers or directors with good insight into the technological as well as economical company figures. More than 50,000 data points were collected.
A highly dynamic and growing industry is difficult to cover exhaustively. However, the system suppliers that contributed direct input for the AMPOWER Report 2026 over 90% of the worldwide installed base of Additive Manufacturing systems. Secondary sources such as indirect data sources, press releases, financial reports, etc. were used to provide coverage of all installed machines. The buyers, or users, that contributed direct input for the report represent between 10 % of the worldwide installed base of Additive Manufacturing systems.
Report History
Why this report?
Additive Manufacturing is characterized by a high dynamic in technological and market development. This dynamic shows in nearly monthly market entries of new system suppliers in established AM technologies such as Laser Beam Powder Bed Fusion as well as the introduction of unique and proprietary Additive Manufacturing principles. To navigate in this environment, a detailed understanding of the different technologies and their capabilities as well as their impact on the overall market development and revenue share is important.
Within our projects we realized the difficulties our customers have to get independent and trustworthy data on the state of the AM industry for metal and polymer applications. This led to AMPOWER’s decision to combine our network and profound experience in the AM industry as well as our technological know-how and create the AMPOWER Report. Our goal is to provide the AM experienced user with deep insights into current and expected future market data, but also provide the inexperienced reader with technological background on the different current AM technologies and those of potential future importance.
The first edition of the AMPOWER Report with a focus on the metal market only was released in 2019. Since 2021, AMPOWER includes metal and polymer materials.
