The Carbon Black Market size was valued at around USD 15. billion at the end of 2024 and is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 6.63% to reach USD 22.04 billion by 2029.
Carbon black is a significant product and is employed in making tires, plastics, mechanical rubber goods, printing inks, and toners. It can absorb UV light and convert it into heat, therefore used in polymer businesses. It is also employed in insulating wires and cables. It finds application in a broad range of rubber products and pigments. It is a cost-effective rubber reinforcing agent used in tires.
Carbon black is pure elemental carbon that is like fine or aggregate particles that are made by incomplete combustion or decomposition of hydrocarbons in controlled temperature and pressure. It is usually made with the help of heavy aromatic oils as feedstock, and it is applied in different materials in order to enhance their performance based on physical, electric, and optical properties.
Escalating calls for specialty-grade carbon black for employment as a pigment in coatings, plastics, and other businesses have augmented dominating carbon black makers to boost their production capacity for specialty–grade carbon black. Factors that drive the expansion of the global carbon black market are the rise in the call for carbon black from tire and construction & manufacturing businesses, where it is employed to offer strength to industrial rubber compounds and other equipment. In addition to that, it has physical properties like color stability, solvent resistance, and thermal stability, due to which it is broadly employed in paint and coating businesses. A significant driver in the carbon black market is the expansion in the automotive industry.
The high development in the chemical and automobile business and naturally available primary resources is actively driving the global carbon black market. The flourishing construction and manufacturing segments are also driving the market expansion. These segments highly use industrial rubber and other related equipment, of which carbon black forms a major part. Furthermore, in the paints and coatings business, it is employed in jet-black paints which act as a protective coating for different products. Apart from this, as the mixture of carbon black and cement leads to improved uniformity, surface hardness, tensile strength, and compressive strength, there has been a rise in the demand for carbon black in the construction business.
Changes in prices of raw materials and dangerous gases emitted into the atmosphere throughout the making of carbon black are key restraining factors for the worldwide carbon black market. The external alteration of carbon black by other materials like precipitated silica or nano-silica is another restraint of the carbon black business.
The rise in the call for carbon black, owing to its UV protection and conductive properties in plastics is estimated to create the latest opportunities for the expansion of the market.
The market is challenged by changing rules leading to the replacement of carbon black with silica as a reinforcing agent in tire manufacturing. However, bolstering the automotive aftermarket and construction segment in rising economies is posing a significant opportunity for further expansion of the market.
REPORT METRIC |
DETAILS |
Market Size Available |
2023 to 2029 |
Base Year |
2023 |
Forecast Period |
2024 to 2029 |
CAGR |
6.63% |
Segments Covered |
By Application, Type, pigment source, grade, and Region |
Various Analyses Covered |
Global, Regional & Country Level Analysis, Segment-Level Analysis, DROC, PESTLE Analysis, Porter’s Five Forces Analysis, Competitive Landscape, Analyst Overview on Investment Opportunities |
Regions Covered |
North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Middle East & Africa |
Market Leaders Profiled |
Phillips Carbon Black Limited (India), Black Bear Carbon BV (Netherlands), Longxing Chemical Group, Birla Carbon/Thai Carbon Black Public Company Limited (Thailand), Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (Japan), Pyrolyx AG (Germany), Cabot Corporation (U.S.), Nippon Steel & Sumikin Chemical Co. Ltd. (Japan), OCI Company Ltd. (South Korea), Continental Carbon Company (US) |
This is due to the fact that furnace black is the most widely used type of carbon black due to its ability to be mass-produced with different particle sizes and structures.
Global Carbon Black Market On the Basis of Pigment Source
The vine and lamp black pigments are produced from the charring of dried grape stems and soot of oil lamps respectively.
The tires section of applications is responsible for the majority of the market income. The wide range of applications in the automobile industry is the reason for its leading growth rate in the aforementioned forecast period. Applications in the automobile industry include inner-liners, sidewalls, carcasses, and threads among others.
Among the two types of grades, the standard grade segment has witnessed fast growth as they are widely used in most applications, whereas specialty grade carbon black also has a growth rate close to that of standard grade.
Due to its high CAGR, increasing demand for growing industries, and the scope of future opportunities, mainly in developing countries like Japan, India, and China. The market value of Europe and North America is much lower than that of Asia Pacific.
Asia-Pacific dominates the business share in the global carbon black market and also has makers producing carbon black at the lowest cost. China is the biggest manufacturer and supplier of carbon black worldwide and customers more than one-third of the total global carbon black market volume. The competitive scenario regarding the pricing of carbon black is showcasing to lower the carbon black business by several companies in North America and Europe as countries in the Asia-Pacific region is producing carbon black at relatively lower prices. This has resulted in the migration of production facilities of producers to Asia-Pacific in order to remain competitive in the market by minimizing production expenses. The rising application of the material in several sectors of plastic that are molding, film, pipe, fiber, and cable is growing the global carbon black market size.
Phillips Carbon Black Limited (India), Black Bear Carbon BV (Netherlands), Longxing Chemical Group, Birla Carbon/Thai Carbon Black Public Company Limited (Thailand), Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (Japan), Pyrolyx AG (Germany), Cabot Corporation (U.S.), Nippon Steel & Sumikin Chemical Co. Ltd. (Japan), OCI Company Ltd. (South Korea), Continental Carbon Company (US), Omsk Carbon Group (Russia), Shandong Huadong Rubber Materials Co., Ltd. (China), Orion Engineered Carbons SA (Luxembourg), Imerys Carbon & Graphite (Switzerland), Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (Japan), and Asahi Carbon Co. Ltd. (Japan) is the leading shareholders of the Global Carbon Black market. These companies are currently focused on expansion strategies to improve their market value and position.
Cabot China Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT), agreed to buy Shenzhen Sanshun Nano New Materials Co., Ltd (SUSN), a dominating carbon nanotube (CNT) producer in China, for around $115 million in enterprise worth, which includes liabilities and contingent payments, company officials declared.
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