Spunbond Nonwovens Market Report

Global Spunbond Nonwovens Market Size

The global spunbond nonwovens market size was valued at USD 15.62 billion in 2025 and is expected to be worth USD 32.74 billion by 2034 from USD 16.96 billion in 2026. The market is growing at a CAGR of 8.57% during the forecast period.

Spunbond nonwovens market are explained as porous flat sheets and fabrics as composites, made out of cast plastic or plastic films bonded together by the process of hot pressing. Adhesion is applied to a raw material, which is thermoplastic in nature, such as polypropylene, polyester, etc. The meters (GSM) range from 10 to 150. The property to easily mold and control the features of polyester, polypropylene, and polyethylene polymers make it a perfect selection for nonwoven making. Fluctuating commodity prices hurt the profit margins of several spunbond nonwoven manufacturers. The spunbond nonwovens market is manufactured by Spunbond technology, in which thermoplastic polymers are extruded to form fine filament fibers approximately 15 to 35 microns in diameter. Polyester, polypropylene, and polyethylene are the polymers commonly employed in the manufacture of spun-bonded nonwovens, as they offer high strength, high molecular weight, and broad molecular weight distribution.

Spunbond Nonwovens Market Drivers and Restraints:

The expansion in the global spunbond nonwoven market can be attributed to escalated consumption of spunbond nonwoven due to population expansion and their call from the hygienic and medical sectors. Growing call from the geotextile industry is escalating call for spunbond nonwoven. An increase in disposable income influences the use of spun-bond nonwovens market. The increase in the use of baby diapers in developed and developing countries and the high cost of finishing products, the volatile price of raw materials are the factors that influence the market. Escalated per capita income and escalated awareness of personal hygiene have resulted in escalated sales of products such as diapers, toddler pants, and women's sanitary pads. All of these products promote skin health and personal hygiene. In addition, countries such as Japan, Germany, and Italy are experiencing rapid expansion in the geriatric population, which is predicted to stimulate call for adult incontinence products. Due to escalated sales of these products, call for the fabric employed in the manufacture of these products is predicted to increase, which in turn should contribute to the expansion of the spunbond nonwoven market during the foreseen period. Many Asian and African countries have experienced improvements in the medical and healthcare industry in recent years. This has resulted in longer life expectancy and easy access to better health facilities.

With the escalating penetration of medical facilities, the call for medical products has also escalated. The intensive use of disposable medical products, such as curtains, wipes, masks, coats and gloves for patients, for the prevention of hospital-acquired infections (HAI) has also stimulated the call for disposable nonwoven fabrics as raw material. Therefore, the expansion of medical services contributes to the expansion of the nonwoven yarn market. Mature markets such as Japan, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Hungary face a major demographic challenge of weak population expansion. Due to their stagnant or declining population, the main end-users in these countries, such as hygiene and personal care, construction and the medical industries, are reaching their saturation point. For this reason, the call for spunbond nonwovens employed in the manufacture of products in these industries is predicted to remain low. This is predicted to hinder the expansion of the spunbond nonwovens market in these countries.

Market Segmentation

Spunbond Nonwovens Market - By Material Type:

• Polypropylene Spunbond Nonwoven
• Polyester Spunbond Nonwoven
• Polyethylene Spunbond Nonwoven
• Polyurethane Spunbond Nonwoven
• Polyamide Spunbond Nonwoven
• Bico Spunbond Nonwoven

The polypropylene nonwoven material is of low cost compared to others, therefore it has the largest market share, along with the growing awareness of its benefits. Polyester ranks second on the world market, owing to its adoption in sectors such as the automobile, agriculture, and medicine.

Spunbond Nonwovens Market - By Application:

• Personal Care & Hygiene
• Medical
• Agriculture
• Packaging
• Automotive
• Geotextile
• Apparel
• Construction

The personal care & hygiene segment accounted for the biggest portion of the worldwide spun-bound nonwovens market industry.

Spunbond Nonwovens Market - By Region:

The Spunbond Nonwovens market Report includes the segmentation of Regions with their respective Countries.

• North America Spunbond Nonwovens Industry includes the U.S. and Canada.

• Europe Spunbond Nonwovens Industry includes the UK, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Netherlands, Turkey, Czech Republic & Rest of Europe.

• Asia Pacific Spunbond Nonwovens Industry includes India, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia & New Zealand, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore & Rest of APAC.

• Latin America Spunbond Nonwovens Industry includes Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile & Rest of LATAM.

• The Middle East & Africa Spunbond Nonwovens Industry includes KSA, UAE, Israel, the rest of GCC countries, South Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Egypt, Sudan, rest of MEA.

Asia Pacific had anticipated the strongest expansion in the global spunbond nonwovens market because of plenty of raw materials and the availability of cheap labor in this area. In Asian countries, India, China, and Japan register high investments compared to other countries and predict as the main players in the world market. North America and Europe are the prominent areas in the world market. On the basis of revenue, Asia-Pacific has the biggest industry share of spunbond nonwovens and is predicted to contribute more than 40.1% to the industry in the year 2019. China, in particular, is the world's largest market for this woven fabric. This is mainly due to the large industrial base and the increase in per capita income in the country. These factors increase the call for hygiene and personal care products made from this fabric.

Recent Developments:

• The Indian government may authorize its exports of spun-bond nonwovens market within 2-3 weeks. After having authorized the export of PPE (with a limit of 5 million per month), the textile industry is also ready to export the different types of fabrics employed in the manufacture of PPE.

• Mitsui Chemicals developed its melt-blown nonwoven manufacturing industries at its fully owned subsidiary Sunrex Industry Co., Ltd., beginning works at the latest facilities in the month of January. This decision is an effort to meet the growing call for fusion-blown nonwovens for industrial use.

Spunbond Nonwovens Market Key Players:

Significant firms in the spunbond nonwovens market industry are Schouw & Co. (Denmark), Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Japan), Johns Manville Corporation (US), Fitesa S.A. (Brazil), RadiciGroup SpA (Italy), Avgol Nonwovens (Israel), Kimberly-Clark Corporation (US), Berry Plastics Group, Inc. (US), Toray Industries, Inc. (Japan), Asahi Kasei Corporation (Japan), Pegas Nonwovens SA (Luxembourg), Kuraray Co., Ltd. (Japan), Kolon Industries, Inc. (South Korea), E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (US), and Mogul (Turkey).