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13.5% Annual Growth over the Next Five Years for Additive Manufacturing
Have you heard of the German firm AMPOWER? Every year, it publishes a report on the additive manufacturing market that analyzes its revenue trends and provides growth forecasts. The latest edition has just been released, and the outlook for 2025…
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Have you heard of the German firm AMPOWER? Every year, it publishes a report on the additive manufacturing market that analyzes its revenue trends and provides growth forecasts. The latest edition has just been released, and the outlook for 2025 is quite positive. The market is projected to have rebounded with 5.6% growth. This is an encouraging statistic, considering that the figure was 2% the previous year.
Because, yes, the current situation remains uncertain: additive manufacturing has faced clear headwinds in recent years, grappling with a complicated geopolitical landscape. This is not unique to our industry—which is, in a sense, good news.
The additive manufacturing market grew by 5.6% in 2025 (photo credit: AMPOWER)
We actually got a sense of this at Formnext 2025: even though the trade show didn’t lay down carpet in its aisles, the overall atmosphere was pleasantly surprising. The discussions we had confirm the market’s gradual recovery, and we can see light at the end of the tunnel. AMPOWER is revising its forecasts and targeting annual growth of 13.5% over the next five years, which would bring the market to over 21 billion euros.
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