Global Electrically Welded Tubes Industry Growth and Trends Forecast to 2031

Summary

Electric welding tubes refers to tubes with joints formed by bending or deforming strips or plates into round, square, etc., and the main raw materials are steel plates or strips.

According to APO Research, The global Electrically Welded Tubes market was estimated at US$ million in 2025 and is projected to reach a revised size of US$ million by 2031, witnessing a CAGR of xx% during the forecast period 2026-2031.

North American market for Electrically Welded Tubes is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2026 through 2031.

Asia-Pacific market for Electrically Welded Tubes is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2026 through 2031.

Europe market for Electrically Welded Tubes is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2026 through 2031.

The major global manufacturers of Electrically Welded Tubes include Youfa Steel Pipe Group, Tenaris, Zekelman Industries, Vallourec, China Baowu Steel Group, Nippon Steel, ChelPipe Group, APL Apollo and Arcelormittal, etc. In 2024, the world's top three vendors accounted for approximately % of the revenue.

Report Scope

This report aims to provide a comprehensive presentation of the global market for Electrically Welded Tubes, 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 Electrically Welded Tubes.

The Electrically Welded Tubes market size, estimations, and forecasts are provided in terms of sales volume (K MT) and revenue ($ millions), considering 2024 as the base year, with history and forecast data for the period from 2020 to 2031. This report segments the global Electrically Welded Tubes market comprehensively. Regional market sizes, concerning products by Type, by Application, and by players, are also provided. For a more in-depth understanding of the market, the report provides profiles of the competitive landscape, key competitors, and their respective market ranks. The report also discusses technological trends and new product developments.

Key Companies & Market Share Insights

In this section, the readers will gain an understanding of the key players competing. This report has studied the key growth strategies, such as innovative trends and developments, intensification of product portfolio, mergers and acquisitions, collaborations, new product innovation, and geographical expansion, undertaken by these participants to maintain their presence. Apart from business strategies, the study includes current developments and key financials. The readers will also get access to the data related to global revenue, price, and sales by manufacturers for the period 2020-2025. This all-inclusive report will certainly serve the clients to stay updated and make effective decisions in their businesses.

Electrically Welded Tubes Segment by Company

Youfa Steel Pipe Group
Tenaris
Zekelman Industries
Vallourec
China Baowu Steel Group
Nippon Steel
ChelPipe Group
APL Apollo
Arcelormittal
Hyundai Steel
JFE Steel Corporation
SeAH Holdings Corp
TMK Group
Nucor Corporation
United States Steel Corporation
Kingland & Pipeline Technol-ogies
Jiangsu Changbao Steel Tube
Hengyang Valin Steel Tube
Severstal
TPCO
Marcegaglia
Tata Steel
Nezone Group

Electrically Welded Tubes Segment by Type

Round Tubes
Shaped Tubes

Electrically Welded Tubes Segment by Application

Architecture Industry
Machinery & Equipment
Oil & Gas Industry
Chemical Industry
Others

Electrically Welded Tubes Segment by Region

North America
United States
Canada
Mexico
Europe
Germany
France
U.K.
Italy
Russia
Spain
Netherlands
Switzerland
Sweden
Poland
Asia-Pacific
China
Japan
South Korea
India
Australia
Taiwan
Southeast Asia
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Türkiye
GCC Countries

Key Drivers & Barriers

High-impact rendering factors and drivers have been studied in this report to aid the readers to understand the general development. Moreover, the report includes restraints and challenges that may act as stumbling blocks on the way of the players. This will assist the users to be attentive and make informed decisions related to business. Specialists have also laid their focus on the upcoming business prospects.

Reasons to Buy This Report

1. This report will help the readers to understand the competition within the industries and strategies for the competitive environment to enhance the potential profit. The report also focuses on the competitive landscape of the global Electrically Welded Tubes market, and introduces in detail the market share, industry ranking, competitor ecosystem, market performance, new product development, operation situation, expansion, and acquisition. etc. of the main players, which helps the readers to identify the main competitors and deeply understand the competition pattern of the market.
2. This report will help stakeholders to understand the global industry status and trends of Electrically Welded Tubes and provides them with information on key market drivers, restraints, challenges, and opportunities.
3. This report will help stakeholders to understand competitors better and gain more insights to strengthen their position in their businesses. The competitive landscape section includes the market share and rank (in volume and value), competitor ecosystem, new product development, expansion, and acquisition.
4. This report stays updated with novel technology integration, features, and the latest developments in the market
5. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into which regions to target globally
6. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into the end-user perception concerning the adoption of Electrically Welded Tubes.
7. This report helps stakeholders to identify some of the key players in the market and understand their valuable contribution.

Chapter Outline

Chapter 1: Introduces the study scope of this report, executive summary of market segments by type, market size segments for North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, Middle East & Africa.
Chapter 2: Introduces 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 3: Detailed analysis of Electrically Welded Tubes manufacturers competitive landscape, price, sales, revenue, market share and ranking, latest development plan, merger, and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 4: Sales, revenue of Electrically Welded Tubes in regional level. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region and introduces the future development prospects, and market space in the world.
Chapter 5: Introduces market segments by application, market size segment for North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, Middle East & Africa.
Chapter 6: 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 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11: North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, Middle East & Africa, sales and revenue by country.
Chapter 12: Analysis of industrial chain, key raw materials, manufacturing cost, and market dynamics.
Chapter 13: Concluding Insights of the report.

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1 Market Overview

1.1 Product Definition
1.2 Global Market Growth Prospects
1.2.1 Global Electrically Welded Tubes Market Size Estimates and Forecasts (2020-2031)
1.2.2 Global Electrically Welded Tubes Sales Estimates and Forecasts (2020-2031)
1.3 Electrically Welded Tubes Market by Type
1.3.1 Round Tubes
1.3.2 Shaped Tubes
1.4 Global Electrically Welded Tubes Market Size by Type
1.4.1 Global Electrically Welded Tubes Market Size Overview by Type (2020-2031)
1.4.2 Global Electrically Welded Tubes Historic Market Size Review by Type (2020-2025)
1.4.3 Global Electrically Welded Tubes Forecasted Market Size by Type (2026-2031)
1.5 Key Regions Market Size by Type
1.5.1 North America Electrically Welded Tubes Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
1.5.2 Europe Electrically Welded Tubes Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
1.5.3 Asia-Pacific Electrically Welded Tubes Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
1.5.4 South America Electrically Welded Tubes Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
1.5.5 Middle East and Africa Electrically Welded Tubes Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
2 Global Market Dynamics

2.1 Electrically Welded Tubes Industry Trends
2.2 Electrically Welded Tubes Industry Drivers
2.3 Electrically Welded Tubes Industry Opportunities and Challenges
2.4 Electrically Welded Tubes Industry Restraints
3 Market Competitive Landscape by Company

3.1 Global Top Players by Electrically Welded Tubes Revenue (2020-2025)
3.2 Global Top Players by Electrically Welded Tubes Sales (2020-2025)
3.3 Global Top Players by Electrically Welded Tubes Price (2020-2025)
3.4 Global Electrically Welded Tubes Industry Company Ranking, 2023 VS 2024 VS 2025
3.5 Global Electrically Welded Tubes Major Company Production Sites & Headquarters
3.6 Global Electrically Welded Tubes Company, Product Type & Application
3.7 Global Electrically Welded Tubes Company Establishment Date
3.8 Market Competitive Analysis
3.8.1 Global Electrically Welded Tubes Market CR5 and HHI
3.8.2 Global Top 5 and 10 Electrically Welded Tubes Players Market Share by Revenue in 2024
3.8.3 2023 Electrically Welded Tubes Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3
4 Electrically Welded Tubes Regional Status and Outlook

4.1 Global Electrically Welded Tubes Market Size and CAGR by Region: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
4.2 Global Electrically Welded Tubes Historic Market Size by Region
4.2.1 Global Electrically Welded Tubes Sales in Volume by Region (2020-2025)
4.2.2 Global Electrically Welded Tubes Sales in Value by Region (2020-2025)
4.2.3 Global Electrically Welded Tubes Sales (Volume & Value), Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
4.3 Global Electrically Welded Tubes Forecasted Market Size by Region
4.3.1 Global Electrically Welded Tubes Sales in Volume by Region (2026-2031)
4.3.2 Global Electrically Welded Tubes Sales in Value by Region (2026-2031)
4.3.3 Global Electrically Welded Tubes Sales (Volume & Value), Price and Gross Margin (2026-2031)
5 Electrically Welded Tubes by Application

5.1 Electrically Welded Tubes Market by Application
5.1.1 Architecture Industry
5.1.2 Machinery & Equipment
5.1.3 Oil & Gas Industry
5.1.4 Chemical Industry
5.1.5 Others
5.2 Global Electrically Welded Tubes Market Size by Application
5.2.1 Global Electrically Welded Tubes Market Size Overview by Application (2020-2031)
5.2.2 Global Electrically Welded Tubes Historic Market Size Review by Application (2020-2025)
5.2.3 Global Electrically Welded Tubes Forecasted Market Size by Application (2026-2031)
5.3 Key Regions Market Size by Application
5.3.1 North America Electrically Welded Tubes Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
5.3.2 Europe Electrically Welded Tubes Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
5.3.3 Asia-Pacific Electrically Welded Tubes Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
5.3.4 South America Electrically Welded Tubes Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
5.3.5 Middle East and Africa Electrically Welded Tubes Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
6 Company Profiles

6.1 Youfa Steel Pipe Group
6.1.1 Youfa Steel Pipe Group Comapny Information
6.1.2 Youfa Steel Pipe Group Business Overview
6.1.3 Youfa Steel Pipe Group Electrically Welded Tubes Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.1.4 Youfa Steel Pipe Group Electrically Welded Tubes Product Portfolio
6.1.5 Youfa Steel Pipe Group Recent Developments
6.2 Tenaris
6.2.1 Tenaris Comapny Information
6.2.2 Tenaris Business Overview
6.2.3 Tenaris Electrically Welded Tubes Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.2.4 Tenaris Electrically Welded Tubes Product Portfolio
6.2.5 Tenaris Recent Developments
6.3 Zekelman Industries
6.3.1 Zekelman Industries Comapny Information
6.3.2 Zekelman Industries Business Overview
6.3.3 Zekelman Industries Electrically Welded Tubes Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.3.4 Zekelman Industries Electrically Welded Tubes Product Portfolio
6.3.5 Zekelman Industries Recent Developments
6.4 Vallourec
6.4.1 Vallourec Comapny Information
6.4.2 Vallourec Business Overview
6.4.3 Vallourec Electrically Welded Tubes Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.4.4 Vallourec Electrically Welded Tubes Product Portfolio
6.4.5 Vallourec Recent Developments
6.5 China Baowu Steel Group
6.5.1 China Baowu Steel Group Comapny Information
6.5.2 China Baowu Steel Group Business Overview
6.5.3 China Baowu Steel Group Electrically Welded Tubes Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.5.4 China Baowu Steel Group Electrically Welded Tubes Product Portfolio
6.5.5 China Baowu Steel Group Recent Developments
6.6 Nippon Steel
6.6.1 Nippon Steel Comapny Information
6.6.2 Nippon Steel Business Overview
6.6.3 Nippon Steel Electrically Welded Tubes Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.6.4 Nippon Steel Electrically Welded Tubes Product Portfolio
6.6.5 Nippon Steel Recent Developments
6.7 ChelPipe Group
6.7.1 ChelPipe Group Comapny Information
6.7.2 ChelPipe Group Business Overview
6.7.3 ChelPipe Group Electrically Welded Tubes Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.7.4 ChelPipe Group Electrically Welded Tubes Product Portfolio
6.7.5 ChelPipe Group Recent Developments
6.8 APL Apollo
6.8.1 APL Apollo Comapny Information
6.8.2 APL Apollo Business Overview
6.8.3 APL Apollo Electrically Welded Tubes Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.8.4 APL Apollo Electrically Welded Tubes Product Portfolio
6.8.5 APL Apollo Recent Developments
6.9 Arcelormittal
6.9.1 Arcelormittal Comapny Information
6.9.2 Arcelormittal Business Overview
6.9.3 Arcelormittal Electrically Welded Tubes Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.9.4 Arcelormittal Electrically Welded Tubes Product Portfolio
6.9.5 Arcelormittal Recent Developments
6.10 Hyundai Steel
6.10.1 Hyundai Steel Comapny Information
6.10.2 Hyundai Steel Business Overview
6.10.3 Hyundai Steel Electrically Welded Tubes Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.10.4 Hyundai Steel Electrically Welded Tubes Product Portfolio
6.10.5 Hyundai Steel Recent Developments
6.11 JFE Steel Corporation
6.11.1 JFE Steel Corporation Comapny Information
6.11.2 JFE Steel Corporation Business Overview
6.11.3 JFE Steel Corporation Electrically Welded Tubes Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.11.4 JFE Steel Corporation Electrically Welded Tubes Product Portfolio
6.11.5 JFE Steel Corporation Recent Developments
6.12 SeAH Holdings Corp
6.12.1 SeAH Holdings Corp Comapny Information
6.12.2 SeAH Holdings Corp Business Overview
6.12.3 SeAH Holdings Corp Electrically Welded Tubes Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.12.4 SeAH Holdings Corp Electrically Welded Tubes Product Portfolio
6.12.5 SeAH Holdings Corp Recent Developments
6.13 TMK Group
6.13.1 TMK Group Comapny Information
6.13.2 TMK Group Business Overview
6.13.3 TMK Group Electrically Welded Tubes Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.13.4 TMK Group Electrically Welded Tubes Product Portfolio
6.13.5 TMK Group Recent Developments
6.14 Nucor Corporation
6.14.1 Nucor Corporation Comapny Information
6.14.2 Nucor Corporation Business Overview
6.14.3 Nucor Corporation Electrically Welded Tubes Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.14.4 Nucor Corporation Electrically Welded Tubes Product Portfolio
6.14.5 Nucor Corporation Recent Developments
6.15 United States Steel Corporation
6.15.1 United States Steel Corporation Comapny Information
6.15.2 United States Steel Corporation Business Overview
6.15.3 United States Steel Corporation Electrically Welded Tubes Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.15.4 United States Steel Corporation Electrically Welded Tubes Product Portfolio
6.15.5 United States Steel Corporation Recent Developments
6.16 Kingland & Pipeline Technol-ogies
6.16.1 Kingland & Pipeline Technol-ogies Comapny Information
6.16.2 Kingland & Pipeline Technol-ogies Business Overview
6.16.3 Kingland & Pipeline Technol-ogies Electrically Welded Tubes Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.16.4 Kingland & Pipeline Technol-ogies Electrically Welded Tubes Product Portfolio
6.16.5 Kingland & Pipeline Technol-ogies Recent Developments
6.17 Jiangsu Changbao Steel Tube
6.17.1 Jiangsu Changbao Steel Tube Comapny Information
6.17.2 Jiangsu Changbao Steel Tube Business Overview
6.17.3 Jiangsu Changbao Steel Tube Electrically Welded Tubes Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.17.4 Jiangsu Changbao Steel Tube Electrically Welded Tubes Product Portfolio
6.17.5 Jiangsu Changbao Steel Tube Recent Developments
6.18 Hengyang Valin Steel Tube
6.18.1 Hengyang Valin Steel Tube Comapny Information
6.18.2 Hengyang Valin Steel Tube Business Overview
6.18.3 Hengyang Valin Steel Tube Electrically Welded Tubes Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.18.4 Hengyang Valin Steel Tube Electrically Welded Tubes Product Portfolio
6.18.5 Hengyang Valin Steel Tube Recent Developments
6.19 Severstal
6.19.1 Severstal Comapny Information
6.19.2 Severstal Business Overview
6.19.3 Severstal Electrically Welded Tubes Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.19.4 Severstal Electrically Welded Tubes Product Portfolio
6.19.5 Severstal Recent Developments
6.20 TPCO
6.20.1 TPCO Comapny Information
6.20.2 TPCO Business Overview
6.20.3 TPCO Electrically Welded Tubes Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.20.4 TPCO Electrically Welded Tubes Product Portfolio
6.20.5 TPCO Recent Developments
6.21 Marcegaglia
6.21.1 Marcegaglia Comapny Information
6.21.2 Marcegaglia Business Overview
6.21.3 Marcegaglia Electrically Welded Tubes Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.21.4 Marcegaglia Electrically Welded Tubes Product Portfolio
6.21.5 Marcegaglia Recent Developments
6.22 Tata Steel
6.22.1 Tata Steel Comapny Information
6.22.2 Tata Steel Business Overview
6.22.3 Tata Steel Electrically Welded Tubes Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.22.4 Tata Steel Electrically Welded Tubes Product Portfolio
6.22.5 Tata Steel Recent Developments
6.23 Nezone Group
6.23.1 Nezone Group Comapny Information
6.23.2 Nezone Group Business Overview
6.23.3 Nezone Group Electrically Welded Tubes Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.23.4 Nezone Group Electrically Welded Tubes Product Portfolio
6.23.5 Nezone Group Recent Developments
7 North America by Country

7.1 North America Electrically Welded Tubes Sales by Country
7.1.1 North America Electrically Welded Tubes Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
7.1.2 North America Electrically Welded Tubes Sales by Country (2020-2025)
7.1.3 North America Electrically Welded Tubes Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
7.2 North America Electrically Welded Tubes Market Size by Country
7.2.1 North America Electrically Welded Tubes Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
7.2.2 North America Electrically Welded Tubes Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
7.2.3 North America Electrically Welded Tubes Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
8 Europe by Country

8.1 Europe Electrically Welded Tubes Sales by Country
8.1.1 Europe Electrically Welded Tubes Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.1.2 Europe Electrically Welded Tubes Sales by Country (2020-2025)
8.1.3 Europe Electrically Welded Tubes Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
8.2 Europe Electrically Welded Tubes Market Size by Country
8.2.1 Europe Electrically Welded Tubes Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.2.2 Europe Electrically Welded Tubes Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
8.2.3 Europe Electrically Welded Tubes Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
9 Asia-Pacific by Country

9.1 Asia-Pacific Electrically Welded Tubes Sales by Country
9.1.1 Asia-Pacific Electrically Welded Tubes Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
9.1.2 Asia-Pacific Electrically Welded Tubes Sales by Country (2020-2025)
9.1.3 Asia-Pacific Electrically Welded Tubes Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
9.2 Asia-Pacific Electrically Welded Tubes Market Size by Country
9.2.1 Asia-Pacific Electrically Welded Tubes Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
9.2.2 Asia-Pacific Electrically Welded Tubes Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
9.2.3 Asia-Pacific Electrically Welded Tubes Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
10 South America by Country

10.1 South America Electrically Welded Tubes Sales by Country
10.1.1 South America Electrically Welded Tubes Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
10.1.2 South America Electrically Welded Tubes Sales by Country (2020-2025)
10.1.3 South America Electrically Welded Tubes Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
10.2 South America Electrically Welded Tubes Market Size by Country
10.2.1 South America Electrically Welded Tubes Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
10.2.2 South America Electrically Welded Tubes Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
10.2.3 South America Electrically Welded Tubes Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
11 Middle East and Africa by Country

11.1 Middle East and Africa Electrically Welded Tubes Sales by Country
11.1.1 Middle East and Africa Electrically Welded Tubes Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
11.1.2 Middle East and Africa Electrically Welded Tubes Sales by Country (2020-2025)
11.1.3 Middle East and Africa Electrically Welded Tubes Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
11.2 Middle East and Africa Electrically Welded Tubes Market Size by Country
11.2.1 Middle East and Africa Electrically Welded Tubes Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
11.2.2 Middle East and Africa Electrically Welded Tubes Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
11.2.3 Middle East and Africa Electrically Welded Tubes Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12 Value Chain and Sales Channels Analysis

12.1 Electrically Welded Tubes Value Chain Analysis
12.1.1 Electrically Welded Tubes Key Raw Materials
12.1.2 Key Raw Materials Price
12.1.3 Raw Materials Key Suppliers
12.1.4 Manufacturing Cost Structure
12.1.5 Electrically Welded Tubes Production Mode & Process
12.2 Electrically Welded Tubes Sales Channels Analysis
12.2.1 Direct Comparison with Distribution Share
12.2.2 Electrically Welded Tubes Distributors
12.2.3 Electrically Welded Tubes Customers
13 Concluding Insights
14 Appendix

14.1 Reasons for Doing This Study
14.2 Research Methodology
14.3 Research Process
14.4 Authors List of This Report
14.5 Data Source
14.5.1 Secondary Sources
14.5.2 Primary Sources
14.6 Disclaimer

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