Global Fumed Silica Powder Market Outlook and Growth Opportunities 2024

Global Fumed Silica Powder Market Outlook and Growth Opportunities 2024

Summary

The fumed silica powder industry faced a challenging year in 2023, with both global sales and revenue showing a decline. This downturn highlights the broader market dynamics, including economic slowdowns and disruptions in key industries. Despite this, the long-term outlook remains optimistic, with growth expected to resume from 2024 onward across several regions and applications.

Fumed silica, also known as pyrogenic silica, is an amorphous, synthetic silica produced by vapor phase hydrolysis of chlorosilanes in a hydrogen oxygen flame. In the flame process, primary particles are fused into branched, three-dimensional secondary particles or aggregates. In the collection system, aggregates are mechanically entangled to form agglomerates (Figure 1.). The surface of untreated fumed silica has hydroxyl groups which makes the surface hydrophilic. Fumed silica can be made hydrophobic by chemically modifying the surface with hydroxyl groups. The degree of hydrophobicity is a function of the chemistry of the treating agent (Figure 2.). The appearance of fumed silica is a white, low bulk density powder. The primary particle size is between 7-40nm, the aggregate particle size is about 200-500nm, the specific surface area is 100-400 m²/g, the purity is high, the SiO2 content is not less than 99.8% (Figure 3.).

The fumed silica powder has strong stability, dispersion, reinforcing, thickening and thixotropy, and is suitable for specific applications, such as ultra-fine inorganic new materials, composite materials, antibacterial materials and so on. It is used as a reinforcing, thickening, abrasive, thixotropic, suspending or anticaking agent in a wide variety of products for the automotive, construction, microelectronics, batteries and consumer products industries. These products include adhesives, sealants, cosmetics, batteries, inks, toners, silicone elastomers, coatings, polishing slurries and pharmaceuticals.

Regional Market Leadership and Growth
Asia Pacific Leading the Market

Asia Pacific stands as the largest and fastest-growing region, with revenues increasing from $472.76 million in 2019 to a projected $898.45 million by 2030. The region’s strong industrial base, particularly in the automotive, electronics, and construction sectors, continues to drive the consumption of fumed silica. The market in Asia Pacific is expected to grow at a robust CAGR of 6.21% from 2024 to 2030, reflecting increasing demand from industries reliant on high-performance materials like fumed silica.
Steady Growth in North America and Europe

North America, while not the largest market, shows stable growth with a CAGR of 5.76% (2024-2030), driven by advancements in technologies related to paints, coatings, and high-end silicone rubber. Europe’s market, recovering from a slight dip, is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.36%, reaching $589.90 million by 2030. Both regions benefit from well-established industries, but slower growth in manufacturing compared to Asia Pacific contributes to more moderate expansion rates.
Latin America and the Middle East & Africa

Though smaller in scale, both Latin America and the Middle East & Africa (MEA) show promising growth. Latin America is projected to grow at a CAGR of 5.12%, with key demand drivers being the adhesives, coatings, and industrial manufacturing sectors. MEA, although representing the smallest market, has notable growth potential with a CAGR of 4.79%, as industrialization and infrastructure projects increase the demand for high-performance materials like fumed silica.

Industry Revenue and Volume Dynamics
The market for fumed silica is expected to see an overall increase in sales volume from 282,585 tons in 2023 to 409,759 tons by 2030, translating into significant revenue growth from USD 1.85 billion to USD 2.37 billion over the same period.
Revenue growth outpaces volume growth, indicating increasing product value, driven by higher demand for specialized applications such as advanced coatings, high-performance silicone rubbers, and composite materials. This trend reflects the premium pricing for high-grade fumed silica with specific properties like higher BET surface areas (210-300 m²/g).

Report Scope

This report aims to comprehensively analyze the global market for Fumed Silica Powder, incorporating quantitative and qualitative data to help readers develop business and growth strategies, assess market competitiveness, and make informed business decisions.
This report provides market size estimations and forecasts regarding sales volume (Tons) and sales value (USD millions), using 2023 as the base year and including historical and forecast data from 2019 to 2030. The report comprehensively segments the global Fumed Silica Powder market, with regional market sizes based on products (by Type), applications (by Application), and players.
The report includes profiles of the competitive landscape, key competitors, and their respective market positions for a more in-depth understanding. It also discusses technological trends and new product developments. This report will assist Fumed Silica Powder manufacturers, new entrants, and related companies by providing information on sales value, volume, and average price across various segments.

This report analyzes the segments data by Type and by Application, sales, revenue, and price, from 2019 to 2030. Evaluation and forecast the market size for Fumed Silica Powder sales, projected growth trends, production technology, application and end-user industry.

Fumed Silica Powder segment by Company

Evonik Industries
Cabot
Wacker
Tokuyama
Cabot Bluestar Chemical (Jiangxi)
Hoshine Silicon Industry
Hubei Huifu Nanomaterial
OCI Corporation
Xinjiang Jingshuo New Materials (Xinte Energy)
Shandong Dongyue Organosilicon Materials
Evonik Wynca (Zhenjiang)
Orisil
Fushite
Jiangxi Black Cat Carbon

Fumed Silica Powder segment by Type

BET 80-130 m²/g
BET 130-200 m²/g
BET 200-300 m²/g
BET >300 m²/g

Fumed Silica Powder segment by Application

Silicone Rubber
Adhesives and Sealants
Polyester Resins
Paints and Inks
Others (Cosmetics, Pharma, Battery materials)

Fumed Silica Powder segment by Region

North America
United States
Canada
Europe
Germany
France
U.K.
Italy
Netherlands
Nordic Countries
Asia-Pacific
China
Japan
South Korea
India
Australia
China Taiwan
Southeast Asia
Latin America
Mexico
Brazil
Argentina
Colombia
Middle East & Africa
Turkey
Saudi Arabia
UAE

Study Objectives

1. To analyze and research the global Fumed Silica Powder status and future forecast, involving, sales, revenue, growth rate (CAGR), market share, historical and forecast.
2. To present the key manufacturers, sales, revenue, market share, and Recent Developments.
3. To split the breakdown data by regions, type, manufacturers, and Application.
4. To analyze the global and key regions Fumed Silica Powder market potential and advantage, opportunity and challenge, restraints, and risks.
5. To identify Fumed Silica Powder significant trends, drivers, influence factors in global and regions.
6. To analyze Fumed Silica Powder competitive developments such as expansions, agreements, new product launches, and acquisitions in the market.

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 Fumed Silica Powder 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 Fumed Silica Powder 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 sales 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 Fumed Silica Powder.
7. This report helps stakeholders to identify some of the key players in the market and understand their valuable contribution.

Chapter Outline

Chapter 1: Provides an overview of the Fumed Silica Powder market, including product definition, global market growth prospects, sales value, sales volume, and average price forecasts (2019-2030).
Chapter 2: Analysis key trends, drivers, challenges, and opportunities within the global Fumed Silica Powder industry.
Chapter 3: Detailed analysis of Fumed Silica Powder manufacturers competitive landscape, price, sales and revenue market share, latest development plan, merger, and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 4: Provides the analysis of various market segments by type, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different market segments.
Chapter 5: Provides the analysis of various market segments by application, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different downstream markets.
Chapter 6: Sales and value of Fumed Silica Powder in regional level. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region and introduces the market development, future development prospects, market space, and market size of each country in the world.
Chapter 7: Sales and value of Fumed Silica Powder in country level. It provides sigmate data by type, and by application for each country/region.
Chapter 8: 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 9: Analysis of industrial chain, including the upstream and downstream of the industry.
Chapter 10: Concluding Insights.