Global Polystyrene Market by Size, by Type, by Application, by Region, History and Forecast 2020-2031

Summary

Polystyrene is a type of polymer with thermoplastic properties produced from the petroleum-derived monomer, styrene. In solid form, it is a colorless and rigid plastic, but it may also be returned to a liquid state by heating, and used again for molding or extrusion. It is used to produce many products for industrial and consumer use. In fact, its presence as a plastic in everyday life is second only to polyethylene.

According to APO Research, The global Polystyrene market is projected to grow from US$ million in 2025 to US$ million by 2031, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of % during the forecast period.

The US & Canada market for Polystyrene is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2025 through 2031.

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

The China market for Polystyrene is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2025 through 2031.

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

The major global manufacturers of Polystyrene include INEOS Styrolution, Total Petrochemicals, Trinseo, Americas Styrenics, Sabic, Supreme Petrochem, PS Japan, Toyo Engineer and LG Chem, etc. In 2024, the world's top three vendors accounted for approximately % of the revenue.

In terms of production side, this report researches the Polystyrene production, growth rate, market share by manufacturers and by region (region level and country level), from 2020 to 2025, and forecast to 2031.

In terms of consumption side, this report focuses on the sales of Polystyrene by region (region level and country level), by company, by type and by application. from 2020 to 2025 and forecast to 2031.

This report presents an overview of global market for Polystyrene, capacity, output, revenue and price. Analyses of the global market trends, with historic market revenue or sales data for 2020 - 2024, estimates for 2025, and projections of CAGR through 2031.

This report researches the key producers of Polystyrene, also provides the consumption of main regions and countries. Of the upcoming market potential for Polystyrene, and key regions or countries of focus to forecast this market into various segments and sub-segments. Country specific data and market value analysis for the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, China, Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, India, Germany, the U.K., Italy, Middle East, Africa, and Other Countries.

This report focuses on the Polystyrene sales, revenue, market share and industry ranking of main manufacturers, data from 2020 to 2025. Identification of the major stakeholders in the global Polystyrene market, and analysis of their competitive landscape and market positioning based on recent developments and segmental revenues. This report will help stakeholders to understand the competitive landscape and gain more insights and position their businesses and market strategies in a better way.

This report analyzes the segments data by type and by application, sales, revenue, and price, from 2020 to 2031. Evaluation and forecast the market size for Polystyrene sales, projected growth trends, production technology, application and end-user industry.

Polystyrene Segment by Company

INEOS Styrolution
Total Petrochemicals
Trinseo
Americas Styrenics
Sabic
Supreme Petrochem
PS Japan
Toyo Engineer
LG Chem
Formosa Chemicals
Sinopec
Chi Mei Corporation
CNPC
Yunfeng
BASF-YPC Company
Astor Chemical

Polystyrene Segment by Type

General Purpose Polystyrene (GPPS)
High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS)

Polystyrene Segment by Application

Packaging
Appliances
Consumer Electronics
Construction
Others

Polystyrene 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

Study Objectives

1. To analyze and research the global status and future forecast, involving, production, value, consumption, growth rate (CAGR), market share, historical and forecast.
2. To present the key manufacturers, capacity, production, 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 market potential and advantage, opportunity and challenge, restraints, and risks.
5. To identify significant trends, drivers, influence factors in global and regions.
6. To analyze 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 Polystyrene 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 Polystyrene 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 Polystyrene.
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 Polystyrene market, including product definition, global market growth prospects, production value, capacity, and average price forecasts (2020-2031).
Chapter 2: Analysis key trends, drivers, challenges, and opportunities within the global Polystyrene industry.
Chapter 3: Detailed analysis of Polystyrene market competition landscape. Including Polystyrene manufacturers' output value, output and average price from 2020 to 2025, as well as competition analysis indicators such as origin, product type, application, 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: Provides profiles of key players, introducing the basic situation of the main companies in the market in detail, including product production/output, value, price, gross margin, product introduction, recent development, etc.
Chapter 7: Production/Production Value of Polystyrene by region. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region in the next six years.
Chapter 8: Consumption of Polystyrene in regional level and country level. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region and its main countries and introduces the market development, future development prospects, market space, and production of each country in the world.
Chapter 9: Analysis of industrial chain, including the upstream and downstream of the industry.
Chapter 10: 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 Polystyrene Production Value Estimates and Forecasts (2020-2031)
1.2.2 Global Polystyrene Production Capacity Estimates and Forecasts (2020-2031)
1.2.3 Global Polystyrene Production Estimates and Forecasts (2020-2031)
1.2.4 Global Polystyrene Market Average Price (2020-2031)
1.3 Assumptions and Limitations
1.4 Study Goals and Objectives
2 Global Polystyrene Market Dynamics
2.1 Polystyrene Industry Trends
2.2 Polystyrene Industry Drivers
2.3 Polystyrene Industry Opportunities and Challenges
2.4 Polystyrene Industry Restraints
3 Polystyrene Market by Manufacturers
3.1 Global Polystyrene Production Value by Manufacturers (2020-2025)
3.2 Global Polystyrene Production by Manufacturers (2020-2025)
3.3 Global Polystyrene Average Price by Manufacturers (2020-2025)
3.4 Global Polystyrene Industry Manufacturers Ranking, 2023 VS 2024 VS 2025
3.5 Global Polystyrene Key Manufacturers Manufacturing Sites & Headquarters
3.6 Global Polystyrene Manufacturers, Product Type & Application
3.7 Global Polystyrene Manufacturers Established Date
3.8 Market Competitive Analysis
3.8.1 Global Polystyrene Market CR5 and HHI
3.8.2 Global Top 5 and 10 Polystyrene Players Market Share by Production Value in 2024
3.8.3 2024 Polystyrene Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3
4 Polystyrene Market by Type
4.1 Polystyrene Type Introduction
4.1.1 General Purpose Polystyrene (GPPS)
4.1.2 High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS)
4.2 Global Polystyrene Production by Type
4.2.1 Global Polystyrene Production by Type (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
4.2.2 Global Polystyrene Production by Type (2020-2031)
4.2.3 Global Polystyrene Production Market Share by Type (2020-2031)
4.3 Global Polystyrene Production Value by Type
4.3.1 Global Polystyrene Production Value by Type (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
4.3.2 Global Polystyrene Production Value by Type (2020-2031)
4.3.3 Global Polystyrene Production Value Market Share by Type (2020-2031)
5 Polystyrene Market by Application
5.1 Polystyrene Application Introduction
5.1.1 Packaging
5.1.2 Appliances
5.1.3 Consumer Electronics
5.1.4 Construction
5.1.5 Others
5.2 Global Polystyrene Production by Application
5.2.1 Global Polystyrene Production by Application (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
5.2.2 Global Polystyrene Production by Application (2020-2031)
5.2.3 Global Polystyrene Production Market Share by Application (2020-2031)
5.3 Global Polystyrene Production Value by Application
5.3.1 Global Polystyrene Production Value by Application (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
5.3.2 Global Polystyrene Production Value by Application (2020-2031)
5.3.3 Global Polystyrene Production Value Market Share by Application (2020-2031)
6 Company Profiles
6.1 INEOS Styrolution
6.1.1 INEOS Styrolution Comapny Information
6.1.2 INEOS Styrolution Business Overview
6.1.3 INEOS Styrolution Polystyrene Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.1.4 INEOS Styrolution Polystyrene Product Portfolio
6.1.5 INEOS Styrolution Recent Developments
6.2 Total Petrochemicals
6.2.1 Total Petrochemicals Comapny Information
6.2.2 Total Petrochemicals Business Overview
6.2.3 Total Petrochemicals Polystyrene Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.2.4 Total Petrochemicals Polystyrene Product Portfolio
6.2.5 Total Petrochemicals Recent Developments
6.3 Trinseo
6.3.1 Trinseo Comapny Information
6.3.2 Trinseo Business Overview
6.3.3 Trinseo Polystyrene Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.3.4 Trinseo Polystyrene Product Portfolio
6.3.5 Trinseo Recent Developments
6.4 Americas Styrenics
6.4.1 Americas Styrenics Comapny Information
6.4.2 Americas Styrenics Business Overview
6.4.3 Americas Styrenics Polystyrene Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.4.4 Americas Styrenics Polystyrene Product Portfolio
6.4.5 Americas Styrenics Recent Developments
6.5 Sabic
6.5.1 Sabic Comapny Information
6.5.2 Sabic Business Overview
6.5.3 Sabic Polystyrene Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.5.4 Sabic Polystyrene Product Portfolio
6.5.5 Sabic Recent Developments
6.6 Supreme Petrochem
6.6.1 Supreme Petrochem Comapny Information
6.6.2 Supreme Petrochem Business Overview
6.6.3 Supreme Petrochem Polystyrene Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.6.4 Supreme Petrochem Polystyrene Product Portfolio
6.6.5 Supreme Petrochem Recent Developments
6.7 PS Japan
6.7.1 PS Japan Comapny Information
6.7.2 PS Japan Business Overview
6.7.3 PS Japan Polystyrene Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.7.4 PS Japan Polystyrene Product Portfolio
6.7.5 PS Japan Recent Developments
6.8 Toyo Engineer
6.8.1 Toyo Engineer Comapny Information
6.8.2 Toyo Engineer Business Overview
6.8.3 Toyo Engineer Polystyrene Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.8.4 Toyo Engineer Polystyrene Product Portfolio
6.8.5 Toyo Engineer Recent Developments
6.9 LG Chem
6.9.1 LG Chem Comapny Information
6.9.2 LG Chem Business Overview
6.9.3 LG Chem Polystyrene Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.9.4 LG Chem Polystyrene Product Portfolio
6.9.5 LG Chem Recent Developments
6.10 Formosa Chemicals
6.10.1 Formosa Chemicals Comapny Information
6.10.2 Formosa Chemicals Business Overview
6.10.3 Formosa Chemicals Polystyrene Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.10.4 Formosa Chemicals Polystyrene Product Portfolio
6.10.5 Formosa Chemicals Recent Developments
6.11 Sinopec
6.11.1 Sinopec Comapny Information
6.11.2 Sinopec Business Overview
6.11.3 Sinopec Polystyrene Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.11.4 Sinopec Polystyrene Product Portfolio
6.11.5 Sinopec Recent Developments
6.12 Chi Mei Corporation
6.12.1 Chi Mei Corporation Comapny Information
6.12.2 Chi Mei Corporation Business Overview
6.12.3 Chi Mei Corporation Polystyrene Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.12.4 Chi Mei Corporation Polystyrene Product Portfolio
6.12.5 Chi Mei Corporation Recent Developments
6.13 CNPC
6.13.1 CNPC Comapny Information
6.13.2 CNPC Business Overview
6.13.3 CNPC Polystyrene Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.13.4 CNPC Polystyrene Product Portfolio
6.13.5 CNPC Recent Developments
6.14 Yunfeng
6.14.1 Yunfeng Comapny Information
6.14.2 Yunfeng Business Overview
6.14.3 Yunfeng Polystyrene Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.14.4 Yunfeng Polystyrene Product Portfolio
6.14.5 Yunfeng Recent Developments
6.15 BASF-YPC Company
6.15.1 BASF-YPC Company Comapny Information
6.15.2 BASF-YPC Company Business Overview
6.15.3 BASF-YPC Company Polystyrene Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.15.4 BASF-YPC Company Polystyrene Product Portfolio
6.15.5 BASF-YPC Company Recent Developments
6.16 Astor Chemical
6.16.1 Astor Chemical Comapny Information
6.16.2 Astor Chemical Business Overview
6.16.3 Astor Chemical Polystyrene Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.16.4 Astor Chemical Polystyrene Product Portfolio
6.16.5 Astor Chemical Recent Developments
7 Global Polystyrene Production by Region
7.1 Global Polystyrene Production by Region: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
7.2 Global Polystyrene Production by Region (2020-2031)
7.2.1 Global Polystyrene Production by Region: 2020-2025
7.2.2 Global Polystyrene Production Forecast by Region: 2026-2031
7.3 Global Polystyrene Production by Region: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
7.4 Global Polystyrene Production Value by Region (2020-2031)
7.4.1 Global Polystyrene Production Value by Region: 2020-2025
7.4.2 Global Polystyrene Production Value by Region (2026-2031)
7.5 Global Polystyrene Market Price Analysis by Region (2020-2031)
7.6 Regional Production Value Trends (2020-2031)
7.6.1 North America Polystyrene Production Value (2020-2031)
7.6.2 Europe Polystyrene Production Value (2020-2031)
7.6.3 Asia-Pacific Polystyrene Production Value (2020-2031)
7.6.4 South America Polystyrene Production Value (2020-2031)
7.6.5 Middle East & Africa Polystyrene Production Value (2020-2031)
8 Global Polystyrene Consumption by Region
8.1 Global Polystyrene Consumption by Region: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.2 Global Polystyrene Consumption by Region (2020-2031)
8.2.1 Global Polystyrene Consumption by Region (2020-2025)
8.2.2 Global Polystyrene Consumption by Region (2026-2031)
8.3 North America
8.3.1 North America Polystyrene Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.3.2 North America Polystyrene Consumption by Country (2020-2031)
8.3.3 U.S.
8.3.4 Canada
8.3.5 Mexico
8.4 Europe
8.4.1 Europe Polystyrene Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.4.2 Europe Polystyrene Consumption by Country (2020-2031)
8.4.3 Germany
8.4.4 France
8.4.5 U.K.
8.4.6 Italy
8.4.7 Netherlands
8.5 Asia Pacific
8.5.1 Asia Pacific Polystyrene Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.5.2 Asia Pacific Polystyrene Consumption by Country (2020-2031)
8.5.3 China
8.5.4 Japan
8.5.5 South Korea
8.5.6 Southeast Asia
8.5.7 India
8.5.8 Australia
8.6 South America
8.6.1 South America Polystyrene Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.6.2 South America Polystyrene Consumption by Country (2020-2031)
8.6.3 Brazil
8.6.4 Argentina
8.6.5 Chile
8.6.6 Colombia
8.7 Middle East & Africa
8.7.1 Middle East & Africa Polystyrene Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.7.2 Middle East & Africa Polystyrene Consumption by Country (2020-2031)
8.7.3 Egypt
8.7.4 South Africa
8.7.5 Israel
8.7.6 Türkiye
8.7.7 GCC Countries
9 Value Chain and Sales Channels Analysis
9.1 Polystyrene Value Chain Analysis
9.1.1 Polystyrene Key Raw Materials
9.1.2 Raw Materials Key Suppliers
9.1.3 Manufacturing Cost Structure
9.1.4 Polystyrene Production Mode & Process
9.2 Polystyrene Sales Channels Analysis
9.2.1 Direct Comparison with Distribution Share
9.2.2 Polystyrene Distributors
9.2.3 Polystyrene Customers
10 Concluding Insights
11 Appendix
11.1 Reasons for Doing This Study
11.2 Research Methodology
11.3 Research Process
11.4 Authors List of This Report
11.5 Data Source
11.5.1 Secondary Sources
11.5.2 Primary Sources
11.6 Disclaimer

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