Global Digital Chemical Industry Market Size is valued at USD 19.1 Billion in 2024 and is predicted to reach USD 140.8 Billion by the year 2034 at a 22.2% CAGR during the forecast period for 2025-2034.
Key Industry Insights & Findings from the Report:
Digitalization is significantly impacting all the segments of the chemical industry, from petrochemicals to pesticides. It helps in improving supply chains, productivity, and market channels. For instance, in July 2021, Siemens and Dow created a process automation test bed to help bring digital transformation to chemical process manufacturing. This test bed designed to allow manufacturers and technology providers to help inform the development of digital twins for process manufacturing.
The major factors driving the growth of the digital chemical industry market include the rising need for continuous and efficient manufacturing methods, adoption of advanced digital technologies by chemical industries, increasing demand for better scheduling of batch production, rising awareness about digitalization solutions. Moreover, increasing government investments in R&D for optimizing manufacturing processes are anticipated to propel market adoption over the forecast period. The growing implementations of modern technologies such as IoT, 3D printing, VR, and AI are expected to increase the R&D activities, likely to fuel the demand for digitization in various industries.
However, the high cost of integrating new technologies, limited knowledge of new digital technologies, and various environmental and safety regulations are expected to hamper the market's growth.
The digital chemical industry market is segmented based on technology, verticals, process, and region. By technology, the market comprises the Internet of Things (IoT), 3D printing, augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), artificial intelligence, digital twin, and other technology. The IoT segment is anticipated to hold the highest market share over the forecast period due to its ability to integrate with new technologies. The verticals segment is grouped into petrochemicals & polymers, specialty chemicals, fertilizers & agrochemicals, and other verticals. The petrochemicals and polymers would be the fastest-growing segment during the forecast period owing to the increasing demand for petrochemicals and polymers by various industries. Based on the process, the market is classified into research & development, manufacturing, procurement, packaging, supply chain management & logistics, and other processes. The manufacturing segment is expected to dominate the digital chemical industry market in the coming years as the digitalization of the manufacturing process offers higher productivity without any capital investments. Regionally, the market is studied across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and the Middle East, and Africa.
North America is estimated to hold the maximum share of this market in the near future due to the rising awareness about digitization solutions and increasing R&D funding of chemical companies for overall manufacturing process improvements.
Report Attribute |
Specifications |
Market Size Value In 2024 |
USD 19.1 Billion |
Revenue Forecast In 2034 |
USD 140.8 Billion |
Growth Rate CAGR |
CAGR of 22.2% from 2025-2034 |
Quantitative Units |
Representation of revenue in US$ Bn, and CAGR from 2025-2034 |
Historic Year |
2021 to 2024 |
Forecast Year |
2025-2034 |
Report Coverage |
The forecast of revenue, the position of the company, the competitive market structure, growth prospects, and trends |
Segments Covered |
By Technology, By Verticals, By Process |
Regional Scope |
North America; Europe; Asia Pacific; Latin America; Middle East & Africa |
Country Scope |
U.S.; Canada; U.K.; Germany; China; India; Japan; Brazil; Mexico ;The UK; France; Italy; Spain; China; Japan; India; South Korea; South East Asia; South Korea; South East Asia |
Competitive Landscape |
ABB Ltd., Analog Devices, Atos SE, Autonics Corporation, Cisco Systems, Inc., Emerson Electric Co., Fanuc Corporation, Flowserve Corporation, Fortive, General Electric Co., Hans Turck GmbH & Co. KG, Hanwei Electronics, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, Honeywell International Inc., Huagong Tech, Hydro Systems, Infineon, International Business Machines Corporation, InvenSense, Microsoft Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Movement Industries Corporation, NXP Semiconductors N.V. , Omron, Panasonic, Qualcomm Inc., Rockwell Automation, Inc., Schneider Electric SE, Semtech, Sensirion, SICK AG, Siemens AG, Silicon Laboratories, steute Technologies GmbH & Co. KG, STM, Stratasys Ltd., TE Connectivity, TI, Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. , Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Zhonghang Electronic Measuring Instruments, and Other Prominent Players. |
Customization Scope |
Free customization report with the procurement of the report, Modifications to the regional and segment scope. Particular Geographic competitive landscape. |
Pricing And Available Payment Methods |
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Global Digital Chemical Industry Market, by Technology
Global Digital Chemical Industry Market, by Verticals
Global Digital Chemical Industry Market, by Process
Global Digital Chemical Industry Market, by Region
North America Digital Chemical Industry Market, by Country
Europe Digital Chemical Industry Market, by Country
Asia Pacific Digital Chemical Industry Market, by Country
Latin America Digital Chemical Industry Market, by Country
Middle East & Africa Digital Chemical Industry Market, by Country
Competitive Landscape
Latest Strategic Developments
InsightAce Analytic follows a standard and comprehensive market research methodology focused on offering the most accurate and precise market insights. The methods followed for all our market research studies include three significant steps – primary research, secondary research, and data modeling and analysis - to derive the current market size and forecast it over the forecast period. In this study, these three steps were used iteratively to generate valid data points (minimum deviation), which were cross-validated through multiple approaches mentioned below in the data modeling section.
Through secondary research methods, information on the market under study, its peer, and the parent market was collected. This information was then entered into data models. The resulted data points and insights were then validated by primary participants.
Based on additional insights from these primary participants, more directional efforts were put into doing secondary research and optimize data models. This process was repeated till all data models used in the study produced similar results (with minimum deviation). This way, this iterative process was able to generate the most accurate market numbers and qualitative insights.
Secondary research
The secondary research sources that are typically mentioned to include, but are not limited to:
The paid sources for secondary research like Factiva, OneSource, Hoovers, and Statista
Primary Research:
Primary research involves telephonic interviews, e-mail interactions, as well as face-to-face interviews for each market, category, segment, and subsegment across geographies
The contributors who typically take part in such a course include, but are not limited to:
Data Modeling and Analysis:
In the iterative process (mentioned above), data models received inputs from primary as well as secondary sources. But analysts working on these models were the key. They used their extensive knowledge and experience about industry and topic to make changes and fine-tuning these models as per the product/service under study.
The standard data models used while studying this market were the top-down and bottom-up approaches and the company shares analysis model. However, other methods were also used along with these – which were specific to the industry and product/service under study.
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