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

Summary

Thickeners are substances added to solutions to increase the viscosity of the liquid without significantly affecting its taste and other properties. The type and quantity of thickener depends on the nature of the final product. Thickeners are usually grouped as food-grade thickeners and non-food grade thickeners. They are further segmented on the basis of raw material into mineral thickeners and hydrocolloid thickeners. Mineral thickeners such as clay and silica and hydrocolloid thickeners such as starches, gums, cellulose, gelatin, pectin, and carrageenan are covered in this report.

According to APO Research, The global Thickeners 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 Thickeners 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 Thickeners 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 Thickeners 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 Thickeners 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 Thickeners include Ashland, ADM, CP Kelco, FMC Corp, Cargill, BASF, DuPont, Dow and Ingredion, etc. In 2024, the world's top three vendors accounted for approximately % of the revenue.

In terms of production side, this report researches the Thickeners 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 Thickeners 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 Thickeners, 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 Thickeners, also provides the consumption of main regions and countries. Of the upcoming market potential for Thickeners, 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 Thickeners sales, revenue, market share and industry ranking of main manufacturers, data from 2020 to 2025. Identification of the major stakeholders in the global Thickeners 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 Thickeners sales, projected growth trends, production technology, application and end-user industry.

Thickeners Segment by Company

Ashland
ADM
CP Kelco
FMC Corp
Cargill
BASF
DuPont
Dow
Ingredion
Akzo Nobel
Celanese
Eastman
PPG
Lubrizol
Henkel
Tate & Lyle
Grace
PQ Corp
BYK
Elementis

Thickeners Segment by Type

Inorganic Thickener
Cellulose Ether
Synthetic Polymer
Natural Polymer and Its Derivatives

Thickeners Segment by Application

Food & Beverages
Paints & Coatings
Cosmetics
Medicine
Detergent

Thickeners 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
Colombia
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 Thickeners 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 Thickeners 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 Thickeners.
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 Thickeners 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 Thickeners industry.
Chapter 3: Detailed analysis of Thickeners market competition landscape. Including Thickeners 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 Thickeners 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 Thickeners 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 Thickeners Production Value Estimates and Forecasts (2020-2031)
1.2.2 Global Thickeners Production Capacity Estimates and Forecasts (2020-2031)
1.2.3 Global Thickeners Production Estimates and Forecasts (2020-2031)
1.2.4 Global Thickeners Market Average Price (2020-2031)
1.3 Assumptions and Limitations
1.4 Study Goals and Objectives
2 Global Thickeners Market Dynamics
2.1 Thickeners Industry Trends
2.2 Thickeners Industry Drivers
2.3 Thickeners Industry Opportunities and Challenges
2.4 Thickeners Industry Restraints
3 Thickeners Market by Manufacturers
3.1 Global Thickeners Production Value by Manufacturers (2020-2025)
3.2 Global Thickeners Production by Manufacturers (2020-2025)
3.3 Global Thickeners Average Price by Manufacturers (2020-2025)
3.4 Global Thickeners Industry Manufacturers Ranking, 2023 VS 2024 VS 2025
3.5 Global Thickeners Key Manufacturers Manufacturing Sites & Headquarters
3.6 Global Thickeners Manufacturers, Product Type & Application
3.7 Global Thickeners Manufacturers Established Date
3.8 Market Competitive Analysis
3.8.1 Global Thickeners Market CR5 and HHI
3.8.2 Global Top 5 and 10 Thickeners Players Market Share by Production Value in 2024
3.8.3 2024 Thickeners Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3
4 Thickeners Market by Type
4.1 Thickeners Type Introduction
4.1.1 Inorganic Thickener
4.1.2 Cellulose Ether
4.1.3 Synthetic Polymer
4.1.4 Natural Polymer and Its Derivatives
4.2 Global Thickeners Production by Type
4.2.1 Global Thickeners Production by Type (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
4.2.2 Global Thickeners Production by Type (2020-2031)
4.2.3 Global Thickeners Production Market Share by Type (2020-2031)
4.3 Global Thickeners Production Value by Type
4.3.1 Global Thickeners Production Value by Type (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
4.3.2 Global Thickeners Production Value by Type (2020-2031)
4.3.3 Global Thickeners Production Value Market Share by Type (2020-2031)
5 Thickeners Market by Application
5.1 Thickeners Application Introduction
5.1.1 Food & Beverages
5.1.2 Paints & Coatings
5.1.3 Cosmetics
5.1.4 Medicine
5.1.5 Detergent
5.2 Global Thickeners Production by Application
5.2.1 Global Thickeners Production by Application (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
5.2.2 Global Thickeners Production by Application (2020-2031)
5.2.3 Global Thickeners Production Market Share by Application (2020-2031)
5.3 Global Thickeners Production Value by Application
5.3.1 Global Thickeners Production Value by Application (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
5.3.2 Global Thickeners Production Value by Application (2020-2031)
5.3.3 Global Thickeners Production Value Market Share by Application (2020-2031)
6 Company Profiles
6.1 Ashland
6.1.1 Ashland Comapny Information
6.1.2 Ashland Business Overview
6.1.3 Ashland Thickeners Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.1.4 Ashland Thickeners Product Portfolio
6.1.5 Ashland Recent Developments
6.2 ADM
6.2.1 ADM Comapny Information
6.2.2 ADM Business Overview
6.2.3 ADM Thickeners Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.2.4 ADM Thickeners Product Portfolio
6.2.5 ADM Recent Developments
6.3 CP Kelco
6.3.1 CP Kelco Comapny Information
6.3.2 CP Kelco Business Overview
6.3.3 CP Kelco Thickeners Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.3.4 CP Kelco Thickeners Product Portfolio
6.3.5 CP Kelco Recent Developments
6.4 FMC Corp
6.4.1 FMC Corp Comapny Information
6.4.2 FMC Corp Business Overview
6.4.3 FMC Corp Thickeners Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.4.4 FMC Corp Thickeners Product Portfolio
6.4.5 FMC Corp Recent Developments
6.5 Cargill
6.5.1 Cargill Comapny Information
6.5.2 Cargill Business Overview
6.5.3 Cargill Thickeners Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.5.4 Cargill Thickeners Product Portfolio
6.5.5 Cargill Recent Developments
6.6 BASF
6.6.1 BASF Comapny Information
6.6.2 BASF Business Overview
6.6.3 BASF Thickeners Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.6.4 BASF Thickeners Product Portfolio
6.6.5 BASF Recent Developments
6.7 DuPont
6.7.1 DuPont Comapny Information
6.7.2 DuPont Business Overview
6.7.3 DuPont Thickeners Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.7.4 DuPont Thickeners Product Portfolio
6.7.5 DuPont Recent Developments
6.8 Dow
6.8.1 Dow Comapny Information
6.8.2 Dow Business Overview
6.8.3 Dow Thickeners Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.8.4 Dow Thickeners Product Portfolio
6.8.5 Dow Recent Developments
6.9 Ingredion
6.9.1 Ingredion Comapny Information
6.9.2 Ingredion Business Overview
6.9.3 Ingredion Thickeners Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.9.4 Ingredion Thickeners Product Portfolio
6.9.5 Ingredion Recent Developments
6.10 Akzo Nobel
6.10.1 Akzo Nobel Comapny Information
6.10.2 Akzo Nobel Business Overview
6.10.3 Akzo Nobel Thickeners Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.10.4 Akzo Nobel Thickeners Product Portfolio
6.10.5 Akzo Nobel Recent Developments
6.11 Celanese
6.11.1 Celanese Comapny Information
6.11.2 Celanese Business Overview
6.11.3 Celanese Thickeners Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.11.4 Celanese Thickeners Product Portfolio
6.11.5 Celanese Recent Developments
6.12 Eastman
6.12.1 Eastman Comapny Information
6.12.2 Eastman Business Overview
6.12.3 Eastman Thickeners Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.12.4 Eastman Thickeners Product Portfolio
6.12.5 Eastman Recent Developments
6.13 PPG
6.13.1 PPG Comapny Information
6.13.2 PPG Business Overview
6.13.3 PPG Thickeners Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.13.4 PPG Thickeners Product Portfolio
6.13.5 PPG Recent Developments
6.14 Lubrizol
6.14.1 Lubrizol Comapny Information
6.14.2 Lubrizol Business Overview
6.14.3 Lubrizol Thickeners Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.14.4 Lubrizol Thickeners Product Portfolio
6.14.5 Lubrizol Recent Developments
6.15 Henkel
6.15.1 Henkel Comapny Information
6.15.2 Henkel Business Overview
6.15.3 Henkel Thickeners Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.15.4 Henkel Thickeners Product Portfolio
6.15.5 Henkel Recent Developments
6.16 Tate & Lyle
6.16.1 Tate & Lyle Comapny Information
6.16.2 Tate & Lyle Business Overview
6.16.3 Tate & Lyle Thickeners Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.16.4 Tate & Lyle Thickeners Product Portfolio
6.16.5 Tate & Lyle Recent Developments
6.17 Grace
6.17.1 Grace Comapny Information
6.17.2 Grace Business Overview
6.17.3 Grace Thickeners Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.17.4 Grace Thickeners Product Portfolio
6.17.5 Grace Recent Developments
6.18 PQ Corp
6.18.1 PQ Corp Comapny Information
6.18.2 PQ Corp Business Overview
6.18.3 PQ Corp Thickeners Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.18.4 PQ Corp Thickeners Product Portfolio
6.18.5 PQ Corp Recent Developments
6.19 BYK
6.19.1 BYK Comapny Information
6.19.2 BYK Business Overview
6.19.3 BYK Thickeners Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.19.4 BYK Thickeners Product Portfolio
6.19.5 BYK Recent Developments
6.20 Elementis
6.20.1 Elementis Comapny Information
6.20.2 Elementis Business Overview
6.20.3 Elementis Thickeners Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.20.4 Elementis Thickeners Product Portfolio
6.20.5 Elementis Recent Developments
7 Global Thickeners Production by Region
7.1 Global Thickeners Production by Region: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
7.2 Global Thickeners Production by Region (2020-2031)
7.2.1 Global Thickeners Production by Region: 2020-2025
7.2.2 Global Thickeners Production Forecast by Region: 2026-2031
7.3 Global Thickeners Production by Region: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
7.4 Global Thickeners Production Value by Region (2020-2031)
7.4.1 Global Thickeners Production Value by Region: 2020-2025
7.4.2 Global Thickeners Production Value by Region (2026-2031)
7.5 Global Thickeners Market Price Analysis by Region (2020-2031)
7.6 Regional Production Value Trends (2020-2031)
7.6.1 North America Thickeners Production Value (2020-2031)
7.6.2 Europe Thickeners Production Value (2020-2031)
7.6.3 Asia-Pacific Thickeners Production Value (2020-2031)
7.6.4 South America Thickeners Production Value (2020-2031)
7.6.5 Middle East & Africa Thickeners Production Value (2020-2031)
8 Global Thickeners Consumption by Region
8.1 Global Thickeners Consumption by Region: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.2 Global Thickeners Consumption by Region (2020-2031)
8.2.1 Global Thickeners Consumption by Region (2020-2025)
8.2.2 Global Thickeners Consumption by Region (2026-2031)
8.3 North America
8.3.1 North America Thickeners Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.3.2 North America Thickeners 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 Thickeners Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.4.2 Europe Thickeners 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 Thickeners Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.5.2 Asia Pacific Thickeners 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 Thickeners Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.6.2 South America Thickeners 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 Thickeners Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.7.2 Middle East & Africa Thickeners 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 Thickeners Value Chain Analysis
9.1.1 Thickeners Key Raw Materials
9.1.2 Raw Materials Key Suppliers
9.1.3 Manufacturing Cost Structure
9.1.4 Thickeners Production Mode & Process
9.2 Thickeners Sales Channels Analysis
9.2.1 Direct Comparison with Distribution Share
9.2.2 Thickeners Distributors
9.2.3 Thickeners 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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