(NEW YORK, NY, July 15, 2025) –Additive Manufacturing Research (AM Research) has published its “Q1 2026 3DP/AM Market Data and Forecast” for both the Metal AM and Polymer AM markets, along with its Q1 2026 Market Insights report which distills and analyzes the data. AM Research’s quarterly 3DP/AM market data product represents the most thorough and accurate data available worldwide, tracking markets by vendor, print technology, geography, and application (industry).
The data for Q1 2026 shows year over year total market (consisting of Metal, Polymer and Ceramic 3D printers, materials, and services) growth of 13.1%. Sequential total market size grew from $4.29B in Q4 2025 to $4.35B in Q1 2026.
The Metal AM market totaled $1.76B in Q1 2026, versus $1.52 a year ago in Q1 2025.
The Polymer AM market totaled $2.59B in Q1 2026, versus $2.33B a year ago in Q1 2025.
The combined AM Services market totaled $2.42B in Q1 2026, versus $2.07B a year ago in Q1 2025.
Exclusive insight, commentary and data cuts can be found in the AM Research report also published today, “3DP/AM Market Insights: Q1 2026”. AM Research EVP Scott Dunham states, “Q1 2026 mostly continued the growth trend for AM, continuing to ride the train of global supply chain reorganization and government-backed defense and national security initiatives where the traditional means of production may not be able to provide fast enough solutions. Growth is not even across the industry, but it certainly is a growth period, and the first quarter of the year continued on the momentum from the second half of last year.”
Companies included in AMR’s Core Metals and Core Polymers tracking data and 3DP/AM Market Insights report include but are not limited to: 3D Systems, Stratasys, Nano Dimension (Markforged and Desktop Metal), Velo3D, Nikon SLM Solutions, EOS, Colibrium (GE Additive), Trumpf, Farsoon, BLT, Eplus, Optomec, BeAM, HP, Formlabs, Prodways, Renishaw, Carbon, Atlix, Bambu Lab, Creality, Velo3D, and more.
About the Report
Additive Manufacturing Research’s “Core Metals” and “Core Polymers” market data products include nearly a decade of historical quarterly data and provide 10-year forward forecasts. Quarterly reports on the metal and polymer AM markets are available as a one-time or subscription purchase via AMR’s website and are customizable as needed.
AM Research’s “3DP/AM Market Insights: Q1 2026”, a written analysis combined with proprietary charting and graphs, provides color and context to AM Research’s traditional Core Metal and Core Polymer market data products. The 3DP/AM Market Insights report is also available for purchase as a subscription or as a standalone product.
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