Additive Manufacturing Report
: Analysis on the Market, Trends, and TechnologiesThe additive manufacturing sector is experiencing remarkable financial momentum, with companies in this space seeing a 26.89% annual increase in funding rounds and having completed 8,683 rounds totaling $95.22 billion in capital deployment; concurrently, the global market is slated to more than double from $23.42 billion in 2025 to $50.49 billion by 2029 at a 21.2% CAGR, driven by healthcare bioprinting and aerospace applications Additive Manufacturing Market Report 2025.
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Topic Dominance Index of Additive Manufacturing
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Key Activities and Applications
- Rapid prototyping: leveraging 3D printing to cut product development cycles by up to 50% in automotive and consumer-goods sectors through complex, customized model fabrication
- Mass customization: producing patient-specific medical implants and bespoke aerospace components without costly tooling changes, underpinning a shift toward on-demand manufacturing
- Metal 3D printing: employing powder bed fusion and directed energy deposition to fabricate high-strength, lightweight parts, supporting a metal AM segment forecast to grow from $6.68 billion in 2025 to $21.23 billion by 2034 Metal Additive Manufacturing Market Size and Forecast 2025 to 2034
- Bioprinting: creating living tissues and custom prosthetics via advanced bio-inks, with the healthcare AM share expected to reach over 15% of total spend by 2029
- Hybrid manufacturing: integrating additive processes with CNC machining to achieve tighter tolerances and enhanced material properties, cutting post-processing time by up to 30% in industrial deployments Additive Manufacturing Market Size, Share & Growth Trends 2025
Emergent Trends and Core Insights
- Digital twin integration: AI-driven simulations and digital twins are optimizing AM design and production workflows, reducing error rates by 25% and boosting throughput
- Healthcare expansion: rapid advances in biocompatible materials and printing techniques are driving a 22% CAGR for bioprinting through 2030, enabling functional tissue fabrication and customized medical devices Additive Manufacturing and Materials – Market Share Analysis, Industry Trends & Statistics, Growth Forecasts (2025–2030)
- Metal AM scaling: large-format powder bed fusion systems are becoming mainstream in aerospace and automotive, contributing to a 13.72% CAGR for metal AM from 2025 to 2034
- Asia-Pacific surge: APAC’s additive manufacturing market is poised to expand from $4.0 billion in 2023 to $9.0 billion by 2032, outpacing North America’s growth rate thanks to government initiatives and industrial uptake
- Standardization efforts: accelerated development of ASTM and ISO AM standards is expected to cut part-qualification timelines by 40%, facilitating broader industrial adoption
Technologies and Methodologies
- Selective laser melting & powder bed fusion: delivering sub-50-micron feature resolution and metallurgical densities above 99%, these processes underpin industrial metal AM applications Industrial Additive Manufacturing Market Size, Share, Competitive Landscape and Trend Analysis Report, by Material, by Process Type and, by End User Industry
- Fused deposition modeling (FDM): cost-effective polymer printing accounting for roughly 38% of global AM machine shipments in 2024, favored for rapid prototyping in automotive and consumer electronics Additive Manufacturing and Material Market Research Report: By Technology (Fused Deposition Modeling, Selective Laser Sintering, Stereolithography, Binder Jetting, Digital Light Processing)
- Stereolithography (SLA): vat photopolymerization enabling high-resolution, smooth-surface parts, widely adopted for dental and aerospace tooling applications
- Binder jetting: emerging as a high-speed method for metal and sand molds, offering up to 200% throughput gains over laser-based systems
- Multi-material & hybrid printing: combining polymers, metals, and ceramics in a single build to produce functionally graded parts tailored to performance requirements
Additive Manufacturing Funding
A total of 2.8K Additive Manufacturing companies have received funding.
Overall, Additive Manufacturing companies have raised $102.0B.
Companies within the Additive Manufacturing domain have secured capital from 9.1K funding rounds.
The chart shows the funding trendline of Additive Manufacturing companies over the last 5 years
Additive Manufacturing Companies
- Bambu Lab: a China-based startup developing high-speed desktop 3D printers that achieve extrusion rates up to 500 mm/s, targeting both consumer enthusiasts and industrial prototyping to close the speed gap in polymer printing
- Relativity Space: innovates large-format metal AM for aerospace launch vehicles; its Stargate system cuts rocket-part count by 90% and enables rapid, on-demand production at scale
- Markforged: provides industrial-grade metal and composite 3D printing solutions for aerospace and automotive sectors, featuring continuous fiber reinforcement that delivers exceptionally strong, lightweight parts
- Carbon: known for Digital Light Synthesis photopolymerization technology, Carbon enables rapid, scalable production of durable polymer parts for healthcare, automotive, and consumer applications
- NTopology: offers advanced lattice and generative-design software optimized for AM, allowing engineers to simulate performance and tailor complex geometries for weight reduction and enhanced mechanical behavior
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27.2K Additive Manufacturing Companies
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Additive Manufacturing Investors
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7.3K Additive Manufacturing Investors
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Additive Manufacturing News
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90.0K Additive Manufacturing News Articles
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Executive Summary
Additive manufacturing is transitioning from prototyping novelty to core production technology, powered by rapid advancements in metal processes, bioprinting, and digital-integration methods. Financial inflows are surging and new standards are reducing barriers, while regional dynamics—particularly in Asia Pacific—are reshaping the competitive landscape. Companies that excel in hybrid, multi-material printing and software-driven design optimization are positioned to lead the next wave of industrial adoption. Continuous innovation in materials, process automation, and qualification frameworks will be critical for sustaining growth and unlocking new application frontiers across sectors.
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