Development Status of Global Digital Inkjet Printing Industry in 2025

In recent years, the scale of the global digital inkjet printing market has shown a significant growth trend. According to the data of Prospective Industry Research, from 2020 to 2024, the scale of the global digital inkjet printing market has increased year by year, and in 2023 it has exceeded US$140.73 billion. This growth is mainly due to the continuous penetration of digital inkjet technology in the printing field and the increasing demand of consumers for personalized, high-quality printed products. At present, digital inkjet printing equipment has been widely used in advertising printing, textiles, packaging, ceramics, labels, PCBs, books and periodicals and other fields. With the continuous advancement of technology and the improvement of ink technology, the range of printing materials suitable for digital inkjet printing will continue to expand in the future. It is predicted that the global digital inkjet printing market will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 10.8% from 2025 to 2029, and the market size is expected to reach US$234.75 billion by 2029.

The application fields of digital inkjet printing equipment are extremely wide, covering packaging printing, label printing, newspapers and magazines, personalized printing services, textiles, ceramics, electronic components and other industries. In 2024, advertising printing will become the main application scenario of the digital inkjet printing market, accounting for about 22%; packaging and label printing will follow closely, accounting for about 13%. Advertising printing is one of the important application fields of digital inkjet printing equipment. Its printing penetration rate has exceeded 80%. The market size reached US$31.48 billion in 2024 and is expected to reach US$33.58 billion by 2029, with a compound annual growth rate of 1.3%.

The textile digital printing market is also growing steadily. With the rise of e-commerce, consumers' demand for customized textiles has surged. Digital textile printing has become an ideal choice for market trends with its highly customized advantages. The global textile digital inkjet printing market size was US$5.80 billion in 2024 and is expected to reach US$10.56 billion by 2029, with a compound annual growth rate of 12.7%.

The packaging and labeling field is also an important part of the digital inkjet printing market. With the development of global e-commerce, the demand for customized and small-batch packaging continues to increase, and digital printing technology is increasingly widely used in this field. In 2024, the digital inkjet printing market size in the packaging and labeling fields will reach US$9.34 billion and US$8.78 billion respectively. According to Smithers' forecast, from 2024 to 2029, the packaging and labeling fields will become one of the fastest growing fields for digital inkjet printing, with a compound annual growth rate of approximately 15% and 5% respectively. By 2029, the global digital inkjet printing market size in the packaging and labeling fields will reach US$18.08 billion and US$10.79 billion respectively.

The penetration rate of digital inkjet printing in emerging printing fields such as decorative building materials, ceramics, PCB, glass, transportation, biomedicine, etc. is also increasing. In 2024, the global digital inkjet printing market size in emerging printing fields reached US$37.03 billion, and is expected to grow to US$89.39 billion by 2029, with a compound annual growth rate of 19.3%.

In the Chinese market, the digital inkjet printing industry also shows strong growth momentum. In 2023, the scale of China's digital inkjet printing market is about 177.38 billion yuan, and the compound annual growth rate is expected to reach 14.3% from 2025 to 2029, and the market scale will reach 345.8 billion yuan by 2029. The distribution of application scenarios in China's digital inkjet printing market is similar to that in the world, with advertising inkjet printing accounting for about 25% and packaging and label printing accounting for about 11%. In 2024, the scale of China's digital inkjet printing market for advertising was 44.19 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.1%. It is expected to reach 55.6 billion yuan by 2029, with a compound annual growth rate of 4.7%.

China's textile digital inkjet printing market is also growing rapidly. The market size reached 12.49 billion yuan in 2024, and the compound annual growth rate is expected to be 14.5% from 2024 to 2029, reaching 24.58 billion yuan by 2029. The market size of digital inkjet printing in the packaging and labeling fields is also expanding, reaching 8.45 billion yuan and 10.75 billion yuan in 2024 respectively. With the growth of market demand, it is expected that by 2029, the market size of digital inkjet printing in China's packaging and labeling fields will reach 18.43 billion yuan and 15.56 billion US dollars respectively.

The digital inkjet printing market in China's emerging printing fields is also developing rapidly. The market size in 2024 is 41.50 billion yuan, and it is expected to reach 122.65 billion yuan by 2029, with a compound annual growth rate of 24.2%.