
Paint and Coating Thickeners Market By Type (Water Based, Solvent Based and Others) By End Users (Building & Constructions, Transport, Packaging, Textile, Industrial and others) and By Geography – Global Driver, Restraints, Opportunities, Trends, and Forecast to 2023
- January, 2019
- Domain: Chemicals, Materials & Food - Paints & Coatings/Inks & Pigments






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The growing usage of paint and coating thickeners in construction and building applications is fostering the market growth of paint and coating thickeners. The companies are indulged in R&D activities to innovate and develop new products, which can open new paths of applications.
Research Methodology
The paint and coating thickeners market has been analyzed by utilizing the optimum combination of secondary sources and in-house methodology along with an irreplaceable blend of primary insights. The real-time assessment of the market is an integral part of our market sizing and forecasting methodology. Our industry experts and panel of primary participants have helped in compiling relevant aspects with realistic parametric estimations for a comprehensive study. The participation share of different categories of primary participants is given below:
Key Market Insights
The increasing demand from end use industries in developing regions is accelerating the growth of paint and coating thickeners. On the other hand, growing economies and increasing per capita income along with growing demand for packaging is helping the market. The increased innovation and R&D is helping in expansion of paint and coating application areas providing additional growth opportunities to the market.
Increasing demand for paint and coating thickeners from the building and construction, transportation, packaging, and industrial industries is driving the paint and coating thickeners market globally. Asia Pacific is dominating the market of paint and coating thickeners during the forecast period followed by North America and Europe. Paint and coating thickeners is used in various applications. The growth of the end-use industries is likely to drive the growth of the market during the forecast period. The companies working in the manufacturing of paint and coating thickeners are actively participating to increase their product ranges along with improvements in supply networks and thus enhancing their positions in the paint and coating thickeners market.
Few of the prominent companies operating in the paint and coating thickeners market are BASF, Clariant, Ashland, DowDuPont, and Arkema. Some of the major customers are Sherwin-Williams, PPG Industries, Axalta Coating systems, AkzoNobel, and RPM International.
Types
- Water Based
- Solvent Based
- Others
End-users
- Building and Construction
- Transportation
- Packaging
- Textile
- Industrial
- Others
Geography
- Asia Pacific
- North America
- Europe
- Rest of the World
1 Executive Summary
1.1 Asia Pacific has the Highest Dominance in the Paint and Coating Market
1.2 Building and Construction Dominates the Market
2 Market Positioning
2.1 Industry Snapshot
2.1.1 Industry Overview
2.1.2 Key Trends
2.2 Related Markets
3 Market Outlook
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Value Chain Analysis
3.3 Market Segmentation
4 Market Characteristics
4.1 PESTLE Analysis
4.2 Porter’s Five Force Analysis
4.3 Market Dynamics
4.3.1 Drivers
4.3.1.1 Increasing end user activities in emerging economies
4.3.1.2 Increased demand from Asia Pacific
4.3.2 Restraints
4.3.2.1 Changing geopolitical structure of various countries can affect the market
4.3.2.2 Fluctuations in raw material prices
4.3.3 Opportunities
4.3.3.1 Growing investment in end use sectors in Asia Pacific
4.3.3.2 Large untapped market in developing & underdeveloped countries
4.3.4 DRO – Impact Analysis
4.4 Patent Analysis
5 Paint and Coating Thickeners Market, By Type
5.1 Overview
5.2 Water Based
5.3 Solvent Based
6 Paint and Coating Thickeners Market, By End-users
6.1 Overview
6.2 Building & Construction
6.3 Transportation
6.4 Textile
6.5 Packaging
7 Paints and Coating Thickeners Market, By Geography
7.1 Overview
7.2 Asia Pacific
7.3 North America
7.4 Europe
7.5 Rest of the World
(Market segments based on Country, Type and End Users have been covered for all regions)
8 Competitive Landscape
8.1 Competitive Regional Exposure Analysis
8.2 Market Developments
8.2.1 Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
8.2.2 Expansions & Exhibitions
8.2.3 Product Launches
9 Vendors Profile
9.1 BASF
9.2 Arkema
9.3 Clariant
9.4 DowDuPont
9.5 Ashland
(Overview, product profile, business units, geographic revenue, business focus, and business strategies have been covered for all vendors)
10 Customers Profile
10.1 Sherwin Williams
10.2 RPM International
10.3 AkzoNobel
10.4 Axalta Coating Systems ltd
10.5 PPG Industries
(Overview, Product Profile, Business Units, Geographic Revenue, SWOT Analysis have been covered for all customers)
11 Companies to Watch for
11.1 Clariant
11.1.1 Clariant explores new horizon
12 Annexure
12.1 Report Scope
12.2 Market Definition
12.3 Research Methodology
12.3.1 Data Collation & In-house Estimation
12.3.2 Market Triangulation
12.3.3 Forecasting
12.4 Study Declarations
12.5 Report Assumptions
12.6 Stakeholders
12.7 Abbreviations
TABLE 1 GLOBAL PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS MARKET VALUE, BY TYPE, 2016–2023 ($MILLION)
TABLE 2 GLOBAL PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS MARKET VOLUME, BY TYPE, 2016–2023 (KILOTONS)
TABLE 3 GLOBAL WATER BASED MARKET VALUE, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2016–2023 ($MILLION)
TABLE 4 GLOBAL WATER BASED MARKET VOLUME, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2016–2023 (KILOTONS)
TABLE 5 GLOBAL SOLVENT BASED MARKET VALUE, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2016–2023 ($MILLION)
TABLE 6 GLOBAL SOLVENT BASED MARKET VOLUME, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2016–2023 (KILOTONS)
TABLE 7 GLOBAL PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS MARKET VALUE, BY END-USERS, 2016–2023 ($MILLION)
TABLE 8 GLOBAL PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS MARKET VOLUME, BY END-USERS, 2016–2023 (KILOTONS)
TABLE 9 GLOBAL PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS IN BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION MARKET VALUE, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2016–2023 ($MILLION)
TABLE 10 GLOBAL PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS IN BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION MARKET VOLUME, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2016–2023 (KILOTONS)
TABLE 11 GLOBAL PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS IN TRANSPORTATION MARKET VALUE, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2016–2023 ($MILLION)
TABLE 12 GLOBAL PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS IN TRANSPORTATION MARKET VOLUME, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2016–2023 (KILOTONS)
TABLE 13 GLOBAL PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS IN TEXTILE MARKET VALUE, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2016–2023 ($MILLION)
TABLE 14 GLOBAL PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS IN TEXTILE MARKET VOLUME, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2016–2023 (KILOTONS)
TABLE 15 GLOBAL PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS IN PACKAGING MARKET VALUE, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2016–2023 ($MILLION)
TABLE 16 GLOBAL PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS IN PACKAGING MARKET VOLUME, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2016–2023 (KILOTONS)
TABLE 17 GLOBAL PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS MARKET VALUE, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2016–2023 ($MILLION)
TABLE 18 GLOBAL PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS MARKET VOLUME, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2016–2023 (KILOTONS)
TABLE 19 ASIA PACIFIC PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS MARKET VALUE, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2016–2023 ($MILLION)
TABLE 20 ASIA PACIFIC PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS MARKET VOLUME, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2016–2023 (KILOTONS)
TABLE 21 ASIA PACIFIC PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS MARKET VALUE, BY TYPE, 2016–2023 ($MILLION)
TABLE 22 ASIA PACIFIC PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS MARKET VOLUME, BY TYPE, 2016–2023 (KILOTONS)
TABLE 23 ASIA PACIFIC PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS MARKET VALUE, BY END-USER, 2016–2023 ($MILLION)
TABLE 24 ASIA PACIFIC PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS MARKET VOLUME, BY END-USER, 2016–2023 (KILOTONS)
TABLE 25 NORTH AMERICA PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS MARKET VALUE, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2016–2023 ($MILLION)
TABLE 26 NORTH AMERICA PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS MARKET VOLUME, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2016–2023 (KILOTONS)
TABLE 27 NORTH AMERICA PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS MARKET VALUE, BY TYPE, 2016–2023 ($MILLION)
TABLE 28 NORTH AMERICA PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS MARKET VOLUME, BY TYPE, 2016–2023 (KILOTONS)
TABLE 29 NORTH AMERICA PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS MARKET VALUE, BY END-USER, 2016–2023 ($MILLION)
TABLE 30 NORTH AMERICA PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS MARKET VOLUME, BY END-USER, 2016–2023 (KILOTONS)
TABLE 31 EUROPE PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS MARKET VALUE, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2016–2023 ($MILLION)
TABLE 32 EUROPE PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS MARKET VOLUME, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2016–2023 (KILOTONS)
TABLE 33 EUROPE PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS MARKET VALUE, BY TYPE, 2016–2023 ($MILLION)
TABLE 34 EUROPE PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS MARKET VOLUME, BY TYPE, 2016–2023 (KILOTONS)
TABLE 35 EUROPE PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS MARKET VALUE, BY END-USER, 2016–2023 ($MILLION)
TABLE 36 EUROPE PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS MARKET VOLUME, BY END-USER, 2016–2023 (KILOTONS)
TABLE 37 REST OF THE WORLD PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS MARKET VALUE, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2016–2023 ($MILLION)
TABLE 38 REST OF THE WORLD PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS MARKET VOLUME, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2016–2023 (KILOTONS)
TABLE 39 REST OF THE WORLD PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS MARKET VALUE, BY TYPE, 2016–2023 ($MILLION)
TABLE 40 REST OF THE WORLD PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS MARKET VOLUME, BY TYPE, 2016–2023 (KILOTONS)
TABLE 41 REST OF THE WORLD PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS MARKET VALUE, BY END-USER, 2016–2023 ($MILLION)
TABLE 42 REST OF THE WORLD PAINT AND COATING THICKENERS MARKET VOLUME, BY END-USER, 2016–2023 (KILOTONS)
TABLE 43 MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS, 2013–2017
TABLE 44 EXPANSIONS, 2013–2017
TABLE 45 PRODUCT LAUNCHES, 2013–2017
TABLE 46 BASF: PRODUCT PROFILE
TABLE 47 BASF: RECENT DEVELOPEMENTS
TABLE 48 ARKEMA: PRODUCT PROFILE
TABLE 49 ARKEMA: RECENT DEVELOPEMNETS
TABLE 50 CLARIANT: PRODUCT PROFILE
TABLE 51 CLARIANT: RECENT DEVELOPEMENTS
TABLE 52 DOWDUPONT: PRODUCT PROFILE
TABLE 53 DOWDUPONT: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
TABLE 54 ASHLAND: PRODUCT PROFILE
TABLE 55 ASHLAND: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
TABLE 56 SHERWIN-WILLIAMS: PRODUCT PROFILE
TABLE 57 RPM INTERNATIONAL: PRODUCT PROFILE
TABLE 58 AKZONOBEL: PRODUCT PROFILE
TABLE 59 AKZONOBEL: BUSINESS UNITS
TABLE 60 AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS: BUSINESS SEGMENTS
TABLE 61 AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS: BUSINESS UNITS
TABLE 62 PPG INDUSTRIES: PRODUCT PROFILE
TABLE 63 AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS: BUSINESS UNITS
Research Framework
Infoholic Research works on a holistic 360° approach in order to deliver high quality, validated and reliable information in our market reports. The Market estimation and forecasting involves following steps:
- Data Collation (Primary & Secondary)
- In-house Estimation (Based on proprietary data bases and Models)
- Market Triangulation
- Forecasting

Market related information is congregated from both primary and secondary sources.
Primary sources
Involved participants from all global stakeholders such as Solution providers, service providers, Industry associations, thought leaders etc. across levels such as CXOs, VPs and managers. Plus, our in-house industry experts having decades of industry experience contribute their consulting and advisory services.
Secondary sources
Include public sources such as regulatory frameworks, government IT spending, government demographic indicators, industry association statistics, and company publications along with paid sources such as Factiva, OneSource, Bloomberg among others.