Chemicals in the United States

April 2026 | 42 pages | ID: C26C945C3EE0EN
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Abstracts

Summary

Chemicals in the United States industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market share, market size (value and volume 2020-25, and forecast to 2030). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market.

Key Highlights

• The chemicals market is segmented into commodity chemicals, specialty chemicals, agriculture chemicals, and others. Market values represent a country's consumption of chemical products at the producer's selling price (PSP).
• The US chemicals market recorded a revenue of $650.4 billion in 2025, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.3% between 2020 and 2025.
• The commodity chemicals segment accounted for the market's largest proportion in 2025, with total revenue of $394.9 billion, equivalent to 60.7% of the market's overall value.
• The overall growth of the market during 2020-25 was driven by the country’s expanding economy and urbanization, resulting in increased demand for consumer goods, electronics, and packaging, boosting the specialty and commodity chemicals segments

Scope

• Save time carrying out entry-level research by identifying the size, growth, major segments, and leading players in the chemicals market in the United States
• Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the chemicals market in the United States
• Leading company profiles reveal details of key chemicals market players’ global operations and financial performance
• Add weight to presentations and pitches by understanding the future growth prospects of the United States chemicals market with five year forecasts by both value and volume

Reasons to Buy

• What was the size of the United States chemicals market by value in 2025?
• What will be the size of the United States chemicals market in 2030?
• What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the United States chemicals market?
• How has the market performed over the last five years?
• Who are the top competitors in the United States's chemicals market?

Contents

1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1.1. Market value
1.2. Market value forecast
1.3. Category segmentation
1.4. Geography segmentation
1.5. Market rivalry
1.6. Competitive landscape

2 MARKET OVERVIEW

2.1. Market definition
2.2. Market analysis
2.3. Regulatory landscape

3 MARKET DATA

3.1. Market value

4 MARKET SEGMENTATION

4.1. Category segmentation
4.2. Geography segmentation

5 MARKET OUTLOOK

5.1. Market value forecast

6 FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS

6.1. Summary
6.2. Buyer power
6.3. Supplier power
6.4. New entrants
6.5. Threat of substitutes
6.6. Degree of rivalry

7 COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

7.1. Who are the leading players?
7.2. What are the strategies of the leading players?
7.3. What are the strengths of the leading players?
7.4. What is the impact of the Israel-Iran war on the US chemicals market?

8 COMPANY PROFILES

8.1. ExxonMobil Chemical Co
8.2. LyondellBasell Industries NV
8.3. Dow Inc
8.4. BASF SE

9 MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS

9.1. Country data

10 APPENDIX

10.1. Methodology
10.2. Industry associations
10.3. Related MarketLine research
10.4. About MarketLine

List Of Tables

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: United States chemicals market value: $ billion, 2020-25
Table 2: United States chemicals market category segmentation: % share, by value, 2020-25
Table 3: United States chemicals market category segmentation: $ billion, 2020-25
Table 4: United States chemicals market geography segmentation: $ billion, 2025
Table 5: United States chemicals market value forecast: $ billion, 2025-30
Table 6: ExxonMobil Chemical Co: Key Facts
Table 7: ExxonMobil Chemical Co: Key Employees
Table 8: LyondellBasell Industries NV: Key Facts
Table 9: LyondellBasell Industries NV: Annual Financial Ratios
Table 10: LyondellBasell Industries NV: Key Employees
Table 11: Dow Inc: Key Facts
Table 12: Dow Inc: Annual Financial Ratios
Table 13: Dow Inc: Key Employees
Table 14: BASF SE: Key Facts
Table 15: BASF SE: Annual Financial Ratios
Table 16: BASF SE: Key Employees
Table 17: United States Size of Population (Million), 2021-25
Table 18: United States Real GDP (Constant 2010 Prices, $ Billion), 2021-25
Table 19: United States GDP (Current Prices, $ Billion), 2021-25
Table 20: United States Inflation, 2021-25
Table 21: United States Consumer Price Index (Absolute), 2021-25
Table 22: United States Exchange Rate, 2020-25

List Of Figures

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: United States chemicals market value: $ billion, 2020-25
Figure 2: United States chemicals market category segmentation: $ billion, 2020-25
Figure 3: United States chemicals market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2025
Figure 4: United States chemicals market value forecast: $ billion, 2025-30
Figure 5: Forces driving competition in the chemicals market in the United States, 2025
Figure 6: Drivers of buyer power in the chemicals market in the United States, 2025
Figure 7: Drivers of supplier power in the chemicals market in the United States, 2025
Figure 8: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the chemicals market in the United States, 2025
Figure 9: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the chemicals market in the United States, 2025
Figure 10: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the chemicals market in the United States, 2025