Global Chemicals

April 2026 | 40 pages | ID: GAC0986A76CEN
MarketLine

Abstracts

Summary

Global Chemicals industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 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 global chemicals market recorded a revenue of $5,350.5 billion in 2025, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.5% between 2020 and 2025.
• The commodity chemicals segment accounted for the market's largest proportion in 2025, with total revenue of $2,878.8 billion, equivalent to 53.8% of the market's overall value.
• The overall growth of the global chemicals market during 2020-25 was driven by expanding economies across several countries, 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 global
• Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the global chemicals market
• 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 Global chemicals market with five year forecasts

Reasons to Buy

• What was the size of the Global chemicals market by value in 2025?
• What will be the size of the Global chemicals market in 2030?
• What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the Global chemicals market?
• How has the market performed over the last five years?
• What are the main segments that make up the global'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 is the impact of the Israel-Iran war on the global chemicals market?
7.4. What are the recent developments in the market?

8 COMPANY PROFILES

8.1. BASF SE
8.2. Dow Inc
8.3. China Petrochemical Corp
8.4. ExxonMobil Chemical Co

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: Global chemicals market value: $ billion, 2020-25
Table 2: Global chemicals market category segmentation: % share, by value, 2020-25
Table 3: Global chemicals market category segmentation: $ billion, 2020-25
Table 4: Global chemicals market geography segmentation: $ billion, 2025
Table 5: Global chemicals market value forecast: $ billion, 2025-30
Table 6: BASF SE: Key Facts
Table 7: BASF SE: Annual Financial Ratios
Table 8: BASF SE: Key Employees
Table 9: Dow Inc: Key Facts
Table 10: Dow Inc: Annual Financial Ratios
Table 11: Dow Inc: Key Employees
Table 12: China Petrochemical Corp: Key Facts
Table 13: China Petrochemical Corp: Key Employees
Table 14: ExxonMobil Chemical Co: Key Facts
Table 15: ExxonMobil Chemical Co: Key Employees
Table 16: Global Exchange Rate, 2020-25

List Of Figures

LIST OF FIGURES

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