Print-on-Demand Market

Print-on-Demand Market Size by Component (Printing Technologies, Materials/Products, Software and Design Tools, and Fulfilment and Shipping), Application (Custom Apparel, Home Décor, Accessories, Stationery, Publishing, and Sports and Fitness), End User (Individual Consumers, Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs, Large Corporations and Brands, and Artists and Creators), Regions, Global Industry Analysis, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast 2024 to 2033

Base Year: 2023 Historical Data: 2020-22
  • Report ID: TBI-14622
  • Published Date: Mar, 2025
  • Pages: 236
  • Category: Information Technology & Semiconductors
  • Format: PDF
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Segment Analysis

Regional segmentation analysis

The regions analyzed for the market include North America, Europe, South America, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa. North America emerged as the most significant global print-on-demand market, with a 36% market revenue share in 2023.

North America and notably the United States is the leading market for the print on demand (POD) industry due to several factors. First, it is established that the region has had a relatively fast growth of e-commerce, where consumers are now demanding unique products. This trend is already active in the U.S. where the purchasing of goods online is common and where buyers are always inclined to getting things that are unique, personalized and customized. Secondly, North America has well developed technological platform with leading printing technologies. This enables access to efficient, high end, production of customized goods that make it competitive in the POD market. This is accompanied by POD fulfilment centres for fast and reliable shipment and easy order fulfilment. The United States has a relatively large and diversified customer base that can afford to buy POD products.

North America Region Print-on-Demand Market Share in 2023 - 36%

 

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  • With the help of Publishers' Graphics (PG), the top authority on print on demand in North America, Login announced the launch of Login POD, a Canadian print on demand solution. Login POD will be headquartered at Login's Corporate Headquarters and Distribution Centre in Winnipeg, Canada. The centrally situated factory can print, package, and transport books to the Canadian market thanks to this solution, which combines print on demand, warehousing, and delivery. Together, the two businesses will offer quick, excellent print-on-demand services in Canada, which will enhance the overall client experience.

Component Segment Analysis

The component segment is divided into printing technologies, materials/products, software and design tools, and fulfilment and shipping. The printing technologies segment dominated the market, with a market share of around 33% in 2023. Printing technology can be identified to exert a strong influence on the print on demand (POD) market because of its impact on both the quality and cost of POD services. However, of all the methods in printing, Direct-to-Garment (DTG) Printing separates itself as the most popular method. DTG printing’s strengths of flexibility and low setup costs make it quite appealing for POD businesses that require producing items as-needed. It offers opportunities for short runs, individualization and instant response to the customer’s needs – that is why it is popular among e-sellers, artists and designers who are trying to sell unique products to their audience. Other technologies of Printing-on-Demand include sublimation, screen printing and heat transfer printing.

  • Gooten, a top supplier of technology and print-on-demand fulfilment solutions, has partnered with TikTok Shop to offer merchants a comprehensive print-on-demand solution that includes order fulfilment, supply chain management, and product catalogues. Through this agreement, TikTok Shop sellers can swiftly grow their companies by utilizing Gooten's vast print-on-demand catalogue and fulfilment network, which includes more than 100 production locations and 425 product listings. A single piece of video may go viral very rapidly and generate demand all around the world at the nexus of business, entertainment content, and community, which is where TikTok Shop thrives. According to Gooten, TikTok Shop is ideally suited to the print-on-demand business model, which enables vendors to instantly match products with content. Gooten will assist TikTok Shop vendors by simplifying the administration of their supply chain for print-on-demand.

Application Segment Analysis

The application segment is divided into custom apparel, home décor, accessories, stationery, publishing, and sports and fitness. The custom apparel segment dominated the market, with a market share of around 47% in 2023. Custom apparel items are popular, practicable and easy to personalize. Print-On-Demand T-shirt, Hoodie, Activewear and other outfits retain their position as one of the most preferred POD categories and categories that serve a large mass of customers. Fashion has become more personal, consumers are interested in exclusive clothing pieces, which has given POD a big market to serve, creating custom designs without a great capital. Apparels are highly customizable where customers can choose between graphics, text, colour, and sizes. This has made custom apparel the preferred clothing by those organizations that want to have company products, artists, designers and other people who want to sell their brands or their own designs. In addition, custom apparel can address different markets such as fashion wear, sporting wear, function and event wear and promotional wear as well.

  • Creator Studio, the print-on-demand product service of the H&M Group, established its first clothes printing hub in the United Kingdom. UK delivery times and carbon emissions are "dramatically reduced" by H&M's Creator Studio print-on-demand service. The new facility is situated on West Wilts Trading Estate in Westbury, Wiltshire, and is run by print-on-demand company T Shirts & Sons. The hub's launch is a significant milestone for the company, and according to H&M Group, it will "dramatically reduce" carbon emissions from deliveries and cut delivery times in the UK to two to four days.

End user Segment Analysis

The end user segment is divided into individual consumers, small businesses and entrepreneurs, large corporations and brands, and artists and creators. The individual customers segment dominated the market, with a market share of around 38% in 2023. Retail end users/individual consumers are the most prominent category in the POD market since the market’s primary end users particularly due to the development and constantly growing need for personalized products. E-commerce platforms also contribute to the domination of individual consumers because consumers can easily get the POD services and place the order for customization. The increasing number of customized online stores such as Etsy, amazon and individual stores where the buyer can directly contact the seller who has produced the items also augments the segment’s growth. In addition, there has been enhanced technology coupled with advanced designing tools enabling the ordinary client to design and upload the design of their preferences making the process of customization easier.

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This study forecasts revenue at global, regional, and country levels from 2020 to 2033. The Brainy Insights has segmented the global print-on-demand market based on below mentioned segments:

Global Print-on-Demand Market by Component:

  • Printing Technologies
  • Materials/Products
  • Software and Design Tools
  • Fulfilment and Shipping

Global Print-on-Demand Market by Application:

  • Custom Apparel
  • Home Décor
  • Accessories
  • Stationery
  • Publishing
  • Sports and Fitness

Global Print-on-Demand Market by End User:

  • Individual Consumers
  • Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs
  • Large Corporations and Brands
  • Artists and Creators

Global Print-on-Demand Market by Region:

  • North America
    • U.S.
    • Canada
    • Mexico
  • Europe
    • Germany
    • France
    • U.K.
    • Italy
    • Spain
  • Asia-Pacific
    • Japan
    • China
    • India
  • South America
    • Brazil
  • Middle East and Africa  
    • UAE
    • South Africa

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