Printing Toners Market Report 2026

The printing toners market size has grown strongly in recent years. It will grow from $4.99 billion in 2025 to $5.34 billion in 2026 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.9%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to expansion of office printing infrastructure, growth of commercial printing services, increasing use of laser printers, rising demand for fast document processing, availability of cost-effective toner materials.

The printing toners market size is expected to see strong growth in the next few years. It will grow to $7.04 billion in 2030 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.2%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to increasing demand for sustainable printing consumables, rising adoption of eco-friendly toner formulations, expansion of packaging and labeling printing, growing use of digital printing in advertising, increasing focus on cartridge recycling programs. Major trends in the forecast period include increasing demand for high-quality digital printing, rising adoption of chemical toner technologies, growing use of high-yield toner cartridges, expansion of color printing applications, enhanced focus on print consistency and sharpness.

The growing demand for packaging applications is expected to drive the growth of the printing toner market going forward. Packaging applications involve designing and using materials to enclose and protect products for storage, distribution, and presentation. The increase in global product shipments has boosted the need for packaging solutions, including labels, cartons, and other printed materials. For example, in June 2025, according to StickerYou Inc., a Canada-based online platform, global demand for labels and packaging sleeves is projected to rise from 83 billion square meters in 2025 to 99.1 billion square meters by 2030. Thus, rising demand for packaging applications is fueling the printing toner market.

Major players in the printing toner market are directing their efforts toward developing toner-based color sheet-fed presses, allowing commercial printers to transition from offset to digital printing. These machines utilize toner, a powdered ink, to produce high-quality color prints on individual sheets of paper in a sequential, sheet-fed manner. In August 2023, Ricoh, a Japan-based company, launched the RICOH Pro C9500, a flagship toner-based color sheet-fed press, introducing new image quality, productivity, and substrate capabilities. This innovation is set to revolutionize the printing toner market by enabling commercial printers to access new markets, enhance customization, reduce operational costs, and gain greater control.

In May 2023, All Copy Products LLC, a US-based company providing document solutions to small- to medium-sized businesses, merged with LaserCycle Inc. This undisclosed amount merger is expected to enhance All Copy Products' service capacity and expand its technological portfolio. LaserCycle Inc. is a US-based remanufacturer of toner cartridges.

Major companies operating in the printing toners market are Canon Inc., HP Inc., Xerox Holdings, Konica Minolta, Ricoh Company, Brother Industries, Kyocera Corporation, Sharp Corporation, Toshiba Tec, Lexmark International, OKI Electric, Fujifilm Business Innovation, Pantum International, Epson, Samsung Electronics, Panasonic Holdings, Ricoh USA, Develop GmbH, Sharp NEC Display Solutions, Xerox Corporation.

North America was the largest region in the printing toners market in 2025. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the printing toners market report are Asia-Pacific, South East Asia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa. The countries covered in the printing toners market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.

The printing toners market consists of sales of toner cartridges, ink refill kits, and compatible cartridges. Values in this market are ‘factory gate’ values, that is the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.

The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD unless otherwise specified).

The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.

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