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Acrylic Acid
Glacial acrylic acid (GAA) is a clear, colorless liquid with an acrid odour which is miscible with water, alcohols and ethers. The chemical formula is CH2=CHCO2H. It is an unsaturated monocarboxylic acid which will undergo the typical reactions of a carboxylic acid as well as those of a vinyl compound. It is used in the production of polymers and acrylate esters and as a feedstock for chemical syntheses.
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Glacial acrylic acid (GAA) is a clear, colorless liquid with an acrid odour which is miscible with water, alcohols and ethers. The chemical formula is CH2=CHCO2H. It is an unsaturated monocarboxylic acid which will undergo the typical reactions of a carboxylic acid as well as those of a vinyl compound. It is used in the production of polymers and acrylate esters and as a feedstock for chemical syntheses.
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Global Acrylic Acid Industry Growth and Trends Forecast to 2032
Market perspective
Glacial acrylic acid (GAA) is a clear, colorless liquid with an acrid odour which is miscible with water, alcohols and ethers. The chemical formula is CH2=CHCO2H. It is an unsaturated monocarboxylic acid which will undergo the typical reactions of a carboxylic acid as well as those of a vinyl compound. It is used in the production of polymers and acrylate esters and as a feedstock for chemical syntheses.
Global Acrylic Acid key players include BASF, DOW, Nippon Shokubai, Arkema, Formosa Plastics, etc. Global top five manufacturers hold a share over 65%.
USA is the largest market, with a share over 25%, followed by China and Europe, both have a share over 50%. In terms of application, the largest application is Super Absorbent Polymers (SAP), followed by Detergent, Water Treatment, etc.
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Report Scope
This report provides a structured, data-driven view of the global Acrylic Acid market, combining harmonized quantitative metrics with targeted qualitative insight to support business and growth strategy, market positioning, and capital allocation.
The Acrylic Acid market size, estimates, and forecasts are presented in terms of sales volume (K MT) and revenue (US$ million), with 2025 as the base year and historical and forecast data for 2021-2032. The report segments the global Acrylic Acid market by Type, Application, region/country, and company, provides regional market sizes at the segment level, profiles the competitive landscape and key players and their market ranks, and reviews technology trends and new product developments relevant to Acrylic Acid.
Key Companies & Market Share Insights
This section analyzes the strategies and performance of leading manufacturers in the global Acrylic Acid market, including portfolio focus, innovation and product development, mergers and acquisitions, collaborations, and geographic expansion used to sustain or enhance competitive positions. It also summarizes recent corporate developments and key financial indicators and provides global revenue, price, and sales volume data by manufacturer for 2020-2025, enabling benchmarking of scale, pricing, and market share and supporting assessment of market concentration through indicators such as CR5 and CR10.
Acrylic Acid Market by Company
Basf
DuPont
Nippon Shokubai
Akema
Formosa
LG Chem
Mitsubishi Chem
Toagosei
Sasol
Hexion
Idemitsu Kosan
Jiangsu Jurong
HUAYI
Satellite
Basf-YPC
Sanmu Group
Shandong Kaitai
CNOOC
ChemChina
CNPC
Eastern Petr
Acrylic Acid Segment by Type
Acrylic Acid 100%
Acrylic Acid 80%
Acrylic Acid/Toluene
Acrylic Acid Segment by Application
Super Absorbent Polymers (SAP)
Detergent
Water Treatment
Others
Acrylic Acid Segment by Region
North America
United States
Canada
Mexico
Europe
Germany
France
U.K.
Italy
Russia
Spain
Netherlands
Switzerland
Sweden
Poland
Asia-Pacific
China
Japan
South Korea
India
Australia
Taiwan
Southeast Asia
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Türkiye
GCC Countries
Key Drivers & Barriers
High-impact rendering factors and drivers have been studied in this report to aid the readers to understand the general development. Moreover, the report includes restraints and challenges that may act as stumbling blocks on the way of the players. This will assist the users to be attentive and make informed decisions related to business. Specialists have also laid their focus on the upcoming business prospects.
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2. This report will help stakeholders to understand the global industry status and trends of Acrylic Acid and provides them with information on key market drivers, restraints, challenges, and opportunities.
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Chapter Outline
Chapter 1: Introduces the study scope of this report, executive summary of market segments by type, market size segments for North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, Middle East & Africa.
Chapter 2: Introduces the market dynamics, latest developments of the market, the driving factors and restrictive factors of the market, the challenges and risks faced by manufacturers in the industry, and the analysis of relevant policies in the industry.
Chapter 3: Detailed analysis of Acrylic Acid manufacturers competitive landscape, price, sales, revenue, market share and ranking, latest development plan, merger, and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 4: Sales, revenue of Acrylic Acid in regional level. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region and introduces the future development prospects, and market space in the world.
Chapter 5: Introduces market segments by application, market size segment for North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, Middle East & Africa.
Chapter 6: Provides profiles of key players, introducing the basic situation of the main companies in the market in detail, including product sales, revenue, price, gross margin, product introduction, recent development, etc.
Chapter 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11: North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, Middle East & Africa, sales and revenue by country.
Chapter 12: Analysis of industrial chain, key raw materials, manufacturing cost, and market dynamics.
Chapter 13: Concluding Insights of the report.
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Scope & coverage.
Types
- Acrylic Acid 100%
- Acrylic Acid 80%
- Acrylic Acid/Toluene
Applications
- Super Absorbent Polymers (SAP)
- Detergent
- Water Treatment
- Others
Companies covered
- Basf
- DuPont
- Nippon Shokubai
- Akema
- Formosa
- LG Chem
- Mitsubishi Chem
- Toagosei
- Sasol
- Hexion
- Idemitsu Kosan
- Jiangsu Jurong
- HUAYI
- Satellite
- Basf-YPC
- Sanmu Group
- Shandong Kaitai
- CNOOC
- ChemChina
- CNPC
- Eastern Petr
Inside the report.
1 Market Overview
- 1.1 Product Definition
- 1.2 Global Market Growth Prospects
- 1.2.1 Global Acrylic Acid Market Size Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 1.2.2 Global Acrylic Acid Sales Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 1.3 Acrylic Acid Market by Type
- 1.3.1 Acrylic Acid 100%
- 1.3.2 Acrylic Acid 80%
- 1.3.3 Acrylic Acid/Toluene
- 1.4 Global Acrylic Acid Market Size by Type
- 1.4.1 Global Acrylic Acid Market Size Overview by Type (2021-2032)
- 1.4.2 Global Acrylic Acid Historic Market Size Review by Type (2021-2026)
- 1.4.3 Global Acrylic Acid Forecasted Market Size by Type (2027-2032)
- 1.5 Key Regions Market Size by Type
- 1.5.1 North America Acrylic Acid Sales Breakdown by Type (2021-2026)
- 1.5.2 Europe Acrylic Acid Sales Breakdown by Type (2021-2026)
- 1.5.3 Asia-Pacific Acrylic Acid Sales Breakdown by Type (2021-2026)
- 1.5.4 South America Acrylic Acid Sales Breakdown by Type (2021-2026)
- 1.5.5 Middle East and Africa Acrylic Acid Sales Breakdown by Type (2021-2026)
2 Global Market Dynamics
- 2.1 Acrylic Acid Industry Trends
- 2.2 Acrylic Acid Industry Drivers
- 2.3 Acrylic Acid Industry Opportunities and Challenges
- 2.4 Acrylic Acid Industry Restraints
3 Market Competitive Landscape by Company
- 3.1 Global Top Players by Acrylic Acid Revenue (2021-2026)
- 3.2 Global Top Players by Acrylic Acid Sales (2021-2026)
- 3.3 Global Top Players by Acrylic Acid Price (2021-2026)
- 3.4 Global Acrylic Acid Industry Company Ranking, 2024 VS 2025 VS 2026
- 3.5 Global Acrylic Acid Major Company Production Sites & Headquarters
- 3.6 Global Acrylic Acid Company, Product Type & Application
- 3.7 Global Acrylic Acid Company Establishment Date
- 3.8 Market Competitive Analysis
- 3.8.1 Global Acrylic Acid Market CR5 and HHI
- 3.8.2 Global Top 5 and 10 Acrylic Acid Players Market Share by Revenue in 2025
- 3.8.3 2025 Acrylic Acid Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3
4 Acrylic Acid Regional Status and Outlook
- 4.1 Global Acrylic Acid Market Size and CAGR by Region: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 4.2 Global Acrylic Acid Historic Market Size by Region
- 4.2.1 Global Acrylic Acid Sales in Volume by Region (2021-2026)
- 4.2.2 Global Acrylic Acid Sales in Value by Region (2021-2026)
- 4.2.3 Global Acrylic Acid Sales (Volume & Value), Price and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.3 Global Acrylic Acid Forecasted Market Size by Region
- 4.3.1 Global Acrylic Acid Sales in Volume by Region (2027-2032)
- 4.3.2 Global Acrylic Acid Sales in Value by Region (2027-2032)
- 4.3.3 Global Acrylic Acid Sales (Volume & Value), Price and Gross Margin (2027-2032)
5 Acrylic Acid by Application
- 5.1 Acrylic Acid Market by Application
- 5.1.1 Super Absorbent Polymers (SAP)
- 5.1.2 Detergent
- 5.1.3 Water Treatment
- 5.1.4 Others
- 5.2 Global Acrylic Acid Market Size by Application
- 5.2.1 Global Acrylic Acid Market Size Overview by Application (2021-2032)
- 5.2.2 Global Acrylic Acid Historic Market Size Review by Application (2021-2026)
- 5.2.3 Global Acrylic Acid Forecasted Market Size by Application (2027-2032)
- 5.3 Key Regions Market Size by Application
- 5.3.1 North America Acrylic Acid Sales Breakdown by Application (2021-2026)
- 5.3.2 Europe Acrylic Acid Sales Breakdown by Application (2021-2026)
- 5.3.3 Asia-Pacific Acrylic Acid Sales Breakdown by Application (2021-2026)
- 5.3.4 South America Acrylic Acid Sales Breakdown by Application (2021-2026)
- 5.3.5 Middle East and Africa Acrylic Acid Sales Breakdown by Application (2021-2026)
6 Company Profiles
- 6.1 Basf
- 6.1.1 Basf Company Information
- 6.1.2 Basf Business Overview
- 6.1.3 Basf Acrylic Acid Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.1.4 Basf Acrylic Acid Product Portfolio
- 6.1.5 Basf Recent Developments
- 6.2 DuPont
- 6.2.1 DuPont Company Information
- 6.2.2 DuPont Business Overview
- 6.2.3 DuPont Acrylic Acid Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.2.4 DuPont Acrylic Acid Product Portfolio
- 6.2.5 DuPont Recent Developments
- 6.3 Nippon Shokubai
- 6.3.1 Nippon Shokubai Company Information
- 6.3.2 Nippon Shokubai Business Overview
- 6.3.3 Nippon Shokubai Acrylic Acid Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.3.4 Nippon Shokubai Acrylic Acid Product Portfolio
- 6.3.5 Nippon Shokubai Recent Developments
- 6.4 Akema
- 6.4.1 Akema Company Information
- 6.4.2 Akema Business Overview
- 6.4.3 Akema Acrylic Acid Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.4.4 Akema Acrylic Acid Product Portfolio
- 6.4.5 Akema Recent Developments
- 6.5 Formosa
- 6.5.1 Formosa Company Information
- 6.5.2 Formosa Business Overview
- 6.5.3 Formosa Acrylic Acid Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.5.4 Formosa Acrylic Acid Product Portfolio
- 6.5.5 Formosa Recent Developments
- 6.6 LG Chem
- 6.6.1 LG Chem Company Information
- 6.6.2 LG Chem Business Overview
- 6.6.3 LG Chem Acrylic Acid Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.6.4 LG Chem Acrylic Acid Product Portfolio
- 6.6.5 LG Chem Recent Developments
- 6.7 Mitsubishi Chem
- 6.7.1 Mitsubishi Chem Company Information
- 6.7.2 Mitsubishi Chem Business Overview
- 6.7.3 Mitsubishi Chem Acrylic Acid Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.7.4 Mitsubishi Chem Acrylic Acid Product Portfolio
- 6.7.5 Mitsubishi Chem Recent Developments
- 6.8 Toagosei
- 6.8.1 Toagosei Company Information
- 6.8.2 Toagosei Business Overview
- 6.8.3 Toagosei Acrylic Acid Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.8.4 Toagosei Acrylic Acid Product Portfolio
- 6.8.5 Toagosei Recent Developments
- 6.9 Sasol
- 6.9.1 Sasol Company Information
- 6.9.2 Sasol Business Overview
- 6.9.3 Sasol Acrylic Acid Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.9.4 Sasol Acrylic Acid Product Portfolio
- 6.9.5 Sasol Recent Developments
- 6.10 Hexion
- 6.10.1 Hexion Company Information
- 6.10.2 Hexion Business Overview
- 6.10.3 Hexion Acrylic Acid Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.10.4 Hexion Acrylic Acid Product Portfolio
- 6.10.5 Hexion Recent Developments
- 6.11 Idemitsu Kosan
- 6.11.1 Idemitsu Kosan Company Information
- 6.11.2 Idemitsu Kosan Business Overview
- 6.11.3 Idemitsu Kosan Acrylic Acid Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.11.4 Idemitsu Kosan Acrylic Acid Product Portfolio
- 6.11.5 Idemitsu Kosan Recent Developments
- 6.12 Jiangsu Jurong
- 6.12.1 Jiangsu Jurong Company Information
- 6.12.2 Jiangsu Jurong Business Overview
- 6.12.3 Jiangsu Jurong Acrylic Acid Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.12.4 Jiangsu Jurong Acrylic Acid Product Portfolio
- 6.12.5 Jiangsu Jurong Recent Developments
- 6.13 HUAYI
- 6.13.1 HUAYI Company Information
- 6.13.2 HUAYI Business Overview
- 6.13.3 HUAYI Acrylic Acid Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.13.4 HUAYI Acrylic Acid Product Portfolio
- 6.13.5 HUAYI Recent Developments
- 6.14 Satellite
- 6.14.1 Satellite Company Information
- 6.14.2 Satellite Business Overview
- 6.14.3 Satellite Acrylic Acid Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.14.4 Satellite Acrylic Acid Product Portfolio
- 6.14.5 Satellite Recent Developments
- 6.15 Basf-YPC
- 6.15.1 Basf-YPC Company Information
- 6.15.2 Basf-YPC Business Overview
- 6.15.3 Basf-YPC Acrylic Acid Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.15.4 Basf-YPC Acrylic Acid Product Portfolio
- 6.15.5 Basf-YPC Recent Developments
- 6.16 Sanmu Group
- 6.16.1 Sanmu Group Company Information
- 6.16.2 Sanmu Group Business Overview
- 6.16.3 Sanmu Group Acrylic Acid Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.16.4 Sanmu Group Acrylic Acid Product Portfolio
- 6.16.5 Sanmu Group Recent Developments
- 6.17 Shandong Kaitai
- 6.17.1 Shandong Kaitai Company Information
- 6.17.2 Shandong Kaitai Business Overview
- 6.17.3 Shandong Kaitai Acrylic Acid Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.17.4 Shandong Kaitai Acrylic Acid Product Portfolio
- 6.17.5 Shandong Kaitai Recent Developments
- 6.18 CNOOC
- 6.18.1 CNOOC Company Information
- 6.18.2 CNOOC Business Overview
- 6.18.3 CNOOC Acrylic Acid Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.18.4 CNOOC Acrylic Acid Product Portfolio
- 6.18.5 CNOOC Recent Developments
- 6.19 ChemChina
- 6.19.1 ChemChina Company Information
- 6.19.2 ChemChina Business Overview
- 6.19.3 ChemChina Acrylic Acid Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.19.4 ChemChina Acrylic Acid Product Portfolio
- 6.19.5 ChemChina Recent Developments
- 6.20 CNPC
- 6.20.1 CNPC Company Information
- 6.20.2 CNPC Business Overview
- 6.20.3 CNPC Acrylic Acid Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.20.4 CNPC Acrylic Acid Product Portfolio
- 6.20.5 CNPC Recent Developments
- 6.21 Eastern Petr
- 6.21.1 Eastern Petr Company Information
- 6.21.2 Eastern Petr Business Overview
- 6.21.3 Eastern Petr Acrylic Acid Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.21.4 Eastern Petr Acrylic Acid Product Portfolio
- 6.21.5 Eastern Petr Recent Developments
7 North America by Country
- 7.1 North America Acrylic Acid Sales by Country
- 7.1.1 North America Acrylic Acid Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 7.1.2 North America Acrylic Acid Sales by Country (2021-2026)
- 7.1.3 North America Acrylic Acid Sales Forecast by Country (2027-2032)
- 7.2 North America Acrylic Acid Market Size by Country
- 7.2.1 North America Acrylic Acid Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 7.2.2 North America Acrylic Acid Market Size by Country (2021-2026)
- 7.2.3 North America Acrylic Acid Market Size Forecast by Country (2027-2032)
8 Europe by Country
- 8.1 Europe Acrylic Acid Sales by Country
- 8.1.1 Europe Acrylic Acid Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.1.2 Europe Acrylic Acid Sales by Country (2021-2026)
- 8.1.3 Europe Acrylic Acid Sales Forecast by Country (2027-2032)
- 8.2 Europe Acrylic Acid Market Size by Country
- 8.2.1 Europe Acrylic Acid Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.2.2 Europe Acrylic Acid Market Size by Country (2021-2026)
- 8.2.3 Europe Acrylic Acid Market Size Forecast by Country (2027-2032)
9 Asia-Pacific by Country
- 9.1 Asia-Pacific Acrylic Acid Sales by Country
- 9.1.1 Asia-Pacific Acrylic Acid Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 9.1.2 Asia-Pacific Acrylic Acid Sales by Country (2021-2026)
- 9.1.3 Asia-Pacific Acrylic Acid Sales Forecast by Country (2027-2032)
- 9.2 Asia-Pacific Acrylic Acid Market Size by Country
- 9.2.1 Asia-Pacific Acrylic Acid Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 9.2.2 Asia-Pacific Acrylic Acid Market Size by Country (2021-2026)
- 9.2.3 Asia-Pacific Acrylic Acid Market Size Forecast by Country (2027-2032)
10 South America by Country
- 10.1 South America Acrylic Acid Sales by Country
- 10.1.1 South America Acrylic Acid Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 10.1.2 South America Acrylic Acid Sales by Country (2021-2026)
- 10.1.3 South America Acrylic Acid Sales Forecast by Country (2027-2032)
- 10.2 South America Acrylic Acid Market Size by Country
- 10.2.1 South America Acrylic Acid Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 10.2.2 South America Acrylic Acid Market Size by Country (2021-2026)
- 10.2.3 South America Acrylic Acid Market Size Forecast by Country (2027-2032)
11 Middle East and Africa by Country
- 11.1 Middle East and Africa Acrylic Acid Sales by Country
- 11.1.1 Middle East and Africa Acrylic Acid Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 11.1.2 Middle East and Africa Acrylic Acid Sales by Country (2021-2026)
- 11.1.3 Middle East and Africa Acrylic Acid Sales Forecast by Country (2027-2032)
- 11.2 Middle East and Africa Acrylic Acid Market Size by Country
- 11.2.1 Middle East and Africa Acrylic Acid Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 11.2.2 Middle East and Africa Acrylic Acid Market Size by Country (2021-2026)
- 11.2.3 Middle East and Africa Acrylic Acid Market Size Forecast by Country (2027-2032)
12 Value Chain and Sales Channels Analysis
- 12.1 Acrylic Acid Value Chain Analysis
- 12.1.1 Acrylic Acid Key Raw Materials
- 12.1.2 Key Raw Materials Price
- 12.1.3 Raw Materials Key Suppliers
- 12.1.4 Manufacturing Cost Structure
- 12.1.5 Acrylic Acid Production Mode & Process
- 12.2 Acrylic Acid Sales Channels Analysis
- 12.2.1 Direct Comparison with Distribution Share
- 12.2.2 Acrylic Acid Distributors
- 12.2.3 Acrylic Acid Customers
13 Concluding Insights
14 Appendix
- 14.1 Reasons for Doing This Study
- 14.2 Research Methodology
- 14.3 Research Process
- 14.4 Authors List of This Report
- 14.5 Data Source
- 14.5.1 Secondary Sources
- 14.5.2 Primary Sources
- 14.6 Disclaimer
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