China Report Hall Network News: As a crucial surface treatment equipment in modern industrial production, spraying equipment plays an indispensable role in enhancing product quality, extending service life, and improving appearance aesthetics across sectors such as automotive manufacturing, electronics, construction, and machinery. With the continuous iteration of production technology, spraying equipment has achieved remarkable breakthroughs in precision, efficiency, and environmental performance, becoming a key driving force for the upgrading of China's manufacturing industry. In recent years, amid the dual impetus of domestic industrial transformation and growing market demand, the scale of China's spraying equipment industry has maintained a steady year-on-year growth trend, with 2024 marking a critical period of high-quality development. Below is a comprehensive analysis of the 2024 spraying equipment market size and industry trends.
I. Overall Market Size: Steady Growth Driven by Multiple Drivers
The automation and intelligence of spraying equipment have become an inevitable trend amid large-scale industrial production. Modern paint spraying equipment, equipped with computer-controlled spray guns, can achieve arbitrary path movements within the operating range. Key parameters such as spray length, interval time, and oil volume can be precisely set via computer programming, enabling automatic switching of spray gun operation and reducing paint waste by 30%-40% compared to traditional manual operations . This technological advantage not only improves production efficiency but also ensures consistent coating quality, making automated spraying equipment the preferred choice for medium and large enterprises.
China's spraying equipment industry has entered a new stage of development, facing pressures such as rising production costs, the urgency of intelligent transformation, and increasingly stringent green environmental protection requirements. In response, the industry has accelerated its transition towards digitalization, standardization, intelligence, and greenization. Historical data shows that the output value of China's spraying equipment reached 1.038 trillion yuan in 2022, while the market size was 102 billion yuan in 2018. By 2023, the market size achieved a year-on-year growth of 7.7%, laying a solid foundation for further expansion in 2024 . According to the latest industry statistics, China's spraying equipment market size exceeded 850 billion yuan in 2024, with intelligent equipment accounting for 38% of the total market share—a significant increase of 6 percentage points compared to 2023 . This growth is mainly driven by the continuous expansion of application scenarios, technological innovation, and policy support for green manufacturing.
From a global perspective, the global spraying equipment market size reached approximately 5.21 billion US dollars in 2024, and is expected to grow to 6.46 billion US dollars by 2031 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.3% . As the world's largest manufacturing country, China is a core growth engine of the global market, contributing over 40% of the global market size. The Asia-Pacific region, led by China, has become the dominant market for spraying equipment, benefiting from accelerated industrialization in emerging economies and increased investment in infrastructure construction.
II. Market Structure: Segmented Growth and Regional Cluster Effects
1. Segmented Market Performance
Industrial Spraying Equipment: As the largest segment of the market, industrial spraying equipment accounts for 65% of China's total spraying equipment market size, with an expected market scale of 247 billion yuan by 2025 . It is widely used in automotive parts (38% of industrial application share) and electronic products (25% of industrial application share). The penetration rate of high-pressure airless spraying technology has increased from 58% in 2022 to 65% in 2024, and is expected to reach 73% by 2028 . Domestic enterprises such as CRRC Times Electric have developed intelligent spraying systems that enable mixed-line production of multiple products, reducing model changeover time from 2 hours to 15 minutes and winning orders from leading enterprises such as BYD and CATL .
Construction Spraying Equipment: Driven by green building policies and old house renovation projects, the construction spraying equipment market accounts for 25% of the total market. In 2024, the market size reached 75 billion yuan, and is expected to grow to 126 billion yuan by 2030 with a CAGR of 11% . The demand for external wall insulation spraying equipment, boosted by old house renovation projects, has achieved an annual growth rate of 18% . Hangzhou Fengtan Robot Co., Ltd. launched a series of indoor coating construction robots in 2024, including 3.2-meter and 6-meter models for putty and latex paint spraying. The 6-meter model can achieve a construction efficiency of 2,500-3,000 square meters per day for latex paint spraying, significantly improving the efficiency of large-space construction such as underground garages and stadiums .
Environmental Protection Spraying Equipment: With the tightening of environmental protection policies, the market for environmental protection spraying equipment has experienced rapid growth. In 2024, the market size of water-based Coating Equipment reached 75 billion yuan, accounting for 30% of the industrial spraying equipment market . High-pressure electrostatic water-based coating sprayers, which reduce energy consumption by 25% compared to traditional equipment, have become the mainstream technical route . The market for Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer (RTO) equipment, used for VOCs treatment, is growing at the fastest rate, with a 2024 market size of 18 billion yuan and a treatment efficiency of 99.5%, meeting the latest national standards .
Thermal Spraying Equipment: The market size of China's thermal spraying equipment reached 8.64 billion yuan in 2023, with material market accounting for 35% (3.02 billion yuan) and processing service market accounting for 65% (5.62 billion yuan) . In 2024, the market continued to grow with a year-on-year increase of 12%, driven by the demand for wear-resistant and corrosion-resistant coatings in the machinery and aerospace industries. Leading enterprises such as Junshan Co., Ltd. achieved a 23.24% year-on-year growth in surface modification product revenue in the first half of 2024, reflecting the industry's concentration improvement trend .
spraying robot Market: As a core component of intelligent spraying equipment, the spraying robot market has maintained rapid growth. In 2023, China's spraying robot market size reached 350 billion yuan, accounting for 18% of the industrial robot market . It is expected that the market size of intelligent spraying robots will exceed 49 billion yuan by 2025 with a CAGR of 14.7% . Domestic enterprises have made breakthroughs in key technologies: the pulse spraying technology developed by domestic manufacturers has extended the nozzle service life to over 5,000 hours, a 30% increase compared to imported products; digital twin technology has optimized spraying trajectories, improving material utilization by 18% .
2. Regional Industrial Clusters
China's spraying equipment industry has formed three major industrial clusters represented by Guangzhou, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu, gathering hundreds of production enterprises, including a number of medium-sized manufacturing companies with annual output value exceeding 100 million US dollars . Among them, Jiangdu District in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, has become an important national manufacturing base for coating equipment. Xiaoji Town in Jiangdu District, leveraging its advantage as the "hometown of powder coatings," has gathered more than 60 coating equipment enterprises, forming a complete industrial chain covering spraying robots, electrostatic spray guns, and automated production lines . By establishing an enterprise standard system including 23 core standards, the region has increased product qualification rates by 15%, reduced customer complaint rates by 9%, and driven a 24% year-on-year growth in the export volume of coating equipment . III. Competitive Pattern: Domestic and International Enterprises Compete and Cooperate
The global spraying equipment market is mainly dominated by international giants such as Germany's Durr, Germany's Eisenman, and Japan's Atmosha, which occupy 60% of the high-end market with technological monopolies and maintain a high gross profit margin of 45%-50% . These enterprises have advantages in high-precision spraying systems and intelligent production lines, and are mainly positioned in the high-end markets such as luxury automotive manufacturing and aerospace.
Domestic enterprises, represented by Vatti Corporation and Jiangyin Hongli, have seized the mid-end market through the strategy of "cost-effectiveness + localized services" . The localization rate of China's spraying equipment is expected to rise to 68% in 2025 . To enhance core competitiveness, domestic enterprises are accelerating technological innovation and industrial integration: Shanghai Zhenhua acquired a German nozzle manufacturer to reduce import dependence on key components; leading enterprises in the industry plan to increase the self-sufficiency rate of core components to 80% through mergers and acquisitions by 2026 . In addition, Chinese enterprises are actively expanding the international market, establishing production bases in Southeast Asia such as Vietnam and Indonesia, with a local production rate of 40% in 2025 . China has also taken the lead in formulating the "General Technical Conditions for Intelligent Spraying Equipment," which has become an ISO international standard draft, enhancing the industry's right to speak in global governance .
IV. Industry Development Trends: Intelligence, Environmental Protection, and Diversification
1. Deepening of Automation and Intelligence
With the in-depth development of the manufacturing industry's automation and intelligence, spraying equipment is moving towards a more intelligent and automated direction. The integration of AI vision recognition technology has achieved a defect detection accuracy rate of 99.7%, while 5G + edge computing has reduced equipment response time to less than 10ms . The "robot collaborative management platform" launched by domestic enterprises can real-time collect data such as robot position, operating status, and material usage, presenting it through a visual dashboard to help managers optimize construction efficiency and realize the "last mile" of intelligent construction . Automated coating equipment not only improves production efficiency by 2-3 times compared to manual operations but also reduces labor costs by 50% or more, while ensuring higher coating precision and stability .
2. Strengthening of Environmental Protection and Energy Conservation Requirements
Environmental protection and energy conservation have become global consensus, and the spraying equipment industry is accelerating its green transformation. The "Lüdao (Green Island)" project in Xintai City, Shandong Province, has set a benchmark for the industry's green development . The project invested 430 million yuan to build a centralized spraying center, adopting water-based paints instead of oil-based paints and using closed spray workshops and RTO thermal oxidation combustion technology to achieve a VOCs treatment efficiency of 99.5% . It can reduce VOCs emissions by over 1,700 tons and carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 13,400 tons annually . The project also realizes the harmless and resourceful utilization of paint residue through independent research and development of a paint residue recycling system, processing 20,000 tons of paint residue annually and saving 130 million yuan in raw material costs each year . Such green transformation not only meets environmental requirements but also helps enterprises reduce production costs by more than 30% .
3. Wide Application of New Materials
The emergence of new materials such as water-based coatings and powder coatings is driving the upgrading of spraying equipment. water-based coating equipment has become the mainstream product in the market due to its low VOCs emissions and high coating efficiency . The nano-coating material market, with characteristics such as self-repair and corrosion resistance, is growing at a rate of 22%, driving the unit price of spraying equipment to increase by 30% . Spraying equipment enterprises are strengthening the research and development of adaptive technologies, optimizing nozzle designs, and adjusting pressure parameters to meet the spraying requirements of new materials, further expanding the application scope of the equipment. 4. Rising Demand for Customization and Flexible Production
With the personalization and customization of consumer demand, the spraying equipment industry is facing the need to produce small-batch and multi-variety products. Modern spraying equipment is developing towards flexible production capabilities: intelligent spraying systems can quickly switch between different product models and spraying processes, adapting to the spraying requirements of various products . For example, the putty and latex paint two-in-one spraying robot launched by Fengtan Robot can achieve the spraying of multiple materials such as putty, latex paint, and putty powder by simply replacing the nozzle, meeting the diversified needs of residential and commercial building decoration .
V. Challenges and Countermeasures
Despite the broad development prospects, China's spraying equipment industry still faces some challenges: the core technologies of high-end products such as key components and control systems are still dominated by foreign enterprises; the overall industry concentration is not high, and there is fierce price competition in the low-end market; the rising cost of raw materials and labor has compressed the profit space of enterprises.
To address these challenges, domestic enterprises are taking proactive measures: first, increasing R&D investment to break through key technical bottlenecks and improve product added value; second, strengthening cooperation with local logistics and customs brokers in overseas markets to optimize the global supply chain layout and reduce export costs; third, exploring diversified business models such as equipment leasing, with the equipment leasing market expected to account for 31% of the total industry size by 2028 ; fourth, participating in the formulation of industry standards to enhance the discourse power of the industry.
Conclusion
In 2024, China's spraying equipment market has achieved steady growth driven by industrial upgrading, policy support, and technological innovation, with the market size exceeding 850 billion yuan. The industry shows distinct characteristics of segmented growth, regional clustering, and intelligent transformation. In the future, with the deepening of global manufacturing upgrading and the continuous strengthening of environmental protection requirements, the spraying equipment industry will usher in broader development space in intelligence, environmental protection, and new material applications. Domestic enterprises need to seize market opportunities, accelerate technological innovation and industrial integration, enhance core competitiveness, and strive to achieve leapfrog development in the global market competition. At the same time, the healthy development of the spraying equipment industry will also provide strong support for the high-quality development of China's manufacturing industry and make positive contributions to the global green manufacturing system.
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