China Thermal Paper Market Size & Outlook, 2024-2030

The thermal paper market in China is expected to reach a projected revenue of US$ 826.2 million by 2030. A compound annual growth rate of 5.5% is expected of China thermal paper market from 2025 to 2030.
Revenue, 2024 (US$M)
$600.0
Forecast, 2030 (US$M)
$826.2
CAGR, 2025 - 2030
5.5%
Report Coverage
China

China thermal paper market highlights

  • The China thermal paper market generated a revenue of USD 600.0 million in 2024 and is expected to reach USD 826.2 million by 2030.
  • The China market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.5% from 2025 to 2030.
  • In terms of segment, point-of-sale (pos) was the largest revenue generating application in 2024.
  • Tags & Label is the most lucrative application segment registering the fastest growth during the forecast period.

Thermal paper market data book summary

Market revenue in 2024USD 600.0 million
Market revenue in 2030USD 826.2 million
Growth rate5.5% (CAGR from 2025 to 2030)
Largest segmentPoint-of-sale (pos)
Fastest growing segmentTags & Label
Historical data2018 - 2023
Base year2024
Forecast period2025 - 2030
Quantitative unitsRevenue in USD million
Market segmentationPoint-of-Sale (POS), Tags & Label, Lottery & Gaming, Ticketing, Medical, Other Applications
Key market players worldwideOji Holdings Corp, Nippon Paper Industries Co Ltd, Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Hansol Paper, Henan Jianghe Paper Co., Thermal Solutions International, Iconex, Twin Rivers Paper Company

Other key industry trends

  • In terms of revenue, China accounted for 14.7% of the global thermal paper market in 2024.
  • Country-wise, U.S. is expected to lead the global market in terms of revenue in 2030.
  • In Asia Pacific, China thermal paper market is projected to lead the regional market in terms of revenue in 2030.
  • India is the fastest growing regional market in Asia Pacific and is projected to reach USD 253.2 million by 2030.

Point-of-sale (pos) was the largest segment with a revenue share of 55.62% in 2024. Horizon Databook has segmented the China thermal paper market based on point-of-sale (pos), tags & label, lottery & gaming, ticketing, medical, other applications covering the revenue growth of each sub-segment from 2018 to 2030.


In 2020, China accounted for the largest consumer base for thermal paper in the region owing to a large establishment of point-of-sale terminals in the country. Convenience of providing easy billing mechanism and easy & light printing applications is anticipated to ascend the demand for thermal papers for ticketing, labeling, and tag applications.

Increasing importance of China as a manufacturing base in automotive, chemicals, food & beverage, and pharmaceutical products in light of low production cost as compared to Europe and North America and growing domestic consumption of the same are expected to increase the use of labels and tags.

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