Adhesives & Sealants: United Kingdom

Report Overview

This report forecasts to 2030 adhesives and sealants demand in metric tons in the United Kingdom. Total demand is segmented by formulation in terms of water-based, reactive, hot melts, solvent-based, natural, other formulations such as bituminous, sodium silicate, and polyvinyl butyral (PVB)

Total demand is also segmented by market as follows construction, packaging, transportation equipment, consumer goods, tapes and labels, textiles, other markets such as appliances, electrical and electronic product manufacturing, and furniture assembly

To illustrate historical trends, total demand is provided in annual series from 2019 to 2025; the various segments are reported for 2019 and 2025.

Unmodified starch adhesives used in the production of corrugated board are excluded. In addition, binder resins used in the production of engineered wood products such as plywood and particleboard are not considered adhesives and are excluded from demand totals.

Key macroeconomic indicators are also provided with quantified trends. Other various topics, including profiles of pertinent leading companies, are covered in this report. A full outline of report items by page is available in the Table of Contents.

Related NAICS Codes:
325180 All other basic inorganic chemical manufacturing
325199 All other basic organic chemical manufacturing
325510 Paint and coating manufacturing
325520 Adhesive manufacturing
325998 All other miscellaneous chemical product and preparation manufacturing

Table of Contents

• Historical Trends
• Key Economic Indicators
• Western Europe: Regional Overview

• Formulations
• Markets

• Market Leaders

• Scope
• Sources
• Industry Codes
• Freedonia Methodology
• Resources

• Figure 1 | United Kingdom: Key Trends in Adhesives & Sealants Demand, 2025 – 2030
• Figure 2 | United Kingdom: Adhesives & Sealants Demand Trends, 2019 – 2025
• Table 1 | United Kingdom: Key Indicators for Adhesives & Sealants Demand; 2019, 2025, 2030 (2024US$ bil)
• Figure 3 | Western Europe: Adhesives & Sealants Demand by Country, 2025 (%)
• Figure 4 | United Kingdom: Adhesives & Sealants Demand by Formulation; 2019, 2025, 2030 (000 m tons)
• Table 2 | United Kingdom: Adhesives & Sealants Demand by Formulation; 2019, 2025, 2030 (000 m tons)
• Figure 5 | United Kingdom: Adhesives & Sealants Demand by Formulation; 2019, 2025, 2030 (%)
• Figure 6 | United Kingdom: Adhesives & Sealants Demand by Market; 2019, 2025, 2030 (000 m tons)
• Table 3 | United Kingdom: Adhesives & Sealants Demand by Market; 2019, 2025, 2030 (000 m tons)
• Figure 7 | United Kingdom: Adhesives & Sealants Demand by Market; 2019, 2025, 2030 (%)
• Table 4 | NAICS & SIC Codes Related to Adhesives & Sealants
• Table 5 | HS Codes Related to Adhesives & Sealants
• Table 6 | NACE Codes Related to Adhesives & Sealants