Global Sodium Formate Market Size By Industry Verticals (Food And Beverage, Textile, Printing), By Application (Catalyst, Food Additive), By Geographic Scope And Forecast

Sodium Formate Market Size And Forecast

Sodium Formate Market size was valued at USD 136.09 Million in 2024 and is projected to reach USD 195.37 Million by 2031, growing at a CAGR of 5.10% from 2024 to 2031.

Widespread growth of the oil & gas industry, food & beverage industry, and dyeing & printing industry is likely to drive the market over the projected years. Increasing demand for Sodium Formate as an anti-corrosion agent and effective de-icing agent at airports expects a boost to the market in the coming years. The Global Sodium Formate Market report provides a holistic evaluation of the market. The report offers a comprehensive analysis of key segments, trends, drivers, restraints, competitive landscape, and factors that are playing a substantial role in the Sodium Formate Market.

What is Sodium Formate?

Sodium formate is an organic sodium salt. As a buffer and astringent, since it contains formate, it plays a crucial role. Physically, sodium formate appears as a crystalline or powdered white deliquescent substance. The production of Sodium formate can be carried out by a chemical reaction in which carbon monoxide is absorbed under the pressure in solid sodium hydroxide at 130 °C and 6-8 bar pressure to form its granules. Due to the strong demand for sodium formate on the market and its low cost, chemical producers produce it on a wide scale using a variety of chemical processes and chemical compounds. The market for sodium formate is expected to increase at a significant rate during the anticipated year due to the expanding usage across several industry verticals.

Global Sodium Formate Market Overview

One of the key factors influencing the demand for sodium formate is that it is used in various industries including textile dyeing, the aviation industry, and the leather industry among others. Due In the aviation industry, sodium formate is used in de-icing runways as unlikely to be blown away or displaced due to regular aircraft or traffic movement. Granules of sodium formate are frequently used at airports as a deicer. In order to make mechanical ice removal from the airplane runway possible, it is used as a deicer to soften compacted snow caused by heavy snowfall. According to Transportation Research Record, May 2020, the deicer can melt up to four times more ice at −2°C with the help of sodium formate. The melting process quickly starts at −2°C and melts ice/snow within 1–3 min to make the runway operations function smoothly and efficiently. The specific sodium formate-based deicer has a BOD5 of 0.23 grams of oxygen per gram of sodium formate, but this rate is highly dependent on temperature. Sodium formate has wide application in textile dyeing as it offers maximum color strength to the textile to which it is applied. The chemical can be used as a tanning agent in the leather industry. Sodium formate stabilizes the chromium in the raw leather resulting in better quality, in the tanning process. High-purity white crystalline Sodium Formate is used for better penetration and to reduce the tanning time. Likewise, it is also used as a bleaching agent bleaching of mechanical paper pulp, cotton, wool, and sugar as well. The bleaching process is carried out as in the reductive process with the application of sodium formate.

However, there are various substitutes present in the market that can impact the demand for sodium formate in the global market. Substitutes for sodium formate in textile dyeing include urea, sodium sulfate, sodium chlorate, sodium oxalate, and the rest. Sodium sulfate acts as a leveling agent in textile dyeing to reduce the negative charges on fibers, thus, giving an effective and even finish. It does not even corrode the stainless steel containers that are used in the dyeing process as compared to other salts used in dyeing. Sodium oxalate is another substitute used in textile dyeing; a suitable exhausting agent in the reactive textile dyeing process. According to the Journal of the textile institute, the color removal of the dye solution containing sodium oxalate is higher up to 5.62%, than that containing other inorganic salts. Sodium oxalate offers a number of advantages over sodium formate in textile dyeing since it not only works as an exhausting agent for reactive cotton dyeing but also as an accelerator for photochemical reactions in the processing of dyeing wastewater. Thus, Sodium oxalate is considered an environment-friendly salt for the dyeing process.

Sodium formate is in high demand across a variety of industry verticals due to its environmentally favorable qualities. Any reaction can be carried out with the help of the affordable, biodegradable catalyst sodium formate to produce the best results. The organic component of the deicer, sodium formate, can break down microbiologically in the natural environment at a slow rate at lower temperatures but a faster rate at higher temperatures, according to the National Library of Medicine. Both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems are only slightly perturbed by it. Both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems are only slightly perturbed by it. As a result, numerous research facilities across the globe are continuing to explore sodium formate’s benefits for the environment. The market demand is anticipated to increase due to certain variables.

Sodium Formate MarketSegmentation Analysis

The Global Sodium Formate Market is Segmented on the basis of Industry Verticals, Application, And Geography.

Sodium Formate Market, By Industry Verticals

• Food & Beverage
• Textile
• Printing
• Aviation
• Oil & gas
• Chemical
• Others

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Based on Industry Verticals, the market is segmented into Food & Beverage, Textile, Printing, Aviation, Oil & Gas, Chemical, and Others. The food & beverages industry has dominated the market in 2021 and it is expected to dominate in future years as well. Food & beverage accounted for more than 25% share in 2021 in the Global Sodium Formate Market. Due to the ongoing requirement for a balanced electrolyte in swine and poultry feed, sodium formate is anticipated to become a suitable feed acidifying ingredient. Due to the ongoing requirement for a balanced electrolyte in swine and poultry feed, sodium formate is anticipated to become a suitable feed acidifying ingredient. The increasing usage of organic acid foods as food additives would have an effect on sodium formate. Sodium formate is categorized by the Food and Drug Administration as an indirect food additive for animal feed.

It can also be utilized as a component for food packaging, as allowed by GRAS, which was just announced. Due to growing worries about the environmental impact of deicing chemicals like urea and acetates and a gradual switch to formate-based deicers, the aviation sector is predicted to develop at a CAGR of 5.87% over the next few years. The Sodium Formate Market is anticipated to grow more rapidly as a result of a constant increase in printing activity and improvements in the printing methods that employ sodium formate. Since clear brine, a vital component in work over and completion procedures is made with sodium formate, the upstream oil and gas industry has noticed an increase in demand for the substance. The leather industry and the pharmaceutical business both use sodium formate.

Sodium Formate Market, By Application

• Food Additives
• Catalysts
• Reducing Agents
• De-icing Agents
• Chemical Intermediates

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Based on Application, the market is segmented into Food Additives, Catalysts, Reducing Agents, De-icing Agents, and Chemical Intermediates. Catalyst accounted for the largest market share of 27.36% in 2021, with a market value of USD 117.77 Million, and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 4.55% during the forecast period. Food Additive was the second-largest market in 2021. The sodium formate helps in preserving the food additives. It is frequently used to stop degradation brought on by unfavorable chemical changes or microbial development. The consumption of processed food products is being driven by the rise in the number of working women and the shifting lifestyle preferences of customers. This in turn is boosting the market for food additives and, in turn, the need for sodium formate.

Sodium Formate Market, By Geography

• North America
• Europe
• Asia Pacific
• Middle East & Africa
• Latin America

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On the basis of regional analysis, the Global Sodium Formate Market is classified into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa, and Latin America. Asia Pacific accounted for the largest market share of 41.42% in 2021 and is projected to grow at the highest CAGR of 5.57% during the forecast period owing to the extension of the already strong textile market in the region. When dyeing or printing fabrics and paper, sodium formate is used to increase the brightness. Textile yarn goods made of polyester and cotton are widely used in the APAC region. Additionally, the Asia-Pacific region’s shifting consumer patterns, growing population, rising apparel demand, disposable incomes, and home furnishings items are some of the key growth reasons for the expanding textile industry.

Additionally, the Asia-Pacific region’s shifting consumer patterns, growing population, rising apparel demand, disposable incomes, and home furnishings items are some of the key growth reasons for the expanding textile industry. Furthermore, China is the largest exporter in the textile and clothing industry, accounting for 37% of all worldwide exports, followed by Bangladesh, India, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Cambodia. The textile sector employs a significant amount of labor. Therefore, the cheaper cost associated with production as well as cheap labor costs is the main reasons for the growth of the textile industry in Asian countries. Certain factors expand the demand for sodium formate in this region.

Europe was the second-largest market in 2021 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 4.95%. One of the key stakeholders in global trade in Europe. The overall momentum in the global economy remains steady for the Europe region and this global upswing is expected to continue in the forthcoming years. Adoption of sodium formate for de-icing purposes on airport runways. Additionally, the region’s demand for sodium formate is anticipated to increase due to the region’s increasingly strict environmental laws, as well as the push for environmentally friendly solutions in both the aerospace and additives industries. In addition to this, major stakeholders in the industry are looking at expanding their geographical presence to include Europe, to meet the potential high demand from the region. This, in turn, is likely to increase the market in the region.

Key Players

The “Global Sodium Formate Market” study report will provide valuable insight with an emphasis on the global market. The major players in the market are Corning Incorporated, Harris Communications, Commscope, Inc., Alcatel-Lucent, AT&T, Inc., Ericsson, Verizon Communications, Inc., Wesco, and TE Connectivity Ltd. Key development strategies, market share analysis, and market positioning analysis of the aforementioned competitors internationally are also included in the competitive landscape section.

Key Developments

• In May 2019, Perstorp and partner Dalshult have agreed to build the facility to granulate solid sodium formate deicer. The new facility represents a significant investment and will improve supply availability and security for Pergrip Run NF.
• In December 2019, Vertellus expanded its North American capabilities with the acquisition of Bercen Chemicals. This acquisition expands the range of products that Vertellus can offer to the North American market; also provides the company with a strong foundation to better serve the global fuel and lubricant additives market.
• In August 2020, The chemical company BASF expanded its presence in China with the acquisition of alkoxylates production assets from Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Company (SPC). As part of the agreement, BASF bought SPC’s property, structures, and assets that are close to its operation in Jinshan, China.

Ace Matrix Analysis

The Ace Matrix provided in the report would help to understand how the major key players involved in this industry are performing as we provide a ranking for these companies based on various factors such as service features & innovations, scalability, innovation of services, industry coverage, industry reach, and growth roadmap. Based on these factors, we rank the companies into four categories as Active, Cutting Edge, Emerging, and Innovators.