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Coding and Marking Industry Statistics

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Coding and Marking Industry Statistics
Isabelle MoreauWritten by Isabelle Moreau·Edited by Min-ji Park·Fact-checked by Maya Johansson
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How this report is researched
01Editorial Scope

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01 Industry overview

The coding and marking industry at a glance

The global coding and marking equipment market was valued at $17.5 billion in 2024 and is projected to reach $24.9 billion by 2030 as traceability, automation and 2D-code adoption expand.

$17.5B[42]
Market size, 2024
6.0%[42]
Forecast CAGR, 2025–2030
30.9%[42]
North America share, 2024
32.3%[42]
CIJ segment share, 2024
Market size
The global coding and marking equipment market reached $17.5 billion in 2024. Grand View Research estimates the market at $19.6 billion in 2026 and $24.9 billion by 2030.[42]
Forecast & CAGR
The market is forecast to grow at a 6.0% CAGR from 2025 to 2030. A separate 2026 study covering broader coding and marking solutions estimates a 6.14% CAGR from 2026 to 2031, reaching $12.31 billion from $9.14 billion in 2026; differing totals reflect different market scopes.[42][39]
Market share & regions
North America held the largest regional share at 30.9% in 2024. In a broader coding and marking systems definition, Asia-Pacific was estimated to lead in 2025 with $1.47 billion and a 35% share.[42][23]
Segmentation
Continuous inkjet printers were the largest equipment category in 2024, with a 32.3% revenue share and approximately $5.7 billion in revenue. By end use, food and beverages accounted for 38.91% of coding and marking solutions revenue in 2025, while traceability and anti-counterfeiting represented 28.73% by application.[42][39]
Key players & concentration
The principal global suppliers include Videojet, Markem-Imaje, Domino Printing Sciences, Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems, Matthews Marking Systems, Linx and ProMach’s ID Technology. Available market research characterizes industry concentration as medium, with large multinational groups competing alongside regional and specialist manufacturers; comparable public global market-share figures are not consistently disclosed.[39][43]
Trends, drivers & challenges
Growth is being driven by product traceability, serialization, anti-counterfeiting, smart-factory investment and demand for automated coding across food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and electronics. The industry is also shifting toward connected printers, software, remote monitoring and 2D codes, while manufacturers face pressure to reduce ink, solvent, waste, downtime and total operating cost.[42][39][59]
Consumer behavior & competition
GS1 US reports that 79% of consumers are more likely to purchase products with a scannable QR code providing additional information, 77% consider product information important at purchase, and 62% are willing to pay more for products with detailed information. These expectations are intensifying competition around traceability, authentication, digital product information and brand engagement rather than printing hardware alone.[59]
M&A
M&A has mainly expanded the sector’s software, serialization and packaging-intelligence capabilities. Markem-Imaje acquired Systech in 2020 and Solaris in 2020, while its parent Dover describes Markem-Imaje as a wholly owned subsidiary; public sources do not provide a reliable 2025–2026 total deal value for the coding and marking industry.[43]
Regulation
In the United States, FDA traceability requirements require covered firms to assign and maintain traceability lot codes for foods on the Food Traceability List, supporting faster source identification during outbreaks. In retail, GS1 US is targeting the ability to scan and process 2D barcodes at point of sale by the end of 2027, while EU wine-label rules allow ingredient and nutrition information to be provided through a dedicated electronic means such as a QR code.[60][59][61]
Latest news
In June 2025, Markem-Imaje announced a major investment in its Keene, New Hampshire facility to expand production capacity for wax-based Touch Dry inks and launched the 9712 bi-jet coder for large codes, including 2D codes. In September 2026, Videojet coverage highlighted its 1880 C pigmented-ink continuous inkjet printer and solutions supporting GS1 and 2D-code implementation.[43][29]

02 Ranking

Top 10 Companies in the Coding And Marking Industry

The leading companies in the coding and marking industry, ranked on market impact, performance, momentum, innovation and brand popularity.

Updated November 11, 2026 · Next review December 11, 2026

Verdict

Dover Corporation and ProMach are tied at the top of Gitnux's 2026 coding and marking ranking with an Overall score of 9.1 each.

Ranked by Overall score · How we score ↓

Editor's top 3 picks

Where to start, by need.

  1. #1 Overall · Leader in coding and marking systems

    Dover Corporation

    US

    Ranked #1 · 9.1 · Coding and marking systems

    Why we picked it: Precision marking and coding equipment and consumables support global deployment in its imaging & identification segment.

    See in ranking ↓Visit dovercorporation.com ↗

  2. #2 overall

    ProMach

    US

    Ranked #2 · 9.1 · Coding and marking systems

    Why we picked it: ID Technology builds systems that combine labeling, coding, and marking for industrial use.

    See in ranking ↓Visit promachbuilt.com ↗

  3. #3 overall

    Veralto

    US

    Ranked #3 · 9.0 · Coding and marking systems

    Why we picked it: Videojet and Linx marking and coding systems sit in Product Quality & Innovation with 23.2% operating margin.

    See in ranking ↓Visit veralto.com ↗

Pick 1 is the #1 company overall. No other segment places in the top 5, so picks 2 and 3 follow rank.

Full ranking

Sort by
Top 10 companies in the coding and marking industry, 2026 – Gitnux ranking
#CompanyOverall ↓Company snapshot
1

Dover Corporation

Coding and marking systems · US

9.1
2

ProMach

Coding and marking systems · US

9.1
3

Veralto

Coding and marking systems · US

9.0
4

Hitachi

Coding and marking systems · JP

8.9
5

REA Elektronik

Coding and marking systems · DE

8.7
6

Macsa id

Laser and inkjet coding and traceability, global · ES

8.6
7

Paul Leibinger

Continuous inkjet coding systems, global · DE

8.6
8

HSA Systems

Thermal inkjet coding and marking, global · DK

8.4
9

Squid Ink

Industrial inkjet coding and marking, global · US

8.3
10

EBS Ink-Jet Systeme

Industrial inkjet coding and marking, global · DE

7.6

How we score

  • Impact (30%): scale and weight in the market (revenue, market share, employees, market position).
  • Performance (20%): recent revenue growth and operating margin; an analyst assessment where a company does not publish them.
  • Momentum (20%): growth trajectory and future potential.
  • Innovation (15%): R&D intensity and how technologically advanced the company is.

Popularity (brand search demand, 15%) counts toward Overall but is not published as a column. Overall leaves out what is not known.

Scale Scores are shown on a 7–10 scale with one decimal; bars start at 7.0.

Cadence Recalculated when new figures are published; next review December 11, 2026.

Independence. Rankings are editorially independent. Scores, ranks, picks and the verdict follow the method above; no company can pay to change them.

Cite this ranking

APA

Isabelle Moreau. (2026, February 13). Top 10 companies in the coding and marking industry. In Coding And Marking Industry Statistics. Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/coding-and-marking-industry-statistics/#top-companies

report visual · Comparison

Coding and marking inkjet printer market revenue share by region

Asia Pacific holds the largest share at 36%.

Asia Pacific36%
North America28.8%
Europe24.4%
Latin America6%
Middle East and Africa4.9%
source-verifiedpmarketresearch.com

04 Statistics

Technology & Innovation

Operational errors track back to application use and human entry. One Videojet paper attributes 40% of coding errors to humans entering code information incorrectly.

Automation in the coding and marking industry

  • 40% of coding errors are related to the application of the code, according to a Videojet coding-and-marking white paper.[1]
  • 40% of coding errors are caused by humans entering code information incorrectly, according to a Videojet coding-and-marking white paper.[1]
  • 20% of coding errors result from selecting a wrong or outdated template, according to a Videojet coding-and-marking white paper.[1]
  • 25% of FMCG manufacturers surveyed by Videojet reported coding errors at least once per day.[1]
  • Nearly 50% of FMCG manufacturers surveyed by Videojet reported coding errors at least once per week.[1]

Digital Transformation in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • 32% of U.S. industrial-products respondents said their operations-technology investments had delivered expected results in 2024.[2]
  • 34% of industrial-manufacturing organizations across 26 countries had achieved return on investment from multiple AI use cases in 2024.[3]
  • 24% of companies across the European Industrial Ecosystem had a concrete digital-transformation strategy in 2024.[4]
  • 76% of industrial-manufacturing firms across 26 countries reported that their workforce had an appetite to embrace cutting-edge technology in 2024.[3]

Technology Adoption in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • 31% of industrial-manufacturing organizations were proactive in advancing modern-delivery technologies, including low-code and no-code, in 2024.[5]
  • 37% of industrial-manufacturing organizations were proactive in advancing AI and automation strategies in 2024.[5]
  • 30% of industrial-manufacturing organizations were proactive in advancing edge-computing strategies in 2024.[5]
  • 35% of industrial-manufacturing organizations were proactive in advancing data-and-analytics strategies in 2024.[5]

Cloud Computing in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • 54% of EU manufacturing enterprises used paid cloud-computing services in 2025, up from approximately 45% in 2023.[6]
  • 87% of Australian manufacturing enterprises used cloud computing in 2022.[7]
  • 39% of industrial-manufacturing organizations were proactive in advancing XaaS technologies, including public and multicloud, in 2024.[5]
  • 87% of Finnish manufacturing enterprises used cloud computing in 2023.[7]

Big Data in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • 28% of manufacturing survey respondents were implementing big-data processing in 2024, up 7 percentage points from 2023, according to an Auburn University study of 97 participants.[8]
  • 57% of manufacturers used some form of artificial intelligence to analyze collected manufacturing data in 2024.[9]
  • 44% of manufacturing leaders reported that the amount of data their organizations collected had at least doubled over the previous two years in 2024.[10]
  • 28% of manufacturing survey respondents were implementing big-data processing in 2024.[8]
  • 70% of manufacturers still collected data manually in 2024, according to a Manufacturing Leadership Council survey reported by the National Association of Manufacturers.[11]
  • 16.2% of businesses in the European Industrial Ecosystem used big-data technologies in 2024.[4]

IoT in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • 35% of manufacturing companies in a Productivity Institute sample had adopted Internet of Things technology, with geography not specified by the source.[12]
  • 27.6% of businesses in the European Industrial Ecosystem used Internet of Things technologies in 2024.[4]
  • 81% of manufacturing leaders surveyed identified data and analytics for process improvement as an important technology use case, while IoT for predictive maintenance ranked among the leading use cases in 2024.[13]
  • 11.1% of businesses in the European Industrial Ecosystem used Internet of Things technologies in 2023.[4]

Innovation in the coding and marking industry

  • 153 continuous-inkjet drop-charging and deflection-control patent families were identified in a 2026 patent landscape, including 32 associated with Videojet.[14]
  • 9 continuous-inkjet patent families were associated with Domino Printing Sciences in a 2026 patent landscape.[14]
  • 8 continuous-inkjet patent families were associated with Markem-Imaje Holding in a 2026 patent landscape.[14]

05 Statistics

Data & Analytics

Connected data and governance drive adoption outcomes. Veralto’s Product Quality & Innovation reported $2.182 billion in 2025 sales for its coding and marking segment.

Business intelligence in the coding and marking industry

  • $53 million was Product Quality & Innovation sales in other developed markets in 2025 at Veralto.[15]
  • 25.7% was Product Quality & Innovation’s operating margin in 2024 at Veralto.[15]
  • $742 million was Product Quality & Innovation sales in high-growth markets in 2025 at Veralto.[15]
  • 25.2% was Product Quality & Innovation’s operating margin in 2025 at Veralto.[15]
  • $529 million was Product Quality & Innovation operating profit in 2024 at Veralto.[15]
  • $643 million was Product Quality & Innovation sales in Western Europe in 2025 at Veralto.[15]

Data analytics in the coding and marking industry

  • 10 billion+ daily codes provide a worldwide data-generation scale for Videojet marking and coding applications.[15]
  • 2 coding and marking companies, Videojet and Linx, are named within Veralto’s Product Quality & Innovation segment.[16]
  • $2 billion was approximately the FY2025 sales level shown for Veralto’s Product Quality & Innovation portfolio, including coding and marking.[16]
  • 4 major variable-data fields listed for Videojet applications are best-by date, production date, lot number and operator information.[16]
  • 7,000 associates work across Veralto’s Product Quality & Innovation companies, including coding and marking operations.[16]
  • 2D barcodes are among the variable-data formats supported by Videojet coding and marking products.[16]

Data Quality in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • 44% of manufacturers surveyed reported that AI projects had failed because of poor data quality in 2025.[17]
  • 54% of manufacturers surveyed had duplicate data in several systems in 2025.[17]
  • 41% of manufacturers surveyed distrusted the data used for supply-chain operations in 2025.[17]
  • 51% of manufacturers surveyed said their data was siloed across disparate tools and systems in 2025.[17]
  • 61% of manufacturing leaders agreed that poor data quality limited adoption and optimization of emerging technologies in 2025.[18]
  • 30% of manufacturers identified poor data quality as a technical barrier to improving processes in 2025.[18]

Data Governance in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • 58% of manufacturers surveyed assigned primary data-governance responsibility to a C-suite or senior leader in 2024.[9]
  • 61% of manufacturers surveyed had a corporate-wide governance plan, strategy or formal data-management guidelines in 2024.[9]
  • 15% of manufacturers surveyed said their data strategy was entirely aligned with their overall business strategy in 2024.[9]
  • 22% of manufacturers surveyed included data collection, management or analysis in executive incentives, KPIs or business imperatives in 2024.[9]

KPIs in the coding and marking industry

  • 2 deployment environments identified in PMMI’s 2026 OEE survey were cloud and on-premise integrations.[19]
  • 3 reporting destinations identified in PMMI’s 2026 OEE survey were dashboards, ERP systems and other integrated platforms.[19]
  • $549 million was Product Quality & Innovation operating profit in 2025, a reported operating KPI for Veralto’s segment containing Videojet and Linx.[15]
  • $2.182 billion was Product Quality & Innovation sales in 2025, a reported operating KPI for Veralto’s segment containing Videojet and Linx.[15]
  • 3 core OEE measures highlighted in PMMI’s 2026 survey were downtime, output and performance.[19]
  • 1 KPI identified as the most commonly tracked measure in current OEE offerings was downtime.[19]

06 Statistics

Strategy & Growth

Forecasts cluster around mid-single-digit expansion with traceability-led demand. The global coding and marking equipment market is projected to reach $24.9 billion by 2030.

Growth in the coding and marking industry

  • 6.46% is the projected compound annual growth rate for the global coding and marking solutions market from 2025 to 2030.[20]
  • 4.2% is the projected compound annual growth rate for the global coding and marking systems and solutions market from 2024 to 2030.[21]
  • $5,024.6 million is the projected global coding and marking systems and solutions market size for 2030.[21]
  • $8.62 billion was the projected global coding and marking solutions market size for 2025 in Control Print’s 2025 industry overview.[20]
  • $3,754.4 million was the global coding and marking systems and solutions market size in 2023.[21]
  • $11.79 billion is the projected global coding and marking solutions market size for 2030 in Control Print’s 2025 industry overview.[20]

Differentiation in the coding and marking industry

  • 7.5% was the projected compound annual growth rate for laser marking in the coding and marking market.[22]
  • 40% was the continuous-inkjet technology share of the coding and marking market in 2024.[22]
  • 35% was the continuous-inkjet category’s share of the global coding and marking systems market in 2025.[23]
  • 18% was the laser-marking share of global coding and marking systems revenue in 2025.[23]
  • 53.7% was the aftermarket share of the industrial coding and marking systems market in 2025.[24]

Mergers and acquisitions in the coding and marking industry

  • $195 million was the approximate purchase price Veralto paid for GlobalVision, a packaging-quality software company, in April 2026.[25]
  • 2007 was the founding year of KelCode Solutions, acquired by ProMach’s ID Technology in 2025.[26]
  • 5,700 employees was Brady Corporation’s worldwide workforce when it acquired Mecco to expand marking solutions.[27]

Strategic partnerships in the coding and marking industry

  • 9 of the 20 highest-ranked U.S. hospitals were among CodaMetrix’s health-system customers in 2025.[28]
  • 27 U.S. states were represented by health-system customers working with CodaMetrix in its provider-built coding-automation partnerships in 2025.[28]

07 Statistics

People & Workforce

Customer operations scale across countries while workforce participation patterns vary by policy. Videojet supported coding and marking customers through direct operations in 26 countries with more than 4,000 team members.

Hiring in the coding and marking industry

  • More than 4,000 Videojet team members supported coding and marking customers through direct operations in 26 countries.[29]
  • Domino employed more than 3,000 people worldwide across its coding and marking business in 2024.[30]

Remote Work in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across U.S. manufacturing, 36.9% of workers could work at home and 33.3% actually did so during 2024–2025.[31]
  • Across U.S. manufacturing, 35.2% of surveyed workers reported remote work in the Chicago Fed Survey of Economic Conditions from July 2021 through March 2024.[32]
  • Across U.S. manufacturing, teleworked hours represented 12.2% of total hours worked in 2025.[31]
  • Across U.S. manufacturing, 19% of workers worked remotely, including hybrid and fully remote arrangements, during October 2023–September 2024.[33]

Hybrid Work in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across manufacturing employers, 67% identified productivity as a key factor driving pressure to return to the office in 2025.[34]
  • Across manufacturing companies, 79% operated a hybrid model for non-production employees in 2025.[35]
  • Across manufacturing companies, 17% were fully back in the office for non-production employees in 2025.[35]
  • Across manufacturing employees, 80% believed office mandates reflected a lack of trust that employees would be productive at home in 2025.[34]
  • Across manufacturing companies, the average required office attendance reached 2.82 days per week in the second quarter of 2025.[35]

Employee Engagement in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across manufacturing companies, 25% of respondents did not know whether their frontline workforce was engaged in 2023.[2]
  • Across manufacturing, distribution and storage organizations, 84.2% of employees said they cared about their organization’s future in 2026.[36]
  • Across manufacturing companies, 41% identified employee recognition as a high priority in 2024.[37]
  • Across manufacturing companies, 70% of respondents said most non-frontline employees were engaged in their jobs in 2023.[2]
  • Across manufacturing, distribution and storage organizations, the average employee-engagement score was 72.9% in 2026.[36]

Change Management in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across organizations worldwide, 9% reported having no change-management approach in 2024.[38]
  • Across organizations worldwide, 28% used an adaptive or agile change-management approach in 2024.[38]
  • Across organizations worldwide, 24% used a project-based change-management approach in 2024.[38]
  • Across organizations using change-management tactics, 91% reported using those tactics in 2024, while only 7% allocated the recommended 20% of initiative budgets to change management.[38]
  • Across organizations surveyed globally, 23% reported that their projects failed to meet adoption expectations in 2024.[38]

08 Statistics

Customer & Sales

Service delivery metrics remain part of supplier comparisons. Domino reported 98% of customer queries resolved within ten working days under its published customer-service process.

Customer experience in the coding and marking industry

  • 4.6 out of 5 was Domino Printing Sciences’ global Customer Effort Score in fiscal 2025.[30]
  • 98% of customer queries were resolved within ten working days under Domino Printing Sciences’ published customer-service process.[30]
  • 85 global NPS points was Domino Printing Sciences’ customer score in fiscal 2025, up from 82 points in fiscal 2024.[30]

Customer loyalty in the coding and marking industry

  • 37 points was Domino Printing Sciences’ NPS in 2019, exceeding the cited B2B manufacturing benchmark of 45 only after subsequent improvement; the company reported a significant year-on-year rise.[30]
  • 85 global NPS points was Domino Printing Sciences’ customer score in fiscal 2025, indicating willingness among surveyed customers to recommend the coding-and-marking supplier.[30]

09 Statistics

Marketing & Brand

Consumer scanning expectations increase pressure on product data workflows. GS1 US reports 79% of consumers are more likely to purchase products with a scannable QR code.

Marketing in the coding and marking industry

  • 38.91% of global coding-and-marking solutions revenue came from food and beverage applications in 2025.[39]
  • 28.73% of the global coding-and-marking solutions market was attributed to traceability and anti-counterfeiting applications in 2025.[39]
  • 6.96% is the forecast compound annual growth rate for the coding-and-marking market’s brand-recognition and marketing application segment from 2026 to 2031.[39]

Branding in the coding and marking industry

  • 28.73% of the coding-and-marking solutions market was represented by traceability and anti-counterfeiting applications in 2025, functions linked to product-brand protection.[39]
  • 6.96% is the forecast compound annual growth rate for brand-recognition and marketing applications in the global coding-and-marking solutions market from 2026 through 2031.[39]

Influencer Marketing in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across B2B companies, 29% of marketers planned to adopt influencer marketing within the following year in 2025; global survey scope.[40]
  • Across B2B companies, 55% of marketers used influencers in 2025, providing a benchmark applicable to industrial manufacturing marketers.[40]
  • Among manufacturing marketers using paid channels, 19% used influencer marketing in the 12 months covered by the 2025 outlook survey; global manufacturing, survey conducted June–August 2024.[41]
  • Across B2B companies, 43% of marketers planned to increase influencer investment in the following year in 2025; global survey scope.[40]
  • Across B2B companies, 76% of marketing leaders said creator collaboration helps build brand authenticity in 2025; global survey scope.[40]

10 Statistics

Operations & Execution

Cost and uptime shape buying criteria while ink and downtime pressures persist. Markem-Imaje’s CoLOS is reported to reduce coding errors by 90%.

Process optimization in the coding and marking industry

  • 36.87% was continuous inkjet’s share of the coding-and-marking solutions market in 2025, according to Mordor Intelligence.[39]
  • 17.5 billion US dollars was the global coding-and-marking equipment market size in 2024, according to Grand View Research.[42]
  • 90% is the reduction in manual data-entry and message-maintenance costs reported for Markem-Imaje’s CoLOS software, globally, with the source undated.[43]
  • 31% was the approximate Asia-Pacific share of global coding-and-marking market revenue in 2024, according to Arizton.[22]
  • 50% is the reported reduction in coding changeover duration from Markem-Imaje’s CoLOS software, globally, with the source undated.[43]

Operational efficiency in the coding and marking industry

  • 6.16% is Arizton’s forecast CAGR for the global coding-and-marking market from 2025 to 2030.[22]
  • 6.66 billion US dollars was the global coding-and-marking market size in 2024, according to Arizton.[22]
  • 39% was Asia-Pacific’s approximate share of the global coding-and-marking system solutions market in 2023, according to the cited industry analysis.[44]
  • 100% is the regulatory-compliance rate that Markem-Imaje says its CoLOS software can help ensure for finished products, globally, with the source undated.[43]
  • 4.2% is the forecast CAGR for the global coding-and-marking system solutions market from 2024 to 2030, according to the cited industry analysis.[44]

Quality management in the coding and marking industry

  • 90% is the reported reduction in coding errors from Markem-Imaje’s CoLOS software, globally, with the source undated.[43]
  • 4.2% is the forecast CAGR for coding-and-marking system solutions from 2024 to 2030, driven partly by traceability and compliance requirements.[44]
  • 7.11% is the forecast CAGR for laser coders in the coding-and-marking solutions market from 2026 to 2031, according to Mordor Intelligence.[39]
  • 100% is the regulatory-compliance rate Markem-Imaje says its CoLOS software can help ensure for finished products, globally, with the source undated.[43]
  • 5.57 billion US dollars was the cited 2025 coding-and-marking equipment market size in Exactitude Consultancy’s industry analysis.[45]

Supply chain in the coding and marking industry

  • 241,000 coding-and-marking equipment units are forecast globally for 2033 by Pheonix Research.[24]
  • 196,300 coding-and-marking equipment units were estimated globally in 2025 by Pheonix Research.[24]
  • 39% was Asia-Pacific’s approximate share of global coding-and-marking system solutions in 2023, according to the cited industry analysis.[44]
  • 53.7% of global coding-and-marking equipment revenue came from consumables, fluids and service in 2025, according to Pheonix Research.[24]
  • 2.60% is the forecast CAGR for global coding-and-marking equipment unit volume from 2025 to 2033, according to Pheonix Research.[24]

Outsourcing / Offshoring in the industrial manufacturing sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across global manufacturing, 56% of executives in 2025 said their organization had invested in nearshoring or a combination of reshoring and nearshoring.[46]
  • Across global manufacturing, executives expected offshore facilities to decline to 28% within three years of 2025, while onshore facilities rise to 48%.[46]
  • Across EU enterprises sourcing abroad during 2021–2023, 39% outsourced business functions to external providers, while 72% used affiliated enterprises abroad for insourcing.[6]
  • Across global manufacturing, 37% of facilities were offshore in 2024, compared with 41% onshore and 22% nearshore.[46]
  • Across EU enterprises engaged in international sourcing during 2021–2023, 37% operated in manufacturing, the largest sector share among sourcing enterprises.[6]

11 Statistics

Finance & Pricing

Margin and recurring revenue are used to track operating performance. Dover reported a 17% imaging & identification segment operating margin signal and a 1.8% year-on-year segment revenue increase in 2024.

Pricing strategy in the coding and marking industry

  • 15% of Dover’s 2022 Imaging & Identification revenue came from parts, according to Dover’s investor presentation.[47]
  • 2.4% was Dover Imaging & Identification’s organic revenue growth in 2024, according to Dover’s annual report.[47]
  • 45% of Dover’s 2022 Imaging & Identification revenue came from consumables, according to Dover’s investor presentation.[47]
  • 1.8% was the reported year-on-year revenue increase for Dover’s Imaging & Identification segment in 2024.[47]
  • 17% of Dover’s 2022 Imaging & Identification revenue came from digital products and services, according to Dover’s investor presentation.[47]

Profitability in the coding and marking industry

  • 24.3% was Control Print’s standalone EBITDA margin in fiscal 2024–25, according to its investor presentation.[21]
  • 18.4% was Dover’s 2024 segment margin for the business segment containing Markem-Imaje, according to Dover’s 2024 Form 10-K.[47]
  • 84.5% was Control Print’s year-on-year growth in profit after tax excluding exceptional items in fiscal 2024–25.[21]
  • 18.84% was Control Print’s consolidated EBITDA margin in fiscal 2024–25, according to its annual report.[21]
  • 31.1% was Control Print’s standalone profit-after-tax margin in fiscal 2024–25, according to its investor presentation.[21]

Financial planning in the coding and marking industry

  • 1,000.5 million Indian rupees was Control Print’s profit after tax excluding exceptional items in fiscal 2024–25.[21]
  • 4,250.3 million Indian rupees was Control Print’s consolidated net sales in fiscal 2024–25, up 18.3% year on year.[21]
  • 5,309 million US dollars was Danaher’s free cash flow from continuing operations in 2024, according to its annual report.[48]
  • 6,688 million US dollars was Danaher’s operating cash flow from continuing operations in 2024, according to its annual report.[48]
  • 800.9 million Indian rupees was Control Print’s consolidated EBITDA in fiscal 2024–25, according to its annual report.[21]

12 Statistics

Product & Service

Software and consumables attach to install bases as usage expands. Veralto’s Product Quality & Innovation classified $1.526 billion of 2024 revenue as recurring revenue.

Product development in the coding and marking industry

  • 5-year product roadmaps are used for coding and marking technologies in Videojet’s product-innovation organization.[49]
  • 1 new Domino K300 monochrome inkjet system was launched for sale in Japan in February 2026.[50]
  • 10 billion+ codes are printed worldwide every day using Videojet marking and coding systems, according to Veralto’s 2023 annual report.[15]
  • 8.1% was Matthews International’s estimated share of the global case-coding systems market in 2025.[25]
  • 40% of the global coding and marking market was continuous inkjet technology in 2024, according to Arizton’s market analysis.[22]

Product lifecycle in the coding and marking industry

  • 836 coding and marking systems were manufactured by Control Print in fiscal 2010–11.[21]
  • $2.055 billion was Product Quality & Innovation segment sales in 2024 for Veralto, including Videojet and Linx.[15]
  • $36 million was Product Quality & Innovation depreciation and amortization in 2024 at Veralto.[15]
  • $27 million was Product Quality & Innovation capital expenditure in 2025 at Veralto, whose segment includes coding and marking businesses.[15]
  • $41 million was Product Quality & Innovation depreciation and amortization in 2025 at Veralto.[15]

After-sales in the coding and marking industry

  • $1.526 billion of Veralto’s 2024 Product Quality & Innovation revenue was classified as recurring revenue, including consumables, software and services.[15]
  • ₹91.8 million was Control Print’s consumables, spares and other revenue from manufactured coding systems in fiscal 2009–10.[21]
  • ₹228.2 million was Control Print’s consumables, spares and other revenue from imported and indigenous coding systems in fiscal 2009–10.[21]
  • ₹252.8 million was Control Print’s coding and marking service income in fiscal 2010–11.[21]
  • ₹214.1 million was Control Print’s consumables, spares and other revenue from imported and indigenous coding systems in fiscal 2010–11.[21]

Value proposition in the coding and marking industry

  • 25,000+ brands and suppliers in more than 140 countries use Esko solutions within Veralto’s product-quality portfolio, which includes coding and marking brands.[15]
  • 39% was Asia-Pacific’s share of the global coding and marking solutions market in 2023.[21]
  • 26% was Europe’s share of the global coding and marking solutions market in 2023.[21]
  • 140 countries are served by Esko packaging-design and production solutions within Veralto’s product-quality portfolio.[15]
  • Majority usage among the top 25 global consumer-packaged-goods brands was estimated for Veralto’s product-quality solutions in 2023.[15]

13 Statistics

Sustainability & Ethics

Operational and compliance disclosures include anti-corruption controls and product take-back programs. Domino states 100% of CSR performance is disclosed through Sedex and EcoVadis platforms.

Sustainability in the coding and marking industry

  • 5 core pillars organize Markem-Imaje’s sustainability approach: environment, social, governance, innovation and solutions.[43]
  • More than 3,000 employees work for Markem-Imaje across more than 28 countries, according to its sustainability information, covering the coding and marking company’s global operating footprint in 2020.[43]
  • 100% of Domino Printing Sciences’ CSR performance is disclosed through Sedex and EcoVadis platforms, according to the company’s CSR information page.[30]

ESG in the coding and marking industry

  • Top 1% is Markem-Imaje’s EcoVadis position among companies rated in the manufacture of special-purpose machinery industry.[43]
  • 5 ESG-related governance and sustainability reporting disclosures are identified in Domino Printing Sciences’ GRI content index, including oversight, delegation, conflicts of interest, critical concerns and stakeholder engagement.[30]
  • 100% of Domino Printing Sciences’ subsidiaries were covered by anti-corruption-policy communication through publication on its e-learning management system in financial year 2024.[30]

Ethics in the coding and marking industry

  • 100% of Domino Printing Sciences’ subsidiaries were assessed through questions about corruption risks in financial year 2024, with no significant risks identified.[30]
  • 3 governance topics are explicitly included in Markem-Imaje’s sustainability commitments: legal and trade compliance, business ethics, and data privacy and security.[43]
  • 100% of Domino Printing Sciences’ subsidiaries received anti-corruption-policy communication through the company’s e-learning management system in financial year 2024.[30]

CSR in the coding and marking industry

  • 2 community health centers in India received solar photovoltaic systems through Nextracker’s Samarthanam partnership, benefiting approximately 50,000 local residents in 2023.[51]
  • 26 student homes in New Mexico received solar power systems through Nextracker’s 2024 Skip the Grid project.[51]
  • Top 15% of all companies assessed by EcoVadis is Domino Printing Sciences’ position following its Silver EcoVadis rating.[30]
  • 2025 is the financial-year dataset covered by Domino Printing Sciences’ latest CSR report, which is prepared with reference to Global Reporting Initiative standards.[30]

Circular economy in the coding and marking industry

  • 1 cartridge take-back program enables Videojet customers to return used continuous-inkjet printer cartridges for sorting, shredding and repurposing into asphalt material.[51]
  • 2 material streams—recycled input materials and materials used by weight or volume—are identified as reporting indicators for Domino Printing Sciences’ sustainable products and services topic.[30]
  • 1 laser-coding collaboration between Domino Printing Sciences and Futamura assessed coding for NatureFlex compostable film products.[30]

Carbon footprint in the coding and marking industry

  • 8.3% was Codex’s reduction in market-based measured carbon emissions per turnover compared with 2023.[52]
  • 11,578.9 tCO2e was Codex’s location-based measured carbon footprint for Dublin operations from January 1 to December 31, 2024.[52]
  • 134.1 tCO2e per employee was Codex’s market-based measured carbon footprint in 2024.[52]
  • 5.4% was Codex’s reduction in location-based Scope 1 and 2 emissions per employee compared with the previous reporting period.[52]
  • 10.7% was Codex’s reduction in normalized market-based measured carbon emissions compared with 2023.[52]

15 Statistics

Globalization & Expansion

Regional revenue and share estimates guide channel planning. North America held 30.9% of the regional share in 2024.

Globalization in the coding and marking industry

  • 26% was Europe’s share of the global coding and marking systems and solutions market in 2023.[21]
  • $643 million of Veralto Product Quality & Innovation revenue came from Western Europe in 2025.[15]
  • 39% was the Asia-Pacific share of the global coding and marking systems and solutions market in 2023.[21]
  • 29.27% was North America’s share of global coding and marking equipment revenue in 2024.[58]
  • $742 million of Veralto Product Quality & Innovation revenue came from high-growth markets in 2025.[15]

Key questions about the Coding and Marking Industry

What is the global coding and marking equipment market size in 2024?
The global coding and marking equipment market was valued at $17.5 billion in 2024.
How fast is the market growing from 2025 to 2030?
The market is forecast to grow at a 6.0% CAGR from 2025 to 2030.
Which companies lead the coding and marking industry?
Dover Corporation and ProMach are tied at the top of Gitnux's 2026 coding and marking ranking with an Overall score of 9.1 each.
What technology shifts are visible in 2025–2026?
The industry is shifting toward connected printers, software, remote monitoring, and 2D codes, with CIJ holding the largest installed base.
How is supplier competition structured?
Industry concentration is characterized as medium, with large multinational groups competing alongside regional and specialist manufacturers, while comparable global market-share figures are not consistently disclosed.
Which compliance-related traceability requirement affects coding and lot-code maintenance in the U.S.?
In the United States, FDA traceability requirements require covered firms to assign and maintain traceability lot codes for foods on the Food Traceability List.
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