페인트 캔 시장 보고서 : 동향, 예측 및 경쟁 분석(-2035년)

Paint Can Market

The future of the global paint can market looks promising with opportunities in the paint, coating, adhesive, and chemical markets. The global paint can market is expected to reach an estimated $4.1 billion by 2035 from $3.2 billion in 2027 with a CAGR of 4.1% from 2027 to 2035. The major drivers for this market are the growing demand for home renovation, the rising popularity of eco-friendly paints, and the increase in construction & infrastructure projects.

• Lucintel forecasts that, within the type category, more than 7 liters is expected to witness the highest growth over the forecast period due to growing demand for large capacity storage containers within industrial sectors.
• Within the application category, paint is expected to witness the highest growth over the forecast period due to growing construction and demand for architectural paints.
• In terms of regions, APAC is expected to witness the highest growth over the forecast period due to increasing industrial investments within countries leading to growing construction and manufacturing.

Emerging Trends in Paint Can Market

Between 2025 and 2027, the industry for paint cans will transition as coatings manufacturers strive for reduced packaging costs, more attractive packaging, and improved compliance with environmental regulations. In the future, Lucintel expects that there will be a stable demand for architectural coatings. Industrial coatings will focus on accelerating lightweight, recycle content, and digitally assisted supply chain planning.

• Sustainability: There is an interest in the use of recycled steel and lower-impact coatings. Additionally, the EU's Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation went into force in February 2025. This will create more pressure and incentivize supply chain partners to use more recyclable formats. It is expected that this will shape purchasing specifications of paint can suppliers for the next 3 to 5 years.
• Lightweighting: Packaging manufacturers reduce the weight of packaging without compromising stack strength. This has been in response to the rise in freight costs and the emission Reduction initiatives. Steel packaging has a good record of recyclability, with over 80% achieved in many markets across Europe. Lightweight designs can continue to improve profit margins, while continued volatile costs of resins, energy, and transport will remain a challenge.
• Digital Printing: This is in high demand from manufacturers for more customized retailer specific paint can labels. There has been a significant reduction in waste from traditional printing methods and this will continue to improve over the next 5 years.
• Automation: These manufacturing plants have improved automation with the use of palletizing robots and vision systems with filling lines. There has been a major increase in investment due to a shortage of labor and increased automation and quality requirements. There has been a significant increase in the use of industrial robots worldwide, with over 500,000 industrial robots in use in 2023. This will continue to improve throughput and consistency as can specifications become increasingly complex.
• Regional Supply Chains: After logistics disruptions, buyers began sourcing materials from North America, Europe, and Asia , and realized how the Red Sea crisis in January 2024 demonstrated how quickly supply chains can be disrupted and impact package availability. Maintaining a regional supply chain focused on standard sizes will become essential for architectural coatings brands through 2030.

Paint can suppliers need to focus more on recyclable steel and increasing production speeds and the ability to change packaging artwork rapidly. Measurable improvements to the environment will be appreciated as a regional delivery of paint cans becomes reliable. The ability to manufacture paint cans rapidly with a variety of decorations will help give larger manufacturers a competitive advantage against smaller converters. Smaller converters may be able to provide rapid delivery of custom paint cans through flexible digital decoration.

Recent Developments in the Paint Can Market

The paint can market is in the throes of a deliberate but active investment cycle as coating manufacturers rework their packaging. We expect investments to increase from 2025 to 2027 due to more companies prioritizing the use of recycled steel, achieving greater packaging efficiency, and following new regulations. Lucas Intel tracks this phenomenon along with new industry capacity and consolidation of suppliers.

• Packaging Regulation: The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation 2025/40 of the European Union came into force in February 2025, and will become effective in August 2026. The newest Regulation will place more onus on increasing closure design packaging to better isolate steel's source of origin, thereby driving up compliance and rewarding steel suppliers of traceable steel.
• Recycled Steel Investment: According to the U.S. Steel Recycling Institute, 2023 saw a recovery rate of 76% which was published in October 2024. This has pushed more companies to set procurement targets for 2025-2027 for purchasing steel packaging containing a high percentage of recycled steel, but maintains sufficient dent and corrosion protection.
• Lightweight Can Development: Ardagh Metal Packaging reported in 2024 a revenue figure of roughly $8.2 billion and has committed to financing lightweighting and other sustainable initiatives for metal packaging. While even greater gauges of steel can further reduce both weight and packaging material usage, metal can manufacturers must still protect the strength of their cans to ensure they maintain functionality for shipping paint and suitable coatings.
• Regional Production Expansion: Sherwin-Williams budgeted $1.4 billion for 2025 to enhance its capacity for manufacturing and distribution. This increased regional production will also result in more demand for short runs of custom paint cans to replace overly long and inefficient supply chains, particularly of private label and contractor supply cans.
• New Decorative Options and Customization: Crown Holdings anticipates 2024 net sales at $12.0 billion and is emphasizing digitally enabled metal packaging in their 2025 communication with investors. Clubs and paint companies will be able to produce cans in different colors more quickly while producing less with fewer cans in stock due to smaller batch sizes. This will enable them to produce cans with multiple colors for a variety of local, seasonal, and store specific promotional needs.

Over the next five years, suppliers of paint cans are expected to focus more on verified recycled content, reduced material usage, dependable regional supply, and video-assisted filling, rather than basic forming capacity. There will be established minimum requirements for material, and brands will pay for the modifications that will allow longer shelf life of their products without an increase in cost of transportation or an increase in the handling cost. Consolidation will continue.

Strategic Growth Opportunities in the Paint Can Market

The paint can market is now undergoing a commercial reset, mainly from water-based coatings, more stringent regulatory requirements for packaging, and smaller renovation projects. Lucintel provides opportunities for suppliers to fill more efficiently, and use more recyclable formats. In the 2024-2026 timeframe, brand owners will focus on packages that reduce material use, while retaining good shelf-life, transport, and retail packaging.

• Recyclable Metal Formats: When packaging regulations come into force, tightening procurement requirements, steel cans with higher levels of recycled content can provide a competitive edge. The May 2025 implementation date of the European Commission's Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation establishes a more demanding regulatory requirement for higher recyclability; these types of requirements will influence the coatings industry to define its circular packaging requirements.
• Small-pack Renovation Products: Painting touch-up, rental turnover, and do-it-yourself projects can be facilitated with small convenient size paint cans. In the January 2025 report of the U.S. Census Bureau, privately owned housing starts were reported at a 1.37 million annual rate in December 2024. It is expected the next three to five years will offer growth opportunities with increased demand.
• Premium Closure Systems: Tamper-evident lids, resealable lids, and pours with a reduced risk of spills can position a product in a superior quality tier. In February 2025, PPG reported net sales for 2024 of $15.8 billion, illustrating the size of the coating supply chain and customer demands for reliable highest quality packaging systems.
• Digital Printing and Customization: Short-run decoration also allows retailers to segment their stores by regional offerings, promotions for contractors, or even private-label offerings without large inventory commitments. Berry Global closed its $8.2 billion sale to Amcor in March 2025, another indication of consolidated packaging. Digital printing allows smaller, nimble coating companies to enter the market faster with new offerings.
• Aftermarket Collection Services: Retail take-back programs, dent replacement programs, or recycling empty cans can all produce revenue and help retailers meet their producer responsibility goals. In April 2025, the latest National Reporting System data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency showed that 69.1 million tons of MSW containers and packaging had been recycled. Servicing networks will differentiate suppliers of steel cans.

The paint can market will grow more from specifications improvements than from can volumes. Suppliers who bundle steel cans with efficient closures, short-run graphics, design, decoration and support for collection services will have better chance to rationalize pricing. The best opportunities will be in regions adopting extended producer responsibility, private label coatings, and segments immediately surrounding renovation markets. Commodity cans will continue to be needed however the criteria for customer selection will continue to rapidly improve.

Paint Can Market Drivers and Challenges

Factors driving growth in the paint can market will include advances in technology, economics, and regulation as well as concern for the environment. Market growth will also achieve greater levels of protection and ease of use for the product with innovations in packaging. Lightweight designs that enhance portability and efficiency in supply chains will help firms remain competitive. Challenges that will continue to have an impact on the industry will include unpredictable prices for raw materials, compliance with regulations and limitations for recycling, as well as competition against alternative containers.

drivers that will drive the growth of the paint can market will be:

• Growth in Construction and Renovation: Construction activities that include the development of both residential and commercial properties and the improvement of public infrastructure have created a need for paint to protect and coat all of these new constructions. Renovation spending has driven demand for paint to coat individual sections of a structure or the coating required to perform small repair jobs. The Census Bureau projected 1.36 million newly built homes for the year 2025 in the United States. This will sustain demand for construction related coating well into the next year.
• Technical Advancements: Advances in coating technology, can manufacturing, closure systems and printing all bring higher corrosion resistance, stackability, labeling, and shelf-life. Manufacturers are utilizing precision forms with improved internal linings, as well as, tamper evident closures and digital decoration to minimize defects and to meet the challenges of modern customized packaging. The Digital Product Passport is a framework being developed by the European Union as part of the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation. This Regulation will come into force in July 2024 and is likely to influence packaging data Practice in 2025 and beyond. In the next five years smart identification and efficient manufacturing are anticipated to differentiate the paint can market to provide greater traceability and lot control.
• Sustainability and Recyclability: Concern for the environment is incentivizing industry to increase the content of post-consumer metal, decrease package weight, enhance can empty-container collection, and develop water-based coatings for more effective recycling. Steel containers are competitive because the continuous collection systems for can steel offer an infrastructure for a closed loop and lower material weight means an estimated reduction in transportation emissions. The EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2025/40 came into force in February 2025. This Regulation will come into force in August 2026. During the next three to five years this regulation will create a focus on sustainable design of packaging, source of packaging with greater recycled content, and improvements in packaging sustainability and reporting on packaging.
• Optimization of Manufacturing Processes and Economic Advantages: Stamping, welding, coating, filling, and inspection systems automated by manufacturers lower production costs through improved consistency of output and a reduction in waste, leaks, and the need for labor. Standardized dimensions for cans allow high-speed filling and palletization across regional supply chains. There are also benefits to the manufacturing of steel packaging due to the established manufacturing networks and good recovery value. While costs for energy, labor, and logistics remain uncertain for 2025, in the interim, manufacturers prioritize automation and process optimization. Local sourcing is also a priority. Later, in the next 3-5 years, optimized manufacturing and integrated supply chains will generate better margins, lower lead times, and increase competitive advantage for paint can production in the marketplace against plastic and more flexible packaging competitors.
• Innovation and Convenience of Product Offerings for The Customer: There has been a push to create packaging designs that allow easier opening and closing, larger openings, pour spouts, and elimination of and/or reduction in dripping. A number of manufacturers have also started offering color-coded products that are easier to identify. Manufacturers have received continued interest for safer, more transparent coatings and have benefitted from the commitment to safer coatings from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In the next 3-5 years, changes to product packaging from more convenient formats to premium finishes, reduction in size, and/or positioning of safer products will drive increased value.

The Market is affected by the following Challenges :

• Raw Material Price Volatility: Manufacturers of paint are highly reliant on steel, tinplate, coatings, inks, energy, and transport services. Volatility in any of these inputs is caused by changes in trade policies, currency fluctuations, disruptions in supply, or changes in energy pricing. Even if demand is constant, costs for sheet steel or coatings can cause a manufacturer to negotiate contracts with their customers. In 2025, most manufacturers were still dealing with unpredictable costs of freight, energy, and financing, making advanced planning for costs impossible. The next three to six years will increase the use of long-term agreements and materials substitutions while also increasing lightweighting and use of geographically dispersed sourcing. Volatility in pricing will especially impact smaller manufacturers.
• Regulatory and Compliance Pressure: Packaging manufacturers must consider volatile organic compounds, chemical safety, labeling, the use of recycled content, extended producer responsibility, waste reporting, and transport safety. Requirements change from country to country, and may necessitate changes to new coatings, documentation, test methods, and recycling claims. In February 2025, Regulation (EU) 2025/40 was published, and new requirements will apply from August 2026, creating broader and more far reaching obligations for packaging and increasing packaging sustainability requirements. The next three to five years will increase the administrative cost and the cost of selling across multiple jurisdictions due to the increase in regulation. Manufacturers that cannot verify their claims risk delays in introduction, penalties, and the loss of the goodwill of their customers.
• Limitations To Recycling and Alternative Packaging: While metal cans can be classified as recyclable, recovery systems face myriad issues. Metal can recycling is dependent on the organization of the collection system, consumer participation, contamination, and local sorting technologies. Additionally, partially full cans of paint can present issues as their classification as hazardous waste may require special waste handling. In contrast, plastic buckets, flexible bags, composite containers, and refill systems can provide competitive advantage in multiple dimensions, such as transport and weight, or easier implementation. In 2025, although many regions lacked the infrastructure to provide consistent collections, manufacturers focused on establishing circular design goals for their packaging. Until 2025, simplified design of consumer paint cans, increased recovery of empty containers, and product differentiation based on life cycle management may be the only strategies to retain market share.

The market for paint cans is expected to grow due to the demand from construction and renovation, along with industrial and consumer paints. Automation along with improvements in technology, sustainable steel, and product innovation should enhance market competitiveness and inequality. However, profitability will be limited by changing regulations, material cost volatility, and inadequate infrastructural support for recycling. In the coming years, steel cans which can offer the best combination of design, durable packaging along with verified sustainability and a regional supply chain will gain the most market share. During this time, manufacturers will focus on a total system approach to lifecycle management, functional reliability, and user-centered design, while price competition will be less important.

List of Paint Can Market Companies

Companies in the market compete on the basis of product quality offered. Major players in this market focus on expanding their manufacturing facilities, R&D investments, infrastructural development, and leverage integration opportunities across the value chain. Through these strategies paint can market companies cater increasing demand, ensure competitive effectiveness, develop innovative products & technologies, reduce production costs, and expand their customer base. Some of the paint can market companies profiled in this report include-

• Mauser Packaging
• Kian Joo
• Krishna Can Makers
• Illing Company
• Maharashtra Metal Works Private Limited
• LarSantin Printers
• Canit
• General Container
• Alliedcans
• Lancaster Container

Paint Can Market by Segment

The study includes a forecast for the global paint can market by type, application, and region.

Paint Can Market by Type [Value ($B) from 2019 to 2035]:

• Less than 4 Liters
• 4 To 7 Liters
• More than 7 Liters

Paint Can Market by Application [Value ($B) from 2019 to 2035]:

• Paint
• Coating
• Adhesive
• Chemicals
• Others

Paint Can Market by Region [Value ($B) from 2019 to 2035]:

• North America
• Europe
• Asia Pacific
• The Rest of the World

Country Wise Outlook for the Paint Can Market

Changes in coating regulations, industrial spending, and consolidation across coating markets are shaping the future paint can market. In the period 2025 to 2027, suppliers of steel and tinplate will be focused on low-carbon emissions technologies, while paint manufacturers adjust their product portfolios and supply chains. Lucintel's latest market research predicts that in this time frame the impact of these changes will be apparent on regional packaging markets.

• United States: PPG has agreed to divest its U.S. architectural coatings business to American Industrial Partners for $550 million (January 2025). The divestment will change how the significant coatings portfolio is invested and sourced, affecting demand for metal cans and closures in the next three to five years in the U.S.
• China: The State Council of China approved a 2025 Plan, which includes a 20 billion RMB fund to stimulate a program of equipment renewal and green manufacturing. This will support investment in advanced coatings technology. Green factory modernizations and tightening environmental standards will favor higher performance, recyclable paint can technologies, throughout 2030.
• Germany: The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation came into effect in the European Union on February 11, 2025 (including some of the provisions that take effect after 18 months). The Regulation will require more recyclability, more recycled content, and more labeling of packaging. This will drive the redesign of packaging in the paint sector and increase the demand for steel packaging whose supply can be traced in Germany.
• India: The Union Budget provided the states with an interest-free loan of ₹1.5 trillion to be repaid over 50 years (February 2025). Increased government spending on infrastructure should have a positive impact on the consumption of architectural and industrial coatings, as well as the demand for locally produced cans, pails, and closures, in the coming years.
• Japan: The GX2040 Vision was approved by the Japanese government as a decarbonisation policy stating the aim to attract a total of ¥150 trillion in public and private funds over a 10-year period (February 2025). Investments in the automotive and construction industries and the associated decarbonization of the steel sector will increase the demand for lightweight, low emission, and sustainable paint packaging in Japan and strengthen the domestic market through 2030.

Features of the Global Paint Can Market

• Market Size Estimates: paint can market size estimation in terms of value ($B).
• Trend and Forecast Analysis: Market trends (2019 to 2026) and forecast (2027 to 2035) by various segments and regions.
• Segmentation Analysis: paint can market size by type, application, and region in terms of value ($B).
• Regional Analysis: paint can market breakdown by North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Rest of the World.
• Growth Opportunities: Analysis of growth opportunities in different type, application, and regions for the paint can market.
• Strategic Analysis: This includes M&A, new product development, and competitive landscape of the paint can market.

Analysis of competitive intensity of the industry based on Porter's Five Forces model.

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This report answers following 11 key questions:

• Q.1. What are some of the most promising, high-growth opportunities for the paint can market by type (less than 4 liters, 4 to 7 liters, and more than 7 liters), application (paint, coating, adhesive, chemicals, and others), and region (North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Rest of the World)?
• Q.2. Which segments will grow at a faster pace and why?
• Q.3. Which region will grow at a faster pace and why?
• Q.4. What are the key factors affecting market dynamics? What are the key challenges and business risks in this market?
• Q.5. What are the business risks and competitive threats in this market?
• Q.6. What are the emerging trends in this market and the reasons behind them?
• Q.7. What are some of the changing demands of customers in the market?
• Q.8. What are the new developments in the market? Which companies are leading these developments?
• Q.9. Who are the major players in this market? What strategic initiatives are key players pursuing for business growth?
• Q.10. What are some of the competing products in this market and how big of a threat do they pose for loss of market share by material or product substitution?
• Q.11. What M&A activity has occurred in the last 6 years and what has its impact been on the industry?

Table of Contents

1. Executive Summary

2. Market Overview

• 2.1 Background and Classifications
• 2.2 Supply Chain

3. Market Trends & Forecast Analysis

• 3.2 Industry Drivers and Challenges
• 3.3 PESTLE Analysis
• 3.4 Patent Analysis
• 3.5 Regulatory Environment

4. Global Paint Can Market by Type

• 4.1 Overview
• 4.2 Attractiveness Analysis by Type
• 4.3 Less than 4 Liters: Trends and Forecast (2019-2035)
• 4.4 4 to 7 Liters: Trends and Forecast (2019-2035)
• 4.5 More than 7 Liters: Trends and Forecast (2019-2035)

5. Global Paint Can Market by Application

• 5.1 Overview
• 5.2 Attractiveness Analysis by Application
• 5.3 Paint: Trends and Forecast (2019-2035)
• 5.4 Coating: Trends and Forecast (2019-2035)
• 5.5 Adhesive: Trends and Forecast (2019-2035)
• 5.6 Chemicals: Trends and Forecast (2019-2035)
• 5.7 Others: Trends and Forecast (2019-2035)

6. Regional Analysis

• 6.1 Overview
• 6.2 Global Paint Can Market by Region

7. North American Paint Can Market

• 7.1 Overview
• 7.2 North American Paint Can Market by Type
• 7.3 North American Paint Can Market by Application
• 7.4 United States Paint Can Market
• 7.5 Mexican Paint Can Market
• 7.6 Canadian Paint Can Market

8. European Paint Can Market

• 8.1 Overview
• 8.2 European Paint Can Market by Type
• 8.3 European Paint Can Market by Application
• 8.4 German Paint Can Market
• 8.5 French Paint Can Market
• 8.6 Spanish Paint Can Market
• 8.7 Italian Paint Can Market
• 8.8 United Kingdom Paint Can Market

9. APAC Paint Can Market

• 9.1 Overview
• 9.2 APAC Paint Can Market by Type
• 9.3 APAC Paint Can Market by Application
• 9.4 Japanese Paint Can Market
• 9.5 Indian Paint Can Market
• 9.6 Chinese Paint Can Market
• 9.7 South Korean Paint Can Market
• 9.8 Indonesian Paint Can Market

10. ROW Paint Can Market

• 10.1 Overview
• 10.2 ROW Paint Can Market by Type
• 10.3 ROW Paint Can Market by Application
• 10.4 Middle Eastern Paint Can Market
• 10.5 South American Paint Can Market
• 10.6 African Paint Can Market

11. Competitor Analysis

• 11.1 Product Portfolio Analysis
• 11.2 Operational Integration
• 11.3 Porter's Five Forces Analysis
  • Competitive Rivalry
  • Bargaining Power of Buyers
  • Bargaining Power of Suppliers
  • Threat of Substitutes
  • Threat of New Entrants
• 11.4 Market Share Analysis

12. Opportunities & Strategic Analysis

• 12.1 Value Chain Analysis
• 12.2 Growth Opportunity Analysis
  • 12.2.1 Growth Opportunities by Type
  • 12.2.2 Growth Opportunities by Application
• 12.3 Emerging Trends in the Global Paint Can Market
• 12.4 Strategic Analysis
  • 12.4.1 New Product Development
  • 12.4.2 Certification and Licensing
  • 12.4.3 Mergers, Acquisitions, Agreements, Collaborations, and Joint Ventures

13. Company Profiles of the Leading Players Across the Value Chain

• 13.1 Competitive Analysis
• 13.2 Mauser Packaging
  • Company Overview
  • Paint Can Business Overview
  • New Product Development
  • Merger, Acquisition, and Collaboration
  • Certification and Licensing
• 13.3 Kian Joo
  • Company Overview
  • Paint Can Business Overview
  • New Product Development
  • Merger, Acquisition, and Collaboration
  • Certification and Licensing
• 13.4 Krishna Can Makers
  • Company Overview
  • Paint Can Business Overview
  • New Product Development
  • Merger, Acquisition, and Collaboration
  • Certification and Licensing
• 13.5 Illing Company
  • Company Overview
  • Paint Can Business Overview
  • New Product Development
  • Merger, Acquisition, and Collaboration
  • Certification and Licensing
• 13.6 Maharashtra Metal Works Private Limited
  • Company Overview
  • Paint Can Business Overview
  • New Product Development
  • Merger, Acquisition, and Collaboration
  • Certification and Licensing
• 13.7 LarSantin Printers
  • Company Overview
  • Paint Can Business Overview
  • New Product Development
  • Merger, Acquisition, and Collaboration
  • Certification and Licensing
• 13.8 Canit
  • Company Overview
  • Paint Can Business Overview
  • New Product Development
  • Merger, Acquisition, and Collaboration
  • Certification and Licensing
• 13.9 General Container
  • Company Overview
  • Paint Can Business Overview
  • New Product Development
  • Merger, Acquisition, and Collaboration
  • Certification and Licensing
• 13.10 Alliedcans
  • Company Overview
  • Paint Can Business Overview
  • New Product Development
  • Merger, Acquisition, and Collaboration
  • Certification and Licensing
• 13.11 Lancaster Container
  • Company Overview
  • Paint Can Business Overview
  • New Product Development
  • Merger, Acquisition, and Collaboration
  • Certification and Licensing

14. Appendix

• 14.1 List of Figures
• 14.2 List of Tables
• 14.3 Research Methodology
• 14.4 Disclaimer
• 14.5 Copyright
• 14.6 Abbreviations and Technical Units
• 14.7 About Us
• 14.8 Contact Us