

The global Horizontal Directional Drilling market size is predicted to grow from US$ 989 million in 2025 to US$ 1163 million in 2031; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 2.7% from 2025 to 2031.
Horizontal directional drilling (HDD), commonly called directional boring, is a steerable trenchless method of installing underground pipes, conduits and cables in a shallow arc along a prescribed bore path by using a surface-launched drilling rig, with minimal impact on the surrounding area. Directional boring is used when trenching or excavating is not practical. It is suitable for a variety of soil conditions and jobs including road, landscape and river crossings.
Global core horizontal directional drilling manufacturers include Charles Machine Works, XCMG etc.The top 3 companies hold a share about 60%.Asia Pacific is the largest market, with a share about 45%, followed by North America and Europe with the share about 38% and 10%.In terms of product, small HDD is the largest segment, with a share over 55%. And in terms of application, the largest application is telecommunication, followed by water related.
The “Horizontal Directional Drilling Industry Forecast” looks at past sales and reviews total world Horizontal Directional Drilling sales in 2024, providing a comprehensive analysis by region and market sector of projected Horizontal Directional Drilling sales for 2025 through 2031. With Horizontal Directional Drilling sales broken down by region, market sector and sub-sector, this report provides a detailed analysis in US$ millions of the world Horizontal Directional Drilling industry.
This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global Horizontal Directional Drilling landscape and highlights key trends related to product segmentation, company formation, revenue, and market share, latest development, and M&A activity. This report also analyzes the strategies of leading global companies with a focus on Horizontal Directional Drilling portfolios and capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints, to better understand these firms’ unique position in an accelerating global Horizontal Directional Drilling market.
This Insight Report evaluates the key market trends, drivers, and affecting factors shaping the global outlook for Horizontal Directional Drilling and breaks down the forecast by Type, by Application, geography, and market size to highlight emerging pockets of opportunity. With a transparent methodology based on hundreds of bottom-up qualitative and quantitative market inputs, this study forecast offers a highly nuanced view of the current state and future trajectory in the global Horizontal Directional Drilling.
This report presents a comprehensive overview, market shares, and growth opportunities of Horizontal Directional Drilling market by product type, application, key manufacturers and key regions and countries.
Segmentation by Type:
Small HDD
Medium HDD
Large HDD
Segmentation by Application:
Oil and Gas
Telecommunication
Water Related
Electric Transmission
Others
This report also splits the market by region:
Americas
United States
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
APAC
China
Japan
Korea
Southeast Asia
India
Australia
Europe
Germany
France
UK
Italy
Russia
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Turkey
GCC Countries
The below companies that are profiled have been selected based on inputs gathered from primary experts and analysing the company's coverage, product portfolio, its market penetration.
Charles Machine Works
XCMG
Vermeer
Goodeng Machine
Herrenknecht AG
Dilong
Drillto
DW/TXS
CHTC JOVE
Huanghai
TRACTO-TECHNIK
Guangxi Huali
Barbco
Terra
Prime Drilling
Key Questions Addressed in this Report
What is the 10-year outlook for the global Horizontal Directional Drilling market?
What factors are driving Horizontal Directional Drilling market growth, globally and by region?
Which technologies are poised for the fastest growth by market and region?
How do Horizontal Directional Drilling market opportunities vary by end market size?
How does Horizontal Directional Drilling break out by Type, by Application?
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1 Scope of the Report
1.1 Market Introduction
1.2 Years Considered
1.3 Research Objectives
1.4 Market Research Methodology
1.5 Research Process and Data Source
1.6 Economic Indicators
1.7 Currency Considered
1.8 Market Estimation Caveats
2 Executive Summary
2.1 World Market Overview
2.1.1 Global Horizontal Directional Drilling Annual Sales 2020-2031
2.1.2 World Current & Future Analysis for Horizontal Directional Drilling by Geographic Region, 2020, 2024 & 2031
2.1.3 World Current & Future Analysis for Horizontal Directional Drilling by Country/Region, 2020, 2024 & 2031
2.2 Horizontal Directional Drilling Segment by Type
2.2.1 Small HDD
2.2.2 Medium HDD
2.2.3 Large HDD
2.3 Horizontal Directional Drilling Sales by Type
2.3.1 Global Horizontal Directional Drilling Sales Market Share by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.2 Global Horizontal Directional Drilling Revenue and Market Share by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.3 Global Horizontal Directional Drilling Sale Price by Type (2020-2025)
2.4 Horizontal Directional Drilling Segment by Application
2.4.1 Oil and Gas
2.4.2 Telecommunication
2.4.3 Water Related
2.4.4 Electric Transmission
2.4.5 Others
2.5 Horizontal Directional Drilling Sales by Application
2.5.1 Global Horizontal Directional Drilling Sale Market Share by Application (2020-2025)
2.5.2 Global Horizontal Directional Drilling Revenue and Market Share by Application (2020-2025)
2.5.3 Global Horizontal Directional Drilling Sale Price by Application (2020-2025)
3 Global by Company
3.1 Global Horizontal Directional Drilling Breakdown Data by Company
3.1.1 Global Horizontal Directional Drilling Annual Sales by Company (2020-2025)
3.1.2 Global Horizontal Directional Drilling Sales Market Share by Company (2020-2025)
3.2 Global Horizontal Directional Drilling Annual Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
3.2.1 Global Horizontal Directional Drilling Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
3.2.2 Global Horizontal Directional Drilling Revenue Market Share by Company (2020-2025)
3.3 Global Horizontal Directional Drilling Sale Price by Company
3.4 Key Manufacturers Horizontal Directional Drilling Producing Area Distribution, Sales Area, Product Type
3.4.1 Key Manufacturers Horizontal Directional Drilling Product Location Distribution
3.4.2 Players Horizontal Directional Drilling Products Offered
3.5 Market Concentration Rate Analysis
3.5.1 Competition Landscape Analysis
3.5.2 Concentration Ratio (CR3, CR5 and CR10) & (2023-2025)
3.6 New Products and Potential Entrants
3.7 Market M&A Activity & Strategy
4 World Historic Review for Horizontal Directional Drilling by Geographic Region
4.1 World Historic Horizontal Directional Drilling Market Size by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.1.1 Global Horizontal Directional Drilling Annual Sales by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.1.2 Global Horizontal Directional Drilling Annual Revenue by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.2 World Historic Horizontal Directional Drilling Market Size by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.2.1 Global Horizontal Directional Drilling Annual Sales by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.2.2 Global Horizontal Directional Drilling Annual Revenue by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.3 Americas Horizontal Directional Drilling Sales Growth
4.4 APAC Horizontal Directional Drilling Sales Growth
4.5 Europe Horizontal Directional Drilling Sales Growth
4.6 Middle East & Africa Horizontal Directional Drilling Sales Growth
5 Americas
5.1 Americas Horizontal Directional Drilling Sales by Country
5.1.1 Americas Horizontal Directional Drilling Sales by Country (2020-2025)
5.1.2 Americas Horizontal Directional Drilling Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
5.2 Americas Horizontal Directional Drilling Sales by Type (2020-2025)
5.3 Americas Horizontal Directional Drilling Sales by Application (2020-2025)
5.4 United States
5.5 Canada
5.6 Mexico
5.7 Brazil
6 APAC
6.1 APAC Horizontal Directional Drilling Sales by Region
6.1.1 APAC Horizontal Directional Drilling Sales by Region (2020-2025)
6.1.2 APAC Horizontal Directional Drilling Revenue by Region (2020-2025)
6.2 APAC Horizontal Directional Drilling Sales by Type (2020-2025)
6.3 APAC Horizontal Directional Drilling Sales by Application (2020-2025)
6.4 China
6.5 Japan
6.6 South Korea
6.7 Southeast Asia
6.8 India
6.9 Australia
6.10 China Taiwan
7 Europe
7.1 Europe Horizontal Directional Drilling by Country
7.1.1 Europe Horizontal Directional Drilling Sales by Country (2020-2025)
7.1.2 Europe Horizontal Directional Drilling Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
7.2 Europe Horizontal Directional Drilling Sales by Type (2020-2025)
7.3 Europe Horizontal Directional Drilling Sales by Application (2020-2025)
7.4 Germany
7.5 France
7.6 UK
7.7 Italy
7.8 Russia
8 Middle East & Africa
8.1 Middle East & Africa Horizontal Directional Drilling by Country
8.1.1 Middle East & Africa Horizontal Directional Drilling Sales by Country (2020-2025)
8.1.2 Middle East & Africa Horizontal Directional Drilling Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
8.2 Middle East & Africa Horizontal Directional Drilling Sales by Type (2020-2025)
8.3 Middle East & Africa Horizontal Directional Drilling Sales by Application (2020-2025)
8.4 Egypt
8.5 South Africa
8.6 Israel
8.7 Turkey
8.8 GCC Countries
9 Market Drivers, Challenges and Trends
9.1 Market Drivers & Growth Opportunities
9.2 Market Challenges & Risks
9.3 Industry Trends
10 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis
10.1 Raw Material and Suppliers
10.2 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis of Horizontal Directional Drilling
10.3 Manufacturing Process Analysis of Horizontal Directional Drilling
10.4 Industry Chain Structure of Horizontal Directional Drilling
11 Marketing, Distributors and Customer
11.1 Sales Channel
11.1.1 Direct Channels
11.1.2 Indirect Channels
11.2 Horizontal Directional Drilling Distributors
11.3 Horizontal Directional Drilling Customer
12 World Forecast Review for Horizontal Directional Drilling by Geographic Region
12.1 Global Horizontal Directional Drilling Market Size Forecast by Region
12.1.1 Global Horizontal Directional Drilling Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.1.2 Global Horizontal Directional Drilling Annual Revenue Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.2 Americas Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12.3 APAC Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.4 Europe Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12.5 Middle East & Africa Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12.6 Global Horizontal Directional Drilling Forecast by Type (2026-2031)
12.7 Global Horizontal Directional Drilling Forecast by Application (2026-2031)
13 Key Players Analysis
13.1 Charles Machine Works
13.1.1 Charles Machine Works Company Information
13.1.2 Charles Machine Works Horizontal Directional Drilling Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.1.3 Charles Machine Works Horizontal Directional Drilling Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.1.4 Charles Machine Works Main Business Overview
13.1.5 Charles Machine Works Latest Developments
13.2 XCMG
13.2.1 XCMG Company Information
13.2.2 XCMG Horizontal Directional Drilling Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.2.3 XCMG Horizontal Directional Drilling Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.2.4 XCMG Main Business Overview
13.2.5 XCMG Latest Developments
13.3 Vermeer
13.3.1 Vermeer Company Information
13.3.2 Vermeer Horizontal Directional Drilling Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.3.3 Vermeer Horizontal Directional Drilling Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.3.4 Vermeer Main Business Overview
13.3.5 Vermeer Latest Developments
13.4 Goodeng Machine
13.4.1 Goodeng Machine Company Information
13.4.2 Goodeng Machine Horizontal Directional Drilling Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.4.3 Goodeng Machine Horizontal Directional Drilling Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.4.4 Goodeng Machine Main Business Overview
13.4.5 Goodeng Machine Latest Developments
13.5 Herrenknecht AG
13.5.1 Herrenknecht AG Company Information
13.5.2 Herrenknecht AG Horizontal Directional Drilling Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.5.3 Herrenknecht AG Horizontal Directional Drilling Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.5.4 Herrenknecht AG Main Business Overview
13.5.5 Herrenknecht AG Latest Developments
13.6 Dilong
13.6.1 Dilong Company Information
13.6.2 Dilong Horizontal Directional Drilling Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.6.3 Dilong Horizontal Directional Drilling Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.6.4 Dilong Main Business Overview
13.6.5 Dilong Latest Developments
13.7 Drillto
13.7.1 Drillto Company Information
13.7.2 Drillto Horizontal Directional Drilling Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.7.3 Drillto Horizontal Directional Drilling Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.7.4 Drillto Main Business Overview
13.7.5 Drillto Latest Developments
13.8 DW/TXS
13.8.1 DW/TXS Company Information
13.8.2 DW/TXS Horizontal Directional Drilling Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.8.3 DW/TXS Horizontal Directional Drilling Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.8.4 DW/TXS Main Business Overview
13.8.5 DW/TXS Latest Developments
13.9 CHTC JOVE
13.9.1 CHTC JOVE Company Information
13.9.2 CHTC JOVE Horizontal Directional Drilling Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.9.3 CHTC JOVE Horizontal Directional Drilling Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.9.4 CHTC JOVE Main Business Overview
13.9.5 CHTC JOVE Latest Developments
13.10 Huanghai
13.10.1 Huanghai Company Information
13.10.2 Huanghai Horizontal Directional Drilling Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.10.3 Huanghai Horizontal Directional Drilling Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.10.4 Huanghai Main Business Overview
13.10.5 Huanghai Latest Developments
13.11 TRACTO-TECHNIK
13.11.1 TRACTO-TECHNIK Company Information
13.11.2 TRACTO-TECHNIK Horizontal Directional Drilling Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.11.3 TRACTO-TECHNIK Horizontal Directional Drilling Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.11.4 TRACTO-TECHNIK Main Business Overview
13.11.5 TRACTO-TECHNIK Latest Developments
13.12 Guangxi Huali
13.12.1 Guangxi Huali Company Information
13.12.2 Guangxi Huali Horizontal Directional Drilling Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.12.3 Guangxi Huali Horizontal Directional Drilling Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.12.4 Guangxi Huali Main Business Overview
13.12.5 Guangxi Huali Latest Developments
13.13 Barbco
13.13.1 Barbco Company Information
13.13.2 Barbco Horizontal Directional Drilling Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.13.3 Barbco Horizontal Directional Drilling Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.13.4 Barbco Main Business Overview
13.13.5 Barbco Latest Developments
13.14 Terra
13.14.1 Terra Company Information
13.14.2 Terra Horizontal Directional Drilling Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.14.3 Terra Horizontal Directional Drilling Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.14.4 Terra Main Business Overview
13.14.5 Terra Latest Developments
13.15 Prime Drilling
13.15.1 Prime Drilling Company Information
13.15.2 Prime Drilling Horizontal Directional Drilling Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.15.3 Prime Drilling Horizontal Directional Drilling Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.15.4 Prime Drilling Main Business Overview
13.15.5 Prime Drilling Latest Developments
14 Research Findings and Conclusion
*If Applicable.