The global Security Ink market size was US$ 3203 million in 2024 and is forecast to a readjusted size of US$ 4456 million by 2031 with a CAGR of 4.9% during the forecast period 2025-2031.
Security ink, also called Anti-counterfeit printing ink, is one of the most important parts of anti-counterfeit technology. It is one of the special printing inks after a series of special processing. Security ink is widely used in banknote, official identity documents, postage stamps, tax banderoles, security labels and product markings. Security inks have various functions. Some security inks can show special colors, be invisible or not under specific conditions such as ultraviolet ray irradiation, infrared irradiation, sunlight irradiation, specific temperature and humidity. Security inks can be applied in various printing solutions like intaglio printing, silkscreen printing, letterpress printing and offset printing.
Global security ink main manufactuers include SICPA, Sun Chemical, Microtrace, CTI, Gleitsmann Security Inks, etc., totally holding a share for 47% of the market. Europe is the largest market of security ink, with a share about 50%. As for the types of products, it can be divided into offset ink, sintaglio inks, silkscreen tnks, letterpress inks and others. The most common product is offset ink, with a share over 36%. In terms of applications, it is widely used in security labels, official, identity documents, tax banderoles, banknotes and others. The most commom application is security labels, with a share over 56%.
The security ink market is experiencing notable growth, driven by the increasing need for anti-counterfeiting measures across various industries such as banking, packaging, and government sectors. With the rise of global trade and e-commerce, counterfeiting has become a significant concern, pushing governments and businesses to adopt advanced security features like security inks in currency, legal documents, tax stamps, and product packaging. These inks, which include features like UV-reactive, thermochromic, and optically variable characteristics, are being developed to provide sophisticated layers of authentication and protection against forgery.
In the banking sector, security inks play a critical role in printing banknotes and financial documents, helping prevent fraud. As central banks worldwide introduce new currency designs with enhanced security features, the demand for high-performance security inks is expected to rise. Additionally, the growing use of digital banking and mobile transactions is leading to an increased need for physical security measures in sensitive documents, further driving innovation in ink technology. The trend towards polymer-based banknotes, which require specialized security inks that adhere well to synthetic substrates, is also contributing to market growth.
The packaging industry is another key driver of the security ink market. With the increasing consumer demand for authenticity and transparency in product sourcing, particularly in sectors like pharmaceuticals, luxury goods, and food and beverages, manufacturers are investing in advanced labeling and packaging solutions. Security inks with track-and-trace capabilities, along with tamper-evident features, are becoming increasingly popular as companies seek to protect their brand reputation and combat the rising issue of counterfeit products. Innovations in eco-friendly, non-toxic security ink formulations are also emerging, aligning with global sustainability trends and regulatory requirements.
The global Security Ink market is strategically segmented by company, region (country), by Type, and by Application. This report empowers stakeholders to capitalize on emerging opportunities, optimize product strategies, and outperform competitors through data-driven insights on sales, revenue, and forecasts across regions, by Type, and by Application for 2020-2031.
Market Segmentation
By Company:
SICPA
Sun Chemical
Microtrace
CTI
Gleitsmann Security Inks
Petrel
Kao Collins
Cronite
Gans
Godo
ANY
Mingbo
Pingwei
Letong Ink
Wancheng
FYOTEC
By Type: (Dominant Segment vs High-Margin Innovation)
Offset Inks
Intaglio Inks
Silkscreen Inks
Letterpress Inks
Others
By Application: (Core Demand Driver vs Emerging Opportunity)
Security Labels
Official Identity Documents
Tax Banderoles
Banknotes
Others
By Region
Macro-Regional Analysis: Market Size & Growth Forecasts
- North America
- Europe
- Asia-Pacific
- South America
- Middle East & Africa
Micro-Local Market Deep Dive: Strategic Insights
- Competitive Landscape: Player dominance vs. disruptors (e.g., SICPA in Europe)
- Emerging Product Trends: Offset Inks adoption vs. Intaglio Inks premiumization
- Demand-Side Dynamics: Security Labels growth in China vs. Official Identity Documents potential in North America
- Localized Consumer Needs: Regulatory hurdles in EU vs. price sensitivity in India
Focus Markets:
North America
Europe
China
Japan
South Korea
Chapter Outline
Chapter 1: Report scope, executive summary, and market evolution scenarios (short/mid/long term).
Chapter 2: Quantitative analysis of Security Ink market size and growth potential at global, regional, and country levels.
Chapter 3: Competitive benchmarking of manufacturers (revenue, market share, M&A, R&D focus).
Chapter 4: Type-based segmentation analysis – Uncovering blue ocean markets (e.g., Intaglio Inks in China).
Chapter 5: Application-based segmentation analysis – High-growth downstream opportunities (e.g., Official Identity Documents in India).
Chapter 6: Regional sales and revenue breakdown by company, type, application and customer.
Chapter 7: Key manufacturer profiles – Financials, product portfolios, and strategic developments.
Chapter 8: Market dynamics – Drivers, restraints, regulatory impacts, and risk mitigation strategies.
Chapter 9: Actionable conclusions and strategic recommendations.
Why This Report?
Unlike generic global market reports, this study combines macro-level industry trends with hyper-local operational intelligence, empowering data-driven decisions across the Security Ink value chain, addressing:
- Market entry risks/opportunities by region
- Product mix optimization based on local practices
- Competitor tactics in fragmented vs. consolidated markets
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1 Market Overview
1.1 Security Ink Product Scope
1.2 Security Ink by Type
1.2.1 Global Security Ink Sales by Type (2020 & 2024 & 2031)
1.2.2 Offset Inks
1.2.3 Intaglio Inks
1.2.4 Silkscreen Inks
1.2.5 Letterpress Inks
1.2.6 Others
1.3 Security Ink by Application
1.3.1 Global Security Ink Sales Comparison by Application (2020 & 2024 & 2031)
1.3.2 Security Labels
1.3.3 Official Identity Documents
1.3.4 Tax Banderoles
1.3.5 Banknotes
1.3.6 Others
1.4 Global Security Ink Market Estimates and Forecasts (2020-2031)
1.4.1 Global Security Ink Market Size in Value Growth Rate (2020-2031)
1.4.2 Global Security Ink Market Size in Volume Growth Rate (2020-2031)
1.4.3 Global Security Ink Price Trends (2020-2031)
1.5 Assumptions and Limitations
2 Market Size and Prospective by Region
2.1 Global Security Ink Market Size by Region: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
2.2 Global Security Ink Retrospective Market Scenario by Region (2020-2025)
2.2.1 Global Security Ink Sales Market Share by Region (2020-2025)
2.2.2 Global Security Ink Revenue Market Share by Region (2020-2025)
2.3 Global Security Ink Market Estimates and Forecasts by Region (2026-2031)
2.3.1 Global Security Ink Sales Estimates and Forecasts by Region (2026-2031)
2.3.2 Global Security Ink Revenue Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
2.4 Major Region and Emerging Market Analysis
2.4.1 North America Security Ink Market Size and Prospective (2020-2031)
2.4.2 Europe Security Ink Market Size and Prospective (2020-2031)
2.4.3 China Security Ink Market Size and Prospective (2020-2031)
2.4.4 Japan Security Ink Market Size and Prospective (2020-2031)
2.4.5 South Korea Security Ink Market Size and Prospective (2020-2031)
3 Global Market Size by Type
3.1 Global Security Ink Historic Market Review by Type (2020-2025)
3.1.1 Global Security Ink Sales by Type (2020-2025)
3.1.2 Global Security Ink Revenue by Type (2020-2025)
3.1.3 Global Security Ink Price by Type (2020-2025)
3.2 Global Security Ink Market Estimates and Forecasts by Type (2026-2031)
3.2.1 Global Security Ink Sales Forecast by Type (2026-2031)
3.2.2 Global Security Ink Revenue Forecast by Type (2026-2031)
3.2.3 Global Security Ink Price Forecast by Type (2026-2031)
3.3 Different Types Security Ink Representative Players
4 Global Market Size by Application
4.1 Global Security Ink Historic Market Review by Application (2020-2025)
4.1.1 Global Security Ink Sales by Application (2020-2025)
4.1.2 Global Security Ink Revenue by Application (2020-2025)
4.1.3 Global Security Ink Price by Application (2020-2025)
4.2 Global Security Ink Market Estimates and Forecasts by Application (2026-2031)
4.2.1 Global Security Ink Sales Forecast by Application (2026-2031)
4.2.2 Global Security Ink Revenue Forecast by Application (2026-2031)
4.2.3 Global Security Ink Price Forecast by Application (2026-2031)
4.3 New Sources of Growth in Security Ink Application
5 Competition Landscape by Players
5.1 Global Security Ink Sales by Players (2020-2025)
5.2 Global Top Security Ink Players by Revenue (2020-2025)
5.3 Global Security Ink Market Share by Company Type (Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3) & (based on the Revenue in Security Ink as of 2024)
5.4 Global Security Ink Average Price by Company (2020-2025)
5.5 Global Key Manufacturers of Security Ink, Manufacturing Sites & Headquarters
5.6 Global Key Manufacturers of Security Ink, Product Type & Application
5.7 Global Key Manufacturers of Security Ink, Date of Enter into This Industry
5.8 Manufacturers Mergers & Acquisitions, Expansion Plans
6 Region Analysis
6.1 North America Market: Players, Segments, Downstream and Major Customers
6.1.1 North America Security Ink Sales by Company
6.1.1.1 North America Security Ink Sales by Company (2020-2025)
6.1.1.2 North America Security Ink Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
6.1.2 North America Security Ink Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
6.1.3 North America Security Ink Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
6.1.4 North America Security Ink Major Customer
6.1.5 North America Market Trend and Opportunities
6.2 Europe Market: Players, Segments, Downstream and Major Customers
6.2.1 Europe Security Ink Sales by Company
6.2.1.1 Europe Security Ink Sales by Company (2020-2025)
6.2.1.2 Europe Security Ink Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
6.2.2 Europe Security Ink Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
6.2.3 Europe Security Ink Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
6.2.4 Europe Security Ink Major Customer
6.2.5 Europe Market Trend and Opportunities
6.3 China Market: Players, Segments, Downstream and Major Customers
6.3.1 China Security Ink Sales by Company
6.3.1.1 China Security Ink Sales by Company (2020-2025)
6.3.1.2 China Security Ink Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
6.3.2 China Security Ink Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
6.3.3 China Security Ink Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
6.3.4 China Security Ink Major Customer
6.3.5 China Market Trend and Opportunities
6.4 Japan Market: Players, Segments, Downstream and Major Customers
6.4.1 Japan Security Ink Sales by Company
6.4.1.1 Japan Security Ink Sales by Company (2020-2025)
6.4.1.2 Japan Security Ink Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
6.4.2 Japan Security Ink Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
6.4.3 Japan Security Ink Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
6.4.4 Japan Security Ink Major Customer
6.4.5 Japan Market Trend and Opportunities
6.5 South Korea Market: Players, Segments, Downstream and Major Customers
6.5.1 South Korea Security Ink Sales by Company
6.5.1.1 South Korea Security Ink Sales by Company (2020-2025)
6.5.1.2 South Korea Security Ink Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
6.5.2 South Korea Security Ink Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
6.5.3 South Korea Security Ink Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
6.5.4 South Korea Security Ink Major Customer
6.5.5 South Korea Market Trend and Opportunities
7 Company Profiles and Key Figures
7.1 SICPA
7.1.1 SICPA Company Information
7.1.2 SICPA Business Overview
7.1.3 SICPA Security Ink Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.1.4 SICPA Security Ink Products Offered
7.1.5 SICPA Recent Development
7.2 Sun Chemical
7.2.1 Sun Chemical Company Information
7.2.2 Sun Chemical Business Overview
7.2.3 Sun Chemical Security Ink Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.2.4 Sun Chemical Security Ink Products Offered
7.2.5 Sun Chemical Recent Development
7.3 Microtrace
7.3.1 Microtrace Company Information
7.3.2 Microtrace Business Overview
7.3.3 Microtrace Security Ink Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.3.4 Microtrace Security Ink Products Offered
7.3.5 Microtrace Recent Development
7.4 CTI
7.4.1 CTI Company Information
7.4.2 CTI Business Overview
7.4.3 CTI Security Ink Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.4.4 CTI Security Ink Products Offered
7.4.5 CTI Recent Development
7.5 Gleitsmann Security Inks
7.5.1 Gleitsmann Security Inks Company Information
7.5.2 Gleitsmann Security Inks Business Overview
7.5.3 Gleitsmann Security Inks Security Ink Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.5.4 Gleitsmann Security Inks Security Ink Products Offered
7.5.5 Gleitsmann Security Inks Recent Development
7.6 Petrel
7.6.1 Petrel Company Information
7.6.2 Petrel Business Overview
7.6.3 Petrel Security Ink Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.6.4 Petrel Security Ink Products Offered
7.6.5 Petrel Recent Development
7.7 Kao Collins
7.7.1 Kao Collins Company Information
7.7.2 Kao Collins Business Overview
7.7.3 Kao Collins Security Ink Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.7.4 Kao Collins Security Ink Products Offered
7.7.5 Kao Collins Recent Development
7.8 Cronite
7.8.1 Cronite Company Information
7.8.2 Cronite Business Overview
7.8.3 Cronite Security Ink Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.8.4 Cronite Security Ink Products Offered
7.8.5 Cronite Recent Development
7.9 Gans
7.9.1 Gans Company Information
7.9.2 Gans Business Overview
7.9.3 Gans Security Ink Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.9.4 Gans Security Ink Products Offered
7.9.5 Gans Recent Development
7.10 Godo
7.10.1 Godo Company Information
7.10.2 Godo Business Overview
7.10.3 Godo Security Ink Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.10.4 Godo Security Ink Products Offered
7.10.5 Godo Recent Development
7.11 ANY
7.11.1 ANY Company Information
7.11.2 ANY Business Overview
7.11.3 ANY Security Ink Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.11.4 ANY Security Ink Products Offered
7.11.5 ANY Recent Development
7.12 Mingbo
7.12.1 Mingbo Company Information
7.12.2 Mingbo Business Overview
7.12.3 Mingbo Security Ink Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.12.4 Mingbo Security Ink Products Offered
7.12.5 Mingbo Recent Development
7.13 Pingwei
7.13.1 Pingwei Company Information
7.13.2 Pingwei Business Overview
7.13.3 Pingwei Security Ink Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.13.4 Pingwei Security Ink Products Offered
7.13.5 Pingwei Recent Development
7.14 Letong Ink
7.14.1 Letong Ink Company Information
7.14.2 Letong Ink Business Overview
7.14.3 Letong Ink Security Ink Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.14.4 Letong Ink Security Ink Products Offered
7.14.5 Letong Ink Recent Development
7.15 Wancheng
7.15.1 Wancheng Company Information
7.15.2 Wancheng Business Overview
7.15.3 Wancheng Security Ink Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.15.4 Wancheng Security Ink Products Offered
7.15.5 Wancheng Recent Development
7.16 FYOTEC
7.16.1 FYOTEC Company Information
7.16.2 FYOTEC Business Overview
7.16.3 FYOTEC Security Ink Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.16.4 FYOTEC Security Ink Products Offered
7.16.5 FYOTEC Recent Development
8 Security Ink Manufacturing Cost Analysis
8.1 Security Ink Key Raw Materials Analysis
8.1.1 Key Raw Materials
8.1.2 Key Suppliers of Raw Materials
8.2 Proportion of Manufacturing Cost Structure
8.3 Manufacturing Process Analysis of Security Ink
8.4 Security Ink Industrial Chain Analysis
9 Marketing Channel, Distributors and Customers
9.1 Marketing Channel
9.2 Security Ink Distributors List
9.3 Security Ink Customers
10 Security Ink Market Dynamics
10.1 Security Ink Industry Trends
10.2 Security Ink Market Drivers
10.3 Security Ink Market Challenges
10.4 Security Ink Market Restraints
11 Research Findings and Conclusion
12 Appendix
12.1 Research Methodology
12.1.1 Methodology/Research Approach
12.1.1.1 Research Programs/Design
12.1.1.2 Market Size Estimation
12.1.1.3 Market Breakdown and Data Triangulation
12.1.2 Data Source
12.1.2.1 Secondary Sources
12.1.2.2 Primary Sources
12.2 Author Details
12.3 Disclaimer
SICPA
Sun Chemical
Microtrace
CTI
Gleitsmann Security Inks
Petrel
Kao Collins
Cronite
Gans
Godo
ANY
Mingbo
Pingwei
Letong Ink
Wancheng
FYOTEC
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