Global Iron Chloride Competitive Landscape Professional Research Report 2024

Research Summary

Iron chloride refers to a chemical compound composed of iron and chlorine elements, with the most common forms being ferrous chloride (FeCl2) and ferric chloride (FeCl3). Both ferrous chloride and ferric chloride have various industrial applications. Ferric chloride, in particular, is widely used as a coagulant in water treatment processes to precipitate impurities and suspended particles. It is also employed in the etching of printed circuit boards and as a catalyst in certain chemical reactions. Ferrous chloride, on the other hand, has applications in the production of iron salts, water treatment, and as a reducing agent in chemical processes. These iron chloride compounds are known for their versatility in different chemical and industrial processes, contributing to their significance in various applications.

According to DIResearch's in-depth investigation and research, the global Iron Chloride market size will reach US$ XX Million in 2024, and is expected to reach US$ XX Million in 2030, with a CAGR of XX% (2025-2030). Among them, the China market has changed rapidly in the past few years. The market size in 2024 will be US$ XX Million, accounting for approximately XX% of the world. It is expected to reach US$ XX Million in 2030, and the global share will reach XX%.

The major global manufacturers of Iron Chloride include Kemira, Tessenderlo, PVS Chemicals, Feralco Group, Chemifloc, SIDRA Wasserchemie, Gulbrandsen, AkzoNobel Industrial Chemicals, BorsodChem, Philbro-Tech, Malay Sino Chemical Industries, Saf Sulphur, Sukha Chemical Industries, BASF, Basic Chemical Industries, Haixin Chemical, Da'an Fine Chemical, CNSG Anhui Hong Sifang, Longxiang Chemical, Si Ruier Environmental echemical, Kunbao Chemical, Zhongzheng Chemical etc. The global players competition landscape in this report is divided into three tiers. The first tiers is the global leading enterprise, which occupies a major market share, is in a leading position in the industry, has strong competitiveness and influence, and has a large revenue scale; the second tiers has a certain share and popularity in the market, actively follows the industry leaders in product, service or technological innovation, and has a medium revenue scale; the third tiers has a smaller share in the market, has a lower brand awareness, mainly focuses on the local market, and has a relatively small revenue scale.

This report studies the market size, price trends and future development prospects of Iron Chloride. Focus on analysing the market share, product portfolio, prices, sales volume, revenue and gross profit margin of global major manufacturers, as well as the market status and trends of different product types and applications in the global Iron Chloride market. The report data covers historical data from 2018 to 2023, based year in 2024 and forecast data from 2025 to 2030.

The regions and countries in the report include North America, Europe, China, APAC (excl. China), Latin America and Middle East and Africa, covering the Iron Chloride market conditions and future development trends of key regions and countries, combined with industry-related policies and the latest technological developments, analyze the development characteristics of Iron Chloride industries in various regions and countries, help companies understand the development characteristics of each region, help companies formulate business strategies, and achieve the ultimate goal of the company's global development strategy.

The data sources of this report mainly include the National Bureau of Statistics, customs databases, industry associations, corporate financial reports, third-party databases, etc. Among them, macroeconomic data mainly comes from the National Bureau of Statistics, International Economic Research Organization; industry statistical data mainly come from industry associations; company data mainly comes from interviews, public information collection, third-party reliable databases, and price data mainly comes from various markets monitoring database.

Global Key Manufacturers of Iron Chloride Include:

Kemira

Tessenderlo

PVS Chemicals

Feralco Group

Chemifloc

SIDRA Wasserchemie

Gulbrandsen

AkzoNobel Industrial Chemicals

BorsodChem

Philbro-Tech

Malay Sino Chemical Industries

Saf Sulphur

Sukha Chemical Industries

BASF

Basic Chemical Industries

Haixin Chemical

Da'an Fine Chemical

CNSG Anhui Hong Sifang

Longxiang Chemical

Si Ruier Environmental echemical

Kunbao Chemical

Zhongzheng Chemical

Iron Chloride Product Segment Include:

Ferric Chloride

Ferrous Chloride

Others

Iron Chloride Product Application Include:

Water and Sewage Treatment

Metal Surface Treatment

PCB

Pigment

Others

Chapter Scope

Chapter 1: Product Research Range, Product Types and Applications, Market Overview, Market Situation and Trends

Chapter 2: Global Iron Chloride Capacity and Production Analysis

Chapter 3: Global Iron Chloride Industry PESTEL Analysis

Chapter 4: Global Iron Chloride Industry Porter's Five Forces Analysis

Chapter 5: Global Iron Chloride Major Regional Market Size (Revenue, Sales, Price) and Forecast Analysis

Chapter 6: Global Iron Chloride Market Size and Forecast by Type and Application Analysis

Chapter 7: North America Iron Chloride Competitive Analysis (Market Size, Key Players and Market Share, Product Type and Application Segment Analysis, Countries Analysis)

Chapter 8: Europe Iron Chloride Competitive Analysis (Market Size, Key Players and Market Share, Product Type and Application Segment Analysis, Countries Analysis)

Chapter 9: China Iron Chloride Competitive Analysis (Market Size, Key Players and Market Share, Product Type and Application Segment Analysis, Countries Analysis)

Chapter 10: APAC (Excl. China) Iron Chloride Competitive Analysis (Market Size, Key Players and Market Share, Product Type and Application Segment Analysis, Countries Analysis)

Chapter 11: Latin America Iron Chloride Competitive Analysis (Market Size, Key Players and Market Share, Product Type and Application Segment Analysis, Countries Analysis)

Chapter 12: Middle East and Africa Iron Chloride Competitive Analysis (Market Size, Key Players and Market Share, Product Type and Application Segment Analysis, Countries Analysis)

Chapter 13: Global Iron Chloride Competitive Analysis of Key Manufacturers (Sales, Revenue, Market Share, Price, Regional Distribution and Industry Concentration)

Chapter 14: Key Company Profiles (Product Portfolio, Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin)

Chapter 15: Industrial Chain Analysis, Include Raw Material Suppliers, Distributors and Customers

Chapter 16: Research Findings and Conclusion

Chapter 17: Methodology and Data Sources

Table of Contents

1 Iron Chloride Market Overview

1.1 Product Definition and Statistical Scope

1.2 Iron Chloride Product by Type

1.2.1 Global Iron Chloride Market Size by Type, 2023 VS 2024 VS 2030

1.2.2 Ferric Chloride

1.2.3 Ferrous Chloride

1.2.4 Others

1.3 Iron Chloride Product by Application

1.3.1 Global Iron Chloride Market Size by Application, 2023 VS 2024 VS 2030

1.3.2 Water and Sewage Treatment

1.3.3 Metal Surface Treatment

1.3.4 PCB

1.3.5 Pigment

1.3.6 Others

1.4 Global Iron Chloride Market Revenue and Sales Analysis

1.4.1 Global Iron Chloride Market Size Analysis (2019-2030)

1.4.2 Global Iron Chloride Market Sales Analysis (2019-2030)

1.4.3 Global Iron Chloride Market Sales Price Trend Analysis (2019-2030)

1.5 Iron Chloride Market Development Status and Trends

1.5.1 Iron Chloride Industry Development Status Analysis

1.5.2 Iron Chloride Industry Development Trends Analysis

2 Global Iron Chloride Capacity and Production Analysis

2.1 Global Iron Chloride Production Capacity (2019-2030)

2.2 Global Iron Chloride Production by Region: 2023 VS 2024 VS 2030

2.3 Global Iron Chloride Production by Region

2.3.1 Global Iron Chloride Historic Production by Region (2019-2024)

2.3.2 Global Iron Chloride Forecasted Production by Region (2025-2030)

2.3.3 Global Iron Chloride Production Market Share by Region (2019-2030)

3 Iron Chloride Market PESTEL Analysis

3.1 Political Factors Analysis

3.2 Economic Factors Analysis

3.3 Social Factors Analysis

3.4 Technological Factors Analysis

3.5 Environmental Factors Analysis

3.6 Legal Factors Analysis

4 Iron Chloride Market Porter's Five Forces Analysis

4.1 Competitive Rivalry

4.2 Threat of New Entrants

4.3 Bargaining Power of Suppliers

4.4 Bargaining Power of Buyers

4.5 Threat of Substitutes

5 Global Iron Chloride Market Analysis by Regions

5.1 Iron Chloride Overall Market: 2023 VS 2024 VS 2030

5.2 Global Iron Chloride Revenue and Forecast Analysis (2019-2030)

5.2.1 Global Iron Chloride Revenue and Market Share by Region (2019-2024)

5.2.2 Global Iron Chloride Revenue Forecast by Region (2025-2030)

5.3 Global Iron Chloride Sales and Forecast Analysis (2019-2030)

5.3.1 Global Iron Chloride Sales and Market Share by Region (2019-2024)

5.3.2 Global Iron Chloride Sales Forecast by Region (2025-2030)

5.4 Global Iron Chloride Sales Price Trend Analysis (2019-2030)

6 Global Iron Chloride Market Size by Type and Application

6.1 Global Iron Chloride Market Size by Type

6.1.1 Global Iron Chloride Revenue and Forecast Analysis by Type (2019-2030)

6.1.2 Global Iron Chloride Sales and Forecast Analysis by Type (2019-2030)

6.2 Global Iron Chloride Market Size by Application

6.2.1 Global Iron Chloride Revenue and Forecast Analysis by Application (2019-2030)

6.2.2 Global Iron Chloride Sales and Forecast Analysis by Application (2019-2030)

7 North America

7.1 North America Iron Chloride Market Size and Growth Rate Analysis (2019-2030)

7.2 North America Key Manufacturers Analysis

7.3 North America Iron Chloride Market Size by Type

7.3.1 North America Iron Chloride Sales by Type (2019-2030)

7.3.2 North America Iron Chloride Revenue by Type (2019-2030)

7.4 North America Iron Chloride Market Size by Application

7.4.1 North America Iron Chloride Sales by Application (2019-2030)

7.4.2 North America Iron Chloride Revenue by Application (2019-2030)

7.5 North America Iron Chloride Market Size by Country

7.5.1 US

7.5.2 Canada

8 Europe

8.1 Europe Iron Chloride Market Size and Growth Rate Analysis (2019-2030)

8.2 Europe Key Manufacturers Analysis

8.3 Europe Iron Chloride Market Size by Type

8.3.1 Europe Iron Chloride Sales by Type (2019-2030)

8.3.2 Europe Iron Chloride Revenue by Type (2019-2030)

8.4 Europe Iron Chloride Market Size by Application

8.4.1 Europe Iron Chloride Sales by Application (2019-2030)

8.4.2 ? Europe Iron Chloride Revenue by Application (2019-2030)

8.5 Europe Iron Chloride Market Size by Country

8.5.1 Germany

8.5.2 France

8.5.3 United Kingdom

8.5.4 Italy

8.5.5 Spain

8.5.6 Benelux

9 China

9.1 China Iron Chloride Market Size and Growth Rate Analysis (2019-2030)

9.2 China Key Manufacturers Analysis

9.3 China Iron Chloride Market Size by Type

9.3.1 China Iron Chloride Sales by Type (2019-2030)

9.3.2 China Iron Chloride Revenue by Type (2019-2030)

9.4 China Iron Chloride Market Size by Application

9.4.1 China Iron Chloride Sales by Application (2019-2030)

9.4.2 China Iron Chloride Revenue by Application (2019-2030)

10 APAC (excl. China)

10.1 APAC (excl. China) Iron Chloride Market Size and Growth Rate Analysis (2019-2030)

10.2 APAC (excl. China) Key Manufacturers Analysis

10.3 APAC (excl. China) Iron Chloride Market Size by Type

10.3.1 APAC (excl. China) Iron Chloride Sales by Type (2019-2030)

10.3.2 APAC (excl. China) Iron Chloride Revenue by Type (2019-2030)

10.4 APAC (excl. China) Iron Chloride Market Size by Application

10.4.1 APAC (excl. China) Iron Chloride Sales by Application (2019-2030)

10.4.2 APAC (excl. China) Iron Chloride Revenue by Application (2019-2030)

10.5 APAC (excl. China) Iron Chloride Market Size by Country

10.5.1 Japan

10.5.2 South Korea

10.5.3 India

10.5.4 Australia

10.5.5 Indonesia

10.5.6 Vietnam

10.5.7 Malaysia

10.5.8 Thailand

11 Latin America

11.1 Latin America Iron Chloride Market Size and Growth Rate Analysis (2019-2030)

11.2 Latin America Key Manufacturers Analysis

11.3 Latin America Iron Chloride Market Size by Type

11.3.1 Latin America Iron Chloride Sales by Type (2019-2030)

11.3.2 Latin America Iron Chloride Revenue by Type (2019-2030)

11.4 Latin America Iron Chloride Market Size by Application

11.4.1 Latin America Iron Chloride Sales by Application (2019-2030)

11.4.2 Latin America Iron Chloride Revenue by Application (2019-2030)

11.5 Latin America Iron Chloride Market Size by Country

11.5.1 Mexico

11.5.2 Brazil

12 Middle East & Africa

12.1 Middle East & Africa Iron Chloride Market Size and Growth Rate Analysis (2019-2030)

12.2 Middle East & Africa Key Manufacturers Analysis

12.3 Middle East & Africa Iron Chloride Market Size by Type

12.3.1 Middle East & Africa Iron Chloride Sales by Type (2019-2030)

12.3.2 Middle East & Africa Iron Chloride Revenue by Type (2019-2030)

12.4 Middle East & Africa Iron Chloride Market Size by Application

12.4.1 Middle East & Africa Iron Chloride Sales by Application (2019-2030)

12.4.2 Middle East & Africa Iron Chloride Revenue by Application (2019-2030)

12.5 Middle East & Africa Iron Chloride Market Size by Country

12.5.1 Saudi Arabia

12.5.2 South Africa

13 Competition by Manufacturers

13.1 Global Iron Chloride Market Sales, Revenue and Price by Key Manufacturers (2020-2024)

13.1.1 Global Iron Chloride Market Sales by Key Manufacturers (2020-2024)

13.1.2 Global Iron Chloride Market Revenue by Key Manufacturers (2020-2024)

13.1.3 Global Iron Chloride Average Sales Price by Manufacturers (2020-2024)

13.2 Iron Chloride Competitive Landscape Analysis and Market Dynamic

13.2.1 Iron Chloride Competitive Landscape Analysis

13.2.2 Global Key Manufacturers Headquarter Location and Key Area Sales

13.2.3 Market Dynamic

14 Key Companies Analysis

14.1 Kemira

14.1.1 Kemira Basic Company Profile (Employees, Areas Service, Competitors and Contact Information)

14.1.2 Kemira Iron Chloride Product Portfolio

14.1.3 Kemira Iron Chloride Market Data Analysis (Revenue, Sales, Price, Gross Margin and Market Share) (2020-2024)

14.2 Tessenderlo

14.2.1 Tessenderlo Basic Company Profile (Employees, Areas Service, Competitors and Contact Information)

14.2.2 Tessenderlo Iron Chloride Product Portfolio

14.2.3 Tessenderlo Iron Chloride Market Data Analysis (Revenue, Sales, Price, Gross Margin and Market Share) (2020-2024)

14.3 PVS Chemicals

14.3.1 PVS Chemicals Basic Company Profile (Employees, Areas Service, Competitors and Contact Information)

14.3.2 PVS Chemicals Iron Chloride Product Portfolio

14.3.3 PVS Chemicals Iron Chloride Market Data Analysis (Revenue, Sales, Price, Gross Margin and Market Share) (2020-2024)

14.4 Feralco Group

14.4.1 Feralco Group Basic Company Profile (Employees, Areas Service, Competitors and Contact Information)

14.4.2 Feralco Group Iron Chloride Product Portfolio

14.4.3 Feralco Group Iron Chloride Market Data Analysis (Revenue, Sales, Price, Gross Margin and Market Share) (2020-2024)

14.5 Chemifloc

14.5.1 Chemifloc Basic Company Profile (Employees, Areas Service, Competitors and Contact Information)

14.5.2 Chemifloc Iron Chloride Product Portfolio

14.5.3 Chemifloc Iron Chloride Market Data Analysis (Revenue, Sales, Price, Gross Margin and Market Share) (2020-2024)

14.6 SIDRA Wasserchemie

14.6.1 SIDRA Wasserchemie Basic Company Profile (Employees, Areas Service, Competitors and Contact Information)

14.6.2 SIDRA Wasserchemie Iron Chloride Product Portfolio

14.6.3 SIDRA Wasserchemie Iron Chloride Market Data Analysis (Revenue, Sales, Price, Gross Margin and Market Share) (2020-2024)

14.7 Gulbrandsen

14.7.1 Gulbrandsen Basic Company Profile (Employees, Areas Service, Competitors and Contact Information)

14.7.2 Gulbrandsen Iron Chloride Product Portfolio

14.7.3 Gulbrandsen Iron Chloride Market Data Analysis (Revenue, Sales, Price, Gross Margin and Market Share) (2020-2024)

14.8 AkzoNobel Industrial Chemicals

14.8.1 AkzoNobel Industrial Chemicals Basic Company Profile (Employees, Areas Service, Competitors and Contact Information)

14.8.2 AkzoNobel Industrial Chemicals Iron Chloride Product Portfolio

14.8.3 AkzoNobel Industrial Chemicals Iron Chloride Market Data Analysis (Revenue, Sales, Price, Gross Margin and Market Share) (2020-2024)

14.9 BorsodChem

14.9.1 BorsodChem Basic Company Profile (Employees, Areas Service, Competitors and Contact Information)

14.9.2 BorsodChem Iron Chloride Product Portfolio

14.9.3 BorsodChem Iron Chloride Market Data Analysis (Revenue, Sales, Price, Gross Margin and Market Share) (2020-2024)

14.10 Philbro-Tech

14.10.1 Philbro-Tech Basic Company Profile (Employees, Areas Service, Competitors and Contact Information)

14.10.2 Philbro-Tech Iron Chloride Product Portfolio

14.10.3 Philbro-Tech Iron Chloride Market Data Analysis (Revenue, Sales, Price, Gross Margin and Market Share) (2020-2024)

14.11 Malay Sino Chemical Industries

14.11.1 Malay Sino Chemical Industries Basic Company Profile (Employees, Areas Service, Competitors and Contact Information)

14.11.2 Malay Sino Chemical Industries Iron Chloride Product Portfolio

14.11.3 Malay Sino Chemical Industries Iron Chloride Market Data Analysis (Revenue, Sales, Price, Gross Margin and Market Share) (2020-2024)

14.12 Saf Sulphur

14.12.1 Saf Sulphur Basic Company Profile (Employees, Areas Service, Competitors and Contact Information)

14.12.2 Saf Sulphur Iron Chloride Product Portfolio

14.12.3 Saf Sulphur Iron Chloride Market Data Analysis (Revenue, Sales, Price, Gross Margin and Market Share) (2020-2024)

14.13 Sukha Chemical Industries

14.13.1 Sukha Chemical Industries Basic Company Profile (Employees, Areas Service, Competitors and Contact Information)

14.13.2 Sukha Chemical Industries Iron Chloride Product Portfolio

14.13.3 Sukha Chemical Industries Iron Chloride Market Data Analysis (Revenue, Sales, Price, Gross Margin and Market Share) (2020-2024)

14.14 BASF

14.14.1 BASF Basic Company Profile (Employees, Areas Service, Competitors and Contact Information)

14.14.2 BASF Iron Chloride Product Portfolio

14.14.3 BASF Iron Chloride Market Data Analysis (Revenue, Sales, Price, Gross Margin and Market Share) (2020-2024)

14.15 Basic Chemical Industries

14.15.1 Basic Chemical Industries Basic Company Profile (Employees, Areas Service, Competitors and Contact Information)

14.15.2 Basic Chemical Industries Iron Chloride Product Portfolio

14.15.3 Basic Chemical Industries Iron Chloride Market Data Analysis (Revenue, Sales, Price, Gross Margin and Market Share) (2020-2024)

14.16 Haixin Chemical

14.16.1 Haixin Chemical Basic Company Profile (Employees, Areas Service, Competitors and Contact Information)

14.16.2 Haixin Chemical Iron Chloride Product Portfolio

14.16.3 Haixin Chemical Iron Chloride Market Data Analysis (Revenue, Sales, Price, Gross Margin and Market Share) (2020-2024)

14.17 Da'an Fine Chemical

14.17.1 Da'an Fine Chemical Basic Company Profile (Employees, Areas Service, Competitors and Contact Information)

14.17.2 Da'an Fine Chemical Iron Chloride Product Portfolio

14.17.3 Da'an Fine Chemical Iron Chloride Market Data Analysis (Revenue, Sales, Price, Gross Margin and Market Share) (2020-2024)

14.18 CNSG Anhui Hong Sifang

14.18.1 CNSG Anhui Hong Sifang Basic Company Profile (Employees, Areas Service, Competitors and Contact Information)

14.18.2 CNSG Anhui Hong Sifang Iron Chloride Product Portfolio

14.18.3 CNSG Anhui Hong Sifang Iron Chloride Market Data Analysis (Revenue, Sales, Price, Gross Margin and Market Share) (2020-2024)

14.19 Longxiang Chemical

14.19.1 Longxiang Chemical Basic Company Profile (Employees, Areas Service, Competitors and Contact Information)

14.19.2 Longxiang Chemical Iron Chloride Product Portfolio

14.19.3 Longxiang Chemical Iron Chloride Market Data Analysis (Revenue, Sales, Price, Gross Margin and Market Share) (2020-2024)

14.20 Si Ruier Environmental echemical

14.20.1 Si Ruier Environmental echemical Basic Company Profile (Employees, Areas Service, Competitors and Contact Information)

14.20.2 Si Ruier Environmental echemical Iron Chloride Product Portfolio

14.20.3 Si Ruier Environmental echemical Iron Chloride Market Data Analysis (Revenue, Sales, Price, Gross Margin and Market Share) (2020-2024)

14.21 Kunbao Chemical

14.21.1 Kunbao Chemical Basic Company Profile (Employees, Areas Service, Competitors and Contact Information)

14.21.2 Kunbao Chemical Iron Chloride Product Portfolio

14.21.3 Kunbao Chemical Iron Chloride Market Data Analysis (Revenue, Sales, Price, Gross Margin and Market Share) (2020-2024)

14.22 Zhongzheng Chemical

14.22.1 Zhongzheng Chemical Basic Company Profile (Employees, Areas Service, Competitors and Contact Information)

14.22.2 Zhongzheng Chemical Iron Chloride Product Portfolio

14.22.3 Zhongzheng Chemical Iron Chloride Market Data Analysis (Revenue, Sales, Price, Gross Margin and Market Share) (2020-2024)

15 Industry Chain Analysis

15.1 Iron Chloride Industry Chain Analysis

15.2 Iron Chloride Industry Upstream Supply Analysis

15.2.1 Upstream Key Raw Material Supply Analysis

15.2.2 Raw Material Suppliers and Contact Information

15.3 Iron Chloride Typical Downstream Customers

15.4 Iron Chloride Sales Channel Analysis

16 Research Findings and Conclusion

17 Methodology and Data Source

17.1 Methodology/Research Approach

17.2 Research Scope

17.3 Benchmarks and Assumptions

17.4 Date Source

17.4.1 Primary Sources

17.4.2 Secondary Sources

17.5 Data Cross Validation

17.6 Disclaimer

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