Who are the leading metal 3d printers companies?

EOS (Germany), Nikon SLM Solutions (Germany), 3D Systems (United States), Xi'an Bright Laser Technologies (BLT) (China), Velo3D (United States).

Which metal 3d printers companies are publicly traded?

3D Systems (DDD), Xi'an Bright Laser Technologies (BLT) (688333.SS), Velo3D (VELO).

How big is the 3d printing market?

For the whole 3d printing market, not this segment alone: global revenue (world) 24.231 USD billions, 2025 — 3Dnatives.

Metal 3D printers

Laser powder-bed fusion, binder jetting and directed-energy systems for aerospace, defence, medical and energy parts; 29.7% of machines (Wohlers 2025)

5 leading companies in metal 3d printers, one segment of 3d printing — Additive manufacturing: polymer and metal printers, powders and resins, and print-on-demand part bureaus — a US$24.2B market

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Leading metal 3d printers companies

5 companies, with the scale each source states. Scale is the whole company's unless the row says otherwise.

Company	Where	What they do	Scale
EOS ↗	Krailling, Germany since 1989	Industrial metal (DMLS) and polymer powder-bed printers, materials and AM consulting	employees: 1,350 employees (more than), 15 countries (2026) ↗
Nikon SLM Solutions ↗	Lübeck, Germany	Multi-laser metal powder-bed fusion systems. Nikon acquired the company by takeover offer in January 2023 and made it wholly owned on 2023-09-01.	—
3D Systems DDD ↗	Rock Hill, SC, United States since 1986	SLA, SLS and direct-metal printers, materials and healthcare/dental AM	revenue: 386.902 USD millions (2025) ↗
Xi'an Bright Laser Technologies (BLT) 688333.SS ↗	Xi'an, China since 2011	Metal AM: printed parts, printers and raw materials for aerospace, engines, tooling, automotive and medical	revenue: 1.85 CNY billions (2025) ↗
Velo3D VELO ↗	Fremont, CA, United States	Metal laser powder-bed fusion printers and production parts	revenue: 45.973 USD millions (2025) ↗

The 3d printing market

The whole market this segment sits in.

global revenue · world24.231

USD billions · 2025

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Quick answers

What are metal 3d printers?: Laser powder-bed fusion, binder jetting and directed-energy systems for aerospace, defence, medical and energy parts; 29.7% of machines (Wohlers 2025). They are one segment of the 3d printing market.
Who are the leading metal 3d printers companies?: EOS (Germany), Nikon SLM Solutions (Germany), 3D Systems (United States), Xi'an Bright Laser Technologies (BLT) (China), Velo3D (United States).
Which metal 3d printers companies are publicly traded?: 3D Systems (DDD), Xi'an Bright Laser Technologies (BLT) (688333.SS), Velo3D (VELO).
How big is the 3d printing market?: For the whole 3d printing market, not this segment alone: global revenue (world) 24.231 USD billions, 2025 — 3Dnatives.