Polymeric Sand Market - Forecast(2024 - 2030)

Polymeric Sand Market Overview

The Polymeric Sand Market size is estimated to reach US$300 million by 2030 after growing at a CAGR of around 7.5% from 2023 to 2030. The polymeric sand is a granular and fine mixture of sand and additives that is widely used in construction activities for pavers, auxiliary building spaces, footpaths, and others. It comprises of silica sand, find quartz, and others synthetic or natural materials which are mixed with the polymers, thereby offering superior properties such as weight bearing, durability, cohesion strength, and others. The high demand of polymeric sand in pavers, tiles, and other projects is driving the global Polymeric Sand Market. Moreover, increasing application of polymeric sand type in building and construction compared to regular sand is offering major growth in the market during the forecast period.

COVID-19 Impact

The Polymeric Sand Market was impacted by the economic disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The disruptions in manufacturing, demand and supply gap, logistics disturbances, and other restrictions led to major fall in the growth of the market. The polymeric sand has major application in the residential construction sector. The residential housing and building activities saw a decline due to shutdown in construction site and labor shortages. Furthermore, the volatile prices of the raw materials in construction and unavailability hindered the building and residential projects. The residential construction permits as suspended and delayed. According to the World Bank and OECD National Accounts data, the annual growth of construction sector declined by 2.48% in 2020 compared to growth of 1.94% in 2019. Thus, with major disruption and fall in growth of construction activities, the application of polymeric sand in pavement, building spaces, and others also declined, thereby leading to decline in demand and slowdown in the Polymeric Sand Market.

Report Coverage

The report: “Polymeric Sand Market Report– Forecast (2023-2030)” by IndustryARC covers an in-depth analysis of the following segments of the global polymeric sand industry.

By Color: Beige, Black, Gray, and Others.
By Composition: Silica Sand, Fine Quartz, Proprietary Polymer, and Others. 
By Application: Pavement, Parking Space, Auxiliary Building Space, Patio, Pool Deck, and Others.
By End Use Industry: Commercial (Retail Stores, Hotels, Medical Facilities, and Others), Industrial (Manufacturing Plants, Refineries, and Others), Residential (Apartments, House, and Others.
By Geography: North America (USA, Canada, and Mexico), Europe (UK, Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Russia, Belgium, and Rest of Europe), Asia-Pacific (China, Japan, India, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand, Indonesia, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Rest of APAC), South America (Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, and Rest of South America), Middle East (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Israel, Rest of the Middle East) and Africa (South Africa, Nigeria, Rest of Africa).

Key Takeaways

• The Polymeric Sand Market size will increase owing to its growing demand various pavements, footpath, pool deck, auxiliary building spaces, and others during the forecast period.
• The Asia Pacific region is the fastest growing region in the polymeric sand industry due to increasing residential, commercial, and industrial construction activities, along with development of private housing and luxury homes in this region.
• The silica sand holds the major composition in the polymeric sand and offers high bonding, durability, and strength, thereby maintaining major demand for the polymeric sand in building and infrastructural projects.

Figure: Asia Pacific Polymeric Sand Market Revenue, 2023-2030 (US$ Billion)

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Polymeric Sand Market Segment Analysis – By Application

By application, the pavement segment accounted for the largest share in the Polymeric Sand Market and is expected to grow with a CAGR of around 7.7% during the forecast period. The polymeric sand has growing demand for applications in pavements across various end-use sectors. The special additive mixture is added in the fine grain sand to provide super bonding feature and binding in the concrete elements. The increasing demand of polymeric sand is influenced by excellent properties such as durability, quick installation, and high cohesion strength. The increasing application of polymeric sand for pavement joining such as brick pavers, concrete pavers, and others across residential and commercial end-use sector is leading to major demand in the market. According to the U.S Census Bureau, the seasonally adjusted annual rate of privately owned housing in U.S accounted for 1,769,000 in February, compared to 1,657,000 in January 2022. Thus, with increasing development in residential as well as commercial project for pavement joining, installing, and others, the global Polymeric Sand Market will grow during the forecast period. 

Polymeric Sand Market Segment Analysis – By End-Use Industry

By end-use industry, the residential segment held the largest Polymeric Sand Market share and is expected to grow with a CAGR of over 7.1% during the forecast period. The high demand of the polymeric sand is influenced by growing residential building and construction activities. The increasing housing development and building facilities is propelling the demand of polymeric sand for use in patios, swimming pool, pavements, and others. This is due to its superior properties of the polymeric sand such as cohesion strength, durability, stable silica content, and lightweight compared to the regular sand or asphalt pavers, thereby reducing dust and high usage in residential house and luxury homes. According to the U.S Census Bureau and U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development, the new residential construction building permits accounted for 1,859,000 in February 2022 in United States. The growing construction activities for housing and private apartments along with application in concrete pavers, patio, and others are propelling the growth of polymeric sand in the construction sector. Thus, with high demand of polymeric sand in the residential end-use sector, the global polymeric sand industry will grow during the forecast period. 

Polymeric Sand Market Segment Analysis – By Geography

By geography, the Asia Pacific is the fastest-growing region in the Polymeric Sand Market and is expected to grow with a CAGR of around 8.2% during the forecast period. The high demand of the polymeric sand in this region is influenced by the growing building and construction activities. The infrastructural development in major countries such as China, India, and others is driving the market for polymeric sand owing to its superior properties such as protection from harsh conditions, high strength, weed growth deterioration, and others. Furthermore, growing demand of luxury homes with swimming pool, patios, lawns, and others is boosting the growth of Polymeric Sand Market in the APAC region. According to the World Bank data, the value added by the construction sector of Japan accounted for around 28.74% of the GDP in 2019. The composition of silica sand, proprietary polymer, and others makes the polymeric sand an ideal option for interlocking pavers, patios, and hardscaping maintenance in the construction sector. Thus, with the growing residential and commercial planning and building activities in Asia Pacific, the Polymeric Sand Market will grow during the forecast period.

Polymeric Sand Market Drivers

High preference of polymeric sand compared to regular sand

The polymeric sand is composed of fine quartz sand, silica sand, proprietary polymers, and other, which offers excellent features such as high strength, durability, superior binding properties, and others. The preference of polymeric sand compared to the regular sand or asphalt pavers is offering a major drive in the market. The polymeric sand deter the weed, improves paver durability and quick installation, thereby making it a highly preferable construction material. For instance, 114 lakh houses were sanctioned under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna, with around 52 lakh houses completed in November 2021, thus boosting growth of residential sector and demand for polymeric sand in pavers, parking spaces, and others. Thus, with durability, high rain withstand, minimal dust, and weed control features, the demand of polymeric sand is high compared to regular sand options in the market, thereby offering major growth and demand in the global polymeric sand industry.

Increasing demand in the construction sector

The polymeric sand has growing demand in the construction sector for various residential, commercial and industrial building and construction activities. The polymeric sand is used in pavements, pool deck, auxiliary building spaces, patio, parking space, and others. The increasing usage of polymeric sand in the construction majorly in pavers for filling the gaps, along with auxiliary spaces, airports, and others. According to the National Investment Promotion and Facilitation Agency, the FDI in the construction development sector accounted for USD 26.16 billion, between April 2000 and September 2021. Moreover, the rising development for infrastructure and construction projects across the world is boosting the demand of polymeric sand material owing to its protection, durability, and minimal dust features, thereby offering major growth opportunities in the market.

Polymeric Sand Market Challenges

Availability of economical substitute and polyhaze formation

The polymeric sand is used in various construction applications for pavers, parking space, and others. The Polymeric Sand Market faces major challenge due to availability of other alternatives in the market such as cement, builder sand, envirosand, stone dust, and other as they offer various advantages such as versatility, long-lasting, and easy usability. The shift towards these alternatives restricts the growth of Polymeric Sand Market. Furthermore, the issue of polyhaze formation in the polymeric sand is a major challenge in the market. The presence of excess dust on surface before watering leaves haze and leaching problem, which is not seen in the envirosand alternative. Thus, the presence of better alternatives for polymeric sand is creating major growth restrain in the market.

Global Polymeric Sand Industry Outlook

The global polymeric sand top 10 companies include:

1. Fairmount Santrol
2. Ash Grove Packaging
3. Sale Marco
4. Promasonry
5. TCC Materials
6. SEK Surebond Inc.
7. Sakrete Inc.
8. Alliance Designer Products Inc.
9. Silpro
10. SRW Products

Recent Developments

The key strategies of major players in Polymeric Sand Market include:

• In March 2022, the Sika planned to acquire the Sablo Marco Inc, a leading manufacturer of polymeric sand and cementous products with the aim boost the annual sales and business portfolio.
• In January 2022, the Suvo Strategic Minerals planned to acquire the White Hill high grade silica sand project with target to boost portfolio across various end-users in the market.
• In April 2019, the Wynnchurch Capital acquired the Alliance Designer Products, Inc., a leading producer of polymeric sand and related products in construction sector, with the aim to boost customer base and development of superior product quality.

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