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Operators in the Printing Support Services industry have faced challenging operating conditions over the past few years. As the industry primarily services the Printing industry, the rising popularity of digital media weakening printing firms has decreasing industry demand. However, increased activity in downstream advertising and retail trade has supported demand for a range of pre- and post-press services, including image assembly, retouching and laminating. Support services are increasingly focused on providing niche services or reducing prices to help attract clients. Overall, industry revenue is expected to rise at an annualised 1.6% previous few years through 2023-24, to total $435.9 million. This trend includes an anticipated decline of 2.1% in the current year, due to intense price competition and generally weak demand from printing firms.Demand from book publishing has increased over previous years, as consumers continue to embrace printed books. This trend has supported demand for industry services like colour separation, image setting, typesetting and finishing. Growth in online publishing has continued to outpace print publishing, due to faster broadband speeds and increased internet connections. Intense competition among industry firms has encouraged firms to focus on timeliness and printing quality to attract and retain clients. Additionally, players have improved their efficiency by incorporating advanced technology over the period, supporting profit margins, which have risen over the period.Industry operators are forecast to grow over the next few years. Industry revenue is projected to rise at an annualised 1.9% over the coming years through 2028-29, to $477.9 million. Demand from the Printing industry is projected to increase marginally over the period. Moreover, demand from major markets lilke retail and fianance is projected to continue rising. These trends will contribute to rising industry revenue. However, printers are likely to continue internalising support services to reduce costs and improve their value-added offerings to clients, dampening demand for industry services.
Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 1.6 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $435.9m in 2023.
Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.
Company | Market Share (%)
2024 | Revenue ($m)
2024 |
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Innocean Worldwide Inc. | 8.7 | |
Schawk Australia Pty Limited | 8.7 |
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Pre-press services, Post-press services and Platemaking. Pre-press services is the largest segment of the Printing Support Services in Australia.
Technological advancements are making some pre-press services increasingly obsolete
Industry operators primarily provide printing support services, including pre-press, post-press and finishing services. Pre-press services include typesetting, colour separation and platemaking. Post-press and finishing services include laminating, embossing and bookbinding. Firms that primarily provide printing and desktop publishing services are excluded from the industry.
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ANZSIC 1612 - Printing Support Services in Australia
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The market size of the Printing Support Services industry in Australia is $435.9m in 2024.
There are 668 businesses in the Printing Support Services industry in Australia, which has grown at a CAGR of 0.2 % between 2018 and 2023.
The market size of the Printing Support Services industry in Australia has been growing at a CAGR of 1.6 % between 2018 and 2023.
Over the next five years, the Printing Support Services industry in Australia is expected to grow.
The biggest companies operating in the Printing Support Services market in Australia are Innocean Worldwide Inc. and Schawk Australia Pty Limited
Book repair services and Bookbinding services are part of the Printing Support Services industry.
The company holding the most market share in Australia is Innocean Worldwide Inc..
The level of competition is high and increasing in the Printing Support Services industry in Australia.