27.01.2025
Global Printing Industry Trends for 2025
Traditionally, at the beginning of the year, Quocirca analysts make predictions (based on surveys of numerous IT product and service customers) about the key trends that will shape the structure and dynamics of the global printing market over the next 12 months.
In January 2025, they highlighted the most significant trends: vendor/provider pool consolidation, a decrease in physical print volumes, and the need for the entire sales channel to adapt more actively to rapidly changing customer demands for printing equipment.
- 84% of surveyed organizations plan to increase spending on AI in 2025.
- 62% of surveyed managers consider AI a threat to information security.
- Growing fragmentation of cloud infrastructure and customer concerns about data security are barriers to moving printing infrastructure to the cloud.
- Customers are striving to simplify and reduce their IT costs, accelerating the convergence between MPS (Managed Print Services) and comprehensive managed IT service platforms.
- 48% of respondents receive managed print and IT services from a single provider, creating conditions for the consolidation of players in the printing channel.
- Competition for the shrinking print market will intensify, and those who find innovative solutions and strengthen customer loyalty will be able to solidify and expand their positions.