North American Floor Adhesives Market Growth Analysis | 2025-2031

Attractive Opportunities

“The North American floor adhesives market size was USD 1.1 billion in 2025 and is likely to grow at a decent CAGR of 3.1% in the long run to reach USD 1.3 billion in 2031.”

Market Dynamics

Introduction

Floor adhesives are specialized bonding agents used to secure flooring materials to subfloors or underlayments. They are crucial in ensuring stability, durability, and a smooth finish for various types of floors, such as tiles, wood, vinyl, carpet, and laminate. These adhesives can come in various forms, such as water-based, solvent-based, or reactive (epoxy, polyurethane, etc.), depending on the type of flooring and installation conditions.

Floor adhesives offer strong adhesion, moisture resistance, and flexibility to accommodate movement or temperature changes. Their application varies based on the material, with some requiring trowels, rollers, or sprayers for even distribution. Proper adhesive selection ensures long-lasting and reliable flooring installation.

Market Drivers

The growing North American construction industry, increasing consumption of adhesives in North America, increasing usage of water-based adhesives to reduce VOC emissions, replacement of mechanical fastening systems with adhesives, and the ability of adhesives to bond dissimilar materials are the key factors that are driving the growth of floor adhesives in the North American market.

The market dynamics of floor adhesives in North America are different from those of other parts of the world. The region has an overall high penetration of adhesives in flooring applications as compared to the Asia-Pacific, which is the largest flooring adhesives market. Also, the per capita consumption of floor adhesives is quite higher in North America as compared to that of the Asia-Pacific.

Recent Market JVs and Acquisitions:

A considerable number of strategic alliances, including M&As, JVs, etc., have been performed over the past few years:

• In February 2022, Arkema acquired Ashland’s Performance Adhesives business, supporting Bostik’s growth in sustainable high-performance solutions.
• In February 2024, Sika acquired DriTac’s flooring adhesives business (DriTac is a US-based floor covering adhesives company), expanding its footprint in the US interior finishing market.

Segment Analysis

By Material Type

“Acrylic is expected to remain the most preferred material type in the market during the forecast period.”

In terms of material type, the market is segmented into epoxy, polyurethane, acrylic, vinyl, and other materials. Acrylics represent the dominant material type and are also expected to register the fastest growth over the forecast period, driven by their increasing use in luxury vinyl tile (LVT) flooring and carpet applications. Acrylic adhesives offer excellent adhesion to these substrates, making them the preferred choice for installers and OEMs. Polyurethane is expected to remain the second-largest material segment during the same period, supported by its higher usage in wood flooring applications.

By Application Type

“Carpet is expected to hold a major market share of the North American floor adhesives market during the forecast period.”

Based on the application type, the market is segmented into vinyl flooring, wood & laminate, carpet, ceramic tiles, and other applications. Carpet flooring is likely to remain dominant in the market due to the strong prevalence of carpet flooring (both in residential and commercial applications), widespread use of carpet tiles in commercial buildings, frequent renovation cycles, and strong preference for adhesive-based, low-VOC installation systems.

Vinyl flooring application is expected to witness the highest growth during the forecast period, driven by increasing demand for luxury vinyl tiles (LVT) in North America.

By Technology Type

“Water-based adhesive is expected to remain the most preferred technology type in the market in the coming years."

Based on the technology type, the market is segmented as water-based adhesives, solvent-based adhesives, hot melt/relative or hot melt-based adhesives, and other technologies. Water-based technology currently dominates the North American floor adhesives market and is also likely to grow at the highest rate during the forecast period, driven by stringent regulations regarding reducing VOC emissions in order to create a safer environment.

Regional Insights

“The USA is expected to remain the largest market for North American floor adhesives during the forecast period."

The North American floor adhesives market is further segmented based on countries (The USA, Canada, and Mexico). The USA dominates the region’s market owing to the largest construction and renovation base, high carpet and vinyl flooring penetration, higher per capita consumption, strong commercial demand, and early adoption of advanced, low-VOC adhesive technologies.

Competitive Landscape

The North American floor adhesives market is moderately concentrated, with moderate players across the North American region. The supply chain of this market comprises raw material suppliers, floor adhesive manufacturers, dealers & distributors, and flooring installers. The following are some of the key players in the North American floor adhesives market.

Here is the list of the Top Players (Based on Dominance)

• Arkema Inc. (Bostik)
• H. B. Fuller
• RPM International Inc.
• Sika AG
• MAPEI Corporation
• Huntsman Corporation

Note: The above list does not necessarily include all the top players in the market.

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Report Features

This report provides market intelligence most comprehensively. The report structure has been kept so that it offers maximum business value. It provides critical insights into market dynamics and will enable strategic decision-making for existing market players as well as those willing to enter the market. The following are the key features of the report:

• Market structure: Overview, industry life cycle analysis, supply chain analysis.
• Market environment analysis: Growth drivers and constraints, Porter’s five forces analysis, SWOT analysis.
• Market trend and forecast analysis.
• Market segment trend and forecast.
• Competitive landscape and dynamics: Market share, Service portfolio, New Product Launches, etc.
• COVID-19 impact and its recovery curve.
• Attractive market segments and associated growth opportunities.
• Emerging trends.
• Strategic growth opportunities for the existing and new players.
• Key success factors.

The North American floor adhesives market is segmented into the following categories.

North American Floor Adhesives Market, by Material Type

• Epoxy
• Polyurethane
• Arcylic
• Other Materials

North American Floor Adhesives Market, by Application Type

• Vinyl Flooring
• Wood & Laminate
• Carpet
• Ceramic Tiles
• Other Applications

North American Floor Adhesives Market, by Technology Type

·       Water-based Adhesives

·       Solvent-based Adhesives

·       Hot Melt/Relative or Hot Melt-based Adhesives

•  Other Technologies

North American Floor Adhesives Market, by End-User Type

• Residential
• Commercial
• Industrial

North American Floor Adhesives Market, by Country

• The USA
• Canada
• Mexico

Research Methodology

• This strategic assessment report from Stratview Research provides a comprehensive analysis that reflects today’s North American floor adhesives market realities and future market possibilities for the forecast period. 
• The report segments and analyzes the market in the most detailed manner in order to provide a panoramic view of the market.
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• This report offers high-quality insights and is the outcome of a detailed research methodology comprising extensive secondary research, rigorous primary interviews with industry stakeholders, and validation and triangulation with Stratview Research’s internal database and statistical tools.
• More than 1,000 authenticated secondary sources, such as company annual reports, fact books, press releases, journals, investor presentations, white papers, patents, and articles, have been leveraged to gather the data.
• We conducted more than 15 detailed primary interviews with market players across the value chain in the North American region and industry experts to obtain both qualitative and quantitative insights.

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