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Recordable Media Manufacturing in the US - Market Research Report (2014-2029)

Alexia Moreno Zambrano Alexia Moreno Zambrano New York, United States Last Updated: September 2024 NAICS 33461

Revenue

$1.6bn

2024

$1.6bn

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$XX.Xm

Employees

4,270

Businesses

285

Wages

$XXX.Xm

Recordable Media Manufacturing in the US industry analysis

Recordable media producers have endured large losses over the past two decades. The growing popularity of electronic devices and the rapid development of internet-based solutions have pushed consumers toward digital media, particularly streaming services. Streaming platforms offer users access to an extensive content catalog for a fixed price, making it particularly cost-efficient for people who consume a lot of media. Similarly, businesses have transitioned to digital software downloads and cloud data storage. The accessibility, convenience and affordability of services that digital media platforms provide are key drivers of this shift and revenue losses. However, producers benefited largely from a jump in demand for traditional media, particularly from music fans buying more vinyl. Similarly, companies must invest in more recordable media to back up their data. These trends have led to revenue growing at an estimated CAGR of 1.9% to $1.6 billion through the end of 2024, including a 5.8% dip that year alone. 

Trends and Insights

  • Physical media is losing ground to digital streaming services. With high-speed internet and affordable subscriptions, consumers find the convenience and cost-efficiency of streaming far more appealing than buying CDs or Blu-rays.
  • The convenience of streaming platforms for music, movies and shows has surpassed traditional formats. 99.0% of domestic households now subscribing to services like Netflix have fundamentally changed media consumption.
  • California's proximity to the film, music and tech industries helps it dominate recordable media production. The state’s strategic location simplifies supply chains and strengthens ties with key buyers.
  • Streaming services are revolutionizing media consumption. These services offer more flexibility and choices at a fraction of the cost compared to traditional discs, making them highly attractive to most consumers.

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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2014-2029)

Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 1.9 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $1.6bn in 2024.

Trends and Insights

Physical media is being phased out, although demand is slowly recovering

  • In particular, complementary goods to physical media, like computers and TVs, no longer include slots for CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs, making physical media inconvenient compared with online streaming.
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Recordable Media Manufacturing in the US
Revenue (2014-2029)
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Industry outlook (2024-2029)

Market size is projected to decline over the next five years.

Trends and Insights

Downstream companies will continue to rely on recordable media for reliable data backups

  • Online hosting software will become increasingly popular as part of a move to consolidate company information technology (IT) services onto the internet, which allows software companies to reach consumers without the need for a middleman.

Biggest companies in the Recordable Media Manufacturing in the US

Company
Market Share (%)
2024
Revenue ($m)
2024
Profit ($m)
2024
Profit Margin (%)
2024
Technicolor
397.5
-9.4
-2.4
Sony Corporation
187.8
20.0
10.6
Fujifilm Holdings Corp
75.8
1.3
1.7

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Products & Services Segmentation

Recordable Media Manufacturing in the US
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Optical and magnetic recording media manufacturing, Reproduction of full-length audio discs and Reproduction of full-length video recording media . Optical and magnetic recording media manufacturing is the largest segment of the Recordable Media Manufacturing in the US.

Trends and Insights

Prerecorded media reproduction shrinks as streaming services grow popular

  • Producers of recordable media mainly reproduce prerecorded audio and video material in mass quantities on magnetic or optical media, such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, tapes or cartridges.
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Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

This industry encapsulates enterprises that manufacture optical and magnetic media. These include blank audio tapes, video tapes, diskettes, compact discs (CDs), digital versatile discs (DVDs) and Blu-ray discs. Companies in this industry also mass duplicate audio, video, software and other data on magnetic, optical or similar media. This industry excludes circuit board-based storage technologies, such as MP3 players, flash drives, hard disks and portable hard disk drives.

What's included in this industry?

Blank optical and magnetic media manufacturingMass-reproducing softwareMass-reproducing game cartridge softwareMass-reproducing cassette tapes and compact discsMass-reproducing optical discsPhonograph record manufacturingMass-reproducing videotapes

Companies

TechnicolorSony CorporationFujifilm Holdings Corp

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Related Terms

DVD (DIGITAL VERSATLIE/VIDEO DISC)CD (COMPACT DISC)BLU-RAYHIGH DEFINITION TV (HDTV)CLOUD COMPUTINGOPEN SOURCEOFFSHORING

Industry Code

NAICS 2017

NAICS 33461 - Recordable Media Manufacturing in the US

Performance

Get an indication of the industry's health through historical, current and forward-looking trends in the performance indicators that make or break businesses.

Analyst insights

Physical media is losing ground to digital streaming services. With high-speed internet and affordable subscriptions, consumers find the convenience and cost-efficiency of st...

In this chapter (4)

  • Current Performance
  • Outlook
  • Volatility
  • Life Cycle

Key metrics

  • Annual Revenue, Recent Growth, Forecast, Revenue Volatility
  • Number of Employees, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Employee
  • Number of Businesses, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Business
  • Total Profit, Profit Margin, Profit per Business

Charts

  • Revenue, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Employees, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Businesses, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Profit, including historical (2014-2024)
  • Industry Volatility vs. Revenue Growth
  • Industry Life Cycle

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in supply, demand and current events that are driving current industry performance
  • Expected trends, economic factors and ongoing events that drive the industry's outlook
  • Key success factors for businesses to overcome volatility
  • How contribution to GDP, industry saturation, innovation, consolidation, and technology and systems influence the industry's life cycle phase.

Products and Markets

Learn about an industry's products and services, markets and trends in international trade.

Analyst insight

The convenience of streaming platforms for music, movies and shows has surpassed traditional formats. 99.0% of domestic households now subscribing to services like Netflix ha...

In this chapter

  • Products & Services
  • Major Markets
  • International Trade

Key metrics

  • Largest market segment and value in 2024
  • Product innovation level
  • Total imports, level and trend
  • Total exports, level and trend
  • Trade Balance

Charts

  • Products & services segmentation in 2024
  • Major market segmentation in 2024
  • International trade, including imports by country and exports by country

Detailed analysis

  • Trends impacting the recent performance of the industry's various segments
  • Innovations in the industry's product or service offering, specialization or delivery method
  • Key factors that successful businesses consider in their offerings
  • Buying segments and key trends influencing demand for industry products and services
  • Recent trends in import and export volumes, country of origin or destination, and expected future trends

Geographic Breakdown

Discover where business activity is most concentrated in an industry and the factors driving these trends to find opportunities and conduct regional benchmarking.

Analyst insights

California's proximity to the film, music and tech industries helps it dominate recordable media production. The state’s strategic location simplifies supply chains and stren...

In this chapter (1)

  • Business Locations

Charts

  • Share of revenue, establishment, wages and employment in each state
  • Share of population compared to establishments in each region in 2024

Tables

  • Number and share of establishments in each state in 2024
  • Number and share of revenue each state accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of wages each state accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of employees in each state in 2024

Detailed analysis

  • Geographic spread of the industry across North America, and trends associated with changes in the business landscape
  • Key success factors for businesses to use location to their advantage

Competitive Forces

Get data and insights on what's driving competition in an industry and the challenges industry operators and new entrants may face, with analysis built around Porter's Five Forces framework.

Analyst insights

Streaming services are revolutionizing media consumption. These services offer more flexibility and choices at a fraction of the cost compared to traditional discs, making th...

In this chapter (4)

  • Concentration
  • Barriers to Entry
  • Substitutes
  • Buyer & Supplier Analysis

Key metrics

  • Industry concentration level
  • Industry competition level and trend
  • Barriers to entry level and trend
  • Substitutes level and trend
  • Buyer power level and trend
  • Supplier power level and trend

Charts

  • Market share concentration among the top 4 suppliers from 2019-2024
  • Supply chain including upstream supplying industries and downstream buying industries, flow chart

Detailed analysis

  • Factors impacting the industry’s level of concentration, such as business distribution, new entrants, or merger and acquisition activity.
  • Key success factors for businesses to manage the competitive environment of the industry.
  • Challenges that potential industry entrants face such as legal, start-up costs, differentiation, labor/capital intensity and capital expenses.
  • Key success factors for potential entrants to overcome barriers to entry.
  • Competitive threats from potential substitutes for the industry’s own products and services.
  • Key success factors for how successful businesses can compete with substitutes.
  • Advantages that buyers have to keep favorable purchasing conditions.
  • Advantages that suppliers have to maintain favorable selling conditions.
  • Key success factors for how businesses can navigate buyer and supplier power.

Companies

Learn about the performance of the top companies in the industry.

Analyst insights

The industry's top manufacturers dominate a significant portion of the market. As the industry continues to contract, some companies will exit, allowing remaining manufacture...

In this chapter

  • Market Share Concentration
  • Companies
  • Company Spotlights

Charts

  • Industry market share by company in 2020 through 2024
  • Major companies in the industry, including market share, revenue, profit and profit margin in 2024
  • Overview of Technicolor's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of Sony Corporation's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of Fujifilm Holdings Corp's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024

Detailed analysis

  • Description and key data for Technicolor, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Sony Corporation, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Fujifilm Holdings Corp, and factors influencing its performance in the industry

External Environment

Understand the demographic, economic and regulatory factors that shape how businesses in an industry perform.   

Analyst insights

State and federal antipiracy laws make unauthorized copying illegal. Duplicating software or music without permission will land individuals and companies serious financial an...

In this chapter

  • External Drivers
  • Regulation & Policy
  • Assistance

Key metrics

  • Regulation & policy level and trend
  • Assistance level and trend

Charts

  • Regulation & Policy historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 
  • Assistance historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 

Detailed analysis

  • Demographic and macroeconomic factors influencing the industry, including Regulation & Policy and Assistance
  • Major types of regulations, regulatory bodies, industry standards or specific regulations impacting requirements for industry operators
  • Key governmental and non-governmental groups or policies that may provide some relief for industry operators.

Financial Benchmarks

View average costs for industry operators and compare financial data against an industry's financial benchmarks over time. 

Analyst insights

Large producers benefit from higher profit. With established contracts and economies of scale, giants like Sony and Fujifilm can secure steady input prices and invest in auto...

In this chapter

  • Cost Structure
  • Financial Ratios
  • Key Ratios

Key metrics

  • Profit margin, and how it compares to the sector-wide margin
  • Average wages, and how it compares to the sector-wide average wage
  • Largest cost component as a percentage of revenue
  • Industry average ratios for days' receivables, industry coverage and debt-to-net-worth ratio

Charts

  • Average industry operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
  • Average sector operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
  • Investment vs. share of economy

Data tables

  • Industry Multiples (2017-2022)
  • Industry Tax Structure (2017-2022)
  • Income Statement (2017-2022)
  • Balance Sheet (2017-2022)
  • Liquidity Ratios (2017-2022)
  • Coverage Ratios (2017-2022)
  • Leverage Ratios  (2017-2022)
  • Operating Ratios (2017-2022)
  • Cash Flow & Debt Service Ratios (2014-2029)
  • Revenue per Employee (2014-2029)
  • Revenue per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • Employees per Establishment (2014-2029)
  • Employees per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • Average Wage (2014-2029)
  • Wages/Revenue (2014-2029)
  • Establishments per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • IVA/Revenue (2014-2029)
  • Imports/Demand (2014-2029)
  • Exports/Revenue (2014-2029)

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in the cost component for industry operators and their impact on industry costs and profitability 

Key Statistics

Industry Data

Data Tables

Including values and annual change:

  • Revenue (2014-2029)
  • IVA (2014-2029)
  • Establishments (2014-2029)
  • Enterprises (2014-2029)
  • Employment (2014-2029)
  • Exports (2014-2029)
  • Imports (2014-2029)
  • Wages (2014-2029)

Top Questions Answered

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What is the market size of the Recordable Media Manufacturing in the US industry in United States in 2024?

The market size of the Recordable Media Manufacturing in the US industry in United States is $1.6bn in 2024.

How many businesses are there in the Recordable Media Manufacturing in the US industry in 2024?

There are 285 businesses in the Recordable Media Manufacturing in the US industry in United States, which has declined at a CAGR of 5.4 % between 2019 and 2024.

Has the Recordable Media Manufacturing in the US industry in United States grown or declined over the past 5 years?

The market size of the Recordable Media Manufacturing in the US industry in United States has been growing at a CAGR of 1.9 % between 2019 and 2024.

What is the forecast growth of the Recordable Media Manufacturing in the US industry in United States over the next 5 years?

Over the next five years, the Recordable Media Manufacturing in the US industry in United States is expected to decline.

What are the biggest companies in the Recordable Media Manufacturing in the US market in United States?

The biggest companies operating in the Recordable Media Manufacturing market in United States are Technicolor, Sony Corporation and Fujifilm Holdings Corp

What does the Recordable Media Manufacturing in the US in United States include?

Blank optical and magnetic media manufacturing and Mass-reproducing software are part of the Recordable Media Manufacturing in the US industry.

Which companies have the highest market share in the Recordable Media Manufacturing in the US in United States?

The company holding the most market share in United States is Technicolor.

How competitive is the Recordable Media Manufacturing in the US industry in United States?

The level of competition is high and increasing in the Recordable Media Manufacturing in the US industry in United States.

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Competitors

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Complementors

  • Computer Manufacturing in the US
  • Computer Peripheral Manufacturing in the US
  • Audio & Video Equipment Manufacturing in the US
  • Semiconductor & Circuit Manufacturing in the US
  • Software Publishing in the US
  • Movie & Video Distribution in the US
  • Movie & Video Production in the US
  • Television Production in the US

International industries

  • Reproduction of Recorded Media in Australia

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