Bead Wire Market Size Report 2026

Bead Wire Market Size Report 2026

On Dec 31, Global Info Research released "Global Bead Wire Market 2026 by Manufacturers, Regions, Type and Application, Forecast to 2032". This report includes an overview of the development of the Bead Wire industry chain, the market status of Bead Wire Market, and key enterprises in developed and developing market, and analysed the cutting-edge technology, patent, hot applications and market trends of Bead Wire.

According to our (Global Info Research) latest study, the global Bead Wire market size was valued at US$ 1600 million in 2025 and is forecast to a readjusted size of USD million by 2032 with a CAGR of % during review period.
In 2024, global Bead Wire production reached 1,953,261 Tons, with an average global market price of around US$ 778 per ton. Bead wire is a high-strength metallic wire made from high-carbon steel and coated with brass or bronze to enhance adhesion with rubber. It features excellent tensile strength, outstanding flexibility, superior fatigue resistance and precise linearity, serving as the critical reinforcement material in the tire bead. Its primary function is to maintain the tire’s shape and ensure a secure lock on the rim under inflation pressure and various external forces. Bead wire is widely used in bicycle and motorcycle tires, passenger car tires, light-truck tires, truck and bus tires, as well as aircraft tires.
Bead wire is the critical reinforcement material located in the bead area of a tire, ensuring a secure mechanical lock between the tire and rim under high-speed, high-load and high-torque conditions. As passenger cars, electric vehicles, heavy-duty trucks and off-highway machinery move toward higher performance requirements, bead wire is evolving from a basic structural element into a key performance-defining component. Industry development is driven by rising tensile grades, longer fatigue life, finer wire diameters with higher strength, and bead-sealing enhancements required by EV tires, forming a clear technological upgrade path and long-term growth story.
Upstream materials consist mainly of high-carbon steel rod such as C72D and C82D, whose price fluctuations directly influence bead-wire profitability. Midstream production relies on multi-pass drawing machines, continuous annealing furnaces and brass-plating lines, with equipment stability determining product consistency. Downstream customers include major global tire manufacturers such as Michelin, Bridgestone, Goodyear, Hankook, ZC Rubber and Sailun, where supplier qualification typically results in long-term locked supply relationships. Typical single-line capacity ranges from 25,000 to 40,000 tons per year, while leading plants may reach 200,000 to 400,000 tons annually, making automation, tension-control capability and overall process reliability the core competitive factors.
The cost structure of bead wire is dominated by high-carbon steel rod, which generally accounts for 68%–72% of total cost, followed by labor at 6%–8% and manufacturing overhead—energy consumption, annealing, plating chemicals, maintenance and depreciation—at 20%–25%. Gross margins normally remain in the 10%–15% range and may reach 15%–20% for high-end grades; profitability depends heavily on stable raw-material sourcing, large-scale qualified supply to tire manufacturers and efficient utilization of production lines. The industry’s financial performance is closely tied to cost discipline and continuous customer approval cycles.
Downstream consumption intensity provides a clear basis for demand estimation: a passenger-car tire typically requires 0.15–0.35 kg of bead wire, a truck or bus tire 0.6–1.2 kg, and large off-highway tires 2–6 kg. Commercial transactions involve wire-diameter specifications such as 0.96 mm, 1.295 mm, 1.55 mm and 1.83 mm; tensile grades; brass-coating thickness; single-wire or multi-wire configurations; coil or drum packaging; delivery cycles of 2–5 weeks; and payment terms such as TT or LC. Upstream rod consumption usually ranges from 1.02 to 1.05 tons of steel rod for every ton of finished bead wire, reflecting process losses and coating requirements.
The bead-wire industry structure follows a straightforward upstream-midstream-downstream model spanning steel production, wire-drawing and tire manufacturing. Major production regions include China, South Korea, Japan, India and Europe, with leading companies such as Bekaert, Kiswire, Hyosung, Rajratan, Heico Wire Group, TATA Steel and WireCo. Key Chinese manufacturers include Xingda Steel Cord Co., Ltd., Shandong Daye Co., Ltd., Guizhou Wire Rope Co., Ltd. and Shandong King Industrial Co., Ltd. Industry opportunities are driven by EV-tire demand, heavy-duty engineering applications, and tire-capacity expansion in India, Southeast Asia and the Americas, creating sustained momentum for higher-tensile grades, ultra-fine diameters, improved corrosion-resistant plating and further production-line automation.
This report is a detailed and comprehensive analysis for global Bead Wire market. Both quantitative and qualitative analyses are presented by manufacturers, by region & country, by Type and by Application. As the market is constantly changing, this report explores the competition, supply and demand trends, as well as key factors that contribute to its changing demands across many markets. Company profiles and product examples of selected competitors, along with market share estimates of some of the selected leaders for the year 2025, are provided.

Sample Report Request Bead Wire
https://www.globalinforesearch.com/reports/3352115/bead-wire

Market segment by Type: 0.70-0.90 mm、 0.91-1.20 mm、 1.21-3.00 mm
Market segment by Application: Passenger Car Tire、 Light Truck Tire、 Truck & Bus Tire、 OTR、 Agricultural Tire、 Industrial & Specialty Tire、 Motorcycle/Bicycle Tire
Major players covered:  Bekaert、 Kiswire、 Hyosung、 Rajratan、 Heico Wire Group、 TATA Steel、 WireCo、 Shandong Daye (China)、 PT Gajah Tunggal Tbk、 Xingda、 King Industrial (China)、 Hubei Fuxing Science and Technology ., Ltd. (China)、 Zibo Chuangda Industry Co.,Ltd. (China)、 Sumitomo Electric、 Tokusen Kogyo、 Jiangsu Shengda Technology、 Shandong Jingwei Steel Cord、 NINGBO XINGLUN BEAD WIRE、 Zenith Steel Group、 Guizhou Wire Rope (China)
Market segment by region, regional analysis covers:
North America (United States, Canada and Mexico),
Europe (Germany, France, United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, and Rest of Europe),
Asia-Pacific (China, Japan, Korea, India, Southeast Asia, and Australia),
South America (Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, and Rest of South America),
Middle East & Africa (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, South Africa, and Rest of Middle East & Africa).

The content of the study subjects, includes a total of 15 chapters:
Chapter 1, to describe Bead Wire product scope, market overview, market estimation caveats and base year.
Chapter 2, to profile the top manufacturers of Bead Wire, with price, sales, revenue and global market share of Bead Wire from 2021 to 2025.
Chapter 3, the Bead Wire competitive situation, sales quantity, revenue and global market share of top manufacturers are analyzed emphatically by landscape contrast.
Chapter 4, the Bead Wire breakdown data are shown at the regional level, to show the sales quantity, consumption value and growth by regions, from 2021 to 2032.
Chapter 5 and 6, to segment the sales by Type and application, with sales market share and growth rate by type, application, from 2021 to 2032.
Chapter 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, to break the sales data at the country level, with sales quantity, consumption value and market share for key countries in the world, from 2021 to 2025.and Bead Wire market forecast, by regions, type and application, with sales and revenue, from 2026 to 2032.
Chapter 12, market dynamics, drivers, restraints, trends and Porters Five Forces analysis.
Chapter 13, the key raw materials and key suppliers, and industry chain of Bead Wire.
Chapter 14 and 15, to describe Bead Wire sales channel, distributors, customers, research findings and conclusion.

Data Sources:
Via authorized organizations:customs statistics, industrial associations, relevant international societies, and academic publications etc.
Via trusted Internet sources.Such as industry news, publications on this industry, annual reports of public companies, Bloomberg Business, Wind Info, Hoovers, Factiva (Dow Jones & Company), Trading Economics, News Network, Statista, Federal Reserve Economic Data, BIS Statistics, ICIS, Companies House Documentsm, investor presentations, SEC filings of companies, etc.
Via interviews. Our interviewees includes manufacturers, related companies, industry experts, distributors, business (sales) staff, directors, CEO, marketing executives, executives from related industries/organizations, customers and raw material suppliers to obtain the latest information on the primary market;
Via data exchange. We have been consulting in this industry for 16 years and have collaborations with the players in this field. Thus, we get access to (part of) their unpublished data, by exchanging with them the data we have.

From our partners.We have information agencies as partners and they are located worldwide, thus we get (or purchase) the latest data from them.
Via our long-term tracking and gathering of data from this industry.We have a database that contains history data regarding the market.

About Us:

Global Info Research
Web: https://www.globalinforesearch.com
Email: report@globalinforesearch.com

Global Info Research is a company that digs deep into global industry information to support enterprises with market strategies and in-depth market development analysis reports. We provides market information consulting services in the global region to support enterprise strategic planning and official information reporting, and focuses on customized research, management consulting, IPO consulting, industry chain research, database and top industry services. At the same time, Global Info Research is also a report publisher, a customer and an interest-based suppliers, and is trusted by more than 30,000 companies around the world. We will always carry out all aspects of our business with excellent expertise and experience.