This article lists rankings of semiconductor equipment suppliers by sales (in US-Dollar).
An IC equipment supplier's revenue is classified as sales of systems used to manufacture semiconductors, thin-film heads, MEMS, and integrated circuits, as well as service, support, and retrofitted systems (flat panel displays are not included).
A number of industry sources of data exist. Former VLSI Research, which is now part of TechInsights, [1] provide yearly (priced) data insights.
COVID-19 impacted the supply chain of equipment manufacturers. However, ASML and Applied Materials "jumped" above the $20B and Lam Research and TEL cleared the $16B mark. [2]
Source: Unknown (likely: VLSI Research)
Rank | Company | Revenue | Market share | |
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2017 | (Billion $USD) | |||
1 | Applied Materials | 10.696 | 20.9% | |
2 | Lam Research | 8.140 | 15.9% | |
3 | Tokyo Electron | 7.203 | 14.1% | |
4 | ASML | 7.186 | 14% | |
5 | KLA-Tencor | 2.817 | 5.5% | |
6 | Dainippon Screen | 2.390 | 2.7% | |
7 | SEMES | 1.049 | 2.1% | |
8 | Teradyne | 1.031 | 2.0% | |
9 | Hitachi KE | 0.972 | 1.9% | |
10 | Daifuku | 0.690 | 1.3% |
Source : VLSI Research Inc supplied rankings for 2016 [3]
Rank | Company | Revenue | |
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2016 | (million $USD) | ||
1 | Applied Materials | 9875.5 | |
2 | ASML | 7343.7 | |
3 | Lam Research | 6375.0 | |
4 | Tokyo Electron | 6064.3 | |
5 | KLA-Tencor | 3199.6 | |
6 | Dainippon Screen | 1786.5 | |
7 | Advantest | 1415.0 | |
8 | Teradyne | 1368.5 | |
9 | Hitachi High-Technologies | 1129.1 | |
10 | ASM Pacific Technology | 930.1 |
Rank | Company | 2013 Market Share (%) | Revenue | |
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2013 | 2012 | (million $USD) | ||
1 | 1 | Applied Materials | 16.2 | 5,460.1 |
2 | 2 | ASML | 15.7 | 5,302.8 |
3 | 4 | Lam Research | 9.4 | 3,163. |
4 | 3 | Tokyo Electron | 9.1 | 3,057.1 |
5 | 5 | KLA-Tencor | 6.4 | 2,163.4 |
6 | 6 | Dainippon Screen | 3.6 | 1,222.7 |
7 | 8 | Hitachi High-Technologies | 2.6 | 862.0 |
8 | 7 | Advantest | 2.5 | 844.8 |
9 | 11 | Teradyne | 2.4 | 822.0 |
10 | 9 | Nikon | 1.9 | 636.3 |
Others | 30.3 | 10,243.5 | ||
Total Market | 100.0 | 33,778.0 |
Rank | Company | Country of origin | Sales | |
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2011 | 2010 | (million $USD) | ||
1 | - | ASML | Netherlands | 7,877.1 |
2 | - | Applied Materials | USA | 7,437.8 |
3 | - | Tokyo Electron | Japan | 6,203.3 |
4 | - | KLA Tencor | USA | 3,106.6 |
5 | - | Lam Research | USA | 2,804.1 |
6 | - | Dainippon Screen | Japan | 2,104.9 |
7 | - | Nikon | Japan | 1,645.5 |
8 | - | Advantest | Japan | 1,446.7 |
9 | - | ASM International | Netherlands | 1443.0 |
10 | - | Novellus Systems | USA | 1,318.7 |
11 | - | Hitachi High-Tech | Japan | 1,138.7 |
12 | - | Teradyne | USA | 1,106.2 |
13 | - | Varian Semiconductor | USA | 1096.3 |
14 | - | Hitachi Kokusai Electronic | Japan | 838.4 |
15 | - | kulicke & soffa | USA | 780.9 |
Source : VLSI Research Inc supplied rankings for 2009
Rank | Company | Country of origin | Revenue | |
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2009 | 2008 | (million $USD) | ||
1 | 1 | Applied Materials | USA | 3,597 |
2 | 3 | Tokyo Electron | Japan | 2,324 |
3 | 2 | ASML | Netherlands | 2,268 |
4 | 6 | Nikon | Japan | 1,547 |
5 | 4 | KLA Tencor | USA | 1323 |
6 | 5 | Lam Research | USA | 1,198 |
7 | 9 | Dainippon Screen | Japan | 805 |
8 | 11 | ASM International | Netherlands | 690 |
9 | 10 | Novellus Systems | USA | 582 |
10 | 12 | Teradyne | USA | 552 |
11 | 8 | Hitachi High-Tech | Japan | 474 |
12 | 13 | Advantest | Japan | 416 |
13 | 18 | Aixtron | Germany | 412 |
14 | 14 | Varian Semiconductor | USA | 396 |
15 | 15 | Verigy | Singapore | 333 |
Source : VLSI Research Inc supplied rankings for 2008
Rank | Company | Country of origin | Revenue | |
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2008 | 2007 | (million $USD) | ||
1 | 1 | Applied Materials | USA | 5,878 |
2 | 3 | ASML | Netherlands | 4,367 |
3 | 2 | Tokyo Electron | Japan | 4,343 |
4 | 4 | KLA Tencor | USA | 2,112 |
5 | 5 | Lam Research | USA | 1,904 |
6 | 6 | Nikon | Japan | 1,742 |
7 | 11 | Canon | Japan | 1,090 |
8 | 9 | Hitachi High-Tech | Japan | 1,056 |
9 | 10 | Dainippon Screen | Japan | 1,041 |
10 | 8 | Novellus Systems | USA | 970 |
11 | 12 | ASM International | Netherlands | 961 |
12 | 14 | Teradyne | USA | 925 |
13 | 7 | Advantest | Japan | 884 |
14 | 13 | Varian Semiconductor | USA | 687 |
15 | 15 | Verigy | Singapore | 606 |
Source : VLSI Research Inc supplied rankings for 2007
Rank | Company | Country of origin | Revenue | |
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2007 | 2006 | (million $USD) | ||
1 | 1 | Applied Materials | USA | 8,525 |
2 | 2 | Tokyo Electron | Japan | 6,291 |
3 | 3 | ASML | Netherlands | 5,145 |
4 | 4 | KLA Tencor | USA | 2,771 |
5 | 5 | Lam Research | USA | 2,624 |
6 | 7 | Nikon | Japan | 2,148 |
7 | 6 | Advantest | Japan | 1,657 |
8 | 8 | Novellus Systems | USA | 1,510 |
9 | 11 | Hitachi High-Tech | Japan | 1,385 |
10 | 9 | Dainippon Screen | Japan | 1,330 |
11 | 10 | Canon | Japan | 1,309 |
12 | 13 | ASM International | Netherlands | 1,172 |
13 | 13 | Varian Semiconductor | USA | 1,074 |
14 | 12 | Teradyne | USA | 877 |
15 | 15 | Verigy | Singapore | 761 |
Source : VLSI Research Inc supplied rankings for 2006
Rank | Company | Country of origin | Revenue | |
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2006 | 2005 | (million $USD) | ||
1 | - | Applied Materials | USA | 8,557 |
2 | - | Tokyo Electron | Japan | 5,030 |
3 | - | ASML | Netherlands | 4,538 |
4 | - | KLA Tencor | USA | 2,349 |
5 | - | Lam Research | USA | 2,201 |
6 | - | Advantest | Japan | 1,907 |
7 | - | Nikon | Japan | 1,881 |
8 | - | Novellus Systems | USA | 1,637 |
9 | - | Dainippon Screen | Japan | 1,323 |
10 | - | Canon | Japan | 1,288 |
11 | - | Hitachi High-Tech | Japan | 1,264 |
12 | - | Teradyne | USA | 1,089 |
13 | - | ASM International | Netherlands | 968 |
14 | - | Varian Semiconductor | USA | 786 |
15 | - | Verigy (1) | Singapore | 375 |
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