Semiconductor equipment sales leaders by year

Last updated July 04, 2024

This article lists rankings of semiconductor equipment suppliers by sales (in US-Dollar).

Definition

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).

Sources

A number of industry sources of data exist. Former VLSI Research, which is now part of TechInsights,^[1] provide yearly (priced) data insights.

Sales Rankings (Years)

2021

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]

2017

Source: Unknown (likely: VLSI Research)

Rank	Company	Revenue	Market share
2017	Company	(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%

2016

Source : VLSI Research Inc supplied rankings for 2016 ^[3]

Rank	Company	Revenue
2016	Company	(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

2013

Source : Gartner, Inc. supplied rankings for 2013

Rank		Company	2013 Market Share (%)	Revenue
2013	2012	Company	2013 Market Share (%)	(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

2011

Source : VLSI Research Inc supplied rankings for 2011

Rank		Company	Country of origin	Sales
2011	2010	Company	Country of origin	(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

2009

Source : VLSI Research Inc supplied rankings for 2009

Rank		Company	Country of origin	Revenue
2009	2008	Company	Country of origin	(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

2008

Source : VLSI Research Inc supplied rankings for 2008

Rank		Company	Country of origin	Revenue
2008	2007	Company	Country of origin	(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

2007

Source : VLSI Research Inc supplied rankings for 2007

Rank		Company	Country of origin	Revenue
2007	2006	Company	Country of origin	(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

2006

Source : VLSI Research Inc supplied rankings for 2006

Rank		Company	Country of origin	Revenue
2006	2005	Company	Country of origin	(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

Additional information

(1) Agilent Technologies spun off their semiconductor test business to Verigy in June 2006.
Verigy's total revenues for 2006 also included part of semiconductor testing from Agilent Technologies for the first half of 2006.

Secondary semiconductor equipment providers

In addition to the market leaders listed above, there is a large market for used or secondary semiconductor equipment. A number of companies provide secondary semiconductor equipment and/or refurbish semiconductor tools. For example, RED Equipment ($50M+ sales in 2011) provides secondary semiconductor equipment, parts and services including equipment remarketing, de-installation, relocation, refurbishment, and installation. Whereas other companies provide some of these services or services for particular tool sets, RED Equipment is unique in that it works on a turnkey 'project process', providing the full range of services for virtually all 200mm tool sets.^{[ promotion? ]}

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References

↑ "TechInsights and VLSIresearch join forces | TechInsights". www.techinsights.com. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
↑ "2021 Top Semiconductor Equipment Suppliers | TechInsights". www.techinsights.com. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
↑ Lim, Hock Soon (11 Jan 2018). "Top 10 Semiconductor Equipment Supplier Ranking for 2016 according to VLSIresearch". www.vlsiresearch.com. Retrieved 2018-01-11.

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[1] "TechInsights and VLSIresearch join forces | TechInsights". www.techinsights.com. Retrieved 2022-12-12.

[2] "2021 Top Semiconductor Equipment Suppliers | TechInsights". www.techinsights.com. Retrieved 2022-12-12.

[3] Lim, Hock Soon (11 Jan 2018). "Top 10 Semiconductor Equipment Supplier Ranking for 2016 according to VLSIresearch". www.vlsiresearch.com. Retrieved 2018-01-11.

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