UV-LED Market 2026 — TrendForce Forecasts USD 215 M Plus 5 % Cost-Pressure on Customized Products

What happened

TrendForce published two market signals in February and March 2026:

• Q1 2026 price increase +5 % QoQ for customized UV-LED products (published 2026-02-24)
• Market volume 2026 approximately USD 215 M with annual growth above 10 % (Deep-UV Report 2026-03-31)

Drivers per TrendForce: precious-metal prices (gold bonding wires, silver pads), GaN raw-material costs and labour costs.

Who plays in the market

Per TrendForce overview 2026:

• Single-chip-package ≥ 100 mW UV-C LED: ams OSRAM, Nichia, Violumas, NKFG, UVT, LITEON
• Customized designs + integrated optical solutions: HPLighting, Seoul Viosys, Violumas, UVT
• Announcement Q4 2026: ams OSRAM plans 200 mW UV-C LED launch

What LUVEX readers should note

Important differentiation: Per TrendForce, the +5 % statement applies explicitly to customized products. For standard catalogue items (e.g. off-the-shelf TO-Can packages for point disinfection) this quarterly increase does not apply in the same magnitude. When comparing quotes, the product type should be clarified explicitly.

Application trend per TrendForce: shift away from consumer appliances (UV kettle modules, self-sterilising devices) toward industrial + commercial customized projects — particularly for surface sterilization and flowing-water disinfection. ams OSRAM and Nichia already have active industrial project pipelines in this segment.

For technical depth on lifetime expectations of these UV-LED classes, see UV-LED Lifetime & Degradation; for application context on area-emitter designs see LED Area Emitters.