TSMC's global foundry market share grew to nearly 70% in 2025, driven by strong AI demand. Its annual sales reached $122.54 billion, a 36.1% increase, while its closest competitor Samsung saw a sales decline.
Despite a slight quarterly dip in shipments, TSMC's fourth-quarter revenue grew due to higher average selling prices for its advanced 3-nanometer chips. The overall top-ten foundry market grew by 26.3% to $169.47 billion in combined sales.
Following TSMC and Samsung, SMIC, UMC, and GlobalFoundries rounded out the top five market leaders. The remaining spots in the top ten were occupied by Huahong Group and several smaller firms from China, Israel, and Taiwan.
Main topics: TSMC's market dominance, foundry market growth and rankings, impact of advanced chip demand.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) saw its share of the global foundry market rise to almost 70% in 2025 amid booming demand for artificial intelligence.
Focus Taiwan, quoting the market information advisory firm TrendForce Corp, said that the contract chipmaker posted $122.54 billion in sales, up 36.1% from a year earlier, accounting for 69.9% of the global market. Its share was up from 64.4% in 2024."
TSMC's closest rival, Samsung Electronics, was a distant second, posting $12.63 billion in sales, down 3.9% from a year earlier, for a 7.2% share of the global market.
"In the fourth quarter of 2025 alone, TSMC's share of the global foundry market stood at 70.4%, down from 71.0% in the third quarter, while its sales rose 2.0% from a quarter earlier to $33.72 billion," Focus Taiwan report highlighted.
Although TSMC's shipments in the October to December period fell slightly from a quarter earlier, strong demand for its 3-nanometer process pushed average selling prices higher, boosting revenue, the TrendForce said in the Focus Taiwan report.
The global foundry market's 10 largest firms generated $169.47 billion in combined sales in 2025, up 26.3% from a year earlier.
"China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) ranked third with $9.33 billion in sales, or a 5.32% market share, ahead of Taiwan's United Microelectronics Corp with $7.63 billion, or 4.35%, and US-based GlobalFoundries with $6.79 billion, or 3.87%," the report noted.
Huahong Group of China came in sixth with $4.50 billion, or 2.6%, followed by Israel's Tower Semiconductor Ltd ($1.57 billion, 0.89%), Taiwan's Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp ($1.56 billion, 0.89%), China's NexChip Co ($1.51 billion, 0.86%), and Taiwan's Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. ($1.40 billion, 0.80%), the report concluded.
Focus Taiwan, quoting the market information advisory firm TrendForce Corp, said that the contract chipmaker posted $122.54 billion in sales, up 36.1% from a year earlier, accounting for 69.9% of the global market. Its share was up from 64.4% in 2024."
TSMC's closest rival, Samsung Electronics, was a distant second, posting $12.63 billion in sales, down 3.9% from a year earlier, for a 7.2% share of the global market.
"In the fourth quarter of 2025 alone, TSMC's share of the global foundry market stood at 70.4%, down from 71.0% in the third quarter, while its sales rose 2.0% from a quarter earlier to $33.72 billion," Focus Taiwan report highlighted.
Although TSMC's shipments in the October to December period fell slightly from a quarter earlier, strong demand for its 3-nanometer process pushed average selling prices higher, boosting revenue, the TrendForce said in the Focus Taiwan report.
The global foundry market's 10 largest firms generated $169.47 billion in combined sales in 2025, up 26.3% from a year earlier.
"China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) ranked third with $9.33 billion in sales, or a 5.32% market share, ahead of Taiwan's United Microelectronics Corp with $7.63 billion, or 4.35%, and US-based GlobalFoundries with $6.79 billion, or 3.87%," the report noted.
Huahong Group of China came in sixth with $4.50 billion, or 2.6%, followed by Israel's Tower Semiconductor Ltd ($1.57 billion, 0.89%), Taiwan's Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp ($1.56 billion, 0.89%), China's NexChip Co ($1.51 billion, 0.86%), and Taiwan's Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. ($1.40 billion, 0.80%), the report concluded.
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