Recently, leading international chemical industry media ICIS Chemical Business released the 2026 ICIS Top 100 Chemical Distributors ranking.
In this global chemical distributors ranking, which is based on 2025 sales revenue, ECHEMI Group ranked No.58 globally, with 2025 sales reaching USD 462.8 million.
This is more than a ranking.
For ECHEMI, it is another recognition from the global chemical supply chain system of the company’s platform capability, distribution capability, service capability and international layout.
For China’s chemical industry, it also sends a clear signal: more Chinese chemical supply chain service companies are moving from “participating in global trade” toward “influencing the global distribution landscape.”
From Global No.58, Seeing ECHEMI’s Supply Chain Resilience
The ICIS Top 100 Chemical Distributors ranking is an important annual reference in the global chemical distribution sector. It has long focused on the revenue scale, regional coverage, product structure, service capability and supply chain performance of leading global chemical distributors.
This year, ECHEMI entered the global ranking at No.58. Behind this result is not the growth of a single product, a single region or a single channel.
What truly supports this ranking is the global chemical supply chain service system that ECHEMI has built over the years.
According to information shown in the ICIS ranking, ECHEMI’s business covers multiple fields including paint and coating materials, fine chemicals, food and nutrition additives, pharmaceutical APIs and intermediates. It also has more than 2,000 self-operated products, along with approximately 300,000 product resources provided by platform suppliers.
This shows that ECHEMI is not a traditional chemical platform that only focuses on matching buyers and sellers or conducting trade.
It is more like a comprehensive supply chain service provider connecting both ends of global chemical supply and demand: with product resources, distribution networks, a digital platform and offline delivery capabilities; serving Chinese suppliers while also connecting global buyers.
In today’s global chemical market, where volatility is frequent, geopolitical risks are rising and logistics uncertainty is increasing, the value of supply chains is no longer measured only by whether a company can find products. It depends on whether a company can deliver stably, match accurately, respond quickly and provide continuous service.
ECHEMI’s entry into the global top 60 of the ICIS ranking reflects exactly this comprehensive capability.
From Platform to Supply Chain, ECHEMI Does More Than “Sell Chemicals”
In the past, the core logic of chemical trade was simple: find products, ask for quotations, close deals and ship goods.
But today, global chemical customers need far more than that.
Buyers care not only about price, but also about supply stability, product quality, compliance documents, logistics efficiency, market information, alternative solutions and long-term cooperation security.
This is why ECHEMI has continued to strengthen its supply chain service capability.
As a chemical supply comprehensive service company headquartered in Hong Kong, ECHEMI’s business covers chemical raw material supply, research and analysis, marketing, distribution, logistics, e-commerce and after-sales service. ECHEMI is extending chemical distribution from a single transaction into a more complete service loop.
At the front end, ECHEMI connects global buyers and suppliers through its digital B2B platform.
At the middle end, ECHEMI improves transaction efficiency and decision quality through chemical distribution, market pricing and industry insights, technical services and quality control.
At the back end, ECHEMI helps customers solve delivery challenges through warehousing, logistics and supply chain management capabilities.
This is the real sign that chemical distribution has entered a new stage: distributors are no longer just intermediaries in product circulation. They are becoming part of customers’ supply chain security.
Behind Global Customers Is ECHEMI’s Long-Built Service Network
Chemicals are different from ordinary commodities.
Different products have different technical specifications, quality standards, packaging requirements, transportation conditions, warehousing rules, regulatory documents and application scenarios. This is especially true in fields such as food and nutrition additives, pharmaceutical APIs and intermediates, fine chemicals, paint and coating raw materials. Customers care not only about whether they can buy the product, but also about whether quality is stable, documents are complete, delivery is reliable and supply is sustainable.
This is why global chemical distribution cannot rely only on online traffic.
For the chemical industry, the platform is only the entrance. Delivery is the core. A mature global chemical distributor must have product capability, quality control capability, warehousing and logistics capability, supply chain management capability, localized service capability and digital collaboration capability at the same time.
ECHEMI’s advantage lies precisely in combining its online platform with offline supply chain capabilities.
ECHEMI currently has 26 ECHEMI companies and sales offices, 9 overseas warehouses and more than 200 global employees, with customers covering 112 countries and markets. Meanwhile, the average age of the company’s team is 36; 73% hold bachelor’s degrees, 16% hold master’s degrees and 2% hold doctoral degrees, while overseas employees account for 22%. These figures show that ECHEMI’s globalization is not only about wider business coverage, but also about a professional service team and operating system that can work across regions, languages and markets.
In terms of product and business layout, ECHEMI is not a single chemical trading platform. It is an integrated service system covering multiple high-value application fields. Its business segments include Chemical, Food & Nutrition, Pharma and WPO digital products. This means ECHEMI does not serve only one product category, but a global product and information network spanning chemicals, food nutrition, pharmaceuticals and digital services.
More importantly, ECHEMI emphasizes the four value elements of QCDS: Quality, Cost, Delivery, Safety & Service in its distribution services. In quality control, ECHEMI has more than 14 years of experience in the fine chemical industry, a standardized ERP operating system and a professional procurement team. Its quality pass rate reached 99.8% in 2022. In cost control, ECHEMI improves procurement efficiency through local warehouses close to the market, an experienced procurement team and regular centralized purchasing. In delivery control, ECHEMI relies on local warehouses, a professional supply chain team, a full-process middle-office system, internal SOP control and ERP projects to improve delivery efficiency. In safety and service control, ECHEMI provides full supply chain insurance, continuous after-sales service and compliance assurance.
These capabilities point to one conclusion: ECHEMI is not only connecting transactions. It is supporting the completion of transactions.
ECHEMI POP2.0 supply chain service is particularly worth noting. Built around the characteristics of fine chemical supply, this system provides one-stop services from suppliers, data centers, overseas warehouses, first-leg transportation, customs clearance, warehouse management, restocking, transshipment and final delivery to end customers. For suppliers, entering overseas markets is no longer just about listing products on a platform. For buyers, procurement is no longer just about finding a supplier, but about gaining more stable local inventory, more efficient delivery and more complete back-end support.
From the platform data, ECHEMI.COM has already formed a sizable digital traffic and supply-demand connection capability: approximately 1 million SKUs, 60,000 UV, 240,000 PV, 20,000 manufacturers, 46,000 end users and 75,000 distributors. At the same time, ECHEMI serves 130,000+ global buyers, 17,000+ Chinese suppliers and 7,000+ overseas suppliers, with more than 12,000 monthly inquiries and more than 240,000 daily page views.
Behind these figures is a clearer industry trend: global chemical trade is shifting from “who can find the product” to “who can stabilize the supply chain.”
For buyers, stable delivery itself is value. Especially in a market environment marked by price volatility, geopolitical risks, tight transportation and rising compliance requirements, buyers need more than low-priced products. They need traceable quality, confirmed inventory, executable shipping schedules, sustainable supply and responsive service.
For suppliers, entering the global market is no longer just about publishing product information. It requires platform traffic, overseas channels, digital marketing, inquiry management, customer matching, warehousing and logistics, compliance documents, price data and localized services.
What ECHEMI is doing is building a more efficient connection between these two ends: helping global buyers procure chemical products faster, more stably and more transparently, while helping quality suppliers enter overseas markets more systematically.
This is also the real meaning behind ECHEMI’s ranking at No.58 in the ICIS global chemical distributors list: it represents not only sales scale, but also the combined strength of a digital platform, product resources, supply chain network and global service capability.
Market Price & Insight and Trade Data Are Becoming New Capabilities in ECHEMI’s Distribution Services
It is worth noting that ECHEMI’s service capability goes beyond chemical supply and transaction matching.
As the global chemical market becomes increasingly complex, customers making procurement and sales decisions face more than questions of whether products are available and how much they cost. Price fluctuations, raw material changes, regional supply and demand, trade flows, policy adjustments, logistics risks, alternative markets and arbitrage windows can all directly affect procurement timing, sales quotations and inventory strategies.
This is why ECHEMI.COM continues to build its Market Price & Insight and Trade Data capabilities.
ECHEMI.COM’s Market Price & Insight service provides customers with daily, weekly and monthly reviews of 500 chemical products in the Chinese and overseas markets, helping overseas buyers quickly access market and business information. Its service covers four major sectors in Asia: coatings, fine chemicals, food and nutrition, and pharmaceuticals, providing price and market analysis for more than 500 raw materials every week.
This means ECHEMI is not only helping customers buy and sell products. It is helping customers judge the market.
In the chemical industry, information gaps are costs.
When prices rise rapidly, buyers need to decide whether to restock in advance. When prices enter a downward cycle, buyers need to decide whether to continue waiting. When supply tightens, sellers need to decide whether to adjust quotations. When raw material costs change, downstream companies need to judge whether to lock in orders early. When regional price differences appear, traders need to assess whether an arbitrage window is truly executable.
At this point, Market Price & Insight is no longer additional content. It is a supply chain decision-making tool.
Meanwhile, Trade Data is becoming another key capability. ECHEMI Trade Data provides import and export data from 218 countries and regions, including bill of lading data and customs declaration data, with the fastest updates available on a daily basis.
This capability is particularly important for chemical trade.
Chemical transactions are highly dependent on regional supply-demand dynamics and cross-border flows. Whether a product’s imports are growing in certain countries, exports are declining in certain regions, certain buyers are purchasing continuously, certain suppliers are increasing shipments or certain ports are seeing changes in cargo flows can all affect how companies identify market opportunities. In the past, companies relied more on experience and relationships to judge trade flows. Now, Trade Data helps customers observe market changes through real import and export data.
For buyers, Trade Data can help identify potential supply sources, track changes in major exporting countries, evaluate supplier activity and understand import trends.
For suppliers, Trade Data can help discover target markets, identify potential customers, analyze competitors’ export routes and develop more precise overseas market development strategies.
For traders, Trade Data can be used together with Market Price & Insight: one side observes price trends, while the other observes trade flows, helping determine whether a product has regional price spreads, import substitution opportunities, supply gaps or short-term arbitrage possibilities.
This is the core value of ECHEMI’s digital services: not merely providing information, but turning information into executable business judgment.
When Market Price tells customers how prices are changing, Trade Data further tells customers where the goods are flowing, who is buying, who is selling and which markets are changing. Together, they help customers more accurately judge procurement windows, sales timing, inventory strategies and market-entry opportunities.
From a broader industry perspective, global chemical distribution is moving from traditional product distribution toward data-driven supply chain services. Mature chemical distributors must have product capability, delivery capability, data capability and market insight capability at the same time.
ECHEMI’s ranking at No.58 among global chemical distributors by ICIS also shows that its integrated model of “supply chain + digital platform + Market Price + Trade Data” is gaining attention within the international chemical distribution system.
In the future, competition among chemical distributors will not only be about who has more products or lower prices. It will be about who can help customers discover opportunities faster, judge risks more accurately and complete delivery more steadily.
ECHEMI’s value is also extending from “connecting global chemical supply and demand” to “helping global customers understand the market, judge the market and enter the market.”
China’s Chemical Supply Chain Is Entering a Stage of Global Value Reassessment
For a long time, the role of Chinese chemical companies in the global market was more often understood from the production side, cost side and export side.
But as China’s chemical industrial chain continues to improve, corporate capabilities are changing.
China is no longer only providing products.
Chinese companies are also providing platforms, services, data, delivery and globalized solutions.
ECHEMI’s growth is a reflection of this trend.
On one hand, China has a large chemical manufacturing base and abundant product supply.
On the other hand, global buyers are looking for more efficient, transparent and flexible procurement channels.
ECHEMI connects exactly these two types of demand.
Through its digital platform, distribution network, warehousing and logistics capabilities, and industry insights, ECHEMI delivers Chinese and global supply resources to customers in more countries and regions.
From this perspective, ECHEMI’s global No.58 ranking in ICIS is not only a milestone for the company itself. It also represents the broader visibility of China’s chemical supply chain service capability.
The overseas expansion of Chinese chemical companies is no longer only product export. It is also service export, platform export and supply chain capability export.
The Ranking Is Recognition, and Also the Starting Point for the Next Stage
Being ranked No.58 in the ICIS Top 100 Chemical Distributors global list is an important recognition for ECHEMI.
But the ranking itself is not the endpoint.
The global chemical market is undergoing a new adjustment cycle.
Geopolitical conflicts, trade policy changes, energy price fluctuations, tightening environmental regulations, regionalized supply chains and customers’ low-inventory strategies are all continuously testing the responsiveness and risk-resistance capabilities of chemical distributors.
In such a market environment, what customers truly need is not a one-time transaction, but a more reliable long-term partner.
In the future, ECHEMI will continue to build around its global chemical supply chain service capability, strengthening product resources, digital platforms, market insights, quality control, warehousing and logistics, and international service networks, providing global customers with more stable, efficient and professional chemical supply chain solutions.
Starting from global No.58, ECHEMI sees not only a ranking, but a larger global market.
Being Seen by the World, and Continuing to Deliver to the World
The No.58 position on the ICIS ranking is a natural reflection of ECHEMI’s long-term accumulation.
Behind it are the trust of global buyers, the accumulation of supplier resources, the connection efficiency of the digital platform and the long-term construction of the supply chain service system.
In today’s increasingly uncertain global chemical market, truly valuable companies are not only those that can sell products. They are those that can help customers stabilize supply amid volatility and improve industry efficiency amid change.
This is exactly what ECHEMI has been doing.
Being seen by the world is recognition.
Continuing to deliver to the world is ECHEMI’s next step.
