Top 3D Printing Startups in 2026

Xometry, backed by General Electric, Highland Capital Partners, and other venture investors, is a rapidly growing startup that is transforming American manufacturing. Our proprietary instant quoting technology and nationwide network of manufacturers provides an unparalleled on-demand manufacturing experience. Custom manufacturing is a $60 billion industry in the United States, and it is our mission to provide advanced manufacturing capabilities to customers of all sizes - from Fortune 500 companies and government agencies to small businesses and startups.

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HRL's scientists and engineers are on the leading edge of technology, conducting pioneering research, providing real-world technology solutions, and advancing the state of the art. We continue to be recognized as one of the world's premier physical science and engineering research laboratories.

We design & produce smarter 3D printers that encompass the capabilities of many specialized 3D printers into one capable & reliable machine without the immense price tag. Enabling users to have an all-in-one solution to 3D printing versus multiple printers for specific prints. No longer will customers need to have to sacrifice size for precision, material variety, production capabilities, or any other key functionality. With our printers, customers can create much more advanced parts, more quickly and more reliably, in less time. Our first printer, The Duo, is currently the best value offer in the entire 3D printing market. We're partnered to use the absolute best components where it directly affects print quality and utilizes unique production strategies to pass cost savings on to our customers and solidify ourselves as the only producers of this kind of technology. Our printers directly resolve the largest issues plaguing 3D printing

MatterHackers is part of the emerging Desktop 3D Printing market, which is growing at an annual pace of 20-30% per year. For every printer sold the user needs three items, the printer, the control software and the designs to print. MatterHackers is fulfilling all three needs of the consumer. We sell the 3D printers as well as the 3D printing consumables. Our “MatterControl” platform is the user interface to the printer and will enable the longer term vision to become the go to source for Desktop 3D printing designs/models. 3D printer manufacturers use MatterControl to provide a clean, standard and consumer friendly user interface to their printers. While designers will use “MatterControl” in the same manner as a musical artist uses iTunes, the designers can create and upload their designs to “MatterControl” to distribute and monetize their 3D printer designs & models. 3D printer owners will use “MatterControl” to shop, purchase and use 3D designs just as they use iTunes for music.

Branch combines freeform 3d printing technology, large scale industrial robots, and conventional construction materials to create buildings without design limits. We prefabricate mass customized wall panels for the Trillion dollar US residential and commercial construction market. Cellular Fabrication™ is the next evolution of construction, using 3D printed structures as scaffolds, to which conventional materials are applied forming the structure, insulation, and finishes of a building. Customers will be able to build designs long dreamt of, but which have never before been within the financial reach of normal construction budgets. We are democratizing design and opening a new era of architectural form.

Zellerfeld Shoe democratizes shoe manufacturing that produces a whole 3D-printed shoe with the push of a button. They develop their printing technology in-house and are continually challenging the current quo in order to bring about long-overdue reform in an undemocratic and immoral footwear business. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Brooklyn, New York, United State.

Modelyst is an online marketplace that enables its users to buy and sell 3D printable designs and custom content. Modelyst was launched in 2012 by Eran Savir and is based in California.

Velo3D is a digital manufacturing company using a Sapphire 3D production printer and flow print preparation software to print 3D metals. Bringing together an integrated solution of software, hardware, and process-control innovation, Velo3D introduced the first SupportFree capability for 3D metal printing. This enables unlimited design innovation by reducing the need for support structures in metal additive manufacturing. The company’s Sapphire system is built with a semiconductor mindset on quality assurance, ensuring repeatability and dependability throughout serial manufacturing.