# Automated Nesting for Custom Fabricators

*/Opportunities/Automated_Nesting_for_Custom_Fabricators*

## Opportunity Linked I C P

**Icp**: [Custom Fabrication Shop](/CompanyTypes/Custom_Fabrication_Shop)

## Opportunity Market Sizing

_Illustrative — target and order-of-magnitude estimate figures, not an achieved track record (this Thing is concept-stage)._

**S A M**: ~$500-800M US and EU mid-market metal, wood, and composite fabricators
**S O M**: ~$15-30M
**T A M**: ~150k global custom fabrication shops × ~$15k/yr for nesting automation ≈ ~$2.25B
**Growth Rate**: ~8-12%/yr, driven by rising raw sheet material costs and an acute shortage of skilled CNC programmers
**Paid Comparable Spend**: ~$65k-90k/yr per facility on manual CAD/CAM programmers and legacy desktop nesting software licenses

## Neighborhood

### Entrant startups

- [Matemnant](/Startups/Matemnant) — is entrant in · Startups

### Applies thesis

- [Custom Fabrication Shop](/CompanyTypes/Custom_Fabrication_Shop) — applies thesis · CompanyTypes

### What it addresses

- [Optimize Material Yields](/Problems/Optimize_Material_Yields) — addresses · Problems