Global demand for medical protective equipment is expected to reach USD 52.8 billion in 2033, expanding at a CAGR of 9.5%. The market growth is supported by:
In the preceding years, the market has been invigorated by overwhelming demand for respiratory protection, hand protection, and protective clothing in the healthcare industry. This more-than-expected demand can be attributed to COVID-19 outbreak, which led masses to utilize medical personal protective equipment to ensure high-level safety.
Since healthcare workers were exposed to high viral load environment at the time, the demand for medical protective equipment surged among the healthcare workers. For instance, in April 2020, National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) collaborated with MAF Clothing Private Limited to develop quality-certified and cost-effective fabric-based personal protective suits. The aim of this collaboration was to safeguard the medical personnel deployed at COVID-19 treatment clinics.
The growing concern toward worker safety and health is likely to boost the demand for the product. Strict government norms about safety concerns would force employers to comply with industry principles, thus stimulating the need for personal protective equipment in the healthcare sector. These factors are expected to boost the healthcare personal protective equipment market growth during the forecast period.
| Attributes | Details |
|---|---|
| Medical Protective Equipment Market Value (2023) | USD 21.3 billion |
| Medical Protective Equipment Market Forecast Value (2033) | USD 52.8 billion |
| Medical Protective Equipment Market CAGR (2023 to 2033) | 9.5% |
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Sale of medical protective equipment exhibited a CAGR of 10.6% between 2017 and 2022, and is projected to attain USD 21.3 billion in 2023.
In the historical period, the emergence of highly transmissible respiratory pathogen necessitated high standard personal protection protocols for healthcare professionals and non-infected population. Moreover, substantial time needed to develop and commercialize effective treatment options for new pathogen, also facilitated the surge in adoption of medical protective equipment.
In the last few decades, the use of PPE increased manifold to fulfill the increasing demand at hospitals and medical system. Government has been dynamically boosting local manufacturers to prioritize an emergency demand for medical protective equipment in the public hospitals and other healthcare set-ups.
For instance, in March 2020, 3M, the United States based global leader in medical protective equipment, collaborated with giant automobile manufacturer Ford Motor Company to transform auto manufacturing facility into respirators manufacturing plant.
The COVID-19 cases have now subsided, however, momentum for the demand for medical protective equipment is projected to be maintained throughout the forecast period.
In the forecast period, the market is expected to expand at a CAGR of 9.5%. The future growth can be attributed to the development of sturdy medical supplies for healthcare professionals so that they can deliver best medical care. Further on, heavy reliance of healthcare personnel on these protective gears to protect themselves and their patients from getting infected is fueling the market growth.
| Attribute | Valuation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | USD 25.54 billion |
| 2028 | USD 33.53 billion |
| 2032 | USD 48.21 billion |
Considering this, FMI expects the global medical protective equipment market to attain USD 52.8 billion by 2033.
| Historical CAGR (2017 to 2022) | 10.6% |
|---|---|
| Forecast CAGR (2023 to 2033) | 9.5% |
North America is expected to dominate the overall market throughout the forecast period. Within North America, the United States holds the dominant market share.
This can be ascribed to better regulations of medical protective devices and growing awareness among the population regarding the usefulness of such protective gears. The companies also have well-established direct channel collaboration with hospitals and clinics to serve the medical protective equipment market.
In January 2021, the United States manufacturing giant, 3M, announced that it had increased its annual production rate of N95 respirators to 2.5 billion in 2021. This is a fourfold increase over 2019 and higher than 2 billion units it had produced in 2020.
Overall, the rise in demand and production of surgical masks, gloves, gowns, PPEs, and respirators have been propelling the market growth in 2021. However, in the upcoming years, there will be steady growth in the market.
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The growing number of surgeries and chronic conditions has resulted in an increase in these masks since doctors or nurses attending patients should and must wear the masks.
The global medical supplies market was around USD 135 billion in 2021. The medical protective equipment market was about 12% of medical supplies market in the year 2021.
The medical protective equipment helps in creating a barrier between the medical professional or lab workers/ healthcare person and the germs. This barrier reduces the chance of touching, and reduces the exposure to the spreading germs or any biological agent.
The demand for medical protective equipment is rising very fast due to several reasons such as increasing cases of infections like hospital acquired infection (HAI) or growing patients suffering from communicable diseases or infections in the hospitals. These are also worn during surgical procedures by the hospital staff in order to avoid contaminating the sterile surgical environment and avoid the risk of infecting the patient.
In low and middle-income countries, the cases of communicable diseases and injuries are drastically increasing. The major key cause behind this rising number of communicable diseases are larger population and limited healthcare resources, which is projected to further drive the demand for medical protective equipment. Increase in the number of surgical procedures is expected to have a direct impact on the sale of medical gloves and surgical masks.
According to the publication of Springer, every year approximately 3,646 surgeries per 100,000 population are required in India, a country with low income. All these surgeries require gloves and other PPE related materials, thus, increasing the sales of the medical protective equipment.
The strong focus and continuous investments on research and development by key players is augmenting the market growth. The upcoming disposable and cost-effective iterations, which deliver high-quality, excellent-performance protection to the healthcare workers, are projected to witness heightened adoption.
Adoption of non-rubber nitrile gloves has taken over the global industry space, with Malaysia as a prime exporter and producer of a majority share of medical protective equipment and supplies.
Growing concern about medical waste, as it is difficult to discard and is filling up landfills, might hamper the market growth. Medical waste is significantly generated by disposable products used in operation theatres and during surgical procedures. Medical waste coming from the medical, nursing, dental, veterinary, laboratory and pharmaceutical sector has potential side effect.
Poor management of disposable medical waste results in the contamination of land and water with pathogens and toxic chemicals. This might further restrain the growth of the medical protective equipment market.
The growing use of technology and automation in various end use industries is estimated to be a key challenge faced by the manufacturers of protective equipment globally. The automatic machines and robots being efficient and accurate, are being used to handle the hazardous working conditions in all end use industries.
3-D printing and unmanned vehicles are transforming human life. People decry these developments and worry about their dehumanizing impact. It is necessary to determine how emerging technologies are affecting employment and public policy over the forecast period.
Increasing automation in various industries is expected to have a negative impact on the medical protective equipment market during the forecast period.
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| Country | The United States |
|---|---|
| CAGR (2023 to 2033) | 8.7% |
| Market Size (2033) | USD 13.8 billion |
| Country | The United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| CAGR (2023 to 2033) | 9.5% |
| Market Size (2033) | USD 2.2 billion |
| Country | China |
|---|---|
| CAGR (2023 to 2033) | 11% |
| Market Size (2033) | USD 2.9 billion |
| Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| CAGR (2023 to 2033) | 7.7% |
| Market Size (2033) | USD 1.9 billion |
| Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| CAGR (2023 to 2033) | 10.6% |
| Market Size (2033) | USD 1.3 billion |
| Attributes | Details |
|---|---|
| Market Size (2033) | USD 13.8 billion |
| Market Absolute Dollar Growth (USD million/billion) | USD 7.8 billion |
The United States has accounted for a significant share of the North American medical protective equipment market. Improved medical protective device regulations and increasing awareness of safety and legislation that necessitates the use of personal protective equipment in many industries are bolstering the demand for medical protective equipment. Additionally, the well-established direct channel collaborations with hospitals and clinics in the region is also augmenting the sales of medical protective equipment.
| Historical CAGR (2017 to 2022) | 10.2% |
|---|---|
| Forecast CAGR (2023 to 2033) | 8.7% |
The Germany is projected to account for a substantial share of the European medical protective equipment market in the forecast period. The regional market is boosted by factors such as increased use of PPEs owing to increased public awareness of public safety and favorable government policies. Furthermore, the increased spending on research and development to boost PPE kit productivity, is also providing impetus to the market expansion.
The booming economy of Germany is also influencing the growth of medical protective equipment, as the increasing consumer spending power is encouraging patients to opt for high quality medical treatment. As a result, hospitals, specialized clinics, and diagnostic and research laboratories, are keeping inventory of excellent medical protective equipment to boost patient satisfaction.
The market growth is further accelerated as the focus on workplace safety is surging. Now the organizations have many options, practices, and strategies to provide workplace safety using various medical equipment such as gloves and masks to be used while dealing with infectious agents.
| Attributes | Details |
|---|---|
| Market Size (2033) | USD 2.9 billion |
| Market Absolute Dollar Growth (USD million/billion) | USD 1.9 billion |
China is expected to account for a considerable share of the East Asia medical protective equipment market in the forecast period. With increasing number of surgeries, the chances of risk of infections during surgeries as well as hospital-acquired infections also rise, which lead to growing demand for safety and hygiene.
Various hygiene awareness programs in this region to promote the use of gloves and masks, and improving personal hygiene is projected to create opportunities in the medical protective equipment market in near future.
Additionally, the development of local manufacturing and innovation hubs has been supported by proactive initiatives taken by regional governments in China for the growth of medical protective equipment.
| Historical CAGR (2017 to 2022) | 11.4% |
|---|---|
| Forecast CAGR (2023 to 2033) | 11% |
The sales of medical protective equipment in India have been strong in the foregoing years. In 2020, government body in India took several initiatives to accelerate the manufacturing of PPE. Subsequently, in March 2020, the Ministry of Textiles launched “Operation PPE Coverall" to scale up the initiative. These kind of steps by government help the market to capture large number of end users as it unfolds more opportunities in the market.
The market is expected to show an upward trend during the forecast period as well. The region's raw material advantage and plentiful supply of cost-competitive workforces attract significant overseas companies. Furthermore, regional market expansion is fueled by innovations in manufacturing processes and enhanced technological infrastructure.
| Taxonomy | Product Type |
|---|---|
| Top Segment | Gloves |
| Forecast CAGR | 8.9% |
| Taxonomy | Usage |
|---|---|
| Top Segment | Disposable |
| Forecast CAGR | 8.5% |
By product type, the gloves segment is anticipated to grow at the significant CAGR of 8.9% during the forecast period. Gloves are an important element of an infection-control plan. Gloves can save both healthcare professionals and patients by creating the barrier between hand and germs in the hospital. Thereby, increasing the sale of gloves to prevent the spread of germs.
Growing demand for disposable gloves, including FDA-approved surgical gloves, is projected to accelerate the demand for gloves in the coming years. Additionally, new launches by key participants that ensure safety at medical premises is expected to spur segment growth in the next few years.
| Historical CAGR (2017 to 2022) | 9.8% |
|---|---|
| Forecast CAGR (2023 to 2033) | 8.9% |
By usage, the disposable segment is expected to hold the maximum share, expanding at 8.5% CAGR during the forecast period. Disposable products are in high demand because they help in maintaining proper hygiene of both medical personnel and patients.
The surging cognizance regarding the proper utilization of medical protective equipment is further supporting the demand for disposable equipment. Additionally, strict regulations pertaining to necessary disposal of used protective gears is favoring the market growth.
By end user, hospital held one third of the medical protective equipment market in the historical period. This trend is expected to continue during the forecast period as well. This is predominantly seen due to the large number of patients admitted into the hospital for seeking treatment and surgeries for various diseases including infectious diseases.
Additionally, the need for protective medical equipment in hospitals is predicted to rise as the older population grows and the frequency of hospital-acquired infections and other disorders, such as hepatitis and AIDS, rises.
Moreover, throughout the projection period, the adoption of reforms and measures in favor of medical protection in government hospitals is predicted to propel this industry.
| Historical CAGR (2017 to 2022) | 9.5% |
|---|---|
| Forecast CAGR (2023 to 2033) | 8.5% |
The key players operating in global protective medical equipment market have anchored their presence across prominent high potential regions due to increasing concerns towards worker safety in these regions.
Manufacturers are primarily focused towards the expansion of their business segments and collaboration with other key players of the market to improve their presence and product portfolio. For instance:
| Attribute | Details |
|---|---|
| Forecast Period | 2023 to 2033 |
| Historical Data Available for | 2017 to 2022 |
| Market Analysis | USD Million for Value |
| Key Regions Covered | North America; Latin America; Europe; South Asia and Oceania; East Asia; and Middle East and Africa |
| Key Countries Covered | The United States, Italy, Germany, Spain, France, China, Japan, the United Kingdom, India, Brazil, Australia, Russia, South Korea, Canada, New Zealand, Gulf Cooperation Council Countries, South Africa, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Turkey, Mexico, and Argentina |
| Key Segments Covered | Product Type, Usage, End User, and Region |
| Key Companies Profiled | 3M; Ansell Limited; Kimberly-Clark Corporation; Top Glove Corporation Bhd; Dynarex Corporation Inc; DuPont de Nemours, Inc; Honeywell International Inc; Hartalega Holdings Berhad; Cardinal Health, Inc; Halyard Worldwide, Inc; Mölnlycke Health Care; Crosstex International, Inc; Derekduck Industry Corporation; Medline Inc; International Enviroguard; Prestige Ameritech; Alpha Pro Tech; Dukal Corporation; Lakeland Industries, Inc; Titan Hardware Industrial Co., Ltd |
| Report Coverage | Market Forecast, Competition Intelligence, Drivers Restraints Opportunities Threats Analysis, Market Dynamics and Challenges, Strategic Growth Initiatives |
| Customization & Pricing | Available upon Request |
The global medical protective equipment market is projected to reach a valuation of USD 52.8 billion by 2033.
3M and Ansell Limited are the top players in the medical protective equipment market.
The United States is expected to dominate the medical protective equipment market throughout the forecast period.
The global medical protective equipment market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 9.5%.
1. Executive Summary
2. Market Overview
3. Market Background
4. Global Market Analysis 2017 to 2021 and Forecast, 2023 to 2033
5. Global Market Analysis 2017 to 2021 and Forecast 2023 to 2033, By Product Type
5.1. Gloves
5.2. Protective Clothing
5.3. Gowns
5.4. N95 Respirators
5.5. Surgical Masks
5.6. Goggles
5.7. Face Shields
5.8. Head Cover
5.9. Shoes Covers
6. Global Market Analysis 2017 to 2021 and Forecast 2023 to 2033, By Usage
6.1. Disposable
6.2. Non-disposable
7. Global Market Analysis 2017 to 2021 and Forecast 2023 to 2033, By End User
7.1. Hospitals
7.2. NGO's/ Government Organization
7.3. Ambulatory Surgical Centers
7.4. Specialized Clinics
7.5. Diagnostic and Research Laboratories
8. Global Market Analysis 2017 to 2021 and Forecast 2023 to 2033, By Region
8.1. North America
8.2. Latin America
8.3. Europe
8.4. East Asia
8.5. South Asia & Pacific
8.6. Middle East and Africa
9. North America Market Analysis 2017 to 2021 and Forecast 2023 to 2033, By Country
10. Latin America Market Analysis 2017 to 2021 and Forecast 2023 to 2033, By Country
11. Europe Market Analysis 2017 to 2021 and Forecast 2023 to 2033, By Country
12. East Asia Market Analysis 2017 to 2021 and Forecast 2023 to 2033, By Country
13. South Asia & Pacific Market Analysis 2017 to 2021 and Forecast 2023 to 2033, By Country
14. Middle East and Africa Market Analysis 2017 to 2021 and Forecast 2023 to 2033, By Country
15. Key Countries Market Analysis
16. Market Structure Analysis
17. Competition Analysis
17.1. 3M Company
17.2. Ansell Limited
17.3. Kimberly-Clark Corporation
17.4. Top Glove Corporation Bhd
17.5. Dynarex Corporation Inc
17.6. DuPont de Nemours, Inc
17.7. Honeywell International Inc
17.8. Hartalega Holdings Berhad
17.9. Cardinal Health, Inc
17.10. Halyard Worldwide, Inc
17.11. Mölnlycke Health Care
17.12. Crosstex International, Inc
17.13. Derekduck Industry Corporation
17.14. Medline Inc
17.15. International Enviroguard
17.16. Prestige Ameritech
17.17. Alpha Pro Tech
17.18. Dukal Corporation
17.19. Lakeland Industries, Inc
17.20. Titan Hardware Industrial Co., Ltd
18. Assumptions & Acronyms Used
19. Research Methodology
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