Gas Chromatography Market Size 2024-2028

The global gas chromatography market size is estimated to grow by USD 1.15 billion at a CAGR of 7.35% between 2023 and 2028. Gas chromatographs are increasingly vital across diverse industries like food and beverage and specialty chemicals, aligning with their expanding needs. In fire incidents, they offer swift and precise testing of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), aiding in emergency response and safety measures. Within food production, where pesticides, fumigants, insecticides, and chemical additives are commonplace for efficiency enhancement, gas chromatographs play a pivotal role in detecting potentially harmful chemical residues. This capability is instrumental in addressing health and nutritional concerns related to food safety. Moreover, their on-site analysis and measurement capabilities diminish the necessity for sample transportation to laboratories, streamlining processes and improving efficiency. This not only ensures prompt action but also enhances overall safety and regulatory compliance standards across industries, reinforcing their preference as indispensable tools in maintaining product integrity and consumer well-being.

What will be the Size of the Gas Chromatography Market During the Forecast Period?

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In the market, consumer buying behavior and safety concerns are pivotal. Food safety drives demand for chromatography tests, with hyphenated chromatography systems detecting volatile compounds like VOCs. Gas chromatography plays a crucial role in various specialized fields, including the analysis of hypnotics, venoms, nanoparticles, nanocomposites, and ionic liquids. Industrial processes benefit from Flame Ionization Detectors (FIDs) and Thermal Conductivity Detectors (TCDs) for precise analysis. It ensures drug approval process compliance in pharmaceuticals, using bio-analysis for accuracy. Separating organic compounds, it employs stationary and mobile phases based on volatility and thermal stability, crucial for industrial applications. Conference and webinar materials often highlight the importance of gas chromatography in analyzing volatile gaseous compounds (VOC), ensuring product quality and safety. Inert gas (helium, argon, hydrogen, nitrogen) serve critical roles in sample injection and flow control within chromatography systems. The effectiveness of the chromatography column further enhances the accuracy of analysis, addressing buying behavior concerns by providing reliable results.

Gas Chromatography Market Segmentation

By Consumables segment

The market share growth in the consumables and accessories segment will be significant during the forecast period. This segment is used for the separation of volatile mixtures from chemical compounds by purity and contamination analysis, component testing, and compositional analysis of crude oil in industries such as pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and environmental testing. Approaches like flame ionization detection (FID) and electron capture detection (ECD) are increasingly adopted due to their properties of adequate sensitivity to monitor most residual solvents in APIs.

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The consumables and accessories segment was valued at USD 1.73 billion in 2018. As a result of the demand for new techniques for the detection of APIs for drug formulations, the chromatography market is likely to witness growth during the forecast period.

By End-user Analysis

In the pharmaceutical industry segment, drug discovery is due to its enhanced level of efficiency when it comes to the separation of compounds from a mixture. This segment shows various advantages, such as reduced time for analyses of samples and high accuracy. Additionally, there are necessary components such as acetone, ethyl acetate, isopropyl alcohol, methanol, tetrahydrofuran, and toluene used for manufacturing pharmaceutical drugs. However, if they cross a limit, they can cause potential health hazards like headaches and vomiting. Hence due to the large number of applications, the demand market is expected to increase during the forecast period.

Regional Analysis

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North America is estimated to contribute 48% to the growth of the global market during the forecast period. Technavio’s analysts have elaborately explained the regional trends and drivers that will shape the market during the forecast period. In the North American region, the US was the largest market due to the presence of several food and beverage companies from the food industry and the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry that offer products containing chemical contaminants.

In Canada, the second largest regional market, government bodies like Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) are discovering column-heating approaches for further applications. Some of them include testing and analysis of water and air samples and using for food and food packaging toxin and chemical detection to ensure food safety. These factors are likely to boost the growth of the regional market during the forecast period.

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Key Gas Chromatography Market Players 

Companies are implementing various strategies, such as strategic alliances, partnerships, mergers and acquisitions, geographical expansion, and product/service launches, to enhance their presence in the market. The gas chromatography market forecasting report also includes detailed analyses of the competitive landscape of the market and information about 20 market companies, including:

Agilent Technologies Inc - The company offers products such as Intuvo 9000 Gc system, 8890 Gc system, and 990 Micro Gc system.

• Avantor Inc.
• Bruker Corp.
• Chromatec SDO JSC
• Chromtech GmbH
• DataApex Ltd.
• Ellutia Ltd.
• GERSTEL GmbH Co.KG
• GL Sciences Inc.
• LECO Corp.
• Merck KGaA
• Perkin Elmer Inc.
• Restek Corp.
• Rigaku Corp.
• SCION Instruments NL BV
• Shimadzu Corp.
• Scientific Repair Inc.
• Teledyne Technologies Inc.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
• Waters Corp.

Qualitative and quantitative analysis of vendors has been conducted to help clients understand the wider business environment as well as the strengths and weaknesses of key market players. Data is qualitatively analyzed to categorize vendors as pure play, category-focused, industry-focused, and diversified; it is quantitatively analyzed to categorize vendors as dominant, leading, strong, tentative, and weak.

Gas Chromatography Market Dynamics

Buying behaviour trends, especially in industries such as pharmaceuticals and food & beverage, are emphasizing the need for advanced chromatography systems to address food safety concerns and ensure compliance with regulatory standards. In industrial research & manufacturing processes, gas chromatography plays a pivotal role in analyzing complex mixtures of organic compounds with high precision. The use of inert gases like helium, argon, hydrogen, and nitrogen as carrier gases ensures optimal separation efficiency in chromatography tests. Advanced features such as sample injector and flow controller enhance the accuracy and reproducibility of chromatographic analyses, crucial for drug approval processes.  Key parameters such as boiling point, vapor pressure, and polarity are meticulously controlled to achieve optimal separation on chromatography columns, ensuring accurate identification of target compounds. Gas chromatography systems offer precise analysis of organic compounds by utilizing a stationary phase to retain analytes based on their interactions with the mobile phase. There are multiple factors influencing market research and growth.

Significant Market Trends

Technological advances in chromatography are a key trend in the market. More automated and highly advanced chromatography systems are increasingly in demand due to the need for accuracy and lower costs in domains such as biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. They help enhance the operations of research centers by providing cancer research models, screening anti-cancerous drugs, and testing the effects of cytotoxicity. Standardization and automation are turning out to be game-changers and technological advances such as the introduction of miniature portable chromatography instruments help to separate, analyze, and identify substances contained in volatile liquids or gaseous samples.

Moreover, they also have various components such as injection ports, temperature, and pressure controls, capillary columns to adjust, control, and allow passage of different substances pass at different rates as well as sensors for the separation of gases. Hence, these factors are likely to increase market growth and trends.

Major Market Challenges

The lack of skilled technicians is challenging the market growth. The limited number of technicians skilled such as sample identification and analysis of biological specimens and crime-scene evidence in the forensics sector. Professionals are required to maintain, troubleshoot, and must be aware of analytical techniques like high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC)  and titration techniques to interpret and analyze data.

Additionally, the limited training resources for R&D scientists, students, chemists, and environmental scientists in developing economies hinder market growth. This results in a gap in knowledge and skills that include standard operating procedures, preventive maintenance, the role of gases and different components of systems, and working principles. Hence these factors are likely to contribute to the growth of the market during the forecast period.

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Market Customer Landscape

The gas chromatography market forecast report includes the adoption lifecycle of the market, covering from the innovator’s stage to the laggard’s stage. It focuses on adoption rates in different regions based on penetration. Furthermore, the gas chromatography market growth and trends report also includes key purchase criteria and drivers of price sensitivity to help companies evaluate and develop their market growth and forecasting strategies.

Market Customer Landscape

Segment Overview

The gas chromatography market research report provides comprehensive data (region wise segment analysis), with forecasts and estimates in "USD Billion" for the period 2024 to 2028, as well as historical data from 2018 to 2022 for the following segments.

• Product Outlook
  • Consumables and accessories
  • Instruments

• End-user Outlook
  • Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology
  • Food and beverages
  • Academic and research institutes
  • Others

• Region Outlook
  • North America
    • The U.S.
    • Canada
  • Europe
    • The U.K.
    • Germany
    • France
    • Rest of Europe
  • Asia
    • China
    • Indi a
  • Rest of the World (ROW)
    • Australia
    • Argentina
    •  Brazil

Market Analyst Overview

The market is witnessing significant growth driven by diverse industries and applications. Factors such as buying behavior trends and food safety concerns are propelling the demand for advanced chromatography systems in the industrial research & manufacturing processes segment. The market encompasses a wide range of products, including instruments, systems, detectors, columns, and accessories such as autosamplers, fraction collectors, and flow management accessories. Industries ranging from oil & gas to pharmaceuticals and chemical & food are increasingly adopting gas chromatography instruments for various applications, including petrochemical analysis, healthcare diagnostics, Molecular weights, and environmental testing. Technological advancements in hyphenated chromatography systems, coupled with the availability of a skilled workforce, are driving market growth further.

Further, with increasing demand for precise analysis of compounds like proteins and toxins, the market is poised for continued expansion in the foreseeable future.
It is extensively used for analyzing chemical mixtures to identify and quantify individual components accurately. In the medical sector, gas chromatography plays a crucial role in analyzing biological samples such as blood and urine for detecting substances like barbiturates, alcohols, narcotics, and sedatives. It is also employed in clinical toxicology for venom analysis and screening for various drugs, including anesthetics, antihistamines, and anticonvulsants. Additionally, gas chromatography is pivotal in environmental analysis, explosive inspection, and fire investigation, ensuring safety and compliance with regulations. Moreover, it contributes significantly to the development of healthcare infrastructure by facilitating accurate diagnostics and research in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology.

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What are the Key Data Covered in this Gas Chromatography Market Research Report?

• CAGR of the market during the forecast period
• Detailed information on factors that will drive the growth of the  market between 2023 and 2028
• Precise estimation of the size of the  market and its contribution to the market in focus on the parent market
• Detailed analysis of customer landscape covering Diver of price sensitivity, Adoption of the lifecycle, and key purchase criteria 
• Vendor landscape comparing criticality of inputs and factors of differentiation
• Exclusive Matrix on vendor position and Classification
• Accurate predictions about upcoming market trends and analysis and changes in consumer behavior
• Growth of the market across North America, Europe, Asia, and the Rest of the World (ROW)
• A thorough market report analysis of the market’s competitive landscape and detailed information about vendors
• Comprehensive market forecast analysis of factors that will challenge the growth of  market vendors

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