How Has the Contract Sterilization Market Size Evolved in Recent Years?
The contract sterilization market has seen considerable growth due to a variety of factors.
• In recent years, the contract sterilization market has been experiencing strong growth. The market, which was valued at $5.28 billion in 2024, is projected to increase to $5.8 billion in 2025, marking a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.8%.
The progression in this historical period can be linked to the booming medical device reprocessing industry, rise in the elderly population, escalation in the number of surgical operations, advancing healthcare investments, and an upsurge in chronic disease occurrences.
What are the Market Size and Expected Growth Rates for the Contract Sterilization Market?
The contract sterilization market is expected to maintain its strong growth trajectory in upcoming years.
• Expectations are high for a robust expansion in the contract sterilization market size over the next few years. The prediction is a growth to $8.31 billion by 2029, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.4%.
This anticipated growth in the forecast duration is due to the increasing popularity of single-use medical devices, heightened focus on patient safety and infection control, wider usage of ethylene oxide sterilization in medical tools, and pharmaceutical companies' growing need for contract sterilization. Trends to watch during the forecast period include advancements in low-temperature sterilization technologies, eco-friendly sterilization process innovations, automation in sterilization equipment, electron beam sterilization in the healthcare sector, and the emergence of mobile sterilization units.
Which Key Drivers Are Propelling The Contract Sterilization Market's Growth?
The rise in hospital-acquired infections is projected to fuel the expansion of the contract sterilization market. These infections are contracted by patients during their hospital stay, thus elevating the demand for sterilization services to mitigate infection risks. The escalation in such infections can be traced back to growing antibiotic resistance and the rising utilization of invasive devices like catheters and ventilators, which serve as direct routes for bacteria. Contract sterilization curtails these infections by comprehensively sterilizing medical instruments, surgical tools, and equipment through the application of sophisticated, standardized techniques. For example, a report from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, a government agency based in Sweden, in May 2024, disclosed that each year 4.3 million patients in hospitals throughout the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) acquire at least one healthcare-associated infection while admitted in the hospital. Consequently, this upsurge in hospital-acquired infections is stimulating the growth of the contract sterilization market.
What Are The Key Segments Within The Global Contract Sterilization Market?
The contract sterilizationmarket covered in this report is segmented –
1) By Type: Ethylene Oxide, Gamma Irradiation, Electron Beam, Plasma Sterilization, Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide
2) By Product: Physical Methods, Chemical Methods, Mechanical Methods
3) By Application: Medical Devices, Pharmaceuticals, Food And Beverage, Cosmetics
Subsegments:
1) By Ethylene Oxide: Low Temperature Ethylene Oxide Sterilization, High Concentration Ethylene Oxide Sterilization
2) By Gamma Irradiation: Cobalt-60 Gamma Irradiation, Cesium-137 Gamma Irradiation
3) By Electron Beam: Industrial Electron Beam Sterilization, Medical Electron Beam Sterilization
4) By Plasma Sterilization: Hydrogen Peroxide Plasma Sterilization, Low-Temperature Plasma Sterilization
5) By Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide: Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide Decontamination, Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide Sterilization
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What Trends Are Shaping The Contract Sterilization Market?
Leading firms in the contract sterilization market are zeroing in on enhancing their ethylene oxide (ETO) sterilization abilities to cater to the growing need for more secure, efficient, and effectual sterilization strategies. The ETO sterilization process uses a low-temperature chemical method utilizing ethylene oxide gas to eradicate microbes from heat- or moisture-sensitive medical devices and equipment. For example, in February 2022, Centerpiece, a company based in the US that specializes in medical device contract manufacturing and sterilization, declared substantial enlargements to its ETO sterilization capabilities at its Tijuana, Mexico facility. This augmentation is planned to meet the escalating needs of medical device makers who are grappling with capacity limitations.
Who Are the Key Players In The Contract Sterilization Market?
Major companies operating in the contract sterilization market are:
• 3M Company
• Medline Industries LP
• Steris Corporation
• Serial System Ltd.
• Sterigenics International LLC
• Nelson Labs & Sterigenics
• Steripak Limited
• Rocialle Healthcare
• Midwest Sterilization Corporation (MSC)
• Trinity Sterile Inc.
• Pacific BioLabs Inc.
• PureLine
• Steritek
• E-Beam Services Inc.
• Andersen Sterilizers Inc.
• PAMA Manufacturing and Sterilization
• Transcoject
• Infinity Laboratories Pvt Limited
• Blue Line Sterilization Services
• Medistri SA
• NovaSterilis
• Noxilizer Inc.
• Prince Sterilization Services LLC
What Are The Regional Insights Into The Contract Sterilization Market?
North America was the largest region in the contract sterilization market in 2024. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the contract sterilization market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa.
