What Fueled The Previous Growth In The Surface Analysis Market?
The surface analysis market has seen considerable growth due to a variety of factors.
• The market size for surface analysis has seen robust growth in recent times. It is estimated to expand from $6 billion in 2024 to $6.6 billion in 2025, indicating a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.9%.
Factors contributing to the growth during this past period include increased demand for innovative surface analysis methods across different sectors, the necessity for precise and trustworthy surface analysis in research and development activities, a surge in demand for non-destructive testing and inspection techniques, uptake of automation and robotics in manufacturing and industrial procedures, and a shift towards miniaturization in the semiconductor and electronics industries.
How Does the Forecast Look for the Surface Analysis Market?
The surface analysis market is expected to maintain its strong growth trajectory in upcoming years.
• The market size for surface analysis is predicted to experience robust growth in the forthcoming years, expanding to a value of $9.52 billion in 2029 with a CAGR of 9.6%.
The growth projected during this period can be attributed to the emphasis on highly precise surface analysis in the semiconductor and electronics sectors, increased attention to environmental monitoring and analysis, the rise in demand for surface analysis systems in the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors, the necessity for real-time data and intelligence in manufacturing processes, and the escalating need for surface analysis in the field of materials science research. Key trends during this period include the incorporation of artificial intelligence, the advancement of in-situ and in-operando techniques, and the rise of multimodal imaging and correlative microscopy.
What Are The Leading Drivers Of Growth In The Surface Analysis Market?
The escalating worries about the quality of air indoors is expected to fuel the expansion of the surface analysis market. The term Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is used to refer to the standard of air in and around buildings and structures with particular emphasis on its impact on the inhabitants' comfort and health. The growing apprehension over IAQ is due to a variety of elements such as emissions from building materials, furnishings, cleaning supplies, and cooking appliances, insufficient ventilation in buildings, and contamination from outdoor air pollution. Surface analysis is instrumental in alleviating IAQ concerns by detecting and measuring the pollutants and contaminants on different surfaces within indoor settings. It helps isolate sources of indoor air contamination by identifying microbial growth regions, accumulation of dust and particulate matter, or cleaning product or building material residues. For example, Dyson, a UK-based domestic appliance manufacturer, reported in January 2024 that UK's indoor air quality was inferior to outdoor air in 11 out of 12 months in 2022. This was observed in almost two-thirds of the countries where the indoor annual average PM2.5 levels were noted to be higher than outdoors, with the UK reporting indoor PM2.5 levels that were 23% higher than those outdoors. Moreover, all countries saw their monthly average indoor PM2.5 level exceeding the WHO's long-term exposure guidelines for at least half the year. Furthermore, according to the American Lung Association, a US-based professional association, in April 2023, 119.6 million Americans, roughly 36% of the population, still live in areas with adverse ozone or particulate pollution rankings. As a result, the increasing concerns regarding indoor air quality are expected to propel the surface analysis market's growth.
How Are The Segments Defined Within The Global Surface Analysis Market?
The surface analysis market covered in this report is segmented –
1) By Instrumentation Technology: Microscopy, Spectroscopy, Surface Analyzers, X-Ray Diffraction
2) By Application: Semiconductor, Energy, Polymers, Life Sciences, Other Applications
3) By End User: Academic Institute, Industries, Research Organizations
Subsegments:
1) By Microscopy: Scanning Electron Microscopy, Atomic Force Microscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy, Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
2) By Spectroscopy: X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, Raman Spectroscopy, Ultraviolet-visible Spectroscopy
3) By Surface Analyzers: Contact Angle Goniometer, Surface Profilometers, Thin Film Thickness Measurement Instruments
4) By X-ray Diffraction: Powder X-ray Diffraction, X-ray Reflectivity, Grazing Incidence X-ray Diffraction
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Which Emerging Market Trends Are Altering The Surface Analysis Industry?
Major players in the surface analysis market are focusing on the advancement of novel solutions, such as X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), to enhance their market position. XPS is a powerful tool used in surface analysis to obtain a precise atomic composition and chemistry that sheds light on the elemental structure, chemical conditions, and surface contamination of a sample. For instance, in July 2022, ULVAC-PHI, a company based in Japan specializing in the development, production and support of surface analysis equipment unveiled the PHI GENESIS, a high-functioning and automated scanning X-ray photoelectron spectrometer. This product distinguishes itself by its high-velocity, high-sensitivity micro XPS analysis capabilities, characterized by automated multi-sample analysis coupled with automatic sample exchange. The PHI GENESIS XPS integrates a multitude of innovative technologies developed by ULVAC-PHI and Physical Electronics USA, like scanning micro XPS, HAXPES, fully automatic robotics for XPS analysis, automatic insulator neutralization analysis, and organic material's depth profiling using a cluster etching ion gun—all within a single apparatus. In addition, the system has an intuitive software package that is adaptable to all skill levels, thus allowing everyone–from beginners to veteran scientists–to conduct advanced analysis. This level of sophisticated analysis, normally seen in major synchrotron installations, can easily be implemented in regular lab settings.
Who Are the Key Players In The Surface Analysis Market?
Major companies operating in the surface analysis market report are:
• Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
• KLA Corporation
• Carl Zeiss AG
• Agilent Technologies Inc.
• Keyence Corporation
• Keysight Technologies Inc.
• Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
• Shimadzu Corporation
• Bruker Corporation
• HORIBA Ltd.
• JEOL Ltd.
• Renishaw plc
• Leica Microsystems
• Veeco Instruments Inc.
• Oxford Instruments plc
• Park Systems
• Gatan Inc.
• Filmetrics Inc.
• Anton Paar GmbH
• Rigaku Corporation
• McCrone Group
• Elionix Inc.
• Nanosurf AG
• NT-MDT Spectrum Instruments
• SPECS GmbH
What Is The Most Dominant Region In The Surface Analysis Market?
North America was the largest region in the surface analysis market in 2024. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the surface analysis market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa.
