# Reagents and high-purity lab chemicals: Production

The Covid sales boom and the destocking that followed

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/lab_reagents/production/

What this tab covers Who makes it and how much: world capacity and output, utilisation, the top producing countries and companies globally and in India, concentration, new capacity coming, and each region's position.

| Measure | Figure | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| **World capacity** | not published |  | no public total |
| **World output** | not published |  | no public total |
| **Capacity utilisation** | not published | Suppliers saw a Covid-era boom in 2020-2022, then destocking by bioprocessing and pharma customers in 2023-2024 (indicative). | indicative |
| **Concentration** | top five suppliers about 38-44% of revenue (MRFR 2025) | Estimated shares: Merck KGaA 9-12%, Thermo Fisher 8-11%, Avantor 5-8%, Honeywell Research Chemicals 4-6%, BD 3-5%, Bio-Rad 3-5%, Danaher 3-5%, Revvity 2-4%, FUJIFILM Wako 2-3%, TCI 1-3%. Figures are by demand region; production location is not published. | Market Research Future (2026) |
| **New capacity** | not published | Growth is in biochemistry and pharma QC reagents and in Asia-Pacific (MRFR); Indian makers are adding HPLC and LC-MS solvent and biochemical lines (indicative). | MRFR (2026); indicative |

#### Top producing countries
 United States 32% · North America 31.9% of 2025 revenue; US 78.4% of that (MRFR) Europe (Germany 23.6% of region) 28% · $8.49 billion (2025, MRFR) Asia-Pacific (China 38.2% of region) 27% · fastest growing at 5.03% a year (MRFR); share derived as remainder of over 86% for the three regions (indicative) South America (Brazil 56.3% of region) 7% · $2.16 billion (2025, MRFR) Middle East and Africa 6% · growing 3.87% a year (MRFR); share derived Market Research Future (2026); Market Research Future (2026); share derived

#### Largest producers: global

| Company | Country | Volume | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| **Merck KGaA (MilliporeSigma, Sigma-Aldrich)** largest catalogue of research chemicals | Germany | not published | 2025 | [MRFR (2026): about 9-12%](https://www.merckgroup.com) |
| **Thermo Fisher Scientific** Fisher Chemical, Alfa Aesar, Invitrogen brands; group revenue about $42.9 billion in 2024 (indicative) | US | not published | 2025 | [MRFR (2026): about 8-11%](https://www.thermofisher.com) |
| **Avantor (VWR, J.T.Baker)** revenue $6.78 billion (2024) and $6.55 billion (2025) (Avantor full-year 2025 results); owns RFCL in India (indicative) | US | not published | 2025 | [MRFR (2026): about 5-8%](https://www.avantorsciences.com) |
| **Honeywell Research Chemicals** Riedel-de Haen and Burdick & Jackson solvents (indicative) | US/Germany | not published | 2025 | [MRFR (2026): about 4-6%](https://lab.honeywell.com) |
| **FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical** Japanese reagent leader | Japan | not published | 2025 | [MRFR (2026): about 2-3%](https://www.fujifilm.com) |
| **Tokyo Chemical Industry (TCI)** organic research reagents | Japan | not published | 2025 | [MRFR (2026): about 1-3%](https://www.tcichemicals.com) |
| **Bio-Rad Laboratories** life science and clinical reagents | US | not published | 2025 | [MRFR (2026): about 3-5%](https://www.bio-rad.com) |

#### Largest producers: India

| Company | Country | Volume | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| **Sisco Research Laboratories (SRL)** private; laboratory and biochemical reagents (indicative) | India | not published | 2025 | [company (indicative)](https://www.srlchem.com) |
| **Loba Chemie** private; laboratory reagents and fine chemicals (indicative) | India | not published | 2025 | [company (indicative)](https://www.lobachemie.com) |
| **Spectrochem** private; reagents and HPLC solvents (indicative) | India | not published | 2025 | [company (indicative)](https://www.spectrochem.in) |
| **Thomas Baker (Chemicals)** private; laboratory chemicals (indicative) | India | not published | 2025 | company (indicative) |
| **RFCL (Avantor India)** ex-Ranbaxy Fine Chemicals (Rankem), acquired by Avantor (indicative) | India | not published | 2025 | [indicative](https://www.avantorsciences.com) |

India has many private reagent makers for laboratory and analytical grades, while high-end biochemicals, reference standards and LC-MS solvents are mostly imported from Merck, Thermo Fisher and others (indicative). Production figures are not published.

#### Position by region

| Region | Position |
|---|---|
| **US** | Largest market; US federal research funding changes in 2025 weighed on academic demand (indicative). |
| **EU** | Germany is 23.6% of European demand (MRFR); REACH and CLP labelling for all packs. |
| **India** | Pharma QC and contract research drive demand; import dependence for high-end grades (indicative). |
| **China** | 38.2% of Asia-Pacific demand (MRFR); domestic makers such as Sinopharm Chemical Reagent compete on price (indicative). |
| **Japan** | FUJIFILM Wako, TCI and Kanto Chemical lead (indicative). |
| **Middle East** | Saudi Arabia 28.7% of Middle East and Africa demand (MRFR). |

## Other sections

- [Summary](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/lab_reagents/index.md)
- [Overview](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/lab_reagents/overview/index.md)
- [Correlation](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/lab_reagents/correlation/index.md)
- [Production route](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/lab_reagents/routes/index.md)
- [Feedstocks](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/lab_reagents/feedstocks/index.md)
- [Cycles](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/lab_reagents/cycles/index.md)
- [Trading](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/lab_reagents/trading/index.md)
- [Movement](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/lab_reagents/movement/index.md)
- [Regulation](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/lab_reagents/regulation/index.md)
- [Characteristics](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/lab_reagents/characteristics/index.md)
- [Emissions](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/lab_reagents/emissions/index.md)
- [Relationships](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/lab_reagents/links/index.md)