Global Activated Charcoal Industry Growth and Trends Forecast to 2031

Summary

Activated carbon, also called activated charcoal, activated coal, or carbon activates, is a form of carbon processed to have small, low-volume pores that increase the surface area available for adsorption or chemical reactions. Activated is sometimes substituted with active.

Due to its high degree of micro porosity, just one gram of activated carbon has a surface area in excess of 500 m2, as determined by gas adsorption. An activation level sufficient for useful application may be attained solely from high surface area; however, further chemical treatment often enhances adsorption properties. Activated charcoal is considered to be the most effective single agent available

According to APO Research, The global Activated Charcoal market was estimated at US$ million in 2025 and is projected to reach a revised size of US$ million by 2031, witnessing a CAGR of xx% during the forecast period 2026-2031.

North American market for Activated Charcoal is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2026 through 2031.

Asia-Pacific market for Activated Charcoal is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2026 through 2031.

Europe market for Activated Charcoal is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2026 through 2031.

The major global manufacturers of Activated Charcoal include Kuraray, ADA-ES, Ingevity Corporation, Cabot Norit, Jacobi Carbons, Haycarb, American Activated Carbon, Boyce Carbon and Active Char Products, etc. In 2024, the world's top three vendors accounted for approximately % of the revenue.

Report Scope

This report aims to provide a comprehensive presentation of the global market for Activated Charcoal, with both quantitative and qualitative analysis, to help readers develop business/growth strategies, assess the market competitive situation, analyze their position in the current marketplace, and make informed business decisions regarding Activated Charcoal.

The Activated Charcoal market size, estimations, and forecasts are provided in terms of sales volume (MT) and revenue ($ millions), considering 2024 as the base year, with history and forecast data for the period from 2020 to 2031. This report segments the global Activated Charcoal market comprehensively. Regional market sizes, concerning products by Type, by Application, and by players, are also provided. For a more in-depth understanding of the market, the report provides profiles of the competitive landscape, key competitors, and their respective market ranks. The report also discusses technological trends and new product developments.

Key Companies & Market Share Insights

In this section, the readers will gain an understanding of the key players competing. This report has studied the key growth strategies, such as innovative trends and developments, intensification of product portfolio, mergers and acquisitions, collaborations, new product innovation, and geographical expansion, undertaken by these participants to maintain their presence. Apart from business strategies, the study includes current developments and key financials. The readers will also get access to the data related to global revenue, price, and sales by manufacturers for the period 2020-2025. This all-inclusive report will certainly serve the clients to stay updated and make effective decisions in their businesses.

Activated Charcoal Segment by Company

Kuraray
ADA-ES
Ingevity Corporation
Cabot Norit
Jacobi Carbons
Haycarb
American Activated Carbon
Boyce Carbon
Active Char Products

Activated Charcoal Segment by Type

Coal-based Activated Carbon
Wood-based Activated Carbon
Coconut-based Activated Carbon

Activated Charcoal Segment by Application

Water Treatment
Air Purification
Mercury Control
Food & Beverages
Industrial Processes
Pharmaceuticals
Others

Activated Charcoal Segment by Region

North America
United States
Canada
Mexico
Europe
Germany
France
U.K.
Italy
Russia
Spain
Netherlands
Switzerland
Sweden
Poland
Asia-Pacific
China
Japan
South Korea
India
Australia
Taiwan
Southeast Asia
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Türkiye
GCC Countries

Key Drivers & Barriers

High-impact rendering factors and drivers have been studied in this report to aid the readers to understand the general development. Moreover, the report includes restraints and challenges that may act as stumbling blocks on the way of the players. This will assist the users to be attentive and make informed decisions related to business. Specialists have also laid their focus on the upcoming business prospects.

Reasons to Buy This Report

1. This report will help the readers to understand the competition within the industries and strategies for the competitive environment to enhance the potential profit. The report also focuses on the competitive landscape of the global Activated Charcoal market, and introduces in detail the market share, industry ranking, competitor ecosystem, market performance, new product development, operation situation, expansion, and acquisition. etc. of the main players, which helps the readers to identify the main competitors and deeply understand the competition pattern of the market.
2. This report will help stakeholders to understand the global industry status and trends of Activated Charcoal and provides them with information on key market drivers, restraints, challenges, and opportunities.
3. This report will help stakeholders to understand competitors better and gain more insights to strengthen their position in their businesses. The competitive landscape section includes the market share and rank (in volume and value), competitor ecosystem, new product development, expansion, and acquisition.
4. This report stays updated with novel technology integration, features, and the latest developments in the market
5. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into which regions to target globally
6. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into the end-user perception concerning the adoption of Activated Charcoal.
7. This report helps stakeholders to identify some of the key players in the market and understand their valuable contribution.

Chapter Outline

Chapter 1: Introduces the study scope of this report, executive summary of market segments by type, market size segments for North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, Middle East & Africa.
Chapter 2: Introduces the market dynamics, latest developments of the market, the driving factors and restrictive factors of the market, the challenges and risks faced by manufacturers in the industry, and the analysis of relevant policies in the industry.
Chapter 3: Detailed analysis of Activated Charcoal manufacturers competitive landscape, price, sales, revenue, market share and ranking, latest development plan, merger, and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 4: Sales, revenue of Activated Charcoal in regional level. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region and introduces the future development prospects, and market space in the world.
Chapter 5: Introduces market segments by application, market size segment for North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, Middle East & Africa.
Chapter 6: Provides profiles of key players, introducing the basic situation of the main companies in the market in detail, including product sales, revenue, price, gross margin, product introduction, recent development, etc.
Chapter 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11: North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, Middle East & Africa, sales and revenue by country.
Chapter 12: Analysis of industrial chain, key raw materials, manufacturing cost, and market dynamics.
Chapter 13: Concluding Insights of the report.

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1 Market Overview

1.1 Product Definition
1.2 Global Market Growth Prospects
1.2.1 Global Activated Charcoal Market Size Estimates and Forecasts (2020-2031)
1.2.2 Global Activated Charcoal Sales Estimates and Forecasts (2020-2031)
1.3 Activated Charcoal Market by Type
1.3.1 Coal-based Activated Carbon
1.3.2 Wood-based Activated Carbon
1.3.3 Coconut-based Activated Carbon
1.4 Global Activated Charcoal Market Size by Type
1.4.1 Global Activated Charcoal Market Size Overview by Type (2020-2031)
1.4.2 Global Activated Charcoal Historic Market Size Review by Type (2020-2025)
1.4.3 Global Activated Charcoal Forecasted Market Size by Type (2026-2031)
1.5 Key Regions Market Size by Type
1.5.1 North America Activated Charcoal Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
1.5.2 Europe Activated Charcoal Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
1.5.3 Asia-Pacific Activated Charcoal Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
1.5.4 South America Activated Charcoal Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
1.5.5 Middle East and Africa Activated Charcoal Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
2 Global Market Dynamics

2.1 Activated Charcoal Industry Trends
2.2 Activated Charcoal Industry Drivers
2.3 Activated Charcoal Industry Opportunities and Challenges
2.4 Activated Charcoal Industry Restraints
3 Market Competitive Landscape by Company

3.1 Global Top Players by Activated Charcoal Revenue (2020-2025)
3.2 Global Top Players by Activated Charcoal Sales (2020-2025)
3.3 Global Top Players by Activated Charcoal Price (2020-2025)
3.4 Global Activated Charcoal Industry Company Ranking, 2023 VS 2024 VS 2025
3.5 Global Activated Charcoal Major Company Production Sites & Headquarters
3.6 Global Activated Charcoal Company, Product Type & Application
3.7 Global Activated Charcoal Company Establishment Date
3.8 Market Competitive Analysis
3.8.1 Global Activated Charcoal Market CR5 and HHI
3.8.2 Global Top 5 and 10 Activated Charcoal Players Market Share by Revenue in 2024
3.8.3 2023 Activated Charcoal Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3
4 Activated Charcoal Regional Status and Outlook

4.1 Global Activated Charcoal Market Size and CAGR by Region: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
4.2 Global Activated Charcoal Historic Market Size by Region
4.2.1 Global Activated Charcoal Sales in Volume by Region (2020-2025)
4.2.2 Global Activated Charcoal Sales in Value by Region (2020-2025)
4.2.3 Global Activated Charcoal Sales (Volume & Value), Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
4.3 Global Activated Charcoal Forecasted Market Size by Region
4.3.1 Global Activated Charcoal Sales in Volume by Region (2026-2031)
4.3.2 Global Activated Charcoal Sales in Value by Region (2026-2031)
4.3.3 Global Activated Charcoal Sales (Volume & Value), Price and Gross Margin (2026-2031)
5 Activated Charcoal by Application

5.1 Activated Charcoal Market by Application
5.1.1 Water Treatment
5.1.2 Air Purification
5.1.3 Mercury Control
5.1.4 Food & Beverages
5.1.5 Industrial Processes
5.1.6 Pharmaceuticals
5.1.7 Others
5.2 Global Activated Charcoal Market Size by Application
5.2.1 Global Activated Charcoal Market Size Overview by Application (2020-2031)
5.2.2 Global Activated Charcoal Historic Market Size Review by Application (2020-2025)
5.2.3 Global Activated Charcoal Forecasted Market Size by Application (2026-2031)
5.3 Key Regions Market Size by Application
5.3.1 North America Activated Charcoal Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
5.3.2 Europe Activated Charcoal Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
5.3.3 Asia-Pacific Activated Charcoal Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
5.3.4 South America Activated Charcoal Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
5.3.5 Middle East and Africa Activated Charcoal Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
6 Company Profiles

6.1 Kuraray
6.1.1 Kuraray Comapny Information
6.1.2 Kuraray Business Overview
6.1.3 Kuraray Activated Charcoal Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.1.4 Kuraray Activated Charcoal Product Portfolio
6.1.5 Kuraray Recent Developments
6.2 ADA-ES
6.2.1 ADA-ES Comapny Information
6.2.2 ADA-ES Business Overview
6.2.3 ADA-ES Activated Charcoal Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.2.4 ADA-ES Activated Charcoal Product Portfolio
6.2.5 ADA-ES Recent Developments
6.3 Ingevity Corporation
6.3.1 Ingevity Corporation Comapny Information
6.3.2 Ingevity Corporation Business Overview
6.3.3 Ingevity Corporation Activated Charcoal Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.3.4 Ingevity Corporation Activated Charcoal Product Portfolio
6.3.5 Ingevity Corporation Recent Developments
6.4 Cabot Norit
6.4.1 Cabot Norit Comapny Information
6.4.2 Cabot Norit Business Overview
6.4.3 Cabot Norit Activated Charcoal Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.4.4 Cabot Norit Activated Charcoal Product Portfolio
6.4.5 Cabot Norit Recent Developments
6.5 Jacobi Carbons
6.5.1 Jacobi Carbons Comapny Information
6.5.2 Jacobi Carbons Business Overview
6.5.3 Jacobi Carbons Activated Charcoal Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.5.4 Jacobi Carbons Activated Charcoal Product Portfolio
6.5.5 Jacobi Carbons Recent Developments
6.6 Haycarb
6.6.1 Haycarb Comapny Information
6.6.2 Haycarb Business Overview
6.6.3 Haycarb Activated Charcoal Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.6.4 Haycarb Activated Charcoal Product Portfolio
6.6.5 Haycarb Recent Developments
6.7 American Activated Carbon
6.7.1 American Activated Carbon Comapny Information
6.7.2 American Activated Carbon Business Overview
6.7.3 American Activated Carbon Activated Charcoal Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.7.4 American Activated Carbon Activated Charcoal Product Portfolio
6.7.5 American Activated Carbon Recent Developments
6.8 Boyce Carbon
6.8.1 Boyce Carbon Comapny Information
6.8.2 Boyce Carbon Business Overview
6.8.3 Boyce Carbon Activated Charcoal Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.8.4 Boyce Carbon Activated Charcoal Product Portfolio
6.8.5 Boyce Carbon Recent Developments
6.9 Active Char Products
6.9.1 Active Char Products Comapny Information
6.9.2 Active Char Products Business Overview
6.9.3 Active Char Products Activated Charcoal Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.9.4 Active Char Products Activated Charcoal Product Portfolio
6.9.5 Active Char Products Recent Developments
7 North America by Country

7.1 North America Activated Charcoal Sales by Country
7.1.1 North America Activated Charcoal Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
7.1.2 North America Activated Charcoal Sales by Country (2020-2025)
7.1.3 North America Activated Charcoal Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
7.2 North America Activated Charcoal Market Size by Country
7.2.1 North America Activated Charcoal Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
7.2.2 North America Activated Charcoal Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
7.2.3 North America Activated Charcoal Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
8 Europe by Country

8.1 Europe Activated Charcoal Sales by Country
8.1.1 Europe Activated Charcoal Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.1.2 Europe Activated Charcoal Sales by Country (2020-2025)
8.1.3 Europe Activated Charcoal Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
8.2 Europe Activated Charcoal Market Size by Country
8.2.1 Europe Activated Charcoal Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.2.2 Europe Activated Charcoal Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
8.2.3 Europe Activated Charcoal Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
9 Asia-Pacific by Country

9.1 Asia-Pacific Activated Charcoal Sales by Country
9.1.1 Asia-Pacific Activated Charcoal Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
9.1.2 Asia-Pacific Activated Charcoal Sales by Country (2020-2025)
9.1.3 Asia-Pacific Activated Charcoal Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
9.2 Asia-Pacific Activated Charcoal Market Size by Country
9.2.1 Asia-Pacific Activated Charcoal Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
9.2.2 Asia-Pacific Activated Charcoal Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
9.2.3 Asia-Pacific Activated Charcoal Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
10 South America by Country

10.1 South America Activated Charcoal Sales by Country
10.1.1 South America Activated Charcoal Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
10.1.2 South America Activated Charcoal Sales by Country (2020-2025)
10.1.3 South America Activated Charcoal Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
10.2 South America Activated Charcoal Market Size by Country
10.2.1 South America Activated Charcoal Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
10.2.2 South America Activated Charcoal Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
10.2.3 South America Activated Charcoal Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
11 Middle East and Africa by Country

11.1 Middle East and Africa Activated Charcoal Sales by Country
11.1.1 Middle East and Africa Activated Charcoal Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
11.1.2 Middle East and Africa Activated Charcoal Sales by Country (2020-2025)
11.1.3 Middle East and Africa Activated Charcoal Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
11.2 Middle East and Africa Activated Charcoal Market Size by Country
11.2.1 Middle East and Africa Activated Charcoal Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
11.2.2 Middle East and Africa Activated Charcoal Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
11.2.3 Middle East and Africa Activated Charcoal Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12 Value Chain and Sales Channels Analysis

12.1 Activated Charcoal Value Chain Analysis
12.1.1 Activated Charcoal Key Raw Materials
12.1.2 Key Raw Materials Price
12.1.3 Raw Materials Key Suppliers
12.1.4 Manufacturing Cost Structure
12.1.5 Activated Charcoal Production Mode & Process
12.2 Activated Charcoal Sales Channels Analysis
12.2.1 Direct Comparison with Distribution Share
12.2.2 Activated Charcoal Distributors
12.2.3 Activated Charcoal Customers
13 Concluding Insights
14 Appendix

14.1 Reasons for Doing This Study
14.2 Research Methodology
14.3 Research Process
14.4 Authors List of This Report
14.5 Data Source
14.5.1 Secondary Sources
14.5.2 Primary Sources
14.6 Disclaimer

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