Global Hard Capsules Industry Growth and Trends Forecast to 2031

Summary

The capsules are made in two parts by dipping metal pins in the gelling agent solution. The capsules are supplied as closed units to the pharmaceutical manufacturer. Before use, the two halves are separated, the capsule is filled with powder or more normally pellets made by the process of Extrusion & Spheronization (either by placing a compressed slug of powder into one half of the capsule, or by filling one half of the capsule with loose powder) and the other half of the capsule is pressed on. With the compressed slug method, weight varies less between capsules.

According to APO Research, The global Hard Capsules 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 Hard Capsules 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 Hard Capsules 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 Hard Capsules 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 Hard Capsules include ACG Associated Capsules, Bright Pharmacaps, Capscanada Corporation, Capsugel, Comed Chemicals, Medi-Caps, Natural Capsules, NecLife and Qualicaps, 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 Hard Capsules, 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 Hard Capsules.

The Hard Capsules market size, estimations, and forecasts are provided in terms of sales volume (M Units) 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 Hard Capsules 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.

Hard Capsules Segment by Company

ACG Associated Capsules
Bright Pharmacaps
Capscanada Corporation
Capsugel
Comed Chemicals
Medi-Caps
Natural Capsules
NecLife
Qualicaps
Roxlor
Snail Pharma Industry
Suheung
Sunil Healthcare

Hard Capsules Segment by Type

Gelatin
Non-Animal

Hard Capsules Segment by Application

Health Supplements
Pharmaceutical

Hard Capsules 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 Hard Capsules 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 Hard Capsules 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 Hard Capsules.
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 Hard Capsules manufacturers competitive landscape, price, sales, revenue, market share and ranking, latest development plan, merger, and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 4: Sales, revenue of Hard Capsules 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 Hard Capsules Market Size Estimates and Forecasts (2020-2031)
1.2.2 Global Hard Capsules Sales Estimates and Forecasts (2020-2031)
1.3 Hard Capsules Market by Type
1.3.1 Gelatin
1.3.2 Non-Animal
1.4 Global Hard Capsules Market Size by Type
1.4.1 Global Hard Capsules Market Size Overview by Type (2020-2031)
1.4.2 Global Hard Capsules Historic Market Size Review by Type (2020-2025)
1.4.3 Global Hard Capsules Forecasted Market Size by Type (2026-2031)
1.5 Key Regions Market Size by Type
1.5.1 North America Hard Capsules Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
1.5.2 Europe Hard Capsules Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
1.5.3 Asia-Pacific Hard Capsules Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
1.5.4 South America Hard Capsules Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
1.5.5 Middle East and Africa Hard Capsules Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
2 Global Market Dynamics
2.1 Hard Capsules Industry Trends
2.2 Hard Capsules Industry Drivers
2.3 Hard Capsules Industry Opportunities and Challenges
2.4 Hard Capsules Industry Restraints
3 Market Competitive Landscape by Company
3.1 Global Top Players by Hard Capsules Revenue (2020-2025)
3.2 Global Top Players by Hard Capsules Sales (2020-2025)
3.3 Global Top Players by Hard Capsules Price (2020-2025)
3.4 Global Hard Capsules Industry Company Ranking, 2023 VS 2024 VS 2025
3.5 Global Hard Capsules Major Company Production Sites & Headquarters
3.6 Global Hard Capsules Company, Product Type & Application
3.7 Global Hard Capsules Company Establishment Date
3.8 Market Competitive Analysis
3.8.1 Global Hard Capsules Market CR5 and HHI
3.8.2 Global Top 5 and 10 Hard Capsules Players Market Share by Revenue in 2024
3.8.3 2023 Hard Capsules Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3
4 Hard Capsules Regional Status and Outlook
4.1 Global Hard Capsules Market Size and CAGR by Region: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
4.2 Global Hard Capsules Historic Market Size by Region
4.2.1 Global Hard Capsules Sales in Volume by Region (2020-2025)
4.2.2 Global Hard Capsules Sales in Value by Region (2020-2025)
4.2.3 Global Hard Capsules Sales (Volume & Value), Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
4.3 Global Hard Capsules Forecasted Market Size by Region
4.3.1 Global Hard Capsules Sales in Volume by Region (2026-2031)
4.3.2 Global Hard Capsules Sales in Value by Region (2026-2031)
4.3.3 Global Hard Capsules Sales (Volume & Value), Price and Gross Margin (2026-2031)
5 Hard Capsules by Application
5.1 Hard Capsules Market by Application
5.1.1 Health Supplements
5.1.2 Pharmaceutical
5.2 Global Hard Capsules Market Size by Application
5.2.1 Global Hard Capsules Market Size Overview by Application (2020-2031)
5.2.2 Global Hard Capsules Historic Market Size Review by Application (2020-2025)
5.2.3 Global Hard Capsules Forecasted Market Size by Application (2026-2031)
5.3 Key Regions Market Size by Application
5.3.1 North America Hard Capsules Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
5.3.2 Europe Hard Capsules Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
5.3.3 Asia-Pacific Hard Capsules Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
5.3.4 South America Hard Capsules Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
5.3.5 Middle East and Africa Hard Capsules Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
6 Company Profiles
6.1 ACG Associated Capsules
6.1.1 ACG Associated Capsules Comapny Information
6.1.2 ACG Associated Capsules Business Overview
6.1.3 ACG Associated Capsules Hard Capsules Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.1.4 ACG Associated Capsules Hard Capsules Product Portfolio
6.1.5 ACG Associated Capsules Recent Developments
6.2 Bright Pharmacaps
6.2.1 Bright Pharmacaps Comapny Information
6.2.2 Bright Pharmacaps Business Overview
6.2.3 Bright Pharmacaps Hard Capsules Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.2.4 Bright Pharmacaps Hard Capsules Product Portfolio
6.2.5 Bright Pharmacaps Recent Developments
6.3 Capscanada Corporation
6.3.1 Capscanada Corporation Comapny Information
6.3.2 Capscanada Corporation Business Overview
6.3.3 Capscanada Corporation Hard Capsules Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.3.4 Capscanada Corporation Hard Capsules Product Portfolio
6.3.5 Capscanada Corporation Recent Developments
6.4 Capsugel
6.4.1 Capsugel Comapny Information
6.4.2 Capsugel Business Overview
6.4.3 Capsugel Hard Capsules Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.4.4 Capsugel Hard Capsules Product Portfolio
6.4.5 Capsugel Recent Developments
6.5 Comed Chemicals
6.5.1 Comed Chemicals Comapny Information
6.5.2 Comed Chemicals Business Overview
6.5.3 Comed Chemicals Hard Capsules Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.5.4 Comed Chemicals Hard Capsules Product Portfolio
6.5.5 Comed Chemicals Recent Developments
6.6 Medi-Caps
6.6.1 Medi-Caps Comapny Information
6.6.2 Medi-Caps Business Overview
6.6.3 Medi-Caps Hard Capsules Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.6.4 Medi-Caps Hard Capsules Product Portfolio
6.6.5 Medi-Caps Recent Developments
6.7 Natural Capsules
6.7.1 Natural Capsules Comapny Information
6.7.2 Natural Capsules Business Overview
6.7.3 Natural Capsules Hard Capsules Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.7.4 Natural Capsules Hard Capsules Product Portfolio
6.7.5 Natural Capsules Recent Developments
6.8 NecLife
6.8.1 NecLife Comapny Information
6.8.2 NecLife Business Overview
6.8.3 NecLife Hard Capsules Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.8.4 NecLife Hard Capsules Product Portfolio
6.8.5 NecLife Recent Developments
6.9 Qualicaps
6.9.1 Qualicaps Comapny Information
6.9.2 Qualicaps Business Overview
6.9.3 Qualicaps Hard Capsules Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.9.4 Qualicaps Hard Capsules Product Portfolio
6.9.5 Qualicaps Recent Developments
6.10 Roxlor
6.10.1 Roxlor Comapny Information
6.10.2 Roxlor Business Overview
6.10.3 Roxlor Hard Capsules Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.10.4 Roxlor Hard Capsules Product Portfolio
6.10.5 Roxlor Recent Developments
6.11 Snail Pharma Industry
6.11.1 Snail Pharma Industry Comapny Information
6.11.2 Snail Pharma Industry Business Overview
6.11.3 Snail Pharma Industry Hard Capsules Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.11.4 Snail Pharma Industry Hard Capsules Product Portfolio
6.11.5 Snail Pharma Industry Recent Developments
6.12 Suheung
6.12.1 Suheung Comapny Information
6.12.2 Suheung Business Overview
6.12.3 Suheung Hard Capsules Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.12.4 Suheung Hard Capsules Product Portfolio
6.12.5 Suheung Recent Developments
6.13 Sunil Healthcare
6.13.1 Sunil Healthcare Comapny Information
6.13.2 Sunil Healthcare Business Overview
6.13.3 Sunil Healthcare Hard Capsules Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.13.4 Sunil Healthcare Hard Capsules Product Portfolio
6.13.5 Sunil Healthcare Recent Developments
7 North America by Country
7.1 North America Hard Capsules Sales by Country
7.1.1 North America Hard Capsules Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
7.1.2 North America Hard Capsules Sales by Country (2020-2025)
7.1.3 North America Hard Capsules Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
7.2 North America Hard Capsules Market Size by Country
7.2.1 North America Hard Capsules Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
7.2.2 North America Hard Capsules Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
7.2.3 North America Hard Capsules Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
8 Europe by Country
8.1 Europe Hard Capsules Sales by Country
8.1.1 Europe Hard Capsules Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.1.2 Europe Hard Capsules Sales by Country (2020-2025)
8.1.3 Europe Hard Capsules Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
8.2 Europe Hard Capsules Market Size by Country
8.2.1 Europe Hard Capsules Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.2.2 Europe Hard Capsules Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
8.2.3 Europe Hard Capsules Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
9 Asia-Pacific by Country
9.1 Asia-Pacific Hard Capsules Sales by Country
9.1.1 Asia-Pacific Hard Capsules Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
9.1.2 Asia-Pacific Hard Capsules Sales by Country (2020-2025)
9.1.3 Asia-Pacific Hard Capsules Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
9.2 Asia-Pacific Hard Capsules Market Size by Country
9.2.1 Asia-Pacific Hard Capsules Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
9.2.2 Asia-Pacific Hard Capsules Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
9.2.3 Asia-Pacific Hard Capsules Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
10 South America by Country
10.1 South America Hard Capsules Sales by Country
10.1.1 South America Hard Capsules Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
10.1.2 South America Hard Capsules Sales by Country (2020-2025)
10.1.3 South America Hard Capsules Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
10.2 South America Hard Capsules Market Size by Country
10.2.1 South America Hard Capsules Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
10.2.2 South America Hard Capsules Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
10.2.3 South America Hard Capsules Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
11 Middle East and Africa by Country
11.1 Middle East and Africa Hard Capsules Sales by Country
11.1.1 Middle East and Africa Hard Capsules Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
11.1.2 Middle East and Africa Hard Capsules Sales by Country (2020-2025)
11.1.3 Middle East and Africa Hard Capsules Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
11.2 Middle East and Africa Hard Capsules Market Size by Country
11.2.1 Middle East and Africa Hard Capsules Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
11.2.2 Middle East and Africa Hard Capsules Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
11.2.3 Middle East and Africa Hard Capsules Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12 Value Chain and Sales Channels Analysis
12.1 Hard Capsules Value Chain Analysis
12.1.1 Hard Capsules 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 Hard Capsules Production Mode & Process
12.2 Hard Capsules Sales Channels Analysis
12.2.1 Direct Comparison with Distribution Share
12.2.2 Hard Capsules Distributors
12.2.3 Hard Capsules 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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