Global Levulinic Acid Industry Growth and Trends Forecast to 2031

Summary

Levulinic acid (CAS No 123-76-2), or 4-oxopentanoic acid, is an organic compound with the formula CH3C(O)CH2CH2CO2H. It is classified as a keto acid. This white crystalline solid is soluble in water and polar organic solvents. It is derived from degradation of cellulose and is a potential precursor to biofuels.

According to APO Research, The global Levulinic Acid 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 Levulinic Acid 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 Levulinic Acid 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 Levulinic Acid 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 Levulinic Acid include GFBiochemicals, Zibo Changlin Chemical, Hefei TNJ Chemical, Heroy Chemical Industry and Guannan East Chemical, 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 Levulinic Acid, 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 Levulinic Acid.

The Levulinic Acid 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 Levulinic Acid 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.

Levulinic Acid Segment by Company

GFBiochemicals
Zibo Changlin Chemical
Hefei TNJ Chemical
Heroy Chemical Industry
Guannan East Chemical

Levulinic Acid Segment by Type

Industrial Grade Levulinic Acid
Pharma Grade Levulinic Acid
Other Grade Levulinic Acid

Levulinic Acid Segment by Application

Pharmaceuticals
Cosmetics & Personal Care
Plasticizers
Food and Flavors
Agrochemicals
Biofuels
Others

Levulinic Acid 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 Levulinic Acid 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 Levulinic Acid 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 Levulinic Acid.
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 Levulinic Acid manufacturers competitive landscape, price, sales, revenue, market share and ranking, latest development plan, merger, and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 4: Sales, revenue of Levulinic Acid 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 Levulinic Acid Market Size Estimates and Forecasts (2020-2031)
1.2.2 Global Levulinic Acid Sales Estimates and Forecasts (2020-2031)
1.3 Levulinic Acid Market by Type
1.3.1 Industrial Grade Levulinic Acid
1.3.2 Pharma Grade Levulinic Acid
1.3.3 Other Grade Levulinic Acid
1.4 Global Levulinic Acid Market Size by Type
1.4.1 Global Levulinic Acid Market Size Overview by Type (2020-2031)
1.4.2 Global Levulinic Acid Historic Market Size Review by Type (2020-2025)
1.4.3 Global Levulinic Acid Forecasted Market Size by Type (2026-2031)
1.5 Key Regions Market Size by Type
1.5.1 North America Levulinic Acid Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
1.5.2 Europe Levulinic Acid Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
1.5.3 Asia-Pacific Levulinic Acid Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
1.5.4 South America Levulinic Acid Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
1.5.5 Middle East and Africa Levulinic Acid Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
2 Global Market Dynamics
2.1 Levulinic Acid Industry Trends
2.2 Levulinic Acid Industry Drivers
2.3 Levulinic Acid Industry Opportunities and Challenges
2.4 Levulinic Acid Industry Restraints
3 Market Competitive Landscape by Company
3.1 Global Top Players by Levulinic Acid Revenue (2020-2025)
3.2 Global Top Players by Levulinic Acid Sales (2020-2025)
3.3 Global Top Players by Levulinic Acid Price (2020-2025)
3.4 Global Levulinic Acid Industry Company Ranking, 2023 VS 2024 VS 2025
3.5 Global Levulinic Acid Major Company Production Sites & Headquarters
3.6 Global Levulinic Acid Company, Product Type & Application
3.7 Global Levulinic Acid Company Establishment Date
3.8 Market Competitive Analysis
3.8.1 Global Levulinic Acid Market CR5 and HHI
3.8.2 Global Top 5 and 10 Levulinic Acid Players Market Share by Revenue in 2024
3.8.3 2023 Levulinic Acid Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3
4 Levulinic Acid Regional Status and Outlook
4.1 Global Levulinic Acid Market Size and CAGR by Region: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
4.2 Global Levulinic Acid Historic Market Size by Region
4.2.1 Global Levulinic Acid Sales in Volume by Region (2020-2025)
4.2.2 Global Levulinic Acid Sales in Value by Region (2020-2025)
4.2.3 Global Levulinic Acid Sales (Volume & Value), Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
4.3 Global Levulinic Acid Forecasted Market Size by Region
4.3.1 Global Levulinic Acid Sales in Volume by Region (2026-2031)
4.3.2 Global Levulinic Acid Sales in Value by Region (2026-2031)
4.3.3 Global Levulinic Acid Sales (Volume & Value), Price and Gross Margin (2026-2031)
5 Levulinic Acid by Application
5.1 Levulinic Acid Market by Application
5.1.1 Pharmaceuticals
5.1.2 Cosmetics & Personal Care
5.1.3 Plasticizers
5.1.4 Food and Flavors
5.1.5 Agrochemicals
5.1.6 Biofuels
5.1.7 Others
5.2 Global Levulinic Acid Market Size by Application
5.2.1 Global Levulinic Acid Market Size Overview by Application (2020-2031)
5.2.2 Global Levulinic Acid Historic Market Size Review by Application (2020-2025)
5.2.3 Global Levulinic Acid Forecasted Market Size by Application (2026-2031)
5.3 Key Regions Market Size by Application
5.3.1 North America Levulinic Acid Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
5.3.2 Europe Levulinic Acid Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
5.3.3 Asia-Pacific Levulinic Acid Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
5.3.4 South America Levulinic Acid Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
5.3.5 Middle East and Africa Levulinic Acid Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
6 Company Profiles
6.1 GFBiochemicals
6.1.1 GFBiochemicals Comapny Information
6.1.2 GFBiochemicals Business Overview
6.1.3 GFBiochemicals Levulinic Acid Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.1.4 GFBiochemicals Levulinic Acid Product Portfolio
6.1.5 GFBiochemicals Recent Developments
6.2 Zibo Changlin Chemical
6.2.1 Zibo Changlin Chemical Comapny Information
6.2.2 Zibo Changlin Chemical Business Overview
6.2.3 Zibo Changlin Chemical Levulinic Acid Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.2.4 Zibo Changlin Chemical Levulinic Acid Product Portfolio
6.2.5 Zibo Changlin Chemical Recent Developments
6.3 Hefei TNJ Chemical
6.3.1 Hefei TNJ Chemical Comapny Information
6.3.2 Hefei TNJ Chemical Business Overview
6.3.3 Hefei TNJ Chemical Levulinic Acid Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.3.4 Hefei TNJ Chemical Levulinic Acid Product Portfolio
6.3.5 Hefei TNJ Chemical Recent Developments
6.4 Heroy Chemical Industry
6.4.1 Heroy Chemical Industry Comapny Information
6.4.2 Heroy Chemical Industry Business Overview
6.4.3 Heroy Chemical Industry Levulinic Acid Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.4.4 Heroy Chemical Industry Levulinic Acid Product Portfolio
6.4.5 Heroy Chemical Industry Recent Developments
6.5 Guannan East Chemical
6.5.1 Guannan East Chemical Comapny Information
6.5.2 Guannan East Chemical Business Overview
6.5.3 Guannan East Chemical Levulinic Acid Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.5.4 Guannan East Chemical Levulinic Acid Product Portfolio
6.5.5 Guannan East Chemical Recent Developments
7 North America by Country
7.1 North America Levulinic Acid Sales by Country
7.1.1 North America Levulinic Acid Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
7.1.2 North America Levulinic Acid Sales by Country (2020-2025)
7.1.3 North America Levulinic Acid Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
7.2 North America Levulinic Acid Market Size by Country
7.2.1 North America Levulinic Acid Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
7.2.2 North America Levulinic Acid Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
7.2.3 North America Levulinic Acid Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
8 Europe by Country
8.1 Europe Levulinic Acid Sales by Country
8.1.1 Europe Levulinic Acid Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.1.2 Europe Levulinic Acid Sales by Country (2020-2025)
8.1.3 Europe Levulinic Acid Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
8.2 Europe Levulinic Acid Market Size by Country
8.2.1 Europe Levulinic Acid Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.2.2 Europe Levulinic Acid Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
8.2.3 Europe Levulinic Acid Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
9 Asia-Pacific by Country
9.1 Asia-Pacific Levulinic Acid Sales by Country
9.1.1 Asia-Pacific Levulinic Acid Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
9.1.2 Asia-Pacific Levulinic Acid Sales by Country (2020-2025)
9.1.3 Asia-Pacific Levulinic Acid Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
9.2 Asia-Pacific Levulinic Acid Market Size by Country
9.2.1 Asia-Pacific Levulinic Acid Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
9.2.2 Asia-Pacific Levulinic Acid Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
9.2.3 Asia-Pacific Levulinic Acid Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
10 South America by Country
10.1 South America Levulinic Acid Sales by Country
10.1.1 South America Levulinic Acid Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
10.1.2 South America Levulinic Acid Sales by Country (2020-2025)
10.1.3 South America Levulinic Acid Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
10.2 South America Levulinic Acid Market Size by Country
10.2.1 South America Levulinic Acid Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
10.2.2 South America Levulinic Acid Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
10.2.3 South America Levulinic Acid Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
11 Middle East and Africa by Country
11.1 Middle East and Africa Levulinic Acid Sales by Country
11.1.1 Middle East and Africa Levulinic Acid Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
11.1.2 Middle East and Africa Levulinic Acid Sales by Country (2020-2025)
11.1.3 Middle East and Africa Levulinic Acid Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
11.2 Middle East and Africa Levulinic Acid Market Size by Country
11.2.1 Middle East and Africa Levulinic Acid Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
11.2.2 Middle East and Africa Levulinic Acid Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
11.2.3 Middle East and Africa Levulinic Acid Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12 Value Chain and Sales Channels Analysis
12.1 Levulinic Acid Value Chain Analysis
12.1.1 Levulinic Acid 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 Levulinic Acid Production Mode & Process
12.2 Levulinic Acid Sales Channels Analysis
12.2.1 Direct Comparison with Distribution Share
12.2.2 Levulinic Acid Distributors
12.2.3 Levulinic Acid 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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