Air & Fluid Filters

Air & Fluid Filters

The US air and fluid filter market will expand 3.8 percent annually through 2020, reaching $9.7 billion. Gains will be driven by ongoing concerns about the quality of indoor air and drinking water and by increased manufacturing activity. Sales of “smart” features and complementary monitoring devices will support per unit value gains and will promote timeliness of filter replacement.

This report segments the US air and fluid filter industry by product and market. Data is provided in million US dollars.

Air and fluid filter products include:
Fluid filters, such as:
Consumer water filters
Fluid power filters
Other fluid filters
Air filters, such as:
Panel and pocket filters
Fabric air pollution filters
Cartridge filters
Electrostatic air filters
Air washer filters
Other air filters

Consumer water filters will remain the largest major product category through 2020, when they will comprise 18 percent of the market. The fastest growth will be for cartridge and air washer air filters, driven by accelerating shipments of air pollution control equipment and growth in manufacturing activity, as well as increasingly strict environmental regulations regarding sulfur dioxide and mercury emissions.

Major air and fluid filter markets include:
Utilities
Consumer
Industrial
Other markets

Utilities, consumer, and industrial markets comprised similar shares of the industry in 2015, together accounting for 89 percent of demand. These three markets will advance at similar rates through 2020, buoyed by ongoing concerns about the quality of indoor air and drinking water, pollution control regulations, the increasing popularity of whole-house air filtration units, and by the positive outlook for manufacturing, which application uses a significant volume of filters.

The majority of the participants in the US are small or mid-sized, privately held firms with limited product lines and total corporate annual sales of less than $20 million. This study includes sales data for industry participants such as CLARCOR, Clorox (Brita), Culligan International, Cummins, Daikin Industries (AAF International), Donaldson, Evoqua Water Technologies, Filtration Group, Flanders, Helen of Troy (Bermuda), Parker-Hannifin, and 3M. In addition, the industry has seen a number of notable acquisitions and divestitures in recent years.