Global Agar Plates Market Growth 2025-2031

The global Agar Plates market size is predicted to grow from US$ 256 million in 2025 to US$ 440 million in 2031; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 9.4% from 2025 to 2031.

An agar plate is a Petri dish that contains a growth medium solidified with agar, used to culture microorganisms. Sometimes selective compounds are added to influence growth, such as antibiotics.

An agar plate is a thin layer of nutrient gel in a Petri dish, used to grow bacteria and fungi in the microbiology laboratory. polysaccharide derived from the cell walls of red seaweed. A variety of nutrients can be added to the agar to preferentially grow different bacteria.

Global key players of agar plates include Thermo Fisher Scientific, Merck, etc. Global top 3 companies hold a share over 60%. North America is the largest market, with a share over 30%, followed by Asia Pacific and Europe with the share about 30% and 25%. In terms of product, 90mm is the largest segment, with a share over 40%. And in terms of application, the largest application is medical industry, with a share about 50%.

LP Information, Inc. (LPI) ' newest research report, the “Agar Plates Industry Forecast” looks at past sales and reviews total world Agar Plates sales in 2024, providing a comprehensive analysis by region and market sector of projected Agar Plates sales for 2025 through 2031. With Agar Plates sales broken down by region, market sector and sub-sector, this report provides a detailed analysis in US$ millions of the world Agar Plates industry.

This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global Agar Plates landscape and highlights key trends related to product segmentation, company formation, revenue, and market share, latest development, and M&A activity. This report also analyzes the strategies of leading global companies with a focus on Agar Plates portfolios and capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints, to better understand these firms’ unique position in an accelerating global Agar Plates market.

This Insight Report evaluates the key market trends, drivers, and affecting factors shaping the global outlook for Agar Plates and breaks down the forecast by Type, by Application, geography, and market size to highlight emerging pockets of opportunity. With a transparent methodology based on hundreds of bottom-up qualitative and quantitative market inputs, this study forecast offers a highly nuanced view of the current state and future trajectory in the global Agar Plates.

This report presents a comprehensive overview, market shares, and growth opportunities of Agar Plates market by product type, application, key manufacturers and key regions and countries.

Segmentation by Type:
90mm
100mm
50mm

Segmentation by Application:
Environmental Monitoring
Food
Medical
Others

This report also splits the market by region:
Americas
United States
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
APAC
China
Japan
Korea
Southeast Asia
India
Australia
Europe
Germany
France
UK
Italy
Russia
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Turkey
GCC Countries

The below companies that are profiled have been selected based on inputs gathered from primary experts and analysing the company's coverage, product portfolio, its market penetration.
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Merck
Bio-rad
bioMérieux
3M
Liofilchem
Cherwell Laboratories
Teknova
HiMedia Laboratories

Key Questions Addressed in this Report

What is the 10-year outlook for the global Agar Plates market?

What factors are driving Agar Plates market growth, globally and by region?

Which technologies are poised for the fastest growth by market and region?

How do Agar Plates market opportunities vary by end market size?

How does Agar Plates break out by Type, by Application?

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