Respirator Market

Increased concerns regarding safety of workers and individual health concerns are some of the reasons due to which the respirator market is gaining popularity

The global Respirator market size is expected to reach close to USD 24.69 Billion by 2029 with an annualized growth rate of 6.6% through the projected period.

Covid-19 Impact & Market Status

The Respirator market size has seen a great response in terms of growth due to the advent of Covid-19. This is because of the travel restrictions, flight bans, and quarantines which further resulted in termination of all the offline activities and offices temporarily. There was fear all around and people were worried that virus could get them, the market was expected to grow and it grew immensely because everyone wanted to protect themselves.

This Respirator Market report explores the current market, regulatory aspects, and potential opportunities, and challenges in individual market segments. The report discusses the competitive environment of the global respirators market.

Air Purifying Respirators to Remain Atop

The global respirators market is classified into powered air purifying respirators, supplied air systems, power air-purifying respirators, reusable respirators, non-surgical imaging filtering facepiece respirators on the basis of product.  Among these, the air purifying respirators segment held the highest market share and gathered maximum revenue in 2021 owing to increased demand from healthcare & pharmaceuticals industry.

Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals To Remain Atop

The global respirators market is classified into healthcare, food & agriculture, manufacturing, construction, forestry, fishing, chemical, and others on the basis of end use. Among these, the healthcare and pharmaceuticals segment witnessed rapid demand for respirators owing to factors such as increasing workforce, rising consumption of disposable respirators, rising potential viruses, and growing healthcare awareness.

North America to Render Ample Investment Avenues

North America is the largest contributor to the growth of Global Respirator Market. The key factors such as a presence of prominent firms working in research and development of respirator converters, growing healthcare awareness, surge of covid-19 cases, smart government regulations to improve connected worker safety. At the same time, the Asia Pacific region is expected to incur huge demand because of the high population and the growing need for respirators.

The growing industrialization has led to the air being polluted and various end use industries have severe working conditions. Thus, various end use industries are promoting the use of respirators for the safety of their workers.  This is driving the global respirators market.

Owing to benefits such as protection to wearers to breathing in hazardous contaminants in the air, infection prevention, reduced transmission, lesser exposure to severe air pollution hazards, reduced acute respiratory outcomes, the respirators are experiencing rapid adoption as opposed to traditional respirators such as cloth or procedural mask thus fostering global progress in respirators market.

The key factors such as the pandemic impact witnessing a positive demand across all regions, returning pre-pandemic levels, growing demand for N-95 respirators, increasing health care awareness, employers and manufacturers focusing of worker safety are driving the global respirators market.    

Respirators are protective equipment that is used to protect the person wearing it from harmful gases. There are many others health harming substances at workplaces due to which humans are on the risk on many medical complications, hence to avoid this, the respirator market is gaining importance and increasing in size.

Respirators help in making people better deal with the harmful substances. There is a constant rise in the number of protection items being sold because of increasing occupational hazards in today’s world. These factors collectively influence the global Respirator market, ensuring an overall market size of 11 billion by 2029.

The additional efforts in terms of getting people wear the respiratory equipment to protect themselves and make sure that there is less burden on healthcare industry is also increasing the market size. Additionally, government is also taking numerous initiatives to increase awareness among people so that they start wearing the respiratory equipment to ensure safety.

However, lack of awareness about the proper use of respiratory protective equipment is expected to hinder the market growth. Additionally, lack of interest among people to wear the equipment is another factor that is hampering the market growth. In developing nations, lack of awareness is the major reason companies are still following traditional methods of executing processes. Nevertheless, Respirator Market has the growth prospects, as companies and people are becoming more and more aware about the benefits these respirators have to offer.

The major players in global respirators market are Honeywell International, Imbema Cleton BV, Scandia Gear Europe B.V., Kasco srl, Cam Lock, Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA, Moldex-Metric, Uvex Safety Group, Gentex, Intech Safety Private Limited, Kimberley-Clark, The Gerson Company, Delta Plus Group, Bullard, Mine Safety Appliances (MSA), RPB Safety, Alpha Pro Tech, and 3M among others.

Latest Innovations In Global Respirators Market: A Snapshot

• In November 2020, the Governor of South Dakota Kristi, Dusty Johnson US Congressman, Mike Rounds the US Senator joined 3M ribbon to mark expansion of 3M’s new plant in South Dakota, Aberdeen. 

Respirator Market Scope

Key Segments of the Global Respirator Market

Product Overview, (USD Billion)

• Powered Air Purifying Respirators
• Supplied Air Systems
• Power Air-Purifying Respirators
• Reusable Respirators
• Non-Surgical Filtering Facepiece Respirators

End Use Overview, (USD Billion)

• Food & Agriculture
• Manufacturing
• Construction
• Healthcare
• Forestry
• Fishing
• Chemical
• Others

Regional Overview, (USD Billion)

North America

• U.S
• Canada

Europe

• Germany
• France
• UK
• Rest of Europe

Asia Pacific

• China
• India
• Japan
• Rest of Asia Pacific

South America

• Mexico
• Brazil
• Rest of South America

Middle East and South Africa