Gas Chromatography Market Expected to Reach $3.2 Billion by 2031—Allied Market Research

According to a new report published by Allied Market Research, titled, “Gas Chromatography Market," The gas chromatography market was valued at $1.7 billion in 2021, and is estimated to reach $3.2 billion by 2031, growing at a CAGR of 6.1% from 2022 to 2031.

Gas chromatography (GC) is an analytical technique used to separate and analyze samples that can be vaporized without thermal decomposition. Gas chromatography is also known as gas-liquid partition chromatography (GLPC) or vapor-phase chromatography (VPC). The instrument that performs gas chromatography is called a gas chromatograph. The resulting graph that shows the data is called a gas chromatogram. GC is used as one test to help identify components of a liquid mixture and determine their relative concentration. It is used to separate and purify components of a mixture. In addition, it determines vapor pressure, heat of solution, and activity coefficients. Gas chromatography can test blood alcohol, drug purity, food purity, and essential oil quality. Organic or inorganic analytes can be tested by gas chromatography; however, the sample must be volatile. The boiling temperatures of the constituents in a sample should ideally differ.
Increase in applications of gas chromatography in various fields such as pharmaceutical industries, chemical, and food industry, environmental testing laboratories, forensic science as well as growth in adoption of chromatography techniques in drug discovery process are some gas chromatography market trends, which boost the gas chromatography market growth. In addition, growth in popularity of hyphenated chromatography techniques such as GC-MS further fuel growth of the chromatography market. 
However, high cost of gas chromatography equipment and shortage of skilled professionals to operate gas chromatography instruments are some key challenges that hinder the growth of the market. On the contrary, advancement in gas chromatography columns for petrochemical applications creates an opportunity for the manufacturers to tap and capitalize on the market.
COVID-19 is an acute disease in humans caused by a coronavirus, which is characterized mainly by fever and cough and is capable of progressing to severe symptoms and in some cases death, especially in older people and those with underlying health conditions. The COVID-19 pandemic has helped the gas chromatography industry grow significantly, as the gas chromatography technologies employed by researchers as the scientific community strives to understand the SARS-CoV-2 virus and develop better therapies, vaccines, and diagnostic tools to aid in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. This supports the gas chromatography market to gain traction during the forecast period.
The chromatography market is segmented on the basis of product, end user, and region. By product, the market is segmented into instruments, and consumables & accessories. Instrument segment further sub-segmented into system, detectors, autosamplers, and fraction collectors. In addition, consumable & accessories segment again classified into columns and accessories, fittings and tubing, auto-sampler accessories, flow management and pressure regulator accessories, and others include pressure regulators, gas generators, and gas purifiers. 
By product, the consumable & accessories segment dominated the global gas chromatography market share in 2021 and is anticipated to continue this trend during the forecast period. This is attributed to, growing adoption of accessories & consumables due to their limited durability. In addition, the column & accessories segment is expected to hold higher market share over the forecast period owing to increase in applications of chromatography columns during GC procedures such as in purification of proteins, biologic drug development for resin screening, sample preparation, desalting, anion and cation exchange, and polishing.
Based on end user, the pharmaceutical & biotechnology company acquired the largest share in 2021, and is expected to remain dominant throughout the forecast period. This is attributed to the increase in application of gas chromatography techniques pharmaceutical & biotechnology company for various purposes such as for identifying and analyzing samples for the presence of chemicals or trace elements, for preparing huge quantities of extremely pure materials, for separating chiral compounds, for detecting the purity of mixture and the unknown compounds present as well as content uniformity, drug development, and validation of drugs.
By Region, North America accounted for the largest share of the global gas chromatography market size in 2021, and is expected to remain dominant throughout the forecast period. This was attributed to the presence of giant biopharmaceutical and pharmaceutical firms in the countries such as the U.S. In addition, increase in adoption of gas chromatographic techniques for drug discoveries and drug approvals by this biopharmaceutical and pharmaceutical firms further drive the market growth in the region during the forecast period.

KEY FINDINGS OF THE STUDY 
•    Based on product, the consumables & accessories segment held the largest market share in 2021 and is expected to remain dominant throughout the forecast period. 
•    By end user, the pharmaceutical and biotechnology company dominated the global market in 2021 and is anticipated to continue this trend during the forecast period.
•    Based on region, North America is expected to experience growth at the highest rate, registering a CAGR of 5.2% during the forecast period.