The antibacterial materials market has good development prospects and industry concentration will increase in the future

Antibacterial materials refer to a new type of functional material that has the ability to inhibit or kill surface bacteria by adding certain antibacterial substances (antibacterial agents). The chemical components in antibacterial materials are highly sensitive to microorganisms such as molds, bacteria, and viruses. They kill or inhibit the growth of microorganisms on the surface through chemical reactions and physical effects, thereby achieving antibacterial effects. The mechanism of action of antibacterial materials is mainly determined by the type of antibacterial agent. Currently, inorganic antibacterial agents, organic antibacterial agents, etc. are commonly used.

During the “Thirteenth Five-Year Plan” period, with the continuous development of domestic textile, medical, food packaging, household appliances, building materials and other industries, coupled with the increase in residents’ demand for health products, the demand for antibacterial materials in various application fields has continued to grow, driving China’s antibacterial materials market continues to expand. At the same time, with the upgrading of downstream demand and the advancement of industry technology, new, green, and efficient antibacterial agents and antibacterial materials are constantly emerging, laying a good foundation for the growth in demand for antibacterial materials. According to the “In-depth Market Research and Development Prospects Report on China’s Antibacterial Material Industry 2023-2028” released by the Industrial Research Center, in 2022, The market size of China’s antibacterial materials industry is 269.8 billion yuan, with a growth rate of 12.8%.

There are a large number of enterprises in the antibacterial materials industry in my country, but most of them are small and medium-sized enterprises. The brand building awareness of small and medium-sized enterprises is relatively weak and has little impact on the changes in the overall brand pattern of the industry. Larger antibacterial material companies attach relatively high importance to brand building and promotion. Representative companies include Jinda Nanotechnology (Xiamen) Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Runyang New Material Technology Co., Ltd., and Zhongke Advanced Engineering Plastics National Engineering Research Center Co., Ltd., Lianyungang Duzhong Xinaoshen Spandex Co., Ltd., Shanghai Kanglun Aerospace New Material Technology Co., Ltd., etc. These companies have established themselves in the antibacterial materials industry by virtue of their channel advantages, brand advantages and excellent product and service quality. It has gained a good reputation and formed a certain brand influence.

In the future, under the background of national policies guiding the transformation and upgrading of the antibacterial material industry towards high quality and high-end, domestic antibacterial material industry companies with small production capacity, backward technology and weak independent innovation capabilities may be gradually eliminated in the fierce market competition. Antibacterial material companies with strong technology research and development capabilities, large production capacity, and high level of specialization may occupy more market shares in the antibacterial materials industry by virtue of their technological advantages and brand advantages, thereby increasing the concentration of the antibacterial materials industry.

Industry analysts said that the outbreak of the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic has made people pay more and more attention to issues such as healthy living, health protection, and disease prevention. In the “post-epidemic era”, people are eager for healthier products and are paying more and more attention to new technologies such as antibacterial and antiviral technologies. In addition to the impact of the epidemic, the continuous optimization and upgrading of the consumption structure has also prompted consumers to pay more attention to key attributes such as product quality, performance, and service life. Based on this, in the future, with the development of my country’s automobile, medical, home appliances, textile and other industries, the demand for antibacterial materials will increase, and the industry development prospects are good.