Market Overview:
The global adsorbents market grew at a CAGR of around 8% during 2015-2020. Looking forward, IMARC Group expects the market to exhibit moderate growth during 2021-2026. Keeping in mind the uncertainties of COVID-19, we are continuously tracking and evaluating the direct as well as the indirect influence of the pandemic on different end use industries. These insights are included in the report as a major market contributor.
Adsorbents refer to a chemical compound used for filtering atoms, ions and molecules in industrial purification processes. It consists of small uniform-sized pores, pellets, rods and moldings that restrict the passage of large molecules from dissolved solids, liquids and gases. Some of the commonly used adsorbents include activated carbon, molecular sieve, clay, silica gel and activated alumina, which exhibit hydrophilic and nonpolar properties, along with high abrasion resistance and surface capacity for absorption. As a result, they find extensive applications across various industries, including petrochemical, pharmaceutical, chemical and oil and gas.
Significant growth in the chemical industry across the globe represents one of the key factors creating a positive outlook for the market. Furthermore, the widespread utilization of adsorbents for oil and gas refining, petroleum refining, air separation and wastewater treatment, are providing a boost to the market growth. Molecular sieves and activated carbon are also extensively used for the purification of hydrocarbons and industrial gases and removing trace contaminants, such as hydrogen sulfide, carbon disulfide, hydrochloric acid, arsine and phosphine, from the hydrocarbon streams. In line with this, the increasing utilization of mineral absorbents for the inhibition of mycotoxins in animal feeds is also contributing to the market growth. Additionally, various product innovations, such as the development of nano- and polymeric adsorbents for efficient and selective wastewater management, are acting as other growth-inducing factors. Chemically modified solid adsorbents are widely used for capturing carbon dioxide and preventing its accumulation in the atmospheric air. Other factors, including rapid industrialization, especially in developing economies, along with the implementation of favorable government policies promoting efficient purification systems, are anticipated to drive the market further.

Key Market Segmentation:
IMARC Group provides an analysis of the key trends in each sub-segment of the global adsorbents market, along with forecasts at the global, regional and country level from 2021-2026. Our report has categorized the market based on type and application.
Breakup by Type:
- Molecular Sieves
- Activated Carbon
- Silica Gel
- Activated Alumina
- Clay
- Others
Breakup by Application:
- Petroleum Refining
- Gas Refining
- Chemicals
- Water Treatment
- Air Separation and Dying
- Packaging
- Others
Breakup by Region:
- North America
- Asia-Pacific
- China
- Japan
- India
- South Korea
- Australia
- Indonesia
- Others
- Europe
- Germany
- France
- United Kingdom
- Italy
- Spain
- Russia
- Others
- Latin America
- Middle East and Africa
Competitive Landscape:
The competitive landscape of the industry has also been examined along with the profiles of the key players being Arkema S.A., Axens S.A., BASF SE, Cabot Corporation, Calgon Carbon Corporation, Clariant AG, Graver Technologies LLC (Marmon Industrial LLC), PQ Corporation (CPQ Midco I Corporation) and W. R. Grace and Company.
Report Coverage:
Report Features |
Details |
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Base Year of the Analysis |
2020 |
Historical Period |
2015-2020 |
Forecast Period |
2021-2026 |
Units |
US$ Billion |
Segment Coverage |
Type, Application, Region |
Region Covered |
Asia Pacific, Europe, North America, Latin America, Middle East and Africa |
Countries Covered |
United States, Canada, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Russia, China, Japan, India, South Korea, Australia, Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico |
Companies Covered |
Arkema S.A., Axens S.A., BASF SE, Cabot Corporation, Calgon Carbon Corporation, Clariant AG, Graver Technologies LLC (Marmon Industrial LLC), PQ Corporation (CPQ Midco I Corporation) and W. R. Grace and Company |
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Key Questions Answered in This Report:
- How has the global adsorbents market performed so far and how will it perform in the coming years?
- What has been the impact of COVID-19 on the global adsorbents market?
- What are the key regional markets?
- What is the breakup of the market based on the type?
- What is the breakup of the market based on the application?
- What are the various stages in the value chain of the industry?
- What are the key driving factors and challenges in the industry?
- What is the structure of the global adsorbents market and who are the key players?
- What is the degree of competition in the industry?
1 Preface
2 Scope and Methodology
2.1 Objectives of the Study
2.2 Stakeholders
2.3 Data Sources
2.3.1 Primary Sources
2.3.2 Secondary Sources
2.4 Market Estimation
2.4.1 Bottom-Up Approach
2.4.2 Top-Down Approach
2.5 Forecasting Methodology
3 Executive Summary
4 Introduction
4.1 Overview
4.2 Key Industry Trends
5 Global Adsorbents Market
5.1 Market Overview
5.2 Market Performance
5.3 Impact of COVID-19
5.4 Market Forecast
6 Market Breakup by Type
6.1 Molecular Sieves
6.1.1 Market Trends
6.1.2 Market Forecast
6.2 Activated Carbon
6.2.1 Market Trends
6.2.2 Market Forecast
6.3 Silica Gel
6.3.1 Market Trends
6.3.2 Market Forecast
6.4 Activated Alumina
6.4.1 Market Trends
6.4.2 Market Forecast
6.5 Clay
6.5.1 Market Trends
6.5.2 Market Forecast
6.6 Others
6.6.1 Market Trends
6.6.2 Market Forecast
7 Market Breakup by Application
7.1 Petroleum Refining
7.1.1 Market Trends
7.1.2 Market Forecast
7.2 Gas Refining
7.2.1 Market Trends
7.2.2 Market Forecast
7.3 Chemicals
7.3.1 Market Trends
7.3.2 Market Forecast
7.4 Water Treatment
7.4.1 Market Trends
7.4.2 Market Forecast
7.5 Air Separation and Dying
7.5.1 Market Trends
7.5.2 Market Forecast
7.6 Packaging
7.6.1 Market Trends
7.6.2 Market Forecast
7.7 Others
7.7.1 Market Trends
7.7.2 Market Forecast
8 Market Breakup by Region
8.1 North America
8.1.1 United States
8.1.1.1 Market Trends
8.1.1.2 Market Forecast
8.1.2 Canada
8.1.2.1 Market Trends
8.1.2.2 Market Forecast
8.2 Asia-Pacific
8.2.1 China
8.2.1.1 Market Trends
8.2.1.2 Market Forecast
8.2.2 Japan
8.2.2.1 Market Trends
8.2.2.2 Market Forecast
8.2.3 India
8.2.3.1 Market Trends
8.2.3.2 Market Forecast
8.2.4 South Korea
8.2.4.1 Market Trends
8.2.4.2 Market Forecast
8.2.5 Australia
8.2.5.1 Market Trends
8.2.5.2 Market Forecast
8.2.6 Indonesia
8.2.6.1 Market Trends
8.2.6.2 Market Forecast
8.2.7 Others
8.2.7.1 Market Trends
8.2.7.2 Market Forecast
8.3 Europe
8.3.1 Germany
8.3.1.1 Market Trends
8.3.1.2 Market Forecast
8.3.2 France
8.3.2.1 Market Trends
8.3.2.2 Market Forecast
8.3.3 United Kingdom
8.3.3.1 Market Trends
8.3.3.2 Market Forecast
8.3.4 Italy
8.3.4.1 Market Trends
8.3.4.2 Market Forecast
8.3.5 Spain
8.3.5.1 Market Trends
8.3.5.2 Market Forecast
8.3.6 Russia
8.3.6.1 Market Trends
8.3.6.2 Market Forecast
8.3.7 Others
8.3.7.1 Market Trends
8.3.7.2 Market Forecast
8.4 Latin America
8.4.1 Brazil
8.4.1.1 Market Trends
8.4.1.2 Market Forecast
8.4.2 Mexico
8.4.2.1 Market Trends
8.4.2.2 Market Forecast
8.4.3 Others
8.4.3.1 Market Trends
8.4.3.2 Market Forecast
8.5 Middle East and Africa
8.5.1 Market Trends
8.5.2 Market Breakup by Country
8.5.3 Market Forecast
9 SWOT Analysis
9.1 Overview
9.2 Strengths
9.3 Weaknesses
9.4 Opportunities
9.5 Threats
10 Value Chain Analysis
11 Porters Five Forces Analysis
11.1 Overview
11.2 Bargaining Power of Buyers
11.3 Bargaining Power of Suppliers
11.4 Degree of Competition
11.5 Threat of New Entrants
11.6 Threat of Substitutes
12 Price Analysis
13 Competitive Landscape
13.1 Market Structure
13.2 Key Players
13.3 Profiles of Key Players
13.3.1 Arkema S.A.
13.3.1.1 Company Overview
13.3.1.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.1.3 Financials
13.3.2 Axens S.A.
13.3.2.1 Company Overview
13.3.2.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.2.3 SWOT Analysis
13.3.3 BASF SE
13.3.3.1 Company Overview
13.3.3.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.3.3 Financials
13.3.3.4 SWOT Analysis
13.3.4 Cabot Corporation
13.3.4.1 Company Overview
13.3.4.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.4.3 Financials
13.3.4.4 SWOT Analysis
13.3.5 Calgon Carbon Corporation
13.3.5.1 Company Overview
13.3.5.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.6 Clariant AG
13.3.6.1 Company Overview
13.3.6.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.6.3 Financials
13.3.7 Graver Technologies LLC (Marmon Industrial LLC)
13.3.7.1 Company Overview
13.3.7.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.8 PQ Corporation (CPQ Midco I Corporation)
13.3.8.1 Company Overview
13.3.8.2 Product Portfolio
13.3.9 W. R. Grace and Company
13.3.9.1 Company Overview
13.3.9.2 Product Portfolio
List of Figures
Figure 1: Global: Adsorbents Market: Major Drivers and Challenges
Figure 2: Global: Adsorbents Market: Sales Value (in Billion US$), 2015-2020
Figure 3: Global: Adsorbents Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Billion US$), 2021-2026
Figure 4: Global: Adsorbents Market: Breakup by Type (in %), 2020
Figure 5: Global: Adsorbents Market: Breakup by Application (in %), 2020
Figure 6: Global: Adsorbents Market: Breakup by Region (in %), 2020
Figure 7: Global: Adsorbents (Molecular Sieves) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 8: Global: Adsorbents (Molecular Sieves) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 9: Global: Adsorbents (Activated Carbon) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 10: Global: Adsorbents (Activated Carbon) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 11: Global: Adsorbents (Silica Gel) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 12: Global: Adsorbents (Silica Gel) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 13: Global: Adsorbents (Activated Alumina) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 14: Global: Adsorbents (Activated Alumina) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 15: Global: Adsorbents (Clay) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 16: Global: Adsorbents (Clay) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 17: Global: Adsorbents (Others) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 18: Global: Adsorbents (Others) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 19: Global: Adsorbents (Petroleum Refining) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 20: Global: Adsorbents (Petroleum Refining) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 21: Global: Adsorbents (Gas Refining) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 22: Global: Adsorbents (Gas Refining) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 23: Global: Adsorbents (Chemicals) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 24: Global: Adsorbents (Chemicals) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 25: Global: Adsorbents (Water Treatment) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 26: Global: Adsorbents (Water Treatment) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 27: Global: Adsorbents (Air Separation and Dying) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 28: Global: Adsorbents (Air Separation and Dying) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 29: Global: Adsorbents (Packaging) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 30: Global: Adsorbents (Packaging) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 31: Global: Adsorbents (Others) Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 32: Global: Adsorbents (Others) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 33: North America: Adsorbents Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 34: North America: Adsorbents Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 35: North America: Adsorbents Market: Breakup by Country (in %), 2020
Figure 36: United States: Adsorbents Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 37: United States: Adsorbents Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 38: Canada: Adsorbents Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 39: Canada: Adsorbents Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 40: Asia-Pacific: Adsorbents Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 41: Asia-Pacific: Adsorbents Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 42: Asia-Pacific: Adsorbents Market: Breakup by Country (in %), 2020
Figure 43: China: Adsorbents Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 44: China: Adsorbents Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 45: Japan: Adsorbents Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 46: Japan: Adsorbents Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 47: India: Adsorbents Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 48: India: Adsorbents Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 49: South Korea: Adsorbents Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 50: South Korea: Adsorbents Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 51: Australia: Adsorbents Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 52: Australia: Adsorbents Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 53: Indonesia: Adsorbents Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 54: Indonesia: Adsorbents Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 55: Others: Adsorbents Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 56: Others: Adsorbents Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 57: Europe: Adsorbents Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 58: Europe: Adsorbents Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 59: Europe: Adsorbents Market: Breakup by Country (in %), 2020
Figure 60: Germany: Adsorbents Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 61: Germany: Adsorbents Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 62: France: Adsorbents Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 63: France: Adsorbents Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 64: United Kingdom: Adsorbents Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 65: United Kingdom: Adsorbents Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 66: Italy: Adsorbents Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 67: Italy: Adsorbents Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 68: Spain: Adsorbents Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 69: Spain: Adsorbents Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 70: Russia: Adsorbents Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 71: Russia: Adsorbents Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 72: Others: Adsorbents Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 73: Others: Adsorbents Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 74: Latin America: Adsorbents Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 75: Latin America: Adsorbents Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 76: Latin America: Adsorbents Market: Breakup by Country (in %), 2020
Figure 77: Brazil: Adsorbents Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 78: Brazil: Adsorbents Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 79: Mexico: Adsorbents Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 80: Mexico: Adsorbents Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 81: Others: Adsorbents Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 82: Others: Adsorbents Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 83: Middle East and Africa: Adsorbents Market: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2015 & 2020
Figure 84: Middle East and Africa: Adsorbents Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Figure 85: Middle East and Africa: Adsorbents Market: Breakup by Country (in %), 2020
Figure 86: Global: Adsorbents Industry: SWOT Analysis
Figure 87: Global: Adsorbents Industry: Value Chain Analysis
Figure 88: Global: Adsorbents Industry: Porter's Five Forces Analysis
List of Tables
Table 1: Global: Adsorbents Market: Key Industry Highlights, 2020 and 2026
Table 2: Global: Adsorbents Market Forecast: Breakup by Type (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Table 3: Global: Adsorbents Market Forecast: Breakup by Application (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Table 4: Global: Adsorbents Market Forecast: Breakup by Region (in Million US$), 2021-2026
Table 5: Global: Adsorbents Market: Competitive Structure
Table 6: Global: Adsorbents Market: Key Players