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Surgical Instrument Manufacturing in the US - Market Research Report (2014-2029)

Tina Fine Tina Fine New York, United States Last Updated: June 2024 NAICS OD4103

Revenue

$45.2bn

2024

$45.2bn

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$X.Xbn

Employees

118k

Businesses

1,100

Wages

$X.Xbn

Surgical Instrument Manufacturing in the US industry analysis

An aging population, both in the US and globally, with growing healthcare expenditures, has driven demand for surgeries and necessary surgical instruments. As medical care resumed post-pandemic, growth was positive, but volatility lingered. Economic factors benefited growth but contributed to volatility. Growth in funding for Medicare and Medicaid supported healthcare expenditures, but declines in the number of individuals with private health insurance stressed growth and stifled pent-up demand. As a result, industry-wide revenue dropped at a CAGR of 0.1% over the past five years and is expected to total $45.2 billion in 2024, when revenue growth will be mild at an estimated 0.1%.

Trends and Insights

  • New technologies can significantly change the competitive landscape. They boost demand for innovative surgeries and pave the way for substitute products, potentially shifting market dynamics and competition.
  • Wholesalers may need to expand to stay competitive with manufacturers. Large healthcare providers seeking to reduce costs and purchase directly from manufacturers incentivize wholesalers to expand services.
  • Manufacturers often cluster near teaching hospitals. These hospitals are hubs of surgical innovation, provide a steady talent pool, and serve as prime markets for testing and selling new products.
  • Niche manufacturers and large manufacturers are winning strategies. Niche manufacturers stand out through specialization, while larger established companies benefit from cost efficiencies and bargaining power.

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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2014-2029)

Industry revenue has declined at a CAGR of 0.1 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $45.2bn in 2024.

Trends and Insights

Demographic shifts increases demand for surgeries

  • The population aged 65 and older is expanding faster than the overall population, driving up the need for surgical products to treat age-related and degenerative conditions. Baby boomers are more proactive in managing their healthcare, seeking surgeries to stay active and addressing chronic ailments such as heart disease.
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Surgical Instrument Manufacturing in the US
Revenue (2014-2029)
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Industry outlook (2024-2029)

Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.

Trends and Insights

Economic conditions will dictate future growth

  • The expected increase in surgery funding, mainly driven by the growing population of adults aged 65 and older, is expected to heighten the number of surgeries and the downstream demand for surgical instruments.

Biggest companies in the Surgical Instrument Manufacturing in the US

Company
Market Share (%)
2024
Revenue ($m)
2024
Profit ($m)
2024
Profit Margin (%)
2024
Johnson & Johnson
5,175.1
871.5
16.8
Medtronic Plc
4,256.0
473.2
11.1

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Products & Services Segmentation

Surgical Instrument Manufacturing in the US
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including General surgical instruments, Specialty surgical instruments and Electrosurgery instruments. General surgical instruments is the largest segment of the Surgical Instrument Manufacturing in the US.

Trends and Insights

Reusable is the future for general surgical instruments

  • General surgical instruments (scalpels, retractors, needles, clamps and forceps) can be disposable or reusable.
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Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

Companies in this industry manufacture specially designed tools or devices for performing specific actions during surgery or precise and complex medical procedures. The instruments meet stringent medical standards and are made to withstand sterilization processes and the rigors of surgical environments.

What's included in this industry?

General surgical instrumentsSpecialty surgical instrumentsElectrosurgery instrumentsInstrument servicing and other Orthopedic instruments and implants

Companies

Johnson & JohnsonMedtronic Plc

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Related Terms

ELECTROSURGERYOPEN SURGERIESMINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY (MIS)510(K) CLEARANCE

Industry Code

NAICS 2017

NAICS 33911 - Surgical Instrument Manufacturing in the US

Performance

Get an indication of the industry's health through historical, current and forward-looking trends in the performance indicators that make or break businesses.

Analyst insights

New technologies can significantly change the competitive landscape. They boost demand for innovative surgeries and pave the way for substitute products, potentially shifting...

In this chapter (4)

  • Current Performance
  • Outlook
  • Volatility
  • Life Cycle

Key metrics

  • Annual Revenue, Recent Growth, Forecast, Revenue Volatility
  • Number of Employees, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Employee
  • Number of Businesses, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Business
  • Total Profit, Profit Margin, Profit per Business

Charts

  • Revenue, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Employees, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Businesses, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Profit, including historical (2014-2024)
  • Industry Volatility vs. Revenue Growth
  • Industry Life Cycle

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in supply, demand and current events that are driving current industry performance
  • Expected trends, economic factors and ongoing events that drive the industry's outlook
  • Key success factors for businesses to overcome volatility
  • How contribution to GDP, industry saturation, innovation, consolidation, and technology and systems influence the industry's life cycle phase.

Products and Markets

Learn about an industry's products and services, markets and trends in international trade.

Analyst insight

Wholesalers may need to expand to stay competitive with manufacturers. Large healthcare providers seeking to reduce costs and purchase directly from manufacturers incentivize...

In this chapter

  • Products & Services
  • Major Markets
  • International Trade

Key metrics

  • Largest market segment and value in 2024
  • Product innovation level
  • Total imports, level and trend
  • Total exports, level and trend
  • Trade Balance

Charts

  • Products & services segmentation in 2024
  • Major market segmentation in 2024
  • International trade, including imports by country and exports by country

Detailed analysis

  • Trends impacting the recent performance of the industry's various segments
  • Innovations in the industry's product or service offering, specialization or delivery method
  • Key factors that successful businesses consider in their offerings
  • Buying segments and key trends influencing demand for industry products and services
  • Recent trends in import and export volumes, country of origin or destination, and expected future trends

Geographic Breakdown

Discover where business activity is most concentrated in an industry and the factors driving these trends to find opportunities and conduct regional benchmarking.

Analyst insights

Manufacturers often cluster near teaching hospitals. These hospitals are hubs of surgical innovation, provide a steady talent pool, and serve as prime markets for testing and...

In this chapter (1)

  • Business Locations

Charts

  • Share of revenue, establishment, wages and employment in each state
  • Share of population compared to establishments in each region in 2024

Tables

  • Number and share of establishments in each state in 2024
  • Number and share of revenue each state accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of wages each state accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of employees in each state in 2024

Detailed analysis

  • Geographic spread of the industry across North America, and trends associated with changes in the business landscape
  • Key success factors for businesses to use location to their advantage

Competitive Forces

Get data and insights on what's driving competition in an industry and the challenges industry operators and new entrants may face, with analysis built around Porter's Five Forces framework.

Analyst insights

Niche manufacturers and large manufacturers are winning strategies. Niche manufacturers stand out through specialization, while larger established companies benefit from cost...

In this chapter (4)

  • Concentration
  • Barriers to Entry
  • Substitutes
  • Buyer & Supplier Analysis

Key metrics

  • Industry concentration level
  • Industry competition level and trend
  • Barriers to entry level and trend
  • Substitutes level and trend
  • Buyer power level and trend
  • Supplier power level and trend

Charts

  • Market share concentration among the top 4 suppliers from 2019-2024
  • Supply chain including upstream supplying industries and downstream buying industries, flow chart

Detailed analysis

  • Factors impacting the industry’s level of concentration, such as business distribution, new entrants, or merger and acquisition activity.
  • Key success factors for businesses to manage the competitive environment of the industry.
  • Challenges that potential industry entrants face such as legal, start-up costs, differentiation, labor/capital intensity and capital expenses.
  • Key success factors for potential entrants to overcome barriers to entry.
  • Competitive threats from potential substitutes for the industry’s own products and services.
  • Key success factors for how successful businesses can compete with substitutes.
  • Advantages that buyers have to keep favorable purchasing conditions.
  • Advantages that suppliers have to maintain favorable selling conditions.
  • Key success factors for how businesses can navigate buyer and supplier power.

Companies

Learn about the performance of the top companies in the industry.

Analyst insights

Diversity of product mix inhibits company dominance. While there are few major companies, Medtronic has a notable market share in surgical instrument manufacturing.

In this chapter

  • Market Share Concentration
  • Companies
  • Company Spotlights

Charts

  • Industry market share by company in 2020 through 2024
  • Major companies in the industry, including market share, revenue, profit and profit margin in 2024
  • Overview of Johnson & Johnson's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of Medtronic Plc's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024

Detailed analysis

  • Description and key data for Johnson & Johnson, and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Medtronic Plc, and factors influencing its performance in the industry

External Environment

Understand the demographic, economic and regulatory factors that shape how businesses in an industry perform.   

Analyst insights

Regulators establish guidelines for manufacturers' products, ensuring safety and compliance. The FDA and international regulators strictly enforce these guidelines, conductin...

In this chapter

  • External Drivers
  • Regulation & Policy
  • Assistance

Key metrics

  • Regulation & policy level and trend
  • Assistance level and trend

Charts

  • Regulation & Policy historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 
  • Assistance historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 

Detailed analysis

  • Demographic and macroeconomic factors influencing the industry, including Regulation & Policy and Assistance
  • Major types of regulations, regulatory bodies, industry standards or specific regulations impacting requirements for industry operators
  • Key governmental and non-governmental groups or policies that may provide some relief for industry operators.

Financial Benchmarks

View average costs for industry operators and compare financial data against an industry's financial benchmarks over time. 

Analyst insights

Large manufacturers benefit from size-related cost advantages. Large establishments can benefit from significant economies of scale in research and development and purchasing...

In this chapter

  • Cost Structure
  • Financial Ratios
  • Key Ratios

Key metrics

  • Profit margin, and how it compares to the sector-wide margin
  • Average wages, and how it compares to the sector-wide average wage
  • Largest cost component as a percentage of revenue
  • Industry average ratios for days' receivables, industry coverage and debt-to-net-worth ratio

Charts

  • Average industry operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
  • Average sector operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
  • Investment vs. share of economy

Data tables

  • Industry Multiples (2017-2022)
  • Industry Tax Structure (2017-2022)
  • Income Statement (2017-2022)
  • Balance Sheet (2017-2022)
  • Liquidity Ratios (2017-2022)
  • Coverage Ratios (2017-2022)
  • Leverage Ratios  (2017-2022)
  • Operating Ratios (2017-2022)
  • Cash Flow & Debt Service Ratios (2014-2029)
  • Revenue per Employee (2014-2029)
  • Revenue per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • Employees per Establishment (2014-2029)
  • Employees per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • Average Wage (2014-2029)
  • Wages/Revenue (2014-2029)
  • Establishments per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • IVA/Revenue (2014-2029)
  • Imports/Demand (2014-2029)
  • Exports/Revenue (2014-2029)

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in the cost component for industry operators and their impact on industry costs and profitability 

Key Statistics

Industry Data

Data Tables

Including values and annual change:

  • Revenue (2014-2029)
  • IVA (2014-2029)
  • Establishments (2014-2029)
  • Enterprises (2014-2029)
  • Employment (2014-2029)
  • Exports (2014-2029)
  • Imports (2014-2029)
  • Wages (2014-2029)

Top Questions Answered

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What is the market size of the Surgical Instrument Manufacturing in the US industry in United States in 2024?

The market size of the Surgical Instrument Manufacturing in the US industry in United States is $45.2bn in 2024.

How many businesses are there in the Surgical Instrument Manufacturing in the US industry in 2024?

There are 1,100 businesses in the Surgical Instrument Manufacturing in the US industry in United States, which has grown at a CAGR of 0.0 % between 2019 and 2024.

Has the Surgical Instrument Manufacturing in the US industry in United States grown or declined over the past 5 years?

The market size of the Surgical Instrument Manufacturing in the US industry in United States has been declining at a CAGR of 0.1 % between 2019 and 2024.

What is the forecast growth of the Surgical Instrument Manufacturing in the US industry in United States over the next 5 years?

Over the next five years, the Surgical Instrument Manufacturing in the US industry in United States is expected to grow.

What are the biggest companies in the Surgical Instrument Manufacturing in the US market in United States?

The biggest companies operating in the Surgical Instrument Manufacturing market in United States are Johnson & Johnson and Medtronic Plc

What does the Surgical Instrument Manufacturing in the US in United States include?

General surgical instruments and Specialty surgical instruments are part of the Surgical Instrument Manufacturing in the US industry.

Which companies have the highest market share in the Surgical Instrument Manufacturing in the US in United States?

The company holding the most market share in United States is Johnson & Johnson.

How competitive is the Surgical Instrument Manufacturing in the US industry in United States?

The level of competition is high and steady in the Surgical Instrument Manufacturing in the US industry in United States.

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Competitors

  • Medical Device Manufacturing in the US
  • Medical Instrument & Supply Manufacturing in the US

Complementors

  • Iron & Steel Manufacturing in the US
  • Medical Device Manufacturing in the US
  • Medical Instrument & Supply Manufacturing in the US
  • Glasses & Contact Lens Manufacturing in the US

International industries

  • Medical Instrument & Supply Manufacturing in Canada
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment Manufacturing in Australia
  • Medical, Surgical and Scientific Equipment Manufacturing in New Zealand
  • Medical & Dental Instrument Manufacturing in the UK
  • Medical & Dental Instrument Manufacturing in Ireland

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