
The global 5-ALA market size is predicted to grow from US$ 224 million in 2025 to US$ 370 million in 2031; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 8.7% from 2025 to 2031.
5-Aminolevulinic acid, an endogenous non-proteinogenic amino acid, is the first compound in the porphyrin synthesis pathway, the pathway that leads to heme in mammals, as well as chlorophyll in plants. 5ALA is used in photodynamic detection and surgery of cancer.
Global 5-aminolevulinic acid key players include SBI Holdings, Medac, Natural Field, Xinlian Biochemical and NMT Biotech. Global top 1 manufacturers hold a share about 50%. Asia-Pacific is the largest market, with a share about 60%. In terms of production, purity 98% is the largest segment, with a share about 80%. And in terms of application, the largest application is medicine, followed by agriculture.
The “5-ALA Industry Forecast” looks at past sales and reviews total world 5-ALA sales in 2024, providing a comprehensive analysis by region and market sector of projected 5-ALA sales for 2025 through 2031. With 5-ALA sales broken down by region, market sector and sub-sector, this report provides a detailed analysis in US$ millions of the world 5-ALA industry.
This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global 5-ALA landscape and highlights key trends related to product segmentation, company formation, revenue, and market share, latest development, and M&A activity. This report also analyzes the strategies of leading global companies with a focus on 5-ALA portfolios and capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints, to better understand these firms’ unique position in an accelerating global 5-ALA market.
This Insight Report evaluates the key market trends, drivers, and affecting factors shaping the global outlook for 5-ALA and breaks down the forecast by Type, by Application, geography, and market size to highlight emerging pockets of opportunity. With a transparent methodology based on hundreds of bottom-up qualitative and quantitative market inputs, this study forecast offers a highly nuanced view of the current state and future trajectory in the global 5-ALA.
This report presents a comprehensive overview, market shares, and growth opportunities of 5-ALA market by product type, application, key manufacturers and key regions and countries.
Segmentation by Type:
Purity 98%
Purity 95%
Others
Segmentation by Application:
Agriculture
Medicine
Chemicals for Daily Use
Others
This report also splits the market by region:
Americas
United States
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
APAC
China
Japan
Korea
Southeast Asia
India
Australia
Europe
Germany
France
UK
Italy
Russia
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Turkey
GCC Countries
The below companies that are profiled have been selected based on inputs gathered from primary experts and analysing the company's coverage, product portfolio, its market penetration.
Sobeo Biotech
Xinlian Biochemical
NMT Biotech
Natural Field
Fudan-zhangjiang
SBI Holdings
Medac
Midas Pharma
Neopharma
Key Questions Addressed in this Report
What is the 10-year outlook for the global 5-ALA market?
What factors are driving 5-ALA market growth, globally and by region?
Which technologies are poised for the fastest growth by market and region?
How do 5-ALA market opportunities vary by end market size?
How does 5-ALA break out by Type, by Application?
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1 Scope of the Report
1.1 Market Introduction
1.2 Years Considered
1.3 Research Objectives
1.4 Market Research Methodology
1.5 Research Process and Data Source
1.6 Economic Indicators
1.7 Currency Considered
1.8 Market Estimation Caveats
2 Executive Summary
2.1 World Market Overview
2.1.1 Global 5-ALA Annual Sales 2020-2031
2.1.2 World Current & Future Analysis for 5-ALA by Geographic Region, 2020, 2024 & 2031
2.1.3 World Current & Future Analysis for 5-ALA by Country/Region, 2020, 2024 & 2031
2.2 5-ALA Segment by Type
2.2.1 Purity 98%
2.2.2 Purity 95%
2.2.3 Others
2.3 5-ALA Sales by Type
2.3.1 Global 5-ALA Sales Market Share by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.2 Global 5-ALA Revenue and Market Share by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.3 Global 5-ALA Sale Price by Type (2020-2025)
2.4 5-ALA Segment by Application
2.4.1 Agriculture
2.4.2 Medicine
2.4.3 Chemicals for Daily Use
2.4.4 Others
2.5 5-ALA Sales by Application
2.5.1 Global 5-ALA Sale Market Share by Application (2020-2025)
2.5.2 Global 5-ALA Revenue and Market Share by Application (2020-2025)
2.5.3 Global 5-ALA Sale Price by Application (2020-2025)
3 Global by Company
3.1 Global 5-ALA Breakdown Data by Company
3.1.1 Global 5-ALA Annual Sales by Company (2020-2025)
3.1.2 Global 5-ALA Sales Market Share by Company (2020-2025)
3.2 Global 5-ALA Annual Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
3.2.1 Global 5-ALA Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
3.2.2 Global 5-ALA Revenue Market Share by Company (2020-2025)
3.3 Global 5-ALA Sale Price by Company
3.4 Key Manufacturers 5-ALA Producing Area Distribution, Sales Area, Product Type
3.4.1 Key Manufacturers 5-ALA Product Location Distribution
3.4.2 Players 5-ALA Products Offered
3.5 Market Concentration Rate Analysis
3.5.1 Competition Landscape Analysis
3.5.2 Concentration Ratio (CR3, CR5 and CR10) & (2023-2025)
3.6 New Products and Potential Entrants
3.7 Market M&A Activity & Strategy
4 World Historic Review for 5-ALA by Geographic Region
4.1 World Historic 5-ALA Market Size by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.1.1 Global 5-ALA Annual Sales by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.1.2 Global 5-ALA Annual Revenue by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.2 World Historic 5-ALA Market Size by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.2.1 Global 5-ALA Annual Sales by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.2.2 Global 5-ALA Annual Revenue by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.3 Americas 5-ALA Sales Growth
4.4 APAC 5-ALA Sales Growth
4.5 Europe 5-ALA Sales Growth
4.6 Middle East & Africa 5-ALA Sales Growth
5 Americas
5.1 Americas 5-ALA Sales by Country
5.1.1 Americas 5-ALA Sales by Country (2020-2025)
5.1.2 Americas 5-ALA Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
5.2 Americas 5-ALA Sales by Type (2020-2025)
5.3 Americas 5-ALA Sales by Application (2020-2025)
5.4 United States
5.5 Canada
5.6 Mexico
5.7 Brazil
6 APAC
6.1 APAC 5-ALA Sales by Region
6.1.1 APAC 5-ALA Sales by Region (2020-2025)
6.1.2 APAC 5-ALA Revenue by Region (2020-2025)
6.2 APAC 5-ALA Sales by Type (2020-2025)
6.3 APAC 5-ALA Sales by Application (2020-2025)
6.4 China
6.5 Japan
6.6 South Korea
6.7 Southeast Asia
6.8 India
6.9 Australia
6.10 China Taiwan
7 Europe
7.1 Europe 5-ALA by Country
7.1.1 Europe 5-ALA Sales by Country (2020-2025)
7.1.2 Europe 5-ALA Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
7.2 Europe 5-ALA Sales by Type (2020-2025)
7.3 Europe 5-ALA Sales by Application (2020-2025)
7.4 Germany
7.5 France
7.6 UK
7.7 Italy
7.8 Russia
8 Middle East & Africa
8.1 Middle East & Africa 5-ALA by Country
8.1.1 Middle East & Africa 5-ALA Sales by Country (2020-2025)
8.1.2 Middle East & Africa 5-ALA Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
8.2 Middle East & Africa 5-ALA Sales by Type (2020-2025)
8.3 Middle East & Africa 5-ALA Sales by Application (2020-2025)
8.4 Egypt
8.5 South Africa
8.6 Israel
8.7 Turkey
8.8 GCC Countries
9 Market Drivers, Challenges and Trends
9.1 Market Drivers & Growth Opportunities
9.2 Market Challenges & Risks
9.3 Industry Trends
10 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis
10.1 Raw Material and Suppliers
10.2 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis of 5-ALA
10.3 Manufacturing Process Analysis of 5-ALA
10.4 Industry Chain Structure of 5-ALA
11 Marketing, Distributors and Customer
11.1 Sales Channel
11.1.1 Direct Channels
11.1.2 Indirect Channels
11.2 5-ALA Distributors
11.3 5-ALA Customer
12 World Forecast Review for 5-ALA by Geographic Region
12.1 Global 5-ALA Market Size Forecast by Region
12.1.1 Global 5-ALA Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.1.2 Global 5-ALA Annual Revenue Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.2 Americas Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12.3 APAC Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.4 Europe Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12.5 Middle East & Africa Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12.6 Global 5-ALA Forecast by Type (2026-2031)
12.7 Global 5-ALA Forecast by Application (2026-2031)
13 Key Players Analysis
13.1 Sobeo Biotech
13.1.1 Sobeo Biotech Company Information
13.1.2 Sobeo Biotech 5-ALA Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.1.3 Sobeo Biotech 5-ALA Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.1.4 Sobeo Biotech Main Business Overview
13.1.5 Sobeo Biotech Latest Developments
13.2 Xinlian Biochemical
13.2.1 Xinlian Biochemical Company Information
13.2.2 Xinlian Biochemical 5-ALA Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.2.3 Xinlian Biochemical 5-ALA Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.2.4 Xinlian Biochemical Main Business Overview
13.2.5 Xinlian Biochemical Latest Developments
13.3 NMT Biotech
13.3.1 NMT Biotech Company Information
13.3.2 NMT Biotech 5-ALA Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.3.3 NMT Biotech 5-ALA Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.3.4 NMT Biotech Main Business Overview
13.3.5 NMT Biotech Latest Developments
13.4 Natural Field
13.4.1 Natural Field Company Information
13.4.2 Natural Field 5-ALA Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.4.3 Natural Field 5-ALA Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.4.4 Natural Field Main Business Overview
13.4.5 Natural Field Latest Developments
13.5 Fudan-zhangjiang
13.5.1 Fudan-zhangjiang Company Information
13.5.2 Fudan-zhangjiang 5-ALA Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.5.3 Fudan-zhangjiang 5-ALA Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.5.4 Fudan-zhangjiang Main Business Overview
13.5.5 Fudan-zhangjiang Latest Developments
13.6 SBI Holdings
13.6.1 SBI Holdings Company Information
13.6.2 SBI Holdings 5-ALA Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.6.3 SBI Holdings 5-ALA Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.6.4 SBI Holdings Main Business Overview
13.6.5 SBI Holdings Latest Developments
13.7 Medac
13.7.1 Medac Company Information
13.7.2 Medac 5-ALA Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.7.3 Medac 5-ALA Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.7.4 Medac Main Business Overview
13.7.5 Medac Latest Developments
13.8 Midas Pharma
13.8.1 Midas Pharma Company Information
13.8.2 Midas Pharma 5-ALA Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.8.3 Midas Pharma 5-ALA Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.8.4 Midas Pharma Main Business Overview
13.8.5 Midas Pharma Latest Developments
13.9 Neopharma
13.9.1 Neopharma Company Information
13.9.2 Neopharma 5-ALA Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.9.3 Neopharma 5-ALA Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.9.4 Neopharma Main Business Overview
13.9.5 Neopharma Latest Developments
14 Research Findings and Conclusion
*If Applicable.
