
The global Chelating Agents market size is predicted to grow from US$ 2846 million in 2025 to US$ 3576 million in 2031; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.9% from 2025 to 2031.
Chelating agents are chemical compounds that react with metal ions to form a stable, water-soluble complex. They are also known as chelants, chelators, or sequestering agents.Chelating agents have a ring-like center which forms at least two bonds with the metal ion allowing it to be excreted. Chelating agents are usually organic compounds (a compound that contains carbon).
Major companies in this industry include BASF, Nouryon, Fuyang Biotech, Dow and Dongxiao Biotech, which make up over 30%.
Asia-Pacific is the largest market, holding a share over 50%, followed by Europe and North America, with shares about 18% and 19% separately.
By type, the Chelating Agent can be split into Hydroxycarboxylic Acids, Organophosphonates and Aminopolycarboxylates. The leading type is Aminopolycarboxylates, with a market share about 50%.
By Application, the Chelating Agent market can be sub-segmented into several major Application, like Detergent, Water Treatment, Personal Care, Pulp & Paper and Food & Beverage. The largest segment is Water Treatment, accounting for over 30%.
The “Chelating Agents Industry Forecast” looks at past sales and reviews total world Chelating Agents sales in 2024, providing a comprehensive analysis by region and market sector of projected Chelating Agents sales for 2025 through 2031. With Chelating Agents sales broken down by region, market sector and sub-sector, this report provides a detailed analysis in US$ millions of the world Chelating Agents industry.
This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global Chelating Agents 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 Chelating Agents portfolios and capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints, to better understand these firms’ unique position in an accelerating global Chelating Agents market.
This Insight Report evaluates the key market trends, drivers, and affecting factors shaping the global outlook for Chelating Agents 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 Chelating Agents.
This report presents a comprehensive overview, market shares, and growth opportunities of Chelating Agents market by product type, application, key manufacturers and key regions and countries.
Segmentation by Type:
Hydroxycarboxylic Acids
Organophosphonates
Aminopolycarboxylates
Others
Segmentation by Application:
Detergent
Water Treatment
Personal Care
Pulp & Paper
Food & Beverage
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.
BASF
Nouryon
Fuyang Biotech
Dow
Dongxiao Biotech
Kaixiang BioChem
Taihe Chem
PMP
Kemira
Innospec
Jungbunzlauer
AVA Chemicals
Roquette Freres
Langyatai
ADM
Huntsman
Qingshuiyuan
IRO Chelating
Tosoh
Jack Chem
Key Questions Addressed in this Report
What is the 10-year outlook for the global Chelating Agents market?
What factors are driving Chelating Agents market growth, globally and by region?
Which technologies are poised for the fastest growth by market and region?
How do Chelating Agents market opportunities vary by end market size?
How does Chelating Agents 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 Chelating Agents Annual Sales 2020-2031
2.1.2 World Current & Future Analysis for Chelating Agents by Geographic Region, 2020, 2024 & 2031
2.1.3 World Current & Future Analysis for Chelating Agents by Country/Region, 2020, 2024 & 2031
2.2 Chelating Agents Segment by Type
2.2.1 Hydroxycarboxylic Acids
2.2.2 Organophosphonates
2.2.3 Aminopolycarboxylates
2.2.4 Others
2.3 Chelating Agents Sales by Type
2.3.1 Global Chelating Agents Sales Market Share by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.2 Global Chelating Agents Revenue and Market Share by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.3 Global Chelating Agents Sale Price by Type (2020-2025)
2.4 Chelating Agents Segment by Application
2.4.1 Detergent
2.4.2 Water Treatment
2.4.3 Personal Care
2.4.4 Pulp & Paper
2.4.5 Food & Beverage
2.4.6 Others
2.5 Chelating Agents Sales by Application
2.5.1 Global Chelating Agents Sale Market Share by Application (2020-2025)
2.5.2 Global Chelating Agents Revenue and Market Share by Application (2020-2025)
2.5.3 Global Chelating Agents Sale Price by Application (2020-2025)
3 Global by Company
3.1 Global Chelating Agents Breakdown Data by Company
3.1.1 Global Chelating Agents Annual Sales by Company (2020-2025)
3.1.2 Global Chelating Agents Sales Market Share by Company (2020-2025)
3.2 Global Chelating Agents Annual Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
3.2.1 Global Chelating Agents Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
3.2.2 Global Chelating Agents Revenue Market Share by Company (2020-2025)
3.3 Global Chelating Agents Sale Price by Company
3.4 Key Manufacturers Chelating Agents Producing Area Distribution, Sales Area, Product Type
3.4.1 Key Manufacturers Chelating Agents Product Location Distribution
3.4.2 Players Chelating Agents 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 Chelating Agents by Geographic Region
4.1 World Historic Chelating Agents Market Size by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.1.1 Global Chelating Agents Annual Sales by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.1.2 Global Chelating Agents Annual Revenue by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.2 World Historic Chelating Agents Market Size by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.2.1 Global Chelating Agents Annual Sales by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.2.2 Global Chelating Agents Annual Revenue by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.3 Americas Chelating Agents Sales Growth
4.4 APAC Chelating Agents Sales Growth
4.5 Europe Chelating Agents Sales Growth
4.6 Middle East & Africa Chelating Agents Sales Growth
5 Americas
5.1 Americas Chelating Agents Sales by Country
5.1.1 Americas Chelating Agents Sales by Country (2020-2025)
5.1.2 Americas Chelating Agents Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
5.2 Americas Chelating Agents Sales by Type (2020-2025)
5.3 Americas Chelating Agents Sales by Application (2020-2025)
5.4 United States
5.5 Canada
5.6 Mexico
5.7 Brazil
6 APAC
6.1 APAC Chelating Agents Sales by Region
6.1.1 APAC Chelating Agents Sales by Region (2020-2025)
6.1.2 APAC Chelating Agents Revenue by Region (2020-2025)
6.2 APAC Chelating Agents Sales by Type (2020-2025)
6.3 APAC Chelating Agents 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 Chelating Agents by Country
7.1.1 Europe Chelating Agents Sales by Country (2020-2025)
7.1.2 Europe Chelating Agents Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
7.2 Europe Chelating Agents Sales by Type (2020-2025)
7.3 Europe Chelating Agents 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 Chelating Agents by Country
8.1.1 Middle East & Africa Chelating Agents Sales by Country (2020-2025)
8.1.2 Middle East & Africa Chelating Agents Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
8.2 Middle East & Africa Chelating Agents Sales by Type (2020-2025)
8.3 Middle East & Africa Chelating Agents 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 Chelating Agents
10.3 Manufacturing Process Analysis of Chelating Agents
10.4 Industry Chain Structure of Chelating Agents
11 Marketing, Distributors and Customer
11.1 Sales Channel
11.1.1 Direct Channels
11.1.2 Indirect Channels
11.2 Chelating Agents Distributors
11.3 Chelating Agents Customer
12 World Forecast Review for Chelating Agents by Geographic Region
12.1 Global Chelating Agents Market Size Forecast by Region
12.1.1 Global Chelating Agents Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.1.2 Global Chelating Agents 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 Chelating Agents Forecast by Type (2026-2031)
12.7 Global Chelating Agents Forecast by Application (2026-2031)
13 Key Players Analysis
13.1 BASF
13.1.1 BASF Company Information
13.1.2 BASF Chelating Agents Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.1.3 BASF Chelating Agents Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.1.4 BASF Main Business Overview
13.1.5 BASF Latest Developments
13.2 Nouryon
13.2.1 Nouryon Company Information
13.2.2 Nouryon Chelating Agents Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.2.3 Nouryon Chelating Agents Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.2.4 Nouryon Main Business Overview
13.2.5 Nouryon Latest Developments
13.3 Fuyang Biotech
13.3.1 Fuyang Biotech Company Information
13.3.2 Fuyang Biotech Chelating Agents Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.3.3 Fuyang Biotech Chelating Agents Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.3.4 Fuyang Biotech Main Business Overview
13.3.5 Fuyang Biotech Latest Developments
13.4 Dow
13.4.1 Dow Company Information
13.4.2 Dow Chelating Agents Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.4.3 Dow Chelating Agents Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.4.4 Dow Main Business Overview
13.4.5 Dow Latest Developments
13.5 Dongxiao Biotech
13.5.1 Dongxiao Biotech Company Information
13.5.2 Dongxiao Biotech Chelating Agents Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.5.3 Dongxiao Biotech Chelating Agents Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.5.4 Dongxiao Biotech Main Business Overview
13.5.5 Dongxiao Biotech Latest Developments
13.6 Kaixiang BioChem
13.6.1 Kaixiang BioChem Company Information
13.6.2 Kaixiang BioChem Chelating Agents Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.6.3 Kaixiang BioChem Chelating Agents Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.6.4 Kaixiang BioChem Main Business Overview
13.6.5 Kaixiang BioChem Latest Developments
13.7 Taihe Chem
13.7.1 Taihe Chem Company Information
13.7.2 Taihe Chem Chelating Agents Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.7.3 Taihe Chem Chelating Agents Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.7.4 Taihe Chem Main Business Overview
13.7.5 Taihe Chem Latest Developments
13.8 PMP
13.8.1 PMP Company Information
13.8.2 PMP Chelating Agents Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.8.3 PMP Chelating Agents Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.8.4 PMP Main Business Overview
13.8.5 PMP Latest Developments
13.9 Kemira
13.9.1 Kemira Company Information
13.9.2 Kemira Chelating Agents Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.9.3 Kemira Chelating Agents Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.9.4 Kemira Main Business Overview
13.9.5 Kemira Latest Developments
13.10 Innospec
13.10.1 Innospec Company Information
13.10.2 Innospec Chelating Agents Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.10.3 Innospec Chelating Agents Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.10.4 Innospec Main Business Overview
13.10.5 Innospec Latest Developments
13.11 Jungbunzlauer
13.11.1 Jungbunzlauer Company Information
13.11.2 Jungbunzlauer Chelating Agents Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.11.3 Jungbunzlauer Chelating Agents Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.11.4 Jungbunzlauer Main Business Overview
13.11.5 Jungbunzlauer Latest Developments
13.12 AVA Chemicals
13.12.1 AVA Chemicals Company Information
13.12.2 AVA Chemicals Chelating Agents Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.12.3 AVA Chemicals Chelating Agents Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.12.4 AVA Chemicals Main Business Overview
13.12.5 AVA Chemicals Latest Developments
13.13 Roquette Freres
13.13.1 Roquette Freres Company Information
13.13.2 Roquette Freres Chelating Agents Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.13.3 Roquette Freres Chelating Agents Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.13.4 Roquette Freres Main Business Overview
13.13.5 Roquette Freres Latest Developments
13.14 Langyatai
13.14.1 Langyatai Company Information
13.14.2 Langyatai Chelating Agents Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.14.3 Langyatai Chelating Agents Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.14.4 Langyatai Main Business Overview
13.14.5 Langyatai Latest Developments
13.15 ADM
13.15.1 ADM Company Information
13.15.2 ADM Chelating Agents Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.15.3 ADM Chelating Agents Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.15.4 ADM Main Business Overview
13.15.5 ADM Latest Developments
13.16 Huntsman
13.16.1 Huntsman Company Information
13.16.2 Huntsman Chelating Agents Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.16.3 Huntsman Chelating Agents Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.16.4 Huntsman Main Business Overview
13.16.5 Huntsman Latest Developments
13.17 Qingshuiyuan
13.17.1 Qingshuiyuan Company Information
13.17.2 Qingshuiyuan Chelating Agents Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.17.3 Qingshuiyuan Chelating Agents Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.17.4 Qingshuiyuan Main Business Overview
13.17.5 Qingshuiyuan Latest Developments
13.18 IRO Chelating
13.18.1 IRO Chelating Company Information
13.18.2 IRO Chelating Chelating Agents Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.18.3 IRO Chelating Chelating Agents Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.18.4 IRO Chelating Main Business Overview
13.18.5 IRO Chelating Latest Developments
13.19 Tosoh
13.19.1 Tosoh Company Information
13.19.2 Tosoh Chelating Agents Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.19.3 Tosoh Chelating Agents Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.19.4 Tosoh Main Business Overview
13.19.5 Tosoh Latest Developments
13.20 Jack Chem
13.20.1 Jack Chem Company Information
13.20.2 Jack Chem Chelating Agents Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.20.3 Jack Chem Chelating Agents Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.20.4 Jack Chem Main Business Overview
13.20.5 Jack Chem Latest Developments
14 Research Findings and Conclusion
*If Applicable.
