
The global market for Controlled-Rate Freezer was valued at US$ 35.4 million in the year 2024 and is projected to reach a revised size of US$ 53.4 million by 2031, growing at a CAGR of 6.1% during the forecast period.
A controlled-rate freezer is a specialized device used to freeze biological samples, such as cells, tissues, and embryos, at a carefully regulated, slow rate to minimize damage caused by ice crystal formation. This precise control over the freezing process is crucial for preserving the structural integrity and viability of sensitive biological materials. Controlled-rate freezers are commonly used in medical research, biobanking, and clinical applications like cryopreservation of stem cells, sperm, and ova for fertility treatments. By controlling the cooling rate, typically using programmable protocols, these freezers ensure optimal preservation conditions, increasing the chances of successful thawing and recovery of the biological samples later.
The global top three manufacturers of controlled-rate freezers include Thermo Fisher Scientific, Cytiva, and Planer, with a total market share of more than 65%. The largest manufacturer is Thermo Fisher Scientific, with a market share of more than 30%. North America is the most important consumer market for controlled-rate freezers in the world, with a market share of about 55%. In terms of type, small capacity has a market share of over 50%. In the application field, the market share of the research field is about 45%.
The controlled-rate freezer market is seeing robust growth, driven primarily by the increasing demand for cryopreservation in biopharmaceutical research, healthcare, and reproductive medicine. Controlled-rate freezers are essential for preserving biological samples such as stem cells, tissues, and embryos, which are critical for applications in drug development, regenerative medicine, and fertility treatments. As advancements in cellular therapies and personalized medicine continue to grow, the need for precise cryopreservation solutions that ensure the viability of delicate biological materials is boosting demand for controlled-rate freezers.
One of the key trends in the market is the expansion of biobanking and regenerative medicine, where controlled-rate freezers play a pivotal role. Biobanks, which store biological samples for research and clinical use, are expanding globally due to the increasing need for large-scale sample storage in genomics and disease research. Similarly, the rise of stem cell therapies, gene therapies, and tissue engineering is fueling the demand for advanced cryopreservation technologies. Controlled-rate freezers, by ensuring the preservation of samples at ultra-low temperatures without compromising their viability, are vital in these growing fields, which directly impacts market growth.
Technological advancements in cryopreservation are also contributing to the market’s expansion. Innovations in software-controlled freezing protocols, temperature monitoring, and automation have improved the efficiency and reliability of controlled-rate freezers. These advancements are particularly important in sectors like fertility clinics and stem cell research, where the preservation of biological material requires precision. Furthermore, the growing trend towards automation and integration of cryopreservation systems into broader lab management platforms is enhancing operational efficiency and reducing the risk of human error, thereby driving the adoption of advanced controlled-rate freezers across research and healthcare institutions globally.
Report Scope
This report aims to provide a comprehensive presentation of the global market for Controlled-Rate Freezer, with both quantitative and qualitative analysis, to help readers develop business/growth strategies, assess the market competitive situation, analyze their position in the current marketplace, and make informed business decisions regarding Controlled-Rate Freezer.
The Controlled-Rate Freezer market size, estimations, and forecasts are provided in terms of sales volume (K Units) and revenue ($ millions), considering 2024 as the base year, with history and forecast data for the period from 2020 to 2031. This report segments the global Controlled-Rate Freezer market comprehensively. Regional market sizes, concerning products by Type, by Application, and by players, are also provided.
For a more in-depth understanding of the market, the report provides profiles of the competitive landscape, key competitors, and their respective market ranks. The report also discusses technological trends and new product developments.
The report will help the Controlled-Rate Freezer manufacturers, new entrants, and industry chain related companies in this market with information on the revenues, sales volume, and average price for the overall market and the sub-segments across the different segments, by company, by Type, by Application, and by regions.
By Company
Strex
BioLife Solutions
Cytiva
Dohmeyer
Planer
Thermo Fisher Scientific
SP Industries
PHC Group
Segment by Type
Small Capacity
Medium Capacity
High Capacity
Segment by Application
Research
Cell and Gene Therapy
Biobank
Other
Consumption by Region
North America
United States
Canada
Asia-Pacific
China
Japan
South Korea
India
Australia
China Taiwan
Indonesia
Thailand
Malaysia
Europe
Germany
France
U.K.
Italy
Russia
Latin America
Mexico
Brazil
Argentina
Middle East and Africa
Turkey
Saudi Arabia
UAE
Core Chapters
Chapter 1: Introduces the report scope of the report, executive summary of different market segments (by region, product type, application, etc), including the market size of each market segment, future development potential, and so on. It offers a high-level view of the current state of the market and its likely evolution in the short to mid-term, and long term.
Chapter 2: Detailed analysis of Controlled-Rate Freezer manufacturers competitive landscape, price, sales and revenue market share, latest development plan, merger, and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 3: Sales, revenue of Controlled-Rate Freezer in regional level and country level. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region and its main countries and introduces the market development, future development prospects, market space, and market size of each country in the world.
Chapter 4: Provides the analysis of various market segments by Type, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different market segments.
Chapter 5: Provides the analysis of various market segments by Application, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different downstream markets.
Chapter 6: Provides profiles of key players, introducing the basic situation of the main companies in the market in detail, including product sales, revenue, price, gross margin, product introduction, recent development, etc.
Chapter 7: Analysis of industrial chain, including the upstream and downstream of the industry.
Chapter 8: Introduces the market dynamics, latest developments of the market, the driving factors and restrictive factors of the market, the challenges and risks faced by manufacturers in the industry, and the analysis of relevant policies in the industry.
Chapter 9: The main points and conclusions of the report. 
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1 Controlled-Rate Freezer Market Overview
1.1 Product Definition
1.2 Controlled-Rate Freezer by Type
1.2.1 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Market Value Comparison by Type (2024 VS 2031)
1.2.2 Small Capacity
1.2.3 Medium Capacity
1.2.4 High Capacity
1.3 Controlled-Rate Freezer by Application
1.3.1 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Market Value by Application (2024 VS 2031)
1.3.2 Research
1.3.3 Cell and Gene Therapy
1.3.4 Biobank
1.3.5 Other
1.4 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Market Size Estimates and Forecasts
1.4.1 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Revenue 2020-2031
1.4.2 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Sales 2020-2031
1.4.3 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Market Average Price (2020-2031)
1.5 Assumptions and Limitations
2 Controlled-Rate Freezer Market Competition by Manufacturers
2.1 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Sales Market Share by Manufacturers (2020-2025)
2.2 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Revenue Market Share by Manufacturers (2020-2025)
2.3 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Average Price by Manufacturers (2020-2025)
2.4 Global Key Players of Controlled-Rate Freezer, Industry Ranking, 2022 VS 2023 VS 2024
2.5 Global Key Manufacturers of Controlled-Rate Freezer, Manufacturing Sites & Headquarters
2.6 Global Key Manufacturers of Controlled-Rate Freezer, Product Type & Application
2.7 Global Key Manufacturers of Controlled-Rate Freezer, Date of Enter into This Industry
2.8 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Market Competitive Situation and Trends
2.8.1 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Market Concentration Rate
2.8.2 The Global 5 and 10 Largest Controlled-Rate Freezer Players Market Share by Revenue
2.8.3 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Market Share by Company Type (Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3)
2.9 Manufacturers Mergers & Acquisitions, Expansion Plans
3 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Market Scenario by Region
3.1 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Market Size by Region: 2020 Versus 2024 Versus 2031
3.2 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Sales by Region: 2020-2031
3.2.1 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Sales by Region: 2020-2025
3.2.2 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Sales by Region: 2026-2031
3.3 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Revenue by Region: 2020-2031
3.3.1 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Revenue by Region: 2020-2025
3.3.2 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Revenue by Region: 2026-2031
3.4 North America Controlled-Rate Freezer Market Facts & Figures by Country
3.4.1 North America Controlled-Rate Freezer Market Size by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
3.4.2 North America Controlled-Rate Freezer Sales by Country (2020-2031)
3.4.3 North America Controlled-Rate Freezer Revenue by Country (2020-2031)
3.4.4 United States
3.4.5 Canada
3.5 Europe Controlled-Rate Freezer Market Facts & Figures by Country
3.5.1 Europe Controlled-Rate Freezer Market Size by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
3.5.2 Europe Controlled-Rate Freezer Sales by Country (2020-2031)
3.5.3 Europe Controlled-Rate Freezer Revenue by Country (2020-2031)
3.5.4 Germany
3.5.5 France
3.5.6 U.K.
3.5.7 Italy
3.5.8 Russia
3.6 Asia Pacific Controlled-Rate Freezer Market Facts & Figures by Region
3.6.1 Asia Pacific Controlled-Rate Freezer Market Size by Region: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
3.6.2 Asia Pacific Controlled-Rate Freezer Sales by Region (2020-2031)
3.6.3 Asia Pacific Controlled-Rate Freezer Revenue by Region (2020-2031)
3.6.4 China
3.6.5 Japan
3.6.6 South Korea
3.6.7 India
3.6.8 Australia
3.6.9 China Taiwan
3.6.10 Indonesia
3.6.11 Thailand
3.6.12 Malaysia
3.7 Latin America Controlled-Rate Freezer Market Facts & Figures by Country
3.7.1 Latin America Controlled-Rate Freezer Market Size by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
3.7.2 Latin America Controlled-Rate Freezer Sales by Country (2020-2031)
3.7.3 Latin America Controlled-Rate Freezer Revenue by Country (2020-2031)
3.7.4 Mexico
3.7.5 Brazil
3.7.6 Argentina
3.8 Middle East and Africa Controlled-Rate Freezer Market Facts & Figures by Country
3.8.1 Middle East and Africa Controlled-Rate Freezer Market Size by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
3.8.2 Middle East and Africa Controlled-Rate Freezer Sales by Country (2020-2031)
3.8.3 Middle East and Africa Controlled-Rate Freezer Revenue by Country (2020-2031)
3.8.4 Turkey
3.8.5 Saudi Arabia
3.8.6 UAE
4 Segment by Type
4.1 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Sales by Type (2020-2031)
4.1.1 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Sales by Type (2020-2025)
4.1.2 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Sales by Type (2026-2031)
4.1.3 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Sales Market Share by Type (2020-2031)
4.2 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Revenue by Type (2020-2031)
4.2.1 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Revenue by Type (2020-2025)
4.2.2 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Revenue by Type (2026-2031)
4.2.3 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Revenue Market Share by Type (2020-2031)
4.3 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Price by Type (2020-2031)
5 Segment by Application
5.1 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Sales by Application (2020-2031)
5.1.1 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Sales by Application (2020-2025)
5.1.2 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Sales by Application (2026-2031)
5.1.3 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Sales Market Share by Application (2020-2031)
5.2 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Revenue by Application (2020-2031)
5.2.1 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Revenue by Application (2020-2025)
5.2.2 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Revenue by Application (2026-2031)
5.2.3 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Revenue Market Share by Application (2020-2031)
5.3 Global Controlled-Rate Freezer Price by Application (2020-2031)
6 Key Companies Profiled
6.1 Strex
6.1.1 Strex Company Information
6.1.2 Strex Description and Business Overview
6.1.3 Strex Controlled-Rate Freezer Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.1.4 Strex Controlled-Rate Freezer Product Portfolio
6.1.5 Strex Recent Developments/Updates
6.2 BioLife Solutions
6.2.1 BioLife Solutions Company Information
6.2.2 BioLife Solutions Description and Business Overview
6.2.3 BioLife Solutions Controlled-Rate Freezer Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.2.4 BioLife Solutions Controlled-Rate Freezer Product Portfolio
6.2.5 BioLife Solutions Recent Developments/Updates
6.3 Cytiva
6.3.1 Cytiva Company Information
6.3.2 Cytiva Description and Business Overview
6.3.3 Cytiva Controlled-Rate Freezer Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.3.4 Cytiva Controlled-Rate Freezer Product Portfolio
6.3.5 Cytiva Recent Developments/Updates
6.4 Dohmeyer
6.4.1 Dohmeyer Company Information
6.4.2 Dohmeyer Description and Business Overview
6.4.3 Dohmeyer Controlled-Rate Freezer Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.4.4 Dohmeyer Controlled-Rate Freezer Product Portfolio
6.4.5 Dohmeyer Recent Developments/Updates
6.5 Planer
6.5.1 Planer Company Information
6.5.2 Planer Description and Business Overview
6.5.3 Planer Controlled-Rate Freezer Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.5.4 Planer Controlled-Rate Freezer Product Portfolio
6.5.5 Planer Recent Developments/Updates
6.6 Thermo Fisher Scientific
6.6.1 Thermo Fisher Scientific Company Information
6.6.2 Thermo Fisher Scientific Description and Business Overview
6.6.3 Thermo Fisher Scientific Controlled-Rate Freezer Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.6.4 Thermo Fisher Scientific Controlled-Rate Freezer Product Portfolio
6.6.5 Thermo Fisher Scientific Recent Developments/Updates
6.7 SP Industries
6.7.1 SP Industries Company Information
6.7.2 SP Industries Description and Business Overview
6.7.3 SP Industries Controlled-Rate Freezer Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.7.4 SP Industries Controlled-Rate Freezer Product Portfolio
6.7.5 SP Industries Recent Developments/Updates
6.8 PHC Group
6.8.1 PHC Group Company Information
6.8.2 PHC Group Description and Business Overview
6.8.3 PHC Group Controlled-Rate Freezer Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.8.4 PHC Group Controlled-Rate Freezer Product Portfolio
6.8.5 PHC Group Recent Developments/Updates
7 Industry Chain and Sales Channels Analysis
7.1 Controlled-Rate Freezer Industry Chain Analysis
7.2 Controlled-Rate Freezer Raw Material Supply Analysis
7.2.1 Key Raw Materials
7.2.2 Raw Materials Key Suppliers
7.3 Controlled-Rate Freezer Production Mode & Process Analysis
7.4 Controlled-Rate Freezer Sales and Marketing
7.4.1 Controlled-Rate Freezer Sales Channels
7.4.2 Controlled-Rate Freezer Distributors
7.5 Controlled-Rate Freezer Customer Analysis
8 Controlled-Rate Freezer Market Dynamics
8.1 Controlled-Rate Freezer Industry Trends
8.2 Controlled-Rate Freezer Market Drivers
8.3 Controlled-Rate Freezer Market Challenges
8.4 Controlled-Rate Freezer Market Restraints
9 Research Findings and Conclusion
10 Methodology and Data Source
10.1 Methodology/Research Approach
10.1.1 Research Programs/Design
10.1.2 Market Size Estimation
10.1.3 Market Breakdown and Data Triangulation
10.2 Data Source
10.2.1 Secondary Sources
10.2.2 Primary Sources
10.3 Author List
10.4 Disclaimer
Strex
BioLife Solutions
Cytiva
Dohmeyer
Planer
Thermo Fisher Scientific
SP Industries
PHC Group
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