Which ELISA kit companies are growing their market share?
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In this blog:
- Which companies are leading in the ELISA kit market?
- Which reagent vendors have broken into the top 10 and the top 5?
- Download data on the top 10 ten ELISA kit suppliers in 2023
Updated: February 2025
Which ELISA kits manufacturers are growing their share in the life science market?
Today, we delve into our kits & assays database to uncover those suppliers to watch and examine the size of the ELISA kit market.
How big is the ELISA kit market?
The ELISA kit market is a growing and dynamic sector seeing a consistent increase in citations, equating to product use, over the past ten years. This is certainly a market to pay attention to.
China is the largest market for ELISA kits – taking share from the US market to claim over a quarter of the total global citations. Increasing share here may be important for success with ELISA kit products. You can read more about this trend here in our blog analysing the ELISA market in China.
An overview of the ELISA market leaders
Throughout the past ten years, R&D Systems, part of Bio-Techne, have maintained a clear market lead. Although we have observed a declining share trajectory during this time, they continue to have a dominant hold on the market with a share exceeding 20%.
Claiming the second spot in the market is Abcam, where they have been placed since 2018. They have seen impressive growth over the past ten years to claim this spot.
Thermo Fisher Scientific holds the third spot in the ELISA kit market, a position they’ve held since 2018. As of 2023, they grew their share in the market further to exceed 12%.
Outside of these top three market leaders, we have seen other suppliers with striking growth trajectories over the years, resulting in them breaking into the top 10 or top 5. Interestingly, we found that many of these suppliers have a strong presence in China, the largest market for ELISA kits.
BioLegend – gradual growth to break into the top 5
BioLegend ranks as the fifth most cited supplier in 2023, a significant increase from their rank of 17th in 2013. We noticed impressive growth particularly between the years 2015-2016 and 2019-2021 for this supplier. They also managed to increase their share between 2022 and 2023.
Over on our blog, we have commented on BioLegend’s success beyond ELISA kits. In our antibody supplier market share analysis, we found that they had been seeing growth over many years to now claim 6th position by market share. Their success across multiple reagent markets supports their acquisition by Perkin Elmer for the large sum of $5.25 bn.
Elabscience – consistent and considerable growth
Increasing their market share year on year has resulted in Elabscience rising from 42nd position in 2015 to 6th in 2023. They specialise in immunodiagnostic technology for the life science community, and first entered the market in 2011 with ELISA kits. This growth may be in part due to their success in China.
We spotted their growth in this market back in 2019, awarding them the ELISA Kit Supplier To Watch Award in the CiteAb Awards, which recognised a supplier with the largest percentage increase in citations. Although they did not increase their share in 2023, they still grew their rank in the market.
Cusabio – Steady growth over many years
Cusabio broke into the top five in 2019 and has maintained their position since. Their steady growth over the years has meant they rose to this position from 9th in 2013.
They now supply thousands of ELISA kits around the globe across many research fields. Their most cited ELISA kit in the CiteAb kits & assays search engine is their Rat TNF-α ELISA kit. Interestingly, as of 2022 almost 60% of Cusabio’s ELISA kit citations were from China. This seems to have been a contributing factor to their growth in global rank.
We will be watching to see if they can maintain this steady growth amongst other companies seeing more fluctuating market positions, and break into the top three in the future.
More suppliers to watch
Other suppliers we’ve noticed making moves in the market recently are Proteintech and Mercodia.
Proteintech broke into the top 20 in 2023, and Mercodia saw a significant jump in rank between 2022 and 2023 from 18th to 11th.
Will these companies be able to break into the top ten in the next few years?
What data is our ELISA kit analysis based on?
Our life science kits & assays database comprises over 50 different kit types, including cell-based assays, protein assays and, of course, ELISA kits.
The data we collect on ELISA kits covers highly cited and popular kits such as IL-6 ELISA kits, TNF alpha ELISA kits, IFN gamma ELISA kits, as well as multiplex ELISA kits and much more.
By collecting product citations for ELISA tests, we are able to unpick trends in the life science tools research market, understanding past research use and gaining insight into future purchasing decisions.
Wrap-up and ELISA test data download
Looking to carry out your own analysis? You can download our data covering the top 10 ELISA kit suppliers for 2023, with their rank and market share.
If you want to expand your analysis, do reach out to the team who are always happy to chat all things data.
We have recently introduced an ELISA kit market insights pack, which includes quarterly data deliveries covering supplier, country share and more, helping to inform product pipeline, strategy and marketing decisions.
For more supplier share insight, you can check out our blogs covering the growth factor market and the research antibody market, which you can check out over on our blog.
Is there a reagent type you’d like us to cover in the future? Do let us know!
- Rhys and the CiteAb team
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