The global molecular weight marker market size is anticipated to reach USD 1.54 billion by 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. The market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 12.0% from 2024 to 2030. Increasing investment in R&D by companies including biotechnology and biologics is the major factor that drives the growth during the forecast period. These markers are used by researchers and companies for various applications such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR), Northern blotting, Southern blotting, and molecular cloning. Thus, the increasing application of these products in R&D is expected to boost growth.

Increasing focus on molecular biology research is another major factor supporting market growth. Molecular biology research is important to understand interactions between the different systems of a cell, including DNA, RNA, and protein biosynthesis & regulation. Thus, these research activities are very high in developed countries and are growing at a high pace in developing countries including China and India. Hence, there is a growing demand for molecular weight markers for research activities, which is expected to fuel the growth.

Molecular Weight Marker Market Report Highlights

• DNA markers dominated the market and accounted for a share of 45.6% in 2023. These DNA markers are also known as molecular markers or DNA sequencing. 
• Prestained markers accounted for the largest market revenue share of 52.3% in 2023 and is expected to register the fastest CAGR during the forecast period. 
• Nucleic acid applications accounted for the largest market revenue share of 66.4% in 2023. The applications of nucleic acid-based can be seen as a vaccine and as a gene-editing tool. 
• North America’s molecular weight marker market dominated in 2023. The rising prevalence of chronic diseases such as cancer is expected to drive the market growth.

Molecular Weight Marker Market Segmentation

Grand View Research has segmented the global molecular weight marker market report based on product, application, end-use, and region:

Molecular Weight Marker Product Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2018 - 2030)

• DNA markers
  • Below 50 bp
  • 50 bp t100 bp
  • 100 bp t1 kb
  • 1 kb t5 kb
  • Above 5 kb
• Protein markers
  • Below 10 kDa
  • 10 k Da t100 kDa
  • 10 k Da t100 kDa
  • 100 k Da t200 kDa
  • Above 200 kDa
• RNA markers

Molecular Weight Marker Type Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2018 - 2030)

• Prestained markers
• Unstained markers
• Specialty markers

Molecular Weight Marker Application Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2018 - 2030)

• Nucleic acid applications
  • PCR
  • Sequencing
  • Northern blotting
  • Southern blotting
  • Molecular cloning
  • Others
• Protein applications
  • Western Blotting
  • Gel extraction
  • Others

Molecular Weight Marker End Use Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2018 - 2030)

• Academic and research institutes
• Pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies
• CROs
• Others

Molecular Weight Marker Regional Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2018 - 2030)

• North America
  • US
  • Canada
  • Mexico
• Europe
  • Germany
  • UK
  • France
• Asia Pacific
  • China
  • Japan
  • India
  • South Korea
  • Australia
• Latin America
  • Brazil
• Middle East and Africa (MEA)
  • KSA
  • UAE
  • South Africa

Key Players in the Molecular Weight Marker Market

• Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
• F Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd
• Merck KGaA
• QIAGEN
• TAKARA BIO, INC.
• Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
• Promega Corp
• New England Biolabs
• Agilent Technologies
• Danaher

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