Liquid Handling System Market Analysis

Global Liquid Handling System Market Overview

The Liquid Handling System Market Size was valued at USD 5.11 Billion in 2023. The Global Liquid Handling System industry is projected to grow from USD 5.64 Billion in 2024 to USD 11.50 Billion by 2032, exhibiting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.2% during the forecast period (2024 - 2032). The market is expected to be driven by the development of revolutionary automated liquid handling workstations for non-contact dispensing. Contact dispensing has become widely accepted thanks to its dependability, simplicity, and affordability. Yet, as sample volume has decreased, different liquid handling requirements have emerged, which are the key market drivers enhancing the market growth.

In March 2023, Eppendorf SE launched a new generation of the epMotion portfolio, which is an automation solution for liquid handling that comes with improved accuracy, precision and user-friendliness.

In May 2023, Opentrons introduced the Opentrons Flex robot. This cost-effective, user-friendly robot is designed to democratize access to advanced robotics solutions in labs of all sizes.

Hudson Robotics and Art Robbins Instruments were successfully acquired in December 2023 by Tomtec Inc., a company that specializes in automated liquid handling instruments used primarily for sample preparation in mass spectrometry. The buyer’s business unit, Art Robbins Instruments (ARI), offers global lab automation solutions under Argosy Healthcare Partners.

In July 2023, Biosero and Analytik Jena, signed a comarketing agreement aimed at promoting applications using their combined laboratory automation technologies.

A strategic co-marketing agreement was announced by Biosero and Hamilton in May 2023 to streamline automated liquid handling workflows in laboratories.

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences entered into a collaboration with Sciex in February 2023 to provide comprehensive workflows for HT-ADME high-throughput screening as well as synthetic biology studies.

Hamilton Robotics based in the USA, has boosted its product offerings after acquiring BioFluidiX from USA-based Hamilton Robotics company in November 2022. The acquiring company already owns automated liquid handling workstations, and thus, this has given them exclusive rights to the technology of managing small volume ranges (in nanoliters and picoliters) under a patent by BioFluidiX.

Generation Sequencing advancement was made easy when Beckman Coulter Life Sciences released the Biomek NGeniuS Liquid Handling System in June 2022.

During the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) 2022 International Conference & Expo held on February 2022, SPT Labtech introduced two novel pieces of equipment: Firefly liquid handling platform for next-generation sequencing library preparation and Apricot DC1, a 4-in-1 automated liquid handling platform.

It is worth mentioning that SPT Labtech unveiled a compact, 4-in-1 automated liquid handling system called apricot DC1 in the year 2022. The product has made pooling, aliquoting, mixing as well as preparing liquids for serial dilution less cumbersome by automating these regular manual pipetting activities.

Liquid Handling System Market Trends

• Increasing investments in drug and vaccine development to boost the market growth

The main reasons propelling the growth of the liquid handling system market are the increase in investments in drug discovery, the increase in R&D spending, the rise in the need for high-output screening, and the rise in the use of automation in clinical settings. Rising R&D initiatives for novel drug development and biotechnology research also fuel the market's expansion.

The development of vaccines and increasing investment by new drug companies are boosting the market for liquid handling systems. Manufacturers are releasing new drugs to fight disease incidence and spur market expansion. Adopting liquid handling systems that can handle high numbers of PCR tests with precise clinical results accelerates R&D and testing volume, driving market CAGR.

Liquid Handling System Market Segment Insights

Liquid Handling System Type Insights

Based on type, the global liquid handling system market segmentation includes automated, manual and electronic. The biggest market share is electronic liquid handling systems because of their excellent precision and reproducibility. The growing outsourcing of pharma and biotech workflows has prompted CROs and CMOs to improve the efficiency of their workflows to meet regulatory standards. Because of this, many CROs and CMOs are incorporating automated liquid handling into their infrastructure. For instance, Social CDMO, Inc. announced in June 2022 that a new customer project would utilize the company's automated lyophilization and fill/finish line unit at its San Diego location.

Liquid Handling System Application Insights

Based on application, the global liquid handling system market segmentation includes drug discovery, ADME screening, high-throughput screening (HTS), compound weighing and dissolution, and others. In 2022, the drug discovery sector held the majority of the market, with a share of 35.6%. Approximately a million molecules are screened to find a novel therapeutic candidate in a single drug discovery experiment. The standard needs for handling liquids, such as high throughput, low volume, and precision, are presented by microarray technology. Stepwise serial dilution over a large concentration range, compound selection and transfer for the retest, and confirmatory and further analysis are only a few examples of the numerous applications in drug discovery. The three main applications of automated liquid handling workstations in drug discovery are plate-to-plate dilutions, plate replications, and plate reformatting. A significant benefit of adopting liquid handling platforms in drug development is the possibility to integrate several types of liquid handlers, stackers, or incubators to increase throughput, which further positively impacts the market growth.

Liquid Handling System End User Insights

The global liquid handling system market data has been bifurcated by end users into pharmaceutical & biotechnology companies and contract research organizations (CRO). With a revenue share of more than 62.3%, pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms led the market in 2022. Laboratories for drug development were the first to develop automated liquid handling. Its rapid drug discovery and manufacturing expansion are facilitated by the regular requirement to distribute liquid samples on different substrates and transfer them to containers of varied sizes. It is anticipated that pharmaceutical and biotech companies will continue to dominate the industry in the years to come due to this rise in the usage of automation for drug screening and drug development.

Figure 1: Liquid Handling System Market by End User, 2022 & 2030 (USD Billion)

Source: Secondary Research, Primary Research, MRFR Database and Analyst Review

Moreover, contract research organizations (CROs) working on life science projects, particularly those requiring gene sequencing, antibody testing, drug screening, and protein crystallization, frequently need to manage a range of sample sizes. Thus, demand for automated techniques, such as sensor-integrated robotic systems, is projected to promote revenue development in the contract research organization (CRO) industry.

Liquid Handling System Regional Insights

By Region, the study provides market insights into North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of the World. North America Liquid Handling System market accounted for USD 14.1 billion in 2022 and is expected to exhibit a significant CAGR growth during the study period. Due to the well-established distribution networks of the key market participants and the quick uptake of advanced automation solutions, North America held the lion's market share in 2022 with a revenue share of 39.75%. The demand for small-volume genomic and proteomic analyses for life science research further fuels growth in this area. To boost their revenue, rivals in this Region have partnered with prestigious academic institutions and research institutions in Europe.

Further, the major countries studied in the market report are The U.S, Canada, Germany, France, UK, Italy, Spain, China, Japan, India, Australia, South Korea, and Brazil.

Figure 2: LIQUID HANDLING SYSTEM MARKET SHARE BY REGION 2022 (%)

Source: Secondary Research, Primary Research, MRFR Database and Analyst Review

Europe's liquid handling system market accounts for the second-largest market share due to the availability of cutting-edge drug development facilities, government backing for the growth of the healthcare industry, an aging population, and an increase in the adoption of advanced liquid handling solutions. Further, the Germany liquid handling system market held the largest market share, and the UK liquid handling system market was the fastest-growing market in the European Region.

The Asia-Pacific Liquid Handling System Market is expected to grow at the fastest CAGR from 2024 to 2032. The development of the biopharmaceutical industry is predicted to be aided by the rise in local biotech firms, an increase in funding assistance, the CFDA reform in China, and the price reform in Japan (affecting both off-patent and on-patent medicines). The Asia Pacific region is anticipated to grow at the quickest rate during the forecast period thanks to the quick development of biopharmaceutical and biotechnology firms, CROs, and CDMOs in nations like China and Japan. Moreover, China's liquid handling system market held the largest market share, and the India liquid handling system market was the fastest-growing in Asia-Pacific.

Liquid Handling System Key Market Players & Competitive Insights

Leading market players invest a lot of money in R&D to expand their product portfolios, which will spur further market growth for liquid handling system . With significant industry changes like new product releases, contractual agreements, mergers and acquisitions, increased investments, and collaboration with other organizations, market participants are also undertaking various strategic activities to expand their global presence. To grow and thrive in a market where competition and prices are growing, competitors in the liquid handling system sector must offer affordable products.

Manufacturing locally to cut operating costs is one of the main business tactics manufacturers use in the global liquid handling system industry to benefit customers and develop the market sector. The liquid handling system market major player such as Agilent Technologies, Danaher Corporation,  Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, Eppendorf AG, Tecan Group Ltd, and others are working on expanding the market demand by investing in research and development activities.

The global headquarters of the American corporation Agilent Technologies, Inc. is in Santa Clara, California. Agilent offers a broad range of technological platforms to analytical laboratories and clinical and routine diagnostics sectors. They comprise vacuum technologies, automation, bioreagents, FISH probes, gas and liquid chromatography, immunohistochemistry, informatics, mass spectrometry, microarrays, spectroscopy, target enrichment, and informatics. In December 2022, Agilent Technologies and Fluid Management Systems (FMS), a pioneer in automated sample preparation systems, will collaborate to develop and market workflows for the testing and analysis of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), such as PFAS, Dioxins, PCBs, and other emerging contaminants in environmental and food matrices.

With its corporate headquarters in Washington, DC, the Danaher Corporation is an American multinational conglomerate. The business develops, produces, and sells industrial, commercial, professional, and medical goods and services. "Life Sciences," "Diagnostics," and "Environmental & Applied Solutions" are the three platforms used by the company. The corporation is named after the western Montana location of Danaher Creek. Mitchell Rales and Steven M. Rales, the company's founders, first had the idea while fishing there. Danaher Corporation announced in November 2022 that it had partnered strategically with Duke University to establish the first Danaher Beacon for Gene Therapy Innovation.

Key Companies in the liquid handling system market include

• Agilent Technologies


• Danaher Corporation


• Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc


• Eppendorf AG


• Tecan Group Ltd


• Bio-Rad Laboratories


• Corning Incorporated


• Sartorius AG


• Hamilton Company


• Mettler-Toledo International, among others

Liquid Handling System Industry Developments

October 2020: For analyzing the cannabis and hemp flower sample, one of the major players, PerkinElmer, unveiled the first Completely Automated Process for Cannabis & Hemp Pesticide Residue.

November 2019: Tecan, a well-known entrepreneur, introduced Cavro Magni Flex, a liquid handling innovation for the following generation of life science applications.

Liquid Handling System Market Segmentation

Liquid Handling System Type Outlook

• Manual


• Automated


• Electronic

Liquid Handling System Application Outlook

• Drug Discovery


• ADME Screening


• High-Throughput Screening (HTS)


• Compound Weighing And Dissolution


• Others

Liquid Handling System End User Outlook

• Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology Companies


• Contract Research Organization (CRO)

Liquid Handling System Regional Outlook

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