Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences Market Report 2025

This Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences market report provides a comprehensive analysis of the market’s characteristics, size, and growth, including segmentation, regional and country-level breakdowns, competitive landscape, market shares, trends, and strategies. It also tracks historical and forecasted market growth across various geographies.

The physical, engineering, and life sciences market size has grown strongly in recent years. It will grow from $444.23 billion in 2024 to $476.17 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.2%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to medical discoveries and health improvement, mathematical and theoretical development, environmental awareness, space exploration and discovery, public health initiatives.

The physical, engineering, and life sciences market size is expected to see strong growth in the next few years. It will grow to $654.6 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.3%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to ai and machine learning integration, sustainable engineering and solutions, digital health and telemedicine, smart infrastructure and cities, personalized engineering solutions. Major trends in the forecast period include nanotechnology integration, bioinformatics and data analysis, sustainability and environmental impact, immunotherapy and biopharmaceuticals, industry 4 and automation.

The life science industry is undergoing a significant transformation, primarily driven by digital innovation, which has brought about a profound change in the sector. Key technology giants like Microsoft, Cisco, IBM, Amazon, and Google are at the forefront of initiating this digital transformation in the field of life sciences. Mobile computing is poised to play a crucial role in digitizing healthcare, both in conjunction with pharmaceutical treatments and as independent medical solutions. Digital transformation empowers individuals to make more informed decisions about their current business operations and positions organizations for the future. This surge in digital transformation is a driving factor behind the growth of the physical, engineering, and life sciences market.

The increase in pharmaceutical spending is anticipated to be a major driver for the growth of the physical, engineering, and life sciences market. Pharmaceutical spending refers to the total amount expended on pharmaceutical products. This investment in the physical, engineering, and life sciences sector fosters innovation, development, and optimization of pharmaceuticals, resulting in advanced therapies, precision medicine, and more efficient drug delivery systems. For instance, in April 2022, the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) reported that in the US, the overall prescription drug expenditure for 2022 is expected to increase by 4% to 6% compared to the previous year. Clinics are projected to experience an increase in drug spending, estimated at 7% to 9%, while hospitals are forecasted to see a more moderate growth rate of 3% to 5% compared to 2021. Therefore, the rise in pharmaceutical spending is a significant driver behind the growth of the physical, engineering, and life sciences market.

The introduction and advancement of new technologies, such as nanosensors, bi-specific antibodies, and computational biology, highlight the progress achievable through interdisciplinary collaborations between researchers and organizations. Collaboration between the industry and regulators will foster self-regulation grounded in a culture of quality, operational excellence, and result monitoring. For instance, the FDA has expressed its intention to establish more collaborative partnerships with businesses to expedite product launches. Collaboration among stakeholders will facilitate the delivery of more responsive, cost-effective treatments and improved outcomes.

The growing global adoption and popularity of the Internet of Things (IoT) are anticipated to drive the expansion of the physical, engineering, and life sciences market. The IoT comprises a network of interconnected devices that enable seamless data transmission across diverse networks. IoT facilitates continuous advancements in real-time data analytics, product design, and development, thereby accelerating business growth. Engineering service providers are increasingly leveraging industrial IoT to enhance and optimize production processes, leading to improved energy efficiency, resource allocation, and asset management. For example, in November 2022, Ericsson, a Sweden-based network and telecommunications company, reported that the number of IoT-connected devices is projected to reach 34.7 billion by 2028, a significant rise from 13.2 billion in 2022. Consequently, the increasing global adoption and popularity of the Internet of Things (IoT) are poised to propel the growth of the physical, engineering, and life sciences market in the future.

In May 2023, Deloitte, a UK-based professional services network, concluded the acquisition of Optimal Design for an undisclosed sum. This acquisition is expected to strengthen Deloitte's position in the product engineering services (PES) landscape, expanding its capabilities to drive digital transformation in client projects. Through this acquisition, Deloitte enhances its existing engineering services, particularly in the realm of smart connected products and IoT devices. Optimal Design, a US-based product development firm, specializes in offering end-to-end product engineering solutions, ranging from concept inception to physical prototype development.

The field of physical, engineering, and life sciences is an interdisciplinary domain that integrates principles from physics, engineering, and biology to address complex scientific and technological problems. By applying engineering principles, this field focuses on creating and enhancing tools and processes to improve quality of life. It also utilizes life sciences to study living organisms and ecosystems, fostering progress in medicine, agriculture, and environmental sustainability.

The main categories within the domain of physical, engineering, and life sciences include physical and engineering sciences, as well as life sciences. Life Sciences Services are tailored to assist businesses in reimagining and transforming their IT landscapes, facilitating the development of next-generation platforms for essential functions. The entities involved in this field can span from organizations to sole traders and partnerships, and the service providers may comprise both large enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises.

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Major companies operating in the physical, engineering, and life sciences market include IQVIA Holdings Inc, Battelle Memorial Institute, Syneos Health Holdings Inc, PRA Health Sciences Inc, Charles River Laboratories International Inc, PAREXEL International Corporation, Pharmaceutical Product Development LLC, Medpace Holdings Inc, Albany Molecular Research Inc, Hitachi High Technologies America Inc, PDL BioPharma Inc, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (LLNS), Los Alamos National Security LLC (LANS), AKKA Technologies SE, QinetiQ Group plc, WuXi AppTec Co. Ltd., Charles River Laboratories International Inc., Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Illumina Inc., Agilent Technologies Inc., Bruker Corporation, Waters Corporation, PerkinElmer Inc., Mettler-Toledo International Inc., Danaher Corporation, Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc., Bio-Techne Corporation, QIAGEN N.V., Merck KGaA, Abiomed Inc., Intuitive Surgical Inc.

North America was the largest region in the physical, engineering, and life sciences market in 2024. Western Europe was the second largest region in the physical, engineering, and life sciences market. The regions covered in the physical, engineering, and life sciences market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa. The countries covered in the physical, engineering, and life sciences market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Italy, Spain, Canada.

The physical, engineering, and life sciences market consists of revenue earned by entities that engage in conducting research and experimental development in agriculture, environment, botany, electronics, chemistry, fisheries, forests, mathematics, veterinary, and other allied subjects. Research and development activities of physical engineering and life sciences organizations are funded by public sector organizations and commercial establishments. These organizations monetize their research findings, patents, or products to fund their research activities. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. Only goods and services traded between entities or sold to end consumers are included.

The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD, unless otherwise specified).

The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.

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