Laboratory Informatics Market Report 2025

This Laboratory Informatics market report covers market characteristics, size and growth, segmentation, regional and country breakdowns, competitive landscape, market shares, trends and strategies for this market. It traces the market’s historic and forecast market growth by geography.

The laboratory informatics market size has grown strongly in recent years. It will grow from $3.8 billion in 2024 to $4.03 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to rise of electronic lab notebooks, laboratory automation, growing pharmaceutical r&d activities, integration of laboratory systems, increasing complexity of research.

The laboratory informatics market size is expected to see rapid growth in the next few years. It will grow to $6.24 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.6%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to increased adoption of cloud-based solutions, mobile informatics solutions, globalization of research collaborations, data standardization initiatives, emphasis on environmental monitoring, remote access and virtualization. Major trends in the forecast period include advancements in data visualization tools, cross-platform integration, enhanced user experience, exploration of blockchain technology.

The growth of the laboratory informatics market is anticipated to be driven by the increasing demand for laboratory automation during the forecast period. The prevalent occurrence of human errors in laboratory operations has prompted laboratory organizations to transition towards automated solutions. A study published by AZoLifeSciences revealed that 30-86% of pre-analytical errors in laboratories are linked to human error. Laboratory automation involves the use of automated laboratory instruments and advanced analytical software to deliver precise and accurate results on a large scale. This approach enhances data accuracy and reliability while reducing overall costs associated with manual operations. Consequently, the escalating need for laboratory automation is expected to fuel the laboratory informatics market's growth in the forecast period.

The laboratory informatics market is expected to experience growth due to the rising demand for personalized medicine. Personalized medicine tailors medical treatment to an individual's unique genetic makeup, providing more effective and precise healthcare interventions. Laboratory informatics plays a crucial role in personalized medicine, facilitating data management, genomic sequencing and analysis, electronic health records (EHR) integration, biomarker discovery, and ensuring data security and privacy. In 2022, the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) approved 37 new molecular entities (NMEs), with approximately 34% (12 of them) classified as personalized medicines by the Personalized Medicine Coalition (PMC). Consequently, the growing demand for personalized medicine is a key driver propelling the laboratory informatics market's growth.

Technological advancements are emerging as key trends in the laboratory informatics market. Companies in this market are increasingly investing in the development of technologically advanced software suites to meet specific operational demands from laboratories worldwide. For instance, Biosero, Inc., a US-based laboratory automation company, introduced the Green Button Go software suite in February 2022. This suite includes automated workflows ranging from a single workstation to operations spanning multiple labs, enabling efficient control and scheduling of various instruments and devices from a unified interface.

Leading companies in the laboratory informatics market are concentrating on innovative solutions like Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) to deliver scalable, flexible, and automated laboratory solutions that streamline operations, improve analytics, and support healthier, safer communities. A LIMS is a software tool designed to manage samples and their associated data efficiently, automate workflows, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards to enhance laboratory operations. For example, in April 2024, Clinisys, a UK-based provider of informatics software and expertise in support of diagnostic testing, launched Laboratory Solutions that encompass four enhanced offerings: Clinisys Environmental Laboratory, Clinisys Water Quality Laboratory, Clinical Toxicology Laboratory, and Clinisys Public Health Laboratory (LIMS). These solutions feature discipline-specific LIMS built on a cloud-based SaaS architecture, providing advanced automation, data integration, and analytics. They are designed to optimize laboratory workflows, ensure scalability, and reduce total ownership costs while enhancing security and operational efficiency through the Clinisys Platform.

In January 2022, CliniSys, a US-based company specializing in digital innovation and intelligent informatics for laboratories, acquired HORIZON Lab Systems, LLC for an undisclosed amount. Through this acquisition, CliniSys aims to fortify its portfolio in cloud-based lab solutions, particularly in the environmental, public health, toxicology, and agricultural sectors. HORIZON Lab Systems, LLC is a US-based healthcare information management company.

Major companies operating in the laboratory informatics market include Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., LabVantage Solutions Inc., LabWare Inc., STARLIMS Corporation, LabLynx Inc., Waters Corporation, Autoscribe Informatics, LABWORKS LLC, Cerner Corporation, McKesson Corporation, ID Business Solutions Limited, Arxspan LLC, Kinematik Ltd., RURO Inc., Accelerated Technology Laboratories Inc., Agilent Technologies Pvt. Ltd., PerkinElmer Inc., Dassault Systèmes SE, Novatek International Inc., LabArchives Inc., Bio-ITech BV, GenoLogics Life Sciences Software Inc., LabKey Corporation, LabSoft LIMS by Computing Solutions Inc., LIMS-plus, Promium LLC, Danaher Corporation, Siemens Healthineers AG, GE Healthcare Technologies Inc., Epic Systems Corporation.

North America was the largest region in the laboratory informatics market in 2024. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the laboratory informatics market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa. The countries covered in the laboratory informatics market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Italy, Canada, Spain.

Laboratory informatics encompasses software products utilized for instrument control, scientific data management, scientific search, network integration, and compliance management to optimize analytical laboratory operations. The adoption of laboratory informatics solutions leads to a reduction in operational costs, expedited decision-making, and enhancement of laboratory processes, among other benefits.

The primary categories of laboratory informatics include laboratory information management systems (LIMS), electronic lab notebooks (ELN), chromatography data systems (CDS), electronic data capture (EDC) and clinical data management systems (CDMS), laboratory execution systems (LES), enterprise content management (ECM), and scientific data management systems (SDMS). A LIMS, or Laboratory Information Management System, is software designed to efficiently handle samples and data. Through a LIMS, laboratories can automate workflows, integrate equipment, and effectively manage samples and associated data. The components of laboratory informatics consist of services and software that can be deployed on-premise, in the cloud, or through remote hosting. Various industries that make use of laboratory informatics include the life sciences industry, chemicals industry, food and beverage and agriculture industry, petrochemical refineries, oil and gas industry, environmental testing laboratories, and other sectors.

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The laboratory informatics market includes revenues earned by entities by providing software tools and services to streamline laboratory operations such as collecting, analyzing, and sharing data in a laboratory setting to enhance the decision-making process in healthcare-related studies. It also provides the services such as cloud-based services, consulting services, and recurring support services to manage health informatics systems. 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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