5.12.3.3Vertical
Lab Consumables & Plasticware
Manufacturers of single-use plastic lab consumables, pipettes, and sample tubes.
Market snapshot
These figures describe Laboratory Equipment & Consumables (5.12.3), the segment that Lab Consumables & Plasticware sits within — not Lab Consumables & Plasticware on its own.
FragmentationConsolidatingEstimate
Lab equipment and consumables span instrument, plastics, and surgical/laboratory-supply classifications and are not separately disclosed by the Census Bureau, so the segment is not separately sized here.
Business model & economics
Revenue model
Equipment sales plus high-volume recurring consumables
Key economics
- Recurring revenue
- High
- EBITDA margin
- Strong
- Capex intensity
- Moderate
recurring, recession-resistant consumables
recurring-consumables economics
Characteristics
- Led by Thermo Fisher, Avantor, Danaher, Sartorius.
- Consumables the recession-resistant backbone of labs.
- R&D spending and biopharma growth drive demand.
M&A deal context
Deal activityHigh
Who’s acquiring
- Lab-products majors & distributors
- PE-backed platforms
- Specialty-consumables consolidators
What’s driving deals
- Recurring-consumables revenue and stickiness.
- Biopharma and R&D-spending growth.
- Consolidation of lab-products and distribution.
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