
Medical Adhesive Tapes Market Report and Forecast 2025-2034
Description
The global medical adhesive tapes market size was valued at USD 9.70 Billion in 2024, driven by the increasing incidence of chronic wounds due to diabetic ulcers and injuries across the globe. The market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 6.50% during the forecast period of 2025-2034, likely to reach a value of about USD 18.21 Billion by 2034.
Medical Adhesive Tapes: Introduction
A medical adhesive tape is used to secure dressings, tubing, and gauze to the skin. Most adhesive tapes are pressure sensitive since they enable easy sticking to the required place. Common medical adhesive tapes include paper, cloth and transparent and others. There are different categories of adhesive tape suited best for different conditions.
Global Medical Adhesive Tapes Market Analysis
Medical adhesive tapes can be broadly categorized depending on the situation they are used in. For example, micropore paper and transpore polyethene tapes are used in urgent needs whereas zinc oxide and durable cloth tapes are applied on athletes. With the rising prevalence of chronic wounds, surgical procedures, and geriatric population globally, the adhesive technology has constantly evolved and improved, hence the medical adhesive tapes market value has also observed a significant upswing.
Supporting the ongoing trend of wearable devices, 3M has introduced a new 28-day medical adhesive skin tape called 3M Medical Tape 4578. This medical tape can increase the wearing time for a wide range of devices, including health monitors, sensors, glucose monitors and long-term medical wearables. The introduction of long wearing medical adhesives can expand its applications, fueling the market growth in upcoming years.
Tape removal can be painful and can also lead to skin damage due to collagen loss and dryness in patients. While silicone-based tapes are already used to avoid such wear and tears, researchers have been devising a new surgical tape to reduce pain, along with inhibiting skin damage during tape removal.
As per this new technique, the new surgical tape is applied in combination with a mesh. After conducting several trials, researchers concluded that the mesh paired tape reduced the pain sensation effectively. There is an ongoing development to improve the make it transparent and waterproof, which demonstrates that the medical adhesive tapes market demand will increase after the launch of this new category.
Global Medical Adhesive Tapes Market Segmentation
Medical Adhesive Tapes Market Report and Forecast 2025-2034 offers a detailed analysis of the market based on the following segments:
Market Breakup by Resin Type
As the occurrence of road accidents and diabetic chronic wounds has propelled, medical adhesive tapes usage has also increased. The medical adhesive tapes market growth is certain in the forecast period, which can be attributed to significant mergers and acquisitions among industry leaders. In July 2024, Fuller Company acquired Adhezion Biomedical, a US based medical adhesives company with customers spanning across 40 countries. This diversifies the company’s portfolio and enables the growth of new innovations along with in-depth application expertise.
With the presence of a well-developed infrastructure and emergency care units, the United States holds a huge portion of the medical adhesive tapes market share. The US government also works on developing quality emergency facilities while spreading relevant awareness through campaigns. However, the AsiaPacific region also witnessing a rapid growth with the growing emphasis of the government to prevent road accidents.
Global Medical Adhesive Tapes Market: Competitor Landscape
The key features of the market report include patent analysis, grants analysis, clinical trials analysis, funding and investment analysis, partnerships, and collaborations analysis by the leading key players. The major companies in the market are as follows:
Medical Adhesive Tapes: Introduction
A medical adhesive tape is used to secure dressings, tubing, and gauze to the skin. Most adhesive tapes are pressure sensitive since they enable easy sticking to the required place. Common medical adhesive tapes include paper, cloth and transparent and others. There are different categories of adhesive tape suited best for different conditions.
Global Medical Adhesive Tapes Market Analysis
Medical adhesive tapes can be broadly categorized depending on the situation they are used in. For example, micropore paper and transpore polyethene tapes are used in urgent needs whereas zinc oxide and durable cloth tapes are applied on athletes. With the rising prevalence of chronic wounds, surgical procedures, and geriatric population globally, the adhesive technology has constantly evolved and improved, hence the medical adhesive tapes market value has also observed a significant upswing.
Supporting the ongoing trend of wearable devices, 3M has introduced a new 28-day medical adhesive skin tape called 3M Medical Tape 4578. This medical tape can increase the wearing time for a wide range of devices, including health monitors, sensors, glucose monitors and long-term medical wearables. The introduction of long wearing medical adhesives can expand its applications, fueling the market growth in upcoming years.
Tape removal can be painful and can also lead to skin damage due to collagen loss and dryness in patients. While silicone-based tapes are already used to avoid such wear and tears, researchers have been devising a new surgical tape to reduce pain, along with inhibiting skin damage during tape removal.
As per this new technique, the new surgical tape is applied in combination with a mesh. After conducting several trials, researchers concluded that the mesh paired tape reduced the pain sensation effectively. There is an ongoing development to improve the make it transparent and waterproof, which demonstrates that the medical adhesive tapes market demand will increase after the launch of this new category.
Global Medical Adhesive Tapes Market Segmentation
Medical Adhesive Tapes Market Report and Forecast 2025-2034 offers a detailed analysis of the market based on the following segments:
Market Breakup by Resin Type
- Acrylic
- Silicone
- Rubber
- Others
- Paper Tapes
- Fabric Tapes
- Plastic Tapes
- Other Tapes
- Surgery
- Wound Dressing
- Splints
- Secure IV Lines
- Ostomy Seals
- Other Applications
- Hospitals
- Ambulatory Surgery Centres
- Clinics
- Others
- North America
- Europe
- Asia Pacific
- Latin America
- Middle East and Africa
As the occurrence of road accidents and diabetic chronic wounds has propelled, medical adhesive tapes usage has also increased. The medical adhesive tapes market growth is certain in the forecast period, which can be attributed to significant mergers and acquisitions among industry leaders. In July 2024, Fuller Company acquired Adhezion Biomedical, a US based medical adhesives company with customers spanning across 40 countries. This diversifies the company’s portfolio and enables the growth of new innovations along with in-depth application expertise.
With the presence of a well-developed infrastructure and emergency care units, the United States holds a huge portion of the medical adhesive tapes market share. The US government also works on developing quality emergency facilities while spreading relevant awareness through campaigns. However, the AsiaPacific region also witnessing a rapid growth with the growing emphasis of the government to prevent road accidents.
Global Medical Adhesive Tapes Market: Competitor Landscape
The key features of the market report include patent analysis, grants analysis, clinical trials analysis, funding and investment analysis, partnerships, and collaborations analysis by the leading key players. The major companies in the market are as follows:
- Jiangxi 3L Medical Products Group Co Ltd
- Ad Tape & Label Company, Inc.
- Scapa Group PLC
- McKesson Corporation
- Paul Hartmann AG.
- Smith & Nephew PLC
- Coloplast A/S
- Winner Medical Group, Inc.
- Integra Lifesciences Holdings Corporation
- 3M Company
- Medtronic
Table of Contents
350 Pages
- 1 Preface
- 1.1 Objectives of the Study
- 1.2 Key Assumptions
- 1.3 Report Coverage – Key Segmentation and Scope
- 1.4 Research Methodology
- 2 Executive Summary
- 3 Global Medical Adhesive Tapes Market Overview
- 3.1 Global Medical Adhesive Tapes Market Historical Value (2018-2024)
- 3.2 Global Medical Adhesive Tapes Market Forecast Value (2025-2034)
- 4 Global Medical Adhesive Tapes Market Landscape
- 4.1 Global Medical Adhesive Tapes Developers Landscape
- 4.1.1 Analysis by Year of Establishment
- 4.1.2 Analysis by Company Size
- 4.1.3 Analysis by Region
- 4.2 Global Medical Adhesive Tapes Product Landscape
- 4.2.1 Analysis by Resin Type
- 4.2.2 Analysis by Backing Material
- 4.2.3 Analysis by Application
- 5 Global Medical Adhesive Tapes Market Dynamics
- 5.1 Market Drivers and Constraints
- 5.2 SWOT Analysis
- 5.3 Porter’s Five Forces Model
- 5.4 Key Demand Indicators
- 5.5 Key Price Indicators
- 5.6 Industry Events, Initiatives, and Trends
- 5.7 Value Chain Analysis
- 6 Global Medical Adhesive Tapes Market Segmentation
- 6.1 Global Medical Adhesive Tapes Market by Resin Type
- 6.1.1 Market Overview
- 6.1.2 Acrylic
- 6.1.3 Silicone
- 6.1.4 Rubber
- 6.1.5 Others
- 6.2 Global Medical Adhesive Tapes Market by Backing Material
- 6.2.1 Market Overview
- 6.2.2 Paper Tapes
- 6.2.3 Fabric Tapes
- 6.2.4 Plastic Tapes
- 6.2.5 Other Tapes
- 6.3 Global Medical Adhesive Tapes Market by Application
- 6.3.1 Market Overview
- 6.3.2 Surgery
- 6.3.3 Wound Dressing
- 6.3.4 Splints
- 6.3.5 Secure IV Lines
- 6.3.6 Ostomy Seals
- 6.3.7 Other Applications
- 6.4 Global Medical Adhesive Tapes Market by End User
- 6.4.1 Market Overview
- 6.4.2 Hospitals
- 6.4.3 Ambulatory Surgery Centres
- 6.4.4 Clinics
- 6.4.5 Others
- 6.5 Global Medical Adhesive Tapes Market by Region
- 6.5.1 Market Overview
- 6.5.2 North America
- 6.5.3 Europe
- 6.5.4 Asia Pacific
- 6.5.5 Latin America
- 6.5.6 Middle East and Africa
- 7 North America Medical Adhesive Tapes Market
- 7.1 Market Share by Country
- 7.2 United States of America
- 7.3 Canada
- 8 Europe Medical Adhesive Tapes Market
- 8.1 Market Share by Country
- 8.2 United Kingdom
- 8.3 Germany
- 8.4 France
- 8.5 Italy
- 8.6 Others
- 9 Asia Pacific Medical Adhesive Tapes Market
- 9.1 Market Share by Country
- 9.2 China
- 9.3 Japan
- 9.4 India
- 9.5 ASEAN
- 9.6 Others
- 10 Latin America Medical Adhesive Tapes Market
- 10.1 Market Share by Country
- 10.2 Brazil
- 10.3 Argentina
- 10.4 Mexico
- 10.5 Others
- 11 Middle East and Africa Medical Adhesive Tapes Market
- 11.1 Market Share by Country
- 11.2 Saudi Arabia
- 11.3 United Arab Emirates
- 11.4 South Africa
- 11.5 Others
- 12 Patent Analysis
- 12.1 Analysis by Type of Patent
- 12.2 Analysis by Publication year
- 12.3 Analysis by Issuing Authority
- 12.4 Analysis by Patent Age
- 12.5 Analysis by CPC Analysis
- 12.6 Analysis by Patent Valuation
- 12.7 Analysis by Key Players
- 13 Grants Analysis
- 13.1 Analysis by year
- 13.2 Analysis by Amount Awarded
- 13.3 Analysis by Issuing Authority
- 13.4 Analysis by Grant Application
- 13.5 Analysis by Funding Institute
- 13.6 Analysis by NIH Departments
- 13.7 Analysis by Recipient Organization
- 14 Funding and Investment Analysis
- 14.1 Analysis by Funding Instances
- 14.2 Analysis by Type of Funding
- 14.3 Analysis by Funding Amount
- 14.4 Analysis by Leading Players
- 14.5 Analysis by Leading Investors
- 14.6 Analysis by Geography
- 15 Partnership and Collaborations Analysis
- 15.1 Analysis by Partnership Instances
- 15.2 Analysis by Type of Partnership
- 15.3 Analysis by Leading Players
- 15.4 Analysis by Geography
- 16 Regulatory Framework
- 16.1 Regulatory Overview
- 16.1.1 US FDA
- 16.1.2 EU EMA
- 16.1.3 INDIA CDSCO
- 16.1.4 JAPAN PMDA
- 16.1.5 Others
- 17 Supplier Landscape
- 17.1 Jiangxi 3L Medical Products Group Co Ltd
- 17.1.1 Financial Analysis
- 17.1.2 Product Portfolio
- 17.1.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
- 17.1.4 Company News
- 17.1.5 Certifications
- 17.2 Ad Tape & Label Company, Inc.
- 17.2.1 Financial Analysis
- 17.2.2 Product Portfolio
- 17.2.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
- 17.2.4 Company News
- 17.2.5 Certifications
- 17.3 Scapa Healthcare
- 17.3.1 Financial Analysis
- 17.3.2 Product Portfolio
- 17.3.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
- 17.3.4 Company News
- 17.3.5 Certifications
- 17.4 McKesson Corporation
- 17.4.1 Financial Analysis
- 17.4.2 Financial Portfolio
- 17.4.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
- 17.4.4 Company News
- 17.4.5 Certifications
- 17.5 Hartmann group.
- 17.5.1 Financial Analysis
- 17.5.2 Product Portfolio
- 17.5.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
- 17.5.4 Company News
- 17.5.5 Certifications
- 17.6 Smith & Nephew PLC
- 17.6.1 Financial Analysis
- 17.6.2 Product Portfolio
- 17.6.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
- 17.6.4 Company News
- 17.6.5 Certifications
- 17.7 Coloplast A/S
- 17.7.1 Financial Analysis
- 17.7.2 Product Portfolio
- 17.7.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
- 17.7.4 Company News
- 17.7.5 Certifications
- 17.8 Winner Medical Group, Inc.
- 17.8.1 Financial Analysis
- 17.8.2 Product Portfolio
- 17.8.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
- 17.8.4 Company News
- 17.8.5 Certifications
- 17.9 Integra Lifesciences Holdings Corporation
- 17.9.1 Financial Analysis
- 17.9.2 Product Portfolio
- 17.9.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
- 17.9.4 Company News
- 17.9.5 Certifications
- 17.10 3M Company
- 17.10.1 Financial Analysis
- 17.10.2 Product Portfolio
- 17.10.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
- 17.10.4 Company News
- 17.10.5 Certifications
- 17.11 Medtronic plc
- 17.11.1 Financial Analysis
- 17.11.2 Product Portfolio
- 17.11.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
- 17.11.4 Company News
- 17.11.5 Certifications
- 18 Global Medical Adhesive Tapes Market - Distribution Model (Additional Insight)
- 18.1 Overview
- 18.2 Potential Distributors
- 18.3 Key Parameters for Distribution Partner Assessment
- 19 Key Opinion Leaders (KOL) Insights (Additional Insight)
- 20 Company Competitiveness Analysis (Additional Insight)
- 20.1 Very Small Companies
- 20.2 Small Companies
- 20.3 Mid-Sized Companies
- 20.4 Large Companies
- 20.5 Very Large Companies
- 21 Payment Methods (Additional Insight)
- 21.1 Government Funded
- 21.2 Private Insurance
- 21.3 Out-of-Pocket
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