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Global Sterile Processing Department (SPD) Service for Medical Devices Market Growth (Status and Outlook) 2026-2032

Published Jan 07, 2026
Length 177 Pages
SKU # LPI20697572

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The global Sterile Processing Department (SPD) Service for Medical Devices market size is predicted to grow from US$ 39214 million in 2025 to US$ 68963 million in 2032; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 8.4% from 2026 to 2032.

Sterile Processing Department (SPD) service refers to the professional, standardized, and often outsourced or managed service offering that provides end-to-end processing of reusable medical and surgical instruments, ensuring they are cleaned, disinfected, sterilized, tracked, stored, and delivered in full compliance with healthcare regulations and infection-control standards.

For large hospitals, despite having the capacity for sterilization supply, the increasing demands for sophisticated instrument sterilization and the growing volume of surgeries, coupled with limitations in space expansion and operating costs, are gradually revealing the capacity bottlenecks and technological upgrade pressures of self-built Sterile Processing Departments (SPDs). Third-party Sterile Processing Departments (SPDs), with their concentrated investment in high-end equipment and professional technical teams, can undertake complex sterilization tasks, helping hospitals free up internal resources and focus on core diagnostic and treatment services. For small and medium-sized medical institutions, often limited by funding and scale, the construction and maintenance costs of standardized Sterile Processing Departments (SPDs) are difficult to bear. Self-conducting sterilization services can easily lead to substandard quality and weak risk control. Third-party Sterile Processing Departments (SPDs) effectively reduce unit service costs by consolidating scattered sterilization needs into a large-scale service, enabling small and medium-sized medical institutions to obtain sterilization services that meet national standards with lower investment, thus reducing operational burdens and mitigating infection control risks.

Policy guidance and regulation have laid a solid foundation for the development of third-party sterile processing departments (SPDs), while the urgent need of medical institutions to reduce costs and increase efficiency constitutes the core driving force for industry growth. Under the combined effect of these two factors, third-party sterile processing departments (SPDs) will gradually achieve full coverage of their service scope and a comprehensive upgrade of their service capabilities, becoming an important supporting force for ensuring medical safety and promoting high-quality development of medical services.

SPD services may be delivered in-house, managed by third-party providers, or off-site (centralized or regional sterile processing centers), supporting hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), clinics, and dental facilities.

United States market for Sterile Processing Department (SPD) Service for Medical Devices is estimated to increase from US$ million in 2025 to US$ million by 2032, at a CAGR of % from 2026 through 2032.

China market for Sterile Processing Department (SPD) Service for Medical Devices is estimated to increase from US$ million in 2025 to US$ million by 2032, at a CAGR of % from 2026 through 2032.

Europe market for Sterile Processing Department (SPD) Service for Medical Devices is estimated to increase from US$ million in 2025 to US$ million by 2032, at a CAGR of % from 2026 through 2032.

Global key Sterile Processing Department (SPD) Service for Medical Devices players cover STERIS, Crothall Healthcare, Sterigenics (Sotera Health), SERVIZI ITALIA S.P.A., AIR WATER INC, etc. In terms of revenue, the global two largest companies occupied for a share nearly % in 2025.

LPI (LP Information)' newest research report, the “Sterile Processing Department (SPD) Service for Medical Devices Industry Forecast” looks at past sales and reviews total world Sterile Processing Department (SPD) Service for Medical Devices sales in 2025, providing a comprehensive analysis by region and market sector of projected Sterile Processing Department (SPD) Service for Medical Devices sales for 2026 through 2032. With Sterile Processing Department (SPD) Service for Medical Devices sales broken down by region, market sector and sub-sector, this report provides a detailed analysis in US$ millions of the world Sterile Processing Department (SPD) Service for Medical Devices industry.

This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global Sterile Processing Department (SPD) Service for Medical Devices landscape and highlights key trends related to product segmentation, company formation, revenue, and market share, latest development, and M&A activity. This report also analyses the strategies of leading global companies with a focus on Sterile Processing Department (SPD) Service for Medical Devices portfolios and capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints, to better understand these firms’ unique position in an accelerating global Sterile Processing Department (SPD) Service for Medical Devices market.

This Insight Report evaluates the key market trends, drivers, and affecting factors shaping the global outlook for Sterile Processing Department (SPD) Service for Medical Devices and breaks down the forecast by Type, by Application, geography, and market size to highlight emerging pockets of opportunity. With a transparent methodology based on hundreds of bottom-up qualitative and quantitative market inputs, this study forecast offers a highly nuanced view of the current state and future trajectory in the global Sterile Processing Department (SPD) Service for Medical Devices.

This report presents a comprehensive overview, market shares, and growth opportunities of Sterile Processing Department (SPD) Service for Medical Devices market by product type, application, key players and key regions and countries.

Segmentation by Type:
High-temperature Sterilization
Low-temperature Sterilization
Other

Segmentation by Service Content:
Comprehensive Services
Specialized Services

Segmentation by Application:
Hard Instruments
Soft Instruments
Others

This report also splits the market by region:
Americas
United States
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
APAC
China
Japan
Korea
Southeast Asia
India
Australia
Europe
Germany
France
UK
Italy
Russia
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Turkey
GCC Countries

The below companies that are profiled have been selected based on inputs gathered from primary experts and analyzing the company's coverage, product portfolio, its market penetration.
STERIS
Crothall Healthcare
Sterigenics (Sotera Health)
SERVIZI ITALIA S.P.A.
AIR WATER INC
Nihon Stery , Inc (H.U. Group)
Servizi Ospedalieri
Shanghai Julikang
PENTAX Medical
Laoken Medical Technology
SpecialtyCare
Steriguard
Antesu
IHSS
Apperton
Instruclean GmbH
Cretex Companies
Life Science Outsourcing
Surgical Solutions
Steritalia S.p.A. (DUSSMANN)
Scapa Healthcare
MVO Stérilisation
Jinghong Medical
BGS Beta-Gamma-Service GmbH
Servica
Medistri SA

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Table of Contents

177 Pages
*This is a tentative TOC and the final deliverable is subject to change.*
1 Scope of the Report
2 Executive Summary
3 Sterile Processing Department (SPD) Service for Medical Devices Market Size by Player
4 Sterile Processing Department (SPD) Service for Medical Devices by Region
5 Americas
6 APAC
7 Europe
8 Middle East & Africa
9 Market Drivers, Challenges and Trends
10 Global Sterile Processing Department (SPD) Service for Medical Devices Market Forecast
11 Key Players Analysis
12 Research Findings and Conclusion
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