Qualified respondents to this Frost & Sullivan analysis were invited to participate in an online analysis examining their laboratory’s product purchasing process in 2025 and expectations for 2026. Frost & Sullivan has conducted similar explorations among the same target respondent groups since 2012. The analysis provides companies with actionable megatrend analytics from laboratory professionals to help drive business strategies and inform growth expectations. The analysis presents year-over-year data to illustrate laboratory budget megatrends, where applicable. Frost & Sullivan directly recruited professionals for telephone interviews conducted during August and September 2026. Analysis participants were involved in their laboratory’s purchasing process, were familiar with their laboratories’ product budgets, and represented laboratories that used or planned to use products in one or more of the seven laboratory product categories: instruments, equipment, chemicals, reagents and kits, general lab supplies, plasticware, and glassware.

A total of 201 decision-makers participated, answering questions on purchases, budgets, buying behaviors, and purchasing preferences. Respondents were segmented by laboratory type: academic/government, biopharmaceutical, industrial, and hospital/clinical. Manufacturing; environmental testing; chemical or petrochemical; and food, beverage, or agricultural laboratories were classified as industrial laboratories for this analysis. Biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and contract research organizations were categorized as biopharmaceutical laboratories. State and federal government laboratories were grouped as government laboratories. Hospital laboratories and clinical reference laboratories were included in the hospital/clinical group. The analysis also addresses key questions like:

• What business strategies and growth expectations must organizations adopt to meet the laboratory product purchasing megatrends and gain an edge?
• Which laboratory purchasing priorities and product categories are shaping procurement decisions across the United States and Europe?
• Are your teams aligning with funding megatrends, product purchasing preferences, and tariffs impacting laboratory purchasing?