Linear Alkyl Benzene Market - Forecast(2023 - 2028)

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Linear Alkyl Benzene Market size is forecast to reach $11.8 billion by 2025, after growing at a CAGR of 4.7% during 2020-2025. With rise in demand for cleaners and increased shale gas production, the Linear alkyl benzene market is witnessing an increase in demand. Increasing Governments’ focus on environmental regulations is expected to increase the growth of the Linear Alkyl Benzene market. 

Report Coverage

The report: “Linear Alkyl Benzene Market – Forecast (2020-2025)”, by IndustryARC, covers an in-depth analysis of the following segments of the Linear Alkyl Benzene Industry. 

By Application - Surfactant & Detergent (Domestic & Commercial, Industrial), Personal Care, Others.
By End Use - Laundry & Detergents, Light-Duty Dishwashing Liquids, Industrial Cleaners, Household Cleaners, Others (Including Agricultural Herbicides).
By Geography – North America, South America, Europe, APAC, RoW. 

Key Takeaways

  • Asia-Pacific dominates the Linear alkyl benzene market across the world, with the largest consumption from the countries, such as China and India.
  • The laundry detergents industry dominated the market and is expected to grow during the forecast period, fueled by the rising penetration of washing machines in developing countries.
  • Environmental-friendly products have led to significant rise in the demand for linear alkylbenzene sulfonate-based personal care products and detergents, is likely to aid in the market growth of Linear alkyl benzene.
  • Availability of alternative synthetic chemicals and pricing advantage over the linear alkylbenzene sulfonate-based products may hamper the growth of Linear alkyl benzene market.
  • Due to the COVID 19 pandemic, linear alkyl benzene market will grow owing to the rapid increase in demand for essential products.

Linear Alkyl Benzene Market Segment Analysis - By Application

Surfactant & Detergent has been the primary market for Linear alkyl benzene as, Surfactants are one of many different compounds that make up a detergent and unsaturated polyester works as resins in it. They are added to remove dirt from skin, clothes and household articles particularly in kitchens and bathrooms. They are also used extensively in industry. The term surfactant comes from the words surface active agent. Surfactants function by breaking down the interface between water and oils and/or dirt. They also hold these oils and dirt in suspension, and so allow their removal. They are able to act in this way because they contain both a hydrophilic (water loving) group, such as an acid anion and a hydrophobic (water hating) group, such as an alkyl chain. Izod test is has become the standard testing procedure for comparing the impact resistances.

Linear Alkyl Benzene Market Segment Analysis - By End Use

Laundry & Detergents industry holds the largest market share in Linear alkyl Benzene market. Linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LABS) is a colorless organic compound and an intermediate chemical, used mainly for the purpose of manufacturing household and industrial cleaning agents. Thermoplastic composites material is highly used for packaging of personal care and detergents products. LABS also enjoy a good demand from the detergent industry as its basic raw material. The applications of LABS include heavy-duty laundry liquids, light-duty dishwashing liquids, laundry powders, etc. Countries such as India, China, etc., are the leading manufacturer of laundry detergent. India is one of the largest producers of soaps and detergents, globally. Government initiatives, such as the Swachh Bharat Mission, promote health and hygiene.  Such initiatives, along with growing usage of soaps and detergent, have led to the growth of the manufacturing industry, which is further boosting the demand of Linear alkyl benzene market.

Linear Alkyl Benzene Market Segment Analysis - By Geography

APAC has dominated the Linear alkyl benzene market with a share of more than x%, followed by North America and Europe. In countries such as India, China, the market for the soap, washing powder and synthetic detergent industry is growing, due to increasing awareness about hygiene and development in the liquid soap segment. China is becoming the largest market in terms of cosmetics and skincare products, globally. Whereas, India is one of the largest producers of soaps in the world. The aforementioned factors are contributing to the increasing demand for linear alkyl benzene (LAB) consumption in the region, during the forecast period.

Linear Alkyl Benzene Market Drivers

  • Wide range of Market

In recent times major detergent manufacturers prefer using Linear Alkyl Benzene (LAB), owing to its cost-performance ratio and versatility nature. LAB is also considered as one of the safest anionic surfactants from human health and environmental point of view. Household care products such as laundry detergents and cleaning and care products are the main end products of Linear Alkyl benzene. So linear alkyl benzene becomes so much important for the production of household products, owing to this the market demand for Linear Alkyl benzene market will grow. 

  • Implementation of Stringent Environment Regulations

Growing governments regulations towards environmental-friendly products have led to significant rise in the demand for linear alkylbenzene sulfonate-based personal care products and detergents, is likely to aid in the market growth of Linear alkyl benzene. Novel Polymer was first synthesized from Coconut oil, rosin and maleic anhydride and then used with sodium lauryl sulphate as mixed active matter in powder detergent formulation with a view to replace the conventional active matter like Linear Alkyl Benzene Sulphonate (LABS). The reaction conditions of novel polymer such as mole ratio, temperature, time of reaction and use of catalyst have been standardized to get a product with desired HLB ratio, viscosity and solubility. 

Linear Alkyl Benzene Market Challenges


  • Availability of alternative products 

Availability of alternative synthetic chemicals and pricing advantage over the linear alkylbenzene sulfonate-based products may hamper the growth of Linear alkyl benzene market. A comparison of our novel polymer-based detergents with commercial samples shows that novel polymer based powder detergent give excellent foaming, surface tension reduction and detergency properties. The raw material cost of our novel detergents in reasonable and they can be tried on pilot scale and commercial scale production. The special feature of these detergents is freedom from conventional linear alkyl benzene sulphonate and sodium tripoly phosphate so they can be labeled as Eco friendly products for green environment.

Linear Alkyl Benzene Market Landscape

Technology launches, acquisitions and R&D activities are key strategies adopted by players in the Linear Alkyl Benzene market. In 2019, the market of Linear Alkyl Benzene has been consolidated by the top five players accounting for xx% of the share. Major players in the Linear Alkyl Benzene Market are Cepsa Química Bécancour, Ho Tung chemicals, Sasol, Huntsman International LLC, and Reliance Industries Limited., among others. 

Acquisitions/Technology Launches

  • As of July 2018, Honeywell announced that Cepsa is set to convert an alkylation unit using hydrofluoric acid to Honeywell UOP’s solid bed Detal-Plus technology at its refinery in San Roque, Spain. The unit produces linear alkyl benzene used in the manufacture of different detergent formulations.

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1. Linear Alkyl Benzene Market - Market Overview
    1.1 Definitions and Scope
2. Linear Alkyl Benzene Market - Executive Summary
    2.1 Market Revenue, Market Size and Key Trends by Company
    2.2 Key Trends by Application
    2.3 Key Trends by End Use
    2.4 Key Trends by Geography
3. Linear Alkyl Benzene Market - Landscape
    3.1 Comparative analysis 
        3.1.1 Market Share Analysis- Top Companies
        3.1.2 Product Benchmarking- Top Companies
        3.1.3 Top 5 Financials Analysis
        3.1.4 Patent Analysis- Top Companies
        3.1.5 Pricing Analysis
4. Linear Alkyl Benzene Market - Startup companies Scenario Premium (Premium)
    4.1 Top startup company Analysis by
        4.1.1 Investment
        4.1.2 Revenue
        4.1.3 Market Shares
        4.1.4 Market Size and Application Analysis
        4.1.5 Venture Capital and Funding Scenario
5. Linear Alkyl Benzene Market – Industry Market Entry Scenario Premium (Premium)
    5.1 Regulatory Framework Overview
    5.2 New Business and Ease of Doing business index
    5.3 Case studies of successful ventures
    5.4 Customer Analysis - Top companies
6. Linear Alkyl Benzene Market - Market Forces
    6.1 Market Drivers
    6.2 Market Constraints
    6.3 Market Opportunities
    6.4 Porters five force model
        6.4.1 Bargaining power of suppliers
        6.4.2 Bargaining powers of customers
        6.4.3 Threat of new entrants
        6.4.4 Rivalry among existing players
        6.4.5 Threat of substitutes 
7. Linear Alkyl Benzene Market -Strategic analysis
    7.1 Value chain analysis
    7.2 Opportunities analysis
    7.3 Market life cycle
    7.4 Suppliers and distributors Analysis
8. Linear Alkyl Benzene Market – By Application (Market Size -$Million, KT)
    8.1 Surfactant & Detergent
        8.1.1 Domestic & Commercial
        8.1.2 Industrial
    8.2 Personal Care
    8.3 Others
9. Linear Alkyl Benzene Market – By End User (Market Size -$Million, KT)
    9.1 Laundry & Detergents
    9.2 Light-Duty Dishwashing Liquids
    9.3 Industrial Cleaners
    9.4 Household Cleaners
    9.5 Others (Including Agricultural Herbicides)
10. Linear Alkyl Benzene Market - By Geography (Market Size -$Million / KT)
    10.1 North America
        10.1.1 U.S.
        10.1.2 Canada
        10.1.3 Mexico
    10.2 South America
        10.2.1 Brazil
        10.2.2 Argentina
        10.2.3 Colombia
        10.2.4 Chile
        10.2.5 Rest of South America
    10.3 Europe
        10.3.1 U.K
        10.3.2 Germany
        10.3.3 Italy
        10.3.4 France
        10.3.5 Russia
        10.3.6 Rest of Europe
    10.4 Asia Pacific
        10.4.1 China
        10.4.2 India
        10.4.3 Japan
        10.4.4 South Korea
        10.4.5 Rest of Asia Pacific
    10.5 RoW
        10.5.1 Middle East
        10.5.2 Africa
11. Linear Alkyl Benzene Market - Entropy
    11.1 New Product Launches
    11.2 M&A’s, Collaborations, JVs and Partnerships
12. Market Share Analysis (Premium)
    12.1 Market Share by Country- Top companies
    12.2 Market Share by Region- Top companies
    12.3 Market Share by type of Product / Product category- Top companies
    12.4 Market Share at global level- Top companies
    12.5 Best Practices for companies
13. Linear Alkyl Benzene Market - List of Key Companies by Country (Premium) 
14. Linear Alkyl Benzene Market Company Analysis
    14.1 Market Share, Company Revenue, Products, M&A, Developments
    14.2 Company 1
    14.3 Company 2
    14.4 Company 3
    14.5 Company 4
    14.6 Company 5
    14.7 Company 6
    14.8 Company 7
    14.9 Company 8
    14.10 Company 9
    14.11 Company 10 and more
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