Personal Protective Equipment Market Outlook:
Personal Protective Equipment Market size was over USD 79.08 billion in 2025 and is projected to reach USD 152.68 billion by 2035, growing at around 6.8% CAGR during the forecast period i.e., between 2026-2035. In the year 2026, the industry size of personal protective equipment is evaluated at USD 83.92 billion.
One of the major factors that resulted in the rapid growth of the market in recent years was the fight against COVID-19. The pandemic demanded a stepping up in the number of PPE kits and other precautions as the pandemic-related crisis aggravated within a short time from the onset in China in November 2019. As per the World Health Organization (WHO), compared to the previous years, 14.9 million excess deaths between 2020 and 2021 occurred directly or indirectly as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic across the globe.
The worldwide development of the construction industry is another factor driving the high demand for PPE kits. With the growth of the construction sector, the number of people being employed in the sector is also going up. This rise in the number of construction workers would, in turn, contribute to the market growth considerably. For instance, there were about 768,000 people in the United States (U.S.) who were employed in construction work as of 2022. Further, strict regulations by various governments to ensure the safety of workers employed in various industries and the use of PPE kits by workers in the food and beverage industry to avoid food contamination are also factors leading to market growth all over the world.
