North America disinfectants and cleaning agents market is likely to register tremendous gains over the coming years owing to the increasing COVID-19 cases, rising awareness among consumers regarding hygiene, and favorable government rules and regulations regarding food safety.

North America disinfectants and cleaning agents market is divided into segments in terms of product, active ingredient, application, and regional landscape.

Based on product, the North America disinfectants and cleaning agents market is categorized into disinfectants, cleaning agents, and degreasers. Among these, degreasers segment currently holds a share of over 15%. The segment is further classified into solvent-based degreasers, natural degreasers, and water-based degreasers. Water based degreasers are likely to witness more than 8.5% CAGR through the forecast time period.

Natural degreasers segment is likely to witness substantial growth owing to the rising inclination towards the natural products. Solvent-based degreasers will witness around 9.5% CAGR over the forthcoming time period.

Cleaning agents segment is further divided into acid-based and detergents. Among these, detergents cleaning agents segment is slated to witness considerable growth over the coming years. The increasing demand for laundry cleaning products and house cleaning products is one of the significant reasons that are expected to fuel the market demand for detergents. Likewise, acid-based product demand will witness around 8.5% CAGR over the forecast time period.

Disinfectants product segment is further classified into phenols, oxidizing agents, alkalis, aldehydes, alcohols, acids, and others. Among these, acids disinfectants segment is slated to witness remarkable growth over the coming years. The demand for acid-based products is increasing owing to its strong and powerful properties. Further, the immense use of alcohols-based disinfectants in various form such as wipes, foam, and spray will drive the demand for alcohols disinfectants.

Among others, aldehydes-based disinfectants segment will witness about 4.5% CAGR through the forecast time period. Likewise, following a similar growth the alkalis segment is likely to witness nearly 5% CAGR over the estimated timeframe. Meanwhile, the demand for oxidizing agent-based disinfectant segment and cleansing agent is increasing due to its unique characteristics that can easily destroy cell-membrane of microbes. This further results in loss in structure and leads to cell lysis and death.

Phenol based disinfectant is active against a wide range of microbes such as viruses, fungi, and relieves itching and disinfects the skin as well. This has further boosted the demand for phenol disinfectants in cosmetics and skincare products. The others segment will witness more than 4% CAGR through the projected time period.

With respect to active ingredient, the North America disinfectants and cleaning agents market is categorized into synthetic theme oil, quaternary ammonium compounds, iodophors, chlorine and chlorine compounds, peracetic acid, glutaraldehyde, orthophthalaldehyde, alcohols, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), caprylic acid, and others. Among these, caprylic acid segment is likely to witness more than 6.5% CAGR over the forthcoming time period. Hydrogen peroxide segment currently holds market share of over 14% and is estimated to follow a lucrative growth trend over the coming years.

The orthophthalaldehyde segment is expected to witness gains of around 6% CAGR over the forecast time period. Following a similar growth, glutaraldehyde active ingredient segment is set to witness more than 4% CAGR through the estimated time period.

Further, peracetic acid segment will witness substantial growth over the coming years. The segment presently holds a share of over 8.5%. Iodophors segment is likely to grow with a CAGR of 4% over the forecast time period. With the consumer inclination shifting towards the natural products, the demand for the synthetic thyme oil has increased across North America, which is fostering the segment outlook. The others segment will witness more than 4% CAGR through the forthcoming time period.

In terms of application, the overall market is bifurcated into residential, commercial & institutional, and industrial. The industrial application segment is further divided into manufacturing and non-manufacturing. Among these, manufacturing application segment will witness substantial growth over the coming years. In 2019, the manufacturing segment held a market share of over 65% in the overall industrials segment.

The manufacturing segment is further classified into chemicals, F&B, automotive, and others. Among these, the automotive segment is set to witness more than 7.5% CAGR over the projected time period. The food and beverage segment are expected to showcase significant growth in the industrial segment owing to favorable government rules and regulations towards food safety. The others segment will witness considerable growth over the coming years. In 2019 the segment held a share of over 30% in the industrial segment.

Non-manufacturing application segment is further categorized into utilities, construction, agriculture, and others and is expected to witness more than 6% CAGR through the forthcoming time period. Agriculture sector also uses high multiple disinfectants and cleaning agents to disinfect various machines and products like all milking systems and milk cooling systems. This has further surged the segment growth.

Additionally, steady growth witnessed in building construction activity, along with an improving U.S. economy will create substantial demand from construction segment over the coming years. Utilities segment will also exhibit around 8% CAGR over the forecast timeframe. Following a similar growth, the others segment is set to witness nearly 4.5% CAGR through the estimated timeframe.

Commercial & institutional application segment is further bifurcated into office spaces, schools, commercial buildings, hospitals & laboratories, and others. Among these, commercial buildings segment is slated to witness lucrative growth over the coming years. In fact, rising awareness among consumers towards health and safety has spurred massive demand for disinfectants and cleaning agents from commercial buildings.

Presence of a large number of schools and educational institutes along with increasing awareness about self-hygiene among people across North America will provide a positive outlook for the growth of North America disinfectant and cleaning agents market. Likewise, rapidly increasing COVID-19 cases has further urged offices to maintain thorough cleanliness at workplace, also ensure for safety of their employees, augmenting segment outlook. The others segment will witness around 6% CAGR over the projected time period.

Residential application segment will witness substantial growth over the coming years. The segment held a share of more than 4% in 2019.