Lateral Flow Assays Market Outlook:
Lateral Flow Assays Market size was over USD 9.76 billion in 2025 and is anticipated to cross USD 17.81 billion by 2035, witnessing more than 6.2% CAGR during the forecast period i.e., between 2026-2035. In the year 2026, the industry size of lateral flow assays is assessed at USD 10.3 billion.
The growth of the market is mainly due to the increasing prevalence of infectious diseases. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), infectious diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for about 25% of all deaths worldwide.
Increasing demand for diagnostic test products that use lateral flow technology for the detection of diseases, is further predicted to drive the lateral flow assays market. In 2020, an estimated 38 million people were living with HIV/AIDS worldwide, with 1.5 million new infections and 690,000 deaths. Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the top 13th causes of death globally with about 10.6 million new cases and 1.6 million deaths in 2021.