Ambulatory Surgical Centers Market - Historic Data (2019-2024), Global Trends 2025, Growth Forecasts 2037
Ambulatory Surgical Centers Market in 2025 is estimated at USD 46.86 billion. The global market size was over USD 44.48 billion in 2024 and is set to experience a CAGR of over 6.7%, reaching USD 103.35 billion by 2037. North America is positioned to hold the leading industry share, fueled by a strong healthcare network, a growing number of ambulatory surgical centers, and rising awareness among providers.
The market growth can be ascribed to growing demand for hospitals as well as ambulatory surgical centers along with increasing healthcare expenditure worldwide, the increasing number of surgeries, and growing cases of chronic diseases. For instance, the global healthcare expenditure in 2019, accounted for 9.8% of the gross domestic product (GDP).
With increasing operating room procedures as well as costly inpatient stays, the demand for ambulatory surgical centers is on the rise amongst patients, which in turn, is expected to create massive revenue generation opportunities for the key players operating in the market. For instance, it was found that, in the United States, over 9 million inpatient stays involved operating room procedures in 2018, whereas the stays involving operating room procedures accounted for USD 210 billion in aggregate costs. Also, rising geriatric population with chronic illnesses worldwide, and increasing availability of minimally invasive therapies are estimated to propel the market expansion.
Ambulatory Surgical Centers Sector: Growth Drivers and Challenges
Growth Drivers
- Increasing Shift Towards Ambulatory Surgical Centers Across the World – expected to drive the market in the forecasted period. More and more surgeries taking place at ambulatory surgical centers indicate a shift in demand from hospitals to ambulatory surgery centers. For instance, in the United States, 53% of all surgeries were done in an outpatient setting in 2020.
- Growing Number Surgeries in Hospital-Owned ASCs – it was observed that, in 2019, in the United States 11,880,000 major ambulatory surgeries were performed in hospital-owned facilities.
- Upsurge in the Ambulatory Surgical Facilities with Increasing Funds - where private, investor-owned, and public facilities each accounted for 12% whereas 70 % of hospital ASCs are operated as physician joint ventures.
- Rising Share of Tonsillectomies Performed - ambulatory cases recorded in the United Kingdom doubled from 31% to 62% between 2009 and 2019.
- Scheduling Becomes More Predictable Worldwide – as ambulatory surgical centers mostly perform those surgical services which do not exceed 24 hours.
Challenges
- Low Awareness among Patients Regarding Ambulatory Surgical Centers
- High Cost of Investment Required for Ambulatory Surgical Centers The equipment used for ambulatory surgical centers is very expensive and small-scale facilities cannot afford these medical devices. Also, the maintenance and installation costs are very high to keep up. The growing technological advancements in these sector are highly costly which hampers the market growth.
- Lower Surgeon to Patient Ratio
Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs) Market: Key Insights
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2024 |
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2025-2037 |
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6.7% |
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Base Year Market Size (2024) |
USD 44.48 billion |
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Forecast Year Market Size (2037) |
USD 103.35 billion |
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Ambulatory Surgical Centers Segmentation
Type (Single-Specialty Centers, Multi-Specialty Centers)
The single-specialty segment is anticipated to garner the largest ambulatory surgical centers market share by the end of 2037, backed by growing number of cataract surgeries performed along with the surge in the availability of ambulatory surgical centers worldwide. For instance, in 2019, around 90% of cataract surgeries in Canada were performed in ambulatory surgical centers.
Our in-depth analysis of the global market includes the following segments:
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Customize this ReportAmbulatory Surgical Centers Industry - Regional Synopsis
The North America region ambulatory surgical centers market is projected to hold largest revenue share by the end of 2037. The presence of a strong healthcare network in the region, a growing number of ambulatory surgical centers, as well as the rising awareness amongst the healthcare service providers about the benefits of ambulatory surgical centers. For instance, as of 2022, there are over 5,000 ambulatory surgery center businesses in the United States.
Companies Dominating the Ambulatory Surgical Centres Landscape
- Koninklijke Philips N.V.
- Company Overview
- Business Strategy
- Key Product Offerings
- Financial Performance
- Key Performance Indicators
- Risk Analysis
- Recent Development
- Regional Presence
- SWOT Analysis
- General Electric Company
- United Surgical Partners International
- McKesson Corporation
- Oracle Corporation
- Allscripts Healthcare, LLC
- Medtronic
- Surgical Information Systems, LLC
- Medical Information Technology, Inc.
- Athenahealth, Inc.
In the News
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Koninklijke Philips N.V. - revealed that as per the study, prescribing Philips MCOT (Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry) solution can support improved patient outcomes and cost savings by encouraging timely intervention and monitoring for arrhythmic disturbances.
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United Surgical Partners International (USPI)’s – affiliate, Southeastern Spine Institute (SSI) Ambulatory Surgery Center, launched its new robotic-assisted surgery program.
Author Credits: Radhika Pawar
- Report ID: 169
- Published Date: Apr 18, 2025
- Report Format: PDF, PPT
