Global Laxatives market is expected to grow from US$ 5628 million in 2025 to US$ 6888 million in 2031; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.4% from 2025 to 2031.

Global Laxatives Market Size and Outlook 2025-31

The global Laxatives market size is predicted to grow from US$ 5628 million in 2025 to US$ 6888 million in 2031; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.4% from 2025 to 2031. The impact of the latest U.S. tariff measures and the corresponding policy responses from countries worldwide on market competitiveness, regional economic performance, and supply chain configurations will be comprehensively evaluated in this report. Laxatives are substances that loosen stools and increase bowel movements. They are used to treat and/or prevent constipation. Laxatives vary as to how they work and the side effects they may have. The global pharmaceutical market is 1475 billion USD in 2022, growing at a CAGR of 5% during the next six years. The pharmaceutical market includes chemical drugs and biological drugs. For biologics is expected to 381 billion USD in 2022. In comparison, the chemical drug market is estimated to increase from 1005 billion in 2018 to 1094 billion U.S. dollars in 2022. The pharmaceutical market factors such as increasing demand for healthcare, technological advancements, and the rising prevalence of chronic diseases, increase in funding from private & government organizations for development of pharmaceutical manufacturing segments and rise in R&D activities for drugs. However, the industry also faces challenges such as stringent regulations, high costs of research and development, and patent expirations. Companies need to continuously innovate and adapt to these challenges to stay competitive in the market and ensure their products reach patients in need. Additionally, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of vaccine development and supply chain management, further emphasizing the need for pharmaceutical companies to be agile and responsive to emerging public health needs. Infinity Market Research newest research report, the Laxatives Industry Forecast looks at past sales and reviews total world Laxatives sales in 2024, providing a comprehensive analysis by region and market sector of projected Laxatives sales for 2025 through 2031. With Laxatives sales broken down by region, market sector and sub-sector, this report provides a detailed analysis in US$ millions of the world Laxatives industry. This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global Laxatives landscape and highlights key trends related to product segmentation, company formation, revenue, and market share, latest development, and M&A activity. This report also analyzes the strategies of leading global companies with a focus on Laxatives portfolios and capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints, to better understand these firms unique position in an accelerating global Laxatives market. This Insight Report evaluates the key market trends, drivers, and affecting factors shaping the global outlook for Laxatives and breaks down the forecast by Type, by Application, geography, and market size to highlight emerging pockets of opportunity. With a transparent methodology based on hundreds of bottom-up qualitative and quantitative market inputs, this study forecast offers a highly nuanced view of the current state and future trajectory in the global Laxatives. This report presents a comprehensive overview, market shares, and growth opportunities of Laxatives market by product type, application, key manufacturers and key regions and countries. Segmentation by Type: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hypertonic Laxative &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lubricating Laxative &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Stimulant Laxative &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Volumetric Laxative &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Swelling Laxative &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Others Segmentation by Application: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hospital Pharmacies &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Retail Pharmacies &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Online Pharmacies This report also splits the market by region: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Americas &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; United States &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Canada &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mexico &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Brazil &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; APAC &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; China &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Japan &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Korea &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Southeast Asia &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; India &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Australia &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Europe &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Germany &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; France &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; UK &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Italy &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Russia &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Middle East & Africa &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Egypt &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; South Africa &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Israel &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Turkey &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; GCC Countries The below companies that are profiled have been selected based on inputs gathered from primary experts and analysing the companys coverage, product portfolio, its market penetration. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; AstraZeneca &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Boehringer Ingelheim &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bayer &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; GlaxoSmithKline &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Abbott Laboratories &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Takeda Pharmaceutical Company &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Braintree Laboratories &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Purdue Pharma &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sucampo Pharmaceuticals Key Questions Addressed in this Report What is the 10-year outlook for the global Laxatives market? What factors are driving Laxatives market growth, globally and by region? Which technologies are poised for the fastest growth by market and region? How do Laxatives market opportunities vary by end market size? How does Laxatives break out by Type, by Application?

1 Scope of the Report &nbsp;1.1 Market Introduction &nbsp;1.2 Years Considered &nbsp;1.3 Research Objectives &nbsp;1.4 Market Research Methodology &nbsp;1.5 Research Process and Data Source &nbsp;1.6 Economic Indicators &nbsp;1.7 Currency Considered &nbsp;1.8 Market Estimation Caveats 2 Executive Summary &nbsp;2.1 World Market Overview &nbsp;2.1.1 Global Laxatives Annual Sales 2020-2031 &nbsp;2.1.2 World Current & Future Analysis for Laxatives by Geographic Region, 2020, 2024 & 2031 &nbsp;2.1.3 World Current & Future Analysis for Laxatives by Country/Region, 2020, 2024 & 2031 &nbsp;2.2 Laxatives Segment by Type &nbsp;2.2.1 Hypertonic Laxative &nbsp;2.2.2 Lubricating Laxative &nbsp;2.2.3 Stimulant Laxative &nbsp;2.2.4 Volumetric Laxative &nbsp;2.2.5 Swelling Laxative &nbsp;2.2.6 Others &nbsp;2.3 Laxatives Sales by Type &nbsp;2.3.1 Global Laxatives Sales Market Share by Type (2020-2025) &nbsp;2.3.2 Global Laxatives Revenue and Market Share by Type (2020-2025) &nbsp;2.3.3 Global Laxatives Sale Price by Type (2020-2025) &nbsp;2.4 Laxatives Segment by Application &nbsp;2.4.1 Hospital Pharmacies &nbsp;2.4.2 Retail Pharmacies &nbsp;2.4.3 Online Pharmacies &nbsp;2.5 Laxatives Sales by Application &nbsp;2.5.1 Global Laxatives Sale Market Share by Application (2020-2025) &nbsp;2.5.2 Global Laxatives Revenue and Market Share by Application (2020-2025) &nbsp;2.5.3 Global Laxatives Sale Price by Application (2020-2025) 3 Global by Company &nbsp;3.1 Global Laxatives Breakdown Data by Company &nbsp;3.1.1 Global Laxatives Annual Sales by Company (2020-2025) &nbsp;3.1.2 Global Laxatives Sales Market Share by Company (2020-2025) &nbsp;3.2 Global Laxatives Annual Revenue by Company (2020-2025) &nbsp;3.2.1 Global Laxatives Revenue by Company (2020-2025) &nbsp;3.2.2 Global Laxatives Revenue Market Share by Company (2020-2025) &nbsp;3.3 Global Laxatives Sale Price by Company &nbsp;3.4 Key Manufacturers Laxatives Producing Area Distribution, Sales Area, Product Type &nbsp;3.4.1 Key Manufacturers Laxatives Product Location Distribution &nbsp;3.4.2 Players Laxatives Products Offered &nbsp;3.5 Market Concentration Rate Analysis &nbsp;3.5.1 Competition Landscape Analysis &nbsp;3.5.2 Concentration Ratio (CR3, CR5 and CR10) & (2023-2025) &nbsp;3.6 New Products and Potential Entrants &nbsp;3.7 Market M&A Activity & Strategy 4 World Historic Review for Laxatives by Geographic Region &nbsp;4.1 World Historic Laxatives Market Size by Geographic Region (2020-2025) &nbsp;4.1.1 Global Laxatives Annual Sales by Geographic Region (2020-2025) &nbsp;4.1.2 Global Laxatives Annual Revenue by Geographic Region (2020-2025) &nbsp;4.2 World Historic Laxatives Market Size by Country/Region (2020-2025) &nbsp;4.2.1 Global Laxatives Annual Sales by Country/Region (2020-2025) &nbsp;4.2.2 Global Laxatives Annual Revenue by Country/Region (2020-2025) &nbsp;4.3 Americas Laxatives Sales Growth &nbsp;4.4 APAC Laxatives Sales Growth &nbsp;4.5 Europe Laxatives Sales Growth &nbsp;4.6 Middle East & Africa Laxatives Sales Growth 5 Americas &nbsp;5.1 Americas Laxatives Sales by Country &nbsp;5.1.1 Americas Laxatives Sales by Country (2020-2025) &nbsp;5.1.2 Americas Laxatives Revenue by Country (2020-2025) &nbsp;5.2 Americas Laxatives Sales by Type (2020-2025) &nbsp;5.3 Americas Laxatives Sales by Application (2020-2025) &nbsp;5.4 United States &nbsp;5.5 Canada &nbsp;5.6 Mexico &nbsp;5.7 Brazil 6 APAC &nbsp;6.1 APAC Laxatives Sales by Region &nbsp;6.1.1 APAC Laxatives Sales by Region (2020-2025) &nbsp;6.1.2 APAC Laxatives Revenue by Region (2020-2025) &nbsp;6.2 APAC Laxatives Sales by Type (2020-2025) &nbsp;6.3 APAC Laxatives Sales by Application (2020-2025) &nbsp;6.4 China &nbsp;6.5 Japan &nbsp;6.6 South Korea &nbsp;6.7 Southeast Asia &nbsp;6.8 India &nbsp;6.9 Australia &nbsp;6.10 China Taiwan 7 Europe &nbsp;7.1 Europe Laxatives by Country &nbsp;7.1.1 Europe Laxatives Sales by Country (2020-2025) &nbsp;7.1.2 Europe Laxatives Revenue by Country (2020-2025) &nbsp;7.2 Europe Laxatives Sales by Type (2020-2025) &nbsp;7.3 Europe Laxatives Sales by Application (2020-2025) &nbsp;7.4 Germany &nbsp;7.5 France &nbsp;7.6 UK &nbsp;7.7 Italy &nbsp;7.8 Russia 8 Middle East & Africa &nbsp;8.1 Middle East & Africa Laxatives by Country &nbsp;8.1.1 Middle East & Africa Laxatives Sales by Country (2020-2025) &nbsp;8.1.2 Middle East & Africa Laxatives Revenue by Country (2020-2025) &nbsp;8.2 Middle East & Africa Laxatives Sales by Type (2020-2025) &nbsp;8.3 Middle East & Africa Laxatives Sales by Application (2020-2025) &nbsp;8.4 Egypt &nbsp;8.5 South Africa &nbsp;8.6 Israel &nbsp;8.7 Turkey &nbsp;8.8 GCC Countries 9 Market Drivers, Challenges and Trends &nbsp;9.1 Market Drivers & Growth Opportunities &nbsp;9.2 Market Challenges & Risks &nbsp;9.3 Industry Trends 10 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis &nbsp;10.1 Raw Material and Suppliers &nbsp;10.2 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis of Laxatives &nbsp;10.3 Manufacturing Process Analysis of Laxatives &nbsp;10.4 Industry Chain Structure of Laxatives 11 Marketing, Distributors and Customer &nbsp;11.1 Sales Channel &nbsp;11.1.1 Direct Channels &nbsp;11.1.2 Indirect Channels &nbsp;11.2 Laxatives Distributors &nbsp;11.3 Laxatives Customer 12 World Forecast Review for Laxatives by Geographic Region &nbsp;12.1 Global Laxatives Market Size Forecast by Region &nbsp;12.1.1 Global Laxatives Forecast by Region (2026-2031) &nbsp;12.1.2 Global Laxatives Annual Revenue Forecast by Region (2026-2031) &nbsp;12.2 Americas Forecast by Country (2026-2031) &nbsp;12.3 APAC Forecast by Region (2026-2031) &nbsp;12.4 Europe Forecast by Country (2026-2031) &nbsp;12.5 Middle East & Africa Forecast by Country (2026-2031) &nbsp;12.6 Global Laxatives Forecast by Type (2026-2031) &nbsp;12.7 Global Laxatives Forecast by Application (2026-2031) 13 Key Players Analysis &nbsp;13.1 AstraZeneca &nbsp;13.1.1 AstraZeneca Company Information &nbsp;13.1.2 AstraZeneca Laxatives Product Portfolios and Specifications &nbsp;13.1.3 AstraZeneca Laxatives Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025) &nbsp;13.1.4 AstraZeneca Main Business Overview &nbsp;13.1.5 AstraZeneca Latest Developments &nbsp;13.2 Boehringer Ingelheim &nbsp;13.2.1 Boehringer Ingelheim Company Information &nbsp;13.2.2 Boehringer Ingelheim Laxatives Product Portfolios and Specifications &nbsp;13.2.3 Boehringer Ingelheim Laxatives Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025) &nbsp;13.2.4 Boehringer Ingelheim Main Business Overview &nbsp;13.2.5 Boehringer Ingelheim Latest Developments &nbsp;13.3 Bayer &nbsp;13.3.1 Bayer Company Information &nbsp;13.3.2 Bayer Laxatives Product Portfolios and Specifications &nbsp;13.3.3 Bayer Laxatives Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025) &nbsp;13.3.4 Bayer Main Business Overview &nbsp;13.3.5 Bayer Latest Developments &nbsp;13.4 GlaxoSmithKline &nbsp;13.4.1 GlaxoSmithKline Company Information &nbsp;13.4.2 GlaxoSmithKline Laxatives Product Portfolios and Specifications &nbsp;13.4.3 GlaxoSmithKline Laxatives Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025) &nbsp;13.4.4 GlaxoSmithKline Main Business Overview &nbsp;13.4.5 GlaxoSmithKline Latest Developments &nbsp;13.5 Abbott Laboratories &nbsp;13.5.1 Abbott Laboratories Company Information &nbsp;13.5.2 Abbott Laboratories Laxatives Product Portfolios and Specifications &nbsp;13.5.3 Abbott Laboratories Laxatives Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025) &nbsp;13.5.4 Abbott Laboratories Main Business Overview &nbsp;13.5.5 Abbott Laboratories Latest Developments &nbsp;13.6 Takeda Pharmaceutical Company &nbsp;13.6.1 Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Company Information &nbsp;13.6.2 Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Laxatives Product Portfolios and Specifications &nbsp;13.6.3 Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Laxatives Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025) &nbsp;13.6.4 Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Main Business Overview &nbsp;13.6.5 Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Latest Developments &nbsp;13.7 Braintree Laboratories &nbsp;13.7.1 Braintree Laboratories Company Information &nbsp;13.7.2 Braintree Laboratories Laxatives Product Portfolios and Specifications &nbsp;13.7.3 Braintree Laboratories Laxatives Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025) &nbsp;13.7.4 Braintree Laboratories Main Business Overview &nbsp;13.7.5 Braintree Laboratories Latest Developments &nbsp;13.8 Purdue Pharma &nbsp;13.8.1 Purdue Pharma Company Information &nbsp;13.8.2 Purdue Pharma Laxatives Product Portfolios and Specifications &nbsp;13.8.3 Purdue Pharma Laxatives Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025) &nbsp;13.8.4 Purdue Pharma Main Business Overview &nbsp;13.8.5 Purdue Pharma Latest Developments &nbsp;13.9 Sucampo Pharmaceuticals &nbsp;13.9.1 Sucampo Pharmaceuticals Company Information &nbsp;13.9.2 Sucampo Pharmaceuticals Laxatives Product Portfolios and Specifications &nbsp;13.9.3 Sucampo Pharmaceuticals Laxatives Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025) &nbsp;13.9.4 Sucampo Pharmaceuticals Main Business Overview &nbsp;13.9.5 Sucampo Pharmaceuticals Latest Developments 14 Research Findings and Conclusion

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