Sodium Percarbonate Market - Global Industry Size, Share, Trends, Opportunity, and Forecast, 2021-2031F

Water Treatment is the fastest growing sector, Asia-Pacific is the largest market

The Global Sodium Percarbonate Market is projected to expand from USD 1.73 Billion in 2025 to USD 2.22 Billion by 2031, demonstrating a 4.24% Compound Annual Growth Rate. Sodium percarbonate, a chemical adduct of sodium carbonate and hydrogen peroxide, acts as an effective water-soluble oxygen bleaching agent and a potent detergent booster. The primary driver for its global market is the increasing demand for environmentally sustainable cleaning formulations, as the product effectively replaces hazardous chlorine bleaches by decomposing into non-toxic byproducts. This inherent eco-friendly profile, coupled with its high efficacy in stain removal and its use in aquaculture for oxygenation, significantly propels its adoption across both residential and industrial sectors.

Market Drivers

The expansion of the commercial and residential laundry detergent sector stands as a fundamental driver for the sodium percarbonate market, given its extensive application as a functional oxygen bleach in heavy-duty powdered detergents and stain removers. The global rise in urbanization and hygiene standards ensures a consistent demand channel for percarbonate-based additives within the growing fabric care industry, with leading manufacturers dictating substantial raw material volumes; for instance, Procter & Gamble's Fabric & Home Care segment reported net sales of $29.6 billion in 2025. Concurrently, the increasing global demand for eco-friendly and biodegradable cleaning products is accelerating the adoption of sodium percarbonate as a preferred, non-toxic substitute for chlorine-based bleaches, aligning with major FMCG companies' shift towards sustainable "green" product lines, a trend validated by Unilever's 2.9% underlying sales growth in Home Care for 2024 and Henkel's overall sales of €21.6 billion in 2024.

Market Challenges

A significant challenge impeding the Global Sodium Percarbonate Market is the sustained consumer transition from powder-based laundry detergents to liquid formulations and unit-dose pods. Sodium percarbonate necessitates a dry environment for stability, as it rapidly releases oxygen and degrades upon dissolution in water, making it chemically incompatible with the aqueous nature of dominant liquid detergents. Consequently, the product is largely excluded from the largest and fastest-growing segment of the laundry market, confining its applications primarily to traditional powders and stain-removal additives, which represent a shrinking market share. This dominance of liquid formats restricts sodium percarbonate's volume potential, forcing manufacturers to compete in a contracting sector, despite its sustainability advantages, and is further exacerbated by consumer preferences for convenient liquid-based washing methods, as indicated by the American Cleaning Institute's 2025 report showing 47% prioritizing laundry for health, contributing to intense competition within Europe's €42.8 billion detergents industry.

Market Trends

The market is fundamentally reshaped by the accelerated replacement of sodium perborate, driven by manufacturers' efforts to comply with stringent toxicity regulations concerning its reproductive health risks due to boron content. This compels a widespread industry pivot towards sodium percarbonate as the safer, non-toxic oxygen bleach alternative, generating significant commercial momentum; Solvay SA, for example, reported a 5.1% sales increase in its Peroxides business segment in Q1 2025, highlighting its rapid industrial uptake. Simultaneously, expansion into sustainable aquaculture applications is emerging as a critical non-detergent revenue stream, driven by the urgent global need to secure food supplies amidst declining wild fish populations. Sodium percarbonate is becoming essential in intensive fish farming and Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) for emergency oxygenation and water disinfection without harmful residues, a necessity underscored by the FAO's 2025 finding that 35.5% of global marine fish stocks are overfished, prompting reliance on aquaculture supported by safe water treatment chemicals.

Key Market Players

• Zhejiang Jinke Daily Chemical New Materials Co., Ltd
• Percarbonat ltd.
• Kemira Oyj
• Wuxi Wanli Chemical Co.,Ltd.
• Zhejiang Jiehua New Materials Co., Ltd.
• OCI COMPANY Ltd
• Hongye Holding Group Co., Ltd
• JIANGXI BOHOLY CHEMICAL Co., Ltd
• Solvay SA

Report Scope

In this report, the Global Sodium Percarbonate Market has been segmented into the following categories, in addition to the industry trends which have also been detailed below:

Sodium Percarbonate Market, by Sales Channel:

• Direct
• Indirect

Sodium Percarbonate Market, by End Use:

• Detergents & Cleaning Products
• Textile
• Pulp & Paper
• Water Treatment
• Others

Sodium Percarbonate Market, by Region:

• North America
• Europe
• Asia Pacific
• South America
• Middle East & Africa

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