Sperm Bank Market - Forecast(2024 - 2030)

Sperm Bank Market size was valued at $ 5.01Bn in 2019 and is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of 3.6% during the forecast period 2020-2025. The Sperm Bank Market growth rate is attributed to the fact that many couples are facing a problem of not having a child as the female partner is not able to produce gamete (egg) or the male partner is having low sperm characteristics (low sperm count, less motility). In such cases, there arise a need for a healthy donor who can donate them healthy, mature and viable gametes to bring the hope of having a child which leads to the adoption of assisted reproductive technology (ART) therapy and therefore surged the demand for sperm banks. Sperm banks are licensed enterprises with an aim to maintain male fertilization capacity. A sperm banks collect, stores, and preserves sperm from healthy volunteers to help infertile couples to have a child. From improvement’s made in artificial insemination and other ART methods require heavy investment which has led to growing government funding across various countries is anticipated to propel the Sperm Bank Market during the forecast period 2020-2025.   

The report: “Sperm Bank Market Forecast (2020-2025)”, by Industry ARC, covers an in-depth analysis of the following segments of the Sperm Bank Market. 

By Donor Type: Known Donor, Anonymous Donor, Unknown Donor

By Service Type: Genetic Consultation, Sperm Storage, Sperm Analysis, Sperm Donation 

By Vial Type: In-Vitro Fertilization, Intrauterine Insemination, Intracervical Insemination

By End-Use: Transgender People, Military Officers, Pre-Vasectomy Patients, Cancer Patients, Police Officers, Fire Fighters, High Impact 

Distribution Channel: Fertility Clinics, Hospitals, Sperm Collection Centers

By  Geography: North America, Asia Pacific, Europe, Rest of World 

Known Donor segment held the largest share in the market over other donors as there has been a change in legal landscape in many developing countries in the recent years making it mandatory right of the offspring to know about their biological parent after a certain age. Although the total number of known donors are much less as that of others, but with the price of a known donor being much higher than anonymous donors which ensures the disclosure of the medical and behavioral background of the donor through a confidentiality contract between the donor and recipient, thereby contributing to the segmental market growth in the forecast period of 2020-2025.

Based on service type, semen analysis segment held the major share of the market in terms of revenue and is anticipated to grow with a CAGR of 2.8%. The reason is attributed to the growing demand for ART procedures along with rising demand for semen analysis. Extensive semen analysis is mandatory before any ART procedure and basic screening is essential while storing sperms thereby increasing the need for semen analysis amongst all the sperm bank services. Sperm analysis is believed to rise effectively as trends like fertility tourism is propelling in various European and South-Asian countries with supportive legal framework and cost effectiveness. Furthermore, innovations in other ART methods and preservation techniques to ensure that sperms retain its fertility is anticipated to propel the market growth over the projection period of 2020-2025.

North America dominated the Sperm Bank Market with a share of 37% in 2019. North America remains the largest market of Sperm Bank owing to the rising concerns of male infertility on account of abnormal and inadequate sperm volume and ejaculatory issues continues to expand its market. Apart from that, male as well as female infertility is also caused by consumption of illicit drugs, exposure to toxic substances, frequent alcohol consumption, and smoking, thereby propelling the adoption of infertility services, such as donor insemination and IVF procedures in the region. According to CDC and FCSRCA, it published a report in 2015 stating that out of a total of 182,111 ART procedures 59,334 resulted in live-birth deliveries and 71,152 infants were born which revealed the success rates of ART procedures thereby more number of couples undergoing ART therapy with infertility conditions in these regions. Additionally, legalization of same sex marriages and developments in technologies such as ART has led to growing government funding in the region are to cater the Sperm Bank Market in the forecast period of 2020-2025.

With the increased prevalence of women miscarriage and technological advancements in sperm storage industry couples with fertility issues are more opting for artificial insemination techniques which is anticipated to boost the demand for fertility treatments, such as In-vitro Fertilization (IVF) thereby acting as a Sperm Bank key driver of the market during the forecast period 2020-2025. 

The major challenge for the market is the high cost of artificial means of insemination and assistive reproduction. The stringent governmental rules and regulations in several developing and underdeveloped countries followed by a negative mindset towards sperm donation amongst people of various level is amongst the major factors to hinder the market growth in the forecast period 2020-2025. 

Product launches, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and geographical expansions are key strategies adopted by players in the Sperm Bank Market. In 2019, Sperm Bank Market share is fragmented by the top ten players present in the market. Sperm Bank Market top 10 companies are Fairfax Cryobank Inc., Xytex Corporation, Andocryos, European Sperm Bank, Cryo-Save AG, Indian Spermtech, New England Cryogenic Center, Seattle Sperm Bank, London Sperm Bank, California Cryobank and others.