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Nondestructive Testing Services in the US - Market Research Report (2014-2029)

Brendan McErlaine Brendan McErlaine New York, United States Last Updated: September 2024 NAICS OD5540

Revenue

$3.4bn

2024

$3.4bn

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$XXX.Xm

Employees

17,726

Businesses

1,231

Wages

$X.Xbn

Nondestructive Testing Services in the US industry analysis

Nondestructive testing service companies have benefited from rapidly changing technology and the increasing complexity of products and processes that need testing over the past few years, although revenue has been volatile during the current period. Companies experienced severe losses during 2020 as COVID-19 rocked the US economy, with profit becoming negative. The industry benefited from soaring corporate profit resulting from surging GDP growth amid the pandemic recovery, but the lapse of COVID-19-era aid reduced investment in public utilities, constraining demand from a major market for providers. As a result, revenue didn’t rise much in 2021 and 2022. Over the past few years, skyrocketing interest rates have made it much more expensive for businesses to set up facilities and purchase equipment, causing them to reduce spending on NDT services. Overall, revenue for nondestructive testing service providers is anticipated to fall at a CAGR of 2.8% during the current period, reaching $3.4 billion in 2024. This includes a 4.1% drop in revenue in that year.

Trends and Insights

  • Technological advancements in nondestructive testing (NDT), such as phased array ultrasonic testing, demand a highly skilled workforce. Companies are putting more emphasis on recruiting and training technicians who can handle this complex, rapidly evolving technology.
  • The Nondestructive Testing (NDT) Services industry primarily provides services to oil and gas companies. Major companies can now non-destructively test on-shore facilities and equipment while operating, making NDT services more appealing and less costly to oil and gas businesses.
  • Providers are spread across the United States in line with the population distribution. Still, there are some discrepancies in each region's proportion of the population and share of establishments.
  • Companies compete on delivery speed. This factor depends on numerous variables, such as the test subject and the number and type of tests requested.

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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2014-2029)

Industry revenue has declined at a CAGR of 2.8 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $3.4bn in 2024.

Trends and Insights

Technological developments require a highly skilled workforce

  • Companies have continued to adapt to rapidly changing technologies to remain relevant and win new business.
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Nondestructive Testing Services in the US
Revenue (2014-2029)
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Industry outlook (2024-2029)

Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.

Trends and Insights

Stable economic growth will bring back demand from the private sector

  • Despite recent economic challenges, the US economy will expand at a steady pace during the outlook period. As rising GDP fosters consumer spending, industrial production will pick up. Manufacturers will purchase new equipment and facilities to maintain elevated industrial production, boosting downstream demand for nondestructive testing (NDT) services.

Biggest companies in the Nondestructive Testing Services in the US

Company
Market Share (%)
2024
Revenue ($m)
2024
Profit ($m)
2024
Profit Margin (%)
2024
Mistras Group, inc.
395.2
4.6
1.2
Team Inc.
301.5
27.3
9.1
Rockwood Service Corp
243.5
-38.6
-15.9

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Products & Services Segmentation

Nondestructive Testing Services in the US
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Machinery and equipment testing, Minerals and chemicals testing and Construction materials testing. Machinery and equipment testing is the largest segment of the Nondestructive Testing Services in the US.

Trends and Insights

There's growing demand for machinery and equipment testing services

  • There has been a greater emphasis on guaranteeing machinery and equipment safety in different sectors, such as aviation, auto and oil and gas. For this reason, there's growing demand for nondestructive testing services to guarantee compliance with standards and regulations.
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Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

This industry includes companies that perform nondestructive tests and inspections on industrial assets. Numerous companies offer nondestructive testing services in the United States, specializing in various methods to inspect materials and structures without causing damage. These services are crucial across multiple industries, including aerospace, automotive, construction, energy and manufacturing.

What's included in this industry?

Environmental testing Minerals and chemicals testing Consumer products testingConstruction materials testingMachinery and equipment testing

Companies

Mistras Group, inc.Team Inc.Rockwood Service Corp

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Related Terms

NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING SERVICES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D)CERTIFICATIONMATERIALS TECHNOLOGY

Industry Code

NAICS 2017

NAICS 54138 - Nondestructive Testing Services in the US

Performance

Get an indication of the industry's health through historical, current and forward-looking trends in the performance indicators that make or break businesses.

Analyst insights

Technological advancements in nondestructive testing (NDT), such as phased array ultrasonic testing, demand a highly skilled workforce. Companies are putting more emphasis on...

In this chapter (4)

  • Current Performance
  • Outlook
  • Volatility
  • Life Cycle

Key metrics

  • Annual Revenue, Recent Growth, Forecast, Revenue Volatility
  • Number of Employees, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Employee
  • Number of Businesses, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Business
  • Total Profit, Profit Margin, Profit per Business

Charts

  • Revenue, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Employees, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Businesses, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Profit, including historical (2014-2024)
  • Industry Volatility vs. Revenue Growth
  • Industry Life Cycle

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in supply, demand and current events that are driving current industry performance
  • Expected trends, economic factors and ongoing events that drive the industry's outlook
  • Key success factors for businesses to overcome volatility
  • How contribution to GDP, industry saturation, innovation, consolidation, and technology and systems influence the industry's life cycle phase.

Products and Markets

Learn about an industry's products and services, markets and trends in international trade.

Analyst insight

The Nondestructive Testing (NDT) Services industry primarily provides services to oil and gas companies. Major companies can now non-destructively test on-shore facilities an...

In this chapter

  • Products & Services
  • Major Markets

Key metrics

  • Largest market segment and value in 2024
  • Product innovation level

Charts

  • Products & services segmentation in 2024
  • Major market segmentation in 2024

Detailed analysis

  • Trends impacting the recent performance of the industry's various segments
  • Innovations in the industry's product or service offering, specialization or delivery method
  • Key factors that successful businesses consider in their offerings
  • Buying segments and key trends influencing demand for industry products and services

Geographic Breakdown

Discover where business activity is most concentrated in an industry and the factors driving these trends to find opportunities and conduct regional benchmarking.

Analyst insights

Providers are spread across the United States in line with the population distribution. Still, there are some discrepancies in each region's proportion of the population and ...

In this chapter (1)

  • Business Locations

Charts

  • Share of revenue, establishment, wages and employment in each state
  • Share of population compared to establishments in each region in 2024

Tables

  • Number and share of establishments in each state in 2024
  • Number and share of revenue each state accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of wages each state accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of employees in each state in 2024

Detailed analysis

  • Geographic spread of the industry across North America, and trends associated with changes in the business landscape
  • Key success factors for businesses to use location to their advantage

Competitive Forces

Get data and insights on what's driving competition in an industry and the challenges industry operators and new entrants may face, with analysis built around Porter's Five Forces framework.

Analyst insights

Companies compete on delivery speed. This factor depends on numerous variables, such as the test subject and the number and type of tests requested.

In this chapter (4)

  • Concentration
  • Barriers to Entry
  • Substitutes
  • Buyer & Supplier Analysis

Key metrics

  • Industry concentration level
  • Industry competition level and trend
  • Barriers to entry level and trend
  • Substitutes level and trend
  • Buyer power level and trend
  • Supplier power level and trend

Charts

  • Market share concentration among the top 4 suppliers from 2019-2024
  • Supply chain including upstream supplying industries and downstream buying industries, flow chart

Detailed analysis

  • Factors impacting the industry’s level of concentration, such as business distribution, new entrants, or merger and acquisition activity.
  • Key success factors for businesses to manage the competitive environment of the industry.
  • Challenges that potential industry entrants face such as legal, start-up costs, differentiation, labor/capital intensity and capital expenses.
  • Key success factors for potential entrants to overcome barriers to entry.
  • Competitive threats from potential substitutes for the industry’s own products and services.
  • Key success factors for how successful businesses can compete with substitutes.
  • Advantages that buyers have to keep favorable purchasing conditions.
  • Advantages that suppliers have to maintain favorable selling conditions.
  • Key success factors for how businesses can navigate buyer and supplier power.

Companies

Learn about the performance of the top companies in the industry.

Analyst insights

Mistras is a public company located in New Jersey with nearly 5,000 employees. This business is the industry's largest company and only comprises slightly more than 10.0% of ...

In this chapter

  • Market Share Concentration
  • Companies
  • Company Spotlights

Charts

  • Industry market share by company in 2020 through 2024
  • Major companies in the industry, including market share, revenue, profit and profit margin in 2024
  • Overview of Mistras Group, inc.'s performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of Team Inc.'s performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of Rockwood Service Corp's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024

Detailed analysis

  • Description and key data for Mistras Group, inc., and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Team Inc., and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Rockwood Service Corp, and factors influencing its performance in the industry

External Environment

Understand the demographic, economic and regulatory factors that shape how businesses in an industry perform.   

Analyst insights

The industry's regulations cut into profit. Agencies that regulate nondestructive testing (NDT) companies include the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Occupation...

In this chapter

  • External Drivers
  • Regulation & Policy
  • Assistance

Key metrics

  • Regulation & policy level and trend
  • Assistance level and trend

Charts

  • Regulation & Policy historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 
  • Assistance historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 

Detailed analysis

  • Demographic and macroeconomic factors influencing the industry, including Regulation & Policy and Assistance
  • Major types of regulations, regulatory bodies, industry standards or specific regulations impacting requirements for industry operators
  • Key governmental and non-governmental groups or policies that may provide some relief for industry operators.

Financial Benchmarks

View average costs for industry operators and compare financial data against an industry's financial benchmarks over time. 

Analyst insights

Profit hinges on the level of economic activity within the industry. Though COVID-19 caused a dip in 2020, economic growth and rising energy prices have since bolstered profi...

In this chapter

  • Cost Structure
  • Financial Ratios
  • Key Ratios

Key metrics

  • Profit margin, and how it compares to the sector-wide margin
  • Average wages, and how it compares to the sector-wide average wage
  • Largest cost component as a percentage of revenue
  • Industry average ratios for days' receivables, industry coverage and debt-to-net-worth ratio

Charts

  • Average industry operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
  • Average sector operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
  • Investment vs. share of economy

Data tables

  • Industry Multiples (2017-2022)
  • Industry Tax Structure (2017-2022)
  • Income Statement (2017-2022)
  • Balance Sheet (2017-2022)
  • Liquidity Ratios (2017-2022)
  • Coverage Ratios (2017-2022)
  • Leverage Ratios  (2017-2022)
  • Operating Ratios (2017-2022)
  • Cash Flow & Debt Service Ratios (2014-2029)
  • Revenue per Employee (2014-2029)
  • Revenue per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • Employees per Establishment (2014-2029)
  • Employees per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • Average Wage (2014-2029)
  • Wages/Revenue (2014-2029)
  • Establishments per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • IVA/Revenue (2014-2029)
  • Imports/Demand (2014-2029)
  • Exports/Revenue (2014-2029)

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in the cost component for industry operators and their impact on industry costs and profitability 

Key Statistics

Industry Data

Data Tables

Including values and annual change:

  • Revenue (2014-2029)
  • IVA (2014-2029)
  • Establishments (2014-2029)
  • Enterprises (2014-2029)
  • Employment (2014-2029)
  • Exports (2014-2029)
  • Imports (2014-2029)
  • Wages (2014-2029)

Top Questions Answered

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What is the market size of the Nondestructive Testing Services in the US industry in United States in 2024?

The market size of the Nondestructive Testing Services in the US industry in United States is $3.4bn in 2024.

How many businesses are there in the Nondestructive Testing Services in the US industry in 2024?

There are 1,231 businesses in the Nondestructive Testing Services in the US industry in United States, which has declined at a CAGR of 3.5 % between 2019 and 2024.

Has the Nondestructive Testing Services in the US industry in United States grown or declined over the past 5 years?

The market size of the Nondestructive Testing Services in the US industry in United States has been declining at a CAGR of 2.8 % between 2019 and 2024.

What is the forecast growth of the Nondestructive Testing Services in the US industry in United States over the next 5 years?

Over the next five years, the Nondestructive Testing Services in the US industry in United States is expected to grow.

What are the biggest companies in the Nondestructive Testing Services in the US market in United States?

The biggest companies operating in the Nondestructive Testing Services market in United States are Mistras Group, inc., Team Inc. and Rockwood Service Corp

What does the Nondestructive Testing Services in the US in United States include?

Environmental testing and Minerals and chemicals testing are part of the Nondestructive Testing Services in the US industry.

Which companies have the highest market share in the Nondestructive Testing Services in the US in United States?

The company holding the most market share in United States is Mistras Group, inc..

How competitive is the Nondestructive Testing Services in the US industry in United States?

The level of competition is moderate and steady in the Nondestructive Testing Services in the US industry in United States.

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Competitors

  • Laboratory Testing Services in the US
  • Manufacturing in the US

Complementors

  • Building Inspectors in the US
  • Industrial Designers in the US
  • Scientific Research & Development in the US

International industries

  • Laboratory Testing Services in Canada
  • Materials Testing Services in Australia
  • Technical Testing & Analysis in the UK

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