BCC Research（www.bccresearch.com）的一项研究报告表明全球显微镜及配件市场有望于2014年增长至36亿美元，从2009年起的五年中，年复合增长率（CAGR）将达11.5％。
到2009年，由于全球经济衰退，整体市场的降幅将超过12％。因为带电粒子显微镜和扫描探针显微镜对半导体行业严重依赖， 所以这两种显微镜的市场紧缩情况将尤为严重。但是，在2009年和2014年之间，这两类显微镜市场的增长最为迅速。  
显微镜产业价值数十亿美元，在生命科学研究、微电子学、先进材料科学领域扮演着重要角色。纳米技术领域的不断扩大离不开显微镜产业。
全球显微镜市场在2008年的销售额达20亿美元。预计在2009年销售额将下降至17亿美元，但到2014年将反弹至31亿美元，复合年增长率为12.4％。2008年，配件和用品市场的销售额为3.6亿美元， 2009年小幅增长至3.74亿美元， 2014年将达到5.13亿美元，复合年增长率为6.5％。  
就增长速度而言，从2009年中期的角度来看， BCC预测光学显微镜市场的基本面将持续增长，其中包括：
1 教育设备支出
2 红外光谱趋势
3 生命科学研发
4 材料科学仪器开支
红外光谱将运用于显微镜行业，产生红外线显微镜。光学显微镜逐步转向电子和其他先进的显微镜类型。
带电粒子显微镜市场受到以下因素的印象：生命科学研发、材料科学、半导体产业趋势、电子显微镜逐步替代光学显微镜、外观尺寸小于大多数光学显微镜的分辨极限。
在未来，扫描探针显微镜的销售将在很大程度上受制于半导体行业的复苏，而扫描隧道显微镜的销售将受到纳米技术的影响。

0 && image.height>0){if(image.width>=700){this.width=700;this.height=image.height*700/image.width;}}" src="http://1802.img.pp.sohu.com.cn/images/blog/2009/11/11/14/27/12591522799g215.jpg" border=0>
来源：BCC Research

GLOBAL MARKET FOR MICROSCOPES AND ACCESSORIES PROJECTED TO ACHIEVE 11.5% GROWTH BY 2014
Wellesley, Mass. – According to a new technical market research report, Microscopy: The Global Market (IAS017C) from BCC Research (www.bccresearch.com), the global market for microscopes and accessories is expected to rise to $3.6 billion in 2014, for a 5-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.5% from 2009.
The market as a whole is expected to decline by more than 12% in 2009 because of the global economic downturn. The contraction is expected to be particularly severe in the case of charged-particle and scanning-probe microscopes, due to their heavy dependence on the semiconductor industry. The same two segments, however, are expected to show the most rapid growth between 2009 and 2014.
Microscopes are a multibillion-dollar industry and serve a vital role in life-sciences research, microelectronics, and advanced-materials science. Microscopy is particularly important to the expanding field of nanotechnology. That field’s applications make up the major market for scanning-probe microscopes (SPMs), including scanning-tunneling microscopes (STMs) and atomic-force microscopes (AFMs). SPMs enable scientists to image, characterize and manipulate nanoscale structures.  The field of microscopy continues to evolve rapidly, as new requirements and imaging technologies are developed. 
According toMicroscopy: The Global Market,the microscopes segment makes up the bulk of the market, with sales of $2 billion in 2008. Sales are projected to fall in 2009 to $1.7 billion, but rebound by 2014 to $3.1 billion, for a CAGR of 12.4%. Accessories and supplies make up the remainder of the market with sales in 2008 of $360 million, increasing slightly in 2009 to about $374 million, and reaching $513 million in 2014, for a CAGR of 6.5%.
In terms of growth, from the perspective of mid-2009, BCC believes that the fundamentals are in place for continued growth in the optical microscope market, including:
• Educational-equipment spending
• Trends in infrared spectroscopy
• Life-sciences R&D
• Material-science instrument spending
The impact of certain drivers, e.g., trends in infrared spectroscopy, will be felt in particular subsegments of the optical microscopy market, such as reflecting (infrared) microscopes. Another driver that will probably have a negative impact on the market for some types of optical microscope, particularly upright microscopes, is a shift away from optical microscopes towards electron and other advanced types of microscopes in some applications.
The market for charged particle microscopes, like the optical microscope market, is driven in part by developments in life-sciences R&D and materials science Other drivers of the charged particle market include trends in the semiconductor industry and the progressive substitution of electron for optical microscopes in many applications, particularly as feature sizes shrink below the limit resolvable by most optical microscopes.
Future sales of scanning probe microscopes will be driven in large part by the recovery of the semiconductor industry. Future sales of SPMs will also be driven by the growth of the nanotechnology market, including nanoscale applications, for many of which SPMs by their nature are ideally suited.

更多研究报告：

全球显微镜市场研究报告——Microscopy: The Global Market

2009-2012年中国显微镜行业经营及投资分析报告