India Wheelchair Market By Product Type (Manual v/s Powered), By Application (Institutional v/s Personal), By Category (Adult v/s Pediatric), By Distribution Channel (Retail Sales v/s Non-Retail Sales), By Region, Competition, Forecast & Opportunities, 2028

India wheelchair market stood at USD188.13 million in 2022 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.87% during the forecast period. This can be attributed to growing at a robust rate during the forecast years. The Wheelchair market is driven by the growing geriatric population dependent on wheelchairs. Additionally, the prevalence of diseases among the youth due to their everyday lifestyles is a major factor that drives this segmental growth. Furthermore, advancements in the basic wheelchairs and making them more equipped with technology and adding more comfort, are the major drivers that increase the production of more newly launched wheelchairs in India. This, in turn, is anticipated to positively impact the market growth.

Furthermore, wheelchair manufacturers are moving beyond the basic Manual wheelchairs. They are coming up with new models to aid the user and make things easier for him/her to move around easily and independently. New advanced technology is used to develop the easiest handling and cost-effective wheelchairs for the users and also leads to enhancing the growth of the wheelchair market.

Advancement in Wheelchairs Drives Market Growth

Continuous updates in the wheelchair physiology along with the technological advancements in the wheelchair are providing the wheelchair with its utmost reliable features for the users. The inclusion of updated features like eye sensor controls, functioning controls with AI automation or finger touch controlling, and upgrades in customization such as adding more comfort by cushioning, extra support for posture control, and pressure reliever points, adding these features are making Wheelchairs the priority or viable option for the users or patient. This implies ensuring more dependency and safety to the user, thus increasing the market demand. Newer Wheelchairs include features such as fewer manual handling controls, fewer attendant requirements, controlled movements, and full automation or semi-automation.

Rising Disease Prevalence Among the Elderly to Drive the Market

The increase of disease prevalence among the growing elderly geriatric population is a measure that is expanding the Wheelchair demand. The increase in wheelchair dependency for old age people is directly related to their comfort and independence for carrying their everyday lifestyle nowadays. The rising frequency of chronic diseases among people around the world has boosted user reliance and demand for wheelchairs. The wheelchair demand is also considered among the old age people to continue their everyday chores smoothly with utmost comfort as well as the wheelchair is used to aid them throughout their clinical checkups and routines with utmost comfort for locomotion, thus expanding their market demand. 

Increasing Disability in India Demands the Wheelchair Market

 According to the WHO reports, there is an increase in the disability ratio observed in India. The ministry of social justice and the empowerment of the Government of India aid the empowerment of people with disabilities of all kinds, such as hearing, visual, speech, locomotive and mental disability, thereby providing them with respective supportive medical devices and assistance. Thus, the growth in the disability ratio is automatically shifting the demand toward the India wheelchair market.

Also, there are various government policies launched there to provide wheelchairs to patients with locomotive disabilities. Nowadays, according to the government observed trend, either the government provides the wheelchairs or, in many cases, provides funds to the patients to buy the desirable wheelchairs. Thus, enhancing the patient's market reach and at the same time expanding the wheelchair market demand.

Inclusion of Wheelchairs in the Sports Community Supports Market Growth

India’s differently-abled athletes had recently yielded many medals in the recent Olympics in Tokyo. People become more hopeful and reliant on wheelchairs after seeing differently-abled athletes using them and winning in various sports. This usage of wheelchairs in distinct sports brings more reliance and trust to the differently-abled people, thus gaining more traction toward the wheelchair market. Also, along with the user’s choice, many governments and public sports authorities are organizing sports campaigns like wheelchair basketball, wheelchair weightlifting and including and enhancing the reliance of the differently-abled people on wheelchair usage and, thereby, boosting the India wheelchair market in the future. 

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Market Segmentation

The India wheelchair market is segmented based on type of product, application, end user, category, and regional distribution. Based on the type of product, the market can be split into manual and powered. Based on application, the market can be divided into institutional and personal. Based on institutional type, the market is divided into hospitals & clinics, rehabilitation centers, and others. In terms of end user category type, the market can be categorized into adult and pediatric. Based on the distribution channel type, the market can be fragmented into retail and non-retail.

Company Profiles

Karma Healthcare Limited, OttoBock Healthcare India Pvt. Ltd, Vissco Rehabilitation Pvt. Ltd, Ostrich Mobility Instruments Pvt. Ltd, Pride Mobility Products Corp, Forza Medi (India Pvt. Ltd, Stryker India Pvt. Ltd (Stryker Corporation), NeoBolt, Silverline Meditech Pvt. Ltd. are among the major market players in the Indian platform that lead the market growth of the India wheelchair market.

Report Scope:

In this report, India Wheelchair market has been segmented into following categories, in addition to the industry trends which have also been detailed below:

• India Wheelchair Market, By Product:
• Manual
• Powered
• India Wheelchair Market, By Application Type:
• Institutional
• Hospital & Clinics
• Rehabilitation Centers
• Others
• Personal
• India Wheelchair Market, By Category:
• Adult
• Pediatric
• India Wheelchair Market, By Distribution channel:
• Retail
• Non-Retail
• India Wheelchair Market, By Region:
• South
• West
• North
• East

Competitive Landscape

Company Profiles: Detailed analysis of the major companies present in India wheelchair market.

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