Contrive Datum Insights has published "Healthcare Equipment Leasing Market Size, Share & Industry Analysis, By Type (Surgical and Therapy Leasing Equipment, Digital and Electronic Equipment, Storage and Transport Leasing Equipment, Personal and Homecare Leasing Equipment, DME), Application (Hospitals, Diagnostic Centers, Others), Lease type (Operating Lease, Finance Lease, Rental), Equipment condition (New Equipment, Refurbished/Pre-owned Equipment), Lease duration (Short-term Lease, Long-term Lease), and Regional Forecast, 2026-2034". The study sizes the global healthcare equipment leasing market at USD 58.53 billion in 2025 and projects growth from USD 62.33 billion in 2026 to USD 103.92 billion by 2034, a compound annual growth rate of 6.6% across the forecast period.
Healthcare equipment leasing covers the rental and lease financing of medical devices and systems, ranging from surgical and imaging equipment to patient monitors, mobility aids and durable medical equipment, in place of outright purchase. Buyers include hospitals, diagnostic and imaging centers, ambulatory surgical facilities and home healthcare providers that need access to clinical equipment without committing capital to ownership, alongside equipment manufacturers and financial institutions that structure and administer the lease agreements. Contracts span short-term rental arrangements covering surge or temporary capacity needs to multi-year operating and finance leases tied to a facility's longer-term equipment plan.
Hospital shift toward capital-light equipment access
Hospital shift toward capital-light equipment access is the largest single contributor to the market's growth over the forecast period, and the study rates its impact high. Against a market growing at 6.6% a year, the type lines exposed to it move fastest: Digital and Electronic Equipment compounds at 9.45%, taking its share of revenue from 21.21% to 27% and its value from USD 12.42 billion to USD 28.06 billion.
Where the forecast could be beaten: bull case assumes faster hospital adoption of capital-light leasing amid tighter capital budgets, plus quicker uptake of refurbished and short-term leasing structures in emerging markets. The study puts that case at USD 112.23 billion in 2034, against USD 103.92 billion in the base.
Against that, bear case assumes slower normalization of hospital capital budgets and a continued preference for outright equipment purchase in cost-sensitive regions, holding leasing penetration below the base case. On that reading 2034 revenue stops at USD 93.53 billion. The weight of the problem sits in Surgical and Therapy Leasing Equipment: 32.21% of 2025 revenue growing at 5.36%, well under the market's 6.6%.
The Competitive Split Runs by Type
Suppliers here are separated by type, not by geography. The incumbent position is Surgical and Therapy Leasing Equipment: 32.21% of 2025 revenue, USD 18.85 billion, and still 29% in 2034. The contested position is Digital and Electronic Equipment at 9.45% growth. Few suppliers hold both, which is why a market of USD 58.53 billion supports as many participants as it does.
Further Report Findings
| Segment | Led 2025 by | Share & value | Fastest-growing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Hospitals | 58% · USD 33.95 billion | Diagnostic Centers 7.85% |
| Lease type | Operating Lease | 52% · USD 30.44 billion | — |
| Equipment condition | New Equipment | 74% · USD 43.31 billion | Refurbished/Pre-owned Equipment 8.3% |
| Lease duration | Long-term Lease | 62% · USD 36.29 billion | Short-term Lease 7.78% |
- Regionally, the lead sits with North America: 34.21% of 2025 global revenue, USD 20.02 billion rising to USD 32.22 billion in 2034.
- Asia Pacific takes a rising share of global revenue over the forecast period, from 25.86% in 2025 to 31% in 2034, with revenue growing from USD 15.14 billion to USD 32.22 billion.
- At 6% of 2025 revenue and 6% by 2034, Middle East and Africa is the smallest region throughout.
- By type, the largest line in 2025 was Surgical and Therapy Leasing Equipment, at 32.21% of revenue and USD 18.85 billion.
- Digital and Electronic Equipment is projected to grow at 9.45% over the forecast period, the fastest of any type line.
- The United States is the largest single country market at USD 13.61 billion in 2025, 23.25% of global revenue.
Every year from 2020 to 2034 is reported, with revenue and growth for each line across five axes: by type, and by application, lease type, equipment condition and lease duration. The headline total carries bear, base and bull cases at USD 93.53 billion and USD 112.23 billion by 2034. The study also breaks out all five regions to country level, sets out the competitive landscape, and documents the method behind every estimate. Available as a PDF, with a free sample on request.