Despite declining birth rates around the world, spending on each child keeps rising. In fact, fertility numbers are at historic lows across both the U.S. and the E.U., yet the global infant and juvenile products market is expanding at a 6.4% CAGR through 2033.1
The U.S. electrical grid is seeing prolonged investment driven by modernization needs, resiliency initiatives, and electrification expansion. As a result, utilities, corporations, and other stakeholders are spending more and outsourcing increasingly complex projects, creating sustained demand for many types of power products, technologies, and services.
Today, data is everywhere. But knowing which datasets to use, combined with sector-specific expertise, is what helps data and information companies uncover actionable insights, drive better decisions, and enhance productivity for their clients.
Warehouse automation is seeing strong growth as labor shortages, fulfillment complexity, and AI-enabled technology broaden the market beyond large greenfield projects. “Operators are looking for ways to get more out of the warehouses they already have,” says Mark Brune, a managing director in our Industrials Group. “AI and more flexible robotics are making that possible, opening opportunities for businesses that can bring the technology together and keep it running.”
Biopharma spending and activity are picking up thanks to increasing specialty therapeutics demand, greater funding, and more drug approvals. These healthier fundamentals are driving growth across the outsourced pharma services sector, from clinical development to commercialization.
Company owners, including sponsors, are increasingly employing structured capital solutions to accelerate liquidity or support transformational growth, even against a backdrop of resurgent M&A momentum. Growing adoption of these alternatives stems from a shifting mindset among owners, says Andrew Gulotta, a managing director and head of the Harris Williams Private Capital Solutions Group.
Distributors specializing in medical products and devices are vital to patient care worldwide, ensuring safe, efficient, and on-time deliveries to a range of care settings. Those focused on consumables are particularly well positioned for success thanks to their highly predictable and recurring demand.
Employers are prioritizing competitive benefits programs that meet rising employee expectations while navigating a complex regulatory and technology landscape. Handling these benefits in-house is costly and time-consuming, and most businesses aren't equipped to do it well.
The process to deliver fully compliant, high-quality products to consumers is becoming more difficult in today’s dynamic global trade environment. As a result, supply chain risk management (SCRM) technology and data providers specializing in product compliance, traceability, and quality control have become highly valuable partners to brands, retailers, manufacturers, and regulating bodies.
Consumers are taking a more proactive role in their health, and vitamins, minerals, and supplements (VMS) have become central to that effort. Rising interest in preventive wellness, growing comfort with self-directed care, and an expanding number of health-conscious consumers are driving momentum across the sector. At the same time, scientific validation, cleaner formulations, and digital-first brands are elevating consumer trust and broadening adoption.
