Atlanta Biologicals

What Atlanta Biologicals does

Atlanta Biologicals is a privately held, for-profit life sciences supplier founded in 1977 and headquartered in Flowery Branch, Georgia (United States), with a headcount of 11-50 employees. The company supplies research laboratories with a range of high-quality cell culture products — its stated core functional role in the U.S. life sciences research inputs market. It operates within the fetal bovine serum (FBS) reagent segment, a critical category for cell culture workflows across academic and commercial research.

The broader market context for Atlanta Biologicals' core category is favorable: the global fetal bovine serum market is estimated at $2.40 billion in 2025 and is projected to reach $7.75 billion by 2034, representing a 13.91% CAGR during 2026-2034. This provides a structural tailwind, though no company-specific capture rate, market share, or revenue share data was disclosed.

Public, first-party disclosures for Atlanta Biologicals are sparse in the aggregated source material: no revenue, pricing, customer logos, ownership, leadership team, partnership, or M&A information specific to the company was found. A product catalog block in the source data references R&D Systems / Bio-Techne (rndsystems.com) and appears misattributed in the aggregation pipeline; that broader platform catalog (24 product lines spanning recombinant proteins, antibodies, GMP reagents, instruments, and the TcBuster gene editing system) does not describe Atlanta Biologicals and is treated here as a data-quality caveat rather than a competitive reference.

Name

Atlanta Biologicals

Website

https://atlantabio.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1977

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Atlanta Biologicals is a privately held U.S. life sciences supplier, founded in 1977 and based in Flowery Branch, Georgia, that provides cell culture products to research laboratories, operating in the fetal bovine serum reagent segment.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Life Science Research Reagents

NAICS

Biological Product (except Diagnostic) Manufacturing (325414)

SIC

Biological Products, (No Disgnostic Substances) (2836)

akta.pro primary industry

Microscopy, Imaging & Flow Cytometry Instruments (HLAGAIAE)

Keywords

• Cell culture reagents
• Life science research
• Fetal bovine serum
• Cell culture media
• Research laboratory supplies

Headquarters

HQ city

Flowery Branch

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Atlanta Biologicals provides research laboratories with a wide range of high-quality cell culture products, including media, supplements, extracellular matrices, cytokines, growth factors, small molecules, and differentiation/expansion kits. The portfolio supports 2D and 3D cell culture applications and reproducible workflows in academic, biotech, and pharmaceutical research settings.

Product overview

R&D Systems (a Bio-Techne brand) offers a comprehensive life science product portfolio organized as a platform-plus-modules architecture. The core product lines include Recombinant Proteins, Antibodies, Cell Culture Products, ELISA Kits, Enzymes, Fluorescent Dyes and Probes, Luminex Assays & Instruments, Proteome Profiler Antibody Arrays, and Small Molecules & Peptides. Supporting the core research products are specialized sub-brands and modules: Cultrex Extracellular Matrices (BME, Synthetic Hydrogel, ECM Proteins) for 3D cell culture; StemXVivo and CellXVivo kits for stem and immune cell differentiation; and GMP-grade versions of proteins, small molecules, and antibodies for therapeutic manufacturing. The TcBuster non-viral gene editing platform enables stable gene transfer for cell therapies. Instrument offerings include Imaged Capillary Electrophoresis, Micro-Flow Imaging, Simple Plex, Simple Western, and Single Cell Dispenser systems. Custom services cover bioactivity testing, custom antibody/ELISA/Luminex/protein development, and GMP custom products. The ScaleReady partnership integrates G-Rex bioreactors with GMP products for cell therapy manufacturing workflows.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cell Culture Products Comprehensive cell culture reagents including media, supplements, extracellular matrices, cytokines, growth factors, and small molecules for 2D and 3D cell culture workflows in research laboratories.
• Cultrex Extracellular Matrices Extracellular matrix products including Basement Membrane Extract (BME), synthetic hydrogel, and ECM proteins that create in vivo-like environments for organoids and spheroids used in research laboratories.
• Differentiation and Expansion Kits Kits for efficient and reproducible differentiation and expansion of stem cells and immune cells, intended for research laboratory use.
• Cell Culture Media and Supplements Cell culture media with optimized nutrients, minerals, salts, and amino acids, including formulations for immune and stem cells, supporting robust cell growth, viability, and function in research laboratories.
• Small Molecules for Cell Culture Small molecule agonists, inhibitors, and peptides used to control proliferation and differentiation in cell culture, available for research laboratory applications.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

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Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Corning Life Sciences: Corning Life Sciences provides cell culture media, sera, and culture vessels with a focused consumables portfolio that directly competes with Atlanta Biologicals' offering to research and bioproduction customers.
• FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific: FUJIFILM Irvine Scientific specializes in cell culture media, sera, and recombinant growth factors for research, regenerative medicine, and cell therapy manufacturing, with a similar specialty focus to Atlanta Biologicals.

Broad incumbents

• Avantor: Avantor distributes a wide range of cell culture reagents, sera, and laboratory consumables through its global supply network, providing overlapping offerings to Atlanta Biologicals' research customer base.
• Lonza: Lonza's cell biology segment offers cell culture media, sera, and bioprocessing solutions to research and therapeutic manufacturers, competing with Atlanta Biologicals in high-quality reagent supply for cell-based applications.
• Cytiva (HyClone): Cytiva's HyClone brand supplies fetal bovine serum, cell culture media, and bioprocessing solutions, directly competing with Atlanta Biologicals in the FBS and specialty reagent market.
• MilliporeSigma (Sigma-Aldrich): MilliporeSigma supplies an extensive catalog of cell culture sera, media, and lab consumables that directly overlap with Atlanta Biologicals' product offering, while operating at far greater scale across global research and bioproduction channels.
• Sartorius: Sartorius supplies cell culture media, sera, and bioprocessing solutions through its Bioprocess Solutions division, competing with Atlanta Biologicals in high-quality cell culture reagent supply for research and production customers.
• Bio-Techne (R&D Systems): Bio-Techne's R&D Systems brand offers recombinant proteins, antibodies, and cell culture reagents, with a cell culture consumables portfolio that overlaps with Atlanta Biologicals while operating at significantly greater scale and breadth.
• Thermo Fisher Scientific (Gibco brand): Gibco is the leading global supplier of cell culture reagents including fetal bovine serum, media, and supplements, serving the same research laboratory customers as Atlanta Biologicals but at dramatically larger scale and with a far broader portfolio.

Emerging players

• CellGenix: CellGenix specializes in GMP-grade cell culture reagents for cell and gene therapy manufacturing, representing an emerging player in adjacent high-quality reagent niches that increasingly competes with traditional sera suppliers like Atlanta Biologicals.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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