Flow Meter Market - Forecast(2024 - 2030)

Flow Meter Market Overview

The global Flow Meter Market is poised to reach $7.1 billion by 2026, advancing at CAGR 4.4% during the forecast period 2021-2026. Flow Meters are used for measuring liquids or liquid slurries and works on Faraday’s Law of Electromagnetic Induction to determine the velocity of liquids in a pipe. The demand for Flow Meter increases in recent years across various industries such as mining, oil & gas and so on to monitor specific pipeline using vortex shedding and hydrodynamics among others to ensure optimal functionality, and act as a major driver for the growth of the market during the forecast period. Moreover, pharmaceutical and food & beverage industries need high sanitation, thus various differential pressure, positive displacement and variable area flowmeters are incorporated to obtain the desired outcome, boosting the demand for Flow Meters.

Flow Meter Market Report Coverage

The report based on: “Flow Meter Market Forecast (2021-2026)”, by IndustryARC, covers an in-depth analysis of the following segments of the Flow Meter Market.  

By Product Type: In-line Flow Meter, Insertion Flow Meter, Low Flow Meter.
By Components: Magnetic coil, Transmitter, Sensing Electrode, Non magnetic flow tube, others.
By Type: Differential Pressure, Positive Displacement, Velocity Flow, Open Channel, Mass Flow and Others 
By Technology:  Variable Area, Orifice Plate, Venturi Flow, Pitot Tube, Oval Gear, Rotary Vane, Vortex Flow, Turbine Flow, Coriolis Flow, Ultrasonic, Thermal, Mechanical and Others
By Application: Water & wastewater treatment, Chemicals, Oil & Gas, Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical, Agriculture, Metal & Mining, Others
By Geography: North America (U.S, Canada and Mexico); Europe (U.K., Germany, Italy, France & Rest of Europe); APAC (China, Japan, South Korea, India & Rest of APAC); South America (Brazil, Argentina & Rest of South America); RoW (Middle East & Africa)

Key Takeaways

• The top companies in the Flow Meter Market are Emerson Electric Co, Endress + Hausan AG, ABB Ltd, Krohne Messtechnik GmbH, Badge Meter Inc, General Electric Co, McCrometer Inc, Honeywell International Inc, Toshiba  Corporation and Siemens AG.
• Water & wastewater treatment is analyzed to hold highest share at CAGR of 6.8% during the forecast period 2021-2026, owing to wide range of applications.
• APAC dominated the Flow Meter in 2020 with a share in excess of 36%, owing to growing water management plants.

Global Flow Meter Market Value Share, By Geography, 2020 (%)

Flow Meter Market Segment Analysis - by Product Type

By Product Type, the In Line Flow Meter Market dominated the segment with a share of 46.2% in 2020. Many countries are facing water scarcity issues, thus pushing the countries to invest in water sustainable projects. This led manufacturing companies to make a new monitoring source to manage water management, thus boosting the demand for Flow Meter over the forecast period. In February 2020, McCrometer Inc, an international leader in flowmeter manufacturing, announced the launch of McMag 2000 Flow Meter, designed primarily for water management industries and best fitted for applications such as well monitoring and surface water management.

Flow Meter Market Segment Analysis - by Application

By Application, the Flow Meter Market is segmented into Water & wastewater treatment, Chemicals, Oil & Gas, Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical, Metal & Mining and Others. Water & wastewater treatment in Flow Meter segment is growing at a CAGR of 6.8% during the forecast period 2021-2026. In Wastewater treatment plants, Flow Meters are used to measure treated and untreated sewage, chemicals and raw water.  Population growth, economic development and urbanization are the factors that generate more volume of wastewater. As the demand for wastewater treatment increases owing to environmental regulations, many countries are investing lump sum amount on setting up new wastewater treatment plants.

Flow Meter Market Segment Analysis - by Geography

APAC dominated the Flow Meter Market by a market share of more than 34% in 2020, owing to increasing water and wastewater management plants. Increasing population and water scarcity issues are the primary factors that lead to the rise of growing water management plants, thereby boosting the demand of Flow Meters. According to Water Environment Partnership in Asia, improvement in water environment can only be done by providing necessary information and knowledge for the enactment of water environment governance. Furthermore, According to Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs & Public Diplomacy, nearly 90% of wastewater in Israel is recycled and thus making Israel, the world leader in water recycling in 2020.

Flow Meter Market Drivers

Growing adoption of Flow Meter for mining and mineral processing applications

As mineral processing technology is rapidly evolving, mining companies are adopting Flow Meter to measure process water, process slurry flow and heavy media flow with certain liners to decrease abrasion. The Flow Meter is extremely essential to fulfill environmental protection regulations as it measures the volume of pulp going into the dump. In December 2019, Emerson Electric Co introduced Emerson’s Rosemount MS Slurry Sensor with the Rosemount 8782 Slurry Transmitter is a slurry Flow Meter, specially designed for high noise and slurry applications in mining as well as pulp & paper industries. Slurry Flow Meter helps in product quality improvement, reduction in raw material cost and minimization of waste.

Growing adoption of Flow Meter for irrigation applications

Adoptions of Flow Meters are gaining popularity in irrigational applications. Compared to other flowmeters, Flow Meter provides greater enhanced accuracy and repeatability throughout their operation life with uncertainty of _+ 1% reading. As there is no moving part, they do not suffer from problems such as wear and tear, minimizing maintenance and require no upstream strainers to filter out sediments.  Certain linings such Ceramic linings are chosen for further protection against abrasive flows. Flow Meters helps in minimizing the piping of the meters which in turn reduce the time and cost of installation. In May 2020 McCrometer Inc, an international leader in flowmeter manufacturing, announced the expanded line size of existing products i.e. Wafer Style Dura Mag and Ultra Mag Flow Meters. Wafer Style Dura Mag is designed with 2- and 3-inch line sizes and is ideal for drip irrigation, surface water and other agricultural flow applications. Hence these factors drive the market growth.

Flow Meter Market Challenges

Incapability to measure non-conductive fluids

Though Flow Meter has lot of diverse benefits but its inability to measure non-conductive fluids is the major restraining factor for the growth of the market. It can only measure the liquid flow rate of conductive medium and cannot measure the flow rate of non conductive medium such as hydrocarbons for heat treatment. Moreover installation and commissioning of Flow Meter is much more complex than other flow meters. Hence these factors decelerate the market growth during the forecast period.

Flow Meter Market Landscape

Partnership, Acquisitions, Collaboration, technology launches and R&D activities are key strategies adopted by players in the Flow Meter Market. The top companies in the Flow Meter Market are Emerson Electric Co, Endress + Hausan AG, ABB Ltd, Krohne Messtechnik GmbH, Badge Meter Inc, General Electric Co, McCrometer Inc, Honeywell International Inc, Toshiba  Corporation and Siemens AG.

Acquisitions/Technology Launches

• In March 2021, Krohne Messtechnik GmbH, a leader in global manufacturer of flowmeters, announced the launch of new AF-E400 Ultra-Compact Flow Meter, specially designed for utilities and industrial automation. It is perfect choice for applications with conductive fluids in tight spaces.
• In August 2020, McCrometer Inc, global leader in manufacturing flowmeters, announced the launch of telemetry offering for their existing Flow Meters to fulfill the increasing demand for Flow Meters with telemetry services. Telemetry services enable a user’s Flow Meter to send the flow rate and totalize data to the user, thereby obstructing the need to visit the flowmeter to record data and manage water usage.

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