Accelerometer & Gyroscope Market - Forecast(2024 - 2030)

Accelerometer & Gyroscope Market Overview

Accelerometer & Gyroscope Market Size is forecast to reach $4.8 billion by 2027, at a CAGR of 3.9% during 2022-2027.  Continuously increasing defense expenditure and deployment in unmanned aerial vehicles globally is majorly drives the high-end accelerometer & gyroscope market. The overall market is also driven by factors such as the huge demand from the consumer electronics industry to identify orientation, stringent government regulations for the automotive industry to understand angular velocity and the emergence of efficient, economic, and compact MEMS technology. The growing adoption of automation in industries and homes as well as rising demand from emerging economies will also drive the market growth. Accelerometers and Gyroscopes are also known as angular rate sensors that separates gyros from any other means of measuring rotation, such as tachometer, gyrotheodolites, inertial navigation systems or potentiometer. Accelerometers and Gyroscopes are deployed in several electronic devices such as digital camcorders, personal media players, video cameras notebook pcs, video games and many others.

Report Coverage

The report: “Accelerometer & Gyroscope Market Report– Forecast (2022-2027)”, by Industry ARC covers an in-depth analysis of the following segments of the Accelerometer & Gyroscope Market Report.

Key Takeaways

• North America is one of the most significant regions for the Accelerometer & Gyroscope Market, mainly due to growth of the automotive sector, consumer electronics, aerospace and others where MEMS gyrometers are used to detect more complex orientation changes.
• Aerospace sector is expected to witness a highest CAGR of xx% the forecast period, owing to various factors such as increase in sales of commercial aircrafts, rising government expenditures and others in countries such as India, China and so on.
• Accelerometer and Gyroscope are strengthening their position through mergers & acquisitions and continuously investing in research and development (R&D) activities of the sensors manufacturing along with a vision to come up with solutions to cater to the changing requirements of customers.

Accelerometer & Gyroscope Market Segment Analysis - By Type

Gyroscope segment held significant market share of 63.2% in 2021, owing to the increase in aviation field expenditure, more intense competition along with the rising consumer electronics market. According to Intelligence Node, the number of smartphone users in United States crossed 260 million in April 2020, and smartphone shipments reached $161 million in 2019. This upsurge in usage of electronics devices and growth in consumer electronics industry have driven the demand for Accelerometer and Gyroscope as these help to address the high level of motion sensing accuracy required in the smartphones. The government of United Kingdom funded $5bn for the rural areas in 2020. It is an fiber investment to enhance the communication channels in the rural areas of the UK as the demand for fast internet has increased along with the surge in smartphone, laptops users where the Accelerometer and Gyroscope is used in inertial strap down systems for medium accuracy. In addition, the rapid increase in the consumer electronics market and growing technological adoption in emerging economies such as China and India will enhance regional growth in the forecast period 2022-2027. There is a palpable boom in the augmented reality sector with more and more video games emerging that attempts to provide an interactive experience of a real-world environment where the objects that reside in the real-world are augmented by computer-generated perceptual information. Now, this technology largely depends on gyroscope sensors for controlling and measuring the angular velocity and orientation. The envisioned growth in the augmented reality will be creating further prospects for the vendors in the gyroscope market

Accelerometer & Gyroscope Market Segment Analysis - By Application

Aerospace is expected to witness a highest CAGR of 5.2% in the forecast period 2022-2027. In the recent years, the aerospace industry is facing high expenditure in R&D activities. According to European Union, the total turnover of EU aerospace sector was $151 billion in 2021 with maximum spending in R&D. Around 12% of turnover is directed towards R&D in aerospace industry. This has driven the research into innovations in aerospace safety and reliability, particularly for electronics. In 2019, the increasing number of Boeing Projects for the increasing demand for aviation services in Asia Pacific region. The rise in airplane reliability requirements in recent years has been compelled by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which boosts worldwide confidence in the safety of aircraft and aircraft parts produced in the U.S. This has led to increased preference for Accelerometer and Gyroscope. Hence these factors are analyzed to drive the Accelerometer & Gyroscope Market Size in the forecast period 2021-2026. With the growing developments, the government of this region has announced several fundings, initiatives for the development of these sectors where the Accelerometer and Gyroscope is used in precision- guided munition (PGM) as a guided weapon intended to destroy and minimize damages. In September 2019, the U.S government has announced to fund $21.5 billion to NASA for its research and development activities. As NASA has plans to develop spacecraft beam in orbit, and satellites and the Accelerometer and Gyroscopes provides high degree of accuracy by laser.

Accelerometer & Gyroscope Market Segment Analysis - By Geography

North America region is dominating Accelerometer & Gyroscope Market growth. This region held significant market share of 37.6% in 2021. North America is observing a rapid development in the aerospace and defense sector, and the region is leveraging technology to inculcate robust defense. Now, the compact designing and miniaturization of gyroscopes are making it a preferable alternative to other similar sensors. Furthermore, there is a discernible growth in the automotive sector with an enormous amount of vehicles on the roads of North America that utilize gyroscope for mapping the orientation of vehicles. This is creating a gamut of opportunities for the vendors in the North American Accelerometer & Gyroscope Market. The U.S. Aerospace and Defense (A&D) industry is one of the world’s leading innovator and producer of technologically advanced aircraft, space and defense systems. Accelerometer and Gyroscopes are witnessing a significant growth in the market owing to the increased proliferation of mobile devices as there is a requirement of high level of motion sensing accuracy required in smartphones. Accelerometer and Gyroscopes are used in inertial navigation of aerospace vehicles, automobiles, consumer electronic products, sailing, military missiles, and satellites as they have low weight, low cost with small form factor, low energy consumption, and small size. Increasing prevalence of 3-axis gyroscopes in smartphones are driving the growth of the market.

Accelerometer & Gyroscope Market Drivers

Surge in Aerospace sector:

The remarkable growth of the commercial aviation industry predominantly in the APAC region in particular has resulted in increasing aircraft production in recent years. This is set to continue over the next few years driving the Accelerometer & Gyroscope Market where these are used to detect and measure the angular rate of an object. According to the Boeing Services Market Outlook report, in 2019 the commercial aviation industry is expected to have a remarkable growth in APAC. This is also lead to the rise in commercial airplane deliveries which will in turn drive the need for aviation services. Over the next 20 years, Boeing projects the demand for aviation services in Asia-Pacific will expand by 5.1%, or $3,480 billion. Hence these investments are analyzed to drive the optocouplers industry in the forecast period 2021-2026. In addition, the increasing stringent safety norms being employed in the aerospace sector and the use of proven and industry-leading technology (core and peripherals) will fuel the use of Accelerometer and Gyroscope in this sector.

Growth of the consumer electronics such as tablets, smartphones, laptops and others:

Accelerometer and Gyroscopes are used in laptops, tablets, smartphones and others as it is highly need for augmented reality apps and watching 360 degree videos to detect more complex orientation changes. Japan has been facing high market growth towards consumer electronics products in 2019, thus making it the third largest industry contributing towards its economy. Technological advancements towards advanced laptops, smartphones and others for high definition gaming are set to drive innovations in the field of consumer products have caused major players in the country to invest towards developing smart devices. In addition, in 2019 Japan stood as the third largest economy in the world crediting to $4.97 trillion. The major industries accounting for the nation’s economy are automotive and electronics. In addition, the International Monetary Fund estimates the GDP growth forecast for Japan to be in the range of 1-1.5%, hence these capacity expansion are analysed to drive the Accelerometer and Gyroscope industry outlook in the forecast period 2021-2026.

Accelerometer & Gyroscope Market Challenges

Declining Sales of Consumer Electronics Products:

Challenges impacting the Accelerometer & Gyroscope Market are the sales of Consumer PC have witnessed worst slumps in volume sales globally. According to Mint, due to COVID-19 outbreak, Worldwide PC shipments totaled 51.6 million units in the first quarter of 2020, a 12.3% decline from the first quarter of 2019, after three consecutive quarters of growth, the worldwide PC market experienced its sharpest decline since 2013. Several Countries such as U.S, China, Germany, UK, and others have experienced the worst decline in volume sales of Desktop PCs. This is low demand of the products is set to negatively impact the procurement of Accelerometer & Gyroscope Market during the forecast period 2022-2027.

Accelerometer & Gyroscope Market Landscape

Product launches, acquisitions, Partnerships and R&D activities are key strategies adopted by players in the Accelerometer & Gyroscope Market. Top players operative in Accelerometer and Gyroscope are

1. Analog Devices, Inc.
2. Bosch Sensortec GmbH
3. InvenSense, Inc.
4. ST Microelectronics N.V.
5. Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
6. KIONIX, Inc.
7. Honeywell
8. NXP Semiconductor
9. KVH Industries
10. InnaLabs

Recent Developments

• In October 2020, Inertial Labs launched “Kernel-100” IMU for aerospace and defense application with thee-axis MEMS accelerometers and Gyroscopes.
  
• In January 2021, TDK Corporation launched high performance MEMS motion tracking solution “ICM-40627” and “ICM-42688” for broad range of consumer and IoT applications.
• In May 2021, STMicroelectronics Launched a Next-Gen MEMS Accelerometer for Automotive Applications. STMicroelectronics has launched AIS2IH, a three-axis linear accelerometer that brings enhanced resolution, temperature stability, and mechanical robustness to non-safety automotive applications including anti-theft, telematics, infotainment, tilt/inclination measurement, and vehicle navigation. 

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