Smart Cities Market Outlook - 2025

A smart city is a well-connected city that deploys various information and communication technologies to share information among public and improve the quality of government services as well as citizen welfare. This technology has been widely adopted in recent years to improve public safety which can range from monitoring areas of high crime rates to improving emergency preparedness with sensors and many more. The global smart cities market was valued at $517,629 million in 2017 and is projected to reach $2,402,123 million by 2025, registering a CAGR of 21.28% from 2018 to 2025.

The smart infrastructure segment dominated the overall smart cities market share in 2017 due to its significant adoption of security and transportation solutions among its users. Moreover, smart energy is expected to attain the highest growth rate during the forecast period.

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North America governed dominated the overall smart cities market in terms of revenue in 2017 due to significant adoption of smart cities solutions supported by high ICT spending among government organizations and high demand for connected solutions across the region. However, Asia-Pacific is expected to witness the highest growth rate during the forecast period due to the factor such as rise in IT spending supported by government initiatives in emerging economies such as China, Singapore, India, and South Korea.

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The report focuses on drivers and restraints of the smart cities market based on the analysis of regional trends. Moreover, the study includes Porter’s five forces analysis of the industry to understand the impact of various factors such as bargaining power of suppliers, competitive intensity of competitors, threat of new entrants, threat of substitutes, and bargaining power of buyers on the smart cities market growth.

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Segment review

The global smart cities market is segmented based on functional area and region. Based on functional area, it is categorized into smart governance & smart education, smart energy, smart infrastructure, smart mobility, smart healthcare, smart building, and others.

The key players operating in the global smart cities market include AT&T Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Ericsson, General Electric, Hitachi Ltd., Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., IBM Corporation, Intel Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, and Schneider Electric SE.

Covid-19 impact on the Smart Cities market

Governments across the world have been deploying smart city technology to fight against the Covid-19 outbreak, as it can be used to track the spread of the virus and the implementation of medical strategies.

Several smart cities have been using smart city platforms, including various technologies such as heat maps, GPS systems, and aerial surveillance to monitor Covid-19 patients.

The advanced contact tracing systems with the use of data gathered from various sensors and cameras to reduce infection rate without implementing complete lockdown.

Top impacting factors

The growth of the global smart cities market is driven by proactive government smart cities initiatives, growing urbanization, and rising need of better-quality life. However, security and privacy concerns of smart cities solutions are expected to hamper the market growth during the forecast period. Moreover, rising adoption of artificial intelligence solutions among smart city projects is anticipated to provide significant growth opportunities during the forecast period.

Government smart city initiatives

Globally, governments have been playing a major role in smart cities market through its regulations and initiatives focused on deployment of smart services as a major part of their infrastructure. For instance, General Services Administration’s (GSA) Smart Buildings initiative started in May 2012 aimed to reduce costs and promote smart services modernized federal government buildings in large part through connected technologies is one such major project recorded in the recent years. Similarly, Europe smart cities market size is expected to grow at a significant rate due to its focus on energy and climate objectives. Therefore, the government is focusing on the distribution of energy with efficient models and strategies for progressing toward a low carbon future in this region. Moreover, governments in emerging economies such as China, South Korea, Dubai, India, Singapore, and Japan are aimed for smart development of their economies. The Indian government has dedicated an investment of 107.95 crores in smart cities. Further, China has announced 500 smart cities pilot projects which is again a huge investment by the government in the region. Furthermore, Dubai’s goal to achieve the objective of the Smart Dubai Plan 2021 for transforming their country into a 100% paperless government has been promoting the adoption of smart services in the country and playing a major role in the growth of the smart cities market.

Security concerns associated with smart cities

Smart cities deploy millions of sensors and smart devices in healthcare facilities, public institutions, transport services, and so forth, which tend to share a large amount of personal information on multiple devices, thus privacy and security is a major concern among the users. The significantly adopted advanced surveillance system and IP-based cameras in the system are vulnerable to several risks due to connectivity with the internet which allows the hackers to hack the system easily. Various hacking cases have been identified globally in the recent years where the data is breached and published publicly. In addition, as the resources are being distributed among various cloud clients, the privacy and security of the data is facing major threats from unethical or eavesdropper clients. This data security and privacy concern is the major factor that restrains the growth of the global smart cities market.

Emergence of artificial intelligence in smart cities

Implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) in smart city applications such as traffic and parking management, video-surveillance, safe integration of autonomous ride-share vehicles, and so forth can be of great significance. For instance, AI is already being used in CCTV cameras for facial recognition, which can be used to provide further assistance to the citizens. In case of any medical emergencies, these AI-based cameras can help in getting a help from medical professional on the scene. In addition, the facial recognition technology can also help in accessing personal information of a citizen in case of emergency. Similarly, sensors installed at parking lots and traffic signals are now using AI for accumulating useful data to plan the city initiatives among governments efficiently. Increasing number of such AI applications is expected to provide lucrative opportunities for the market growth.

Key Benefits for Smart Cities Market:

This study presents the analytical depiction of the global smart cities market along with the current trends and future estimations to determine the imminent investment pockets.

The report presents information related to key drivers, restraints, and opportunities.

The current smart cities market analysis for the period of 2017–2025 highlights the financial competency of the industry.

Porter’s five forces analysis illustrates the potency of buyers & suppliers in the global smart cities industry.

Smart Cities Key Market Segments:

By Functional Area

Smart Governance & Smart Education Smart Governance Smart Education

Smart Energy Power Electronics Smart Energy Storage

Smart Infrastructure Smart Transportation Smart Water Management Smart Stadium Smart Public Safety and Security Smart Lighting Others

Smart Mobility Smart Ticketing Smart Parking Others

Smart Healthcare Connected Healthcare Telemedicine Others

Smart Building Facility Management Systems Buildings Safety and security Others

Others

By Region

North America U.S. Canada

Europe UK Germany France Rest of Europe

Asia-Pacific China India Japan Singapore Rest of Asia-Pacific

LAMEA Latin America Middle East Africa



Key Market Players