Europe Drones Market - Growth, Trends, COVID-19 Impact, and Forecasts (2022 - 2027)

Market Overview

The Europe drones market is projected to record a CAGR of more than 11% during the forecast period.

Though the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the recreational and entertainment sector and the related drone operations in 2020, other industrial sectors rebounded quickly in 2021, fueling the rebound in the drone demand. On the other hand, the advent of the pandemic has also helped the industry witness new use cases, especially from the law enforcement applications for monitoring the enforcement of COVID-19 measures.

With the advancements in drone technologies, drone manufacturers are now providing a wide range of drone models in various sizes, weights, and payload carrying capabilities to support the broad range of commercial applications.

The changes in drone regulations made by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) are supporting the deployment of drones in various sectors, like infrastructure, agriculture, transport, entertainment, and security. However, factors like strict regulations for beyond the visual line of sight operations of drones, security and safety concerns, and lack of trained pilots, are anticipated to hamper the growth of the market during the forecast period.

Scope of the Report

The market study of drones includes the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in civil and commercial applications. The market is segmented by application into construction, agriculture, energy, entertainment, law enforcement, delivery, and other applications. The other applications segment includes the use of drones in recreational, insurance (damage monitoring and estimation), aircraft/ship maintenance, journalism, reforestation, and wildlife conservation, among others. The energy sub-segment includes the deployment of drones in the oil and gas sector for asset monitoring and maintenance activities, such as visualization of cracks on windmill blades and oil and gas pipeline monitoring. The report also offers the market sizes and forecasts for the drones market in major countries in the region. For each segment, the market sizes and forecasts are done based on value (USD million).

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Key Market Trends

The Construction Segment Held the Highest Share in 2021

The construction segment held the highest market share in 2021. Drones are changing the ways used for surveying land and fields traditionally. Drone surveying, also known as aerial surveying, is popular in the industry, as it provides a faster, safer, and cost-efficient way to survey at heights. Engineers prefer aerial surveys for bridge inspection, roof inspection, and large building construction. By eliminating manual at-height working, they reduce risk and enhance safety while working at high construction sites, as they enable construction engineers to make vital decisions. With the implementation of LiDAR or laser scanning sensor payloads, drones started providing detailed digital models of landscape, vegetation, buildings, and other assets. These factors are anticipated to propel the growth of the segment in the coming years. The use of drones for construction-related activities is increasing in the region. For instance, in April 2021, Bauer Umwelt, a division of Bauer Resources, deployed drones to measure the excavation and determine the masses of soil to be removed for new housing development in Munich, Germany. The company announced that the use of drones resulted in significant time and cost savings as the work was carried out faster and largely independently without having to rely on other resources, such as a human surveyor. Such deployments are expected to drive the use of drones for construction in the country in the years to come.

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