Smart Factory Market Size

Smart Factory Market Analysis

The Smart Factory Market size is estimated at USD 354.60 billion in 2024, and is expected to reach USD 564.38 billion by 2029, growing at a CAGR of 9.74% during the forecast period (2024-2029).

• Tremendous shifts in manufacturing due to Industry 4.0 and the approval of IoT require enterprises to adopt agile, more innovative, and creative ways to advance production with technologies that complement and augment human labor with automation and reduce industrial accidents caused by process failure. With the increased rate of adoption of connected devices and sensors and the fostering of M2M communication, a surge in the data points that are developed in the manufacturing industry is being observed.
• According to Zebra’s Manufacturing Vision Study, smart asset-tracking solutions based on IoT and RFID overtook traditional, spreadsheet-based methods in 2022. Maryville University calculates that by 2025, more than 180 trillion gigabytes of data are anticipated to be created worldwide yearly. IIoT-enabled industries will generate a large portion of this. In addition, an Industrial IoT (IIoT) company Microsoft Corporation survey found that 85 percent of companies have at least one IIoT use case project. This number increased, as approx 95 percent of respondents implemented IIoT strategies in 2022.
• Incremental advancement in technology, coupled with a sustained increase in the development of manufacturing facilities, is expected to impact the market growth rate during the forecast period. For instance, Intel has recently partnered with Telecom Italia and hardware manufacturer Exor International to develop a smart manufacturing facility that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and 5G networking.
• Furthermore, the glowing market penetration of AI and machine learning (ML) technologies may enhance the accuracy and speed of data analysis, thereby significantly driving the market forward. Moreover, the advancement in the field devices market, robots, and sensors may further expand the scope of the studied market. According to Cisco projections, by 2022, machine-to-machine (M2M) connections that support IoT applications may have accounted for more than 50 percent of the world's 28.5 billion connected devices. Many governments also motivate manufacturing companies to invest in IoT technologies for smart factory adoption, which creates a favorable outlook for the growth of the studied market.
• However, a high installation cost is the primary factor challenging the market's growth. Additionally, the requirement of a highly skilled workforce to operate and maintain the automation infrastructure further adds to the overall cost, restraining mass adoption, especially in small and medium-scale industries.
• Additionally, the recent economic instability, especially as an outcome of the pandemic and geo-political issues such as the US-China trade dispute and the Russia-Ukraine war, is also challenging the studied market's growth as it has not only led to an uncertain business environment across various regions but are also impacting the supply chain of industrial sectors and demand for manufactured products across various region, leading to an unfavorable environment for the studied market's growth.