Global Drone Market Report 2023-2030

DRONEII‘s annual Drone Market Report provides the most comprehensive analysis and forecast of the commercial drone market.

The flagship Drone Market Report is based on months of research and analysis by our team using the DRONEII Market Model. This model is a unique bottom-up approach to measure the commercial drone market using actual data and primary sources. It was built on years of experience in the commercial drone industry and an intimate understanding of the global drone market.

As a result of this complex model, the figures and topics covered in the Drone Market Report are both comprehensive and reliable. They are a product of both qualitative and quantitative research and analysis, and a look beyond the hype that drones have experienced in the past few years.

This 227-page Drone Market Report contains a seven-year forecast of global drone market figures for 2023-2030, broken down by segment, industry, application method, region, and country, as well as drone market unit sales. DRONEII’s Drone Market Report also contains an outline and analysis of current commercial drone regulations frameworks and challenges facing the industry.

Finally, our commercial Drone Market Report also outlines the future trendsand opportunities to look out for on the drone market, namely the mega, macro and micro-trends that will most affect the commercial drone industry in the coming years.

The Drone Industry Barometer is Droneii‘s annual free white paper measuring the state of the global industry. This white paper provides insights into the opinions and perspectives of the drone industry coming directly from drone companies themselves. It is based on a survey which was conducted in June 2022 and which received almost 900 responses from 81 countries.

We gathered responses from industry stakeholders from across all three segments (hardware, software, services) and covering dozens of sug-segments including UTM, counter-drone, passenger drones (“air taxis”), drone training and more. The survey covered a wide range of topics including company size, top application methods, best reasons to adopt drones, company priorities for the coming year, and perspectives on the top market-driving factors. Another key topic addressed in the Drone Industry Barometer is the way expectations by drone companies match with their experienced reality. Since the barometer is a yearly survey, it allows us to progressively assess how expectations and reality evolve from year to year.

Given the impact of the coronavirus in 2020 and 2021, this topic played a major role on the expectations and reality of drone companies during the past few barometers. In 2020, companies were more affected by the pandemic, yet they also saw it as having a positive long-term impact given the increased attention that the industry received. In 2021, negative effects subsided and expectations for the future skyrocketed. Interestingly, in 2022, companies reported a very low rating for the past year, which is perhaps caused by unrealistically-high expectations that were not met (leading to a greater level of dissatisfaction).

The Drone Industry Barometer is Droneii‘s annual free white paper measuring the state of the global industry. This white paper provides insights into the opinions and perspectives of the drone industry coming directly from drone companies themselves. It is based on a survey which was conducted in June 2022 and which received almost 900 responses from 81 countries.

We gathered responses from industry stakeholders from across all three segments (hardware, software, services) and covering dozens of sug-segments including UTM, counter-drone, passenger drones (“air taxis”), drone training and more. The survey covered a wide range of topics including company size, top application methods, best reasons to adopt drones, company priorities for the coming year, and perspectives on the top market-driving factors. Another key topic addressed in the Drone Industry Barometer is the way expectations by drone companies match with their experienced reality. Since the barometer is a yearly survey, it allows us to progressively assess how expectations and reality evolve from year to year.