Cloud Storage Market Report 2025

The cloud storage market size has grown rapidly in recent years. It will grow from $107.76 billion in 2024 to $124.57 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.6%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to data explosion, cost efficiency, remote access and collaboration, disaster recovery and business continuity, globalization and scalability.

The cloud storage market size is expected to see exponential growth in the next few years. It will grow to $273.05 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21.7%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to edge computing integration, data lifecycle management, enhanced security measures. Major trends in the forecast period include technology advancements, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), sustainability initiatives, object storage dominance, storage class tiers for cost optimization.

The exponential increase in data volumes is anticipated to drive the growth of the cloud storage market in the future. Data volume refers to the large size of data sets requiring analysis and processing, often exceeding terabytes and petabytes. The growing use of computers and digital technologies within organizations has contributed to a rise in data generation. This surge has led to a greater demand for storage solutions like cloud storage, which holds data over the internet, thereby reducing the need for organizations to maintain physical data centers. For instance, in January 2023, the World Economic Forum, a Switzerland-based non-governmental organization, projected that by 2025, individuals and organizations worldwide would generate around 463 exabytes of data daily. Consequently, the exponential growth in data volumes is fueling the expansion of the cloud storage market.

The escalating prevalence of the Internet of Things (IoT) is anticipated to significantly drive the growth of the cloud storage market in the foreseeable future. IoT involves a network of physical devices equipped with sensors, software, and connectivity, enabling them to gather and exchange data across the Internet or other communication networks. Cloud storage serves a crucial role in IoT by providing a flexible infrastructure for storing, processing, and analyzing data, thereby supporting seamless and efficient IoT operations across various industries. For instance, a report by CompTIA, a US-based non-profit trade association, projected the global IoT market size to reach $486 billion in 2023, following a robust growth trend from its $399.41 billion size in 2022. The forecast for the period from 2023 to 2030 predicts a continued compound annual growth rate of 12.7%. Consequently, the escalating proliferation of the Internet of Things (IoT) stands as a driving force behind the growth of the cloud storage market.

Leading companies in the cloud storage market are increasingly prioritizing the development of innovative storage solutions, such as SaaS-based digital storage, to boost scalability, enhance data accessibility, and reduce operational costs for businesses. SaaS-based digital storage refers to a cloud model that provides data storage services over the internet on a subscription basis, allowing users to access and manage their data without requiring on-premises infrastructure, thus offering scalability, cost-effectiveness, and convenience for individuals and organizations. For example, in July 2023, DigiBoxx, an Indian provider of digital file sharing and cloud storage services, introduced a new data storage solution for both corporate clients and individuals. Known as Megh3, the platform provides quick, straightforward, and flexible storage solutions at competitive prices, merging simplicity with affordability. As a domestic software-as-a-service (SaaS) digital storage platform, Megh3 supports secure data protection and retrieval from any location or device, streamlining workflows and unifying brand assets across channels to facilitate efficient and cohesive team collaboration.

Key players in the cloud storage market are actively innovating with new technologies such as Software as a Service (SaaS) to maintain their competitiveness in the industry. SaaS represents a software delivery model where the software resides on a cloud provider's servers and is accessed by users via a web browser or a lightweight client. An illustration of this occurred in May 2023 when IBM Corporation, a prominent US-based multinational technology corporation, launched the IBM Hybrid Cloud Mesh. This offering is a SaaS solution aimed at empowering enterprises to effectively manage their hybrid multicloud infrastructure. Fueled by Application-Centric Connectivity, this solution automates the management, observability, and connectivity of applications across both public and private cloud environments. The introduction of this SaaS offering reflects a strategic move by major companies to provide advanced solutions that enable enterprises to navigate and optimize their complex multicloud setups efficiently.

In May 2022, Nasuni, a cloud-based file services platform provider headquartered in the US, acquired cloud-native data migration technology from DBM Cloud Systems. The financial details of this acquisition were not disclosed. Nasuni's objective behind this acquisition is to streamline file data migration, tiering, and the movement of data across various cloud platforms. DBM Cloud Systems, a technology ally of Pure Storage based in the US, developed the AIRE product, known for its capability to replicate and migrate data at petabyte scales from object stores within AWS, Azure, GCP, and the Oracle Cloud to Pure's FlashBlade platform. Nasuni's acquisition of this technology aims to enhance its capacity to facilitate seamless and efficient data migration and management across multiple cloud environments, strengthening its position in providing comprehensive cloud-based file services.

Major companies operating in the cloud storage market include Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc., Alphabet Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Alibaba Group, Dell Technologies Inc., IBM Corporation, Cisco Systems Inc., Oracle Corporation, Tencent Cloud, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, Salesforce.com Inc., NetApp Inc., Akamai Technologies Inc., Rackspace hosting Inc., Bluehost, Dropbox Inc., Endurance International Group, Backblaze Inc., OVH Groupe SA, DigitalOcean Holdings Inc., DreamHost LLC, InMotion Hosting Inc., MEGA Cloud services Ltd., Hetzner Online GmbH, Sync.com Inc., pCloud AG, RamNode LLC, ID Cloud Services LTD., The Constant Company LLC, VMware Inc.

North America was the largest region in the cloud storage market in 2024. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the cloud storage market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa. The countries covered in the cloud storage market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.

Cloud storage involves transferring and storing data on remote systems, managed, backed up, and provided to customers over the internet on a consumption-based model. It's based on virtualized storage with accessible interfaces, scalability, multi-tenancy, and metered resources.

Cloud storage encompasses three primary types such as object storage, file storage, and block storage. Object storage, or object-based storage, manages data storage by organizing it into distinct units known as objects. These components comprise storage models and services, deployed across private, public, and hybrid cloud environments. They cater to organizations of various sizes, including large enterprises and small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), across industries such as banking, financial services, insurance (BFSI), IT, telecommunications, government, public sectors, manufacturing, healthcare, life sciences, retail, consumer goods, media, entertainment, and other sectors such as energy and utilities, chemicals, travel, and hospitality.

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The cloud storage market consists of revenues earned by entities by providing community cloud storage. Values in this market are ‘factory gate’ values, that is the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.

The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD, unless otherwise specified).

The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.

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