Load Balancer Global Market Report 2024

A load balancer is a device that operates as a reverse proxy, distributing network or application traffic across multiple servers. Its primary purpose is to enhance the speed and reliability of applications, as well as increase capacity by efficiently managing application-specific tasks and alleviating the load on servers responsible for handling network sessions and applications.

The main types of load balancer markets include local load balancers and global load balancers. Local load balancers aim to improve application availability and responsiveness while preventing server overload. They operate within the data center, distributing network traffic across multiple servers. The components involved in load balancing include hardware, software, and services, catering to enterprises of varying sizes, such as large enterprises and small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Load balancers find applications across various industry verticals, including BFSI, IT and telecom, retail, government, manufacturing, media and entertainment, healthcare, and others.

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The load balancer market size has grown rapidly in recent years. It will grow from $5.53 billion in 2023 to $6.33 billion in 2024 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.6%. The growth observed during the historic period can be attributed to several factors, including the increased web traffic and the demand for scalability, growth in e-commerce and online services, expansion and consolidation of data centers, the need for application performance optimization, and the requirements for high availability and redundancy. These factors collectively drove the demand for load balancers to manage and distribute network or application traffic effectively.

The load balancer market size is expected to see rapid growth in the next few years. It will grow to $11.53 billion in 2028 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.2%. The anticipated growth in the forecast period can be attributed to various factors, including the expansion of cloud computing services, a heightened emphasis on security and DDoS protection, integration with DevOps and automation practices, the increasing prevalence of hybrid and multi-cloud deployments, and the growing adoption of edge computing. Major trends expected in the forecast period include the implementation of application-aware load balancing, the utilization of machine learning for dynamic load balancing, the incorporation of load balancing into microservices architecture, the integration of API gateways with load balancers, and the adoption of software-defined networking (SDN) for load balancing purposes.

The anticipated surge in the adoption of connected devices is set to drive the growth of the load balancer market in the future. Connected devices, referring to physical objects capable of internet-based communication, have witnessed a notable increase in use due to the convenience they offer. These devices, connected to the internet, rely on load balancers to analyze incoming requests, efficiently directing them to the appropriate servers. For instance, the State of IoT - Spring 2022 report by IoT Analytics highlighted a global IoT connection growth of 8% in 2021, reaching 12.2 billion active endpoints. Projections indicate a further 18% increase to 14.4 billion active connections in 2022, with an estimated 27 billion connected IoT devices by 2025. Consequently, the rising adoption of connected devices is expected to be a driving force for the load balancer market.

The increasing volume of network traffic is a significant factor propelling the load balancer market. Network traffic, encompassing the flow and movement of data across a network system, experiences efficient management from load balancers. These devices evenly distribute incoming data requests across multiple servers, ensuring optimal performance and reliability. In February 2023, Ericsson reported a 40% surge in mobile network data traffic from Q4 2021 to Q4 2022, totaling 118 exabytes each month. Moreover, there was a 10% quarter-on-quarter growth between Q3 2022 and Q4 2022. The continuous rise in network traffic is expected to drive the growth of the load balancer market.

Technological advancements within load balancers have emerged as a key trend in the market. Major companies in the industry are investing in innovative technologies, exemplified by the introduction of ZeroLB by Kong Inc. in 2021. ZeroLB represents a modern, decentralized load balancing pattern eliminating the need for traditional load balancers in front of specific services and applications. This technology reduces reliance on hardware, software, and elastic cloud load balancers, offering efficient load control and application execution.

Innovation in product development is a strategy adopted by major market players, introducing solutions like Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB) to enhance customer bases and gain a competitive edge. GSLB, a technology that optimally distributes network traffic across servers in different geographic locations, was launched by ngrok, Inc. in September 2023. This system significantly improves application response times, ensures service stability, and directs traffic intelligently based on the least latency, enhancing application performance and resilience.

In November 2021, Progress, a US-based provider of application development products, acquired Kemp for $258 million. Through this acquisition, Progress expanded its capabilities with the addition of application experience management to its portfolio. Kemp, a US-based company, specializes in creating load balancing systems that distribute user traffic among multiple application servers in local, virtual, or cloud contexts.

Major companies operating in the in the load balancer market report are A10 Networks Inc., KEMP Technologies Inc., Hewlett-Packard Development Company L. P., Inlab Networks GmbH, Nginx Inc., F5 Networks Inc., Citrix Systems Inc., Radware Ltd., Barracuda Networks Inc., Brocade Communications Systems Inc., Fortinet Inc., Pulse Secure LLC, HAProxy Technologies Inc., Avi Networks Inc., Loadbalancer. org Ltd., Array Networks Inc., Imperva Inc., H3C Technologies Co. Limited, Zevenet S. L., Riverbed Technology Inc., Cloudflare Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Amazon Web Services Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Sangfor Technologies Co. Ltd., Juniper Networks Inc., AireSpring Inc., NFWare Ltd.

North America was the largest region in the load balancer market in 2023. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the load balancer market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa

The countries covered in the load balancer market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Italy, Canada, Spain.

The load balancer market consists of sales of network load balancer and application load balancer. 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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