Airport Kiosks Market Report 2025

The airport kiosks market size has grown strongly in recent years. It will grow from $1.89 billion in 2024 to $2.03 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.3%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to passenger traffic growth, enhanced passenger experience, operational efficiency, cost reduction for airlines, and rise in air travel demand.

The airport kiosks market size is expected to see strong growth in the next few years. It will grow to $2.77 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.1%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to the expansion of self-service offerings, sustainability, and energy efficiency, enhanced security features, growing focus on accessibility, and modular and flexible kiosk designs. Major trends in the forecast period include integration with airport operations, customized services, and information, data analytics for personalization, digital payment solutions, mobile integration and connectivity, and multilingual and user-friendly interfaces.

The anticipated rise in IT spending at airports is poised to drive the growth of the airport kiosks market in the future. IT spending encompasses the financial allocation for an organization's information technology systems and services, covering expenses such as IT staff salaries and the establishment and maintenance of company-wide systems and services. Airport kiosks, which heavily rely on information technology, are experiencing increased adoption due to the surge in IT spending. As reported by Aviation Week Network in March 2023, a UK-based production company, 93% of airports are expecting higher IT budgets in 2023 compared to 2022. This trend indicates a sustained year-over-year growth in airport IT spending from 2020, reflecting a commitment to digitalization. Consequently, the escalating IT spending at airports is a key driver behind the anticipated growth of the airport kiosk market.

The growing number of air travelers is projected to drive the expansion of the airport kiosks market in the coming years. Air travelers are individuals who utilize air transportation services to move between locations. Airport kiosks provide a variety of self-service options for these travelers, including self-check-in, real-time flight updates, reprinting boarding passes, and selecting or changing seats. For example, in March 2023, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, a U.S. government agency, reported that the number of passengers carried by American airlines rose by 30%, increasing from 658 million in 2021 to 853 million in 2022. Thus, the rising number of air travelers is a significant factor driving the growth of the airport kiosk market moving forward.

The airport kiosks market is witnessing a prominent trend of technological advancement, with companies in this sector embracing cutting-edge technologies to maintain their market positions. In July 2022, Vision-Box, a Portugal-based software company specializing in self-service biometric solutions, introduced a mobile kiosk designed to provide airport operators with greater flexibility in their biometric infrastructure. This kiosk-on-wheels operates on battery power and can be easily relocated within different sections of the airport. It serves various purposes, including providing access to lounges and facilitating screening at boarding and security gates.

Major players in the airport kiosks market are channeling their efforts into developing innovative products, such as self-serve currency and automated kiosks, to gain a competitive edge. Automated kiosks are self-service machines or terminals equipped with technological features that enable users to perform tasks or transactions without direct human assistance. In July 2023, Travelex, a UK-based foreign exchange brand, announced the launch of the 'FX kiosk' at Heathrow Airport. This automated self-serve currency kiosk offers customers and air travelers various options for foreign exchange transactions. Unsuch as traditional ATMs, FX kiosks do not impose cash withdrawal limits set by financial institutions, allowing customers to order more currency.

In October 2022, Japan Industrial Partners Inc., a Japan-based private equity firm, acquired Toshiba Corporation for $16 billion. This strategic acquisition aims to facilitate business development in Japan and expand services. This move enhances Japan Industrial Partners' capabilities in the kiosk market and strengthens its position in the broader business landscape. Toshiba Corporation, a multinational conglomerate, has a subsidiary, Toshiba TEC Corp., that provides kiosks.

Major companies operating in the airport kiosks market include Embross Group, Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH, NCR Corporation, SITA, Toshiba Tec Co., IER SAS, RTX corporation, Fujitsu Ltd., Phoenix Kiosk Inc., Kiosk Information Systems Inc., Olea Kiosks Inc., Innovative Travel Solutions, Materna IPS GmbH, Elenium Automation Pty. Ltd., Honeywell International Inc., Amadeus IT Group, Siemens AG, IBM Corporation, March Limited, Advantech Pvt. Ltd., Parabit Systems Inc., ICTS Europe S.A, BOCA Systems Inc., Identiv, OBERON-ALPHA.

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

An airport kiosk refers to a touch-screen device located within an airport that enables passengers to self-check-in and make payments using credit or debit cards without incurring additional costs. Additionally, it provides a valid boarding pass. Particularly in busy airports, travelers can expedite the check-in process and save time by utilizing kiosks to avoid lengthy queues.

The primary components of airport kiosks encompass hardware, software, and services. The hardware elements of a kiosk include the shell, digital display, various parts, and integrations. These components can be installed either indoors or outdoors and serve various purposes such as providing information, facilitating common-use self-services, handling ticketing processes, enabling automated passport control, among other functions.

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The airport kiosks market consists of sales of interactive digital video walls, digital and interactive ticketing kiosks, cash-to-card kiosks, and interactive kiosks. 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).

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