Mobile Biometrics Market Report 2025

This report covers market characteristics, size and growth, segmentation, regional and country breakdowns, competitive landscape, market shares, trends and strategies for this market. It traces the market’s historic and forecast market growth by geography.

The mobile biometrics market size has grown exponentially in recent years. It will grow from $55.67 billion in 2024 to $69.28 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24.4%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to increased security concerns, increased consumer demand for privacy, increased industry standards, increased identity theft prevention, increasing smartphone penetration, rising cybersecurity threats.

The mobile biometrics market size is expected to see exponential growth in the next few years. It will grow to $164.75 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24.2%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to rising regulatory compliance requirements, shift towards contactless solutions, adoption by financial institutions, expansion of mobile payments, focus on user experience. Major trends in the forecast period include advancements in facial recognition, biometric wearables integration, voice biometrics adoption, multimodal biometrics, continuous authentication and ai and machine learning in biometrics, growth of wearable technology.

The rise in internet penetration is expected to drive the growth of the mobile biometrics market in the coming years. Internet penetration refers to the proportion of a population or geographic area with internet access. The increase in internet penetration is fueled by factors such as economic development, improved access to education and information, and enhanced social connectivity. Greater internet access enables users to engage with mobile payment platforms and other everyday applications. Mobile biometrics offer a convenient and secure way to authenticate mobile payments, verify user identities, and prevent fraud. For example, in October 2023, a report from the International Telecommunication Union, a Switzerland-based specialized agency, indicated that approximately 67 percent of the global population, or 5.4 billion people, now have internet access, highlighting the expansion of digital and internet penetration. This represents a 4.7 percent increase since 2022, up from a 3.5 percent growth between 2021 and 2022. Thus, the growth in digital and internet penetration is supporting the expansion of the mobile biometrics market.

Leading companies in the mobile biometrics market are prioritizing the development of innovative technologies, such as fingerprint capture software, to streamline biometric enrollment and identification processes. Fingerprint capture software enables users to take and process fingerprint images using devices like smartphones or tablets for biometric identification and authentication. For example, in November 2023, Mobile-Technologies, a Thailand-based company specializing in multi-vertical solutions focused on digital identity management and workflow automation, introduced Fingerprint Xpress. This software solution allows users to capture fingerprints using only a smartphone camera, eliminating the need for specialized hardware. Designed to enhance security and convenience in authentication, it addresses the limitations of traditional methods, including passwords and physical fingerprint scanners. By utilizing the widespread availability of smartphones, this technology makes biometric authentication more accessible and efficient for various applications, such as identity verification and transaction authorization.

In February 2022, BIO-Key, a prominent player in the identity-bound biometric solutions market, completed the acquisition of Swivel Secure Limited, a UK-based provider of multi-factor authentication solutions. This strategic move bolstered BIO-Key's revenue base, expanded its customer outreach, and enriched its talent pool, thereby enhancing its position in the mobile biometrics landscape.

Major companies operating in the mobile biometrics market are Apple Inc., Qualcomm Technologies Inc., 3M Company, NEC Corporation, Safran Group, Thales Company, IDEMIA Group, Synaptics Incorporated, HID Global Corporation, Goodix Technology Inc., Nuance Communications Inc., ZKTeco Inc., Fingerprint Cards AB, M2SYS Technology, Egis Technology Inc., Suprema Inc., Crossmatch Technologies Inc., Aware Inc., Sonavation Inc., Veridium Ltd., Precise Biometrics AB, BIO-key International Inc., KeyLemon SA, Next Biometrics Group ASA, IDEX Biometrics ASA.

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

The mobile biometrics market consists of revenues earned by entities providing services such device unlocking, app authentication, identity verification, and secure communication. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. The mobile biometrics market also includes sales of palm print readers, iris scanners, device unlocking, and attendance tracking. 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).

Mobile biometrics refers to a digital authentication technology leveraging biological characteristics or behavioral traits such as fingerprints, facial features, voice, iris scans, and palm veins for identification and authentication purposes on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. This technology enhances security, improves user experience, and facilitates seamless authentication methods for various applications and services on mobile devices.

The primary components of mobile biometrics encompass hardware, software, and services. Hardware components collaborate to deliver secure and convenient biometric authentication on mobile devices, enhancing both user experience and security. It encompasses diverse authentication modes, including single-factor and multi-factor authentication. Various technologies such as fingerprint recognition, voice recognition, and face recognition are utilized across different sectors, including the public sector, banking, financial services, insurance, healthcare, information technology, telecommunications, among others.

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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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