Positioning Services Market Report 2025

This Positioning Services market report provides a comprehensive analysis of the market’s characteristics, size, and growth, including segmentation, regional and country-level breakdowns, competitive landscape, market shares, trends, and strategies. It also tracks historical and forecasted market growth across various geographies.

The positioning services market size has grown rapidly in recent years. It will grow from $30.83 billion in 2024 to $35.05 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.7%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to rapid urbanization, robust automotive industry, utilization of digital marketing and online channels, increasing reliance on location-based data, shifted focus towards the customers' perspective in product positioning.

The positioning services market size is expected to see rapid growth in the next few years. It will grow to $57.76 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.3%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to growing emphasis on smart and connected technologies, expanding precision agriculture applications, increasing demand for geospatial imagery analytics, mapping, and GIS applications, integration of 5G networks, rise of e-commerce. Major trends in the forecast period include adoption of GPS technology, advancements in automotive navigation, advancements in positioning technology, developments in satellite technology, technological advancements.

The surge in autonomous vehicles is poised to drive the growth of the positioning services market in the foreseeable future. Autonomous vehicles, which operate and navigate without constant human intervention, rely on advanced sensor technologies, computer systems, and artificial intelligence. This proliferation of autonomous vehicles is spurred by advancements in artificial intelligence and sensor technology, coupled with substantial investment and support from private companies and governments to bolster safety and efficiency in transportation. Accurate and reliable positioning services play a pivotal role in developing and operating autonomous and self-driving vehicles, thereby enhancing automotive functionality and safety. For example, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners anticipates there will be 3.5 million autonomous vehicles on American roads by 2025 and 4.5 million by 2030, underscoring the increasing presence of autonomous vehicles and their impact on the positioning services market.

Leading companies in the positioning services market are developing innovative solutions such as RTK (Real-Time Kinematic) services to deliver highly accurate, real-time data for various industries. RTK (Real-Time Kinematic) service is a satellite navigation method that provides high-precision location data by correcting GPS signals in real-time, achieving centimeter-level accuracy for positioning. For example, in August 2024, Onocoy, a Switzerland-based information services company, launched Onocoy RTK. This blockchain-powered, high-precision Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) positioning service offers global coverage and reliable accuracy for industries such as agriculture, construction, and robotics. It features a hardware-agnostic, decentralized network that is designed for easy integration and provides cost-effective positioning solutions.

In September 2023, HAV Group ASA, a Norway-based water supply company, completed the acquisition of Undheim Systems AS for an undisclosed sum. This strategic acquisition aims to integrate Undheim Systems' dynamic positioning technology with HAV Group's smart navigation system to provide innovative solutions that enhance vessel control and safety, while also advancing the industry towards more sustainable and efficient operations. Undheim Systems AS, headquartered in Norway, specializes in the development and manufacturing of dynamic positioning (DP) systems.

Major companies operating in the positioning services market are Stonex Group Inc., Qualcomm Inc., Honeywell International Inc., Broadcom Inc., Texas Instruments Inc., STMicroelectronics NV, Hexagon AB, Garmin Ltd., Nikon Corporation, Rockwell Collins Inc., Trimble Inc., Topcon Corporation, Leica Geosystems AG, TomTom N.V, NovAtel Inc., CHC Navigation, Eos Positioning Systems, Avidyne Corporation, Hemisphere GNSS Inc., Javad GNSS Inc., Septentrio Inc., Spectra Geospatial, ComNav Technology Ltd., Geneq Inc., Pentax Corporation, Kolida Instrument Co. Ltd.

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

Positioning services encompass technologies and systems designed to determine the geographic location or position of a device, object, or person. These services typically calculate precise location coordinates in terms of latitude and longitude. The accuracy of the location information provided by positioning services can vary depending on the technology and environment.

Positioning services are primarily categorized into indoor and outdoor positioning. Indoor positioning involves determining the location of an object or person within a building or enclosed space, where GPS signals may be weak or unavailable. These services are used in various applications, such as navigation, surveying and mapping, fleet management, and geotagging. They also serve a range of end-users, including the transportation and logistics sector, defense and military, healthcare, aerospace, agriculture, consumer electronics, and others.

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The positioning services market includes revenues earned by entities by providing geolocation services, telemetry services, cellular network positioning, hybrid positioning systems and mapping services. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. Only goods and services traded between entities or sold to end consumers are included.

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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