Baby Thermometers Market Report 2025

This Baby Thermometers 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 baby thermometers market size has grown rapidly in recent years. It will grow from $12.2 billion in 2024 to $13.59 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.5%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to a heightened focus on health and hygiene due to the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing penetration of baby care products, diversification and expansion of retail channels, concerns about infectious diseases, and supportive regulatory frameworks and standards for baby care products.

The baby thermometers market size is expected to see rapid growth in the next few years. It will grow to $20.71 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.1%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to improvements in healthcare infrastructure, increasing penetration of e-commerce platforms, increased birth rates among older parents, growth of telehealth and telemedicine services, and heightened concerns about product safety and accuracy. Major trends in the forecast period include innovations in thermometer technology, continuous product innovation, growing preference for digital health products, integration of thermometers with remote monitoring technologies, and integration with wearable technology.

The increasing birth rates are expected to drive growth in the baby thermometer market in the coming years. Birth rates represent the number of live births per 1,000 people in a population over a specified period, typically one year. Rising birth rates are influenced by factors such as advancements in healthcare that lower infant mortality, cultural trends favoring larger families, economic stability supporting family planning, and government policies that encourage childbirth and family development. Baby thermometers are essential tools for monitoring newborns’ temperatures, providing quick and accurate readings to detect fever or illness early and enable prompt medical care if needed. For instance, according to an April 2024 report by the National Vital Statistics Reports, a regular publication of the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS), U.S. female birth rates increased by 1% to 5% among women aged 25-29 and 35-44, with a 12% increase among women aged 45-49. Therefore, the rising birth rates are fueling the growth of the baby thermometer market.

Leading companies in the baby thermometer market are introducing innovative products, such as infrared thermometers, to gain a competitive advantage. Infrared thermometers use infrared technology to measure temperature without physical contact, often by scanning the forehead or ear, providing quick and hygienic readings. These thermometers are popular in both medical settings and households for non-invasive and rapid temperature monitoring. For example, in July 2023, Tenovi, a U.S.-based remote patient monitoring (RPM) solutions provider, launched a cellular-enabled infrared thermometer. This FDA-approved device allows patients to automatically transmit real-time temperature readings to doctors and clinicians. By combining infrared temperature measurement with cellular connectivity, the thermometer enables real-time data transfer and remote monitoring. Its cellular functionality supports seamless data logging and centralized cloud access, making it ideal for large-scale environments such as hospitals, manufacturing facilities, and field sites. Many models are designed to withstand challenging conditions, often being dust- and water-resistant and capable of enduring high temperatures, ensuring reliable performance in diverse settings.

In March 2024, Healthy Together, a US-based health technology firm, acquired Kinsa Health to integrate Kinsa's AI technology into its SaaS platform, enhancing various sectors with AI-driven predictive health insights. Kinsa Health, based in the US, specializes in baby thermometers.

Major companies operating in the baby thermometers market are Braun GmbH, Omron Corporation, Graco Inc., Babyhug, Briggs Corporation, Exergen Corporation, iHealth Lab Inc., American Diagnostic Corporation, Fridababy LLC, Medel International Srl, Safety 1st, Innovo Medical, Bébé Comfort, Healthy Together, Metene, Fitgo, iProven, Zacurate, Femometer, ANKOVO.

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

Baby thermometers are specialized devices designed to accurately measure the body temperature of infants and young children. They often feature flexible tips, quick read times, and non-invasive methods (e.g., forehead or ear thermometers) to ensure comfort and safety while providing reliable readings.

The main types of baby thermometers include rectal, oral, infrared, ear canal, pacifier, and armpit thermometers. Rectal baby thermometers are designed to measure an infant's body temperature via the rectum. The different types of thermometers include digital baby thermometers, infrared baby thermometers, pacifier baby thermometers, and smart baby thermometers. These thermometers can be either non-connected or connected. They are distributed through various channels such as retail stores, online stores, supermarkets, and pharmacies, and are used in multiple applications, including home use, clinical use, travel and portable use, and others.

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The baby thermometers market consists of sales of temporal artery thermometers, multi-mode thermometers, and non-invasive adhesive strip thermometers. 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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