Biometric Cards Market Report 2025

This Biometric Cards 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 biometric cards market size has grown rapidly in recent years. It will grow from $13.03 billion in 2024 to $15.36 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17.9%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to rising security needs, rising fraud concerns, regulatory compliance, increasing consumer convenience, and an increasing number of smartphone users.

The biometric cards market size is expected to see rapid growth in the next few years. It will grow to $29.3 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17.5%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to increasing cybersecurity threats, growing contactless payment systems, increasing demand for multifactor authentication, increasing demand for secure and reliable identification solutions, and rising demand for high-security applications. Major trends in the forecast period include the integration of contactless payment technology, the development of efficient biometric enrollment solutions, exploring blockchain technology, advancements in biometric sensors and algorithms, and integration with mobile devices.

The expansion of contactless payment systems is expected to drive the growth of the biometric card market in the future. Contactless payment systems provide a secure method for customers to make purchases with debit, credit, or smart cards using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology or near-field communication (NFC). The widespread adoption of smartphones and the popularity of digital wallets have greatly enhanced the use of contactless payments. Biometric cards are particularly advantageous in retail settings, where reducing transaction times can boost operational efficiency and customer satisfaction. These cards enhance security through fingerprint authentication, minimize fraud, and attract both customers and businesses while maintaining the convenience of contactless payments. For example, in January 2024, the European Central Bank reported that contactless card payments in the first half of 2023 increased by 24.3% from 20.9 billion in the same period of 2022, with the total value rising by 25.9% to €0.5 trillion ($545.27 billion). This trend underscores the role of growing contactless payment systems in driving the biometric card market.

Key players in the biometric card market are concentrating on developing advanced solutions, such as fingerprint biometric security, to enhance the payment experience and increase consumer satisfaction. Fingerprint biometric security involves identifying and verifying individuals based on their unique fingerprint patterns, offering high security and convenience. For instance, in June 2022, Rocker, a fintech company based in Sweden, introduced the Rocker Touch, the first biometric payment card technology. This card uses IDEMIA's F.CODE technology, which combines chip technology with a fingerprint biometric sensor to verify the cardholder's identity. This innovation allows users to authorize payments by placing their finger on the card, eliminating the need to enter a PIN. The biometric data is securely stored on the card's chip and never leaves the card, ensuring privacy and security.

In May 2024, ERMES Srl., an Italy-based company specializing in identification and security solutions, partnered with Zwipe. This partnership will see Ermes Srl offer Zwipe Access cards in Italy and has placed an initial order for demo kits to showcase the solution to potential end users. The collaboration aims to expand Zwipe's presence in the Italian security market by leveraging Ermes Srl's local expertise and support. Zwipe, a biometric technology company based in Norway, specializes in card-based fingerprint access control solutions.

Major companies operating in the biometric cards market are Samsung Semiconductor, Visa Inc., Mastercard, Thales Group, STMicroelectronics NV, IDEMIA Group, JCB Co. Ltd., KONA I Co. Ltd., FEITIAN Technologies Co. Ltd., Fingerprint Cards AB, Matica Technologies Group SA, Seshaasai Business Forms Private Limited, Precise Biometrics, Zwipe, NEXT Biometrics, Versasec AB, Ethernom, CardLogix Corporation, SmartMetric Inc., IDEX Biometrics.

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

Biometric cards are sophisticated smart cards that use biometric technology to verify the cardholder's identity by analyzing unique physiological features, such as fingerprints or iris scans. These cards provide enhanced security, reducing the risk of fraudulent transactions or identity theft.

Biometric cards come in two main types contact biometric cards and contactless biometric cards. Contact biometric cards, also known as smart cards, are advanced security devices that integrate biometric authentication to enhance security and convenience across various applications. They are used for a range of purposes, including payments, access control, government identification documents (IDs), and financial inclusion. These cards serve multiple end-user sectors, such as banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI), retail, government, healthcare, commercial entities, and more.

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The biometric cards market consists of revenues earned by entities by providing services such as biometric authentication, identity verification, privacy protection, and security management. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. The biometric card market also includes sales of biometric sensors, microprocessors, communication interfaces, and battery or power management units. 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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