Fingerprint sensing technology has been |
and is expected to hold a major market |
considered to be one of the most reliable |
share in 2014, with the U. S. occupying |
and cost effective biometrics |
the largest market share. However, the |
technologies. Currently, the demand for |
growth rate of the North American |
fingerprint sensors is expected to |
market is expected to decline by 2020, |
register a rapid growth which would be |
with APAC expected to lead the said |
majorly driven by its application in |
market. The market for fingerprint |
mobile applications, government, |
sensors in APAC is expected to grow at |
defense and military, banking and |
the highest CAGR of 23.6 % between |
finance, travel and migration, criminal |
2015 and 2020. |
identification, healthcare, smart homes, |
The major players in the fingerprint |
and commercial security. Additionally, |
sensors market include Fingerprint |
fingerprint sensors are of better quality, |
Cards AB( Sweden), Morpho( France), |
cheaper, and more reliable compared to |
Synaptics Inc.( U. S.), 3M Cogent, Inc. |
other biometrics technologies. Thus, the |
( U. S.), IDEX ASA( Norway), Bio-Key |
said market is expecting to witness |
International, Inc.( U. S.), Crossmatch |
double digit growth rate in the coming |
( U. S.), ekey biometric systems |
five years. |
( Slovenia), BioEnable Technologies Pvt. |
The fingerprint sensors market was |
Ltd.( India), Next Biometrics Group ASA |
valued at $ 5.5 Billion in 2014 and is |
( Norway), and DERMALOG Identification |
projected to grow till $ 14.5 Billion by |
Systems GmbH( Germany), Fingerprint |
2020. This market is expected to grow at |
Cards( FPC), Samsung and Synaptics, |
a CAGR of 17.1 % between 2015 and |
Qualcomm, InvenSense |
2020. Additionally, in terms | |
of shipments, the fingerprint | |
sensors market is projected | |
to reach 10 Billion till 2020, | |
at a double digit CAGR | |
between 2015 and 2020. The | |
rapid growth in the market | |
size is due to the successful | |
application of fingerprint | |
sensors in smartphones, | |
tablets, and other electronics | |
consumer goods. | |
North America is the largest | |
market for fingerprint sensors |