Facial Recognition Market Size & Share Report

2025

2030

Global Facial Recognition Market – Analysis and Forecast (2025-2030)

Industry Insight by Component (Software Tools, Services), by Industry Vertical (Government and Transportation, Military and Defense, BFSI, Retail & E-Commerce, Hospitality, Healthcare, Education, Automotive, Others), by Application Insight (Law Enforcement, Access Control, Emotional Recognition, Attendance Tracking, Monitoring, Others), and Geographical Segmentation by Region (North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific (APAC), Rest of the World (RoW))

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Industry Overview

The global facial recognition market size will grow from USD 5.2 billion in 2023 to USD 18.5 billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of 18.5% during the forecast period. Facial recognition is a type of biometric software that can uniquely identify, recognize, and authenticate an individual by comparing and analyzing patterns based on the subject's facial contours without making physical contact. Market expansion is being fueled by the growing use of facial recognition technology across numerous applications and has been a common trend in the digital era. Especially in airports, border officials are deploying technology to check the identity of the traveler. Law enforcement organizations also utilise face recognition software to search through CCTV footage and identify the desired individual. Smartphones are another use where the technology has seen significant uptake.

Facial Recognition Market Highlights

A smartphone's software can be used to verify payments, sign into mobile apps, and unlock the device. Thus, Facial tracking technologies in smartphones and financial institutions enable the delivery of a better user experience with the help of a digital identity verification system. Current market trends that affect the worldwide facial recognition market include the adoption of multi-sensor cameras, growing cybersecurity concerns, IoT video analytics & artificial intelligence, and cloud computing.

Market Segmentation

Insight by Component

Based on component, the global facial recognition market is segmented into Software Tools and Services. Software Tools include 2D Facial Recognition, 3D Facial Recognition, and Facial Analytics. Services include Training and Consulting and Support & Maintenance. Services segment is anticipated to have a high CAGR during the forecast period. Providers of facial recognition software offer services that assist in implementing the solution without necessitating the purchase.

The 3D facial recognition segment dominates the market owing to advent of developed technologies like cloud-based solutions and facial analytics. Due to facial analytics capabilities, users of facial recognition software may identify a face's appearance in a video or image as well as attributes of the face. Facial analytics offer highly effective and precise detection. As a result, it is increasingly being used in industries including education and research, retail, healthcare, and law enforcement to identify changed characteristics like gender, age, height, and other facial features. Furthermore, the 3D facial recognition systems' accuracy makes it possible to deploy them for public safety tasks like monitoring and border control. 3D recognition systems are preferred over 2D ones in places like airports that need a high level of security.

Insight by Application

Based on Application, the global Facial Recognition Market is segregated into Law Enforcement, Access Control, Emotional Recognition, Attendance Tracking and Monitoring, and Others. Law enforcement has contributed the highest share in the global facial recognition market. Law enforcement agencies have introduced facial recognition solutions to curtail the spread of coronavirus. Further, these systems are using thermal camera checks, which are being implemented by healthcare institutions all around the world. New use cases for facial recognition technology are also anticipated to be widely adopted, including biometric sign-in, public security, travel security, authorised healthcare services, eLearning platforms, and numerous other applications. Thus, there is a surge in market demand for facial recognition solutions post-COVID-19 crisis.

Insight by Industry Vertical

Based on Industry Vertical, the global Facial Recognition market is segmented into Government and Transportation, Military and Defense, BFSI, Retail & E-Commerce, Hospitality, Healthcare, Education, Automotive, and Others. The government and defense sector contributes the largest market share owing to increased investment of facial recognition technologies in several activities like border control and criminal identification. Since facial recognition makes identification and verification easier, it is being widely used for immigration at airports as well as attendance tracking and monitoring. Businesses are using facial recognition technologies and services to streamline manual processing and save time as a result of the increased technology breakthroughs occurring across all industries. Instead of having a person on-site, some governments are depending on ubiquitous sensors and robust analytics algorithms. Several governments have incorporated these new monitoring technologies in applications for healthcare, public safety, and surveillance in the fight against COVID-19. Facial recognition has some significant applications in the surveillance and authentication of individuals to combat COVID-19. The governments of all the countries impacted by COVID-19 have set aside particular funds to combat the disease.

Global Facial Recognition Market Report Coverage

Report Metric	Details
Historical Period	2018 - 2023
Base Year Considered	2024
Forecast Period	2025 - 2030
Market Size in 2023	U.S.D. 5.2 Billion
Revenue Forecast in 2030	U.S.D. 18.5 Billion
Growth Rate	18.5%
Segments Covered in the Report	By Component, By Application and By Industry Vertical
Report Scope	Market Trends, Drivers, and Restraints; Revenue Estimation and Forecast; Segmentation Analysis; Impact of COVID-19; Companies’ Strategic Developments; Market Share Analysis of Key Players; Company Profiling
Regions Covered in the Report	North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East, and Rest of the World

Industry Dynamics

Growth Drivers

The need to maximize efficiency and reduce human involvement is primarily driving the massive market growth for facial recognition technology. Other factors attributing to the market growth of the facial recognition industry include rising significance by the surveillance industry to monitor crimes, frauds, and terrorist activities, mounting investment in facial recognition technologies by the government and defense sector including homeland security, federal and regional law enforcement agencies, and other security departments, technological developments like the advancement of 3D algorithms, which help identify the emotions of a person and increased adoption in several industry verticals like BFSI, healthcare, retail, and education, thereby propelling the market development of facial recognition industry.

Since no physical contact is necessary, unlike with fingerprint or other security measures, facial recognition enables an automated, fast, and smooth verification experience. Additionally, it has nothing to do with keys or ID cards that might be stolen or misplaced. Other benefits of facial recognition include the ability to access wallets without taking out cash or credit cards owing to the verification offered by facial recognition.

Challenges

There is a lack of knowledge and awareness along with facial occlusion and face detection error that may pose a challenge in the market development of the facial recognition industry. The possibility of false matches may pose a challenge for the implementation of facial recognition technologies by the federal and police departments. Thus, lack of accuracy and huge implementation cost of facial recognition technology may impede the market development.

Opportunities

Increased Adoption of Cloud-Based Facial recognition system.
During the projected period, the development of drone and mobile security applications is anticipated to present lucrative prospects for the face recognition market size to increase.

Geographic Overview

North America
Europe
Asia Pacific (APAC)
Rest of the World (RoW)

North America is anticipated to contribute the largest share in the global facial recognition market owing to increased adoption of developed and connected technologies by the industry players, surge in infrastructural growth of the surveillance industry. Moreover, it is widely deployed in security and law enforcement applications so as to monitor employee screenings, border management, defense, healthcare, security, etc., and prosperous technologies, like smart infrastructures, smart city initiatives, the use of ePassports, and eVisa will drive the growth in the region.

Competitive Insight

The facial recognition market is extremely competitive on a global scale. Through the development of their product portfolios and mergers and acquisitions, vendors are attempting to grasp growth potential and bolster their position in the market. In order to improve consumer experiences, several financial institutions and retailers are working on implementing facial recognition technology. Moreover, in the facial recognition sector, strategic partnerships are a major trend. Companies are collaborating with facial recognition firms in order to enter new markets and make the most of one another's resources.

Ayonix Corporation is a Japan-based Global Face technology company. Face recognition products from Ayonix can be used in access control systems, surveillance systems, computer security, banking, entertainment, law enforcement applications, customer management systems, and a variety of other applications. There is an incremental demand for Face recognition during the COVID-19 outbreak, but all face recognition engines have not been sufficient for the customers. Ayonix identified this gap and created products to meet the needs of its customers. Ayonix is now primarily a computer vision software solution. It is an intelligent software that integrates with existing camera systems and then identifies mask faces with 99% accuracy. They have four key intellectual property (IP) assets: a 3D AI engine, embedded FR technology, an ultra-fast face detection algorithm, and Thermal& Night vision Face technology. Face detection algorithms detect human faces despite masks, ages, gender, ethnicity, and environmental factors such as light, face angle, noisy environments, night time, weather conditions, and so on.

Cognitec creates market-leading face recognition technologies for enterprise and government clients worldwide. Several independent evaluation tests have demonstrated FaceVACS® software's superior performance. Products in Cognitec's portfolio include facial image database search, recorded video investigation, real-time video screening and people analytics, border control, ICAO compliant photo capturing, and facial image quality assessment.

Recent Development by Key Players

In June 2022, the leading provider of Human Behavioural Analytics AI, nViso SA (NVISO), is happy to announce that a commercial pilot using its Human Behavioural Analytics AI software solution has begun to assist Siemens Healthineers in creating new intelligent applications. The collaboration will include real-time deep learning-based AI Apps for face identification, head pose recognition, facial recognition, and emotion recognition in an initial trial setting. These AI Apps are specially made for hardware with limited resources, necessitating low-power, low-memory footprints distributed at the periphery without a network connection.

In April 2022, With Cognitec Systems joining the SALTO Group, the face recognition firm will increase its market reach, research, and product development capabilities while collaborating with SALTO on cutting-edge solutions for growing biometric markets. In order to satisfy market demands for face recognition and artificial intelligence technologies to be added to the company's famous electronic access control and ticketing solutions, SALTO strategically chose Cognitec.

Key Players Covered in the Report

Some of the prominent players in the global facial recognition industry include NEC Corporation, Aware, Inc., Ayonix Corp., Cognitec Systems GmbH, NVISO SA, Neurotechnology, Microsoft, Thales, Fulcrum Biometrics, and Pangiam Trueface.

The Facial Recognition Market research includes a comprehensive market segmentation analysis as well as projections for the analysis period 2025-2030.

Segments Covered in the Report

By Component
- Software Tools
- Services
By Industry Vertical
- Government and Transportation
- Military and Defense
- BFSI
- Retail & E-Commerce
- Hospitality
- Healthcare
- Education
- Automotive
- Others
By Application
- Law Enforcement
- Access Control
- Emotional Recognition
- Attendance Tracking
- Monitoring
- Others

Region Covered in the Report

North America
- U.S.
- Canada
- Mexico
Europe
- Germany
- U.K.
- France
- Italy
- Spain
- Russia
- Rest of Europe
Asia-Pacific (APAC)
- China
- Japan
- India
- South Korea
- Rest of Asia-Pacific
Rest of the World (RoW)
- Brazil
- Saudi Arabia
- South Africa
- U.A.E.
- Other Countries

Facial Recognition Market Size

Source: VynZ Research

Facial Recognition Market Analysis

Source: VynZ Research

1. Research Overview

1.1. The Report Offers
1.2. Market Coverage
1.2.1. By Component
1.2.2. By Application
1.2.3. By Industry Vertical
1.2.4. By Region
1.3. Research Phases
1.4. Limitations
1.5. Research Methodology
1.5.1. Data Sources
1.5.1.1. Primary Research
1.5.1.2. Secondary Research
1.5.2. Methodology
1.5.2.1. Data Exploration
1.5.2.2. Forecast Parameters
1.5.2.3. Data Validation
1.5.2.4. Assumptions
1.5.3. Study Period & Data Reporting Unit

2. Executive Summary

3. Industry Overview

3.1. Industry Dynamics
3.1.1. Market Growth Drivers
3.1.2. Market Restraints
3.1.3. Key Market Trends
3.1.4. Major Opportunities
3.2. Industry Ecosystem
3.2.1. Porter’s Five Forces Analysis
3.2.2. Recent Development Analysis
3.2.3. Value Chain Analysis
3.3. Competitive Insight
3.3.1. Competitive Position of Industry Players
3.3.2. Market Attractive Analysis

4. Global Market Estimate and Forecast

4.1. Global Market Overview
4.2. Global Market Estimate and Forecast to 2030

5. Market Segmentation Estimate and Forecast

5.1. By Component

5.1.1. Software Tools
   5.1.1.1. Market Definition
   5.1.1.2. Market Estimation and Forecast to 2030
5.1.2. Services
   5.1.2.1. Market Definition
   5.1.2.2. Market Estimation and Forecast to 2030
5.2. By Industry Vertical

5.2.1. Government and Transportation
   5.2.1.1. Market Definition
   5.2.1.2. Market Estimation and Forecast to 2030
5.2.2. Military and Defense
   5.2.2.1. Market Definition
   5.2.2.2. Market Estimation and Forecast to 2030
       5.2.3. BFSI
   5.2.2.1. Market Definition
   5.2.2.2. Market Estimation and Forecast to 2030
       5.2.4. Retail & E-Commerce
   5.2.2.1. Market Definition
   5.2.2.2. Market Estimation and Forecast to 2030
       5.2.5. Hospitality
   5.2.2.1. Market Definition
   5.2.2.2. Market Estimation and Forecast to 2030
       5.2.6. Healthcare
   5.2.2.1. Market Definition
   5.2.2.2. Market Estimation and Forecast to 2030
       5.2.7. Education
   5.2.2.1. Market Definition
   5.2.2.2. Market Estimation and Forecast to 2030
       5.2.8. Automotive
   5.2.2.1. Market Definition
   5.2.2.2. Market Estimation and Forecast to 2030
       5.2.9. Others
   5.2.2.1. Market Definition
   5.2.2.2. Market Estimation and Forecast to 2030
   5.3. By Application Insight

5.3.1. Law Enforcement
   5.2.1.1. Market Definition
   5.2.1.2. Market Estimation and Forecast to 2030
5.3.2. Access Control
   5.2.2.1. Market Definition
   5.2.2.2. Market Estimation and Forecast to 2030
5.3.3. Emotional Recognition
   5.2.3.1. Market Definition
   5.2.3.2. Market Estimation and Forecast to 2030
       5.3.4. Attendance Tracking
   5.2.3.1. Market Definition
   5.2.3.2. Market Estimation and Forecast to 2030
       5.3.5. Monitoring
   5.2.3.1. Market Definition
   5.2.3.2. Market Estimation and Forecast to 2030
       5.3.6. Others
   5.2.3.1. Market Definition
   5.2.3.2. Market Estimation and Forecast to 2030

6. North America Market Estimate and Forecast

6.1. By Type
6.2. By Application
6.3. By Offering
6.4. By Country
6.4.1. U.S. Market Estimate and Forecast
6.4.2. Canada Market Estimate and Forecast
6.4.3. Mexico Market Estimate and Forecast

7. Europe Market Estimate and Forecast

7.1. By Type
7.2. By Application
7.3. By Offering
7.4. By Country
7.4.1. Germany Market Estimate and Forecast
7.4.2. France Market Estimate and Forecast
7.4.3. U.K. Market Estimate and Forecast
7.4.4. Italy Market Estimate and Forecast
7.4.5. Spain Market Estimate and Forecast
7.4.6. Russia Market Estimate and Forecast
7.4.7. Rest of Europe Market Estimate and Forecast

8. Asia-Pacific Market Estimate and Forecast

8.1. By Type
8.2. By Application
8.3. By Offering
8.4. By Country
8.4.1. China Market Estimate and Forecast
8.4.2. Japan Market Estimate and Forecast
8.4.3. India Market Estimate and Forecast
8.4.4. South Korea Market Estimate and Forecast
8.4.5. Rest of Asia-Pacific Market Estimate and Forecast

9. Rest of the World (RoW) Market Estimate and Forecast

9.1. By Type
9.2. By Application
9.3. By Offering
9.4. By Country
9.4.1. Brazil Market Estimate and Forecast
9.4.2. Saudi Arabia Market Estimate and Forecast
9.4.3. South Africa Market Estimate and Forecast
9.4.4. U.A.E. Market Estimate and Forecast
9.4.5. Other Countries Market Estimate and Forecast

10. Company Profiles

10.1. NEC Corporation.
10.1.1. Snapshot
10.1.2. Overview
10.1.3. Offerings
10.1.4. Financial Insight
10.1.5. Recent Developments
10.2. Aware Inc.
10.2.1. Snapshot
10.2.2. Overview
10.2.3. Offerings
10.2.4. Financial Insight
10.2.5. Recent Developments
10.3. Ayonix corp.
10.3.1. Snapshot
10.3.2. Overview
10.3.3. Offerings
10.3.4. Financial Insight
10.3.5. Recent Developments
10.4. Cognitec Systems GmbH.
10.4.1. Snapshot
10.4.2. Overview
10.4.3. Offerings
10.4.4. Financial Insight
10.4.5. Recent Developments
10.5. NVISO SA.
10.5.1. Snapshot
10.5.2. Overview
10.5.3. Offerings
10.5.4. Financial Insight
10.5.5. Recent Developments
10.6. Neurotechnology.
10.6.1. Snapshot
10.6.2. Overview
10.6.3. Offerings
10.6.4. Financial Insight
10.6.5. Recent Developments
10.7. Microsoft.
10.7.1. Snapshot
10.7.2. Overview
10.7.3. Offerings
10.7.4. Financial Insight
10.7.5. Recent Developments
10.8. Thales.
10.8.1. Snapshot
10.8.2. Overview
10.8.3. Offerings
10.8.4. Financial Insight
10.8.5. Recent Developments
10.9. Fulcrum Biometrics.
10.9.1. Snapshot
10.9.2. Overview
10.9.3. Offerings
10.9.4. Financial Insight
10.9.5. Recent Developments
10.10. Pangiam Trueface.
10.9.1. Snapshot
10.9.2. Overview
10.9.3. Offerings
10.9.4. Financial Insight
10.9.5. Recent Developments
11. Appendix

11.1. Exchange Rates
11.2. Abbreviations

Note: Financial insight and recent developments of different companies are subject to the availability of information in the secondary domain.

List of Tables

Table 1 Sources
Table 2 Study Periods
Table 3 Data Reporting Unit
Table 4 Global Facial Recognition Market, By Source, 2018-2021 (USD Billion)
Table 5 Global Facial Recognition Market, By Source, 2022-2030(USD Billion)
Table 6 Global Facial Recognition Market, By Class, 2018-2021 (USD Billion)
Table 7 Global Facial Recognition Market, By Class, 2022-2030(USD Billion)
Table 8 Global Facial Recognition Market, By Application, 2018-2021 (USD Billion)
Table 9 Global Facial Recognition Market, By Application, 2022-2030(USD Billion)
Table 10 Global Facial Recognition Market, by Region, 2018-2021 (USD Billion)
Table 11 Global Facial Recognition Market, by Region, 2022-2030(USD Billion)
Table 12 North America Facial Recognition Market, By Source, 2018-2021 (USD Billion)
Table 13 North America Facial Recognition Market, By Source, 2022-2030(USD Billion)
Table 14 North America Facial Recognition Market, By Class, 2018-2021 (USD Billion)
Table 15 North America Facial Recognition Market, By Class, 2022-2030(USD Billion)
Table 16 North America Facial Recognition Market, By Application, 2018-2021 (USD Billion)
Table 17 North America Facial Recognition Market, By Application, 2022-2030(USD Billion)
Table 18 North America Facial Recognition Market, by Region, 2018-2021 (USD Billion)
Table 19 North America Facial Recognition Market, by Region, 2022-2030(USD Billion)
Table 20 Europe Facial Recognition Market, By Source, 2018-2021 (USD Billion)
Table 21 Europe Facial Recognition Market, By Source, 2022-2030(USD Billion)
Table 22 Europe Facial Recognition Market, By Class, 2018-2021 (USD Billion)
Table 23 Europe Facial Recognition Market, By Class, 2022-2030(USD Billion)
Table 24 Europe Facial Recognition Market, By Application, 2018-2021 (USD Billion)
Table 25 Europe Facial Recognition Market, By Application, 2022-2030(USD Billion)
Table 26 Europe Facial Recognition Market, by Region, 2018-2021 (USD Billion)
Table 27 Europe Facial Recognition Market, by Region, 2022-2030(USD Billion)
Table 28 Asia-Pacific Facial Recognition Market, By Source, 2018-2021 (USD Billion)
Table 29 Asia-Pacific Facial Recognition Market, By Source, 2022-2030(USD Billion)
Table 30 Asia-Pacific Facial Recognition Market, By Class, 2018-2021 (USD Billion)
Table 31 Asia-Pacific Facial Recognition Market, By Class, 2022-2030(USD Billion)
Table 32 Asia-Pacific Facial Recognition Market, By Application, 2018-2021 (USD Billion)
Table 33 Asia-Pacific Facial Recognition Market, By Application, 2022-2030(USD Billion)
Table 34 Asia-Pacific Facial Recognition Market, by Region, 2018-2021 (USD Billion)
Table 35 Asia-Pacific Facial Recognition Market, by Region, 2022-2030(USD Billion)
Table 36 RoW Facial Recognition Market, By Source, 2018-2021 (USD Billion)
Table 37 RoW Facial Recognition Market, By Source, 2022-2030(USD Billion)
Table 38 RoW Facial Recognition Market, By Class, 2018-2021 (USD Billion)
Table 39 RoW Facial Recognition Market, By Class, 2022-2030(USD Billion)
Table 40 RoW Facial Recognition Market, By Application, 2018-2021 (USD Billion)
Table 41 RoW Facial Recognition Market, By Application, 2022-2030(USD Billion)
Table 42 RoW Facial Recognition Market, by Region, 2018-2021 (USD Billion)
Table 43 RoW Facial Recognition Market, by Region, 2022-2030(USD Billion)
Table 44 Snapshot – NEC Corporation.
Table 45 Snapshot – Aware Inc.
Table 46 Snapshot – Ayonix corp.
Table 47 Snapshot – Cognitec Systems GmbH.
Table 48 Snapshot – NVISO SA.
Table 49 Snapshot – Neurotechnology.
Table 50 Snapshot – Microsoft.
Table 51 Snapshot – Thales.
Table 52 Snapshot – Fulcrum Biometrics.
Table 53 Snapshot – Pangiam Trueface.

List of Figures

Figure 1 Market Coverage
Figure 2 Research Phases
Figure 3 Secondary Sources for Different Parameters
Figure 4 Methodology
Figure 5 Data Mining & Exploration
Figure 6 Data Triangulation
Figure 7 Assumptions for Market Estimation and Forecast
Figure 8 Market Synopsis
Figure 9 Global Facial RecognitionMarket - Growth Drivers and Restraints
Figure 10 Competitive Benchmark
Figure 11 Global Facial RecognitionMarket Highlight
Figure 12 Global Facial RecognitionMarket, By Source, 2018 - 2030 (USD Billion)
Figure 13 Global Facial RecognitionMarket, By Class, 2018 - 2030 (USD Billion)
Figure 14 Global Facial RecognitionMarket, By Application, 2018 - 2030 (USD Billion)
Figure 15 Global Facial RecognitionMarket, By Region, 2018 - 2030 (USD Billion)
Figure 16 North America Facial RecognitionMarket Highlight
Figure 17 North America Facial RecognitionMarket, By Source, 2018 - 2030 (USD Billion)
Figure 18 North America Facial RecognitionMarket, By Class, 2018 - 2030 (USD Billion)
Figure 19 North America Facial RecognitionMarket, By Application, 2018 - 2030 (USD Billion)
Figure 20 North America Facial RecognitionMarket , By Region, 2018 - 2030 (USD Billion)
Figure 21 Europe Facial RecognitionMarket Highlight
Figure 22 Europe Facial RecognitionMarket, By Source, 2018 - 2030 (USD Billion)
Figure 23 Europe Facial RecognitionMarket, By Class, 2018 - 2030 (USD Billion)
Figure 24 Europe Facial RecognitionMarket, By Application, 2018 - 2030 (USD Billion)
Figure 25 Europe Facial RecognitionMarket, By Region, 2018 - 2030 (USD Billion)
Figure 26 Asia-Pacific Facial RecognitionMarket Highlight
Figure 27 Asia-Pacific Facial RecognitionMarket, By Source, 2018 - 2030 (USD Billion)
Figure 28 Asia-Pacific Facial RecognitionMarket, By Class, 2018 - 2030 (USD Billion)
Figure 29 Asia-Pacific Facial RecognitionMarket, By Application, 2018 - 2030 (USD Billion)
Figure 30 Asia-Pacific Facial RecognitionMarket, By Region, 2018 - 2030 (USD Billion)
Figure 31 RoW Facial RecognitionMarket Highlight
Figure 32 RoW Facial RecognitionMarket, By Source, 2018 - 2030 (USD Billion)
Figure 33 RoW Facial RecognitionMarket, By Class, 2018 - 2030 (USD Billion)
Figure 34 RoW Facial RecognitionMarket, By Application, 2018 - 2030 (USD Billion)
Figure 35 RoW Facial RecognitionMarket, By Region, 2018 - 2030 (USD Billion)

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