Global Multirotor Drone Market Trends 2025, Forecast To 2034
5 Mar, 2025
What are the Historical Developments and Current Growth Metrics of the Multirotor Drone Market?
The multirotor drone market has seen considerable growth due to a variety of factors.
• Rapid expansion has been observed in the size of the multirotor drone market in the past years. Its progression will continue from $4.1 billion in 2024 to an estimated $4.84 billion by 2025, marking a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18.1%. The substantial growth during the historical period is a result of an extending range of commercial uses, lowered costs, improved data processing competences, and applications in environmental preservation.
What Does Future Hold for The Multirotor Drone Template Market?
The Multirotor Drone market is expected to maintain its strong growth trajectory in upcoming years.
• The market size of multirotor drones is predicted to witness a swift increase in the upcoming years, scaling up to $9.79 billion in 2029 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19.2%.
Factors driving the growth during the forecast period include aspects like the capacity for customization and specialization, usage in environmental and disaster-related solutions, safety advancements, the growth of autonomous features, and improvements in payload capabilities. The forecast period is likely to see major trends including speedy prototyping and customization, activities related to environmental management and preservation, safety and backup features, data analysis and processing, and a grow in demand for autonomous functionalities.
What Are The Primary Growth Drivers In The Multirotor Drone Market?
The multirotor drone market is expected to benefit from the growing utilization of multi-rotors by military entities. These bodies encompass personnel dedicated to combating terrorism and addressing new challenges in defense and homeland security. Multi-rotors enhance security forces' capabilities in dealing with security and terror issues, offering assistance in a variety of contexts from targeting to exploring inaccessible areas. A pertinent example is the US Department of Defense’s report in May 2022 that the Switchblade 300 drone was designed and built by AeroVironment, an American UAV manufacturing company, for the US military during the war between Russia and Ukraine. Moreover, a March 2022 fact sheet from Whitehouse.gov revealed that the US pledged to supply Ukraine with 100 tactical unmanned aerial systems as part of an $800 million military aid package. As a result, the escalating use of multi-rotors by military entities is thrusting forward the momentum of the multirotor drone market.
What Is The Segmentation Of The Global Multirotor Drone Market?
The multirotor drone market covered in this report is segmented –
1) By Type: Quadcopters, Hexacopters, Tricopters, Octocopters
2) By Payload: Camera And Imaging Systems, Control Systems, Tracking Systems, Other payload
3) By Price Range: Budget, Medium, Premium
4) By Application: Surveillance, Inspection, And Monitoring, Mapping And Surveying, Aerial Photography, Other applications
5) By End-Users: Commercial, Military And Government, Consumer
Subsegments:
1) By Quadcopters: Consumer Quadcopters, Professional Quadcopters, Racing Quadcopters
2) By Hexacopters: Aerial Photography Hexacopters, Heavy-Lift Hexacopters
3) By Tricopters: Standard Tricopters, Racing Tricopters
4) By Octocopters: Professional Octocopters, Industrial Octocopters
What Emerging Trends Are Shaping The Multirotor Drone Market Landscape?
The rising trend within the multirotor drone market can be seen to be heavily influenced by advancements in technology. The cutting-edge technology additions such as artificial intelligence and machine learning to the drones have provided features like face identification, 5G network technology, and biological detection to predict threats and suggest suitable actions. Leading businesses in the multi-rotor drone industry are persistently innovating new technologies to maintain their market standing. A recent example of this is the development of the Hybrid-Electric HAMR UAS by Advanced Aircraft Company in January 2022, a manufacturer based in the USA specializing in hybrid fuel-electric unmanned aircraft systems for defense uses. The system, which is equipped with a multi-rotor design and a hybrid gas-electric propulsion system, ensures accurate fuel usage thanks to computer-controlled fuel injection. The system injects additional fuel automatically during take-off and consumes less during flight, thus creating an efficient long-endurance drone. The drone also possesses an aerodynamic body style.
Who Are the Key Players In The Multirotor Drone Market?
Major companies operating in the multirotor drone market include:
• IdeaForge Technology Pvt. Ltd.
• AeroVironment Inc.
• SZ DJI Technology Co. Ltd.
• Autel Robotics
• Draganfly Inc.
• Microdrones GmbH
• Parrot Drone SAS
• Australian UAV Pty. Ltd.
• Aero Systems West Inc.
• Centeye Inc.
• Embention Sistemas Inteligentes SA
• 3D Robotics Inc.
• Yuneec International
• EchoBlue Ltd.
• Skydio Inc.
• Delair
• Elbit Systems Ltd.
• Aerix Drone
• DJI Innovations
• Lockheed Martin
• Northrop Grumman
• General Atomics
• PrecisionHawk
• Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
• Aurora Flight Sciences
• Impossible Aerospace
• Hoverfly Technologies
• Flyability
• CyPhy Works
• Altavian
What Are The Regional Insights Into The Multirotor Drone Market?
North America was the largest region in the multirotor drone market in 2024. The regions covered in the multirotor drone market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa.