The Small Language Model Market Overview 2025 report reveals that the market size has grown significantly over the past few years, with projections indicating further expansion.
The Small Language Model Global Market Report 2025 market has seen exponential growth in recent years. The market size is projected to increase from $7.66 billion in 2024 to $9.23 billion in 2025, with a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 20.4%.
In 2029, the Small Language Model Global Market is projected to reach a size of $19.21 billion, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20.1%.
Download Your Free Sample of the 2025 Small Language Model Market Report and Uncover Key Trends Now!The key drivers in the small language model market are:
• Rising demand for cost-effective and efficient AI solutions
• Increase in demand for multilingual small language models
• Growing focus on optimization techniques for small language models
• Increasing investments and adoption of IoT in the market
The small language model market covered in this report is segmented –
1) By Type: Below 5 Billion Parameters, Above 5 Billion Parameters
2) By Technology: Deep Learning-Based, Machine Learning-Based, Rule-Based System
3) By Deployment: Cloud, On-Premises, Hybrid
4) By Application: Artificial Intelligence Training, Chatbots And Virtual Assistants, Content Generation, Language Translation, Code Development, Medical Diagnosis And Treatment, Education, Other Applications
Subsegments:
1) By Below 5 Billion Parameters: Edge AI Models, On-Device NLP Models, Chatbots And Virtual Assistants, Domain-Specific Models
2) By Above 5 Billion Parameters: Enterprise AI Assistants, Multilingual Translation Models, Content Generation Models, Code Generation Models
The key trends in the small language model market are:
• Energy-efficient AI is an emerging trend in the small language model market.
• Open-source initiatives are shaping the future of the market.
• Edge deployment and on-device processing are expected trends in the near future.
• The integration of federated learning and industry-specific tools into small language models is an upcoming development.
Major players in the small language model market are:
• Apple Inc.
• Microsoft Corporation
• Alibaba Group Holding Limited
• Qualcomm Incorporated
• Oracle Corporation
• NVIDIA Corporation
• Salesforce Inc.
• Infosys Limited
• Zoho Corporation
• Databricks Inc.
• DataRobot Inc.
• OpenAI Inc.
• Uniphore Technologies Inc.
• H2O.ai Inc.
• Stability AI Ltd.
• Upstage
• Hugging Face Inc.
• Jina AI Inc.
• Thinktecture AG
• Mobius Labs GmbH
• Arcee AI
North America was the largest region in the small language model market in 2024