“Growing adoption of microphones in next-generation consumer electronics along-with increasing utilization of microphones in automotive applications to drive the microphone market.”

The global microphone market size is estimated to be USD 1.6 billion in 2020 and is projected to reach 2.3 billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 7.9% during the forecast period. The market has a promising growth potential due to several factors, including the high adoption of next-generation consumer electronics, increased number of microphones per device, escalated demand for modern microphones for use in smart wearable devices, and elevated use of piezoelectric microphones in IoT applications.

The COVID-19 outbreak generated both demand-side and supply-side shocks rumbling across the global economy. Leading China-based microphone manufacturers such as AAC Technologies and Goertek have incurred huge losses due to the pandemic.The strong actions such as imposing country-wide lockdown taken by governments globally to curb the spread of COVID-19 is expected to have a severe impact on the entire manufacturing industry. The supply chain of microphone is heavily dependent on OEMs and raw material supplier, which are unable to function due to lockdowns imposed worldwide. Also, as the demand for consumer electronics have experienced a decline in this pandemic situation, the demand of microphones is significantly impacted, thereby affecting the revenue of the key players in the microphone market.

“MEMS microphones: The fastest growing technology segment of the microphone market.”

MEMS microphones is estimated to be the fastest growing technology segment of the microphone market. The growth of this segment can be attributed to the huge application of MEMS microphones in IoT enabled consumer electronic devices, owning to its miniature design. The miniature design of the microphone helps in easy integration, making them ideal for use in various compact products such as wearables, wireless earphones, and hearing aids.Other benefits provided by these microphones include low power consumption,high sound-to-noise ratio (SNR), improved noise cancellation, high-performance density, long battery life due to low current consumption, small form factors, and superior temperature stability.

“Consumer electronics: The largest growing segment of microphone market, by application.”

Consumer electronics segment accounted for the largest market share of the microphone market, by application and is dominated by smartphone manufacturers.The demand for smartphones, tablets, wearable devices, and smart home equipment has been drastically increased with high disposable income and improved life.Moreover, in most instances, IoT and voice-activated connected devices has created new market growth opportunities for key players in the microphone market.Thus, the growing inclination toward the adoption of the IoT technology is leading to surging demand for audio sensors that can be used anywhere, which is contributing towards the growth of microphone market.

“APAC is projected to be the fastest geographical market between 2020 and 2025”

APAC is expected to grow at the highest CAGR between 2020 and 2025.The highest growth rate of APAC is attributed to the growing adoption of connected devices and increasing demand for wearable electronics during the forecast period. The rising number of users of smartphones and consumer devices due to high disposable incomes is likely to stimulate the microphone market growth in APAC. Also, infotainment systems with embedded MEMS microphones are deployed in many low and mid-end cars in APAC. Moreover, advancements in traditional devices to newly developed medical instruments have directly helped the MEMS microphone market to grow at a rapid rate.The current generation of different types of medical equipment, such as hearing aids and electronic stethoscopes, employ an increased number of microphones per device compared to traditional ones for better acoustical performance.All these trends have proven to be favorable for the microphone market growth in APAC.

Breakdown of profiles of primary participants:

• By Company: Tier 1 =30%, Tier 2 =50%, and Tier 3 =20%
• By Designation: C-level Executives = 35%, Directors= 25%, and Others (sales, marketing, and product managers, as well as members of various organizations) =40%
• By Region: Americas= 45%, Europe =20%, and APAC =35%

Major players profiled in this report:

The microphone market is dominated by a few globally established players such as Knowles (US), AAC Technologies (China), TDK (Japan), Goertek (China), and ST Microelectronics (Switzerland).

Research coverage

This research report segments the global microphone market based on MEMS Type (Analog and Digital), Communication Technology (Wired and Wireless), Technology (MEMS, Electret, and Others), Application (Automotive, Commercial Security & Surveillance, Consumer Electronics, Industrial, Medical, and Noise Monitoring & Sensing), and Geography (Americas, Europe, APAC, and RoW).

The report also provides a comprehensive review of market drivers, restraints, challenges, and opportunities pertaining to the microphone market and also includes value chain. The study also includes an in-depth competitive analysis of the key players in the market, along with their company profiles, key observations related to product and business offerings, recent developments, and key market strategies.

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