RFID Annual Market Overview

Passive and Active RFID (LF, HF, UHF, and Microwave) and RTLS-Based Applications

This study provides a comprehensive overview of radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies, applications and addressable vertical markets. It is intended to provide an actionable analysis of the broad RFID marketplace.

The RFID Annual Market Overview is designed to ensure that ABI Research clients have a deep understanding of the market size, growth factors, key trends, competitive observations and overall market dynamics for the RFID space. Following a high level introduction, the other sections of the report cover the technology, applications, vertical markets, competitive landscape and a summary of ABI Research’s annual RFID end-user research. Market forecasts are also provided for RFID transponders, readers, software, and integration services. The forecast segmentation is granular and varies by product category, and includes unit shipment and revenues by region, application and vertical market.

What Questions Does This Report Answer?

  • What are the key drivers of overall RFID market growth - today and tomorrow?
  • How is the RFID market evolving and what is important to this evolution?
  • What are the primary RFID applications and what are the major initiatives and drivers within each application area?
  • What RFID technologies and applications apply to specific vertical markets and what are the key considerations within each area?
  • What is the RFID market growth forecast between now and 2014 for the key technologies, applications and vertical markets?
  • What kinds of companies comprise the RFID ecosystem and how has market consolidation (mergers and acquisitions) and investment impacted the competitive landscape?
  • What are the key end-user RFID adoption drivers and which applications are being supported, evaluated and deployed?
  • Why are non-users not using RFID?

Who Needs This Report?

  • RFID equipment manufacturers (ICs, inlays, tags, antennas, modules, readers)
  • RFID software developers (middleware, applications)
  • RFID integration services providers
  • Vendors of technologies complementary to RFID components
  • RFID start-ups
  • Governments
  • End-users requiring a broad understanding of the RFID marketplace
  • Investors (investment banks, venture capital firms, fund managers)
  • Developers seeking opportunity assessment across RFID markets

Table of Contents

Executive Brief: Top-Line Forecast
Executive Brief: Key Drivers
Executive Brief: Inhibitors
Executive Brief: Key Trends and Takeaways for 2009 and 2010 so far

Section 1.
Executive Summary
1.1. Report Overview
1.2. Market Snapshot
1.2.1. Competitive Landscape
1.2.2. Early Adopters
1.2.3. Operating Frequencies
1.2.4. UHF Standards
1.2.5. Privacy Messaging Remains Critical
1.3. Market Size Overview
1.4. Key Takeaways from 2009 and 2010 so far
1.5. Key Trends and "Things to Watch" 2010-2011

Section 2.
Market Issues
2.1. Introduction
2.2. The Top Trends in 2009 and 2010 to date
2.2.1. Impact of the Economic Recession: Stability and Growth amid Uncertainty
2.2.2. Evolution, Not Revolution
2.2.3. Focus on Business Value
2.2.4. "Hot Application" Areas Heating Up
2.2.5. Partnering Is Key
2.2.6. Software, Software, Software
2.2.7. Increased Activity Outside of the United States
2.2.8. Privacy and Security Remain Key Issues
2.2.9. Standards Continue to Drive Sectors of the Market

Section 3.
Competitive Landscape
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Today's RFID Value Chain
3.3. Industry Consolidation, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Investments
3.3.1. New Entries
3.3.2. Consolidation, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Exit Activities
3.3.3. Recent Technology and Business Investments
3.4. Sampling of Recently Announced Projects and Initiatives
3.4.1. Wal-Mart Item-level Apparel Tagging (The "Big One")
3.4.2. Airbus
3.4.3. American Apparel
3.4.4. Bank of America
3.4.5. Canadian Cattle Identification Program
3.4.6. Coca Cola Freestyle
3.4.7. Conair/USA ID
3.4.8. Container Centralen
3.4.9. Gerry Weber
3.4.10. Hawaii Department of Agriculture
3.4.11. Healthcare - Various Hospitals, Various Applications
3.4.11.1. University of Miami Center for Patient Safety
3.4.11.2. Health First of Florida
3.4.11.3. TLC Care Center
3.4.11.4. Espirito Santo Saude
3.4.11.5. Hartford Medical Group
3.4.11.6. St. Michael's Medical Center
3.4.12. Malaysia Ministry of Agriculture
3.4.13. Mexico Electronic Vehicle Registration (EVR)
3.4.14. Peltz Shoes
3.4.15. Portugal - Lisbon Airport Baggage Handling
3.4.16. Qantas Airlines

Section 4.
Market Size and Forecasts
4.1. Market Size Overview
4.1.1. Regional Market Sizing, Share Contribution, and Growth
4.1.2. Vertical Market Sizing, Share Contribution, and Growth
4.1.3. Primary Application Market Sizing, Share Contribution, and Growth
4.2. RFID Systems by Frequency
4.2.1. Low Frequency
4.2.2. High Frequency
4.2.3. Passive UHF
4.2.4. Active UHF
4.2.5. Microwave
4.3. Active versus Passive
4.4. RFID Software and Services
4.4.1. Middleware 101: Middle-Where?
4.4.2. Primary Middleware Providers
4.4.3. RFID Application Software
4.4.3.1. Fluensee
4.4.3.2. InSync
4.4.3.3. OATSystems (A division of Checkpoint)
4.4.3.4. RFID Global Solution
4.4.3.5. Vue Technology
4.4.3.6. Xterprise
4.4.3.7. Summary
4.4.4. Software and Services by the Numbers
4.5. Primary Verticals
4.5.1. Aerospace and Defense (A&D)
4.5.2. Automotive
4.5.3. Commercial Services
4.5.4. Diverse Manufacturing
4.5.5. Government
4.5.6. Healthcare and Life Sciences
4.5.7. Pharmaceutical
4.5.8. Retail Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG)
4.5.9. Retail In-Store
4.5.9.1. Retail Floor Item-Level Tracking
4.5.10. Transportation and Logistics
4.5.11. Other
4.6. Primary Applications
4.6.1. Access Control and Security
4.6.2. Animal Identification
4.6.3. Asset Tracking and Management
4.6.3.1. Fleet Management
4.6.3.2. IT Asset Tracking (Data Center and IT Office Equipment)
4.6.3.3. Medical Equipment/Device/Patient Tracking in Healthcare
4.6.3.4. Returnable Transport Items (RTIs)
4.6.3.5. Work-in-Process (WIP) Tracking
4.6.3.6. Yard Management
4.6.4. Automatic Vehicle Identification (AVI)
4.6.4.1. Electronic Toll Collection (ETC)
4.6.4.2. Electronic Vehicle Registration (EVR)
4.6.5. Automobile Immobilization
4.6.6. Baggage Handling
4.6.7. Cargo Tracking and Security
4.6.8. e-ID/ID Documents Marketplace
4.6.9. POS-Contactless Payment
4.6.10. Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS)
4.6.10.1. Wi-Fi-Based RTLS
4.6.10.2. UWB-Based RTLS and Other Alternatives
4.6.11. Supply Chain Management
4.6.11.1. Item-Level Tracking
4.7. Regional Markets
4.7.1. United States
4.7.2. Canada
4.7.3. Latin America (part of ROW)
4.7.4. Europe
4.7.5. Middle East (part of ROW)
4.7.6. Asia-Pacific

Section 5.
RFID End-User Analysis Highlights
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Survey Background
5.2.1. Survey Question Topics/Subject Areas
5.2.2. Respondents
5.2.3. Primary Vertical Markets
5.2.4. Global Demographics
5.3. Summary of RFID End User Survey Key Findings
5.3.1. RFID Usage History
5.3.2. Primary Adoption Drivers - Most Important
5.3.3. Primary Adoption Drivers - "Least" Important
5.3.4. Reasons for Non-Adoption/Evaluation
5.3.5. Primary Applications
5.3.6. RFID Budget Allocation and 2010 Budget Direction
5.3.7. Vendor Selection Criteria
5.3.8. Expected and Realized ROI Timeframes

Section 6.
Market Segmentation
6.1. ABI Research RFID Vertical Market Segmentation
6.2. ABI Research RFID Primary Application Market Segmentation
6.2.1. ABI Research RFID Sub-Application Market Segmentation
6.3. ABI Research Regional Market Segmentation

Section 7.
Acronyms

Section 8.
RFID Research Methodology and Assumptions
8.1. Introduction
8.2. The ABI Research RFID Research Compass
8.3. Primary Research Overview
8.3.1. Primary Research Target Contacts
8.4. Secondary Research Overview
8.5. RFID Market Data Collection Considerations
8.5.1. On-going Contact with the Industry Means Continuous Data Collection
8.5.2. ABI Research's "RFID Master Database"
8.5.3. ABI Research's RFID Vendor Share Policy
8.5.4. Developing Estimates for Vendors
8.5.5. Regional Distribution Challenges
8.5.6. Additional Reporting and Forecasting Challenges
Notes


Table 1-1, RFID Systems Revenue by Product Category, World Markets, Forecast: 2009 to 2014
Table 1-2, RFID Systems Revenue by Primary Application - Traditional vs. Modernizing Applications, World Markets, Forecast: 2009 to 2014
Table 4-1, RFID Systems Revenue by Product Category, World Markets, Forecast: 2009 to 2014
Table 4-2, RFID Systems Revenue by Regional Market, World Markets, Forecast: 2009 to 2014
Table 4-3, RFID Systems Revenue by Vertical Market, World Markets, Forecast: 2009 to 2014
Table 4-4, RFID Systems Revenue by Primary Application, World Markets, Forecast: 2009 to 2014
Table 4-5, Transponder IC Revenue by Operating Frequency, World Markets, Forecast: 2009 to 2014
Table 4-6, Transponder IC Shipments by Operating Frequency, World Markets, Forecast: 2009 to 2014
Table 4-7, Transponder Revenue by Operating Frequency, World Markets, Forecast: 2009 to 2014
Table 4-8, Transponder Shipments by Operating Frequency, World Markets, Forecast: 2009 to 2014
Table 4-9, Transponder Revenue by Vertical Market, World Markets, Forecast: 2009 to 2014
Table 4-10, Transponder Shipments by Vertical Market, World Markets, Forecast: 2009 to 2014
Table 4-11, Transponder Revenue by Primary Application, World Markets, Forecast: 2009 to 2014
Table 4-12, Transponder Shipments by Primary Application, World Markets, Forecast: 2009 to 2014
Table 4-13, Transponder Revenue by Region, World Markets, Forecast: 2009 to 2014
Table 4-14, Transponder Shipments by Region, World Markets, Forecast: 2009 to 2014
Table 4-15, Reader Revenue by Operating Frequency, World Markets, Forecast: 2009 to 2014
Table 4-16, Reader Shipments by Operating Frequency, World Markets, Forecast: 2009 to 2014
Table 4-17, Reader Revenue by Vertical Market, World Markets, Forecast: 2009 to 2014
Table 4-18, Reader Shipments by Vertical Market, World Markets, Forecast: 2009 to 2014
Table 4-19, Reader Revenue by Primary Application, World Markets, Forecast: 2009 to 2014
Table 4-20, Reader Shipments by Primary Application, World Markets, Forecast: 2009 to 2014
Table 4-21, Reader Revenue by Region, World Markets, Forecast: 2009 to 2014
Table 4-22, Reader Shipments by Region, World Markets, Forecast: 2009 to 2014
Table 4-23, Reader Revenue by Form Factor, World Markets, Forecast: 2009 to 2014
Table 4-24, Reader Shipments by Form Factor, World Markets, Forecast: 2009 to 2014
Table 4-25, RFID Software Revenue by Region, World Markets, Forecast: 2009 to 2014
Table 4-26, RFID Software Revenue by Vertical Market, World Markets, Forecast: 2009 to 2014
Table 4-27, RFID Software Revenue by Primary Application, World Markets, Forecast: 2009 to 2014
Table 4-28, RFID Services Revenue by Region, World Markets, Forecast: 2009 to 2014
Table 4-29, RFID Services Revenue by Vertical Market, World Markets, Forecast: 2009 to 2014
Table 4-30, RFID Services Revenue by Primary Application, World Markets, Forecast: 2009 to 2014
Table 5-1, Primary RFID System Adoption Drivers (Level of Importance) - All End Users, Average Level of Importance Ratings by RFID History/Usage (1=Not Important; 5 = Extremely Important)
Table 5-2, Are the following RFID applications being deployed, piloted/evaluated, and/or installed by your organization?, Percent of Respondents by RFID Usage/History
Table 5-3, Anticipated RFID System Expenditure Budget Direction (2010) - All End Users, Percent of Respondents by RFID Usage/History
Table 6-1, Market Definitions & Segmentation, ABI Research RFID Vertical Market Segmentation
Table 6-2, Market Definitions & Segmentation, ABI Research RFID Primary Application Market Segmentation
Table 6-3, Market Definitions & Segmentation, ABI Research RFID Sub-Application Market Segmentation
Table 6-4, Market Definitions & Segmentation, ABI Research Regional Market Segmentation
Chart 4-1, Global RFID Systems Revenue Contribution Percentage by Product Category - 2009 vs. 2014, Percent of Total Revenue, Excluding Automobile Immobilization
Chart 4-2, Year-over-Year Global RFID Revenue Growth by Product Category , Annual Revenue Growth Rates, Excluding Automobile Immobilization
Chart 4-3, Global RFID Systems Revenue Contribution Percentage by Region - 2009 vs. 2014, Percent of Total Revenue, Excluding Automobile Immobilization
Chart 4-4, Year-over-Year Global RFID Revenue Growth by Region, Annual Revenue Growth Rates, Excluding Automobile Immobilization
Chart 4-5, Global RFID Systems Revenue Contribution Percentage by Primary Application - 2009 vs. 2014, Percent of Total Revenue, Excluding Automobile Immobilization
Chart 5-1, Survey Respondents Segmented by RFID History/Usage, Percent of Respondents
Chart 5-2, Primary Reason for Not Adopting RFID, Percent of Non-User and Non-Evaluator Respondents
Chart 5-3, Expected and Realized ROI Timeframe Requirements for RFID Systems, Percent of Respondents, Excluding Non-Users and Non-Evaluators