Commercial UAVs - Statistics & Facts

The market for commercial drones, which are also sometimes called commercial unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), is expected to reach some 13 billion U.S. dollars by 2025. Commercial UAV production for mini-UAVs is currently valued at 58.4 million U.S. dollars.

Interest in UAV usage is increasing with increasing deployments by several countries around the world. The global research and development budget for drones is estimated to reach nearly four billion U.S. dollars by 2020. Amazon, the world's largest online retailer, is projected to have approximately 450,000 drones in its delivery fleet by 2020 under its proposed service "Amazon Prime Air".

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Project commercial drone revenue by 2020

2.4bn USD

Expected commercial drone revenue CAGR in North America between 2016 and 2025

36.5%
Global Market
Project commercial drone revenue by 2020 2.4bn USD Estimated global R&D budget for UAVs in 2022 3.8bn USD Projected global production share of UAVs for civil application between 2013-2027 5% Projected global commercial UAV market in 2020 6.4bn USD
U.S. Market Overview
Expected commercial drone revenue CAGR in North America between 2016 and 2025 36.5% Poll: What is the greatest concern with the adoption of drones for commercial use? Invasion of privacy U.S. state with the most FAA exemptions for UAV operators California
Chinese Market Overview
Share of civilian drone sales in China 98.6% 2020 estimated drone sales volume in China 290k units Projected commercial drone revenue in the Asia-Pacific region in 2023 2.15bn USD
Commercial UAVs in use
Projected volume of drones in Amazon's fleet per 1000 people in 2019 0.96 Projected number of drones in Amazon's fleet in 2018 262k Parrot SA's revenue share from consumer drone production 72% Parrot SA's income from ordinary operations of drone production (2.2m EUR)

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Global Market
Project commercial drone revenue by 2020 2.4bn USD Estimated global R&D budget for UAVs in 2022 3.8bn USD Projected global production share of UAVs for civil application between 2013-2027 5% Projected global commercial UAV market in 2020 6.4bn USD
U.S. Market Overview
Expected commercial drone revenue CAGR in North America between 2016 and 2025 36.5% Poll: What is the greatest concern with the adoption of drones for commercial use? Invasion of privacy U.S. state with the most FAA exemptions for UAV operators California
Chinese Market Overview
Share of civilian drone sales in China 98.6% 2020 estimated drone sales volume in China 290k units Projected commercial drone revenue in the Asia-Pacific region in 2023 2.15bn USD
Commercial UAVs in use
Projected volume of drones in Amazon's fleet per 1000 people in 2019 0.96 Projected number of drones in Amazon's fleet in 2018 262k Parrot SA's revenue share from consumer drone production 72% Parrot SA's income from ordinary operations of drone production (2.2m EUR)

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