PUBLISHER: TechNavio | PRODUCT CODE: 2172510
PUBLISHER: TechNavio | PRODUCT CODE: 2172510
Global Location-Based Services (LBS) Market 2026-2030
The global location-based services (LBS) market is forecasted to grow by USD 301202.6 mn during 2025-2030, accelerating at a CAGR of 24.5% during the forecast period. The report on the global location-based services (LBS) market provides a holistic analysis, market size and forecast, trends, growth drivers, and challenges, as well as vendor analysis covering around 25 vendors.
The report offers an up-to-date analysis regarding the current market scenario, the latest trends and drivers, and the overall market environment. The market is driven by expansion of connected wearable and location-enabled consumer devices, growing adoption of connected mobility ecosystems, expanding penetration of smartphones and location-enabled digital applications.
The study was conducted using an objective combination of primary and secondary information including inputs from key participants in the industry. The report contains a comprehensive market size data, segment with regional analysis and vendor landscape in addition to an analysis of the key companies. Reports have historic and forecast data.
| Market Scope | |
|---|---|
| Base Year | 2025 |
| End Year | 2030 |
| Series Year | 2026-2030 |
| Growth Momentum | Accelerate |
| YOY 2026 | 21.4% |
| CAGR | 24.5% |
| Incremental Value | $301202.6 mn |
Technavio's global location-based services (LBS) market is segmented as below:
By Component
- Hardware
- Software
- Services
By Type
- Outdoor
- Indoor
By Application
- Navigation and tracking
- GIS and mapping
- Geo marketing and advertising
- Social networking
- Others
Geography
- North America
- US
- Canada
- Mexico
- Europe
- Germany
- UK
- France
- Italy
- Spain
- The Netherlands
- APAC
- China
- Japan
- India
- South Korea
- Australia
- Indonesia
- South America
- Brazil
- Argentina
- Chile
- Middle East and Africa
- UAE
- Turkey
- South Africa
- Rest of World (ROW)
This study identifies the shift toward spatial intelligence platforms as one of the prime reasons driving the global location-based services (LBS) market growth during the next few years. Also, AI-native location reasoning integration within location services and growing convergence of location intelligence with digital twin environments will lead to sizable demand in the market.
The report on the global location-based services (LBS) market covers the following areas:
- Global location-based services (LBS) market sizing
- Global location-based services (LBS) market forecast
- Global location-based services (LBS) market industry analysis
The robust vendor analysis is designed to help clients improve their market position, and in line with this, this report provides a detailed analysis of several leading global location-based services (LBS) market vendors that include Apple Inc., CartoDB Inc., CenTrak Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Esri Inc., Foursquare Labs Inc., Garmin Ltd., Google LLC, HERE Technologies, IBM Corp., Mapbox Inc., Microsoft Corp., Navigine Corp., NextBillion AI, Oracle Corp., Precisely Software Inc, Qualcomm Inc., Quuppa Oy, Telefonaktiebolaget Ericsson, TomTom NV, Trimble Inc., Zebra Technologies Corp.. Also, the global location-based services (LBS) market analysis report includes information on upcoming trends and challenges that will influence market growth. This is to help companies strategize and leverage all forthcoming growth opportunities.
The publisher presents a detailed picture of the market by the way of study, synthesis, and summation of data from multiple sources by an analysis of key parameters such as profit, pricing, competition, and promotions. It presents various market facets by identifying the key industry influencers. The data presented is comprehensive, reliable, and a result of extensive primary and secondary research. The market research reports provide a complete competitive landscape and an in-depth vendor selection methodology and analysis using qualitative and quantitative research to forecast accurate market growth.
Table of Contents
1 Executive Summary
- 1.1 Market overview
- Executive Summary - Chart on Market Overview
- Executive Summary - Data Table on Market Overview
- Executive Summary - Chart on Global Market Characteristics
- Executive Summary - Chart on Market by Geography
- Executive Summary - Chart on Market Segmentation by Component
- Executive Summary - Chart on Market Segmentation by Type
- Executive Summary - Chart on Market Segmentation by Application
- Executive Summary - Chart on Incremental Growth
- Executive Summary - Data Table on Incremental Growth
- Executive Summary - Chart on Company Market Positioning
2 Technavio Analysis
- 2.1 Analysis of price sensitivity, lifecycle, customer purchase basket, adoption rates, and purchase criteria
- Analysis of price sensitivity, lifecycle, customer purchase basket, adoption rates, and purchase criteria
- 2.2 Criticality of inputs and Factors of differentiation
- 2.3 Factors of disruption
- 2.4 Impact of drivers and challenges
3 Market Landscape
- 3.1 Market ecosystem
- 3.2 Market characteristics
- 3.3 Value chain analysis
4 Market Sizing
- 4.1 Market definition
- 4.2 Market segment analysis
- Market segments
- 4.3 Market size 2025
- 4.4 Market outlook: Forecast for 2025-2030
5 Historic Market Size
- 5.1 Global Location-Based Services (LBS) Market 2020 - 2024
- Historic Market Size - Data Table on Global Location-Based Services (LBS) Market 2020 - 2024 ($ million)
- 5.2 Component segment analysis 2020 - 2024
- Historic Market Size - Component Segment 2020 - 2024 ($ million)
- 5.3 Type segment analysis 2020 - 2024
- Historic Market Size - Type Segment 2020 - 2024 ($ million)
- 5.4 Application segment analysis 2020 - 2024
- Historic Market Size - Application Segment 2020 - 2024 ($ million)
- 5.5 Geography segment analysis 2020 - 2024
- Historic Market Size - Geography Segment 2020 - 2024 ($ million)
- 5.6 Country segment analysis 2020 - 2024
- Historic Market Size - Country Segment 2020 - 2024 ($ million)
6 Qualitative Analysis
- 6.1 Impact of AI on global location-based services (LBS) market
- 6.2 Impact of geopolitical conflicts on global location-based services (LBS) market
7 Five Forces Analysis
- 7.1 Five forces summary
- Five forces analysis - Comparison between 2025 and 2030
- 7.2 Bargaining power of buyers
- Bargaining power of buyers - Impact of key factors 2025 and 2030
- 7.3 Bargaining power of suppliers
- Bargaining power of suppliers - Impact of key factors in 2025 and 2030
- 7.4 Threat of new entrants
- Threat of new entrants - Impact of key factors in 2025 and 2030
- 7.5 Threat of substitutes
- Threat of substitutes - Impact of key factors in 2025 and 2030
- 7.6 Threat of rivalry
- Threat of rivalry - Impact of key factors in 2025 and 2030
- 7.7 Market condition
8 Market Segmentation by Component
- 8.1 Market segments
- 8.2 Comparison by Component
- 8.3 Hardware - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 8.4 Software - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 8.5 Services - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 8.6 Market opportunity by Component
- Market opportunity by Component ($ million)
9 Market Segmentation by Type
- 9.1 Market segments
- 9.2 Comparison by Type
- 9.3 Outdoor - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 9.4 Indoor - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 9.5 Market opportunity by Type
- Market opportunity by Type ($ million)
10 Market Segmentation by Application
- 10.1 Market segments
- 10.2 Comparison by Application
- 10.3 Navigation and tracking - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 10.4 GIS and mapping - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 10.5 Geo marketing and advertising - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 10.6 Social networking - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 10.7 Others - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 10.8 Market opportunity by Application
- Market opportunity by Application ($ million)
11 Customer Landscape
- 11.1 Customer landscape overview
- Analysis of price sensitivity, lifecycle, customer purchase basket, adoption rates, and purchase criteria
12 Geographic Landscape
- 12.1 Geographic segmentation
- 12.2 Geographic comparison
- 12.3 North America - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.3.1 US - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.3.2 Canada - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.3.3 Mexico - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.4 Europe - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.4.1 Germany - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.4.2 UK - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.4.3 France - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.4.4 Italy - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.4.5 Spain - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.4.6 The Netherlands - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.5 APAC - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.5.1 China - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.5.2 Japan - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.5.3 India - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.5.4 South Korea - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.5.5 Australia - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.5.6 Indonesia - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.6 South America - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.6.1 Brazil - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.6.2 Argentina - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.6.3 Chile - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.7 Middle East and Africa - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.7.1 Saudi Arabia - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.7.2 UAE - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.7.3 Israel - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.7.4 Turkey - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.7.5 South Africa - Market size and forecast 2025-2030
- 12.8 Market opportunity by geography
- Market opportunity by geography ($ million)
- Data Tables on Market opportunity by geography ($ million)
13 Drivers, Challenges, and Opportunity
- 13.1 Market drivers
- Expansion of connected wearable and location-enabled consumer devices
- Growing adoption of connected mobility ecosystems
- Expanding penetration of smartphones and location-enabled digital applications
- 13.2 Market challenges
- Data privacy and regulatory compliance complexities
- Infrastructure disparities and positioning accuracy limitations
- High integration costs and technical interoperability barriers
- 13.3 Impact of drivers and challenges
- Impact of drivers and challenges in 2025 and 2030
- 13.4 Market opportunities
- Shift toward spatial intelligence platforms
- Ai-native location reasoning integration within location services
- Growing convergence of location intelligence with digital twin environments
14 Competitive Landscape
- 14.1 Overview
- 14.2 Competitive Landscape
- Overview on criticality of inputs and factors of differentiation
- 14.3 Landscape disruption
- Overview on factors of disruption
- 14.4 Industry risks
- Impact of key risks on business
15 Competitive Analysis
- 15.1 Companies profiled
- Companies covered
- 15.2 Company ranking index
- Company ranking index
- 15.3 Market positioning of companies
- Matrix on companies position and classification
- 15.4 Apple Inc.
- Apple Inc. - Overview
- Apple Inc. - Business segments
- Apple Inc. - Key news
- Apple Inc. - Key offerings
- Apple Inc. - Segment focus
- SWOT
- 15.5 CenTrak Inc.
- CenTrak Inc. - Overview
- CenTrak Inc. - Product / Service
- CenTrak Inc. - Key offerings
- SWOT
- 15.6 Cisco Systems Inc.
- Cisco Systems Inc. - Overview
- Cisco Systems Inc. - Business segments
- Cisco Systems Inc. - Key news
- Cisco Systems Inc. - Key offerings
- Cisco Systems Inc. - Segment focus
- SWOT
- 15.7 Esri Inc.
- Esri Inc. - Overview
- Esri Inc. - Product / Service
- Esri Inc. - Key offerings
- SWOT
- 15.8 Foursquare Labs Inc.
- Foursquare Labs Inc. - Overview
- Foursquare Labs Inc. - Product / Service
- Foursquare Labs Inc. - Key offerings
- SWOT
- 15.9 Garmin Ltd.
- Garmin Ltd. - Overview
- Garmin Ltd. - Business segments
- Garmin Ltd. - Key news
- Garmin Ltd. - Key offerings
- Garmin Ltd. - Segment focus
- SWOT
- 15.10 Google LLC
- Google LLC - Overview
- Google LLC - Product / Service
- Google LLC - Key news
- Google LLC - Key offerings
- SWOT
- 15.11 IBM Corp.
- IBM Corp. - Overview
- IBM Corp. - Business segments
- IBM Corp. - Key news
- IBM Corp. - Key offerings
- IBM Corp. - Segment focus
- SWOT
- 15.12 Microsoft Corp.
- Microsoft Corp. - Overview
- Microsoft Corp. - Business segments
- Microsoft Corp. - Key news
- Microsoft Corp. - Key offerings
- Microsoft Corp. - Segment focus
- SWOT
- 15.13 Oracle Corp.
- Oracle Corp. - Overview
- Oracle Corp. - Business segments
- Oracle Corp. - Key news
- Oracle Corp. - Key offerings
- Oracle Corp. - Segment focus
- SWOT
- 15.14 Qualcomm Inc.
- Qualcomm Inc. - Overview
- Qualcomm Inc. - Business segments
- Qualcomm Inc. - Key news
- Qualcomm Inc. - Key offerings
- Qualcomm Inc. - Segment focus
- SWOT
- 15.15 Telefonaktiebolaget Ericsson
- Telefonaktiebolaget Ericsson - Overview
- Telefonaktiebolaget Ericsson - Business segments
- Telefonaktiebolaget Ericsson - Key news
- Telefonaktiebolaget Ericsson - Key offerings
- Telefonaktiebolaget Ericsson - Segment focus
- SWOT
- 15.16 TomTom NV
- TomTom NV - Overview
- TomTom NV - Business segments
- TomTom NV - Key offerings
- TomTom NV - Segment focus
- SWOT
- 15.17 Trimble Inc.
- Trimble Inc. - Overview
- Trimble Inc. - Business segments
- Trimble Inc. - Key news
- Trimble Inc. - Key offerings
- Trimble Inc. - Segment focus
- SWOT
- 15.18 Zebra Technologies Corp.
- Zebra Technologies Corp. - Overview
- Zebra Technologies Corp. - Business segments
- Zebra Technologies Corp. - Key news
- Zebra Technologies Corp. - Key offerings
- Zebra Technologies Corp. - Segment focus
- SWOT
16 Appendix
- 16.1 Scope of the report
- Market definition
- Objectives
- Notes and caveats
- 16.2 Inclusions and exclusions checklist
- Inclusions checklist
- Exclusions checklist
- 16.3 Currency conversion rates for US$
- Currency conversion rates for US$
- 16.4 Research methodology
- Research methodology
- 16.5 Data procurement
- Information sources
- 16.6 Data validation
- Data validation
- 16.7 Validation techniques employed for market sizing
- Validation techniques employed for market sizing
- 16.8 Data synthesis
- Data synthesis
- 16.9 360 degree market analysis
- 360 degree market analysis
- 16.10 List of abbreviations
- List of abbreviations
