Fetal Monitoring Global Market Report 2026

Fetal monitoring involves the utilization of specialized equipment by medical professionals to monitor both the mother's contractions and the fetus's heart rate during the birthing process. This monitoring process provides crucial information that guides medical professionals in determining whether intervention is necessary during childbirth.

The primary product categories within fetal monitoring encompass ultrasound devices, electronic maternal or fetal monitors, uterine contraction monitors, fetal electrodes, fetal Doppler devices, telemetry devices, as well as accessories and consumables. Ultrasound devices, a form of medical imaging technology, generate images of the body's interior using high-frequency sound waves. These services employ both invasive and non-invasive methods and find applications in intrapartum fetal monitoring, antepartum fetal monitoring, and are utilized by end-users such as diagnostic laboratories, hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare facilities.

Tariffs are impacting the fetal monitoring market by increasing costs of imported sensors, ultrasound transducers, wireless communication modules, electronic components, and monitoring accessories. Hospitals and clinics in North America and Europe are most affected due to reliance on imported medical electronics, while Asia-Pacific faces higher production costs for export-oriented monitoring systems. These tariffs are raising device procurement costs and delaying equipment upgrades. However, they are also encouraging local manufacturing of monitoring devices, regional component sourcing, and innovation in cost-effective fetal monitoring solutions.

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The fetal monitoring market size has grown strongly in recent years. It will grow from $4.05 billion in 2025 to $4.4 billion in 2026 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.7%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to rising hospital birth rates, expansion of obstetric care infrastructure, increasing use of electronic fetal monitoring, improvements in ultrasound imaging technologies, growing awareness of prenatal care standards.

The fetal monitoring market size is expected to see strong growth in the next few years. It will grow to $6.24 billion in 2030 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.1%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to increasing demand for remote patient monitoring, rising adoption of digital maternity care solutions, expansion of telehealth-enabled fetal monitoring, growing focus on early risk detection, increasing investments in maternal healthcare technologies. Major trends in the forecast period include increasing adoption of wireless fetal monitoring systems, rising demand for continuous intrapartum monitoring, growing integration of ai-based risk assessment tools, expansion of portable and home-based monitoring devices, enhanced focus on maternal-fetal safety.

The increasing expenditure on healthcare is anticipated to accelerate the expansion of the fetal monitoring market in the future. Healthcare expenditure encompasses the total resources-both financial and non-financial-allocated by a country, government, organization, or individual towards healthcare-related products and services. This rising expenditure plays a vital role in the growth of the fetal monitoring market by facilitating technological advancements, enhancing accessibility, supporting research and development initiatives, and driving overall improvements in maternal and fetal healthcare quality. For instance, in June 2025, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, a US-based government agency, in 2023, national health expenditures (NHE) grew by 7.5%, reaching $4.9 trillion, which averages $14,570 per person and represents 17.6% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Spending on Medicare increased by 8.1% to $1,029.8 billion, making up 21% of total NHE. Consequently, the growing healthcare expenditure is a key factor propelling the fetal monitoring market forward.

Major companies in the fetal monitoring market are increasingly focusing on developing innovative solutions, such as connected baby monitors, to enable real-time remote monitoring and improve neonatal care. Connected baby monitors are smart devices that continuously track a baby's vital signs and transmit real-time data to smartphones or cloud platforms, allowing parents or clinicians to monitor infants remotely. For example, in February 2025, Perigean Technologies LLC, a US-based technology company, received FDA approval for Patterns 3.0, expanding the application of its proprietary fetal heart rate pattern recognition technology from 36 weeks to 32 weeks of gestation. The system uses advanced AI algorithms, including Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) neural networks, to detect, label, and quantify fetal heart rate patterns-such as accelerations, decelerations, baselines, and uterine contractions-from 32 weeks onward. Patterns 3.0 functions as an adjunct to clinical decision-making for antepartum and intrapartum monitoring, providing early alerts for indeterminate or abnormal fetal heart rate patterns to support timely interventions in high-risk pregnancies. It can operate in networked or standalone environments, standardizing analysis, streamlining workflows, and allowing clinicians to focus more on patient care rather than manual data interpretation.

In November 2023, Neoventa Medical AB, a Sweden-based medical device company, partnered with YMS Partners to introduce advanced fetal monitoring solutions in the South African market. The partnership aims to enhance maternal and fetal care by providing state-of-the-art monitoring technology along with clinical support. YMS Partners, based in South Africa, is a distributor and reseller of a wide range of medical supplies, enabling point-of-care access and timely delivery of quality healthcare services.

Major companies operating in the fetal monitoring market are Koninklijke Philips N.V., Medtronic plc, Dragerwerk AG & Co. KGaA, Mindray Medical International Limited, Masimo Corporation, Neoventa Medical AB, EDAN Instruments Inc., Shenzhen Comen Medical Instruments Co. Ltd., Contec Medical Systems Co. Ltd., Bionet Co. Ltd., Atom Medical Corporation, Bistos Inc., OBMedical Company, PeriGen Inc., Sunray Medical Apparatus Co. Ltd., Mediana Co. Ltd., Nonin Medical Inc., Analogic Corporation, Dixion Vertrieb medizinischer Gerate GmbH, Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited

North America was the largest region in the fetal monitoring market in 2025. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the global fetal monitoring market report forecast period. The regions covered in the fetal monitoring market report are Asia-Pacific, South East Asia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa.

The countries covered in the fetal monitoring market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain

The fetal monitoring market includes revenues earned by entities by providing continuous electronic fetal monitoring, central fetal monitoring and intermittent auscultation. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. The fetal monitoring market also includes sales of tocodynamometer, fetal scalp electrode and intrauterine pressure catheter. Values in this market are 'factory gate' values, that is the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.

The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD unless otherwise specified).

The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.

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This report focuses fetal monitoring market which is experiencing strong growth. The report gives a guide to the trends which will be shaping the market over the next ten years and beyond.

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Scope

• Markets Covered:1) By Product: Ultrasound Devices; Electronic Maternal Or Fetal Monitors; Uterine Contraction Monitor; Fetal Electrodes; Fetal Doppler Devices; Telemetry Devices
• 2) By Method: Invasive; Non-Invasive
• 3) By Application: Intrapartum Fetal Monitoring; Antepartum Fetal Monitoring
• 4) By End-User: Diagnostic Laboratories; Hospitals And Clinics; Other End-Users
• Subsegments:
• 1) By Ultrasound Devices: 2D Ultrasound; 3D Or 4D Ultrasound; Doppler Ultrasound
• 2) By Electronic Maternal Or Fetal Monitors: Continuous Fetal Monitoring Systems; Wireless Fetal Monitoring Systems; Maternal Vital Signs Monitors
• 3) By Uterine Contraction Monitor: External Uterine Contraction Monitors; Internal Uterine Pressure Catheters
• 4) By Fetal Electrodes: Scalp Electrodes; Surface Electrodes
• 5) By Fetal Doppler Devices: Handheld Dopplers; Tabletop Dopplers
• 6) By Telemetry Devices: Wireless Telemetry Systems; Portable Monitoring Systems
• Companies Mentioned: Koninklijke Philips N.V.; Medtronic plc; Dragerwerk AG & Co. KGaA; Mindray Medical International Limited; Masimo Corporation; Neoventa Medical AB; EDAN Instruments Inc.; Shenzhen Comen Medical Instruments Co. Ltd.; Contec Medical Systems Co. Ltd.; Bionet Co. Ltd.; Atom Medical Corporation; Bistos Inc.; OBMedical Company; PeriGen Inc.; Sunray Medical Apparatus Co. Ltd.; Mediana Co. Ltd.; Nonin Medical Inc.; Analogic Corporation; Dixion Vertrieb medizinischer Gerate GmbH; Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corporation Limited
• Countries: Australia; Brazil; China; France; Germany; India; Indonesia; Japan; Taiwan; Russia; South Korea; UK; USA; Canada; Italy; Spain
• Regions: Asia-Pacific; South East Asia; Western Europe; Eastern Europe; North America; South America; Middle East; Africa
• Time Series: Five years historic and ten years forecast.
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