PUBLISHER: The Business Research Company | PRODUCT CODE: 1980914
PUBLISHER: The Business Research Company | PRODUCT CODE: 1980914
A digital twin for buildings is a virtual representation of a physical structure that integrates real-time data and advanced technologies including Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, artificial intelligence (AI), and analytics. Its primary goal is to simulate, monitor, and optimize building performance, leading to enhanced efficiency, lower operational costs, and better decision-making in areas such as maintenance, energy management, and space utilization.
The key components of a digital twin for buildings include software and services. The software involves digital tools and platforms used to create, manage, and interact with the virtual model of a building. There are several types of digital twins, such as descriptive twins, informative twins, predictive twins, comprehensive twins, and autonomous twins. These digital twins are utilized for various functions, including automated progress tracking, comparing as-executed versus as-planned models, resource management, safety monitoring, quality control, equipment usage optimization, and tracking workers. They are widely applied across industries such as manufacturing, aerospace, oil and gas, utilities, healthcare, automotive, construction, IT and telecommunications, retail, and many others.
Tariffs have impacted the digital twin for buildings market by increasing the cost of imported IoT sensors, networking hardware, servers, and simulation equipment required for building monitoring and data integration. These higher component costs have affected large-scale commercial construction projects and smart infrastructure deployments, particularly in North America and Asia-Pacific regions that rely on global electronics supply chains. As a result, project implementation timelines and overall deployment budgets have experienced upward pressure. However, the tariff environment is encouraging local manufacturing of hardware components and greater adoption of cloud-based digital twin software solutions, helping vendors reduce dependency on physical imports while improving long-term scalability and regional resilience.
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The digital twin for buildings market size has grown exponentially in recent years. It will grow from $1.73 billion in 2025 to $2.2 billion in 2026 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 27.5%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to growth in smart building adoption, increase in BIM implementation, rising demand for energy-efficient infrastructure, expansion of IoT sensor deployment, growth of cloud computing adoption.
The digital twin for buildings market size is expected to see exponential growth in the next few years. It will grow to $5.76 billion in 2030 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 27.2%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to integration of AI-based building analytics, rising investment in green building projects, expansion of smart city initiatives, increasing demand for automated facility management, adoption of real-time digital monitoring platforms. Major trends in the forecast period include real-time building performance monitoring, predictive maintenance and asset optimization, energy efficiency and carbon footprint optimization, remote facility management adoption, space utilization and occupancy analytics.
The growing adoption of cloud-based platforms is anticipated to support the expansion of the digital twin for buildings market. Cloud computing platforms are online services that provide on-demand access to diverse computing resources such as storage, servers, and software over the internet, enabling scalability, flexibility, and cost efficiency. The demand for cloud computing platforms is rising due to their ability to scale and reduce costs by allowing flexible resource allocation and minimizing the need for costly on-premises infrastructure. Digital twins for buildings improve cloud-based platforms by enabling real-time data integration and simulation, making them well-suited for optimizing building operations and performance. They support better decision-making by delivering actionable insights for maintenance, energy efficiency, and space utilization. For example, in December 2023, Eurostat, a government agency based in Luxembourg, reported that 45.2% of EU enterprises used cloud computing services in 2023. Among them, the most commonly purchased services included e-mail (82.7%), file storage (68.0%), and office software (66.3%). Security software applications (61.0%), finance or accounting software (51.6%), and database hosting (43.0%) also saw significant adoption. Therefore, the growing use of cloud-based platforms is driving the growth of the digital twin for buildings market.
Leading companies in the digital twin for buildings market are focusing on developing advanced solutions, such as Software as a Service (SaaS) digital twin platforms, to improve building performance, optimize energy efficiency, and streamline maintenance. A SaaS digital twin platform is a cloud-based software solution that creates a virtual replica of physical buildings or assets, enabling real-time monitoring, analysis, and optimization of building operations. For example, in October 2023, Nemetschek Group, a Germany-based software company, launched dTwin, a SaaS digital twin platform designed to provide data-driven insights for more efficient facility management across a building's entire lifecycle, from design to operations. By integrating various building data sources, including real-time data from Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and other formats, dTwin delivers actionable insights via customizable dashboards and reports. Its open application programming interface (API) architecture ensures seamless system integration, enhancing visibility and efficiency, and enabling data-driven decision-making throughout the building lifecycle.
In February 2025, CoStar Group, Inc., a US-based provider of real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces, acquired Matterport, Inc. for US$1.6 billion. With this acquisition, CoStar intends to strengthen its digital twin offerings for buildings by incorporating Matterport's 3D spatial mapping hardware and AI-powered software, enabling the production of photorealistic and dimensionally precise digital twins for residential, commercial, and industrial properties. Matterport, Inc. is a US-based company that develops 3D capture devices and AI-driven software for creating digital twins of buildings and generating property-related insights.
Major companies operating in the digital twin for buildings market are Amazon Web Services Inc., Robert Bosch GmbH, Hitachi Ltd., Siemens AG, Microsoft Azure, General Electric Company, Accenture plc, International Business Machines Corporation, Oracle Corporation, Cisco Systems Inc., Honeywell International Inc., SAP SE, Fujitsu Limited, DXC Technology Company, Wipro Limited, Synopsys Inc., Dassault Systemes SE, Autodesk Inc., PTC Inc., Bentley Systems Incorporated
North America was the largest region in the digital twin for buildings market in 2025. The regions covered in the digital twin for buildings market report are Asia-Pacific, South East Asia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa.
The countries covered in the digital twin for buildings market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.
The digital twin for buildings market consists of revenues earned by entities by providing services such as design and simulation, real-time monitoring and maintenance, energy management, data integration services, and construction and renovation. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. Only goods and services traded between entities or sold to end consumers are included.
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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