Smart City Security Global Market Report 2026

Smart city security refers to integrated security solutions that use connected technologies, intelligent monitoring systems, and data analytics to protect urban infrastructure, public spaces, and critical assets. These solutions combine surveillance, access control, threat detection, and real-time monitoring capabilities to enhance public safety, improve incident response, and support efficient city operations. They enable authorities to detect, analyze, and respond to security events through centralized and automated security management.

The primary components of smart city security include hardware, software, and services. Hardware refers to physical security equipment and infrastructure used to protect smart city facilities, networks, devices, and connected systems. These solutions address network security, physical security, cybersecurity, endpoint security, and application security, and incorporate artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, video analytics, cloud computing, edge computing, big data analytics, fifth-generation connectivity, and blockchain. They are deployed through on-premises, cloud-based, and hybrid models and are used by end users including government, transportation, energy and utilities, residential, commercial, and others.

Tariffs are influencing the smart city security market by increasing the cost of imported surveillance cameras, sensors, network equipment, communication devices, and other hardware required for connected urban security infrastructure. This is raising deployment costs and potentially slowing smart city security upgrades, particularly in regions dependent on imported technology such as Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and parts of Europe. Hardware-intensive segments such as cameras, sensors, edge devices, gateways, and network equipment are most affected due to global electronics and semiconductor supply chain dependencies. However, tariffs are also encouraging local manufacturing, regional supplier diversification, and increased investment in domestic security technology ecosystems, creating long-term resilience in the market.

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The smart city security market size has grown rapidly in recent years. It will grow from $33.19 billion in 2025 to $37.97 billion in 2026 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.4%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to rising urbanization and expansion of smart city projects, increasing public safety concerns, growing deployment of connected surveillance infrastructure, rising investment in critical infrastructure protection, and increasing demand for centralized security operations.

The smart city security market size is expected to see rapid growth in the next few years. It will grow to $64.07 billion in 2030 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.0%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to growing adoption of citywide security platforms, increasing demand for predictive threat detection, rising investment in resilient urban infrastructure, growing deployment of advanced emergency response systems, and increasing need for interoperable security solutions. Major trends in the forecast period include increasing deployment of integrated urban surveillance networks, growing adoption of centralized security management platforms, rising use of real-time threat detection systems, increasing integration of multimodal security monitoring solutions, and growing demand for automated incident response systems.

The growing deployment of biometric security solutions is expected to propel the growth of the smart city security market in the coming years. Biometric security solutions use unique physical or behavioral characteristics, such as fingerprints, facial recognition, iris patterns, or voice recognition, to verify and authenticate an individual's identity with high accuracy. The deployment of biometric security solutions is increasing as governments and organizations require stronger identity verification to improve public safety, reduce fraud, and protect critical infrastructure. As smart cities continue to adopt advanced digital technologies, biometric security solutions strengthen identity verification, enhance access control, improve public safety, and support efficient urban security management, making them an important component of smart city security. For instance, in March 2024, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office, a US-based government department, federal agencies conducted approximately 60,000 facial recognition searches, highlighting the increasing adoption of biometric identification technologies. Therefore, the growing deployment of biometric security solutions is driving the growth of the smart city security market.

Major companies operating in the smart city security market are focusing on developing innovative solutions such as edge AI surveillance platforms to improve real-time threat detection, public safety, traffic management, and intelligent urban monitoring. Edge AI surveillance platforms are intelligent security systems that process video data locally at the device instead of relying on cloud-based processing, enabling faster decision-making, lower latency, improved privacy, and reduced bandwidth consumption compared with conventional CCTV surveillance systems. For instance, in May 2026, WiredLeap Technologies Private Limited, an India-based deep-tech company, launched MagicBox, an edge AI device that transforms existing CCTV infrastructure into a network of autonomous AI agents. The compact device can host more than 150 specialized vision AI agents capable of monitoring, analyzing, and responding to events in real time across traffic management, public safety, civic governance, hospitals, campuses, and enterprise security applications. By utilizing existing CCTV infrastructure, MagicBox eliminates the need for extensive hardware replacement while enabling scalable, real-time video intelligence and automated incident response.

In September 2025, Blaize Holdings, Inc., a US-based provider of smart city security and public safety solutions, partnered with Yotta Data Services to advance a $56 million AI-powered smart public safety deployment across South Asia. Through this partnership, Blaize Holdings, Inc. and Yotta Data Services aimed to deploy AI-powered video surveillance as a service (VSaaS) across more than 250,000 public safety and monitoring endpoints, enabling real-time edge AI analytics for traffic management, license plate recognition, and public safety while supporting scalable hybrid AI infrastructure for government and enterprise applications. Yotta Data Services is an India-based technology company specializing in cloud, data center, AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and managed IT services.

Major companies operating in the smart city security market are Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Siemens AG, Hitachi Ltd., International Business Machines Corporation, Cisco Systems Inc., Intel Corporation, Schneider Electric SE, Honeywell International Inc., Thales S.A., Johnson Controls International plc, Motorola Solutions Inc., Fortinet Inc., Hexagon AB, ADT Inc., Hanwha Vision Co. Ltd., NEC Corporation, Keenfinity Group GmbH, i-PRO Co. Ltd., AxxonSoft, Rhombus Systems Inc., Eagle Eye Networks Inc., Intelligent Security Systems Inc., Genetec Inc., Canon Inc., Robert Bosch GmbH, Verkada Inc.

North America was the dominant region in the smart city security market in 2025. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the rapidly growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the smart city security market report are Asia-Pacific, South East Asia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa.

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

The smart city security market consists of revenues earned by entities by providing services such as video surveillance, access control, cybersecurity, threat detection and monitoring, incident management, security system integration, installation, maintenance and support, and managed security services. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. The smart city security market also includes sales of surveillance cameras, sensors, biometric devices, access control systems, communication equipment, command and control system. 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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Scope

• Markets Covered:1) By Component: Hardware; Software; Services
• 2) By Security Type: Network Security; Physical Security; Cybersecurity; Endpoint Security; Application Security
• 3) By Technology: Artificial Intelligence; Internet Of Things; Video Analytics; Cloud Computing; Edge Computing; Big Data Analytics; Fifth Generation Connectivity; Blockchain
• 4) By Deployment: On-Premises; Cloud-Based; Hybrid
• 5) By End User: Government; Transportation; Energy And Utilities; Residential; Commercial; Other End Users
• Subsegments:
• 1) By Hardware: Surveillance Cameras; Access Control Systems; Intrusion Detection Systems; Security Sensors; Communication Equipment; Biometric Security Systems
• 2) By Software: Video Management Software; Cybersecurity Software; Command And Control Software; Emergency Management Software; Identity And Access Management Software; Data Analytics Software
• 3) By Services: Managed Security Services; System Integration Services; Consulting Services; Maintenance And Support Services; Monitoring Services; Training And Implementation Services
• Companies Mentioned: Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.; Siemens AG; Hitachi Ltd.; International Business Machines Corporation; Cisco Systems Inc.; Intel Corporation; Schneider Electric SE; Honeywell International Inc.; Thales S.A.; Johnson Controls International plc; Motorola Solutions Inc.; Fortinet Inc.; Hexagon AB; ADT Inc.; Hanwha Vision Co. Ltd.; NEC Corporation; Keenfinity Group GmbH; i-PRO Co. Ltd.; AxxonSoft; Rhombus Systems Inc.; Eagle Eye Networks Inc.; Intelligent Security Systems Inc.; Genetec Inc.; Canon Inc.; Robert Bosch GmbH; Verkada Inc.
• 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.
• Data: Ratios of market size and growth to related markets, GDP proportions, expenditure per capita,
• Data Segmentations: country and regional historic and forecast data, market share of competitors, market segments.
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