DRONEII‘s State of Drones Report provides even more data and exclusive insights on the drone market, coming directly from drone industry professionals themselves.
The report dives more deeply into which drone manufacturers (brands) are the most commonly-used by drone operators throughout the industry and across the globe. It also splits their market shares for drone service providers and business-internal services as well as mentioning the reasons to adopt drones and which tasks these drones are used for. There is also more data on which brands are generally used for which tasks, what the most common payloads and software are as well as how often flights are carried out.
At a more macro-economic level, the 34-page State of Drones Report also includes data on export quotes for drone companies, and this is broken down by industry sub-segment (hardware vs software) as well as by country. For our subscribers, we have also included information on the most common target markets (countries) for drone companies as well as company revenues by sub-segment and the most-served industries for drone manufacturers.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
DRONE MARKET FINANCIALS
Total and Venture Capital Drone Company Investment Value
Mergers and Acquisitions of Drone Companies
Drone Stocks
GLOBAL INDUSTRY SURVEY
Introductory Facts about the State of the Drone Report
Drone Brands
Drone Operation
Drone Operation Methods
Drone Operation Payloads
Drone Operation by Flight Events
Drone BVLOS Operation
Advanced Drone Operation
Data Analytics Software
Expectations vs. Reality
Drone Company Revenue
Drone Company Revenue of Hardware & Software Companies
Drone Company Revenue of Service Companies
Drone Manufacturer Markets
Biggest Challenge of the Industry
Resources
Export Quote of Drone Companies
International Target Markets of Drone Companies
Driving Factors in a Dynamic Market
About
FIGURES
Figure 1: Total and Venture Capital 2010 – 2023/HY1
Figure 2: Number of drone company M&As 2010 – 2023/HY1 and by segment
Figure 3: Most Represented Countries in Drone Industry Survey
Figure 4: Survey Respondents by Market Segment
Figure 5: Company Size of Respondents
Figure 6: Top 10 Most used Drone Brands 2020/2023
Figure 7: Top 10 Drone Brands by Operators
Figure 8: Main Applied Methods
Figure 9: Reason for Adopting Drones
Figure 10: Most-used Drone Payloads for Drone Operation
Figure 11: Drone Flights per Month
Figure 12: Operated Flights per Month under BVLOS Conditions
Figure 13: Operated Flight Events under BVLOS conditions of service companies 2021/2023
Figure 14: Technical Maturity & Standards
Figure 15: Flight Permission for Advanced Missions
Figure 16: Time Needed for Flight Permission
Figure 17: How Hard/Easy was it to Acquire Flight Permission?
Figure 18: Most-used Data Analytics Software for Drone Operation
Figure 19: Market Development in the Next 12 Months and Their Reflections on the Past 12 Months
Figure 20: Market Development in the Last/Next 12 Months by Market Segment
Figure 21: Revenue Drone Components and System Manufacturer
Figure 22: Revenue Drone Hardware Manufacturer
Figure 23: Revenue Drone Software Manufacturer
Figure 24: Revenue Drone Service Provider
Figure 25: Revenue Drone Engineering Companies
Figure 26: Revenue Drone Training and Education Provider
Figure 27: Industry Vertical Ranking for Drone Manufacturers
Figure 28: Biggest Challenge for the Industry
Figure 29: Survey Respondents’ Answers to What They Allocate Their Resources To
Figure 30: Export Quote: All Drone Companies
Figure 31: Export Quote per Segment
Figure 32: Export Quote by Country (Japan, USA, China, Spain, Germany)
Figure 33: Share of International Target Markets
Figure 34: Survey Respondents’ Assessment of the Most Important Market-Driving
TABLES
Table 1: Top 10 Drone Investments by Value
Table 2: Recent Drone Company M&As
Table 3: Passenger Drone Company Stocks
Table 4: Drone Company Stocks
Table 5: Drone Operation Methods
Table 6: Prioritized Industries of Drone Manufacturers