Aerial Imaging Market Size To Reach $8.24 Billion By 2030

Aerial Imaging Market Growth & Trends

The global aerial imaging market size is expected to reach USD 8.24 billion by 2030 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 16.3% from 2025 to 2030. Growing demand in emerging application areas including natural resources management, energy, and disaster prevention is expected to drive the market over the next six years. Increased need for geospatial information and imagery data is also expected to fuel demand over the forecast period.

Adoption of location-based services (LBS) for navigation, remote monitoring, navigation, and mobile advertizing is expected to give impetus to the aerial imaging market. Adverse weather conditions and related environmental factors may prevent accurate imaging data collection. Security and privacy concerns among users are also expected to hamper market growth over the next six years.

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Aerial Imaging Market Report Highlights

• The UAV segment dominated the market in 2024, accounting for a revenue share of 48.3%.

• The geospatial mapping segment held the largest revenue share of the market in 2024

• The surveillance and monitoring segment is expected to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast period

• The government segment held the largest revenue share of the market in 2024

• The Asia Pacific aerial imaging market dominated the global market with a revenue share of 35.9% in 2024

Aerial Imaging Market Segmentation

Grand View Research has segmented the global aerial imaging market report based on platform, application, end use, and region

Aerial Imaging Platform Outlook (Revenue, USD Billion, 2018 - 2030)

• Fixed Wing Aircraft

• Helicopter

• UAV

• Others

Aerial Imaging Application Outlook (Revenue, USD Billion, 2018 - 2030)

• Geospatial Mapping

• Disaster Management

• Energy and Resource Management

• Surveillance and Monitoring

• Urban Planning

• Others

Aerial Imaging End Use Outlook (Revenue, USD Billion, 2018 - 2030)

• Government

• Military and Defense

• Energy

• Agriculture and Forestry

• Civil Engineering

• Media and Entertainment

• Commercial

• Others

Aerial Imaging Regional Outlook (Revenue, USD Billion, 2018 - 2030)

• North America

  • U.S.

  • Canada

  • Mexico

• Europe

  • Germany

  • UK

  • France

• Asia Pacific

  • China

  • Japan

  • India

  • Australia

  • South Korea

• Latin America

  • Brazil

• Middle East and Africa (MEA)

  • South Africa

  • Saudi Arabia

  • UAE

List of Key Players in Aerial Imaging Market

• Google Inc.

• Cooper Aerial Surveys Co.

• Digital Aerial Solutions (DAS), LLC

• EagleView Technologies, Inc. and Pictometry International Corp.

• Fugro

• Global UAV Technologies Ltd

• Kucera International

• Nearmap

• Landiscor

• Greenman-Pedersen, Inc.