UK Metaverse Market Size & Outlook, 2025-2030
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UK metaverse market highlights
- The UK metaverse market generated a revenue of USD 7,412.1 million in 2024 and is expected to reach USD 68,417.9 million by 2030.
- The UK market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 44.8% from 2025 to 2030.
- In terms of segment, software was the largest revenue generating product in 2024.
- Services is the most lucrative product segment registering the fastest growth during the forecast period.
Metaverse market data book summary
| Market revenue in 2024 | USD 7,412.1 million |
| Market revenue in 2030 | USD 68,417.9 million |
| Growth rate | 44.8% (CAGR from 2025 to 2030) |
| Largest segment | Software |
| Fastest growing segment | Services |
| Historical data | 2018 - 2023 |
| Base year | 2024 |
| Forecast period | 2025 - 2030 |
| Quantitative units | Revenue in USD million |
| Market segmentation | Infrastructure, Hardware, Software, Services |
| Key market players worldwide | Meta Platforms Inc Class A, Tencent Holdings Ltd, NetEase Inc ADR, NVIDIA Corp, Epic Corp, Roblox Corp Ordinary Shares - Class A, Nextech3d AI Corp Ordinary Shares - New Shares, Grayscale Decentraland Trust (MANA), Microsoft Corp, Antier Solutions Pvt Ltd, ByteDance, Unity Technologies, Lilith Games, The Sandbox, Active Theory |
Other key industry trends
- In terms of revenue, UK accounted for 7.0% of the global metaverse market in 2024.
- Country-wise, U.S. is expected to lead the global market in terms of revenue in 2030.
- In Europe, Germany metaverse market is projected to lead the regional market in terms of revenue in 2030.
- UK is the fastest growing regional market in Europe and is projected to reach USD 68,417.9 million by 2030.
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Metaverse Market Scope
Metaverse Market Companies
| Name | Profile | # Employees | HQ | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active Theory | View profile | 11-50 | Venice, California, United States, North America | https://activetheory.net/home |
| Lilith Games | View profile | 501-1000 | Jiading, Shanghai, China, Asia | https://www.lilith.sh |
| Unity Technologies | View profile | 5001-10000 | San Francisco, California, United States, North America | https://unity.com/ |
| ByteDance | View profile | 10001+ | Beijing, Beijing, China, Asia | http://bytedance.com |
| Nextech3d AI Corp Ordinary Shares - New Shares | View profile | 172 | Toronto Rpo Royal Bank Plaza, Po Box 64039, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5J 2T6 | https://www.nextechar.com |
| NetEase Inc ADR | View profile | 29128 | No. 599 Wangshang Road, NetEase Building, Binjiang District, Hangzhou, China, People's Republic of, 310052 | https://ir.netease.com |
| The Sandbox | View profile | 101-250 | San Francisco, California, United States, North America | https://www.sandbox.game |
| Antier Solutions Pvt Ltd | View profile | 501-1000 | Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, Europe | https://antiersolutions.com/ |
| Grayscale Decentraland Trust (MANA) | View profile | - | - | - |
| Roblox Corp Ordinary Shares - Class A | View profile | 2457 | 970 Park Place, San Mateo, CA, United States, 94403 | https://www.corp.roblox.com |
| Meta Platforms Inc Class A | View profile | 69329 | 1 Meta Way, Menlo Park, CA, United States, 94025 | https://about.meta.com |
| Tencent Holdings Ltd | View profile | 104787 | No. 33 Haitian 2nd Road, Tencent Binhai Towers, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China, People's Republic of, 518054 | http://www.tencent.com |
| NVIDIA Corp | View profile | 29600 | 2788 San Tomas Expressway, Santa Clara, CA, United States, 95051 | https://www.nvidia.com |
| Microsoft Corp | View profile | 221000 | One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA, United States, 98052-6399 | https://www.microsoft.com |
| Epic Corp | View profile | 2 | PO Box 11147, Newport Beach, CA, United States, 92658 |
UK metaverse market outlook
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Software was the largest segment with a revenue share of 42.85% in 2024. Horizon Databook has segmented the UK metaverse market based on infrastructure, hardware, software, services covering the revenue growth of each sub-segment from 2018 to 2030.
The "Metaverse Symposium" was co-hosted by Digital Catapult, a UK authority on advanced digital technology, and the Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum in May 2022. (DRCF). The goal of the event was to join senior stakeholders from the government (such as the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) and the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), regulators, academia, and industry (such as Meta, NVIDIA, and top startups) to discuss the possible effects of the metaverse.
Prominent IT firms are showing interest in the metaverse, as seen by the name change of their company to Meta Platform Inc., to represent their attention and interest in the subject. This move helped the tech company reestablish itself and has since begun to build plans for securing users in the metaverse.
Meta Platforms Inc. (Facebook) announced in October 2021 that it would invest in the European Union by hiring 10,000 employees to assist in developing the metaverse. Also, Meta teamed up with Colorintech, a non-profit with a U.K. basis that strives for a more open and diverse tech business, to organize a metaverse competition to support fresh concepts and awards in the sector.
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