Pinpoint the current market dynamics for contactless migration across eight key applications.
Understand the smart card and secure IC vendor landscape to help with strategic partnerships and to identify competitive threats.
Identify and better target the largest growth opportunities within saturated and flattening smart card markets.
Critical Questions Answered
How have safety stock replenished strategies impacted the market and at what levels are pricing pressures returning?
Which embedded secure IC variants, e.g., authentication ICs, Embedded Secure Elements (eSEs), and Embedded Subscriber Identity Modules (eSIMs), present the best revenue opportunity?
What is the total market size for the top three smart card verticals: SIM, payment, and government Identity (ID), and how will this progress over the next five years?
How will key market applications, most notably SIM and payments, progress in markets that are rapidly saturating and reaching full maturity?
What are the key application segments that will drive higher-value migration to the contactless interface?
What regions present the best smart card and embedded IC volumes opportunity over the next five years?
Who are the leading suppliers within the smart card and secure IC market?
Research Highlights
Regional smart card forecasts, ending 2029, covering eight different applications—access control, government ID, payments, pay TV, retail and loyalty, SIM, payphone, and ticketing.
Regional embedded secure IC forecasts covering authentication ICs, Near Field Communication (NFC) controllers, and NFC eSEs and eSIMs.
Total shipments and contactless shipment data splits across all applications—access control, government ID, payments, pay TV, retail and loyalty, SIM, payphone, ticketing, NFC controllers, and eSE and authentication ICs.
Full year 2023 secure IC vendor market shares covering the complete market, as well as individual market share analysis covering the total smart card market, embedded market, and the SIM and payment markets.
Full year 2023 smart card vendor market shares covering the complete market.
Who Should Read This?
Strategy planners within smart card and secure Integrated Circuit (IC) organizations.
Sales and marketing leaders looking to understand the market volume opportunity and benchmark organizational performance.
Other ecosystem players working in strategy, sales, and marketing capacities, including contact plate, sensor, and card module vendors looking to understand the Total Addressable Market (TAM) size.
Table of Contents
Key Findings in the Top Four Smart Card Markets
Key Findings in the Embedded Market
What’s New
Methodology
Definitions
Smart Card Shipments by Application
Secure IC Shipments by Type
SIM Card Shipments by Form Factor
Payment Card Shipments by Region
Payment Card Shipments by Interface
Government ID Shipments: The Americas
Government ID Shipments: Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
Government ID Shipments: Asia-Pacific
Contactless Ticketing Shipments: The Americas
Contactless Ticketing Shipments: Europe
Contactless Ticketing Shipments: Asia-Pacific
Contactless Ticketing Shipments: Middle East & Africa
Full Year 2023 Smart Card Vendor Market Shares by Manufacturer
Full Year 2023 Secure IC Revenue Market Shares by Manufacturer
Full Year Secure IC Annual Shipment Market Share by Manufacturer
Full Year 2023 Smart Card IC Revenue Market Shares by Manufacturer
Full Year 2023 Smart Card IC Annual Shipment Market Shares by Manufacturer
Full Year 2023 Embedded Secure IC Revenue Market Shares by Manufacturer
Full Year 2023 Embedded Secure IC Annual Shipment Market Shares by Manufacturer
