Global eSIM Market

eSIM Market Size, Share, Growth Analysis, By Solutions (Hardware, Connectivity Services), By End User (Consumer Electronics, Manufacturing), By Application, By Type, By Region - Industry Forecast 2025-2032


Report ID: SQMIG50B2011 | Region: Global | Published Date: December, 2024
Pages: 260 | Tables: 93 | Figures: 74

eSIM Market Insights

eSIM Market size was valued at USD 12.6 Billion in 2023 and is poised to grow from USD 14.68 Billion in 2024 to USD 49.75 Billion by 2032, growing at a CAGR of 16.5% during the forecast period (2025-2032).

eSIMs are becoming popular since they enable their customers to manage all connected devices remotely and digitally including smartphones, laptops, wearable equipment, medical equipment and many others. These enable the devices to switch network carriers without replacing a SIM card physically.

In 2022, more than 350 million eSIM-capable devices were shipped in many categories such as smartphones, tablets, medical equipment, IoT modules. According to the market projections, it is anticipated that the demand will reach at a value of 16 billion devices and almost every three in four cellular devices would be capable to support an eSIM by 2031. 

Smartphones are estimated to lead the shipments of eSIM-capable devices in the next few years, smartphones have been playing a very important role in driving growth of the market by providing benefits to other devices such as laptops, smartwatches, and others. Cellular connectivity through smartphones in smartwatches is an example through which demand for eSIM-supported smartwatches is also increasing.

eSIM is particularly well designed to the evolving landscape of smartphone usage. The number of people who are using more than one device is growing, whether they use two or more than two devices, one for their workspace and another for their personal use. It performs similarly to a traditional SIM card, but it has pre-programmed settings and it can be programmed by plugging into a modem or computer. The eSIMs was created mainly for the telecommunications sector, and primarily for network-attached storage installations (NAS).

US eSIM Market is poised to grow at a sustainable CAGR for the next forecast year.

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eSIM Market size was valued at USD 12.6 Billion in 2023 and is poised to grow from USD 14.68 Billion in 2024 to USD 49.75 Billion by 2032, growing at a CAGR of 16.5% during the forecast period (2025-2032).

Competition in the global eSIM market is expected to increase during the forecast period because new players are expected to enter in the global market and the number of devices compatible with eSIM will also increase. Currently, only few key players are providing their services in global market but these numbers will increase in the upcoming years. 'Gemalto/Thales DIS (France) ', 'G+D Mobile Security (Germany) ', 'STMicroelectronics (Switzerland) ', 'Infineon Technologies (Germany) ', 'NXP Semiconductors (Netherlands) ', 'Qualcomm (United States) ', 'Apple (United States) ', 'Samsung Electronics (South Korea) ', 'Idemia (France) ', 'Deutsche Telekom AG (Germany) ', 'Vodafone (United Kingdom) ', 'NTT Docomo (Japan) ', 'Sierra Wireless (Canada) ', 'Telit (Italy) ', 'ARM Holdings (United Kingdom) ', 'AT&T (United States) ', 'China Mobile (China) ', 'Orange (France) ', 'Cisco Systems (United States) ', 'T-Mobile US (United States) '

The eSIM card is a type of key facilitator for M2M devices that include seamless connections for all the types of linked devices. 

Increase in the number of connected devices: The rapid increase in the number of IoT connected devices in consumer electronics and M2M applications is propelling the market growth. The number of IoT connected devices in the year 2022 was around 9.81 billion. Rise in the eSIM technology paced up significantly in 2020. Samsung’s inclusion of eSIM technology in its S20 range of devices is expected to positively impact to the adoption of eSIM in smartphones.

Globally, Europe is estimated to hold the highest global eSIM market share in 2021, followed by North America and Asia Pacific. In Europe, the U.K., Germany, and France are the leading revenue generator countries to the Europe market. Main factors during this growth period is the presence of top market players such as Gemalto NV, ARM Holdings, and others. For insistence, in March 2018, the European government implemented an eCall regulation, in which all the new passenger cars will be equipped with the eCall technology.

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