The global Small UAV market size is predicted to grow from US$ 4973 million in 2025 to US$ 6309 million in 2031; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.0% from 2025 to 2031.
A small UAV (SUAV) is an unmanned aerial vehicle small enough to be man-portable. This report mainly studies Small UAV market; by type (Fixed Wing, Helicopter, Rotary Blade, and Other), by application (Defense & Commercial and Civil).
Technological Advances Propel Market Development:
Small drones have made significant advancements in flight control technology, propulsion systems, and sensor technology, leading to substantial improvements in their stability, endurance, and level of intelligence.
With the popularization and application of 5G technology, small drones have also seen significant enhancements in performance in areas such as data transmission, remote control, and real-time monitoring.
Expanding Application Scenarios:
Small drones have found widespread application in fields such as aerial photography, recreational flying, outdoor sports, and emerging drone racing events.
In agriculture, logistics, environmental monitoring, and other sectors, small drones are gradually becoming important tools for enhancing efficiency.
Miniaturization and Lightweighting:
As technology continues to advance, the size and weight of small drones will further decrease, making them more convenient to carry and operate.
Mini drones have tremendous potential for application in military, reconnaissance, surveillance, and consumer markets, especially in scenarios requiring stealth and flexibility.
Intelligence and Autonomy:
Small drones will place greater emphasis on the development of intelligence and autonomy, achieving more precise flight control and mission execution through the integration of advanced algorithms and sensor technology.
For instance, techniques such as optimizing flight paths through machine learning, automatic obstacle avoidance, and precise recognition capabilities will further enhance the operational efficiency and safety of small drones.
Extended Endurance and High Efficiency:
Improving endurance has always been one of the key development directions in the small drone market. In the future, with continuous advancements in battery technology and propulsion systems, the endurance of small drones will be further enhanced.
Simultaneously, optimizing flight control and mission planning algorithms to improve the operational efficiency of small drones is also an important trend in market development.
Policy Promotion and Regulated Development:
Governments around the world are gradually improving policies and regulations related to drones, providing robust support for the healthy development of the small drone market.
For example, the Chinese government's support for the consumer drone industry is one of the key factors driving market development. At the same time, governments have also strengthened regulations on drone flights to ensure safety and privacy.
International Cooperation and Intensifying Competition:
With the continuous expansion of the global small drone market and technological advancements, international cooperation and competition are also intensifying.
Regions such as China, North America, and Europe have leading advantages in small drone technology research and development, product design, and market promotion, and are actively expanding into international markets. Meanwhile, emerging markets such as the Middle East and Africa have become new directions for future expansion in the small drone market.
The 鈥淪mall UAV Industry Forecast鈥� looks at past sales and reviews total world Small UAV sales in 2024, providing a comprehensive analysis by region and market sector of projected Small UAV sales for 2025 through 2031. With Small UAV sales broken down by region, market sector and sub-sector, this report provides a detailed analysis in US$ millions of the world Small UAV industry.
This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global Small UAV landscape and highlights key trends related to product segmentation, company formation, revenue, and market share, latest development, and M&A activity. This report also analyzes the strategies of leading global companies with a focus on Small UAV portfolios and capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints, to better understand these firms鈥� unique position in an accelerating global Small UAV market.
This Insight Report evaluates the key market trends, drivers, and affecting factors shaping the global outlook for Small UAV and breaks down the forecast by Type, by Application, geography, and market size to highlight emerging pockets of opportunity. With a transparent methodology based on hundreds of bottom-up qualitative and quantitative market inputs, this study forecast offers a highly nuanced view of the current state and future trajectory in the global Small UAV.
This report presents a comprehensive overview, market shares, and growth opportunities of Small UAV market by product type, application, key manufacturers and key regions and countries.
Segmentation by Type:
Electric Drive
Fuel Driven
Segmentation by Application:
Logistics Transportation
Agriculture
Oil and Gas
Entertainment and Media
Mapping
Other
This report also splits the market by region:
Americas
United States
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
APAC
China
Japan
Korea
Southeast Asia
India
Australia
Europe
Germany
France
UK
Italy
Russia
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Turkey
GCC Countries
The below companies that are profiled have been selected based on inputs gathered from primary experts and analysing the company's coverage, product portfolio, its market penetration.
DJI
Parrot
Yamaha
XAG
YUNEEC
Aeronavics
Autel Robotics
Skydio, Inc.
AgEagle Aerial Systems
AeroVironment Inc.
FLIR Systems
Holy Stone
Fengyi Technology
Shenzhen AEE
Key Questions Addressed in this Report
What is the 10-year outlook for the global Small UAV market?
What factors are driving Small UAV market growth, globally and by region?
Which technologies are poised for the fastest growth by market and region?
How do Small UAV market opportunities vary by end market size?
How does Small UAV break out by Type, by Application?
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1 Scope of the Report
1.1 Market Introduction
1.2 Years Considered
1.3 Research Objectives
1.4 Market Research Methodology
1.5 Research Process and Data Source
1.6 Economic Indicators
1.7 Currency Considered
1.8 Market Estimation Caveats
2 Executive Summary
2.1 World Market Overview
2.1.1 Global Small UAV Annual Sales 2020-2031
2.1.2 World Current & Future Analysis for Small UAV by Geographic Region, 2020, 2024 & 2031
2.1.3 World Current & Future Analysis for Small UAV by Country/Region, 2020, 2024 & 2031
2.2 Small UAV Segment by Type
2.2.1 Electric Drive
2.2.2 Fuel Driven
2.3 Small UAV Sales by Type
2.3.1 Global Small UAV Sales Market Share by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.2 Global Small UAV Revenue and Market Share by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.3 Global Small UAV Sale Price by Type (2020-2025)
2.4 Small UAV Segment by Application
2.4.1 Logistics Transportation
2.4.2 Agriculture
2.4.3 Oil and Gas
2.4.4 Entertainment and Media
2.4.5 Mapping
2.4.6 Other
2.5 Small UAV Sales by Application
2.5.1 Global Small UAV Sale Market Share by Application (2020-2025)
2.5.2 Global Small UAV Revenue and Market Share by Application (2020-2025)
2.5.3 Global Small UAV Sale Price by Application (2020-2025)
3 Global by Company
3.1 Global Small UAV Breakdown Data by Company
3.1.1 Global Small UAV Annual Sales by Company (2020-2025)
3.1.2 Global Small UAV Sales Market Share by Company (2020-2025)
3.2 Global Small UAV Annual Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
3.2.1 Global Small UAV Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
3.2.2 Global Small UAV Revenue Market Share by Company (2020-2025)
3.3 Global Small UAV Sale Price by Company
3.4 Key Manufacturers Small UAV Producing Area Distribution, Sales Area, Product Type
3.4.1 Key Manufacturers Small UAV Product Location Distribution
3.4.2 Players Small UAV Products Offered
3.5 Market Concentration Rate Analysis
3.5.1 Competition Landscape Analysis
3.5.2 Concentration Ratio (CR3, CR5 and CR10) & (2023-2025)
3.6 New Products and Potential Entrants
3.7 Market M&A Activity & Strategy
4 World Historic Review for Small UAV by Geographic Region
4.1 World Historic Small UAV Market Size by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.1.1 Global Small UAV Annual Sales by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.1.2 Global Small UAV Annual Revenue by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.2 World Historic Small UAV Market Size by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.2.1 Global Small UAV Annual Sales by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.2.2 Global Small UAV Annual Revenue by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.3 Americas Small UAV Sales Growth
4.4 APAC Small UAV Sales Growth
4.5 Europe Small UAV Sales Growth
4.6 Middle East & Africa Small UAV Sales Growth
5 Americas
5.1 Americas Small UAV Sales by Country
5.1.1 Americas Small UAV Sales by Country (2020-2025)
5.1.2 Americas Small UAV Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
5.2 Americas Small UAV Sales by Type (2020-2025)
5.3 Americas Small UAV Sales by Application (2020-2025)
5.4 United States
5.5 Canada
5.6 Mexico
5.7 Brazil
6 APAC
6.1 APAC Small UAV Sales by Region
6.1.1 APAC Small UAV Sales by Region (2020-2025)
6.1.2 APAC Small UAV Revenue by Region (2020-2025)
6.2 APAC Small UAV Sales by Type (2020-2025)
6.3 APAC Small UAV Sales by Application (2020-2025)
6.4 China
6.5 Japan
6.6 South Korea
6.7 Southeast Asia
6.8 India
6.9 Australia
6.10 China Taiwan
7 Europe
7.1 Europe Small UAV by Country
7.1.1 Europe Small UAV Sales by Country (2020-2025)
7.1.2 Europe Small UAV Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
7.2 Europe Small UAV Sales by Type (2020-2025)
7.3 Europe Small UAV Sales by Application (2020-2025)
7.4 Germany
7.5 France
7.6 UK
7.7 Italy
7.8 Russia
8 Middle East & Africa
8.1 Middle East & Africa Small UAV by Country
8.1.1 Middle East & Africa Small UAV Sales by Country (2020-2025)
8.1.2 Middle East & Africa Small UAV Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
8.2 Middle East & Africa Small UAV Sales by Type (2020-2025)
8.3 Middle East & Africa Small UAV Sales by Application (2020-2025)
8.4 Egypt
8.5 South Africa
8.6 Israel
8.7 Turkey
8.8 GCC Countries
9 Market Drivers, Challenges and Trends
9.1 Market Drivers & Growth Opportunities
9.2 Market Challenges & Risks
9.3 Industry Trends
10 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis
10.1 Raw Material and Suppliers
10.2 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis of Small UAV
10.3 Manufacturing Process Analysis of Small UAV
10.4 Industry Chain Structure of Small UAV
11 Marketing, Distributors and Customer
11.1 Sales Channel
11.1.1 Direct Channels
11.1.2 Indirect Channels
11.2 Small UAV Distributors
11.3 Small UAV Customer
12 World Forecast Review for Small UAV by Geographic Region
12.1 Global Small UAV Market Size Forecast by Region
12.1.1 Global Small UAV Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.1.2 Global Small UAV Annual Revenue Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.2 Americas Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12.3 APAC Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.4 Europe Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12.5 Middle East & Africa Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12.6 Global Small UAV Forecast by Type (2026-2031)
12.7 Global Small UAV Forecast by Application (2026-2031)
13 Key Players Analysis
13.1 DJI
13.1.1 DJI Company Information
13.1.2 DJI Small UAV Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.1.3 DJI Small UAV Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.1.4 DJI Main Business Overview
13.1.5 DJI Latest Developments
13.2 Parrot
13.2.1 Parrot Company Information
13.2.2 Parrot Small UAV Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.2.3 Parrot Small UAV Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.2.4 Parrot Main Business Overview
13.2.5 Parrot Latest Developments
13.3 Yamaha
13.3.1 Yamaha Company Information
13.3.2 Yamaha Small UAV Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.3.3 Yamaha Small UAV Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.3.4 Yamaha Main Business Overview
13.3.5 Yamaha Latest Developments
13.4 XAG
13.4.1 XAG Company Information
13.4.2 XAG Small UAV Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.4.3 XAG Small UAV Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.4.4 XAG Main Business Overview
13.4.5 XAG Latest Developments
13.5 YUNEEC
13.5.1 YUNEEC Company Information
13.5.2 YUNEEC Small UAV Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.5.3 YUNEEC Small UAV Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.5.4 YUNEEC Main Business Overview
13.5.5 YUNEEC Latest Developments
13.6 Aeronavics
13.6.1 Aeronavics Company Information
13.6.2 Aeronavics Small UAV Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.6.3 Aeronavics Small UAV Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.6.4 Aeronavics Main Business Overview
13.6.5 Aeronavics Latest Developments
13.7 Autel Robotics
13.7.1 Autel Robotics Company Information
13.7.2 Autel Robotics Small UAV Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.7.3 Autel Robotics Small UAV Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.7.4 Autel Robotics Main Business Overview
13.7.5 Autel Robotics Latest Developments
13.8 Skydio, Inc.
13.8.1 Skydio, Inc. Company Information
13.8.2 Skydio, Inc. Small UAV Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.8.3 Skydio, Inc. Small UAV Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.8.4 Skydio, Inc. Main Business Overview
13.8.5 Skydio, Inc. Latest Developments
13.9 AgEagle Aerial Systems
13.9.1 AgEagle Aerial Systems Company Information
13.9.2 AgEagle Aerial Systems Small UAV Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.9.3 AgEagle Aerial Systems Small UAV Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.9.4 AgEagle Aerial Systems Main Business Overview
13.9.5 AgEagle Aerial Systems Latest Developments
13.10 AeroVironment Inc.
13.10.1 AeroVironment Inc. Company Information
13.10.2 AeroVironment Inc. Small UAV Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.10.3 AeroVironment Inc. Small UAV Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.10.4 AeroVironment Inc. Main Business Overview
13.10.5 AeroVironment Inc. Latest Developments
13.11 FLIR Systems
13.11.1 FLIR Systems Company Information
13.11.2 FLIR Systems Small UAV Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.11.3 FLIR Systems Small UAV Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.11.4 FLIR Systems Main Business Overview
13.11.5 FLIR Systems Latest Developments
13.12 Holy Stone
13.12.1 Holy Stone Company Information
13.12.2 Holy Stone Small UAV Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.12.3 Holy Stone Small UAV Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.12.4 Holy Stone Main Business Overview
13.12.5 Holy Stone Latest Developments
13.13 Fengyi Technology
13.13.1 Fengyi Technology Company Information
13.13.2 Fengyi Technology Small UAV Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.13.3 Fengyi Technology Small UAV Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.13.4 Fengyi Technology Main Business Overview
13.13.5 Fengyi Technology Latest Developments
13.14 Shenzhen AEE
13.14.1 Shenzhen AEE Company Information
13.14.2 Shenzhen AEE Small UAV Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.14.3 Shenzhen AEE Small UAV Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.14.4 Shenzhen AEE Main Business Overview
13.14.5 Shenzhen AEE Latest Developments
14 Research Findings and Conclusion
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