The global Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder market size was US$ 256 million in 2024 and is forecast to a readjusted size of US$ 357 million by 2031 with a CAGR of 4.9% during the forecast period 2025-2031.
A linear position sensor measures the linear position of a device. The sensor reads the measurement in order to convert the encoded position into an analog or digital signal. This position can then be decoded into position by a digital readout or a motion controller. Motion can be determined by change in position over time.
The global Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder key player include MTS Sensor Technologie GmbH & Co. KG, Balluff, Gefran, Magnetau-Schramme GmbH & Co. KG, Micro-Epsilon, Soway Tech Limited, Positek, Rota Engineering Ltd and GermanJet, etc. Europe is the largest consumer market, with a market share of about 32%, followed by the United States with 25%.
The global Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder market is strategically segmented by company, region (country), by Type, and by Application. This report empowers stakeholders to capitalize on emerging opportunities, optimize product strategies, and outperform competitors through data-driven insights on sales, revenue, and forecasts across regions, by Type, and by Application for 2020-2031.
Market Segmentation
By Company:
MTS Sensor Technologie GmbH & Co . KG
Balluff
Gefran
Magnetbau-Schramme GmbH & Co. KG
MICRO-EPSILON
Soway Tech Limited
POSITEK
Rota Engineering Ltd
Germanjet
By Type: (Dominant Segment vs High-Margin Innovation)
Linear Resistance Potentiometers (POTS)
Linear Variable Inductance Transducers (LVITs)
Magnetostrictive Linear Displacement Transducers (MLDTs)
By Application: (Core Demand Driver vs Emerging Opportunity)
Magnetostrictive Sensors
Variable Resistance Sensors
Variable Inductance Sensors
By Region
Macro-Regional Analysis: Market Size & Growth Forecasts
- North America
- Europe
- Asia-Pacific
- South America
- Middle East & Africa
Micro-Local Market Deep Dive: Strategic Insights
- Competitive Landscape: Player dominance vs. disruptors (e.g., MTS Sensor Technologie GmbH & Co . KG in Europe)
- Emerging Product Trends: Linear Resistance Potentiometers (POTS) adoption vs. Linear Variable Inductance Transducers (LVITs) premiumization
- Demand-Side Dynamics: Magnetostrictive Sensors growth in China vs. Variable Resistance Sensors potential in North America
- Localized Consumer Needs: Regulatory hurdles in EU vs. price sensitivity in India
Focus Markets:
North America
Europe
China
Japan
South Korea
Chapter Outline
Chapter 1: Report scope, executive summary, and market evolution scenarios (short/mid/long term).
Chapter 2: Quantitative analysis of Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder market size and growth potential at global, regional, and country levels.
Chapter 3: Competitive benchmarking of manufacturers (revenue, market share, M&A, R&D focus).
Chapter 4: Type-based segmentation analysis – Uncovering blue ocean markets (e.g., Linear Variable Inductance Transducers (LVITs) in China).
Chapter 5: Application-based segmentation analysis – High-growth downstream opportunities (e.g., Variable Resistance Sensors in India).
Chapter 6: Regional sales and revenue breakdown by company, type, application and customer.
Chapter 7: Key manufacturer profiles – Financials, product portfolios, and strategic developments.
Chapter 8: Market dynamics – Drivers, restraints, regulatory impacts, and risk mitigation strategies.
Chapter 9: Actionable conclusions and strategic recommendations.
Why This Report?
Unlike generic global market reports, this study combines macro-level industry trends with hyper-local operational intelligence, empowering data-driven decisions across the Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder value chain, addressing:
- Market entry risks/opportunities by region
- Product mix optimization based on local practices
- Competitor tactics in fragmented vs. consolidated markets
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1 Market Overview
1.1 Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Product Scope
1.2 Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder by Type
1.2.1 Global Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales by Type (2020 & 2024 & 2031)
1.2.2 Linear Resistance Potentiometers (POTS)
1.2.3 Linear Variable Inductance Transducers (LVITs)
1.2.4 Magnetostrictive Linear Displacement Transducers (MLDTs)
1.3 Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder by Application
1.3.1 Global Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales Comparison by Application (2020 & 2024 & 2031)
1.3.2 Magnetostrictive Sensors
1.3.3 Variable Resistance Sensors
1.3.4 Variable Inductance Sensors
1.4 Global Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Market Estimates and Forecasts (2020-2031)
1.4.1 Global Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Market Size in Value Growth Rate (2020-2031)
1.4.2 Global Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Market Size in Volume Growth Rate (2020-2031)
1.4.3 Global Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Price Trends (2020-2031)
1.5 Assumptions and Limitations
2 Market Size and Prospective by Region
2.1 Global Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Market Size by Region: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
2.2 Global Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Retrospective Market Scenario by Region (2020-2025)
2.2.1 Global Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales Market Share by Region (2020-2025)
2.2.2 Global Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Revenue Market Share by Region (2020-2025)
2.3 Global Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Market Estimates and Forecasts by Region (2026-2031)
2.3.1 Global Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales Estimates and Forecasts by Region (2026-2031)
2.3.2 Global Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Revenue Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
2.4 Major Region and Emerging Market Analysis
2.4.1 North America Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Market Size and Prospective (2020-2031)
2.4.2 Europe Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Market Size and Prospective (2020-2031)
2.4.3 China Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Market Size and Prospective (2020-2031)
2.4.4 Japan Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Market Size and Prospective (2020-2031)
2.4.5 South Korea Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Market Size and Prospective (2020-2031)
3 Global Market Size by Type
3.1 Global Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Historic Market Review by Type (2020-2025)
3.1.1 Global Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales by Type (2020-2025)
3.1.2 Global Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Revenue by Type (2020-2025)
3.1.3 Global Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Price by Type (2020-2025)
3.2 Global Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Market Estimates and Forecasts by Type (2026-2031)
3.2.1 Global Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales Forecast by Type (2026-2031)
3.2.2 Global Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Revenue Forecast by Type (2026-2031)
3.2.3 Global Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Price Forecast by Type (2026-2031)
3.3 Different Types Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Representative Players
4 Global Market Size by Application
4.1 Global Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Historic Market Review by Application (2020-2025)
4.1.1 Global Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales by Application (2020-2025)
4.1.2 Global Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Revenue by Application (2020-2025)
4.1.3 Global Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Price by Application (2020-2025)
4.2 Global Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Market Estimates and Forecasts by Application (2026-2031)
4.2.1 Global Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales Forecast by Application (2026-2031)
4.2.2 Global Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Revenue Forecast by Application (2026-2031)
4.2.3 Global Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Price Forecast by Application (2026-2031)
4.3 New Sources of Growth in Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Application
5 Competition Landscape by Players
5.1 Global Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales by Players (2020-2025)
5.2 Global Top Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Players by Revenue (2020-2025)
5.3 Global Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Market Share by Company Type (Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3) & (based on the Revenue in Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder as of 2024)
5.4 Global Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Average Price by Company (2020-2025)
5.5 Global Key Manufacturers of Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder, Manufacturing Sites & Headquarters
5.6 Global Key Manufacturers of Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder, Product Type & Application
5.7 Global Key Manufacturers of Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder, Date of Enter into This Industry
5.8 Manufacturers Mergers & Acquisitions, Expansion Plans
6 Region Analysis
6.1 North America Market: Players, Segments, Downstream and Major Customers
6.1.1 North America Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales by Company
6.1.1.1 North America Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales by Company (2020-2025)
6.1.1.2 North America Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
6.1.2 North America Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
6.1.3 North America Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
6.1.4 North America Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Major Customer
6.1.5 North America Market Trend and Opportunities
6.2 Europe Market: Players, Segments, Downstream and Major Customers
6.2.1 Europe Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales by Company
6.2.1.1 Europe Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales by Company (2020-2025)
6.2.1.2 Europe Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
6.2.2 Europe Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
6.2.3 Europe Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
6.2.4 Europe Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Major Customer
6.2.5 Europe Market Trend and Opportunities
6.3 China Market: Players, Segments, Downstream and Major Customers
6.3.1 China Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales by Company
6.3.1.1 China Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales by Company (2020-2025)
6.3.1.2 China Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
6.3.2 China Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
6.3.3 China Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
6.3.4 China Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Major Customer
6.3.5 China Market Trend and Opportunities
6.4 Japan Market: Players, Segments, Downstream and Major Customers
6.4.1 Japan Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales by Company
6.4.1.1 Japan Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales by Company (2020-2025)
6.4.1.2 Japan Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
6.4.2 Japan Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
6.4.3 Japan Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
6.4.4 Japan Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Major Customer
6.4.5 Japan Market Trend and Opportunities
6.5 South Korea Market: Players, Segments, Downstream and Major Customers
6.5.1 South Korea Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales by Company
6.5.1.1 South Korea Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales by Company (2020-2025)
6.5.1.2 South Korea Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
6.5.2 South Korea Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
6.5.3 South Korea Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
6.5.4 South Korea Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Major Customer
6.5.5 South Korea Market Trend and Opportunities
7 Company Profiles and Key Figures
7.1 MTS Sensor Technologie GmbH & Co . KG
7.1.1 MTS Sensor Technologie GmbH & Co . KG Company Information
7.1.2 MTS Sensor Technologie GmbH & Co . KG Business Overview
7.1.3 MTS Sensor Technologie GmbH & Co . KG Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.1.4 MTS Sensor Technologie GmbH & Co . KG Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Products Offered
7.1.5 MTS Sensor Technologie GmbH & Co . KG Recent Development
7.2 Balluff
7.2.1 Balluff Company Information
7.2.2 Balluff Business Overview
7.2.3 Balluff Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.2.4 Balluff Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Products Offered
7.2.5 Balluff Recent Development
7.3 Gefran
7.3.1 Gefran Company Information
7.3.2 Gefran Business Overview
7.3.3 Gefran Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.3.4 Gefran Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Products Offered
7.3.5 Gefran Recent Development
7.4 Magnetbau-Schramme GmbH & Co. KG
7.4.1 Magnetbau-Schramme GmbH & Co. KG Company Information
7.4.2 Magnetbau-Schramme GmbH & Co. KG Business Overview
7.4.3 Magnetbau-Schramme GmbH & Co. KG Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.4.4 Magnetbau-Schramme GmbH & Co. KG Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Products Offered
7.4.5 Magnetbau-Schramme GmbH & Co. KG Recent Development
7.5 MICRO-EPSILON
7.5.1 MICRO-EPSILON Company Information
7.5.2 MICRO-EPSILON Business Overview
7.5.3 MICRO-EPSILON Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.5.4 MICRO-EPSILON Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Products Offered
7.5.5 MICRO-EPSILON Recent Development
7.6 Soway Tech Limited
7.6.1 Soway Tech Limited Company Information
7.6.2 Soway Tech Limited Business Overview
7.6.3 Soway Tech Limited Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.6.4 Soway Tech Limited Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Products Offered
7.6.5 Soway Tech Limited Recent Development
7.7 POSITEK
7.7.1 POSITEK Company Information
7.7.2 POSITEK Business Overview
7.7.3 POSITEK Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.7.4 POSITEK Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Products Offered
7.7.5 POSITEK Recent Development
7.8 Rota Engineering Ltd
7.8.1 Rota Engineering Ltd Company Information
7.8.2 Rota Engineering Ltd Business Overview
7.8.3 Rota Engineering Ltd Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.8.4 Rota Engineering Ltd Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Products Offered
7.8.5 Rota Engineering Ltd Recent Development
7.9 Germanjet
7.9.1 Germanjet Company Information
7.9.2 Germanjet Business Overview
7.9.3 Germanjet Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.9.4 Germanjet Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Products Offered
7.9.5 Germanjet Recent Development
8 Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Manufacturing Cost Analysis
8.1 Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Key Raw Materials Analysis
8.1.1 Key Raw Materials
8.1.2 Key Suppliers of Raw Materials
8.2 Proportion of Manufacturing Cost Structure
8.3 Manufacturing Process Analysis of Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder
8.4 Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Industrial Chain Analysis
9 Marketing Channel, Distributors and Customers
9.1 Marketing Channel
9.2 Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Distributors List
9.3 Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Customers
10 Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Market Dynamics
10.1 Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Industry Trends
10.2 Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Market Drivers
10.3 Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Market Challenges
10.4 Linear Position Sensors for Hydraulic Cylinder Market Restraints
11 Research Findings and Conclusion
12 Appendix
12.1 Research Methodology
12.1.1 Methodology/Research Approach
12.1.1.1 Research Programs/Design
12.1.1.2 Market Size Estimation
12.1.1.3 Market Breakdown and Data Triangulation
12.1.2 Data Source
12.1.2.1 Secondary Sources
12.1.2.2 Primary Sources
12.2 Author Details
12.3 Disclaimer
MTS Sensor Technologie GmbH & Co . KG
Balluff
Gefran
Magnetbau-Schramme GmbH & Co. KG
MICRO-EPSILON
Soway Tech Limited
POSITEK
Rota Engineering Ltd
Germanjet
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