Market Trends of Geomarketing Industry
Services Components Segment is Expected to Hold Significant Market Share
- Technological advancement in smart devices such as smartphones, smart wearables, laptops, wireless connectivity, the Internet of Things, and cloud computing has increased the traffic and driven the demand for analytical services due to their ability to analyze and deliver real-time geo-data.
- According to Cisco Systems, the number of mobile subscriptions globally will grow to 5.7 billion by 2023. The compound annual growth rate is 2% for the whole period from 2018 to 2023. Advancements in digitization fuel the need for location-based services owing to their potential to deliver tailored marketing strategy services, resulting in new growth opportunities for service providers adopting such services.
- Moreover, increasing brand dependence on location-based service providers to determine customers' requirements and verify customers' needs and that their offerings are on the same level to remain one step ahead of competitors has driven the market's growth. Companies also utilize location-based technology, advanced analytics, and automation to create a highly personalized customer experience and build brand loyalty to reduce churn rates due to ongoing competition.
- Furthermore, location-based services have gained significant attention across various industrial sectors such as government authorities, telecommunications, transportation, and retailers. They have empowered players to offer promotional services based on customers' lifestyles and proximity.
- For instance, Uber, an American ride-hailing company offering services, works on customers' and drivers' location information through smartphones. Location features help the company to improve its services, including pickups, navigation, customer support, and promotional services. Thus, it is expected that many businesses will gain good insights through location-based services and drive the market in the future.
North America is Expected to Hold Significant Market Share
- North America is expected to dominate the market studied over the forecast period, mainly due to the increasing IT spending, acceptance of innovative and advanced technologies, and many significant market vendors in the region. Moreover, the high adoption of IoT technologies significantly contributes to the regional market's growth. The US is expected to be the dominating country-level Market in North America.
- The latest 5G-enabled smartphones with high-speed data and location accuracy are likely to be the major factors fueling the demand for geomarketing. It is anticipated to grow as it allows businesses to target individual clients by customizing and distributing notifications and advertisements in real-time.
- An increase in Investments to develop geomarketing software tools that use location-based information to help companies devise their marketing campaigns and strategies helps drive the demand for the geomarketing market in this region as many prominent players, such as IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, etc., are present. It also helps end-user organizations organize and display data and use digital mapping to analyze this data by a particular physical location. For Instance, CAPcargo uses the PTV xServers developer components for geographical, logistical, and marketing functions. Routes can be visualized on geographic maps, and distance and driving times or toll costs can be calculated.
- Moreover, changing technology, regulations, and customer expectations are transforming financial services pushing financial institutions to be more agile and open while maintaining tight security and data privacy. According to Cisco Systems, By the end of 2023, North America will have 329 million mobile users. Around 88% of the regional population own a smartphone, so financial institutions have vast opportunities to capitalize by delivering products and services tailored to customers based on location, leading to the collaboration of many BFSI organizations with IT providers.
- For instance, Mastercard collaborated with Carto, a software company, to develop packaged mapping solution, Mastercard Retail Location Insights, which is a multi-sectoral and very flexible solution that allows the analysis of critical variables for accurate decision-making related to the assessment of territories, properties and other aspects of geolocation, which are essential for business success.