RFID

The RFID industry is expected to maintain its upward trajectory, with IDTechEx forecasting the passive RFID market to reach a total value of US$8.4 billion in 2025, representing growth of approximately 10% compared to 2024. This article provides a detailed breakdown of the Ultra High Frequency (UHF) and High Frequency (HF) segments, analyzing their current market dynamics, growth drivers, and long-term opportunities.

Principal Technology Analyst Dr Chang covers the status of the passive RFID market in 2025 and the outlook to 2031.

Join Dr. Yu-Han Chang, Principal Technology Analyst at IDTechEx, on Tuesday 23rd September 2025 for an exclusive webinar exploring the dynamic and fast-growing RFID industry. Choose your preferred time zone - the webinar runs three times during the day.

The global RFID market is set to continue its expansion in 2025. IDTechEx forecasts it to reach US$15.6 billion, up from US$15 billion in 2024. Looking further ahead, the market is expected to grow to US$23 billion by 2036. This article presents an overview of the RFID market outlook and regional trends, based on insights from the new report, "RFID 2026-2036: Forecasts, Players and Opportunities".

IDTechEx has been studying RFID for over two decades and have just released our latest version of the RFID market research report: "RFID 2026-2036: Forecasts, Players and Opportunities". This report is built on our expertise, covering the latest RFID development trends, key player analysis, and market outlook. The report provides an unbiased review of RFID technology, companies, applications, and the market, providing the reader with a unique insight into the whole RFID sector, including its current state and future possibilities.

Silver-flake-based inks currently dominate the conductive inks market, but the outlook for non-silver inks is set to change dramatically over the coming decade, with a CAGR of 24%. Stretchable/thermoformable inks and copper inks will seize the largest market share, driven by applications such as in-mold electronics, wearable electrodes, and RFID & smart packaging.

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games are underway, and elite athletes from all over the world are competing in various games using a range of different skills. With constant debate over gold, silver, and bronze medals, a comparison can be made with the conductive inks market. Silver flake-based inks are set to win gold in a number of different application areas, beating out competition from a host of conductive ink types.

Wednesday 3 July 2024 - Introduction to the broad family of conductive inks; Status and outlook for the dominant conductive ink type, silver flake-based ink, including an assessment of current demand and a ten-year forecast; Overview of emerging applications; Critical assessment of the outlook for non-silver inks such as stretchable/thermoformable inks and copper inks.

The conductive inks market will grow to exceed US$6.5 billion by 2034 but remains a highly segmented industry, underpinning both photovoltaics and the emerging field of printed electronics. Taking stock of the different outlooks for the myriad of conductive ink types and the various application areas is a complex task. IDTechEx has tackled this problem by assessing the market for different conductive ink types across 15 application areas and providing granular ten-year market forecasts.