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The advantages of radiofrequency identification (RFID) technology combined with the cost-effectiveness and flexibility of chipless tags is driving demand for chipless RFID tags. Unlike traditional RFID tags that rely on integrated circuits (ICs), chipless RFID tags utilize alternative technologies for data storage and retrieval. Chipless RFID tags offer significant benefits in terms of cost, size, and functionality compared to conventional RFID tags. By eliminating the need for a silicon IC chip, these tags provide a low-cost alternative for mass markets, making them particularly attractive for applications in retail, logistics, healthcare, and aerospace.
This market is segmented by product type, by end-user industry, and by region, including North America, Europe, APAC, South America, and the Middle East and Africa. This report also analyzes key competitors in the chipless RFID tags market, such as Alien Technology, Honeywell, and NXP Semiconductors.
Technavio’s in-depth industry report offers historical data as well as a comprehensive market forecast. It analyzes the current state of the chipless RFID tags market and provides detailed predictions on its performance over the coming years. It examines key factors such as market drivers, challenges, and key emerging trends, as well as the global competitive landscape. Also included is a breakdown of the types of products available on the market, along with their market shares and future prospects.
Market Report Highlights
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Market Report Insights
- Precise evaluation of the market’s size, including historical data and a forecast of market performance from 2024 to 2028
- Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the current market scenario and future prospects, allowing clients to make informed business decisions
- In-depth analysis of the drivers and challenges that will impact the growth of the market between 2024 and 2028
- Predictions about upcoming trends and changes in consumer behavior
- A thorough industry analysis of the competitive landscape and detailed information on key companies in the market, including factors such as market positioning and product offerings
- Region-by-region analysis of market growth and opportunities across North America, Europe, APAC, South America, and the Middle East and Africa
Market Segmentation
The chipless RFID tags market is segmented according to application, end-user, and region. Technavio’s industry report provides actionable market insights on each segment, including market share and growth forecasts. Logistics and transportation make up a significant percentage of chipless RFID tag end-users. As the technology has become more affordable and effective, it has become a popular solution for public transit in particular, allowing for easy cashless transactions.
Application Type Segmentation
- Smart Cards
- Smart Tickets
- Others
End-User Segmentation
- BSFI
- Healthcare
- Logistics and Transportation
- Retail
- Others
Regional Analysis
Different parts of the world will have different demands, supply chain logistics, legal nuances, and other factors to take into consideration when entering a new market. Technavio’s chipless RFID tags market research helps facilitate strategic business decisions by providing a historical and focused look at regional markets, including market trends, drivers, and challenges as well as predictions for regional market sizes and growth.
Geographical Segmentation:
- North America
- Segmentation by application
- Segmentation by end-user
- Europe
- Segmentation by application
- Segmentation by end-user
- APAC
- Segmentation by application
- Segmentation by end-user
- South America
- Segmentation by application
- Segmentation by end-user
- The Middle East and Africa
- Segmentation by application
- Segmentation by end-user
Competitive Landscape
This report provides an analysis of the market’s competitive landscape and offers information on the products offered by various companies in order to help clients improve their market positions. It also provides a detailed analysis of the upcoming chipless RFID tags market trends and challenges and how they will influence market growth, designed to help companies create effective strategies to make the most of the global market.
Companies leading the global chipless RFID tags market include:
- Alien Technology
- Honeywell International Inc.
- Invengo Technology Pte. Ltd.
- NXP Semiconductors
- Zebra Technologies Corporation
Market Dynamics
In order to make informed business decisions and strategies, it’s important to be informed of the many factors impacting the market. What is driving growth in the market and how does that influence new product releases? What challenges are increasing risk for a specific course of action or in a specific market? What will the key trends be over the next several years and what is the best way to take advantage of them? The answers to these questions help companies to evaluate business approaches and develop growth strategies.
Manufacturers are leveraging technologies such as conductive polymers, printed electronics, and thin-film batteries to develop chipless RFID tags with high accuracy and functionality. These tags are capable of storing and transmitting data using radio waves, enabling seamless integration into existing infrastructure and systems.
In retail, chipless RFID tags are revolutionizing supply chain management, asset tracking, and anti-counterfeiting efforts. Retailers benefit from increased supply chain visibility, reduced shrinkage, and lower operational costs by deploying chipless RFID solutions for inventory management and product authentication. In healthcare, chipless RFID tags aid in patient monitoring, e-healthcare, and tracing medical and pharmaceutical equipment. The integration of chipless tags with IoT sensors enables real-time tracking of ambulatory patients, drug counterfeiting prevention, and inventory optimization in hospitals and pharmacies.
The aviation industry benefits from chipless RFID technology for asset tracking, maintenance, and logistics. Chipless tags provide hassle-free operations and cost-effective solutions for tracing aircraft components, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, and improving overall operational efficiency.
Government investment in infrastructure and business potential in emerging markets further drive the adoption of chipless RFID tags across sectors. With advancements in wireless networking technologies and the proliferation of IoT applications, chipless RFID tags are poised to become integral components of smart cities, transportation systems, and connected devices.
FAQ
What are the key applications of chipless RFID tags?
Chipless RFID tags are used for applications where traditional RFID tags with ICs are impractical or costly, such as retail (inventory management), logistics (tracking goods), anti-counterfeiting (product authentication), and agriculture (crop monitoring).
What types of technologies are used in chipless RFID tags?
Technologies include electromagnetic resonators (frequency-dependent materials or structures), time-domain reflectometry (TDR), and surface acoustic waves (SAW) techniques, each offering different advantages in terms of data capacity, read range, and environmental robustness.
How is the chipless RFID tags market expected to grow?
The market is expected to grow due to increasing demand for cost-effective RFID solutions, advancements in printable electronics and materials science, expanding applications in retail and logistics, and rising concerns about product authenticity and traceability.
What are the challenges facing the chipless RFID tags market?
Challenges include standardization issues (lack of universal protocols), limited read range compared to IC-based RFID tags, scalability for large-scale deployments, and compatibility with existing RFID infrastructure.
Table of Contents
1 Executive Summary
- 1.1 Market overview
- Exhibit 01: Executive Summary – Chart on Market Overview
- Exhibit 02: Executive Summary – Data Table on Market Overview
- Exhibit 03: Executive Summary – Chart on Country Market Characteristics
- Exhibit 04: Executive Summary – Chart on Market by Geography
- Exhibit 05: Executive Summary – Chart on Market Segmentation by Distribution Channel
- Exhibit 06: Executive Summary – Chart on Market Segmentation by Product
- Exhibit 07: Executive Summary – Chart on Incremental Growth
- Exhibit 08: Executive Summary – Data Table on Incremental Growth
- Exhibit 09: Executive Summary – Chart on Vendor Market Positioning
2 Market Landscape
- 2.1 Market ecosystem
- Exhibit 10: Parent market
- Exhibit 11: Market Characteristics
3 Market Sizing
- 3.1 Market definition
- Exhibit 12: Offerings of vendors included in the market definition
- 3.2 Market segment analysis
- Exhibit 13: Market segments
- 3.3 Market size 2023
- 3.4 Market outlook: Forecast for 2023-2028
- Exhibit 14: Chart on North America - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ billion)
- Exhibit 15: Data Table on Regional - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ billion)
- Exhibit 16: Chart on North America: Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
- Exhibit 17: Data Table on Regional - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ billion)
4 Historic Market Size
- 4.1 Dietary supplements market in North America 2018 - 2022
- Exhibit 18: Historic Market Size – Data Table on dietary supplements market in north America 2018 - 2022 ($ billion)
- 4.2 Distribution Channel Segment Analysis 2018 - 2022
- Exhibit 19: Historic Market Size – Distribution Channel Segment 2018 - 2022 ($ billion)
- 4.3 Product Segment Analysis 2018 - 2022
- Exhibit 20: Historic Market Size – Product Segment 2018 - 2022 ($ billion)
- 4.4 Geography Segment Analysis 2018 - 2022
- Exhibit 21: Historic Market Size – Geography Segment 2018 - 2022 ($ billion)
5 Five Forces Analysis
- 5.1 Five forces summary
- Exhibit 22: Five forces analysis - Comparison between 2023 and 2028
- 5.2 Bargaining power of buyers
- Exhibit 23: Chart on Bargaining power of buyers – Impact of key factors 2023 and 2028
- 5.3 Bargaining power of suppliers
- Exhibit 24: Bargaining power of suppliers – Impact of key factors in 2023 and 2028
- 5.4 Threat of new entrants
- Exhibit 25: Threat of new entrants – Impact of key factors in 2023 and 2028
- 5.5 Threat of substitutes
- Exhibit 26: Threat of substitutes – Impact of key factors in 2023 and 2028
- 5.6 Threat of rivalry
- Exhibit 27: Threat of rivalry – Impact of key factors in 2023 and 2028
- 5.7 Market condition
- Exhibit 28: Chart on Market condition - Five forces 2023 and 2028
6 Market Segmentation by Distribution Channel
- 6.1 Market segments
- Exhibit 29: Chart on Distribution Channel - Market share 2023-2028 (%)
- Exhibit 30: Data Table on Distribution Channel - Market share 2023-2028 (%)
- 6.2 Comparison by Distribution Channel
- Exhibit 31: Chart on Comparison by Distribution Channel
- Exhibit 32: Data Table on Comparison by Distribution Channel
- 6.3 Offline - Market size and forecast 2023-2028
- Exhibit 33: Chart on Offline - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ billion)
- Exhibit 34: Data Table on Offline - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ billion)
- Exhibit 35: Chart on Offline - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
- Exhibit 36: Data Table on Offline - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
- 6.4 Online - Market size and forecast 2023-2028
- Exhibit 37: Chart on Online - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ billion)
- Exhibit 38: Data Table on Online - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ billion)
- Exhibit 39: Chart on Online - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
- Exhibit 40: Data Table on Online - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
- 6.5 Market opportunity by Distribution Channel
- Exhibit 41: Market opportunity by Distribution Channel ($ billion)
- Exhibit 42: Data Table on Market opportunity by Distribution Channel ($ billion)
7 Market Segmentation by Product
- 7.1 Market segments
- Exhibit 43: Chart on Product - Market share 2023-2028 (%)
- Exhibit 44: Data Table on Product - Market share 2023-2028 (%)
- 7.2 Comparison by Product
- Exhibit 45: Chart on Comparison by Product
- Exhibit 46: Data Table on Comparison by Product
- 7.7 Others - Market size and forecast 2023-2028
- Exhibit 63: Chart on Others - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ billion)
- Exhibit 64: Data Table on Others - Market size and forecast 2023-2028 ($ billion)
- Exhibit 65: Chart on Others - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
- Exhibit 66: Data Table on Others - Year-over-year growth 2023-2028 (%)
- 7.8 Market opportunity by Product
- Exhibit 67: Market opportunity by Product ($ billion)
- Exhibit 68: Data Table on Market opportunity by Product ($ billion)
8 Customer Landscape
- 8.1 Customer landscape overview
- Exhibit 69: Analysis of price sensitivity, lifecycle, customer purchase basket, adoption rates, and purchase criteria
9 Geographic Landscape
- 9.1 Geographic segmentation
- Exhibit 70: Chart on Market share by geography - 2023-2028 (%)
- Exhibit 71: Data Table on Market share by geography - 2023-2028 (%)
- 9.2 Geographic comparison
- Exhibit 72: Chart on Geographic comparison
- Exhibit 73: Data Table on Geographic comparison
- 9.6 Market opportunity by geography
- Exhibit 74: Market opportunity by geography ($ billion)
- Exhibit 75: Data Table on Market opportunity by geography ($ billion)
10 Drivers, Challenges, and Trends
- 10.1 Market drivers
- 10.2 Market challenges
- 10.3 Impact of drivers and challenges
- Exhibit 76: Impact of drivers and challenges in 2023 and 2028
- 10.4 Market trends
11 Vendor Landscape
- 11.1 Overview
- 11.2 Vendor landscape
- Exhibit 77: Overview on Criticality of inputs and Factors of differentiation
- 11.3 Landscape disruption
- Exhibit 78: Overview on factors of disruption
- 11.4 Industry risks
- Exhibit 79: Impact of key risks on business
12 Vendor Analysis
- 12.1 Vendors covered
- Exhibit 80: Vendors covered
- 12.2 Market positioning of vendors
- Exhibit 81: Matrix on vendor position and classification
- 13 Appendix
- 13.1 Scope of the report
- 13.2 Inclusions and exclusions checklist
- Exhibit 82: Inclusions checklist
- Exhibit 83: Exclusions checklist
- 13.3 Currency conversion rates for US$
- Exhibit 84: Currency conversion rates for US$
- 13.4 Research methodology
- Exhibit 85: Research methodology
- Exhibit 86: Validation techniques employed for market sizing
- Exhibit 87: Information sources
- 13.5 List of abbreviations
- Exhibit 88: List of abbreviations