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Chinese video surveillance Giant Hikvision (Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd.) will spin-off Smart Home business Ezviz (Hangzhou EZVIZ Network Co., Ltd.), details of which were announced in the IPO prospectus they published in December. It states that they aim to raise RMB 3.739 billion (USD 588.3 million) by listing Ezviz on the Science and […]

The physical security industry has changed extensively in the past 20-years as buildings got smarter and the threat landscape developed. Over those two decades we have seen the dominance of large conglomerates erode, innovative startups grow, and the rise of China as the undoubted world leader in key physical security segments. Then, over the past […]

Our world report on the Physical Security Business 2020 -2025 shows that the industry in the last two years has faced serious challenges, none more so than the COVID-19 pandemic, but it has proved to be robust and will return to significant growth by 2025.   Major manufacturers will continue to increase their share of […]

In this article we discuss the 6 most important factors that will shape the future of the Physical Security industry through the next 5 years, which will require fundamental changes to business strategies. 1. The gap between the major suppliers of Video Surveillance equipment and the many hundreds of smaller suppliers gets wider every year […]

The world market for Video Surveillance products was $19.1 billion in 2019 and accounted for 56% of the physical security products business. During the last 12 years it has been the largest and fastest growing of the three market sectors. In 2020 we estimate that demand has fallen to $18.1Bn. From 2020 it will grow […]

The underlying premise of smart technology is that with enough data you can predict anything. Our smart buildings and cities are filled with sensors to gather as much information as possible in order to provide analysis that can fix problems, improve environments, and even avoid issues before they happen. The only real debate around this […]

Our recently published 11th annual report shows that the world market for Video Surveillance products is split between China having approximately 45%, and the Rest of the World (RoW) sharing 55%. As it currently stands, The Chinese Government restricts foreign investment and business in specific key industries and there are certainly regulations on foreign ownership […]

Memoori’s 2019 Physical Security report shows that the market for Access Control products reached over $8Bn this year, a growth of 8.2%. We forecast that by 2024 the world market will be worth over $12Bn, a CAGR of 8.48%. Demand has been driven by growth in IP Networking products, Access Control as a Service (ACaaS), […]