Automotive Sensor Market Size, Share, and Trends 2024 to 2034

The global automotive sensor market size was valued at USD 37.29 billion in 2023 and is expected to hit around USD 82.18 billion by 2033, expanding growth at a notable CAGR of 8.26% from 2024 to 2033.

Key Takeaway

• Asia Pacific region has captured 56.11% of the total revenue share in 2023.
• By application, the ADAS & safety system segment has held a 42% revenue share in 2023.
• By vehicle type, the passenger vehicle segment has generated 86% of the total revenue share in 2023.
• By type, the image sensor segment accounted for 17% of revenue share in 2023.

Automotive Sensor Market in the Asia Pacific 2024 To 2033

The Asia Pacific automotive sensor market size reached USD 20.92 billion in 2023 and is projected to surpass around USD 47.01 billion by 2033, growing at a CAGR of 8.47% from 2024 to 2033.

The automotive sensor market has been analyzed for North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Rest of the World. The Asia Pacific is the most prominent region in the global market. The region held significant revenue share in 2023 and exhibits lucrative growth aspect in the coming years. The prime factors attributed to this are rising demand for enhanced safety vehicle coupled with increasing purchasing power in the region. Emerging economies in the Asia Pacific such as India and China experience significant demand for automotive sensors. Large consumer base and green revolution drives in the region have flourished the application of sensor technology in automotive industry prominently.

North America and Europe are the other significant revenue contributors for the global automotive sensors market. Prior adopter of the technology and high Gross Domestic Product (GDP) are some of the prime factors that fuel the growth of the region. In addition, rising concern for pollution control and environment safety has forced the manufacturers to implement smart sensor technology in the automotive vehicles for controlling and monitoring the gas emission in the atmosphere.

Growth Factors

• Rising demand of sensors in electric and hybrid vehicles, increased application of pressure sensor in automotive industry, and significant growth in custom designed automotive electronic devices are some of the prime factors that fuel the automotive sensor market growth.
• Surge in demand for electric vehicles have been prominently accelerated in the past few years owing to stringent government regulation for harmful gas emission in the environment. Public awareness for safety and security has also driven the automotive sensors market growth prominently in the past few years. For instance, The World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations had issued some Global Technical Regulation for enriched vehicle safety that include electronic stability control systems and technical requirements for OBD for road vehicles.
• On the other hand, high development cost associated to the automotive sensors expected to restrict the market growth. Moreover, frequent adoption of advanced technologies in the automotive industry offers lucrative growth opportunity for the implementation of sensor technology in automobiles.

Automotive Sensor Market Scope

Type Insights

In 2023, speed sensor dominated the global automotive sensor market with significant revenue share. The main factors that drives the growth of the segment is increased application in monitoring and controlling the speed of the vehicles. Speed was determined as the major cause for rising number of accidents across the globe, thus speed sensors are the first most sensors to be implemented by automobile manufacturers for enhancing the vehicle safety.

On the contrary, gas sensor exhibits the fastest growth over the forecast period owing to increased emphasis of governments of various regions to control pollution and enhance the fuel efficiency of the vehicles. For instance, European government announced to impose heavy fines on the auto manufacturers if they didn’t improves the fuel efficiency and reduces the CO2 emission in their upcoming vehicles. Gas sensor are largely used to monitors the release of harmful gases in the atmosphere along with improved fuel efficiency.

Application Insights

Powertrain held the major revenue share in the global automotive sensor market in 2023. This is mainly attributed to large number of sensors used in powertrain to monitor speed, position, gas, temperature, and pressure for safe and efficient operation. Furthermore, stringent emission regulations and fuel-efficiency norms formulated by governments of various countries drives the growth of automotive sensors in powertrain application. Collecting analog information related to temperature and pressure in automobile to be used by their digital control unit is crucial to fulfill emission regulation and fuel efficiency. Sensors help the automotive engines to burn fuel efficiently by using precise data of engine to optimize fuel consumption as per the requirement of the automobile.

However, safety & security and telematics exhibit lucrative growth opportunities in the coming years. Increasing number of road accidents over the past few years have forced the automobile manufacturers to enhance safety and security in the vehicle. World Health Organization (WHO) has also quoted that major death cause per is due to road accidents. Sensor technology provides assistance to the drivers and informs them from upcoming risk.

Automotive Sensor Market Companies & Market Share Insights

The global automotive sensors market offers high growth opportunity for the market players owing to increased application of sensor technology in the automotive industry. Denso Corporation and Robert Bosch cover more than 25% of the global revenue share and currently adopting strategies for market consolidation. Denso Corp. and Robert Bosch both are global companies with its several branches in different regions. They have adopted inorganic strategies such as merger & acquisition, collaboration, and regional to excel their growth in the market. Product development and advancement is the another growth strategy that significant number of players are adopting to secure their market position.

Automotive Sensor Market Companies

• Robert Bosch
• AUTOLIV INC
• DENSO Corporation
• Valeo
• Continental AG
• Sensata Technologies
• Delphi Automotive Company
• STMicroelectronics N.V
• NXP Semiconductor
• Infineon Technologies AG

Segments Covered in the Report

This report analyses and projects market revenue and growth trend at global, regional, and country levels and offers an analysis of the modern industry developments in each of the sub-segments from 2021 to 2033. The global automotive sensor market report categorized on the basis of type, application, and region:

By Type

• Position Sensors
  • Clutch Position Sensors
  • Gear Position Sensors
  • Throttle Position Sensors
  • Crankshaft Position Sensors
  • Steering Angle Position Sensors
  • Camshaft Position Sensors
• Safety Sensors
  • Seat Belt Sensors
  • Brake Switch Sensors
  • Door Switch Sensors
  • ADAS Sensors
    • Blind Spot Detection
    • Night Vision Sensors
    • Light Sensors
    • Parking Sensors
    • Cruise Control
  • Impact Sensors
  • Anti-theft Sensors
  • Knock Detection Sensors
• Level Sensors
  • Fuel Level Sensors
  • Coolant Level Sensors
  • Oil Level Sensors
• Oxygen Sensors
• Pressure Sensors
  • Tire Pressure Sensors
  • EGR Pressure Sensors
  • Airflow Rate Sensors
• Temperature Sensors
  • Engine Coolant Temperature Sensors
  • Rain/humidity Sensors
  • Oil/Fuel Temperature Sensors
  • Battery Temperature Sensors
  • Air Temperature Sensors
• Speed Sensors
  • Wheel Speed Sensors
  • Speedometer

By Application

• Powertrain
• Safety & Security
• Body Electronics
  • Steering system
  • Chassis system
  • Others
• ADAS & safety system
• Health, wellness, wellbeing (HWW)
• Telematics

By Vehicle

• Passenger Cars
  • Compact
  • Midsize
  • Luxury
  • SUVs
• Light Commercial Vehicles
• Heavy Commercial Vehicles

By Engine Type

• Gasoline
• Diesel
• Hybrid
• Battery electric vehicles
• Fuel cell

By Sales Channel

• Original Equipment Manufacturers
• Original Equipment Supplier Spare Parts
• Independent Aftermarket

By Regional Outlook

• North America
  • U.S.
  • Canada
• Europe
  • U.K.
  • Germany
  • France
• Asia Pacific
  • China
  • India
  • Japan
  • South Korea
• Rest of the World