Forecasts, Players and Opportunities: IDTechEx

1.EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS1.1.Brief History of RFID1.2.RFID Market to 20361.3.Total RFID Market Size 2024-2036, $ billions1.4.Market size by tag value by application 2024-2036, $ millions1.5.Market size by tag value by application 2024-2036, $ millions1.6.Market size by application, hardware and software 2024-2036, $ billions1.7.Largest markets in 2025 vs 20361.8.Favourite RFID frequencies1.9.Value chain and RFID tag types1.10.Passive UHF (RAIN) RFID tag numbers 2024-2036, millions1.11.Passive UHF (RAIN) RFID tag numbers 2024-2036, millions1.12.Average sales price of passive UHF (RAIN) RFID by application 2024-2036, US cents1.13.Total Value of UHF (RAIN) RFID inlays by application 2024-2036, $ millions1.14.Total Value of UHF (RAIN) RFID inlays by application, 2024-2036, $ millions1.15.Walmart Grows its RFID Mandate1.16.UHF (RAIN) RFID: The Highlights1.17.UHF (RAIN) RFID: Forthcoming Developments1.18.Passive HF (13.56MHz, NFC) RFID tag numbers 2024-2036, millions1.19.Passive HF (13.56MHz, NFC) RFID tag numbers 2024-2036, millions1.20.Average sales price of passive HF (13.56MHz) RFID by application 2024-2036, US cents1.21.Total value of HF (13.56MHz) RFID inlays and cards by application 2024-2036, $ millions1.22.Total value of HF (13.56MHz) RFID inlays and cards by application 2024-2036, $ millions1.23.The use of contactless cards is decreasing with the advent of mobile wallets1.24.Flexible Integrated Circuits May Scale NFC for Smart Packaging1.25.HF/NFC RFID: The Highlights1.26.Passive LF (125KHz, 134KHz) RFID tag numbers 2024-2036, millions1.27.Passive LF (125KHz, 134KHz) RFID tag numbers 2024-2036, millions1.28.Average sales price of passive LF (13.56MHz) RFID by application 2024-2036, US cents1.29.Total value of LF RFID inlays and cards by application 2024-2036, $ millions1.30.Total value of LF RFID inlays and cards, by application 2024-2036, $ millions1.31.LF RFID: The Highlights1.32.RFID market forecasts for battery assisted passive RFID, active RFID tag numbers 2024-2036, millions1.33.RFID market forecasts for battery assisted passive RFID, active RFID tag numbers 2024-2036, millions1.34.Total value of battery assisted and active RFID by application 2024-2036, $ millions1.35.Change in active RFID systems due to BLE and LPWAN1.36.Top Level Market Value of Passive RFID inlays and end use Geography, 2024-2036, $ millions1.37.Americas RFID Use: Key Conclusions1.38.Asia-Pacific RFID Use: Key Conclusions1.39.Europe RFID Use: Key Conclusions1.40.Middle East & Africa RFID Use: Key Conclusions1.41.RFID companies by gross sales1.42.Impediments to the growth of RFID markets1.43.Outlook for RFID2.INTRODUCTION, HISTORIC RFID SALES, AND ADDRESSABLE OPPORTUNITY2.1.RFID2.2.RFID system choices2.3.RFID technologies: The big picture2.4.The RFID value chain2.5.Passive RFID2.6.Passive RFID Systems2.7.Battery Assisted Passive /Semi Active tags2.8.Examples of Battery Assisted Passive (BAP) RFID sensors2.9.RFID sensors2.10.Active RFID2.11.Distinguishing things a long way away with active RFID2.12.Real Time Locating Systems (RTLS)2.13.Change in active RFID systems due to BLE and LPWAN2.14.Historic Passive LF (125KHz, 134KHz) RFID tag sales 2012 to 20242.15.Passive LF (125KHz, 134KHz) RFID tag sales in units, 2012- 20242.16.Passive LF (125KHz, 134KHz) RFID tag Average Selling Price, 2012- 20242.17.Passive LF (125KHz, 134KHz) RFID tag market size, 2012- 20242.18.Historic Passive HF (13.56MHz, NFC) RFID tag sales 2012 to 20242.19.Passive HF (13.56MHz, NFC) RFID tag sales in units, 2012- 20242.20.Passive HF (13.56MHz, NFC) RFID tag Average Selling Price, 2012- 20242.21.Passive HF (13.56MHz, NFC) RFID tag market size, 2012- 20242.22.Historic Passive UHF (RAIN) RFID tag sales 2012 to 20242.23.Passive UHF (RAIN) RFID tag sales in units, 2012- 20242.24.Passive UHF (RAIN) RFID tag Average Selling Price, 2012- 20242.25.Passive UHF (RAIN) RFID tag market size, 2012- 20242.26.Historic Active RFID tag sales 2017 to 20242.27.Active tag sales in units, 2017- 20242.28.Active tag Average Selling Price, 2017- 20242.29.Active tag market size, 2017- 20242.30.Historic Passive RFID Interrogators (Readers) tag sales 2012 to 20242.31.Passive RFID Interrogators sales in units, 2012- 20242.32.Passive RFID Interrogators market size, 2012- 20242.33.RFID Standards (ISO)2.34.HF RFID & NFC Applications2.35.HF RFID/NFC Growth2.36.UHF (RAIN) RFID Trends2.37.Four Drivers of RAIN RFID2.38.EPC Gen2v32.39.RFID Systems/Middleware2.40.RFID Software Business (1)2.41.RFID Software Business (2)2.42.RFID Software business (3)2.43.Impediments to highest volume RFID3.MARKETS BY APPLICATION AND VALUE CHAIN POSITION3.1.Total RFID Market Size 2024-2036, $ billions3.2.Market size by tag value by application 2024-2036, $ millions3.3.Market size by tag value by application 2024-2036, $ millions3.4.Market size by application, hardware and software 2024-2036, $ billions3.5.Current and future forms of payback by applicational sector3.6.Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals3.7.RFID in Healthcare and pharmaceuticals3.8.RFID Applications in Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals3.9.Real Time Locating Systems in Hospitals3.10.Example of RFID paybacks Healthcare and pharmaceuticals3.11.New Regulations and Adoption Barriers3.12.Case Studies of Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals3.13.Plymouth NHS, UK, uses RFID to Track Their Medical Devices3.14.Bluesight Scales RFID Medication Tracking Across 2,400 Hospitals3.15.Becton Dickinson Prototypes RFID for Item Level Tracking of Pre-Filled Syringes3.16.RFID Streamlines Implant Logistics at Implantcast3.17.Barriers of RFID adoption in healthcare sectors3.18.IDTechEx Outlook: RFID Current Role within Medical / Healthcare3.19.Retail & Consumer Packaged Goods3.20.Pallet/case tagging: False start3.21.Retail apparel, item level (1)3.22.Retail apparel, item level (2)3.23.Retail General & Apparel3.24.Retail & Apparel Lead in Global UHF RFID Penetration3.25.EU Digital Product Passport (DPP) Drives Item-Level Traceability Requirements3.26.The impact from Walmart’s mandate3.27.Walmart Grows its RFID Mandate3.28.M&S RFID roll-out3.29.Retail Apparel Payback3.30.RFID for anti-counterfeiting3.31.Case Studies of Apparel & Retail3.32.Examples of retailers using RAIN RFID and growing3.33.Retail Companies Who have implemented RFID since 20233.34.Retail Companies Who have implemented RFID since 20233.35.METI, Japan, target 100 billion tags/year by 2025 is not be realized3.36.Case Study: RFID Demand Pull (1)3.37.Case Study: RFID Demand Pull (2)3.38.RFID in Retail & Apparel Quick Summary3.39.Retail Food & Drink3.40.Using RFID to Tag Food and Drink3.41.Current Challenges and Obstacles and why adoption remains low3.42.US FDA Mandated Food traceability by January 20263.43.Kroger’s RFID Rollout Targets Freshness and Sustainability3.44.Aviation Industry3.45.Airports and Airlines use RFID for baggage claim3.46.Airline and Airport for RFID Growth3.47.Competing technologies to RFID: Computer vision3.48.AirAsia Tracks Life Jackets Using RFID3.49.Secure access and contactless payment3.50.NFC and HF RFID within Financial Transactions3.51.Secure access and contactless payment3.52.Smart ticketing3.53.Smart ticketing3.54.Smart ticketing vs contactless payments3.55.Benchmark of competing technologies for smart ticketing3.56.Logistics, Parcels & Postal: Asset Tracking, Manufacturing3.57.Logistics and Parcel Handling Are Emerging Frontiers for RFID Growth3.58.Postal and courier services3.59.UPS to deploy RFIDs through its facilities3.60.Logistics, Asset Tracking, Manufacturing3.61.Tracking Logistics Containers3.62.RFID tracks automotive body panels3.63.Case studies of RFID in food and other logistics industry3.64.Chipotle Uses Pallet-Level RFID for Traceability and Food Safety3.65.McDonalds uses RFID for Sustainability & Efficiency3.66.Laundry/rented textiles3.67.Laundry/rented textiles3.68.Others3.69.E-Passports3.70.Animal Tagging3.71.RFID provides more consumer engagement and enables more data use3.72.RFID embedded in consumer electronics devices (1)3.73.RFID embedded in consumer electronics devices (2)3.74.RFID Sensors3.75.RFID Sensor Types3.76.RFID Sensors: Main choices3.77.Powercast’s RFID Sensor3.78.Passive RFID Sensors (Electronic): Case studies3.79.Passive UHF RFID sensors with printed electronics3.80.LG Sensing Smart Card: Commercial product with a printed antenna to test water salinity. Launched in Korea3.81.Thin finger print sensors using organic photodetectors3.82.Smart Packaging3.83.Functional applications of NFC Within Smart packaging on Consumer goods3.84.NFC Smart Packaging & Apparel within the Luxury Sector3.85.Barriers To NFC Smart packaging Adoption3.86.Smart packaging with flexible hybrid electronics3.87.Flexible Integrated Circuits May Scale NFC for Smart Packaging3.88.Flexible IC Pilots and Case Studies for Circular Economy3.89.NFC for product registration and authentication3.90.’Sensor-less’ sensing of temperature and movement3.91.NFC Smart Packaging & Apparel within the FMCG Sector3.92.SharpEnd using NFC for connected experiences3.93.RFID and Smart Packaging: SWOT analysis3.94.RFID and smart packaging: Conclusions4.PASSIVE RFID: TAG COST TEARDOWN, MARKET VALUE AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS4.1.Passive RFID tags, total number 2024-2036, billions4.2.Passive RFID tags, market value, 2024-2036, $ millions4.3.RFID Range versus cost4.4.Passive RFID: Technologies by operating frequency4.5.Anatomy of passive HF and UHF tags4.6.Challenges in contacting HF/NFC coils4.7.Antenna Technology Choices4.8.Antenna Manufacturing Technologies: Comparison Table4.9.RFID Antennas: New Technologies4.10.Printed RFID antennas struggle for traction: Is copper ink a solution?4.11.Conductive ink requirements for RFID and smart packaging4.12.IC Attachment4.13.IC attachment processes4.14.Inlay assembly today4.15.Label Conversion4.16.RFID Manufacturing trends4.17.Passive RFID price teardown, HF and UHF4.18.Surviving in a commodity inlay market4.19.Fully printed ICs have struggled to compete with silicon4.20.Current approaches to printed logic4.21.Flexible metal oxide ICs4.22.Benefits of flexible/printed logic4.23.Save on IC attach cost?4.24.Investment into metal oxide ICs continues4.25.Pragmatic FlexIC further plan to revolutionises UHF and NFC Applications4.26.SWOT analysis: Evaporated metal oxide ICs on flexible substrates5.THREATS TO PASSIVE RFID5.1.Passive RFID – SWOT Analysis5.2.QR codes/Barcodea – SWOT Analysis5.3.Machine vision – SWOT Analysis5.4.Threats to passive RFID: Machine vision?5.5.Amazon Fresh Replaces RFID technology within Amazon Fresh Stores5.6.Facial recognition system5.7.Combine RFID and computer vision?5.8.Passive Bluetooth6.MARKET DATA FOR PASSIVE UHF (RAIN) RFID6.1.Passive UHF (RAIN) RFID tag numbers 2024-2036, millions6.2.Passive UHF (RAIN) RFID tag numbers 2024-2036, millions6.3.Average sales price of passive UHF (RAIN) RFID by application 2024-2036, US cents6.4.Total Value of UHF (RAIN) RFID inlays by application 2024-2036, $ millions6.5.Total Value of UHF (RAIN) RFID inlays by application, 2024-2036, $ millions6.6.UHF (RAIN) RFID: The Highlights6.7.UHF (RAIN) RFID: Forthcoming Developments6.8.RAIN RFID ICs versus tag numbers sold6.9.Comment on methodology7.MARKET DATA FOR PASSIVE HF (AND NFC) RFID7.1.Passive HF (13.56MHz, NFC) RFID tag numbers 2024-2036, millions7.2.Passive HF (13.56MHz, NFC) RFID tag numbers 2024-2036, millions7.3.Average sales price of passive HF (13.56MHz) RFID by application 2024-2036, US cents7.4.Total value of HF (13.56MHz) RFID inlays and cards by application 2024-2036, $ millions7.5.Total value of HF (13.56MHz) RFID inlays and cards by application 2024-2036, $ millions7.6.HF/NFC RFID Market Trends8.MARKET DATA FOR PASSIVE LF (125KHZ, 134KHZ) RFID TAG8.1.Passive LF (125KHz, 134KHz) RFID tag numbers 2024-2036, millions8.2.Passive LF (125KHz, 134KHz) RFID tag numbers 2024-2036, millions8.3.Average sales price of passive LF (13.56MHz) RFID by application 2024-2036, US cents8.4.Total value of LF RFID inlays and cards by application 2024-2036, $ millions8.5.Total value of LF RFID inlays and cards, by application 2024-2036, $ millions9.MARKETS AND PROFITABILITY OF ACTIVE RFID9.1.Active RFID Market9.2.Change in active RFID systems due to BLE and LPWAN9.3.How many competing LPWAN technologies?9.4.Overview of wireless technologies9.5.Comparison of WLAN networking protocols9.6.Comparison of LPWAN capabilities9.7.RFID market forecasts for battery assisted passive RFID, active RFID tag numbers 2024-2036, millions9.8.RFID market forecasts for battery assisted passive RFID, active RFID tag numbers 2024-2036, millions9.9.Total value of battery assisted and active RFID by application 2024-2036, $ millions10.MARKET FOR RFID INTERROGATORS10.1.(RFID readers)10.2.Overview10.3.Qualcomm Announces UHF Integration into Snapdragon Platform10.4.RFID Interrogator (reader) numbers 2024-2036, millions10.5.RFID Interrogator (reader) price 2024-2036, US cents10.6.RFID Interrogator (reader) market value 2024-2036, $ millions10.7.RFID Interrogator (reader) market value 2024-2036, $ millions11.MARKETS BY GEOGRAPHY11.1.Total Value of Passive LF (125KHz, 134KHz) RFID inlays by Geography, 2024-2036, $ millions11.2.Total Value of Passive LF (125KHz, 134KHz) RFID inlays by Geography, 2024-2036, $ millions11.3.Total Value of Passive HF (13.56MHz, NFC) RFID inlays by Geography, 2024-2036, $ millions11.4.Total Value of Passive HF (13.56MHz, NFC) RFID inlays by Geography, 2024-2036, $ millions11.5.Total Market Value of UHF (RAIN) RFID inlays by Geography, 2024-2036, $ millions11.6.Total Value of UHF (RAIN) RFID inlays by Geography, 2024-2036, $ millions11.7.Total Value of Passive RFID inlays by Geography, 2024-2036, $ millions11.8.Total Value of Passive RFID inlays by Geography, 2024-2036, $ millions11.9.Top Level Market Value of Passive RFID inlays and end use Geography, 2024-2036, $ millions11.10.Top Level Market Value of Passive RFID inlays and end use Geography, 2024-2036, $ millions11.11.Americas RFID Use: Key Conclusions11.12.Asia-Pacific RFID Use: Key Conclusions11.13.Europe RFID Use: Key Conclusions11.14.Middle East & Africa RFID Use: Key Conclusions11.15.RFID Companies Headquarter Geography11.16.Comment on methodology12.SUCCESSES, FAILURES, TRENDS, OPPORTUNITIES12.1.Dynamics of the RFID value chain12.2.Tag manufacturing value chain12.3.Key company acquisition (1)12.4.Key company acquisition (2)12.5.RFID profitability (1)12.6.RFID profitability (2)12.7.Largest orders, best selling products, dominant suppliers in future12.8.Largest suppliers of chips12.9.Largest suppliers of tags, inlets, straps and detailed value chain for high volume12.10.Examples of companies in the chip to label value chain12.11.UHF RFID readers12.12.Equipment supply12.13.Outlook for RFID13.RFID SOLUTION PROVIDERS13.1.The RFID value chain (1)13.2.The RFID value chain (2)14.COMPANY PROFILES14.1.Access to company profiles on the IDTechEx portal