Global Small UAV Market by Size, by Type, by Application, by Region, History and Forecast 2020-2031

Summary

A small UAV (SUAV) is an unmanned aerial vehicle small enough to be man-portable. This report mainly studies Small UAV market; by type (Fixed Wing, Helicopter, Rotary Blade, and Other), by application (Defense & Commercial and Civil).

According to APO Research, The global Small UAV market is projected to grow from US$ million in 2025 to US$ million by 2031, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of % during the forecast period.

The US & Canada market for Small UAV is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2025 through 2031.

Asia-Pacific market for Small UAV is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2025 through 2031.

The China market for Small UAV is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2025 through 2031.

Europe market for Small UAV is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2025 through 2031.

The major global manufacturers of Small UAV include DJI, AeroVironment, Parrot, Lockheed Martin, Applied Aeronautics, Textron, FLIR Systems, IAI and Elbit Systems, etc. In 2024, the world's top three vendors accounted for approximately % of the revenue.

In terms of production side, this report researches the Small UAV production, growth rate, market share by manufacturers and by region (region level and country level), from 2020 to 2025, and forecast to 2031.

In terms of consumption side, this report focuses on the sales of Small UAV by region (region level and country level), by company, by type and by application. from 2020 to 2025 and forecast to 2031.

This report presents an overview of global market for Small UAV, capacity, output, revenue and price. Analyses of the global market trends, with historic market revenue or sales data for 2020 - 2024, estimates for 2025, and projections of CAGR through 2031.

This report researches the key producers of Small UAV, also provides the consumption of main regions and countries. Of the upcoming market potential for Small UAV, and key regions or countries of focus to forecast this market into various segments and sub-segments. Country specific data and market value analysis for the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, China, Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, India, Germany, the U.K., Italy, Middle East, Africa, and Other Countries.

This report focuses on the Small UAV sales, revenue, market share and industry ranking of main manufacturers, data from 2020 to 2025. Identification of the major stakeholders in the global Small UAV market, and analysis of their competitive landscape and market positioning based on recent developments and segmental revenues. This report will help stakeholders to understand the competitive landscape and gain more insights and position their businesses and market strategies in a better way.

This report analyzes the segments data by type and by application, sales, revenue, and price, from 2020 to 2031. Evaluation and forecast the market size for Small UAV sales, projected growth trends, production technology, application and end-user industry.


Small UAV Segment by Company

DJI
AeroVironment
Parrot
Lockheed Martin
Applied Aeronautics
Textron
FLIR Systems
IAI
Elbit Systems
Zero Tech

Small UAV Segment by Type

Fixed Wing
Helicopter
Rotary Blade

Small UAV Segment by Application

Defense
Commercial and Civil

Small UAV Segment by Region

North America
United States
Canada
Mexico
Europe
Germany
France
U.K.
Italy
Russia
Spain
Netherlands
Switzerland
Sweden
Poland
Asia-Pacific
China
Japan
South Korea
India
Australia
Taiwan
Southeast Asia
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Türkiye
GCC Countries

Study Objectives

1. To analyze and research the global status and future forecast, involving, production, value, consumption, growth rate (CAGR), market share, historical and forecast.
2. To present the key manufacturers, capacity, production, revenue, market share, and Recent Developments.
3. To split the breakdown data by regions, type, manufacturers, and Application.
4. To analyze the global and key regions market potential and advantage, opportunity and challenge, restraints, and risks.
5. To identify significant trends, drivers, influence factors in global and regions.
6. To analyze competitive developments such as expansions, agreements, new product launches, and acquisitions in the market.

Reasons to Buy This Report

1. This report will help the readers to understand the competition within the industries and strategies for the competitive environment to enhance the potential profit. The report also focuses on the competitive landscape of the global Small UAV market, and introduces in detail the market share, industry ranking, competitor ecosystem, market performance, new product development, operation situation, expansion, and acquisition. etc. of the main players, which helps the readers to identify the main competitors and deeply understand the competition pattern of the market.
2. This report will help stakeholders to understand the global industry status and trends of Small UAV and provides them with information on key market drivers, restraints, challenges, and opportunities.
3. This report will help stakeholders to understand competitors better and gain more insights to strengthen their position in their businesses. The competitive landscape section includes the market share and rank (in volume and value), competitor ecosystem, new product development, expansion, and acquisition.
4. This report stays updated with novel technology integration, features, and the latest developments in the market.
5. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into which regions to target globally.
6. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into the end-user perception concerning the adoption of Small UAV.
7. This report helps stakeholders to identify some of the key players in the market and understand their valuable contribution.

Chapter Outline

Chapter 1: Provides an overview of the Small UAV market, including product definition, global market growth prospects, production value, capacity, and average price forecasts (2020-2031).
Chapter 2: Analysis key trends, drivers, challenges, and opportunities within the global Small UAV industry.
Chapter 3: Detailed analysis of Small UAV market competition landscape. Including Small UAV manufacturers' output value, output and average price from 2020 to 2025, as well as competition analysis indicators such as origin, product type, application, merger and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 4: Provides the analysis of various market segments by type, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different market segments.
Chapter 5: Provides the analysis of various market segments by application, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different downstream markets.
Chapter 6: Provides profiles of key players, introducing the basic situation of the main companies in the market in detail, including product production/output, value, price, gross margin, product introduction, recent development, etc.
Chapter 7: Production/Production Value of Small UAV by region. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region in the next six years.
Chapter 8: Consumption of Small UAV in regional level and country level. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region and its main countries and introduces the market development, future development prospects, market space, and production of each country in the world.
Chapter 9: Analysis of industrial chain, including the upstream and downstream of the industry.
Chapter 10: Concluding Insights of the report.

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1 Market Overview
1.1 Product Definition
1.2 Global Market Growth Prospects
1.2.1 Global Small UAV Production Value Estimates and Forecasts (2020-2031)
1.2.2 Global Small UAV Production Capacity Estimates and Forecasts (2020-2031)
1.2.3 Global Small UAV Production Estimates and Forecasts (2020-2031)
1.2.4 Global Small UAV Market Average Price (2020-2031)
1.3 Assumptions and Limitations
1.4 Study Goals and Objectives
2 Global Small UAV Market Dynamics
2.1 Small UAV Industry Trends
2.2 Small UAV Industry Drivers
2.3 Small UAV Industry Opportunities and Challenges
2.4 Small UAV Industry Restraints
3 Small UAV Market by Manufacturers
3.1 Global Small UAV Production Value by Manufacturers (2020-2025)
3.2 Global Small UAV Production by Manufacturers (2020-2025)
3.3 Global Small UAV Average Price by Manufacturers (2020-2025)
3.4 Global Small UAV Industry Manufacturers Ranking, 2023 VS 2024 VS 2025
3.5 Global Small UAV Key Manufacturers Manufacturing Sites & Headquarters
3.6 Global Small UAV Manufacturers, Product Type & Application
3.7 Global Small UAV Manufacturers Established Date
3.8 Market Competitive Analysis
3.8.1 Global Small UAV Market CR5 and HHI
3.8.2 Global Top 5 and 10 Small UAV Players Market Share by Production Value in 2024
3.8.3 2024 Small UAV Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3
4 Small UAV Market by Type
4.1 Small UAV Type Introduction
4.1.1 Fixed Wing
4.1.2 Helicopter
4.1.3 Rotary Blade
4.2 Global Small UAV Production by Type
4.2.1 Global Small UAV Production by Type (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
4.2.2 Global Small UAV Production by Type (2020-2031)
4.2.3 Global Small UAV Production Market Share by Type (2020-2031)
4.3 Global Small UAV Production Value by Type
4.3.1 Global Small UAV Production Value by Type (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
4.3.2 Global Small UAV Production Value by Type (2020-2031)
4.3.3 Global Small UAV Production Value Market Share by Type (2020-2031)
5 Small UAV Market by Application
5.1 Small UAV Application Introduction
5.1.1 Defense
5.1.2 Commercial and Civil
5.2 Global Small UAV Production by Application
5.2.1 Global Small UAV Production by Application (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
5.2.2 Global Small UAV Production by Application (2020-2031)
5.2.3 Global Small UAV Production Market Share by Application (2020-2031)
5.3 Global Small UAV Production Value by Application
5.3.1 Global Small UAV Production Value by Application (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
5.3.2 Global Small UAV Production Value by Application (2020-2031)
5.3.3 Global Small UAV Production Value Market Share by Application (2020-2031)
6 Company Profiles
6.1 DJI
6.1.1 DJI Comapny Information
6.1.2 DJI Business Overview
6.1.3 DJI Small UAV Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.1.4 DJI Small UAV Product Portfolio
6.1.5 DJI Recent Developments
6.2 AeroVironment
6.2.1 AeroVironment Comapny Information
6.2.2 AeroVironment Business Overview
6.2.3 AeroVironment Small UAV Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.2.4 AeroVironment Small UAV Product Portfolio
6.2.5 AeroVironment Recent Developments
6.3 Parrot
6.3.1 Parrot Comapny Information
6.3.2 Parrot Business Overview
6.3.3 Parrot Small UAV Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.3.4 Parrot Small UAV Product Portfolio
6.3.5 Parrot Recent Developments
6.4 Lockheed Martin
6.4.1 Lockheed Martin Comapny Information
6.4.2 Lockheed Martin Business Overview
6.4.3 Lockheed Martin Small UAV Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.4.4 Lockheed Martin Small UAV Product Portfolio
6.4.5 Lockheed Martin Recent Developments
6.5 Applied Aeronautics
6.5.1 Applied Aeronautics Comapny Information
6.5.2 Applied Aeronautics Business Overview
6.5.3 Applied Aeronautics Small UAV Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.5.4 Applied Aeronautics Small UAV Product Portfolio
6.5.5 Applied Aeronautics Recent Developments
6.6 Textron
6.6.1 Textron Comapny Information
6.6.2 Textron Business Overview
6.6.3 Textron Small UAV Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.6.4 Textron Small UAV Product Portfolio
6.6.5 Textron Recent Developments
6.7 FLIR Systems
6.7.1 FLIR Systems Comapny Information
6.7.2 FLIR Systems Business Overview
6.7.3 FLIR Systems Small UAV Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.7.4 FLIR Systems Small UAV Product Portfolio
6.7.5 FLIR Systems Recent Developments
6.8 IAI
6.8.1 IAI Comapny Information
6.8.2 IAI Business Overview
6.8.3 IAI Small UAV Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.8.4 IAI Small UAV Product Portfolio
6.8.5 IAI Recent Developments
6.9 Elbit Systems
6.9.1 Elbit Systems Comapny Information
6.9.2 Elbit Systems Business Overview
6.9.3 Elbit Systems Small UAV Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.9.4 Elbit Systems Small UAV Product Portfolio
6.9.5 Elbit Systems Recent Developments
6.10 Zero Tech
6.10.1 Zero Tech Comapny Information
6.10.2 Zero Tech Business Overview
6.10.3 Zero Tech Small UAV Production, Value and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.10.4 Zero Tech Small UAV Product Portfolio
6.10.5 Zero Tech Recent Developments
7 Global Small UAV Production by Region
7.1 Global Small UAV Production by Region: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
7.2 Global Small UAV Production by Region (2020-2031)
7.2.1 Global Small UAV Production by Region: 2020-2025
7.2.2 Global Small UAV Production Forecast by Region: 2026-2031
7.3 Global Small UAV Production by Region: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
7.4 Global Small UAV Production Value by Region (2020-2031)
7.4.1 Global Small UAV Production Value by Region: 2020-2025
7.4.2 Global Small UAV Production Value by Region (2026-2031)
7.5 Global Small UAV Market Price Analysis by Region (2020-2031)
7.6 Regional Production Value Trends (2020-2031)
7.6.1 North America Small UAV Production Value (2020-2031)
7.6.2 Europe Small UAV Production Value (2020-2031)
7.6.3 Asia-Pacific Small UAV Production Value (2020-2031)
7.6.4 South America Small UAV Production Value (2020-2031)
7.6.5 Middle East & Africa Small UAV Production Value (2020-2031)
8 Global Small UAV Consumption by Region
8.1 Global Small UAV Consumption by Region: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.2 Global Small UAV Consumption by Region (2020-2031)
8.2.1 Global Small UAV Consumption by Region (2020-2025)
8.2.2 Global Small UAV Consumption by Region (2026-2031)
8.3 North America
8.3.1 North America Small UAV Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.3.2 North America Small UAV Consumption by Country (2020-2031)
8.3.3 U.S.
8.3.4 Canada
8.3.5 Mexico
8.4 Europe
8.4.1 Europe Small UAV Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.4.2 Europe Small UAV Consumption by Country (2020-2031)
8.4.3 Germany
8.4.4 France
8.4.5 U.K.
8.4.6 Italy
8.4.7 Netherlands
8.5 Asia Pacific
8.5.1 Asia Pacific Small UAV Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.5.2 Asia Pacific Small UAV Consumption by Country (2020-2031)
8.5.3 China
8.5.4 Japan
8.5.5 South Korea
8.5.6 Southeast Asia
8.5.7 India
8.5.8 Australia
8.6 South America
8.6.1 South America Small UAV Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.6.2 South America Small UAV Consumption by Country (2020-2031)
8.6.3 Brazil
8.6.4 Argentina
8.6.5 Chile
8.6.6 Colombia
8.7 Middle East & Africa
8.7.1 Middle East & Africa Small UAV Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.7.2 Middle East & Africa Small UAV Consumption by Country (2020-2031)
8.7.3 Egypt
8.7.4 South Africa
8.7.5 Israel
8.7.6 Türkiye
8.7.7 GCC Countries
9 Value Chain and Sales Channels Analysis
9.1 Small UAV Value Chain Analysis
9.1.1 Small UAV Key Raw Materials
9.1.2 Raw Materials Key Suppliers
9.1.3 Manufacturing Cost Structure
9.1.4 Small UAV Production Mode & Process
9.2 Small UAV Sales Channels Analysis
9.2.1 Direct Comparison with Distribution Share
9.2.2 Small UAV Distributors
9.2.3 Small UAV Customers
10 Concluding Insights
11 Appendix
11.1 Reasons for Doing This Study
11.2 Research Methodology
11.3 Research Process
11.4 Authors List of This Report
11.5 Data Source
11.5.1 Secondary Sources
11.5.2 Primary Sources
11.6 Disclaimer

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