The global cloud storage market size was valued at USD 117.59 Billion in 2024. Looking forward, IMARC Group estimates the market to reach USD 490.56 Billion by 2033, exhibiting a CAGR of 16.34% during 2025-2033. North America currently dominates the market, holding a significant market share of over 47.5% in 2024. The market is growing rapidly mainly driven by increasing data generation, the rising demand for cost-effective storage solutions and the widespread adoption of remote work culture. Businesses and individuals are adopting cloud storage for its scalability, accessibility, and security features, which is contributing to the market growth.
Cloud storage is a cloud computing model wherein data is stored on remote servers and accessed over the Internet or through a dedicated private network connection. It is maintained, operated, and managed by cloud storage service providers. It offers instant automatic backup and protection from theft and natural disasters and reduces costs for maintenance and management of the servers. Besides this, as it delivers a cost-effective and scalable alternative to storing files on on-premises hard drives or storage networks, cloud storage finds extensive applications in the manufacturing, telecommunications, media and entertainment, and information technology (IT) industries across the globe.
Cloud Storage Market Trends:
There is presently a significant rise in the amount of data created, copied and consumed globally. This, in confluence with the thriving banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) sector, represents one of the key factors propelling the growth of the market. Moreover, cloud storage solutions are employed in the healthcare industry as they provide easier access to electronic medical records (EMR), which is pivotal for the diagnosis and treatment of patients. These solutions also offer real-time backup of medical data by allowing healthcare providers to quickly restore the data in the event of hardware failure, power loss, and data breaches ensuring minimal disruption or interruption to patient care. This, coupled with the increasing automation in different industry verticals around the world, is creating a positive outlook for the market. Furthermore, the growing adoption of the remote working on account of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak and consequent imposition of lockdown in different countries is driving the market. Apart from this, the rising adoption of serverless cloud, which does not require leasing servers or paying for fixed amounts of storage or bandwidth, is anticipated to impel the market growth.
Key Market Segmentation:
IMARC Group provides an analysis of the key trends in each segment of the global cloud storage market, along with forecasts at the global, regional, and country levels from 2025-2033. The market has been categorized based on component, deployment type, user type, and industry vertical.
Breakup by Component:
- Solution
- Services
- Private
- Public
- Hybrid
- Large Enterprises
- Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
- BFSI
- Government and Public Sector
- Healthcare
- IT and Telecom
- Retail
- Manufacturing
- Media and Entertainment
- Others
- North America
- United States
- Canada
- Asia-Pacific
- China
- Japan
- India
- South Korea
- Australia
- Indonesia
- Others
- Europe
- Germany
- France
- United Kingdom
- Italy
- Spain
- Russia
- Others
- Latin America
- Brazil
- Mexico
- Others
- Middle East and Africa
The competitive landscape of the industry has also been examined along with the profiles of the key players being Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Amazon Web Services Inc. (Amazon.com Inc.), Dell Technologies Inc., Dropbox Inc., Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.), Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., International Business Machines Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, NetApp Inc., Oracle Corporation and VMware Inc (Broadcom Inc.).
Key Questions Answered in This Report
1.How big is the global cloud storage market?
2.What is the future outlook of global cloud storage market?
3.What are the key factors driving the global cloud storage market?
4.Which region accounts for the largest cloud storage market share?
5.Which are the leading companies in the global cloud storage market?
- 1 Preface
- 2 Scope and Methodology
- 2.1 Objectives of the Study
- 2.2 Stakeholders
- 2.3 Data Sources
- 2.3.1 Primary Sources
- 2.3.2 Secondary Sources
- 2.4 Market Estimation
- 2.4.1 Bottom-Up Approach
- 2.4.2 Top-Down Approach
- 2.5 Forecasting Methodology
- 3 Executive Summary
- 4 Introduction
- 4.1 Overview
- 4.2 Key Industry Trends
- 5 Global Cloud Storage Market
- 5.1 Market Overview
- 5.2 Market Performance
- 5.3 Impact of COVID-19
- 5.4 Market Forecast
- 6 Market Breakup by Component
- 6.1 Solution
- 6.1.1 Market Trends
- 6.1.2 Market Forecast
- 6.2 Services
- 6.2.1 Market Trends
- 6.2.2 Market Forecast
- 7 Market Breakup by Deployment Type
- 7.1 Private
- 7.1.1 Market Trends
- 7.1.2 Market Forecast
- 7.2 Public
- 7.2.1 Market Trends
- 7.2.2 Market Forecast
- 7.3 Hybrid
- 7.3.1 Market Trends
- 7.3.2 Market Forecast
- 8 Market Breakup by User Type
- 8.1 Large Enterprises
- 8.1.1 Market Trends
- 8.1.2 Market Forecast
- 8.2 Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
- 8.2.1 Market Trends
- 8.2.2 Market Forecast
- 9 Market Breakup by Industry Vertical
- 9.1 BFSI
- 9.1.1 Market Trends
- 9.1.2 Market Forecast
- 9.2 Government and Public Sector
- 9.2.1 Market Trends
- 9.2.2 Market Forecast
- 9.3 Healthcare
- 9.3.1 Market Trends
- 9.3.2 Market Forecast
- 9.4 IT and Telecom
- 9.4.1 Market Trends
- 9.4.2 Market Forecast
- 9.5 Retail
- 9.5.1 Market Trends
- 9.5.2 Market Forecast
- 9.6 Manufacturing
- 9.6.1 Market Trends
- 9.6.2 Market Forecast
- 9.7 Media and Entertainment
- 9.7.1 Market Trends
- 9.7.2 Market Forecast
- 9.8 Others
- 9.8.1 Market Trends
- 9.8.2 Market Forecast
- 10 Market Breakup by Region
- 10.1 North America
- 10.1.1 United States
- 10.1.1.1 Market Trends
- 10.1.1.2 Market Forecast
- 10.1.2 Canada
- 10.1.2.1 Market Trends
- 10.1.2.2 Market Forecast
- 10.2 Asia-Pacific
- 10.2.1 China
- 10.2.1.1 Market Trends
- 10.2.1.2 Market Forecast
- 10.2.2 Japan
- 10.2.2.1 Market Trends
- 10.2.2.2 Market Forecast
- 10.2.3 India
- 10.2.3.1 Market Trends
- 10.2.3.2 Market Forecast
- 10.2.4 South Korea
- 10.2.4.1 Market Trends
- 10.2.4.2 Market Forecast
- 10.2.5 Australia
- 10.2.5.1 Market Trends
- 10.2.5.2 Market Forecast
- 10.2.6 Indonesia
- 10.2.6.1 Market Trends
- 10.2.6.2 Market Forecast
- 10.2.7 Others
- 10.2.7.1 Market Trends
- 10.2.7.2 Market Forecast
- 10.3 Europe
- 10.3.1 Germany
- 10.3.1.1 Market Trends
- 10.3.1.2 Market Forecast
- 10.3.2 France
- 10.3.2.1 Market Trends
- 10.3.2.2 Market Forecast
- 10.3.3 United Kingdom
- 10.3.3.1 Market Trends
- 10.3.3.2 Market Forecast
- 10.3.4 Italy
- 10.3.4.1 Market Trends
- 10.3.4.2 Market Forecast
- 10.3.5 Spain
- 10.3.5.1 Market Trends
- 10.3.5.2 Market Forecast
- 10.3.6 Russia
- 10.3.6.1 Market Trends
- 10.3.6.2 Market Forecast
- 10.3.7 Others
- 10.3.7.1 Market Trends
- 10.3.7.2 Market Forecast
- 10.4 Latin America
- 10.4.1 Brazil
- 10.4.1.1 Market Trends
- 10.4.1.2 Market Forecast
- 10.4.2 Mexico
- 10.4.2.1 Market Trends
- 10.4.2.2 Market Forecast
- 10.4.3 Others
- 10.4.3.1 Market Trends
- 10.4.3.2 Market Forecast
- 10.5 Middle East and Africa
- 10.5.1 Market Trends
- 10.5.2 Market Breakup by Country
- 10.5.3 Market Forecast
- 11 SWOT Analysis
- 11.1 Overview
- 11.2 Strengths
- 11.3 Weaknesses
- 11.4 Opportunities
- 11.5 Threats
- 12 Value Chain Analysis
- 13 Porters Five Forces Analysis
- 13.1 Overview
- 13.2 Bargaining Power of Buyers
- 13.3 Bargaining Power of Suppliers
- 13.4 Degree of Competition
- 13.5 Threat of New Entrants
- 13.6 Threat of Substitutes
- 14 Price Analysis
- 15 Competitive Landscape
- 15.1 Market Structure
- 15.2 Key Players
- 15.3 Profiles of Key Players
- 15.3.1 Alibaba Group Holding Limited
- 15.3.1.1 Company Overview
- 15.3.1.2 Product Portfolio
- 15.3.1.3 Financials
- 15.3.1.4 SWOT Analysis
- 15.3.2 Amazon Web Services Inc. (Amazon.com Inc.)
- 15.3.2.1 Company Overview
- 15.3.2.2 Product Portfolio
- 15.3.2.3 SWOT Analysis
- 15.3.3 Dell Technologies Inc.
- 15.3.3.1 Company Overview
- 15.3.3.2 Product Portfolio
- 15.3.3.3 Financials
- 15.3.3.4 SWOT Analysis
- 15.3.4 Dropbox Inc.
- 15.3.4.1 Company Overview
- 15.3.4.2 Product Portfolio
- 15.3.4.3 Financials
- 15.3.5 Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
- 15.3.5.1 Company Overview
- 15.3.5.2 Product Portfolio
- 15.3.5.3 SWOT Analysis
- 15.3.6 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
- 15.3.6.1 Company Overview
- 15.3.6.2 Product Portfolio
- 15.3.6.3 Financials
- 15.3.6.4 SWOT Analysis
- 15.3.7 Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
- 15.3.7.1 Company Overview
- 15.3.7.2 Product Portfolio
- 15.3.7.3 SWOT Analysis
- 15.3.8 International Business Machines Corporation
- 15.3.8.1 Company Overview
- 15.3.8.2 Product Portfolio
- 15.3.8.3 Financials
- 15.3.8.4 SWOT Analysis
- 15.3.9 Microsoft Corporation
- 15.3.9.1 Company Overview
- 15.3.9.2 Product Portfolio
- 15.3.9.3 Financials
- 15.3.9.4 SWOT Analysis
- 15.3.10 NetApp Inc.
- 15.3.10.1 Company Overview
- 15.3.10.2 Product Portfolio
- 15.3.10.3 Financials
- 15.3.10.4 SWOT Analysis
- 15.3.11 Oracle Corporation
- 15.3.11.1 Company Overview
- 15.3.11.2 Product Portfolio
- 15.3.11.3 Financials
- 15.3.11.4 SWOT Analysis
- 15.3.12 VMware Inc. (Broadcom Inc.)
- 15.3.12.1 Company Overview
- 15.3.12.2 Product Portfolio
- 15.3.12.3 Financials
- 15.3.12.4 SWOT Analysis
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