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Microbolometer
Microbolometer is Microbolometer IR Detector (MIRD) that change in resistance, which mainly use the technology of VOx and a-Si;
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Microbolometer is Microbolometer IR Detector (MIRD) that change in resistance, which mainly use the technology of VOx and a-Si;
For Microbolometer IR Detector, the market usually calculates it in format, one Pcs in this report means a piece of format.
Detector also can be called sensor, esp. in Europe market, so when the report mentioned IR sensor, it also means IR detector.
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Industry Growth & Trends
Global Microbolometer Industry Growth and Trends Forecast to 2032
Market perspective
Microbolometer is Microbolometer IR Detector (MIRD) that change in resistance, which mainly use the technology of VOx and a-Si;
For Microbolometer IR Detector, the market usually calculates it in format, one Pcs in this report means a piece of format.
Detector also can be called sensor, esp. in Europe market, so when the report mentioned IR sensor, it also means IR detector.
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Global Microbolometer key players include FLIR Systems, Sofradir (ULIS), Leonardo DRS, etc. Global top three manufacturers hold a share about 75%.
North America is the largest market, with a share about 50%, followed by Europe and China, both have a share about 30 percent.
In terms of product, Vanadium Oxide (VOx) is the largest segment, with a share about 80%. And in terms of application, the largest application is Aerospace & Defense, followed by Thermography.
Report Scope
This report provides a structured, data-driven view of the global Microbolometer market, combining harmonized quantitative metrics with targeted qualitative insight to support business and growth strategy, market positioning, and capital allocation.
The Microbolometer market size, estimates, and forecasts are presented in terms of sales volume (Pcs) and revenue (US$ million), with 2025 as the base year and historical and forecast data for 2021-2032. The report segments the global Microbolometer market by Type, Application, region/country, and company, provides regional market sizes at the segment level, profiles the competitive landscape and key players and their market ranks, and reviews technology trends and new product developments relevant toMicrobolometer.
Key Companies & Market Share Insights
This section analyzes the strategies and performance of leading manufacturers in the global Microbolometer market, including portfolio focus, innovation and product development, mergers and acquisitions, collaborations, and geographic expansion used to sustain or enhance competitive positions. It also summarizes recent corporate developments and key financial indicators and provides global revenue, price, and sales volume data by manufacturer for 2020-2025, enabling benchmarking of scale, pricing, and market share and supporting assessment of market concentration through indicators such as CR5 and CR10.
Microbolometer Market by Company
FLIR Systems
Sofradir (ULIS)
Leonardo DRS
BAE Systems
Raytheon
L-3
NEC
SCD
Zhejiang Dali
Yantai Raytron
North GuangWei
Microbolometer Segment by Type
Vanadium Oxide (VOx)
Amorphous Silicon (a-Si)
Other
Microbolometer Segment by Application
Aerospace & Defense
Automotive
Video Surveillance
Thermography
Other
Microbolometer 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
Key Drivers & Barriers
High-impact rendering factors and drivers have been studied in this report to aid the readers to understand the general development. Moreover, the report includes restraints and challenges that may act as stumbling blocks on the way of the players. This will assist the users to be attentive and make informed decisions related to business. Specialists have also laid their focus on the upcoming business prospects.
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 Microbolometer 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 Microbolometer 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 Microbolometer.
7. This report helps stakeholders to identify some of the key players in the market and understand their valuable contribution.
Chapter Outline
Chapter 1: Introduces the study scope of this report, executive summary of market segments by type, market size segments for North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, Middle East & Africa.
Chapter 2: Introduces the market dynamics, latest developments of the market, the driving factors and restrictive factors of the market, the challenges and risks faced by manufacturers in the industry, and the analysis of relevant policies in the industry.
Chapter 3: Detailed analysis of Microbolometer manufacturers competitive landscape, price, sales, revenue, market share and ranking, latest development plan, merger, and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 4: Sales, revenue of Microbolometer in regional level. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region and introduces the future development prospects, and market space in the world.
Chapter 5: Introduces market segments by application, market size segment for North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, Middle East & Africa.
Chapter 6: Provides profiles of key players, introducing the basic situation of the main companies in the market in detail, including product sales, revenue, price, gross margin, product introduction, recent development, etc.
Chapter 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11: North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, Middle East & Africa, sales and revenue by country.
Chapter 12: Analysis of industrial chain, key raw materials, manufacturing cost, and market dynamics.
Chapter 13: Concluding Insights of the report.
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Scope & coverage.
Types
- Vanadium Oxide (VOx)
- Amorphous Silicon (a-Si)
- Other
Applications
- Aerospace & Defense
- Automotive
- Video Surveillance
- Thermography
- Other
Companies covered
- FLIR Systems
- Sofradir (ULIS)
- Leonardo DRS
- BAE Systems
- Raytheon
- L-3
- NEC
- SCD
- Zhejiang Dali
- Yantai Raytron
- North GuangWei
Inside the report.
1 Market Overview
- 1.1 Product Definition
- 1.2 Global Market Growth Prospects
- 1.2.1 Global Microbolometer Market Size Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 1.2.2 Global Microbolometer Sales Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 1.3 Microbolometer Market by Type
- 1.3.1 Vanadium Oxide (VOx)
- 1.3.2 Amorphous Silicon (a-Si)
- 1.3.3 Other
- 1.4 Global Microbolometer Market Size by Type
- 1.4.1 Global Microbolometer Market Size Overview by Type (2021-2032)
- 1.4.2 Global Microbolometer Historic Market Size Review by Type (2021-2026)
- 1.4.3 Global Microbolometer Forecasted Market Size by Type (2027-2032)
- 1.5 Key Regions Market Size by Type
- 1.5.1 North America Microbolometer Sales Breakdown by Type (2021-2026)
- 1.5.2 Europe Microbolometer Sales Breakdown by Type (2021-2026)
- 1.5.3 Asia-Pacific Microbolometer Sales Breakdown by Type (2021-2026)
- 1.5.4 South America Microbolometer Sales Breakdown by Type (2021-2026)
- 1.5.5 Middle East and Africa Microbolometer Sales Breakdown by Type (2021-2026)
2 Global Market Dynamics
- 2.1 Microbolometer Industry Trends
- 2.2 Microbolometer Industry Drivers
- 2.3 Microbolometer Industry Opportunities and Challenges
- 2.4 Microbolometer Industry Restraints
3 Market Competitive Landscape by Company
- 3.1 Global Top Players by Microbolometer Revenue (2021-2026)
- 3.2 Global Top Players by Microbolometer Sales (2021-2026)
- 3.3 Global Top Players by Microbolometer Price (2021-2026)
- 3.4 Global Microbolometer Industry Company Ranking, 2024 VS 2025 VS 2026
- 3.5 Global Microbolometer Major Company Production Sites & Headquarters
- 3.6 Global Microbolometer Company, Product Type & Application
- 3.7 Global Microbolometer Company Establishment Date
- 3.8 Market Competitive Analysis
- 3.8.1 Global Microbolometer Market CR5 and HHI
- 3.8.2 Global Top 5 and 10 Microbolometer Players Market Share by Revenue in 2025
- 3.8.3 2025 Microbolometer Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3
4 Microbolometer Regional Status and Outlook
- 4.1 Global Microbolometer Market Size and CAGR by Region: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 4.2 Global Microbolometer Historic Market Size by Region
- 4.2.1 Global Microbolometer Sales in Volume by Region (2021-2026)
- 4.2.2 Global Microbolometer Sales in Value by Region (2021-2026)
- 4.2.3 Global Microbolometer Sales (Volume & Value), Price and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 4.3 Global Microbolometer Forecasted Market Size by Region
- 4.3.1 Global Microbolometer Sales in Volume by Region (2027-2032)
- 4.3.2 Global Microbolometer Sales in Value by Region (2027-2032)
- 4.3.3 Global Microbolometer Sales (Volume & Value), Price and Gross Margin (2027-2032)
5 Microbolometer by Application
- 5.1 Microbolometer Market by Application
- 5.1.1 Aerospace & Defense
- 5.1.2 Automotive
- 5.1.3 Video Surveillance
- 5.1.4 Thermography
- 5.1.5 Other
- 5.2 Global Microbolometer Market Size by Application
- 5.2.1 Global Microbolometer Market Size Overview by Application (2021-2032)
- 5.2.2 Global Microbolometer Historic Market Size Review by Application (2021-2026)
- 5.2.3 Global Microbolometer Forecasted Market Size by Application (2027-2032)
- 5.3 Key Regions Market Size by Application
- 5.3.1 North America Microbolometer Sales Breakdown by Application (2021-2026)
- 5.3.2 Europe Microbolometer Sales Breakdown by Application (2021-2026)
- 5.3.3 Asia-Pacific Microbolometer Sales Breakdown by Application (2021-2026)
- 5.3.4 South America Microbolometer Sales Breakdown by Application (2021-2026)
- 5.3.5 Middle East and Africa Microbolometer Sales Breakdown by Application (2021-2026)
6 Company Profiles
- 6.1 FLIR Systems
- 6.1.1 FLIR Systems Company Information
- 6.1.2 FLIR Systems Business Overview
- 6.1.3 FLIR Systems Microbolometer Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.1.4 FLIR Systems Microbolometer Product Portfolio
- 6.1.5 FLIR Systems Recent Developments
- 6.2 Sofradir (ULIS)
- 6.2.1 Sofradir (ULIS) Company Information
- 6.2.2 Sofradir (ULIS) Business Overview
- 6.2.3 Sofradir (ULIS) Microbolometer Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.2.4 Sofradir (ULIS) Microbolometer Product Portfolio
- 6.2.5 Sofradir (ULIS) Recent Developments
- 6.3 Leonardo DRS
- 6.3.1 Leonardo DRS Company Information
- 6.3.2 Leonardo DRS Business Overview
- 6.3.3 Leonardo DRS Microbolometer Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.3.4 Leonardo DRS Microbolometer Product Portfolio
- 6.3.5 Leonardo DRS Recent Developments
- 6.4 BAE Systems
- 6.4.1 BAE Systems Company Information
- 6.4.2 BAE Systems Business Overview
- 6.4.3 BAE Systems Microbolometer Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.4.4 BAE Systems Microbolometer Product Portfolio
- 6.4.5 BAE Systems Recent Developments
- 6.5 Raytheon
- 6.5.1 Raytheon Company Information
- 6.5.2 Raytheon Business Overview
- 6.5.3 Raytheon Microbolometer Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.5.4 Raytheon Microbolometer Product Portfolio
- 6.5.5 Raytheon Recent Developments
- 6.6 L-3
- 6.6.1 L-3 Company Information
- 6.6.2 L-3 Business Overview
- 6.6.3 L-3 Microbolometer Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.6.4 L-3 Microbolometer Product Portfolio
- 6.6.5 L-3 Recent Developments
- 6.7 NEC
- 6.7.1 NEC Company Information
- 6.7.2 NEC Business Overview
- 6.7.3 NEC Microbolometer Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.7.4 NEC Microbolometer Product Portfolio
- 6.7.5 NEC Recent Developments
- 6.8 SCD
- 6.8.1 SCD Company Information
- 6.8.2 SCD Business Overview
- 6.8.3 SCD Microbolometer Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.8.4 SCD Microbolometer Product Portfolio
- 6.8.5 SCD Recent Developments
- 6.9 Zhejiang Dali
- 6.9.1 Zhejiang Dali Company Information
- 6.9.2 Zhejiang Dali Business Overview
- 6.9.3 Zhejiang Dali Microbolometer Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.9.4 Zhejiang Dali Microbolometer Product Portfolio
- 6.9.5 Zhejiang Dali Recent Developments
- 6.10 Yantai Raytron
- 6.10.1 Yantai Raytron Company Information
- 6.10.2 Yantai Raytron Business Overview
- 6.10.3 Yantai Raytron Microbolometer Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.10.4 Yantai Raytron Microbolometer Product Portfolio
- 6.10.5 Yantai Raytron Recent Developments
- 6.11 North GuangWei
- 6.11.1 North GuangWei Company Information
- 6.11.2 North GuangWei Business Overview
- 6.11.3 North GuangWei Microbolometer Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.11.4 North GuangWei Microbolometer Product Portfolio
- 6.11.5 North GuangWei Recent Developments
7 North America by Country
- 7.1 North America Microbolometer Sales by Country
- 7.1.1 North America Microbolometer Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 7.1.2 North America Microbolometer Sales by Country (2021-2026)
- 7.1.3 North America Microbolometer Sales Forecast by Country (2027-2032)
- 7.2 North America Microbolometer Market Size by Country
- 7.2.1 North America Microbolometer Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 7.2.2 North America Microbolometer Market Size by Country (2021-2026)
- 7.2.3 North America Microbolometer Market Size Forecast by Country (2027-2032)
8 Europe by Country
- 8.1 Europe Microbolometer Sales by Country
- 8.1.1 Europe Microbolometer Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.1.2 Europe Microbolometer Sales by Country (2021-2026)
- 8.1.3 Europe Microbolometer Sales Forecast by Country (2027-2032)
- 8.2 Europe Microbolometer Market Size by Country
- 8.2.1 Europe Microbolometer Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.2.2 Europe Microbolometer Market Size by Country (2021-2026)
- 8.2.3 Europe Microbolometer Market Size Forecast by Country (2027-2032)
9 Asia-Pacific by Country
- 9.1 Asia-Pacific Microbolometer Sales by Country
- 9.1.1 Asia-Pacific Microbolometer Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 9.1.2 Asia-Pacific Microbolometer Sales by Country (2021-2026)
- 9.1.3 Asia-Pacific Microbolometer Sales Forecast by Country (2027-2032)
- 9.2 Asia-Pacific Microbolometer Market Size by Country
- 9.2.1 Asia-Pacific Microbolometer Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 9.2.2 Asia-Pacific Microbolometer Market Size by Country (2021-2026)
- 9.2.3 Asia-Pacific Microbolometer Market Size Forecast by Country (2027-2032)
10 South America by Country
- 10.1 South America Microbolometer Sales by Country
- 10.1.1 South America Microbolometer Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 10.1.2 South America Microbolometer Sales by Country (2021-2026)
- 10.1.3 South America Microbolometer Sales Forecast by Country (2027-2032)
- 10.2 South America Microbolometer Market Size by Country
- 10.2.1 South America Microbolometer Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 10.2.2 South America Microbolometer Market Size by Country (2021-2026)
- 10.2.3 South America Microbolometer Market Size Forecast by Country (2027-2032)
11 Middle East and Africa by Country
- 11.1 Middle East and Africa Microbolometer Sales by Country
- 11.1.1 Middle East and Africa Microbolometer Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 11.1.2 Middle East and Africa Microbolometer Sales by Country (2021-2026)
- 11.1.3 Middle East and Africa Microbolometer Sales Forecast by Country (2027-2032)
- 11.2 Middle East and Africa Microbolometer Market Size by Country
- 11.2.1 Middle East and Africa Microbolometer Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 11.2.2 Middle East and Africa Microbolometer Market Size by Country (2021-2026)
- 11.2.3 Middle East and Africa Microbolometer Market Size Forecast by Country (2027-2032)
12 Value Chain and Sales Channels Analysis
- 12.1 Microbolometer Value Chain Analysis
- 12.1.1 Microbolometer Key Raw Materials
- 12.1.2 Key Raw Materials Price
- 12.1.3 Raw Materials Key Suppliers
- 12.1.4 Manufacturing Cost Structure
- 12.1.5 Microbolometer Production Mode & Process
- 12.2 Microbolometer Sales Channels Analysis
- 12.2.1 Direct Comparison with Distribution Share
- 12.2.2 Microbolometer Distributors
- 12.2.3 Microbolometer Customers
13 Concluding Insights
14 Appendix
- 14.1 Reasons for Doing This Study
- 14.2 Research Methodology
- 14.3 Research Process
- 14.4 Authors List of This Report
- 14.5 Data Source
- 14.5.1 Secondary Sources
- 14.5.2 Primary Sources
- 14.6 Disclaimer
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