The new 2022 RAIN Alliance Report on Global Markets and Applications from VDC Research is the most current and most authentic research report for passive UHF RFID available today.

The RAIN Alliance teamed with VDC Research for the analysis and research presented in this report, a follow-up to the 2020 report, and it contains information provided by members of the RAIN Alliance worldwide.

The RAIN RFID market has evolved substantially over the past 24 months with several blue-chip announcements adding momentum and changing market dynamics creating a premium for the benefits that RFID provide. Although investment in RAIN RFID solutions remains closely tied to inventory management in segments like apparel, application opportunities have proliferated substantially.

Think about a leading parcel delivery vendor committing to building out RFID infrastructure to speed up throughput and eliminate the burden of manual barcode scans to quick serve restaurants (QSR) to improve operations. From mandate-driven serialization efforts to operations-minded initiatives, RAIN RFID solutions are positioned as the critical ID technology to support unique ID and non-line of sight reading.

Inside the report there is detailed analysis of initial market models pointing to a global RAIN RFID market of >$3Bn billion in 2021, including finished tags/transponders, fixed readers, handheld readers, and printer/encoders. Tag IC unit shipments reached 28.9 billion units in 2021 while finished tag/transponder units were 27.7 billion units. Reader shipments exceeded 261K units.

Multiple industries and applications, trends by industry and application, as well as regional market trends are addressed within the report. Specific information on each of the components of the technology over the time period 2019 to 2026 with the CAGR for each are given with unit and revenue.

Also in the report are detailed exhibits with scenario-based forecasts and shipment growth by industry and application.  The analysis includes regional shipments and revenue sorted by application and industry as detailed below.

RAIN RFID Research Product Scope:​

  • Tags​
  • Inlays​
  • Tag ICs​
  • Readers: Handheld and Fixed Position​
  • Reader ICs & Reader Modules​
  • Printer/Encoders​

RAIN RFID Research Regional Scope:​

  • North America​
  • Central/Latin America​
  • EMEA​
  • Asia-Pacific​

Research Methodology​

  • Leverage existing VDC Research AIDC research databases and reports​
  • In-depth interviews with RAIN RFID hardware vendors spanning the entire solution value-chain​
  • In-depth interviews with RAIN RFID solution providers/system integrators​
  • In-depth interviews with RAIN RFID end users and industry associations​
  • Collaboration with RAIN RFID Board​
  • Research fielded during Q2/Q3 2022

Inside this report

  • Executive Summary
  • Global RAIN RFID Market Opportunity
    • Exhibit1ICS
    • Exhibit2Inlays
    • Exhibit3Tags
    • Exhibit4Handheld Readers
    • Exhibit5Fixed Readers
    • Exhibit6Printer/Encoders
    • Exhibit7RAIN RFID Cost Projections
  • Trends by Industry & Application
    • Exhibit8Retail Applications: Apparel and Non-Perishable Items
    • Exhibit9Retail Applications: Food & QSR
    • Exhibit10Transportation & Logistics: Parcel/Postal Tracking & Supply Chain Operations
    • Exhibit11Transportation: Baggage Handling
    • Exhibit12Manufacturing
  • Regional Trends Market
    • Exhibit13North America
    • Exhibit14Latin America
    • Exhibit15EMEA
    • Exhibit16APAC
  • Appendix
    • A Scope and Research Methodology
    • B Definitions
    • C List of RAIN RFID Alliance Member Organizations
    • D About VDC Research

List of Exhibits

  • Global RAIN RFID Market Opportunity
    • ExhibitI-1Longer Term Investments to Counter Supply Chain Disruptions
    • ExhibitI-2Global RAIN RFID Tag IC Forecast (2021 Base Year)
    • ExhibitI-3Global RAIN RFID Inlay Forecast (2021 Base Year)
    • ExhibitI-4Global RAIN RFID Tag Forecast (2021 Base Year)
    • ExhibitI-5Global RAIN RFID Handheld Reader Forecast (2021 Base Year)
    • ExhibitI-6Global RAIN RFID Handheld Reader Forecast (2021 Base Year)
    • ExhibitI-7Global RAIN RFID Handheld Reader Forecast (2021 Base Year)
    • ExhibitI-8RAIN RFID Average Selling Price Projections
  • Trends by Industry and Application
    • ExhibitII-1Global RAIN RFID Tag Unit Shipments by Industry (2021 Base Year; Units, Millions)
    • ExhibitII-2Global RAIN RFID Tag Unit Shipments by Application (2021 Base Year; Units, Millions)
    • ExhibitII-3Share of Inventory Discarded Due to Over-Production per Year Source: VDC Supply Chain Technology Executive Survey (n=336)
    • ExhibitII-4Does (or do you expect) supporting item level traceability and serialization significantly impact workflows, potentially making them less efficient (i.e. supporting more manual bar code scans)? Source: VDC Supply Chain Technology Executive Survey (n=336)
    • ExhibitII-5Global RAIN RFID Tag Shipments – Retail Non-Food (2021 Base Year; Units)
    • ExhibitII-6Global RAIN RFID Reader Shipments – Retail Food & QSR (2021 Base Year; Units)
    • ExhibitII-7Global RAIN RFID Tag Shipments – Retail Food & QSR (2021 Base Year; Units)
    • ExhibitII-8Global RAIN RFID Reader Shipments – Transportation/Logistics (2021 Base Year; Units)
    • ExhibitII-9Global RAIN RFID Tag Shipments – Transportation/Logistics (2021 Base Year; Units)
    • ExhibitII-10Leading Factors Impacted Most from an Inability to Trace Items in your Supply Chain Source: VDC Supply Chain Technology Executive Survey (n=336)
    • ExhibitII-11Leading Factors Impacted Most from an Inability to Trace Items in your Supply Chain Source: VDC Supply Chain Technology Executive Survey (n=336)
    • ExhibitII-12Global RAIN RFID Reader Shipments – Baggage Handling (2021 Base Year; Units)
    • ExhibitII-13Global RAIN RFID Tag Shipments – Baggage Handling (2021 Base Year; Units)
    • ExhibitII-14Global RAIN RFID Reader Shipments – Manufacturing (2021 Base Year; Units)
    • ExhibitII-15Global RAIN RFID Tag Shipments – Manufacturing (2021 Base Year; Units)
  • Regional Market Trends
    • ExhibitIII-1North America RAIN RFID Tag Forecast (2021 Base Year)
    • ExhibitIII-2North America RAIN RFID Reader & Printer/Encoder Forecast (2021 Base Year)
    • ExhibitIII-3Latin America RAIN RFID Tag Forecast (2021 Base Year)
    • ExhibitIII-4Latin America RAIN RFID Reader & Printer/Encoder Forecast (2021 Base Year)
    • ExhibitIII-5EMEA RAIN RFID Tag Forecast (2021 Base Year)
    • ExhibitIII-6Latin America RAIN RFID Tag Forecast (2021 Base Year)
    • ExhibitIII-7APAC RAIN RFID Tag Forecast (2021 Base Year)
    • ExhibitIII-8APAC RAIN RFID Reader & Printer/Encoder Forecast (2021 Base Year)

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