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Optical Character Recognition Market

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  • 53 Pages
  • May 2025
  • Region: Global
  • GlobalData
  • ID: 6145311
Global Optical Character Recognition industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2019-24, and forecast to 2029). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market.

Key Highlights

  • Optical character recognition (OCR) is the process of electronically converting printed or handwritten text into machine-readable text that can be edited and searched electronically. OCR software analyses the shapes and patterns of characters in an image and converts them into ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) codes or Unicode characters. The OCR technology can be used to convert printed or written documents into a digital format, allowing for easy editing, storing, and sharing of the content. OCR technology is commonly used in various applications, such as digitizing books, converting paper documents into electronic format, recognizing license plate numbers, and processing forms and invoices.
  • The global optical character recognition market recorded revenues of $14.87 billion in 2024, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.3% between 2019 and 2024.
  • The software segment accounted for the market's largest proportion in 2024, with total revenues of $10.45 billion, equivalent to 70.2% of the market's overall value.
  • In 2024, the global optical character recognition market recorded an annual growth of 10.8%. The growth is attributed to the expanding digitalization, which encourages the digital processing and management of large amounts of physical documents.

Scope

  • Save time carrying out entry-level research by identifying the size, growth, major segments, and leading players in the optical character recognition market in the global
  • Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the global optical character recognition market
  • Leading company profiles reveal details of key optical character recognition market players’ global operations and financial performance
  • Add weight to presentations and pitches by understanding the future growth prospects of the Global optical character recognition market with five year forecasts

Reasons to Buy

  • What was the size of the Global optical character recognition market by value in 2024?
  • What will be the size of the Global optical character recognition market in 2029?
  • What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the Global optical character recognition market?
  • How has the market performed over the last five years?
  • What are the main segments that make up the global's optical character recognition market?

Table of Contents

1 Executive Summary
1.1. Market value
1.2. Market value forecast
1.3. Category segmentation
1.4. Geography segmentation
1.5. Market rivalry
1.6. Competitive landscape
2 Market Overview
2.1. Market definition
2.2. Market analysis
3 Market Data
3.1. Market value
4 Market Segmentation
4.1. Category segmentation
4.2. Geography segmentation
5 Market Outlook
5.1. Market value forecast
6 Five Forces Analysis
6.1. Summary
6.2. Buyer power
6.3. Supplier power
6.4. New entrants
6.5. Threat of substitutes
6.6. Degree of rivalry
7 Competitive Landscape
7.1. Who are the leading players?
7.2. What are the strategies of the leading players?
7.3. What are the most recent developments in the market?
8 Company Profiles
8.1. ADOBE Inc
8.2. ABBYY USA Software House Inc
8.3. Microsoft Corp
8.4. International Business Machines Corp
8.5. Google LLC
8.6. Amazon Web Services Inc
9 Macroeconomic Indicators
9.1. Country data
10 Appendix
10.1. Methodology
10.2. Industry associations
10.3. Related the analyst research
10.4. About the Analyst
List of Tables
Table 1: Global optical character recognition market value: $ million, 2019-24
Table 2: Global optical character recognition market category segmentation: % share, by value, 2019-24
Table 3: Global optical character recognition market category segmentation: $ million, 2019-24
Table 4: Global optical character recognition market geography segmentation: $ million, 2024
Table 5: Global optical character recognition market value forecast: $ million, 2024-29
Table 6: ADOBE Inc: Key Facts
Table 7: ADOBE Inc: annual financial ratios
Table 8: ADOBE Inc: key employees
Table 9: ABBYY USA Software House Inc: Key Facts
Table 10: ABBYY USA Software House Inc: key employees
Table 11: Microsoft Corp: Key Facts
Table 12: Microsoft Corp: annual financial ratios
Table 13: Microsoft Corp: key employees
Table 14: Microsoft Corp: key employees Continued
Table 15: International Business Machines Corp: Key Facts
Table 16: International Business Machines Corp: annual financial ratios
Table 17: International Business Machines Corp: key employees
Table 18: International Business Machines Corp: key employees Continued
Table 19: Google LLC: Key Facts
Table 20: Google LLC: key employees
Table 21: Google LLC: key employees Continued
Table 22: Amazon Web Services Inc: Key Facts
Table 23: Amazon Web Services Inc: key employees
Table 24: Global Exchange Rate, 2019-24
List of Figures
Figure 1: Global optical character recognition market value: $ million, 2019-24
Figure 2: Global optical character recognition market category segmentation: $ million, 2019-24
Figure 3: Global optical character recognition market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2024
Figure 4: Global optical character recognition market value forecast: $ million, 2024-29
Figure 5: Forces driving competition in the global optical character recognition market, 2024
Figure 6: Drivers of buyer power in the global optical character recognition market, 2024
Figure 7: Drivers of supplier power in the global optical character recognition market, 2024
Figure 8: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the global optical character recognition market, 2024
Figure 9: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the global optical character recognition market, 2024
Figure 10: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the global optical character recognition market, 2024

Companies Mentioned (Partial List)

A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:

  • ADOBE Inc
  • ABBYY USA Software House Inc
  • Microsoft Corp
  • International Business Machines Corp
  • Google LLC
  • Amazon Web Services Inc