Smart Court Market Report 2025

The smart court market size has grown rapidly in recent years. It will grow from $1.27 billion in 2024 to $1.47 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16%. The growth during the historic period can be attributed to the increasing digital transformation within the legal sector, rising demand for more efficient and transparent judicial processes, growing awareness of legal accessibility, and broader adoption of case management systems, evidence presentation tools, and remote hearings.

The smart court market size is expected to see rapid growth in the next few years. It will grow to $2.62 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.6%. The forecasted growth is driven by increasing caseloads in judicial systems, heightened awareness of e-filing technologies, rising demand for real-time access to legal information, and supportive government policies encouraging judicial digitalization. Key trends expected during the forecast period include the digitization of cases across various court levels, modular smart courtroom setups, integration with legal databases and evidence management systems, advanced video conferencing and e-filing platforms, and the development of AI-based decision support tools.

The increasing backlog of court cases is expected to drive the growth of the smart court market. Court backlogs refer to the accumulation of unresolved legal cases that remain pending in judicial systems for extended periods. The rise in court backlogs is primarily caused by insufficient judicial infrastructure, where many courts lack the necessary number of judges, courtrooms, and digital systems to efficiently manage the growing caseload, resulting in delays in legal proceedings. Smart court technologies help alleviate court backlogs by streamlining judicial processes through digital solutions. These technologies, such as e-filing, automated case management, and virtual hearings, reduce delays, enhance efficiency, and improve access to justice. For instance, in March 2025, the UK Parliament reported that backlogs in the Crown Court had reached 73,105 cases in September 2024, an increase from 67,573 cases in December 2023. As a result, the rising court backlogs are driving the expansion of the smart court market.

Companies operating in the smart court market are focusing on developing advanced solutions, such as digital evidence management systems, to support faster and more transparent judicial proceedings. A digital evidence management system is a secure platform that captures, organizes, and manages digital evidence while ensuring chain-of-custody integrity and easy court access. For example, in June 2025, Milestone Systems, a Denmark-based provider of video management technology, launched XProtect Evidence Manager, a new extension for its XProtect video management software. This solution addresses the limitations of traditional proprietary systems by offering cost-effective, open, and flexible management of digital evidence. It enhances workflow efficiency, provides license-free sharing, and offers storage flexibility, giving users greater control and reducing the overall cost of ownership.

In August 2023, Tyler Technologies Inc., a U.S.-based govtech company, acquired Computing System Innovations Inc. (CSI) to enhance its court automation capabilities. By integrating CSI’s AI-driven document redaction and classification tools into its justice solutions portfolio, Tyler is enabling smarter, faster, and more secure digital court processes. CSI is a U.S.-based company specializing in AI-driven smart court solutions.

Major players in the smart court market are Microsoft Corporation, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Tencent Holdings Limited, Cisco Systems Inc., Capgemini SE, Thomson Reuters Corporation, Tyler Technologies Inc., Relativity ODA LLC, iManage LLC, i3 Verticals Inc., Onit Inc., InfoTrack Pty Ltd, Equivant Inc., ZyLAB Technologies B.V., Synergy International Systems Inc., eFORCE Software Inc., Lawcus Inc., Relational Semantics Inc., UniCourt Inc., Beijing Internet Court.

North America was the largest region in the smart court market in 2024. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in smart court report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East and Africa. The countries covered in the smart court market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.

Note that the outlook for this market is being affected by rapid changes in trade relations and tariffs globally. The report will be updated prior to delivery to reflect the latest status, including revised forecasts and quantified impact analysis. The report’s recommendations and conclusions sections will be updated to give strategies for entities dealing with the fast-moving international environment.

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A smart court is a technology-driven judicial system that incorporates digital tools such as artificial intelligence (AI), big data, cloud computing, and blockchain to optimize legal processes. It facilitates online case filing, virtual hearings, automated document management, and real-time data analysis. The primary goal of a smart court is to improve the efficiency, transparency, and accessibility of the justice system.

The main types of smart courts are external network deployment and intranet deployment. External network deployment allows smart court systems to function through cloud-based networks, enabling remote access to legal services such as hearings, evidence sharing, and AI-powered case management. This deployment includes various hardware components such as courtroom technology, video conferencing equipment, digital evidence management, document management systems, and display solutions, along with multiple services such as consulting, support and maintenance, training, integration, and data migration. It serves multiple purposes including dispute resolution, real-time evidence sharing, remote hearings, and client consultations, catering to end-users such as court systems, law firms, government agencies, and private corporations.

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The smart court market consists of revenues earned by entities by providing services such as virtual hearings, digital evidence submission, document digitization, and multilingual support. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. The smart court market also includes sales of smart cameras, surveillance systems, electronic voting systems, interactive touchscreen kiosks, and digital signature pads. Values in this market are ‘factory gate’ values; that is, the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.

The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD unless otherwise specified).

The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.

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