The installed base of video telematics systems in commercial vehicles in North America and Europe will reach 17 million units by 2029, according to Berg Insight.

The integration of cameras to enable various video-based options in commercial vehicles is a massive trend in the fleet telematics sector. Berg’s definition of video telematics includes a broad range of camera-based products deployed in commercial vehicle fleets either as standalone applications or as an added feature set to conventional fleet telematics.

The frontrunning North American video telematics market is more than three times the size of the European, which is so far largely dominated by activities in the UK. Berg estimates the installed base of active video telematics systems in North America reached almost 6.1 million units in 2024. With a CAGR of 18.0 per cent, the active installed base is forecasted to reach 13.8 million units in North America by 2029.

In Europe, the installed base of active video telematics systems was estimated to be more than 1.6 million units in 2024. The active installed base in the region is forecasted to see a CAGR of 15.2 per cent to reach 3.3 million video telematics systems in Europe by 2029.

The video telematics market is served by a number of different types of players, ranging from specialists focused on video telematics, to general fleet telematics players that have introduced video offerings, and hardware-focused suppliers offering mobile digital video recorders (DVRs) and vehicle cameras used for video telematics.

“Berg Insight ranks Streamax, Lytx and Samsara as the leading video telematics players in their respective categories,” said Rickard Andersson, principal analyst at Berg Insight.

Streamax is the leading hardware provider, having more than four million mobile DVRs installed in vehicles globally to date, and the company also offers software dashboards that are widely used together with its devices.

“Lytx is the largest video telematics specialist in terms of subscribers and the company was the first to surpass one million vehicle subscriptions for video telematics specifically,” said Andersson, adding that among the general fleet telematics players, Samsara stands out as a front-running video provider with the largest number of camera units deployed across its subscriber base.

“Additional sizable players include fleet management provider Motive, hardware-focused video telematics company Howen, channel-focused brand Xirgo and video telematics player Netradyne, all having installed bases of at least a quarter of a million units,” he said.

The remaining top-ten players are VisionTrack and Nauto, which both have a primary focus on camera-based products specifically, as well as the fleet management provider Solera Fleet. The latter acquired the commercial vehicle telematics pioneer Omnitracs including the video safety specialist SmartDrive.

“Vendors with installed bases just outside of the top list moreover include LightMetrics and Nexar which are focused on camera-based options,” said Andersson.

Other noteworthy players competing in the video telematics space include video-focused providers such as Idrive, Waylens, SureCam, Seeing Machines and CameraMatics; fleet telematics players such as Powerfleet, Forward Thinking Systems, Trimble Mobility, Radius, Matrix iQ, Isaac Instruments, Microlise, Azuga, AddSecure Transport, Trakm8 and ERoad; and hardware-focused supplier Pittasoft (BlackVue). These have all reached estimated installed bases in the tens of thousands.

Partner-based strategies are increasingly common in the value chain for fleet telematics in general and video telematics in particular, contributing to flexible offerings through collaborative efforts. In line with an overall convergence of types of functionality, full integrations combining fleet and video telematics are marketed by an increasing range of players positioning themselves as one-stop shops.

“Perhaps the ultimate example of this development is the new Lytx plus Geotab joint offering, which combines the video safety and telematics capabilities of the two respective market leaders into a single platform, offering what they call a seamless all-in-one experience that reduces the complexity of managing a fleet,” said Andersson.

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