The global healthcare biometrics market size reached USD 5.5 Billion in 2024. Looking forward, IMARC Group expects the market to reach USD 23.0 Billion by 2033, exhibiting a growth rate (CAGR) of 15.98% during 2025-2033.
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Key Statistics
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Base Year
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2024
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Forecast Years
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2025-2033
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Historical Years
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2019-2024
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Market Size in 2024
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USD 5.5 Billion |
Market Forecast in 2033
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USD 23.0 Billion |
Market Growth Rate 2025-2033 | 15.98% |
Biometrics in the healthcare context primarily refers to patient identification and the provision of access control to users. Some commonly used biometric identifiers are fingerprints, palm veins and prints, face, iris, DNA, retina, etc. These unique traits are recorded and detected by electronic devices to recognize, identify, and authenticate individuals for secure entry and access to systems and data. The two primary technologies include single-factor and multi-factor authentication. Healthcare biometrics offers several benefits, such as medical record and data center security, care provider authentication, remote patient monitoring, etc. As a result, healthcare biometrics is widely utilized across hospitals, clinics, research and clinical laboratories, etc.
The elevating incidences of security breaches, resulting in the inflating need for security solutions that ensure patient identity integrity, efficient and safe data recording, minimization of inventory theft, etc., are primarily driving the global healthcare biometrics market. In addition to this, the growing adoption of electronic health records (EHR) and computerized physician order entry across healthcare organizations is also propelling the market growth. Furthermore, the escalating utilization of biometrics owing to its efficiency in overcoming the common drawbacks of password authentication by combining user convenience and enhanced security is acting as another significant growth-inducing factor. Apart from this, the widespread popularity of biometric solutions among research and clinical labs to secure data equipment enclosures, pedestrian entries, devices, and platforms connected to the Internet of Things (IoT) is creating a positive outlook for the global market. Moreover, the escalating usage of fingerprint recognition biometrics across childcare hospitals to eliminate newborn baby swaps and enable tracking of child vaccination schedules is further driving the product demand. Besides this, numerous government bodies are implementing legislation to address patient data-related security concerns, which, in turn, is catalyzing the global market. For instance, according to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) in the US, the healthcare providers who transmit Electronic Protected Health Information (EPHI) are obligated to employ appropriate levels of security to limit access to EPHI. Additionally, the introduction of multimodal biometric system, which combines several types of biometric methods, such as facial and iris recognition, is anticipated to augment the global healthcare biometrics market over the forecast period.
IMARC Group provides an analysis of the key trends in each sub-segment of the global healthcare biometrics market report, along with forecasts at the global, regional and country level from 2025-2033. Our report has categorized the market based on technology, application and end user.
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The competitive landscape of the industry has also been examined along with the profiles of the key players being Bio-Key International Inc., Fujitsu Limited, Hid Global Corporation (Assa Abloy AB), Imprivata Inc., NEC Corporation (AT&T Corporation), Nuance Communications Inc. (Microsoft Corporation), RightPatient, Suprema Inc., Thales Group and Zkteco Biometrics India Private Limited.
Report Features | Details |
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Base Year of the Analysis | 2024 |
Historical Period | 2019-2024 |
Forecast Period | 2025-2033 |
Units | Billion USD |
Segment Coverage | Technology, Application, End User, Region |
Region Covered | Asia Pacific, Europe, North America, Latin America, Middle East and Africa |
Countries Covered | United States, Canada, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Russia, China, Japan, India, South Korea, Australia, Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico |
Companies Covered | Bio-Key International Inc., Fujitsu Limited, Hid Global Corporation (Assa Abloy AB), Imprivata Inc., NEC Corporation (AT&T Corporation), Nuance Communications Inc. (Microsoft Corporation), RightPatient, Suprema Inc., Thales Group and Zkteco Biometrics India Private Limited. |
Customization Scope | 10% Free Customization |
Post-Sale Analyst Support | 10-12 Weeks |
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The global healthcare biometrics market was valued at USD 5.5 Billion in 2024.
We expect the global healthcare biometrics market to exhibit a CAGR of 15.98% during 2025-2033.
The rising incidences of security breaches, along with the growing demand for various security solutions that ensure patient identity integrity, efficient and safe data recording, minimization of inventory theft, etc., are primarily driving the global healthcare biometrics market.
The sudden outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the growing adoption for multimodal biometric systems that combine several types of biometric methods, such as facial and iris recognition, which in turn, allows to combat the spread of the coronavirus infection.
Based on the technology, the global healthcare biometrics market can be bifurcated into single factor authentication and multi factor authentication. Currently, single factor authentication holds the majority of the total market share.
Based on the application, the global healthcare biometrics market has been segmented into medical record and data center security, patient identification and tracking, care provider authentication, home/remote patient monitoring, and others. Among these, patient identification and tracking currently exhibits a clear dominance in the market.
Based on the end user, the global healthcare biometrics market can be divided into hospital and clinics, research and clinical laboratory, and others. Currently, hospital and clinics account for the largest market share.
On a regional level, the market has been classified into North America, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America, and Middle East and Africa, where North America currently dominates the global market.
Some of the major players in the global healthcare biometrics market include Bio-Key International Inc., Fujitsu Limited, Hid Global Corporation (Assa Abloy AB), Imprivata Inc., NEC Corporation (AT&T Corporation), Nuance Communications Inc. (Microsoft Corporation), RightPatient, Suprema Inc., Thales Group, and Zkteco Biometrics India Private Limited.