PCB Design Software Market - Forecast(2024 - 2030)

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PCB Design Software Market Overview

The Global PCB Design Software market size is estimated to reach $5.8 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 10.5% during the forecast period 2022-2027, owing to the increasing adoption of complex PCBs for a variety of applications like schematic capture, growing penetration of communication devices & availability of open source software and so on. Additionally, the growing adoption of the Internet of Things & streamlining of electronic devices are accelerating the demand for PCB design software. PCB design software is widely used to save time & eliminate problems encountered during product development. It reduces production costs and improves the aesthetic impact of finished products. Such factors are set to transform the PCB Design Software industry outlook in the coming time.

PCB Design Software Report Coverage

The “PCB Design Software Market Report – Forecast (2022-2027)” by IndustryARC, covers an in-depth analysis of the following segments in the PCB Design Software Market.

By Type: PCB Layout and Schematic Capture.
By Design Complexity: High-end, Medium-end and Low-end.
By Offering: Platform, Services (Designing Services, Support & Maintenance).
By Deployment Model: On-premise and Cloud-based.
By Organization Size: Small-sized & Medium Enterprises and Large Enterprises.
By End-users: Banking, Financial Services & Insurance (BFSI), Telecommunication, Education, Healthcare, Consumer Electronics, Aerospace & Defense, Electronics Manufacturing and Others.
By Geography: North America (the U.S., Canada, Mexico), Europe (UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Others), APAC (China, Japan India, South Korea, Australia, Others), South America (Brazil, Argentina, Others), RoW (the Middle East, Africa).

Key Takeaways

  • Schematic capture PCB Design Software market is analyzed to grow at the fastest rate during the forecast period 2022-2027, owing to increasing adoption of smart, rising demand for semiconductor applications and so on.
  • Telecommunication sector in the PCB Design Software market is analyzed to grow with the highest CAGR during 2022-2027, owing to the rising adoption of PCB design tools in the telecommunications industry, increasing utilization of digital forms to demonstrate any problems in cellular towers and so on.
  • North America dominated the global PCB Design Software market in 2021, attributed to technological advancement in the development of PCB design tools, rising adoption of the Internet of Things and so on.
  • Rising demand for advanced Radar Systems and growing demand for visualization tools for designing electronic devices are analyzed to significantly drive the market growth of PCB Design Software market during the forecast period 2022-2027.

Global PCB Design Software Market Value Share, by Region, 2021 (%)

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PCB Design Software Market Segment Analysis - by Type

The schematic capture PCB Design Software market is analyzed to grow at the fastest rate of 12.4% during the forecast period 2022-2027, attributed to the growing adoption of smart technologies requiring electronic design automation, increasing demand across semiconductor applications and so on. Additionally, technological advancements in the development of open source software along with growing demand for shorter product lifecycles have been further encouraging vendors to use schematic capture PCB design software. In July 2022, the KiCad project launched the 6.0.7 version of Schematic capture PCB Design Software with several critical security updates to improve the software safety standards. Such factors are accelerating the growth of the schematic capture PCB Design Software industry.

PCB Design Software Market Segment Analysis - by End-user

The telecommunication sector in the PCB Design Software market is analyzed to grow with the highest CAGR of 13.1% during 2022-2027, owing to the rising adoption of PCB design tools within the telecommunication industry, increasing utilization of digital forms to demonstrate any problems in cellular towers, satellites, high-speed ports, processors and so on. Additionally, PCB design software is utilized to improve signal strength in mobile telephony tower systems and in tower distribution telecommunication devices resulting in increased demand for PCB Design Software. In January 2022, Altium collaborated with MacroFab to facilitate customers placing an order for PCB assembly production. These factors have been boosting the growth of the PCB Design Software industry for the telecommunication sector.

PCB Design Software Market Segment Analysis - by Geography

North America dominated the global PCB Design Software market with a share of 37% in 2021, attributed to technological advancement in the production of PCB design tools coupled with the integration of 3D design & visualization technologies. Rising demand for data processing and adoption of PCB design software for designing electric devices are also driving market growth. In April 2021, Autodesk Inc. acquired Upchain to provide SMEs with cloud-based, cost-effective and user-friendly PCB design services. These factors are transforming the PCB Design Software industry outlook in North American markets.

PCB Design Software Market Drivers

Rising Demand for Advanced Radar Systems is Propelling the Growth of PCB Design Software Market:

The increasing adoption of advanced radar systems in automotive is accelerating the growth of the PCB Design Software Market. Advanced radar systems are being tested on multiple fronts, with additional operational requirements in automotive. Radar PCBs are in high demand due to the ongoing development of electric vehicles, self-driving cars and the aerospace sector. Growing emphasis on autonomous and EVs is boosting the demand for PCB design software due to their increased use in the advanced driver-assistance system. In April 2022, NXP Semiconductors launched the Premium Radar SDK, a PCB-designed software kit to assist developers in improving the performance of their automotive radar systems. According to a 2021 BloombergNEF study, electric vehicles account for 3% of global car sales in 2021. However, by 2025, EVs account for 10% of global passenger vehicle sales, rising to 28% by 2030. Increasing adoption of EVs will boost the demand for advanced radar systems to ensure driver safety. These factors will help in expanding the PCB Design Software market size.

Growing Demand for Visualization Tools for Designing Electronic devices is Propelling the Growth of PCB Design Software Market:

The increasing adoption of visualization tools for designing electronic devices is accelerating the growth of the PCB Design Software Market. They are widely used to design circuit boards in the electronics & telecommunications industries to save time and eliminate challenges encountered during product development. PCB diagram software reduces overall production costs due to its high efficiency and ability to reduce design flaws. Additionally, they provide increased storage capacity, enhanced functionality and faster processing speed, resulting in a wide range of applications in a variety of sectors. Furthermore, the small size of PCB boards makes it easier to design light & compact consumer devices, resulting in increased demand for PCBs. According to a 2020 report published by Invest India, the global electronic devices market was expected to reach $3.1 trillion in 2021 and will continue to grow at the same rate encouraging the adoption of PCB Design Software. In January 2022, Altium launched Altium Designer 22, to assist designers in sourcing component availability to reduce manual design tasks. These factors are elevating the growth of the PCB Design Software market size.

PCB Design Software Market Challenge

Growing Emphasis on Open-Source Software, combined with Rapid Development of Various Design Software is Limiting the Growth of PCB Design Software Market:

Technological advancements in open-source PCB design software along with the development of various design software is restricting the growth of the PCB design software market. Open-source software is widely available for possible modification and redistribution. The source code of the open-source software is readily available to design documents or the content of the product. Furthermore, free design software with a variety of features is available online. The increased availability of pirated software is limiting the demand for PCB design software, which in turn requires companies to sell off their software at lower prices. Furthermore, the market faces a significant challenge due to a lack of skilled professionals for their implementation. According to the Red Hat Enterprise Open-Source report 2021, 90% of IT leaders are using enterprise open-source innovations to increase productivity. Such factors are impeding the growth of the PCB Design Software industry.

PCB Design Software Industry Outlook

Product launches, acquisitions and R&D activities are key strategies adopted by players in the PCB Design Software Market. The top 10 companies in the PCB Design Software market are:

  1. Cadence Design Systems, Inc
  2. Mentor Graphics Corporation
  3. Zuken Inc.
  4. Synopsys Inc.
  5. Forte Design Systems Inc.
  6. Autodesk Inc.
  7. Altium
  8. WestDev Ltd.
  9. Mentor Graphics Corporation
  10. Altair

Recent Developments

  • In January 2021, Altair launched a special edition of Altair PollEx, an electronic system design software tool to help printed circuit board designers to increase their efficiency and performance.
  • In March 2021, Altium launched its 365 cloud-based platform & Designer PCB to create seamless collaboration points throughout the development process.
  • In November 2020, Mentor Graphics launched an updated version of Xpedition, a printed circuit board design platform focused on multi-dimensional verification.

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1. PCB Design Software Market - Market Overview
    1.1 Definitions and Scope
2. PCB Design Software Market - Executive Summary
    2.1 Market Revenue, Market Size and Key Trends by Company
    2.2 Key trends by Type
    2.3 Key trends segmented by geography
3. PCB Design Software Market – Market Landscape
    3.1 Comparative Analysis
        3.1.1 Product/Company Benchmarking
        3.1.2 Top 5 Financial Analysis
        3.1.3 Market Value Split by Top 5 companies
        3.1.4 Patent Analysis
        3.1.5 Pricing Analysis
4. PCB Design Software Market – Industry Market Entry Scenario Premium (Premium)
    4.1 Regulatory Framework Overview
    4.2 New Business and Ease of Doing business index
    4.3 Case studies of successful ventures
    4.4 Customer Analysis
5. PCB Design Software Market – Startup Company Scenario (Premium)
    5.1 Investment Analysis
    5.2 Venture Capital Funding Scenario
6. PCB Design Software Market - Market Forces
    6.1 Market Drivers
    6.2 Market Constraints
    6.3 Porter's five force model
        6.3.1 Bargaining power of suppliers
        6.3.2 Bargaining powers of customers
        6.3.3 Threat of new entrants
        6.3.4 Rivalry among existing players
        6.3.5 Threat of substitutes
7. PCB Design Software Market – By Strategic Analysis (Market Size - $Million/Billion)
    7.1 Value Chain Analysis
    7.2 Opportunities Analysis
    7.3 Product/Market Life Cycle
8. PCB Design Software Market - By Design Complexity
    8.1 High-end/High-Quality Designs
    8.2 Mainstream/Medium-end
    8.3 Low-end
9. PCB Design Software Market - By Type
    9.1 PCB Layout
    9.2 Schematic Capture
10. PCB Design Software Market - By Offering
    10.1 Solution/Platform
    10.2 Services
        10.2.1 Designing Services
        10.2.2 Support & Maintenance
11. PCB Design Software Market - By Deployment Mode
    11.1 On-premise
    11.2 Cloud-based
12. PCB Design Software Market - By Organization Size
    12.1 Small-sized & Medium Enterprises
    12.2 Large Enterprises
13. PCB Design Software Market - By End-users
    13.1 Banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI)
    13.2 Telecommunication
    13.3 Education
    13.4 Healthcare
    13.5 Consumer Electronics
    13.6 Aerospace & Defense
    13.7 Electrical/Electronics Manufacturing
    13.8 Others
14. PCB Design Software Market - By Geography (Market Size - $Million/Billion)
    14.1 North America
        14.1.1 the U.S.
        14.1.2 Canada
        14.1.3 Mexico
    14.2 Europe
        14.2.1 UK
        14.2.2 Germany
        14.2.3 France
        14.2.4 Italy
        14.2.5 Spain
        14.2.6 Others
    14.3 APAC
        14.3.1 China
        14.3.2 Japan
        14.3.3 India
        14.3.4 South Korea
        14.3.5 Australia
        14.3.6 Others
    14.4 South America
        14.4.1 Brazil
        14.4.2 Argentina
        14.4.3 Others
    14.5 RoW
        14.5.1 the Middle East
        14.5.2 Africa
15. PCB Design Software Market – Entropy
16. PCB Design Software Market - Industry Competition Landscape (Premium)
    16.1 Global Market Share
    16.2 Market Share by Region
    16.3 Market Share by Type
17. PCB Design Software Market - Key Company List by Country Premium (Premium)
18. PCB Design Software Market Company Analysis
    18.1 Company 1
    18.2 Company 2
    18.3 Company 3
    18.4 Company 4
    18.5 Company 5
    18.6 Company 6
    18.7 Company 7
    18.8 Company 8
    18.9 Company 9
    18.10 Company 10
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List of Tables:

Table 1 PCB Design Tools Market Revenue, By Offerings, 2016 ($Million)
Table 2 Global PCB Design Market Value, By Types, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Table 3 Global PCB Design Market Value, By Tool Complexity, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Table 4 Americas: PCB Design Market Value, By Tool Complexity, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Table 5 Europe: PCB Design Market Value, By Tool Complexity, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Table 6 Asia-Pacific: PCB Design Market Value, By Tool Complexity, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Table 7 MEA : PCB Design Market Value, By Tool Complexity, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Table 8 Global PCB Design Market Value, By Industry Verticals, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Table 9 Americas PCB Design Market Value, By Industry Verticals, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Table 10 Europe PCB Design Market Value, By Industry Verticals, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Table 11 Asia-Pacific: PCB Design Market Value, By Industry Verticals, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Table 12 MEA: PCB Design Market Value, By Industry Verticals, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Table 13 Global PCB Design Market Value, By Geography, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Table 14 Americas: PCB Design Software Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Table 15 Europe: PCB Design Software Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Table 16 Asia-Pacific: PCB Design Software Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Table 17 MEA: PCB Design Software Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)


List of Figures:

Figure 1 PCB Design Tools Market Share, 2016 (%)*
Figure 2 Altium: PCB Design Tools Market Share, 2016 (%)*
Figure 3 Zuken: PCB Design Tools Market Share, 2016 (%)*
Figure 4 Cadence Design Systems: PCB Design Tools Market Share, 2016 (%)*
Figure 5 Mentor Graphics: PCB Design Tools Market Share, 2016 (%)*
Figure 6 Evolution of System Design Enablement 
Figure 7 Schematic Capture: PCB Design Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Figure 8 PCB Layout: PCB Design Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Figure 9 High-End Tools: PCB Design Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Figure 10 Medium End Tools: PCB Design Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Figure 11 Low-End Tools: PCB Design Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Figure 12 Transportation: PCB Design Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Figure 13 Consumer Electronics: PCB Design Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Figure 14 Telecommunication: PCB Design Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Figure 15 Semiconductor: Global PCB Design Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Figure 16 Aerospace & Defense: PCB Design Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Figure 17 Healthcare: PCB Design Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Figure 18 Industrial Automation & Control: Global PCB Design Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Figure 19 Education & Research: Global PCB Design Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Figure 20 U.S. West: PCB Design Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Figure 21 U.S. Central: PCB Design Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Figure 22 Canada: PCB Design Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Figure 23 Mexico: PCB Design Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Figure 24 South America: PCB Design Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Figure 25 Benelux: PCB Design Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Figure 26 Nordic: PCB Design Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Figure 27 France: PCB Design Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Figure 28 Italy: PCB Design Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Figure 29 Spain: PCB Design Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Figure 30 DACH: PCB Design Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Figure 31 U.K.: PCB Design Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Figure 32 Turkey: PCB Design Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Figure 33 Australia: PCB Design Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Figure 34 China: PCB Design Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Figure 35 India: PCB Design Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Figure 36 Japan: PCB Design Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Figure 37 Others of APAC: PCB Design Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Figure 38 Israel: PCB Design Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Figure 39 Middle East: PCB Design Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Figure 40 Africa: PCB Design Market Value, 2016-2023 ($Million)
Figure 41 PCB Design Software Market Entropy Share, By Strategies (2013-2018*)
Figure 42 PCB Design Software Market Entropy, By Total Number of Developments, 2013-2018* (%)
Figure 43 Altium Limited. Revenue, 2013-2018 ($Million)
Figure 44 Altium limited, Revenue Share, By Business Segment, 2018 (%)
Figure 45 Altium limited, Revenue Share, By Geography, 2018 (%)
Figure 46 Autodesk Inc Revenue, 2013-2018 ($Million)
Figure 47 Autodesk Inc, Revenue Share, By Business Segment, 2018 (%)
Figure 48 Autodesk Inc., Revenue Share, By Geography, 2018 (%)
Figure 49 Cadence Inc. Revenue, 2013-2018 ($Million)
Figure 50 Cadence Inc. Revenue Share, By Product Segments, 2016 (%)
Figure 51 Cadence Inc. Revenue Share, By Geography, 2016 (%)
Figure 52 Mentor Graphics. Revenue, 2013-2018 ($Million)
Figure 53 Mentor Graphics Revenue Share, By Product Segments, 2018 (%)
Figure 54 Mentor Graphics Revenue Share, By Geography, 2018 (%)
Figure 55 Zuken Inc., Net Revenue, 2013-2016, ($Million)
Figure 56 Zuken Inc. Revenue Share, By Geography, 2015 (%)
Figure 57 Ansys Inc. Revenue, 2013-2018* ($Million)
Figure 58 Ansys Inc. Revenue Share, By Geography, 2016 (%)
Figure 59 Ansys Inc. Revenue Share, By Business Segment, 2016 (%)
Figure 60 National Instruments Corporation Revenue, 2013-2018* ($Million)
Figure 61 National Instruments Corporation Revenue Share, By Solutions Segment, 2016 (%)
Figure 62 National Instruments Corporation Revenue Share, By Geography, 2016 (%)