Professional Audio

Last month, Futuresource Consulting’s Audio Collaborative 2025 opened with a data-rich session that set the tone for the day. In his keynote, Futuresource’s Head of Audio, Guy Hammett, delivered a comprehensive overview of the forces shaping the consumer, automotive and professional audio markets worldwide. 

Futuresource Consulting has unveiled a new Professional Audio Tracker, a streamlined market intelligence service designed to give manufacturers faster, clearer visibility of market dynamics. It comes at a time when volatility, tariffs and supply-chain disruption are challenging long-term planning for many businesses in the pro audio industry.

The global market for AVoIP encoders and decoders retreated in 2024, with sell-in to professional AV falling. That’s according to Futuresource Consulting’s forthcoming AVoIP Market Outlook report, which points to macroeconomic pressures, a lack of industry standards and the ongoing pull of hybrid solutions as key factors shaping adoption patterns.

The global professional microphone market is speaking volumes, with revenues reaching $2.6 billion in 2024 and forecast to grow at a 4.8% volume and value CAGR through to 2029. That’s according to Futuresource Consulting’s latest professional microphones global market outlook, which also reveals wireless microphones have overtaken wired units for the first time since the pandemic. 

From object-based immersive mixes, to cloud-managed signal chains and AI-enabled workflows, the professional DSP market is accelerating into a new era. Futuresource Consulting’s latest global market outlook reveals a sector on track to grow from $580 million in 2024 to $710 million by 2029. 

With optimism in the air and AI on everyone’s lips, InfoComm 2025 marked a turning point for the professional AV industry. Now, Futuresource Consulting has distilled all the buzz, product launches and strategic shifts into a free, insight-packed post-show report.

The professional power amplifiers market continues to expand, as demand accelerates across commercial and leisure venues. A new report from Futuresource Consulting reveals the global market was worth $776 million in 2024, up from $724 million the previous year.

Despite recent slowdowns after the pandemic-induced boom, content creator populations are stabilising and growing in 2024, according to Futuresource Consulting’s new Content Creator Survey and Sizing report. This has been prompted by new users continuing to be inspired and driven to join the space, particularly as the accessibility of content creation tools and platforms only increases.

The professional loudspeaker market continues to display steady global expansion, growing from $2.78 billion in 2022, to achieve $3.05 billion last year. And while a new report from Futuresource Consulting predicts continued volume and value growth, the market is experiencing a divergence of fortune at the sector level. 

The professional microphone market continues to achieve slow but steady post-pandemic growth, with a new report from Futuresource Consulting forecasting a CAGR of 5.9% over the next five years. That’s despite a general feeling of caution and nervousness among buyers, resulting from current economic and geopolitical issues.

Professional power amplifiers continue to gain momentum after a pandemic-induced poor performance in 2020. The market achieved a global value of $668 million in 2022, according to Futuresource Consulting’s latest industry report, and is on track to exceed pre-pandemic levels this year, with a projected market value of $753 million.

The consumer loudspeaker market continues to climb, achieving 7.6% year-on-year value growth last year, despite being held back by adverse economic conditions.