Author: Alistair Johnston
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This report provides insights and analysis on conferencing equipment, behaviours and needs in medium-sized meeting rooms. Futuresource classifies medium-sized meeting rooms as those designed to accommodate between seven and 15 people.
Medium-sized meeting rooms are already a key focus for collaboration companies, and the rise in hybrid working, along with the need for video-enabled meeting spaces, has also made them a lucrative target for AV enterprises hoping to support collaboration.
Consolidating Futuresource Consulting’s expertise across a range of corporate technology categories, this report provides a detailed examination of the products suited to this environment, namely:
| Collaboration bars (video bars)
| PTZ cameras
| Wireless conferencing (WCF) hardware
| Conference phones
| Meeting room microphones
The report also draws on end-user research carried out by Futuresource in Western Europe and the USA. The study consisted of 500 telephone interviews with AV and IT decision-makers and 2,000 online interviews with meeting room end-users. It is supported by industry research and channel interviews.
For any enterprise interested in the opportunities surrounding conference room technologies, this report provides a strategic framework that identifies the key growth areas, market players and extended ecosystem.
Medium-sized meeting rooms are a key target for technology suppliers. They are large enough for more complex AV solutions to be in demand, and also have far lower levels of technology penetration than large meeting rooms. In terms of installed base, technology adoption in medium rooms is only one or two percentage points larger than in small rooms, which provides plenty of opportunity for growth. With larger average budgets available, the industry will continue to focus on building products and solutions for these spaces.
The value of meeting room microphones grew by 16% year-on-year in 2021, with the main driving force coming from the corporate market. However, the education market continues to have an important role to play, and presents an opportunity for growth. Futuresource expects this category to grow at a CAGR of 11% in value and 5% in volume across the forecast period.
The relatively new wireless conferencing category accounted for 22% of all WPS (Wireless Presentation Solution) volumes in 2021. As collaboration and remote work remain a key focus for businesses in their corporate meeting spaces, these solutions are well placed to capitalise on the need for businesses to invest in a hybrid working future.
| Comprehensive PDF report
| Executive summary
| Medium-sized meeting room total addressable market
| Medium meeting room installed base
| Meeting room technologies summary
| Opportunity for more complex AV solutions in medium-sized rooms
| Medium meeting room budgeting, decision making and behaviour
| Dedicated meeting spaces: the key areas for future investments
| Opportunities in medium-sized rooms for all technologies
| Budgeting and decision making
| Employees are still requiring employers to invest more in tech
| Time spent in meetings
| Collaboration bar market and competitive outlook
| PTZ cameras market and competitive outlook
| Wireless conferencing market and competitive outlook
| Conference phones market and competitive outlook
| Meeting room microphones market and competitive outlook
| Enterprise AV decision maker sample demographics
| Enterprise AV employee sample demographics
| Video conferencing survey key demographics
| The medium-sized meeting room market for collaboration bars, PTZ cameras, wireless conferencing hardware, conference phones and meeting room microphones
| Market size, key trends and regional differences across the Americas, EMEA, APAC and China
| Market assessment and forecasting, out to 2026
Futuresource has been tracking, researching and consulting on the corporate technology market for nearly 20 years. This publication is one in a series of research reports, produced to provide businesses with a complete view of the market.
Any enterprise operating within the meeting rooms technology sector will benefit from this report, particularly:
| Manufacturers and their suppliers
| Resellers and VARs
| Intermediaries and supply chain
| Market strategists, marketing and sales professionals
| Investors
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