Market Size (2017)
2017
$550.90M
Automotive
Overhead Conveyor Systems Market
By Segment, By Region, And Segment Forecasts, 2017 – 2025
Vertical: AutoBase Year: 20189 Sections
Executive Summary
Overhead Conveyor Systems Market — Snapshot
Projected (2025)
2025
$812.20M
CAGR (2017–2025)
5.0%
5.0%Key Players
116+
The growth of the overhead conveyor systems market is driven by various factors such as the rising adoption of automated systems in manufacturing and high productivity and system efficiency of overhead conveyor systems. However, the growth of the market is expected to be hindered due to the high initial and maintenance costs.
The global overhead conveyor systems market is expected to grow at about 5.18% CAGR during the forecast and reach USD 812.2 million by 2025. In 2018, the market was led by Europe, with a 35.45% share, followed by Asia-Pacific and North America with shares of 31.01% and 25.00%, respectively.
The overhead conveyor systems market has been segmented based on function, technology, weight, capacity, sales channel, automation grade, application, and region. On the basis of function, the buffering/ storage segment dominated the market with a share of 36.42%, having accounted for USD 209.3 million in 2018; it is projected to grow at a CAGR of 5.83% during the forecast period. On the basis of technology, the power and free segment dominated the market with a share of 63.90%, having accounted for USD 367.2 million in 2018; it is projected to grow at a CAGR of 4.13% during the forecast period. On the basis of weight, the 10-20 kg segment dominated the market with a share of 34.66%, having accounted for USD 199.2 million in 2018; it is projected to grow at a CAGR of 4.37% during the forecast period. On the basis of capacity, the 1,000–10,000 segment dominated the market with a share of 56.59%, having accounted for USD 325.2 million in 2018; it is projected to grow at a CAGR of 5.13% during the forecast period. On the basis of sales channel, the via main contractor segment dominated the market with a share of 65.72%, having accounted for USD 377.6 million in 2018; it is projected to grow at the highest CAGR of 5.89% during the forecast period. On the basis of automation grade, the automatic segment dominated the market with a share of 43.87%, having accounted for USD 252.1 million in 2018; it is projected to grow at the highest CAGR of 5.78% during the forecast period. On the basis of application, the E-commerce/ Retail segment dominated the market with a share of 52.97%, having accounted for USD 304.4 million in 2018; it is projected to grow at a CAGR of 4.68% during the forecast period.
Key Insight
The Overhead Conveyor Systems Market market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 5.0% from 2017 to 2025.
Market Performance Trend
Historical performance and future projections (2020–2030, USD Billion)
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What this report covers
- Geographic Coverage: This analysis covers 4 regions: Asia Pacific, Rest of the World, Europe, North America.
- Market Segmentation: The market is analyzed across 5 segments: 10-20 kg, 5-10 kg, 20-50 kg, 03-05 kg, 0-03 kg. Forecasts are provided for each segment from 2017 to 2025.
- Competitive Landscape: 116 leading companies are profiled, covering market positioning, strategies, and recent developments.
Market Size (USD Mn)
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Overhead Conveyor Systems Market — Growth Trajectory
An overhead conveyor system is installed in various manufacturing plants for the movement of goods with high productivity, enhanced performance, minimum errors, less risk of damage to goods, and reduced wastage of resources. They use the unutilized vertical space of the ceiling for the movement of goods. The overhead conveyor system can be classified into manual and automatic. Manual overhead conveyor systems are used in warehouse facilities while automatic overhead conveyor systems are used in distribution and manufacturing facilities. They enable automated movement of goods, higher accuracy and reliability, and provide maximized floor space.
Overhead Conveyor Systems Market — Growth Trajectory
10-20 kg
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How this market is segmented
- Weight Weight is broken down into: 10-20 kg, 5-10 kg, 20-50 kg, 03-05 kg, 0-03 kg.
- Technology Technology is broken down into: Power and Free, Pouch Sorter.
- Automation Grade Automation Grade is broken down into: Automatic, Semi-automatic, Manual.
- Capacity Capacity is broken down into: 1,000-10,000, More than 10,000, Up to 1000.
- Function Function is broken down into: Buffering/ Storage, Process Decoupling, Sorting, Sequencing, Process Link.
- Sales Channel Sales Channel is broken down into: Via Main Contractor, Direct.
- Application Application is broken down into: Production Processes, Logistics, E-commerce/ Retail.
Geographic Analysis
Regional market breakdown
- Asia Pacific Asia Pacific market size reached $169.10M in 2017 and is projected to reach $271.00M by 2025, growing at a CAGR of 6.1%.
- Rest of the World Rest of the World market size reached $49.90M in 2017 and is projected to reach $70.30M by 2025, growing at a CAGR of 4.4%.
- Europe Europe market size reached $197.30M in 2017 and is projected to reach $268.00M by 2025, growing at a CAGR of 3.9%.
- North America North America market size reached $137.80M in 2017 and is projected to reach $200.60M by 2025, growing at a CAGR of 4.8%.
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Overhead Conveyor Systems Market — How We Researched This Market
This report applies a rigorous multi-stage research process combining primary interviews, secondary data sources, and bottom-up market modelling to ensure accuracy and completeness across all segments and geographies.
Base Year
2018
Historical Period
2017 – 2018
Forecast Period
2018 – 2025
Primary Interviews
150+
Research Process
Historical data (2017–2018) and forecast period (2018–2025)
1
Problem Definition
- Market scoping
- Objective setting
- Framework design
2
Secondary Research
- Literature review
- Data mining
- Trend analysis
3
Primary Research
- Expert interviews
- Field visits
- Surveys
4
Data Analysis
- Quantitative modeling
- Statistical testing
- Validation
5
Insights & Reporting
- Synthesis
- Recommendations
- Visualization
Research Depth
Our research process spans primary interviews with industry stakeholders combined with comprehensive secondary data analysis, validated through triangulation across multiple independent sources.
Historical vs. Forecast Data
Historical (observed)
Forecast (modelled)
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Regional Breakdown
Regional market breakdown for Overhead Conveyor Systems Market.
Regional Market Size (USD Mn)
Market estimates by geography (2025)
USD Mn
InsightAsia Pacific leads with $271.00M by 2025.
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| REGION | 2017 | 2018 | 2025 | CAGR | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Pacific | $169.10M | $210.50M | $271.00M | 6.1% | 33% |
| Rest of the World | $49.90M | $58.40M | $70.30M | 4.4% | 9% |
| Europe | $197.30M | $226.30M | $268.00M | 3.9% | 33% |
| North America | $137.80M | $163.90M | $200.60M | 4.8% | 25% |
| Total | $554.10M | $659.10M | $809.90M | 5.0% | 100% |
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10-20 kg
5-10 kg
20-50 kg
03-05 kg
0-03 kg
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Segment Market Share
- 10-20 kg33%
- 5-10 kg25%
- 20-50 kg20%
- 03-05 kg13%
- 0-03 kg8%
Total Market Size
$812.30M
Market by Segment (2025)
| APPLICATION | REVENUE ($B) | GROWTH RATE | MARKET PENETRATION |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-20 kg | $266.70M | 5.0% | 89% |
| 5-10 kg | $203.90M | 5.0% | 72% |
| 20-50 kg | $164.70M | 5.0% | 89% |
| 03-05 kg | $109.30M | 5.0% | 89% |
| 0-03 kg | $67.70M | 5.0% | 72% |
* Revenue projections based on 2025 estimates. Growth rates represent CAGR 2024–2030. Market penetration indicates current adoption rate within addressable market segments.
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Analytics
Overhead Conveyor Systems Market — Key Findings
Analytical insights on Overhead Conveyor Systems Market covering market dynamics, competitive landscape, and strategic outlook.
Key Analytical Findings
The Overhead Conveyor Systems Market market is projected to reach $812.20M by 2025, growing at 5.0% CAGR. The 10-20 kg segment holds the largest share.
Market Dynamics
The growth of the overhead conveyor systems market is driven by various factors such as the rising adoption of automated systems in manufacturing and high productivity and system efficiency of overhead conveyor systems. However, the growth of the market can be hindered due to high initial and maintenance costs.
Market Drivers
The manufacturing sector forms the backbone of the economy of a country. Manufacturing industries are broadly classified into automotive, chemical, graphics, fashion, pharma, and food & beverage. The need for improving efficiency, productivity, quality, and flexibility of manufacturing processes encourages the adoption of industrial automation in manufacturing industries. Uncertain and volatile economic conditions have forced many manufacturers to modernize and upgrade their manufacturing methods. Industrialized countries such as the US and Germany have paved the way for the adoption of automated systems in various industries due to the continuously increasing production, the demand for enhanced productivity and efficiency, and with the lack of skilled workforce. According to the German Mechanical Engineering Industry Association (VDMA), the industrial automation solutions turnover in Germany for 2017 was nearly USD 8.0 billion (EUR 7.2 billion). Manufacturers have been investing in automated equipment for high-volume production to decrease production time and increase profitability. Overhead conveyor systems, being automated systems, save space, and enable high volume production, easy material handling, overhead storage, and include assembly lines. Furthermore, they reduce the chances of human error that might lead to injuries, accidents, and lost hours. Thus, the use of overhead conveyor systems reduces the risk of damage to goods, accidents, and wastage of resources as well as it offers numerous other benefits.
Automation helps manufacturing industries meet safety and compliance requirements. Manufacturing industries are expected to adopt even higher numbers of such equipment to perform repetitive tasks with greater accuracy. Such factors are expected to raise the production and consumption of overhead conveyor systems during the forecast period.
The increasing demand for industrial automation equipment in the end-use sectors as a result of the rapid industrialization and the rising demand for technologies to improve production efficiency drive the demand for overhead conveyor systems. For instance, in May 2018, Vanderlande Industries signed a contract with Zalando SE, a leading European online fashion platform for the installation of an innovative and automated AIRTRAX Pocket sortation solution at its new logistics center in Sweden. Thus, the impact of rising adoption of automated systems in manufacturing on the global overhead conveyor systems market is expected to shift from moderate to high over the forecast period.
Market Opportunities
Major manufacturing sectors across the emerging economies such as China, India, Brazil, and South-East Asian countries are witnessing a rise foreign direct investment (FDI). Such nations are expected to have high potential owing to the various FDI incentive schemes. Furthermore, the authorities in these countries have evolved and have restructured the manufacturing policies and procedures to attract investments and enable growth. Various foreign developers intend to set up their businesses in such countries. This will indirectly boost the economy of the countries and enhance industrialization.
The increased manufacturing in retail and e-commerce, automotive, and food industries resulting from the growing population and consumption is expected to raise the demand for fast and efficient conveying systems. According to the India Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF) the Indian e-commerce market is expected to grow to USD 200 billion by 2026 from USD 38.5 billion as of 2017. Such growth increases the need for process efficiency faster loading and unloading by a substantial margin, which is expected to lead to the demand for overhead conveyor systems.
Companies all around the world are investing in new technologies and automation systems in order to achieve higher levels of efficiency and productivity. Overhead conveyor systems can move, handle, and transfer high volumes of heavy with optimum space utilization and flexibility, which ease their use and support the increasing production, efficiently. Thus, the increasing production volume in emerging economies is expected to create growth opportunities for the overhead conveyor sorting system market players during the forecast period.
Market Restraints
Several enterprises are adopting overhead conveyor systems to enhance productivity. Automated equipment involves high capital expenditure and can cost millions of dollars for design, fabrication, and installation, depending on the degree of automation. Overhead conveyor systems are comprised of software and hardware systems and installation of these systems involve qualified and experienced automation engineers. Moreover, a dedicated technician is required to manage and troubleshoot various conveying systems in case of any technical breakdown during installation.
In case of supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), programmable logic controller (PLC) and distributed control system (DCS) systems, multiple servers at various locations require additional maintenance and management of individual servers, which adds to the operating cost for enterprises. To avoid any operational downtime due to system outages, the operations or maintenance technicians need to be assigned the task of monitoring various automation systems. Furthermore, overhead conveyor systems require frequent maintenance as they vibrate and create noise while operating. Even the maintenance and replacement of conveyor rollers, conveyor chains, conveyor spare parts, conveyor pulleys, idler, conveyor sprockets, slat chains, conveyor belt fastener, air slides, and other parts involve high expenses.
Business owners or managers need to consider all these factors before deciding on the implementation of overhead conveyor systems at their manufacturing plants. The development of cost-effective parts with an increased lifespan of overhead conveyor systems and components, and various intermediaries and solutions provider companies beginning to offer cost-effective solutions are expected to decrease the cost of initial investments and maintenance. Therefore, the impact of the high initial and maintenance costs on the global overhead conveyor systems market is expected to shift from high to moderate over the forecast period.
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Market Value by Segment (2025)
Value (USD Mn)
10-20 kg
5-10 kg
20-50 kg
03-05 kg
0-03 kg
Companies
Key companies profiled in Overhead Conveyor Systems Market
Profiles of 116 companies operating in the Overhead Conveyor Systems Market market, including revenue, employee count, and market positioning where available.
Showing 116 of 116 companies
JENSEN-GRO
JENSEN-GROUP
Automotive
Company Headquarters: Belgium Founded: 1937 Workforce: ~ 1,555 Estimated Commercial Laundry Revenue- US$ 17.5 Mn Company Working: Jensen-Group is a manufacturer of industrial washing machines and a one-stop shop for laundry solutions. The company produces, develops, and forms specialized machines and laundry systems and serves various industries. The company offering includes technical consulting and individual planning, installation, and commissioning of the industrial laundry systems and for upgradation and modernizing existing washing lines. The company has 6 fully owned manufacturing sites that include China, Denmark, Germany, Sweden, and the USA. The company sells its products and services under the brand name JENSEN and Inwatec through wholly owned sales and service centers and independent authorized distributors worldwide. Furthermore, the company also has a distributor network in more than 50 countries. Jensen offers an extensive product portfolio encompassing a diverse range of offerings, including washroom technology, flatwork finishing technology, garment finishing technology, and mat technology etc. Jensen offers services like production support, service parts, training, design, financing, and installation. Owing to diverse range of products and services, revenue generated from commercial laundry segment is less as compared to other segments of Jensen Group.
Revenue$0.3B
Employees1,555
Market CapN/A
Founded1936
Belgium
KEWESTA Gm
KEWESTA GmbH
Automotive
Company Headquarters: Germany Founded: 1971 Workforce: NA Company Working: KEWESTA GmbH (KEWESTA) provides products related to materials handling systems and chain technology. It designs and manufactures various types of conveyor systems, such as overhead conveyor system, floor conveyor inverted, power & free, and inverted power & free. The overhead conveyors manufactured by the company transports light to medium weight overhead material and offers cost-effectiveness for the manufacturing or paint lines. Furthermore, it offers distinctive overhead conveyors with chains of stainless steel which, with high-temperature bearings, can even withstand a temperature form up to 400°C or maintenance-free drives, which can do entirely without bothersome re-grease. KEWESTA has a presence in Germany, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Austria, Turkey, China, and the Netherlands.
RevenueN/A
EmployeesN/A
Market CapN/A
Founded1970
Germany
CALDAN Con
CALDAN Conveyor A/S
Automotive
Company Headquarters: Denmark Founded: 1963 Workforce: ~200 Company Working: CALDAN Conveyor A/S formed with the merger between the AL-CON Conveyor A/S & CALDAN Conveyor A/S in 2018. It designs, manufactures, and installs internal transport systems for automated painting processes & materials handling worldwide. The company manufactures overhead chain power & free conveyors, floor-based chain power & free conveyors, overhead monorail chain conveyors, floor-based chain conveyors, control systems, worldwide service & support, worldwide installation & commissioning, and conveyor systems. CALDAN Conveyor A/S offers a wide range of overhead conveyor systems ranging from simple manual systems, through powered single line (monorail) to complex power & free systems developed for unit load weights ranging between a few grams to 10.000 kg. It is currently operating through strategic alliance and managed sales and support functions in Brazil, China, India, the US and Canada.
RevenueN/A
Employees200
Market CapN/A
Founded1962
Denmark
OCS Overhe
OCS Overhead Conveyor System Ltd
Automotive
Company Headquarters: Sweden Founded: 1993 Workforce: ~100 Company Working: Since 2018, OCS Overhead Conveyor System Ltd has been a part of Axel Johnson International, a privately owned Swedish industrial group of more than 110 companies in 27 countries, with combined annual sales of USD 1135 million and specializes in material handling, internal transport system, conveyors, warehousing, assembly lines. OCS Overhead Conveyor System Ltd manufactures a complete range of internal transport systems with overhead and floor conveyors for production processes and storage systems for several industries, including automotive and aviation. The company manufactures efficient, clean, and quiet and flexible overhead conveyor systems for order picking, storage, assembly, or manufacturing applications with loading capacities up to 7500kg and driving speeds ranging between 1m/min and 80m/min. Furthermore, the company manufactures overhead conveyors with the friction-based technology that gives a smooth, quiet, and clean motion and offers similar features as in electric monorail systems (EMS) at lower costs.
RevenueN/A
Employees100
Market CapN/A
Founded1992
Sweden
Herbert Ka
Herbert Kannegiesser GmbH
Automotive
Company Headquarters: Germany Founded: 1948 Workforce: ~5000 Company Working: Herbert Kannegiesser GmbH (Herbert Kannegiesser) manufacturers products related to industrial washing technology, flatwork, logistics, moldings, and data and information systems. The products related to the industrial washing technology are used in numerous applications ranging from washing, extracting, and drying solutions to flatwork feeding, finishing, and folding as well as full dry folding in garment finishing and sortation systems. Its logistics product category covers overhead conveyor systems, laundry sorting, vacuum transport, and stack management solutions. Its mini loop overhead system offers a practical alternative to the step conveyor, with all the advantages of a modern overhead conveyor, as its storage lane can hold up to 6 sacks of soiled laundry. Its super track system is basically a monorail system, which stores laundry items in a gravity-driven rail system below the building’s roof structure and can alternatively also be used on the clean side of laundry. Herbert Kannegiesser operates through six factories in Germany, one in the UK, and one in the US. It has a distribution network that spans across 54 countries worldwide.
RevenueN/A
Employees5,000
Market CapN/A
Founded1947
Germany
Schönenber
Schönenberger Systeme GmbH
Automotive
Company Headquarters: Germany Founded: 1977 Workforce: ~80 Company Working: Schönenberger Systeme GmbH (Schönenberger Systeme), a subsidiary of Helm Hellas S.A., designs, develops, manufactures, and supplies lifting equipment, overhead conveyors, and sliding door track systems for both trade customers and end users. It is a leading manufacturer of lifting equipment, power feed systems, overhead conveyor systems, fall arrest safety track, and sliding door track systems. It primarily manufacturers the Omniflo transport system, ILS2100 intra-logistics-system, and Schönenberger pouch sorter. The company manufactures overhead conveyors, which offer numerous advantages, such as modular range of components, simple design, easy installation, economical, wide range of brackets and trolleys, minimal maintenance, and flexibility. The company offers semi-automatic alternatives to fully powered overhead conveyors for use in areas where manual operation is not practical. The parent company Helm Hellas S.A. also offers overhead conveyor system under company name Niko Ltd. Schönenberger Systeme operates through a comprehensive distributor network that spans across most European countries, North Africa, Australia, North America, and Asia.
RevenueN/A
Employees80
Market CapN/A
Founded1976
Germany
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Senior Retail Manager, LG Chem
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Mark Irwin
Management Consultant, Level 21
I am very pleased with how market segments have been defined in a relevant way for my purposes (such as "Portable Freezers & refrigerators" and "last-mile"). In general the report is well structured. Thanks very much for your efforts.
Rob Kooiker
Group Product Manager HVAC & Fire Protection GMA, Rockwool
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