Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Report by System (Hardware, Software), Solution (Storage, Transportation), End User (Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Food and Beverage, Chemical, and Others), and Region 2025-2033
Market Report I 2025-04-01 I 150 Pages I IMARC Group
The global cold chain tracking and monitoring market size reached USD 7.0 Billion in 2024. Looking forward, IMARC Group expects the market to reach USD 16.7 Billion by 2033, exhibiting a growth rate (CAGR) of 9.57% during 2025-2033.
Cold chain tracking and monitoring represents a sophisticated, uninterrupted supply system that employs the Internet of Things (IoT) technology for supervising temperature-sensitive perishable products, including vaccines, chemicals, and pharmaceutical items. It aids in maintaining the quality of the item throughout the production, storage, and transportation processes by performing real-time tracking operations and acquiring essential data regarding the product. Apart from this, cold chain tracking and monitoring assists in extending the shelf life of fresh and frozen food products as they meet their constant requirement of refrigeration while offering a quality management system. At present, they are commercially categorized into varying systems and solutions.
Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Trends:
One of the key factors driving the cold chain tracking and monitoring market growth is the increasing demand for the solution across the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. In line with this, they are widely used for trading perishable medical supplies, such as biological specimens, tissues, vaccines and oncology drugs, thus propelling the market growth. This is further supported by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, which, in turn, has intensified the adoption of cold chain tracking and monitoring across the globe for maintaining the chemical stability and efficacy of the vaccines. Additionally, the rising industrial need for remotely operated automated logistic storage facilities to maintain the quality standards of various products is positively impacting the market growth. In line with this, the integration of radio-frequency identification (RFID) and the Internet of Things (IoT) sensors into the transportation pallets for tracking assets, managing inventory, and enhancing data accuracy are contributing to the market growth. Other factors, such as the escalating usage of e-commerce platforms to order consumer goods, rapid establishment of refrigerated warehouses, and the rising requirement amongst manufacturers to achieve an end-to-end visibility and condition monitoring throughout the supply chain operation, are creating a positive outlook for the market.
Key Market Segmentation:
IMARC Group provides an analysis of the key trends in each sub-segment of the global cold chain tracking and monitoring market report, along with forecasts at the global, regional and country level from 2025-2033. Our report has categorized the market based on system, solution and end user.
Breakup by System:
- Hardware
- Software
Breakup by Solution:
- Storage
- Transportation
Breakup by End User:
- Healthcare
- Pharmaceuticals
- Food and Beverage
- Chemical
- Others
Breakup by Region:
- North America
- United States
- Canada
- Asia-Pacific
- China
- Japan
- India
- South Korea
- Australia
- Indonesia
- Others
- Europe
- Germany
- France
- United Kingdom
- Italy
- Spain
- Russia
- Others
- Latin America
- Brazil
- Mexico
- Others
- Middle East and Africa
Competitive Landscape:
The competitive landscape of the industry has also been examined along with the profiles of the key players being AmeriCold Logistics LLC, Berlinger & Co. AG, Carrier Global Corporation, Cold Chain Technologies, Controlant, Ellab Monitoring Solutions Ltd., ELPRO-BUCHS AG, Monnit Corporation, Orbcomm, Rotronic AG (Process Sensing Technologies Limited), Savi Technology and Zest Labs Inc.
Key Questions Answered in This Report
1.What was the size of the global cold chain tracking and monitoring market in 2024?
2.What is the expected growth rate of the global cold chain tracking and monitoring market during 2025-2033?
3.What are the key factors driving the global cold chain tracking and monitoring market?
4.What has been the impact of COVID-19 on the global cold chain tracking and monitoring market?
5.What is the breakup of the global cold chain tracking and monitoring market based on the system?
6.What is the breakup of the global cold chain tracking and monitoring market based on the solution?
7.What is the breakup of the global cold chain tracking and monitoring market based on the end user?
8.What are the key regions in the global cold chain tracking and monitoring market?
9.Who are the key players/companies in the global cold chain tracking and monitoring market?
1 Preface
2 Scope and Methodology
2.1 Objectives of the Study
2.2 Stakeholders
2.3 Data Sources
2.3.1 Primary Sources
2.3.2 Secondary Sources
2.4 Market Estimation
2.4.1 Bottom-Up Approach
2.4.2 Top-Down Approach
2.5 Forecasting Methodology
3 Executive Summary
4 Introduction
4.1 Overview
4.2 Key Industry Trends
5 Global Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market
5.1 Market Overview
5.2 Market Performance
5.3 Impact of COVID-19
5.4 Market Forecast
6 Market Breakup by System
6.1 Hardware
6.1.1 Market Trends
6.1.2 Market Forecast
6.2 Software
6.2.1 Market Trends
6.2.2 Market Forecast
7 Market Breakup by Solution
7.1 Storage
7.1.1 Market Trends
7.1.2 Market Forecast
7.2 Transportation
7.2.1 Market Trends
7.2.2 Market Forecast
8 Market Breakup by End User
8.1 Healthcare
8.1.1 Market Trends
8.1.2 Market Forecast
8.2 Pharmaceuticals
8.2.1 Market Trends
8.2.2 Market Forecast
8.3 Food and Beverage
8.3.1 Market Trends
8.3.2 Market Forecast
8.4 Chemical
8.4.1 Market Trends
8.4.2 Market Forecast
8.5 Others
8.5.1 Market Trends
8.5.2 Market Forecast
9 Market Breakup by Region
9.1 North America
9.1.1 United States
9.1.1.1 Market Trends
9.1.1.2 Market Forecast
9.1.2 Canada
9.1.2.1 Market Trends
9.1.2.2 Market Forecast
9.2 Asia-Pacific
9.2.1 China
9.2.1.1 Market Trends
9.2.1.2 Market Forecast
9.2.2 Japan
9.2.2.1 Market Trends
9.2.2.2 Market Forecast
9.2.3 India
9.2.3.1 Market Trends
9.2.3.2 Market Forecast
9.2.4 South Korea
9.2.4.1 Market Trends
9.2.4.2 Market Forecast
9.2.5 Australia
9.2.5.1 Market Trends
9.2.5.2 Market Forecast
9.2.6 Indonesia
9.2.6.1 Market Trends
9.2.6.2 Market Forecast
9.2.7 Others
9.2.7.1 Market Trends
9.2.7.2 Market Forecast
9.3 Europe
9.3.1 Germany
9.3.1.1 Market Trends
9.3.1.2 Market Forecast
9.3.2 France
9.3.2.1 Market Trends
9.3.2.2 Market Forecast
9.3.3 United Kingdom
9.3.3.1 Market Trends
9.3.3.2 Market Forecast
9.3.4 Italy
9.3.4.1 Market Trends
9.3.4.2 Market Forecast
9.3.5 Spain
9.3.5.1 Market Trends
9.3.5.2 Market Forecast
9.3.6 Russia
9.3.6.1 Market Trends
9.3.6.2 Market Forecast
9.3.7 Others
9.3.7.1 Market Trends
9.3.7.2 Market Forecast
9.4 Latin America
9.4.1 Brazil
9.4.1.1 Market Trends
9.4.1.2 Market Forecast
9.4.2 Mexico
9.4.2.1 Market Trends
9.4.2.2 Market Forecast
9.4.3 Others
9.4.3.1 Market Trends
9.4.3.2 Market Forecast
9.5 Middle East and Africa
9.5.1 Market Trends
9.5.2 Market Breakup by Country
9.5.3 Market Forecast
10 SWOT Analysis
10.1 Overview
10.2 Strengths
10.3 Weaknesses
10.4 Opportunities
10.5 Threats
11 Value Chain Analysis
12 Porters Five Forces Analysis
12.1 Overview
12.2 Bargaining Power of Buyers
12.3 Bargaining Power of Suppliers
12.4 Degree of Competition
12.5 Threat of New Entrants
12.6 Threat of Substitutes
13 Price Analysis
14 Competitive Landscape
14.1 Market Structure
14.2 Key Players
14.3 Profiles of Key Players
14.3.1 AmeriCold Logistics LLC
14.3.1.1 Company Overview
14.3.1.2 Product Portfolio
14.3.2 Berlinger & Co. AG
14.3.2.1 Company Overview
14.3.2.2 Product Portfolio
14.3.3 Carrier Global Corporation
14.3.3.1 Company Overview
14.3.3.2 Product Portfolio
14.3.3.3 Financials
14.3.4 Cold Chain Technologies
14.3.4.1 Company Overview
14.3.4.2 Product Portfolio
14.3.5 Controlant
14.3.5.1 Company Overview
14.3.5.2 Product Portfolio
14.3.6 Ellab Monitoring Solutions Ltd.
14.3.6.1 Company Overview
14.3.6.2 Product Portfolio
14.3.7 ELPRO-BUCHS AG
14.3.7.1 Company Overview
14.3.7.2 Product Portfolio
14.3.8 Monnit Corporation
14.3.8.1 Company Overview
14.3.8.2 Product Portfolio
14.3.9 Orbcomm
14.3.9.1 Company Overview
14.3.9.2 Product Portfolio
14.3.9.3 SWOT Analysis
14.3.10 Rotronic AG (Process Sensing Technologies Limited)
14.3.10.1 Company Overview
14.3.10.2 Product Portfolio
14.3.11 Savi Technology
14.3.11.1 Company Overview
14.3.11.2 Product Portfolio
14.3.12 Zest Labs Inc.
14.3.12.1 Company Overview
14.3.12.2 Product Portfolio
Figure 1: Global: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market: Major Drivers and Challenges
Figure 2: Global: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market: Sales Value (in Billion USD), 2019-2024
Figure 3: Global: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Billion USD), 2025-2033
Figure 4: Global: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market: Breakup by System (in %), 2024
Figure 5: Global: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market: Breakup by Solution (in %), 2024
Figure 6: Global: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market: Breakup by End User (in %), 2024
Figure 7: Global: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market: Breakup by Region (in %), 2024
Figure 8: Global: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring (Hardware) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 9: Global: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring (Hardware) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 10: Global: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring (Software) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 11: Global: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring (Software) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 12: Global: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring (Storage) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 13: Global: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring (Storage) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 14: Global: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring (Transportation) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 15: Global: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring (Transportation) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 16: Global: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring (Healthcare) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 17: Global: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring (Healthcare) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 18: Global: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring (Pharmaceuticals) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 19: Global: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring (Pharmaceuticals) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 20: Global: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring (Food and Beverage) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 21: Global: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring (Food and Beverage) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 22: Global: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring (Chemical) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 23: Global: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring (Chemical) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 24: Global: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring (Other End Users) Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 25: Global: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring (Other End Users) Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 26: North America: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 27: North America: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 28: United States: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 29: United States: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 30: Canada: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 31: Canada: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 32: Asia-Pacific: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 33: Asia-Pacific: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 34: China: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 35: China: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 36: Japan: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 37: Japan: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 38: India: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 39: India: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 40: South Korea: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 41: South Korea: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 42: Australia: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 43: Australia: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 44: Indonesia: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 45: Indonesia: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 46: Others: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 47: Others: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 48: Europe: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 49: Europe: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 50: Germany: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 51: Germany: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 52: France: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 53: France: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 54: United Kingdom: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 55: United Kingdom: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 56: Italy: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 57: Italy: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 58: Spain: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 59: Spain: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 60: Russia: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 61: Russia: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 62: Others: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 63: Others: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 64: Latin America: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 65: Latin America: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 66: Brazil: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 67: Brazil: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 68: Mexico: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 69: Mexico: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 70: Others: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 71: Others: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 72: Middle East and Africa: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 73: Middle East and Africa: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market: Breakup by Country (in %), 2024
Figure 74: Middle East and Africa: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Forecast: Sales Value (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 75: Global: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Industry: SWOT Analysis
Figure 76: Global: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Industry: Value Chain Analysis
Figure 77: Global: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Industry: Porter's Five Forces Analysis
Table 1: Global: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market: Key Industry Highlights, 2024 and 2033
Table 2: Global: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Forecast: Breakup by System (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Table 3: Global: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Forecast: Breakup by Solution (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Table 4: Global: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Forecast: Breakup by End User (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Table 5: Global: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market Forecast: Breakup by Region (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Table 6: Global: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market: Competitive Structure
Table 7: Global: Cold Chain Tracking and Monitoring Market: Key Players
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