While the current economic climate has impacted many other industries, the electronic physical access control market has remained moderately immune. This report expands upon previous editions by incorporating new product segmentation and updated forecasts to provide unparalleled coverage.

The research can be purchased as a single world volume, or purchased individually in three separate regional volumes on the EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa), Americas and Asia markets. Each report provides market size estimates for 2008 in terms of supplier revenues and unit shipments, with growth rate forecasts for the period 2008 to 2013.

Some key findings are:

• The impact of the global economic recession is forecast to cause growth of the worldwide access control market to be small with only 2.8% growth forecast for 2009.
• Despite the economic downturn, various regions are forecast to see large growth notably: Russia, Eastern Europe, Africa, China and India. Latin America is forecast to have the largest growth in the Americas, namely Brazil.
• Fingerprint biometric readers are forecast to see a rapid slow down as a result of the economy; however, airports and government facilities will continue to invest.
• Multi-technology readers are forecast to ramp up as organizations attempt to future proof themselves. Worldwide, this market is forecast to be the fastest growing reader with a CAGR of 14.2%.
• The China market for access control is forecast to be worth over $640 million by 2013, only $20 million less than the United States market in 2013.
• With the global demand for integrated security solutions increasing, integrated access control software is forecast to represent 70.0% of the market for software in 2009.

• New products covered in this edition include: hand geometry biometric readers, multi-technology readers, Edge device controllers and DESFire smart cards.
• Detailed market statistics for four different equipment types: readers, controllers, cards and software.
• The reader market is further segmented by: magnetic stripe, smart card (13.56 mHz), proximity card (125 kHz), biometrics, cylinder locks and multi-technology.
• The Markets for smart Card 13.56-MHz readers, biometric readers, credentials and panels are all analysed in further detail with additional segmentation.
• The total electronic physical access control market is also analysed by sales channel and by end-user industry. Market sizes and growth rates are provided for 12 different industries, including healthcare, government, education, retail, banking & finance, airports, utilities and ports.
• A detailed regional assessment has been provided for 15 geographic regions in EMEA, 5 regions in the Americas and 11 regions in Asia. Detailed market share estimates are provided for 12 different types of access control equipment in EMEA, Americas and Asia.