Global Wireless Headphone Market Report and Forecast 2023-2028

Global Wireless Headphone Market Report and Forecast 2023-2028


Market Outlook

According to the report by Expert Market Research (EMR), the global wireless headphone market reached a value of USD 48.5 billion in 2022. Aided by the technological advancements in audio devices and the rising demand for portable and clutter-free electronics, the market is projected to further grow at a CAGR of 7.8% between 2023 and 2028 to reach a value of USD 79.5 billion by 2028.

Wireless headphones, epitomising a blend of convenience and technology, are devices that use Bluetooth technology to connect to various electronics, eliminating the need for physical cords. They have increasingly become an essential accessory for an array of devices, from smartphones and laptops to smart TVs and gaming consoles. These headphones are pivotal in providing users with high-quality audio experience combined with the freedom of movement.

The escalating shift towards mobile devices, smart technologies, and IoT (Internet of Things) has been the catalyst for the exponential growth of the global wireless headphone market. As the world becomes more interconnected and wireless, consumers are seeking seamless and effortless technologies that complement their on-the-go lifestyles.

Moreover, the evolution in music streaming platforms and services, coupled with high-speed internet connectivity globally, is propelling the demand for wireless headphones. With platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music offering vast libraries of music, there's been a notable shift in how consumers consume audio content, creating an indispensable need for high-quality audio devices.

In addition to this, the fitness and wellness industry's upswing has also amplified the appeal of wireless headphones, thus increasing the wireless headphone market demand. Athletes, gym-goers, and fitness enthusiasts lean towards wireless headphones for their comfort and the ease they bring to workouts, be it jogging, cycling, or gym routines. Their sweat-resistant and ergonomic designs further make them a preferred choice.

Another driving factor for the market is the constant innovation in headphone technology. Features such as active noise cancellation, touch controls, voice assistance integration, and longer battery life are consistently being refined and introduced, enticing consumers to upgrade and ensuring a continual wireless headphone market development.

However, the application of wireless headphones isn't just limited to music and fitness. The boom in digital communication, remote work, and online gaming has expanded the purview of these headphones. They are now integral for virtual meetings, gaming sessions, and even online education. Their noise-cancelling feature, in particular, ensures clarity in communication, making them indispensable for professionals.

Furthermore, the growing trend of removing headphone jacks from smartphones has indirectly spurred the wireless headphone market growth. Companies like Apple, with their decision to eliminate the headphone jack from their devices, have ushered in an era where wireless headphones are not just a luxury but a necessity.

In the arena of branding and marketing, headphones are no longer just electronic accessories. Leading brands have transformed them into style statements and symbols of luxury. Collaborations with celebrities, limited-edition designs, and premium pricing strategies have redefined wireless headphones as a fashion accessory, adding to their market allure.

Market Segmentation

The market can be divided based on type, technology, price point, distribution channel, category, application, device application, end user, functionality, end user generation, ingress protection, and region.

Market Breakup by Type
  • Over-Ear
  • On-Ear
  • In-Ear
Market Breakup by Technology
  • Bluetooth
  • Infrared (IR)
  • Radiofrequency (RF)
  • Kleer
  • Others
Market Breakup by Price Point
  • Economic
  • Premium
  • Ultra-Premium
Market Breakup by Distribution Channel
  • Supermarket/Hypermarket
  • Independent Retail Stores
  • E-Commerce
  • Others
Market Breakup by Category
  • Branded
  • Private Label
Market Breakup by Application
  • Entertainment
  • Gaming
  • Fitness
  • Virtual Reality
  • Others
Market Breakup by Device Application
  • Smartphone
  • Laptop
  • Desktop
  • Others
Market Breakup by End User
  • Consumer
  • Commercial
  • Others
Market Breakup by Functionality
  • With Microphone
  • Without Microphone
Market Breakup by End User Generation
  • Gen Z
  • Millennials
  • Gen X
  • Boomers
Market Breakup by Ingress Protection
  • Protection from Solid Objects
  • Protection from Water
  • Combined
Market Breakup by Region
  • North America
  • Europe
  • Asia Pacific
  • Latin America
  • Middle East and Africa
Competitive Landscape

The EMR report looks into the market shares, plant turnarounds, capacities, investments, and acquisitions and mergers, among other major developments, of the global wireless headphone companies. Some of the major key players explored in the report by Expert Market Research are as follows:
  • Apple Inc.
  • Koninklijke Philips N.V.
  • Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
  • Sonova Consumer Hearing GmbH
  • Bose Corporation
  • Sony Group Corporation
  • Imagine Marketing Limited
  • Skullcandy, Inc.
  • Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
  • EPOS Group A/S
  • Others
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1 Preface
2 Report Coverage – Key Segmentation and Scope
3 Report Description
3.1 Market Definition and Outlook
3.2 Properties and Applications
3.3 Market Analysis
3.4 Key Players
4 Key Assumptions
5 Executive Summary
5.1 Overview
5.2 Key Drivers
5.3 Key Developments
5.4 Competitive Structure
5.5 Key Industrial Trends
6 Market Snapshot
6.1 Global
6.2 Regional
7 Opportunities and Challenges in the Market
8 Global Wireless Headphone Market Analysis
8.1 Key Industry Highlights
8.2 Global Wireless Headphone Historical Market (2018-2022)
8.3 Global Wireless Headphone Market Forecast (2023-2028)
8.4 Global Wireless Headphone Market by Type
8.4.1 Over-Ear
8.4.1.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.4.1.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.4.2 On-Ear
8.4.2.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.4.2.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.4.3 In-Ear
8.4.3.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.4.3.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.5 Global Wireless Headphone Market by Technology
8.5.1 Bluetooth
8.5.1.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.5.1.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.5.2 Infrared (IR)
8.5.2.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.5.2.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.5.3 Radiofrequency (RF)
8.5.3.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.5.3.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.5.4 Kleer
8.5.4.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.5.4.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.5.5 Others
8.6 Global Wireless Headphone Market by Price Point
8.6.1 Economic
8.6.1.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.6.1.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.6.2 Premium
8.6.2.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.6.2.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.6.3 Ultra-Premium
8.6.3.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.6.3.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.7 Global Wireless Headphone Market by Distribution Channel
8.7.1 Supermarket/Hypermarket
8.7.1.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.7.1.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.7.2 Independent Retail Stores
8.7.2.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.7.2.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.7.3 E-Commerce
8.7.3.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.7.3.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.7.4 Others
8.8 Global Wireless Headphone Market by Category
8.8.1 Branded
8.8.1.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.8.1.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.8.2 Private Label
8.8.2.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.8.2.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.9 Global Wireless Headphone Market by Application
8.9.1 Entertainment
8.9.1.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.9.1.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.9.2 Gaming
8.9.2.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.9.2.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.9.3 Fitness
8.9.3.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.9.3.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.9.4 Virtual Reality
8.9.4.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.9.4.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.9.5 Others
8.10 Global Wireless Headphone Market by Device Application
8.10.1 Smartphone
8.10.1.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.10.1.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.10.2 Laptop
8.10.2.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.10.2.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.10.3 Desktop
8.10.3.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.10.3.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.10.4 Others
8.11 Global Wireless Headphone Market by End User
8.11.1 Consumer
8.11.1.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.11.1.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.11.2 Commercial
8.11.2.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.11.2.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.11.3 Others
8.12 Global Wireless Headphone Market by Functionality
8.12.1 With Microphone
8.12.1.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.12.1.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.12.2 Without Microphone
8.12.2.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.12.2.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.13 Global Wireless Headphone Market by End User Generation
8.13.1 Gen Z
8.13.1.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.13.1.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.13.2 Millennials
8.13.2.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.13.2.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.13.3 Gen X
8.13.3.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.13.3.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.13.4 Boomers
8.13.4.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.13.4.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.14 Global Wireless Headphone Market by Ingress Protection
8.14.1 Protection from Solid Objects
8.14.1.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.14.1.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.14.2 Protection from Water
8.14.2.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.14.2.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.14.3 Combined
8.14.3.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.14.3.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.15 Global Wireless Headphone Market by Region
8.15.1 North America
8.15.1.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.15.1.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.15.2 Europe
8.15.2.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.15.2.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.15.3 Asia Pacific
8.15.3.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.15.3.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.15.4 Latin America
8.15.4.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.15.4.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
8.15.5 Middle East and Africa
8.15.5.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
8.15.5.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
9 North America Wireless Headphone Market Analysis
9.1 United States of America
9.1.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
9.1.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
9.2 Canada
9.2.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
9.2.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
10 Europe Wireless Headphone Market Analysis
10.1 United Kingdom
10.1.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
10.1.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
10.2 Germany
10.2.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
10.2.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
10.3 France
10.3.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
10.3.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
10.4 Italy
10.4.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
10.4.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
10.5 Others
11 Asia Pacific Wireless Headphone Market Analysis
11.1 China
11.1.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
11.1.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
11.2 Japan
11.2.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
11.2.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
11.3 India
11.3.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
11.3.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
11.4 ASEAN
11.4.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
11.4.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
11.5 Australia
11.5.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
11.5.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
11.6 Others
12 Latin America Wireless Headphone Market Analysis
12.1 Brazil
12.1.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
12.1.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
12.2 Argentina
12.2.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
12.2.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
12.3 Mexico
12.3.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
12.3.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
12.4 Others
13 Middle East and Africa Wireless Headphone Market Analysis
13.1 Saudi Arabia
13.1.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
13.1.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
13.2 United Arab Emirate
13.2.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
13.2.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
13.3 Nigeria
13.3.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
13.3.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
13.4 South Africa
13.4.1 Historical Trend (2018-2022)
13.4.2 Forecast Trend (2023-2028)
13.5 Others
14 Market Dynamics
14.1 SWOT Analysis
14.1.1 Strengths
14.1.2 Weaknesses
14.1.3 Opportunities
14.1.4 Threats
14.2 Porter’s Five Forces Analysis
14.2.1 Supplier’s Power
14.2.2 Buyer’s Power
14.2.3 Threat of New Entrants
14.2.4 Degree of Rivalry
14.2.5 Threat of Substitutes
14.3 Key Indicators for Demand
14.4 Key Indicators for Price
15 Competitive Landscape
15.1 Market Structure
15.2 Company Profiles
15.2.1 Apple Inc.
15.2.1.1 Company Overview
15.2.1.2 Product Portfolio
15.2.1.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
15.2.1.4 Certifications
15.2.2 Koninklijke Philips N.V.
15.2.2.1 Company Overview
15.2.2.2 Product Portfolio
15.2.2.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
15.2.2.4 Certifications
15.2.3 Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
15.2.3.1 Company Overview
15.2.3.2 Product Portfolio
15.2.3.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
15.2.3.4 Certifications
15.2.4 Sonova Consumer Hearing GmbH
15.2.4.1 Company Overview
15.2.4.2 Product Portfolio
15.2.4.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
15.2.4.4 Certifications
15.2.5 Bose Corporation
15.2.5.1 Company Overview
15.2.5.2 Product Portfolio
15.2.5.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
15.2.5.4 Certifications
15.2.6 Sony Group Corporation
15.2.6.1 Company Overview
15.2.6.2 Product Portfolio
15.2.6.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
15.2.6.4 Certifications
15.2.7 Imagine Marketing Limited
15.2.7.1 Company Overview
15.2.7.2 Product Portfolio
15.2.7.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
15.2.7.4 Certifications
15.2.8 Skullcandy, Inc.
15.2.8.1 Company Overview
15.2.8.2 Product Portfolio
15.2.8.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
15.2.8.4 Certifications
15.2.9 Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
15.2.9.1 Company Overview
15.2.9.2 Product Portfolio
15.2.9.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
15.2.9.4 Certifications
15.2.10 EPOS Group A/S
15.2.10.1 Company Overview
15.2.10.2 Product Portfolio
15.2.10.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
15.2.10.4 Certifications
15.2.11 Others
16 Key Trends and Developments in the Market

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