Global BIM and Digital Twin for Built Environment Growth Opportunities

Global BIM and Digital Twin for Built Environment Growth Opportunities


The Dynamic Duo will Transform the Future of Digital Building Life Cycle Management

BIM and digital twin are complementary technologies transforming the AEC industry by enabling collaborative design, improving project efficiency, and enhancing asset performance. BIM provides a comprehensive 3D modeling and data management platform, while digital twin extends it with data integration, optimization, simulation, and 3D virtual experience capabilities. Together, these technologies empower stakeholders to plan, design, build, and operate buildings and infrastructure more intelligently and efficiently.

Frost & Sullivan has segmented the overall BIM and digital twin market based on end-user verticals, including commercial, industrial, residential, infrastructure, and others (public administration buildings, educational institutions, and healthcare buildings). The geographies the study covers are North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Rest of World.

For BIM, the study includes the software and services used to create virtual 3D static models of built environments, enabling collaboration and visualization of these environments’ design and construction.

For digital twin, the study includes software and services that create dynamic and digital replicas of physical building assets, such as heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), lighting, and fire safety and security systems, elevators, escalators, manufacturing industries’ equipment, and water and wastewater industries’ equipment. The platform combines real-time spatial, occupancy, assets, and environmental data with analytics, converting building data into building intelligence and supporting decision-making for overall building performance optimization and building life cycle management. Some digital twin applications included in the study are data orchestration, building performance simulation, immersive 3D experiences, climate resilience analysis, and financial risk assessment for built environments.

The study captures BIM and digital twin revenue from buildings’ preconstruction phase to the operational phase. It does not cover the construction management software used exclusively for project bidding, financial planning, project scheduling, field operations, or quality control. However, if these features are included with BIM and digital twin software, their revenue is covered.

KEY ISSUES ADDRESSED

What key growth opportunities can market participants leverage to continue their double-digit growth during the forecast period?
What are the challenges and strategic imperatives for BIM and digital twin market participants?
How have BIM and digital twin technologies evolved?
What is the global and regional market share of the leading BIM and digital twin companies?
What do the regional opportunity and regional competitive landscape look like?


  • Strategic Imperatives
    • Why is it Increasingly Difficult to Grow?
    • The Strategic Imperative 8™
    • The Impact of the Top 3 Strategic Imperatives on the BIM and Digital Twin Industry
    • Growth Opportunities Fuel the Growth Pipeline Engine™
  • Growth Opportunity Analysis
    • Scope of Analysis
    • End-user Segmentation
    • BIM and Digital Twin: Roadmap and Maturity Levels
    • Top Performers and Emerging Innovators
    • Growth Metrics
    • Growth Drivers
    • Growth Restraints
    • Forecast Assumptions
    • Revenue Forecast
      • Table BIM and Digital Twin: Revenue Forecast, Global, 2020–2028
    • Revenue Forecast by Product
      • Table BIM and Digital Twin: Revenue Forecast by Product, Global, 2020–2028
    • Revenue Forecast by End-user Vertical
      • Table BIM and Digital Twin: Revenue Forecast by End-user Vertical, Global, 2020–2028
    • Revenue Forecast by Region
      • Table BIM and Digital Twin: Revenue Forecast by Region, Global, 2020–2028
    • Revenue Forecast Analysis
    • Global BIM Mandates
    • Competitive Environment
    • Revenue Share and Analysis
    • Digital Asset Life Cycle Management: Competitive Landscape
  • Select Top and Innovative Companies to Watch Out For
    • Autodesk
    • Bentley
    • Glodon
    • Planon
    • Siemens
  • Growth Opportunity Analysis: North America
    • Growth Metrics
    • Revenue Forecast
      • Table BIM and Digital Twin: Revenue Forecast, North America, 2020–2028
    • Revenue Forecast by Product
      • Table BIM and Digital Twin: Revenue Forecast by Product, North America, 2020–2028
    • Forecast Analysis
    • Revenue Share and Analysis
  • Growth Opportunity Analysis: Europe
    • Growth Metrics
    • Revenue Forecast
      • Table BIM and Digital Twin: Revenue Forecast, Europe, 2020–2028
    • Revenue Forecast by Product
      • Table BIM and Digital Twin: Revenue Forecast by Product, Europe, 2020–2028
    • Forecast Analysis
    • Revenue Share and Analysis
  • Growth Opportunity Analysis: Asia-Pacific
    • Growth Metrics
    • Revenue Forecast
      • Table BIM and Digital Twin: Revenue Forecast, Asia-Pacific, 2020–2028
    • Revenue Forecast by Product
      • Table BIM and Digital Twin: Revenue Forecast by Product, Asia-Pacific, 2020–2028
    • Forecast Analysis
    • Revenue Share and Analysis
  • Growth Opportunity Analysis: Rest of World
    • Growth Metrics
    • Revenue Forecast
      • Table BIM and Digital Twin: Revenue Forecast, RoW, 2020–2028
    • Revenue Forecast by Product
      • Table BIM and Digital Twin: Revenue Forecast by Product, RoW, 2020–2028
    • Forecast Analysis
    • Revenue Share and Analysis
  • Growth Opportunity Universe
    • Growth Opportunity 1: Digital Twin-enabled Metaverses
    • Growth Opportunity 1: Digital Twin-enabled Metaverses (continued)
    • Growth Opportunity 2: High-growth Regions
    • Growth Opportunity 3: Cocreation and Collaboration
  • Next Steps
    • Your Next Steps
    • Why Frost, Why Now?

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