Global Wankel Engines Market Growth 2025-2031

The global Wankel Engines market size is predicted to grow from US$ 51.5 million in 2025 to US$ 84 million in 2031; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 8.5% from 2025 to 2031.

The Wankel engine is a type of internal combustion engine using an eccentric rotary design to convert pressure into rotating motion. In contrast to the more common reciprocating piston designs, the Wankel engine delivers advantages of simplicity, smoothness, compactness, high revolutions per minute, and a high power-to-weight ratio primarily due to the fact that it produces three power pulses per rotor revolution compared to one per revolution in a two-stroke piston engine and one per two revolutions in a four-stroke piston engine (although at the actual output shaft, there is only one power pulse per revolution, since the output shaft spins three times as fast as the actual rotor does, as can be seen in the animation below, making it roughly equivalent to a 2-stroke engine of the same displacement; this is also why the displacement only measures one face of the rotor, since only one face is working for each output shaft revolution). The engine is commonly referred to as a rotary engine, although this name also applies to other completely different designs, primarily aircraft engines with their cylinders arranged in a circular fashion around the crankshaft. All parts rotate consistently in one direction, as opposed to the common reciprocating piston engine, which has pistons violently changing direction. The four-stage cycle of intake, compression, ignition, and exhaust occur each revolution at each of the three rotor tips moving inside the oval-like epitrochoid-shaped housing, enabling the three power pulses per rotor revolution. The rotor is similar in shape to a Reuleaux triangle with sides that are somewhat flatter.

Global Wankel Engines key players include UAV Engines, Austro Engine, LiquidPiston, Rotron Power, AIE etc. Global top five manufacturers hold a share over 50%.

Europe is the largest market, with a share over 40%, followed by North America and Asia-Pacific, both have a share over 50% percent.

In terms of product, Water Cooled is the largest segment, with a share over 70%. And in terms of application, the largest application is Unmanned Aerial Vehicle followed by Airplanes.

LP Information, Inc. (LPI) ' newest research report, the “Wankel Engines Industry Forecast” looks at past sales and reviews total world Wankel Engines sales in 2024, providing a comprehensive analysis by region and market sector of projected Wankel Engines sales for 2025 through 2031. With Wankel Engines sales broken down by region, market sector and sub-sector, this report provides a detailed analysis in US$ millions of the world Wankel Engines industry.

This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global Wankel Engines landscape and highlights key trends related to product segmentation, company formation, revenue, and market share, latest development, and M&A activity. This report also analyzes the strategies of leading global companies with a focus on Wankel Engines portfolios and capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints, to better understand these firms’ unique position in an accelerating global Wankel Engines market.

This Insight Report evaluates the key market trends, drivers, and affecting factors shaping the global outlook for Wankel Engines and breaks down the forecast by Type, by Application, geography, and market size to highlight emerging pockets of opportunity. With a transparent methodology based on hundreds of bottom-up qualitative and quantitative market inputs, this study forecast offers a highly nuanced view of the current state and future trajectory in the global Wankel Engines.

This report presents a comprehensive overview, market shares, and growth opportunities of Wankel Engines market by product type, application, key manufacturers and key regions and countries.

Segmentation by Type:
Water Cooled
Air Cooled

Segmentation by Application:
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Airplanes

This report also splits the market by region:
Americas
United States
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
APAC
China
Japan
Korea
Southeast Asia
India
Australia
Europe
Germany
France
UK
Italy
Russia
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Turkey
GCC Countries

The below companies that are profiled have been selected based on inputs gathered from primary experts and analysing the company's coverage, product portfolio, its market penetration.
UAV Engines
Austro Engine
LiquidPiston
Rotron Power
AIE
Mistral Engines
Aixro
Orbital Power

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