North America Urban Security Screening Market - Growth, Trends, COVID-19 Impact, and Forecasts (2022 - 2027)

North America Urban Security Screening Market - Growth, Trends, COVID-19 Impact, and Forecasts (2022 - 2027)

The North America Urban Security Screening Market is anticipated to register a CAGR of 8.9% during the forecast period. With the increasing terror attack threats at various public and critical infrastructures, security screening plays a vital role, especially for the places like border checkpoints, government organizations, sports, events, etc., to help mitigate the associated risk factor.

Key Highlights

• X-Ray baggage scanning devices are increasingly used in high-security places like government offices, corporate establishments, and the Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS). Optional features such as Network Supervisory Workstation (NSW), video management, and Threat Image Projection (TIP) are employed along with these scanners to make them more effective and efficient.
• Additionally, AI has the potential to significantly raise the performance of screening equipment, enabling new image classification and object recognition functions, which could pave the way for more automated screening. For instance, Evolv's AI weapon scanner is gaining popularity in North American schools, stadiums, shops, and other gathering places. Evolv machines use "active reading," a technique for emitting light, which also supports radar and lidar to create images. AI is then applied to examine them. The intelligent system can "spot" a weapon without anyone having to stop and empty their pockets. When the system identifies a suspicious element by a group of people passing through it, it outlines an orange field around it in a live video of the person entering. Then, the security personnel can conduct further inspections.
• In January 2021, VOTI Detection Inc., and Pacers Sports & Entertainment, integrated sports, and entertainment company, announced a partnership to supply a lower-touch security and screening process for guests attending Bankers Life Fieldhouse events. The VOTI Matrix Series scanners enable x-ray bags and purses for guests entering the Fieldhouse to eliminate the necessity for direct staff contact and expedite the entrance process. Such partnerships are expected to incorporate new features into existing products and increase their product lineup by developing new products​.
• Critical infrastructure, like nuclear power generation facilities, heavily emphasizes security due to an intrusion's potentially enormous economic and social impact. Most critical infrastructures are currently protected by robust perimeter security structured to be multi-layered and interwoven to avoid attacks from 'over the wall' scenarios.​ The more likely threat in such facilities is generated from goods and vehicles entering the facility, strangers disguised as employees, and their belongings. Owing to such possibilities, critical infrastructures in North America are witnessing an upsurge in the adoption of vehicle and baggage scanners.
• North America was among the first adopters of critical infrastructure protection programs and regulations, with the adoption across multiple industry verticals. For instance, the United States government has raised action on regulations governing essential infrastructures such as ports, petrochemical plants, and the energy sector. The US government made it mandatory that critical infrastructure organizations have all protocols in accordance with regulatory requirements such as the Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA) and Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS).​
• However, the COVID-19 pandemic caused disruptions in the supply chain, delays or cancellations of projects, and investments in infrastructure. Hence, the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with the high Installation and maintenance costs of security screening equipment, is anticipated to impede the growth of the studied market.

Key Market TrendsHospitals are Expected to Considerably Boost the Market Growth

• According to StatsCan, among Canadian provinces, Ontario had the largest number of hospitals, with around 390 establishments, as of 2021, followed by Quebec with 225 and albert with 177. Such a number of hospital establishments indicates that they may be a requirement for security scanning systems in hospitals which may enable the local and international vendors to develop new products according to the requirement of customers and capture the market share
• The rise in the construction of hospitals in the region is expected to drive the market. For instance, the USD 375 million budgeted for Cedar Hill Hospital has officially been commissioned. In Washington, D.C., on the St. ElizabethsEast Campus, a hospital is being built as part of the project. The construction project began in Q1 2022 and is anticipated to be finished in Q4 2024. The project seeks to improve the local healthcare infrastructure.
• In August 2022, advanced weapons detection was added by Northwell Health. Three hospitals on Long Island and Manhattan now have walk-through screening systems powered by AI that can instantly identify and display contraband and weapons. The security staff of Northwell Health, situated in New Hyde Park, New York, are able to quickly identify weapons of violence without building up the lengthy lines traditionally associated with security inspections by adopting next-generation screening equipment.
• The rise in violent incidents in hospitals will significantly enable hospital management to adopt security scanning products. For instance, in June 2022, in a shooting rampage at a hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, four people were killed. The accused gunman, who was armed with a handgun and a rifle, was also confirmed by police to be dead. The arrival of police at St. Francis Hospital prevented the death toll from being greater. Incidents like this will drive the studied market.
• The development of low-energy x-ray scanning systems has increased their use in hospital areas. The applications of x-rays in security applications have increased considerably over the past few years. Baggage and personal scanners augment the deployment of x-ray tubes for object detection. Innovations in technology have facilitated the manufacturing of high-power x-rays, which are used in quality control systems in hospitals.

United States is Expected to Hold a Major Market Share

• Drug abuse is a substantial problem in the United States. A significant threat to public health safety comes from the neighboring country of Mexico, where Illicit opium poppy cultivation has been increasing for a decade. According to the World Drug Report by the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) and UNODC, illegal fentanyl and heroin exports from Mexico to the United States are rising.
• Further, according to the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the most significant amount of federal drug control spending in the United States was registered for FY 2020, with around USD 39.7 billion. However, the requested funding for FY 2023 is significantly higher (USD 42.47 billion). The increasing drug abuse in the United States will likely offer lucrative opportunities to adopt security screening products during the forecast period.
• A surge in gun violence is driving the rise in violent crime in the United States. Several regional educational institutions are adopting security measures to safeguard their students and premises. For instance, in April 2022, Ardrey Kell High School announced that it had started using new body scanners as Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools increased security at campuses across the district. The body scanners were announced by former Superintendent Earnest Winston, who vowed to put them in 14 more high schools to curb weapons getting on campus.
• Further, in August 2022, Oxford High School, Oakland County, Michigan, United States, announced that oxford schools would install weapons detection systems as part of a beefed-up security system that's being added to the high school in response to the November shooting that left four students dead. The scanners would be capable of detecting weapons inside a student's backpack.
• According to FDI, the number of violent crimes in the region of the united states has increased from 2018, i.e., 1,203,808 to 2021 1,313,200 number. Such a rise in the crime number will enable the security screening vendors to incorporate new technologies in existing products or develop new products. For example, Conventional X-ray scanners create stationary, 2D images that don't show the contents of a bag layered and may not be intelligent enough to recognize sophisticated threats. The ability to detect threats automatically is diminished when the image is constrained. The most recent innovation in luggage screening, known as computed tomography (CT), aids in resolving this issue. This technology, which is frequently used in the medical industry, now offers high-resolution 3D images that enable operators to examine a bag's contents more precisely.

Competitive Landscape

The North America Urban Security Screening market is moderately consolidated and competitive with several players operating in the market. These players are adopting various strategies to expand their market share. These include product development, mergers, geographic expansions, among others.

• October 2021 - VOTI Detection Inc., a prominent Canadian technology company that develops the latest-generation X-ray security systems based on 3D Perspective technology, announced that it was awarded a three-year contract with further options from Global Affairs Canada for the supply of X-Ray scanning systems to Canadian Embassy locations worldwide.
• November 2021 - ADANI Systems, Inc., an American manufacturer of Screening solutions, was awarded a Multi-Year, Multi-Million Dollar contract with the Ohio Department of Corrections. ADANI Systems, CLEARPASS is claimed to be an advanced Screening System platform for correctional facilities nationwide and is widely accepted as a reliable and accurate solution for contraband detection.

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