A radar detector is an electronic device that calculates the movement speed of the measured object based on the calculation of the frequency shift of the received reflected wave. Its working principle is very simple, that is, after receiving the radar signal, it will immediately alarm and prompt the owner to slow down. The radar beam irradiation area is large, so the radar speed measurement is easy to capture the target, without precise aiming, it can not only be fixed on the road surface, but also can be installed on the patrol car, in motion to detect the speed of the vehicle, is a very important part of the "mobile electronic police". So far, radar velocity measurement has been used internationally for decades, and the technology is mature and the cost is low.
According to the different configurations, radar detectors can usually be divided into GPS radar detectors, full-range radar detectors and ordinary radar detectors. Among them, full-range radar detectors currently occupy a larger market. In 2019, the output value of full-range radar detectors in the United States accounted for 44.22% of the market, and the market share of GPS type was 37.78%, while the market share of ordinary radar detectors was relatively low, 12.68%, and other types accounted for 5.32%. From the perspective of its application field, vehicle radar detectors are the mainstream of the market, accounting for 84.29% in 2019, while only 12.16% are used in transportation authorities.
The southern region is currently the largest revenue market, and its proportion is expected to continue to increase in the future
The study shows that the southern region of the United States is the largest market for the radar detector industry in the United States, with a market value of $55.92 million in 2019, accounting for 30.03% of the entire market share, followed by the Northeast region ranking second with a total market value of $55.80 million and a market share of 29.96%, and the western region accounting for 20.70% of the market value with a total market value of $38.55 million ranked third, while the central and western regions accounted for the lowest proportion of 19.30%.
According to our research data, the total market value of the radar detector industry in the United States was $196.42 million in 2015, which increased to $198.73 million in 2016, but then began to decline year by year, and has decreased to $186.22 million in 2019, with a compound growth rate of -1.32% from 2015 to 2019. On this basis, we carried out a series of function operations and derived the data for the next few years with scientific models. Finally, we predict that in the future, affected by the macroeconomic and market environment, the development of the U.S. radar detector market will not be optimistic, and the total market value may continue to decline during the forecast period, falling to 136.13 million US dollars by 2025. Lifting and lifting
In addition, combined with the market development environment of various regions, it is expected that the regional competition pattern will also change in the future: the market share of the western and central and western regions will increase to varying degrees during the forecast period, and will increase to 21.27% and 19.59% respectively by 2025, on the contrary, the proportion of the southern and northeastern regions will decline to a certain extent, and is expected to decrease to 29.22% and 29.91% respectively in 2025.
The market share of the TOP3 enterprises exceeds 50%, and the CR5 reaches 64.7%, with a high degree of industry concentration
In terms of major players, Cobra Electronics Corporation, Beltronics, Escorts Inc., Whistler Radar Detector International, and Valentine one are the top 5 companies in the radar detector industry in the United States. In 2019, Cobra Electronics Corporation, Beltronics and Escorts Inc. ranked among the top three companies in the market with a market share of 22.05%, 20.25% and 14.24% respectively, and the total market share of the top three companies was 56.54%, more than half of the market share. In addition, the industry CR5 is 64.7%, which shows that the market concentration of the U.S. industry is relatively high.
Vehicle safety has been highly valued and GPS technology has become increasingly popular, which has led to the rapid development of the radar detector industry in the United States
Law enforcement agencies often use Doppler radar in conjunction with hand-held radar guns, vehicles, or stationary objects such as traffic lights, and some radar detectors add GPS technology. In this way, the user can manually store the location where the police often monitor traffic, and when approaching that location in the future, the detector will sound an alarm (this can be done by simply pressing a button without the need to enter coordinates). These detectors also allow users to manually store site coordinates in case of frequent false alarms, which can then be ignored by GPS-enabled detectors. The detector can also be programmed to silence the alarm when traveling below a preset speed, limiting unnecessary alarms. Some GPS-enabled detectors can download the GPS coordinates of speed surveillance cameras and red light cameras from the internet to warn drivers that they are approaching the camera. The increasing popularity of GPS technology will bring inexhaustible impetus to the development of the radar detector industry.
Over time, radar guns and detectors alternately developed technologies to counter adversaries in the form of civilian electronic "warfare". For example, with the introduction of new frequencies, radar detectors initially "turned a blind eye" to them until their technology was updated. At the same time, transmission time and intensity are reduced to reduce the chance of detection, which in turn leads to more sensitive receivers and more sophisticated techniques. Finally, radar detectors can combine other technologies, such as GPS-based technology, into a single device to increase its success rate. Thus, the update of technology will further drive the market.
Moreover, the demand for radar detection equipment is expected to increase significantly due to the increase in accidents due to overspeeding during the forecast period. The growing concern about vehicle safety will also drive the radar detector market to grow significantly.
However, radar detectors use superheterodyne receivers to detect electromagnetic radiation from the gun and send an alarm to notify the driver when radiation is detected. However, due to the presence of a large number of devices, such as automatic door openers, speed signs, adaptive cruise control, etc., and the electromagnetic spectrum of these devices is the same as that of radar guns, it is possible for radar detectors to cause false alarms. This is likely to be one of the hindrance factors affecting the growth of the market and is also a problem that radar detector manufacturers need to solve as soon as possible.