Based on the expert analysis and our database of 70+ Global industries, IBISWorld presents a list of the Global Fastest Growing Industries by Revenue Growth (%) in 2024
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Global reinsurance carriers focus on assuming all or part of the risk associated with existing insurance policies originally underwritten by direct insurance carriers. The essential function of these carriers is to insure insurance companies. The industry performed well during the current period because rising healthcare expenditure increased premiums for health insurance companies. These insurers increased their demand for global reinsurance carriers to hedge against risk. The industry also performed well in the years before COVID-19, as soaring equity markets increased demand from insurance companies and boosted investment income for the industry. The pandemic reduced global consumer spending and per capita... Learn More
2024-2025 Revenue Growth: 11.6%
The industry will increase at a CAGR of 0.8% to $2.3 trillion over the five years to 2023, including a growth of 13.9% in 2023 alone. Global tourism has performed well during most of the five-year period, with emerging economies stimulating growth. Countries in Asia and South America have experienced robust growth in per capita income, which has enabled consumers in these regions to take overseas trips in increasing numbers. But because of COVID-19, industry revenue collapsed 40.1% in 2020. The global outbreak had an enormous effect on all tourism-related industries as many countries suspended international travel and limited the... Learn More
2024-2025 Revenue Growth: 5.7%
The digitization of the global economy and expanding internet usage have reduced demand for newsprint and other traditional paper products, curbing growth for the Global Paper and Pulp Mills industry over the past five years. Still, mills have benefited from expanding developing economies in Asia and South America. Over the past five years, consumer spending and online retail growth have supported demand for packaging paper, offsetting declines from traditional paper segments. Revenue has stagnated over the past five years, staying at an estimated $492.1 billion in 2023. Inflationary pressures will push revenue down by an estimated 2.2% in 2023 alone.
While... Learn More
2024-2025 Revenue Growth: 5.7%
Over the five years to 2023, the Global Hotels and Resorts industry has expanded. Initially, strong growth before the pandemic occurred as consumers and businesses became more confident about their finances and spent more liberally on luxuries, including travel. This factor resulted in a substantial increase in hotel rooms and occupancy rates, two indicators of a hotel's performance. Global tourist arrivals were also steadily increasing until a drastic drop in 2020 due to the worldwide spread of COVID-19. In 2020 alone, industry revenue declined 40.1% due to the pandemic effect. The pandemic has enormously influenced all tourism-related industries, as many... Learn More
2024-2025 Revenue Growth: 5.5%
Engineering companies apply the physical laws and principles of engineering to design and develop structures, machines, materials, instruments and other processes and systems. Services also include providing advice, feasibility studies, designs and technical services for construction or development. The performance of the industry relies on investment trends and the overall health of the economy to fuel projects where engineering services are needed. Strong investment in major markets, such as the United States, Europe and East Asia, has driven industry growth in recent years. Global engineering services revenue has been expanding at a CAGR of 3.9% over the past five years... Learn More
2024-2025 Revenue Growth: 5.1%
HR and recruitment companies rely on a businesses' desire to outsource their recruitment process and human resource management activities. Their performance depends on their major market's economies and the impact these conditions have on labor. Regulation, especially for temporary employees, can hamstring providers, as this makes it more difficult to operate. More liberal labor laws in developed nations have been essential to HR and recruitment companies' growth. Large companies are now focusing on emerging markets that will undergo the same process in the future. COVID-19 put a halt to positive momentum in recent years, as businesses seeking to cut costs... Learn More
2024-2025 Revenue Growth: 4.9%
The Global Heavy-Duty Truck Manufacturing industry has experienced an eventful time over the past five years. Governments across the globe have imposed new regulations aimed at reducing truck emissions. Truck prices typically increase when new standards are introduced due to higher research and development costs to make truck emissions compliant. Truck buyers are aware of this trend, and when legislation change is announced, buyers tend to purchase vehicles in anticipation of rising prices once the new law is implemented.
Despite rising regulations, the industry grew before the pandemic due to growth in emerging economies such as China and India. But the... Learn More
2024-2025 Revenue Growth: 4.9%
As a result of massive and diverse uses, demand for many individual telecom operators has grown, though industry revenue has not increased linearly at the global level due to rising competition among wireless telecommunications carriers in technologically pioneering nations. As a result, wireless telecommunications revenue is expected to only increase at a CAGR of 0.5% over the past five years to $1.7 trillion, including expected growth of 2.8% in 2023, as global 5G network deployments accelerate after the most volatile pandemic periods have wound down.
Telecommunications operators have adopted two primary growth strategies: expanding subscriber numbers and increasing average revenue per... Learn More
2024-2025 Revenue Growth: 4.6%
Coal mined by global coal mining companies plays a vital role in the world's ability to generate electricity and manufacture steel. Coal's position in global electricity markets stems from its relative accessibility, affordability and distribution across the globe. The world's largest coal producers are China, the United States and India, with these countries expected to retain their positions for the foreseeable future. Global coal mining revenue is a function of global production of coal mined products alongside global coal prices, with prices being closely tied to global economic conditions. Over the five years to 2023, prices of thermal and coking... Learn More
2024-2025 Revenue Growth: 4.5%
Global travel agencies' revenue has grown despite core services dramatically changing due to consumers using online channels to research and book travel. Online booking agents now play a much more significant role alongside traditional brick-and-mortar travel agencies. International tourism thrived before COVID-19, but it severely cut into revenue in 2020, followed by a rebound in 2021 as the economy returned to normal. Global travel agencies' revenue has expanded at a CAGR of 2.5% to $474.7 billion through the end of 2023, including a 9.9% increase in 2023 alone.
Brick-and-mortar travel agencies have reinvented themselves to remain relevant and competitive as online... Learn More
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