United States Commercial Drones Market Report and Forecast 2025-2034

United States Commercial Drones Market Outlook

The United States commercial drones market size was approximately USD 1406.50 million in 2023. The market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 10.4% between 2024 and 2032, reaching a value of almost USD 3593.10 billion by 2032.

Key Takeaways:

• Surveillance and monitoring is expected to constitute a major portion of the United States commercial drones market share.

• The use of commercial drones in the construction sector is expected to record a significant increase.

• Fully autonomous drones are expected to become increasingly popular over the forecast period.

As per the United States commercial drones market analysis, Oklahoma is one of the leading states for commercial drones. This is because it has extremely liberal airspace lease laws and it also provides airspace ownership rights to landowners. This has also boosted the construction of drone highways in the region. The state’s transportation department also has a dedicated unit for handling drones and supports those private sector companies that wish to test their drone’s hardware and software capabilities, popularising the adoption of drones in the state.

North Dakota and Arkansas are two other states with a positive outlook for commercial drones. The governments in these states have recognised the need for upscaling of the drone sector and have enacted favourable state laws to support the same.

Miniaturisation of drones is enhancing their manoeuvrability and efficiency, which is helping American construction companies in inspecting tall structures. The sensors and cameras equipped in these drones have enhanced capabilities of detecting anomalies in infrastructure design and in alerting contract engineer responsible for repairing it. This helps in maintaining efficiency in operations, which is boosting the United States commercial drones market growth.

To enhance the efficiency and volume of output, the agriculture industry in the USA is harnessing commercial drones’ capabilities to automate standard farming tasks which reduces the need for manual labour and purchasing farming tools.

Market Segmentation

United States Commercial Drones Market Report and Forecast 2024-2032 offers a detailed analysis of the market based on the following segments:

Market Breakup by Type

• Fixed Wing Drones

• Rotary Blade Drones

• Hybrid Drones 

Market Breakup by Operating Mode

• Remotely Piloted

• Partially Piloted

• Fully Autonomous

Market Breakup by Application

• Filming and Photography

• Inspection and Maintenance

• Mapping and Surveying

• Precision Agriculture

• Surveillance and Monitoring

• Others

Market Breakup by End Use

• Agriculture and Environment

• Retail

• Media and Entertainment

• Energy

• Government

• Construction

• Others

Market Breakup by Region

• New England

• Mideast

• Great Lakes

• Plains

• Southeast

• Southwest

• Rocky Mountain

• Far West

The key players in the  market are Teledyne FLIR LLC, Nippon Kayaku Company (Aero Systems West), American Robotics, Inc., Hylio, Geotech Environmental Equipment, Inc. (Leptron Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Inc.), PrecisionHawk, Inc., SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd., and Draganfly Inc., among others.

Key Highlights of the Report