Wireless LAN Controller Market

Global Wireless LAN Controller Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report by Type (Cloud-Based Controller and On-Premises Controller), by Enterprise Size (Large Enterprise and Small & Medium Enterprises), by Application (IT & Telecom, BFSI, Healthcare, Government & Public Sector, Retail, Manufacturing, Transportation & Logistics, and Others), by Network Deployment (Centralized and Distributed), Forecast 2019-2025
    Update Available - Forecast 2024-2030   

Published: Jul 2023 | Report Code: OMR2021479 | Category : Communication and Connectivity Technology | Delivery Format: /

The global wireless LAN controller market is significantly growing at a CAGR of more than 5.0% during the forecast period. The factors that are anticipated to drive the wireless LAN controller market such as increasing deployments of indoor & outdoor access points through enterprises to meet coverage requirements. As enterprises are enhancing their business, they need a reliable wireless infrastructure that supports a large range of network resources and applications. These lead to a rise in the use of devices that offer integrated connectivity and security for mobile clients and IoT devices. Furthermore, the increasing utilization of such devices that rising the demand for the WLAN controller which offers centralized management for all access points and various other devices is contributing to the market growth. The increasing popularity of Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) and IoT to enhancing coverage across the enterprise are raising the need to offer more controllers that simplify network management and expanding efficiency.  

The wireless LAN controller market is expected to have a considerable growth rate as businesses are improving their wireless infrastructure to support enterprise mobility. These compel them to deploy a centralized wireless LAN controller that manages the LAN infrastructure and decreasing the costs of overall network management.To support the unpredictable business requirement that includes large bandwidth, low latency and to support business-critical applications, enterprises are relying on their wireless network infrastructure. The growing demand for Wi-Fi access points in the enterprises has made challenging for network administrators to monitor thousands of access points. These leads in the adoption of a cloud-managed wireless LAN controller, where access points are connected to a virtual controller which is located in the public cloud. Cloud service providers manager controller and aids enterprise to support a large range of access points without any additional costs to buy then wireless LAN management equipment.  

Segmental Outlook 

The global wireless LAN controller market is segmented on the basis of type, application, enterprise size, and network deployment. Based on type, the market is bifurcated into a cloud-based controller and on-premises controller.Based on network deployment, the market is segmented intocentralized and distributed. Based on enterprise size, the market is bifurcated into Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and large enterprises.Large Enterprises hold a significant share in the wireless LAN controller market due to the growing adoption of BYOD in the enterprise and growth in the utilization of networking devices that include access points and routers to develop large connectivity in the company that contributes towards the adoption of WLAN controller.

IT & Telecom will be the Largest Segment by Application

Based on application, the market is segmented into IT &telecom, BFSI, healthcare, government & public sector, retail, manufacturing, transportation & logistics, and others. The IT & telecom is expected to hold a significant market share in the wireless LAN controller market during the forecast period.The IT enterprise is rapidly growing along with the adoption of new network devices & technologies that projecting the need for a comprehensive WLAN controller and improving IT firms to expand their network flexibility. The growing internet penetration owing to growth in smartphones has resulted in the immense pressure on telecom companies to transfer their network architectures that have grown the need for WLAN controllers that provide complete visibility of the network environment and offer customers to monitor data traffic consumed through mobile application and devices. 

Global Wireless LAN Controllers Market Share by Application, 2018 (%)

Regional Outlook 

The global wireless LAN controller market is further segmented based on geography including North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of the World.North America is expected to hold the largest share in the wireless LAN controller market during the forecast period due to the large number of multinational enterprises that are moving toward wireless LAN infrastructure to decrease IT costs. The rise in the number of wireless devices is aiding enterprises to adopt the WLAN controller to offer uninterrupted connectivity to devices that are connected to enterprise Wireless LAN. The major network solution providers in the region are developing new access points with the latest wireless standards. 

Asia-Pacific will augment with the fastest rate in the wireless LAN controller market 

The Asia-Pacific is expected to have the fastest-growing rate in the wireless LAN controller market during the forecast period owing to the increase in the usage of smartphones and laptops through business and residential customers. The growing adoption of BYOD and large demand for bandwidth-intensive application to meet the business needs that leads to a rising in the growth of access points to support connectivity demands are contributing to the industry growth. To manage different access points in network in a manner of cost-effective and enterprises are growing cloud-managed wireless LAN. The emerging countries such as India and China requiring effective connectivity those is likely to make contributions towards market earnings. 

Market Players Outlook

The key players of wireless LAN controller market include Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Cisco Systems, Inc., Belden Inc., ZTE Corp., Extreme Networks, Inc., Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Zyxel Communications Corp., TP-Link Technologies Co., Ltd., Dell Technologies, Inc., Fortinet, Inc., Juniper Networks, Inc. Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise,  NETGEAR, Inc.and D-Link Corp.

The Report Covers

  • Market value data analysis of 2018 and forecast to 2025.
  • Annualized market revenues ($ million) for each market segment.
  • Country-wise analysis of major geographical regions.
  • Key companies operating in the global wireless LAN controller market. Based on the availability of data, information related to pipeline products, and relevant news is also available in the report.
  • Analysis of business strategies by identifying the key market segments positioned for strong growth in the future.
  • Analysis of market-entry and market expansion strategies.
  • Competitive strategies by identifying ‘who-stands-where’ in the market.

1. Report Summary

1.1. Research Methods and Tools

1.2. Market Breakdown

1.2.1. By Segments

1.2.2. By Geography

2. Market Overview and Insights

2.1. Scope of the Report

2.2. Analyst Insight & Current Market Trends

2.2.1. Key Findings

2.2.2. Recommendations

2.2.3. Conclusion

2.3. Rules & Regulations

3. Competitive Landscape

3.1. Company Share Analysis 

3.2. Key Strategy Analysis

3.3. Key Company Analysis

3.3.1. Cisco Systems, Inc.

3.3.1.1. Overview

3.3.1.2. Financial Analysis

3.3.1.3. SWOT Analysis

3.3.1.4. Recent Developments

3.3.2. Juniper Networks, Inc.

3.3.2.1. Overview

3.3.2.2. Financial Analysis

3.3.2.3. SWOT Analysis

3.3.2.4. Recent Developments

3.3.3. Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

3.3.3.1. Overview

3.3.3.2. Financial Analysis

3.3.3.3. SWOT Analysis

3.3.3.4. Recent Developments

3.3.4. NCR Corp.

3.3.4.1. Overview

3.3.4.2. Financial Analysis

3.3.4.3. SWOT Analysis

3.3.4.4. Recent Developments

3.3.5. Fortinet, Inc.

3.3.5.1. Overview

3.3.5.2. Financial Analysis

3.3.5.3. SWOT Analysis

3.3.5.4. Recent Developments

4. Market Determinants 

4.1 Motivators

4.2 Restraints

4.1. Opportunities 

5. Market Segmentation

5.1. Global Wireless LAN Controller Market by Type

5.1.1. Cloud-Based Controller

5.1.2. On-Premises Controller

5.2. Global Wireless LAN Controller Market by Enterprise Size

5.2.1. Large Enterprise

5.2.2. Small & Medium Enterprise (SMEs)

5.3. Global Wireless LAN Controller Market by Network Deployment 

5.3.1. Centralized 

5.3.2. Distributed

5.4. Global Wireless LAN Controller Market by Application

5.4.1. IT & Telecom

5.4.2. BFSI

5.4.3. Healthcare

5.4.4. Government & Public Sector

5.4.5. Retail

5.4.6. Manufacturing

5.4.7. Transportation & Logistics

5.4.8. Others

6. Regional Analysis

6.1. North America

6.1.1. US

6.1.2. Canada

6.2. Europe

6.2.1. UK

6.2.2. Germany

6.2.3. Italy

6.2.4. Spain

6.2.5. France

6.2.6. Rest of Europe

6.3. Asia-Pacific

6.3.1. China

6.3.2. India

6.3.3. Japan

6.3.4. Rest of Asia-Pacific

6.4. Rest of the World

7. Company Profiles

7.1. ALE International (Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise)

7.2. Allied Telesis, Inc. 

7.3. Belden, Inc.

7.4. Cisco Systems, Inc.

7.5. Dell Technologies, Inc. 

7.6. D-Link Corp.

7.7. Extreme Networks, Inc. 

7.8. Fortinet, Inc. 

7.9. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP

7.10. Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

7.11. Juniper Networks, Inc. 

7.12. Korenix Technology (Beijer Electronics Group)

7.13. LANCOM Systems GmbH (A subsidiary of Rohde & Schwarz GmbH)

7.14. NCR Corp.

7.15. NETGEAR, Inc. 

7.16. Ruckus Networks (An ARRIS Company)

7.17. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

7.18. TP-Link Technologies Co., Ltd.

7.19. ZTE Corp.

7.20. Zyxel Communications Corp.


1. GLOBAL WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY TYPE, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

2. GLOBAL CLOUD-BASED CONTROLLERMARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY REGION, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

3. GLOBAL ON-PREMISES CONTROLLER MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY REGION, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

4. GLOBAL WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY ENTERPRISE SIZE, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

5. GLOBAL LARGE ENTERPRISE MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY REGION, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

6. GLOBAL SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISE MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY REGION, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

7. GLOBAL WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY APPLICATION, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

8. GLOBAL IT & TELECOM MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY REGION, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

9. GLOBAL BFSI MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY REGION, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

10. GLOBAL HEALTHCARE MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY REGION, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

11. GLOBAL GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC SECTOR MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY REGION, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

12. GLOBAL MANUFACTURING MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY REGION, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

13. GLOBAL RETAIL MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY REGION, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

14. GLOBAL TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY REGION, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

15. GLOBAL OTHERS MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY REGION, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

16. GLOBAL WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY NETWORK DEPLOYMENT, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

17. GLOBAL CENTRALIZED WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY REGION, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

18. GLOBAL DISTRIBUTEDWIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY REGION, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

19. GLOBAL WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY REGION, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

20. NORTH AMERICANWIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY COUNTRY, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

21. NORTH AMERICAN WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY TYPE, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

22. NORTH AMERICAN WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY ENTERPRISE SIZE, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

23. NORTH AMERICAN WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY APPLICATION, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

24. NORTH AMERICAN WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY NETWORK DEPLOYMENT, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

25. EUROPEANWIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY COUNTRY, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

26. EUROPEANWIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY TYPE, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

27. EUROPEANWIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY ENTERPRISE SIZE, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

28. EUROPEANWIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY APPLICATION, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

29. EUROPEAN WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY NETWORK DEPLOYMENT, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

30. ASIA-PACIFIC WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY COUNTRY, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

31. ASIA-PACIFIC WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER  MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY TYPE, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

32. ASIA-PACIFIC WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY ENTERPRISE SIZE, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

33. ASIA-PACIFIC WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY APPLICATION, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

34. ASIA-PACIFIC WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY NETWORK DEPLOYMENT, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

35. REST OF THE WORLD WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY TYPE, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

36. REST OF THE WORLD WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY ENTERPRIZE SIZE, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

37. REST OF THE WORLD WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY APPLICATION, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

38. REST OF THE WORLD WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BY NETWORK DEPLOYMENT, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)


1. GLOBAL WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLERMARKET SHARE BY TYPE, 2018 VS 2025 (%)

2. GLOBAL WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET SHARE BY ENTERPRISE SIZE, 2018 VS 2025 (%)

3. GLOBAL WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET SHARE BY APPLICATION, 2018 VS 2025 (%)

4. GLOBAL WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET SHARE BY NETWORK DEPLOYMENT, 2018 VS 2025 (%)

5. GLOBAL WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET SHARE BY GEOGRAPHY, 2018 VS 2025 (%)

6. THE US WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET SIZE, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

7. CANADA WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET SIZE, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

8. UK WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET SIZE, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

9. FRANCE WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET SIZE, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

10. GERMANY WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET SIZE, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

11. ITALY WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER  MARKET SIZE, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

12. SPAIN WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET SIZE, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

13. ROE WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET SIZE, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

14. INDIA WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET SIZE, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

15. CHINA WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET SIZE, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

16. JAPAN WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET SIZE, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

17. REST OF ASIA-PACIFIC WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET SIZE, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)

18. REST OF THE WORLD WIRELESS LAN CONTROLLER MARKET SIZE, 2018-2025 ($ MILLION)