企業用平板電腦的全球市場

本報告涵蓋了用於支援行動企業和政府業務線 (LoB) 應用的堅固型平板平板電腦和二合一裝置的整體市場機會。具體而言，本報告重點關注企業業務線和垂直行業的專業部門市場。此部門市場的平板電腦使用者包括工廠工人、倉庫工人、現場服務技術人員、警察、緊急醫療技術人員 (EMT)、消防員、護士/臨床醫生、航空維修人員和軍事人員。本報告介紹了堅固型設備的市場規模和預測，並按地區和垂直行業分析了平板電腦市場機會。報告中還探討了推動平板電腦和二合一設備投資的最新硬體和軟體趨勢，為行動硬體供應商提供了見解和啟示。

本報告涵蓋的關鍵問題：

• 支援業務線 (LoB) 工作流程的企業和政府配發平板電腦的前景如何？
• 依地區、垂直產業和應用環境劃分的市場機會有哪些？
• 堅固型平板電腦的主要發展趨勢和用例是什麼？
• 不同產業和應用程式對設備功能有哪些要求？
• 堅固型二合一可拆卸設備的市場機會為何？
• 不同應用在作業系統、顯示器尺寸和連接性的主要趨勢是什麼？
• 主要的市場進入策略是什麼？
• 人工智慧等新興技術將如何影響堅固型平板電腦解決方案？
• 哪些是整體市場和各部門市場的領導供應商？

摘要整理

與前一年相比，大多數堅固型平板電腦原始設備製造商的收入都實現了溫和至顯著的增長。斑馬技術實現了兩位數的成長，而市場領導者松下的表現略遜於市場。為了推動未來成長，原始設備製造商正專注於設計針對第一線員工獨特需求的全面產業解決方案。這些解決方案與強大的合作夥伴生態系統攜手開發，整合了先進的連接技術、專用軟體、資料擷取和掃描週邊、人工智慧以及其他新興技術。這使得企業能夠提高營運可見性，簡化工作流程並降低營運成本。

儘管地緣政治衝突升級可能導致供應鏈中斷，但受通膨下降和設備更新周期開啟的推動，預計堅固型平板電腦市場將在2024年至2029年的五年內實現強勁增長。堅固型平板電腦OEM廠商持續透過合作、收購和新解決方案開發尋求差異化機會。此外，儘管中美關稅問題加劇了全球經濟的不確定性，但許多OEM廠商在2025年初仍取得了顯著的業績提升，反映出市場前景樂觀。

目錄

本報告的內容

本報告探討了哪些問題？

本報告的目標讀者？

本報告中所列的供應商

摘要整理

• 主要調查結果

全球市場概要

地區預測

• 南北美洲
• 歐洲，中東·非洲
• 亞太地區

產業/各部門比較預測

• 零售
• 現場服務
• 運輸·物流·發送·商店直接輸送
• 製造
• 政府

設備趨勢

• OS
• 汽車型

市場投入

• 策略與投資

廠商市場佔有率·競爭情形

業者簡介

• Advantech
• Dell Technologies
• Durabook
• Gamber-Johnson
• Getac Technologies
• Havis
• Honeywell
• MilDef
• Panasonic
• RuggON/Ubiqconn
• Ruggtek
• Samsung
• Urovo
• Winmate
• Zebra Technologies

關於作者

關於VDC Research

Inside this Report

This report covers the overall market opportunity for rugged slate tablets and 2-in-1 devices used to support mobile enterprise and government line-of-business (LoB) applications. Specifically, this report primarily focuses on the enterprise LoB and industry-specific subset of the overall tablet and 2-in-1 opportunity. For this subset, examples of end users whose applications often rely on tablets include factory workers, warehouse workers, field service technicians, police officers, EMTs, firefighters, nurses/clinicians, flight-line aircraft personnel, soldiers, and many others. This report includes market sizing and forecasts for rugged devices. It also breaks down market opportunity for tablets by region and industry. Additionally, this report analyzes current hardware and software trends driving investments in tablets and 2-in-1 devices while providing outlook and insights for mobile hardware vendors.

What Questions are Addressed?

• What is the outlook for enterprise and government-issued tablets supporting LoB workflows?
• What is the relative opportunity by regional market, industry, and application environment?
• What are the primary developments and use cases for rugged tablets?
• What are the primary device functionality requirements by industry and application environment?
• What is the opportunity for rugged 2-in-1 detachable devices?
• What are the prevailing OS, display size and connectivity trends by application?
• What are the primary go-to-market strategies for the market?
• How will emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence impact rugged tablet solutions?
• Which vendors lead the market and different segments of the market?

Who Should Read this Report?

The target audience for this report is decision makers within marketing, product development, and sales/business development roles at mobile hardware OEMs as well as system integrators, value-added resellers, and distributors. In addition, end users within enterprise mobility purchasing, specification, and/or support responsibilities would benefit from reading this report.

Vendors Listed in this Report:

Executive Summary

The majority of rugged tablet OEMs saw modest to significant increases in revenue year over year. While Zebra saw notable year over year increases in the double digits, market leader Panasonic performed slightly below the market average. To drive future growth, OEMs are designing comprehensive, industry-specific solutions built around their rugged tablet offerings, tailored to the unique needs of frontline workers. Developed in collaboration with a strong partner ecosystem, these solutions integrate advanced connectivity, application-specific software, data capture and scanning peripherals, and emerging technologies such as AI. Together, they enable enterprises to enhance operational visibility, streamline workflows, and reduce overall operating costs.

Despite rising geopolitical conflicts causing potential disruptions to global supply chains, lowering inflation rates and upcoming device refresh cycles have led to a positive outlook for the rugged tablet market over the 5-year forecast from 2024 to 2029. Rugged tablet OEMs are constantly looking at new opportunities to differentiate themselves through partnerships, acquisitions, and solution developments. Despite global economic uncertainty exacerbated by US-China tariffs, many OEMs saw notable gains at the beginning of 2025.

Note: VDC Research has defined 2-in-1 detachable devices as tablets that can be attached to a keyboard to create a laptop-experience. For the device to fit into this category, the keyboard must be manufactured by the same OEM as the tablet and packaged together. Tablets fitted with 3rd party keyboards do not fit into this category. VDC categorizes which OEM devices are considered 2-in-1 detachable devices.

Key Findings:

• The Americas was the largest regional market for rugged slate tablets and 2-in-1 detachable devices in 2024. Over the 5-year forecast period, the North American region will grow the fastest in this market.
• Over the 5-year forecast period, fully-rugged slates will grow at the highest CAGR in North America, where public safety and field services continues to fuel demand.
• The fully rugged slate tablet and 2-in-1 detachable markets are Windows-dominant. Windows 11 is not supported on devices smaller than 9" displays. As Windows 10 loses support, new Windows-based devices shipped will be greater than 10". These dynamics open opportunities for Android-based devices to serve increasing demand for more portable use cases.
• While new Windows device shipments will be exclusively greater than 10", Android continues to make headwinds with supported devices that are 10". Led by Samsung's Tab Active Series, rugged OEMs are consistently releasing new Android devices.
• The semi-rugged tablet market is heavily saturated by Android-based devices. Some vendors, like Getac, are expanding their portfolios with new Android devices.
• There is rising demand for use cases centered around increased mobility and portable workflows, such as field maintenance, data capture and scanning, inventory management, and customer engagement on shop floors. As a result, growth outlooks for rugged slate tablets with 10" displays or smaller are greatest.
• 2-in-1 detachable devices continue to be adopted for keyboard-centric use cases, such as data entry, reporting, diagnostics, and access to databases like building schematics and patient health records. These devices are often mounted in vehicles and users value larger displays to conduct workflows. 2-in-1 detachable devices are expected to see the most opportunity for growth in the 11" to 12.9" display size range.
• As more devices and bandwidth-heavy applications are adopted in the enterprise, reliable and advanced connectivity capabilities are needed for workers to stay connected and access business and/or mission critical systems. Enterprise 5G and private wireless solutions have been stuck in early development stages and trial phase deployments.
• Panasonic remains the market leader in the global rugged tablet market in 2024. The OEM has consolidated its rugged portfolio over the past few years, by first ending support for Android devices, and more recently discontinuing its rugged slate tablet products. Today, Panasonic only offers two rugged tablets, the 2-in-1 detachable TOUGHBOOK G2 and TOUGHBOOK 33.
• While the market leader, Panasonic, lost market share in 2024, other key players saw growth and market share gain, creating a more competitive ecosystem going forward.

Table of Contents

Inside this Report

What Questions are Addressed?

Who Should Read this Report?

Vendors Listed in this Report

Executive Summary

• Key Findings

Global Market Overview

Regional Forecasts

• The Americas
• Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)
• Asia-Pacific (APAC)

COMPARATIVE FORECAST BY INDUSTRY/SECTOR

• Retail
• Field Service
• Transportation/Logistics/Distribution/Direct Store Delivery
• Manufacturing
• Government

DEVICE TRENDS

• Operating System
• Vehicle-Mounted

Go-To-Market

• Strategies and Investments

VENDOR SHARES AND COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

Vendor Profiles

• Advantech
• Dell Technologies
• Durabook
• Gamber-Johnson
• Getac Technologies
• Havis
• Honeywell
• MilDef
• Panasonic
• RuggON/Ubiqconn
• Ruggtek
• Samsung
• Urovo
• Winmate
• Zebra Technologies

About the Authors

About VDC Research

About

List of Exhibits

Global Market Overview

• Exhibit I-1: Global Rugged Tablet Market Forecast (Millions of Dollars)
• Exhibit I-2: Global Rugged Tablet Shipments Forecast (Units)
• Exhibit I-3: Global Average Rugged Tablet Price (US Dollars)

Regional Forecasts

• Exhibit I-4:: North America Rugged Tablet Market Forecast (Millions of Dollars)
• Exhibit I-5: North America Rugged Tablet Shipments Forecast (Units)
• Exhibit I-6: Latin America Rugged Tablet Market Forecast (Millions of Dollars)
• Exhibit I-7: Latin America Rugged Tablet Shipments Forecast (Units)
• Exhibit I-8: 2024 Americas Vendor Market Share of Rugged Tablets (Including 2-in-1 Detachables) (Shares in Percent of Dollars, Dollars in Millions)
• Exhibit I-9: EMEA Rugged Tablet Market Forecast (Millions of Dollars)
• Exhibit I-10: EMEA Rugged Tablet Shipments Forecast (Units)
• Exhibit I-11: 2024 EMEA Vendor Market Share of Rugged Tablets (Including 2-in-1 Detachables) Computers (Shares in Percent of Dollars, Dollars in Millions)
• Exhibit I-12: APAC Rugged Tablet Market (Millions of Dollars)
• Exhibit I-13: APAC Rugged Tablet Shipments (Units)
• Exhibit I-14: 2024 APAC Vendor Market Share of Rugged Tablets (Including 2-in-1 Detachables) Computers (Shares in Percent of Dollars, Dollars in Millions)

Comparative Forecast by Economic Area

• Exhibit I-15: Global Total Rugged Tablet and 2-in-1 Detachable Market Forecast by Industry/Sector (Millions of Dollars)
• Exhibit I-16: Global Fully-Rugged Slate Tablet Market Forecast by Industry/Sector (Millions of Dollars)
• Exhibit I-17: Global Semi-Rugged Slate Tablet Market Forecast by Industry/Sector (Millions of Dollars)
• Exhibit I-18: Global 2-in-1 Detachable Market Forecast by Industry/Sector (Millions of Dollars)

Device Trends

• Exhibit I-19: Global Total Rugged Tablet and 2-in-1 Detachable Shipments by OS (Units)
• Exhibit I-20: Global Fully-Rugged Slate Tablet Shipments by OS (Units)
• Exhibit I-21: Global Semi-Rugged Slate Tablet Shipments by OS (Units)
• Exhibit I-22: Ultra Rugged/Intrinsically Safet Tablet Forecast Supporting Line-of-Business Applications (Subset of Fully-Rugged Tablet Figures)
• Exhibit I-23: Vehicle Attachment for Rugged Tablets and 2-in-1 Detachables (Units)
• Exhibit I-24: Vehicle Attachment for Fully-Rugged Tablets (Units)
• Exhibit I-25: Vehicle Attachment for Semi-Rugged Tablets (Units)
• Exhibit I-26: Vehicle Attachment for 2-in-1 Detachables
• Exhibit I-27: Total Rugged Tablet and 2-in-1 Detachable Shipments by Display Size (Units)
• Exhibit I-28: Semi-Rugged Tablet Shipments by Display Size (Units)
• Exhibit I-29: Semi-Rugged Slate Tablet Shipments by Display Size
• Exhibit I-30: Rugged 2-in-1 Detachable Shipments by Display Size (Units)
• Exhibit I-31: Enterprise WAN Activation for Rugged Tablets & 2-in-1 Detachables (Units)
• Exhibit I-32: Enterprise WAN Activation for Fully-Rugged Tablets (Units)
• Exhibit I-33: Enterprise WAN Activation for Semi-Rugged Tablets (Units)
• Exhibit I-34: Enterprise WAN Activation for Rugged 2-in-1 Detachables (Units)

Vendor Shares and Competitive Landscape

• Exhibit I-35: Global Vendor Shipments and Shares of Rugged Tablets including 2-in-1 Detachables (Shares in Percent of Revenue, Shipments in Millions of Dollars)
• Exhibit I-36: Global Vendor Shipments and Shares of Rugged Tablets including 2-in-1 Detachables (Shares in Percent of Revenue, Shipments in Millions of Dollars)
• Exhibit I-37: 2024 Global Vendor Shipments and Shares of Full- and Semi-Rugged Slate Tablets by Region (Shares in Percent of Revenue, Shipments in Millions of Dollars)
• Exhibit I-38: 2024 Global Vendor Shipments and Shares of 2-in-1 Detachable Devices by Region (Shares in Percent of Revenue, Shipments in Millions of Dollars)