PUBLISHER: IMARC | PRODUCT CODE: 1702223
PUBLISHER: IMARC | PRODUCT CODE: 1702223
The global cloud storage market size was valued at USD 117.59 Billion in 2024. Looking forward, IMARC Group estimates the market to reach USD 490.56 Billion by 2033, exhibiting a CAGR of 16.34% during 2025-2033. North America currently dominates the market, holding a significant market share of over 47.5% in 2024. The market is growing rapidly mainly driven by increasing data generation, the rising demand for cost-effective storage solutions and the widespread adoption of remote work culture. Businesses and individuals are adopting cloud storage for its scalability, accessibility, and security features, which is contributing to the market growth.
Cloud storage is a cloud computing model wherein data is stored on remote servers and accessed over the Internet or through a dedicated private network connection. It is maintained, operated, and managed by cloud storage service providers. It offers instant automatic backup and protection from theft and natural disasters and reduces costs for maintenance and management of the servers. Besides this, as it delivers a cost-effective and scalable alternative to storing files on on-premises hard drives or storage networks, cloud storage finds extensive applications in the manufacturing, telecommunications, media and entertainment, and information technology (IT) industries across the globe.
There is presently a significant rise in the amount of data created, copied and consumed globally. This, in confluence with the thriving banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) sector, represents one of the key factors propelling the growth of the market. Moreover, cloud storage solutions are employed in the healthcare industry as they provide easier access to electronic medical records (EMR), which is pivotal for the diagnosis and treatment of patients. These solutions also offer real-time backup of medical data by allowing healthcare providers to quickly restore the data in the event of hardware failure, power loss, and data breaches ensuring minimal disruption or interruption to patient care. This, coupled with the increasing automation in different industry verticals around the world, is creating a positive outlook for the market. Furthermore, the growing adoption of the remote working on account of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak and consequent imposition of lockdown in different countries is driving the market. Apart from this, the rising adoption of serverless cloud, which does not require leasing servers or paying for fixed amounts of storage or bandwidth, is anticipated to impel the market growth.
The competitive landscape of the industry has also been examined along with the profiles of the key players being Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Amazon Web Services Inc. (Amazon.com Inc.), Dell Technologies Inc., Dropbox Inc., Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.), Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., International Business Machines Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, NetApp Inc., Oracle Corporation and VMware Inc (Broadcom Inc.).