LDMs were introduced in the market as early as 1993, as a replacement for measuring tape. Leica Geosystems, which was acquired by Hexagon in 2005, was among the first companies to commercially launch handheld LDMs. Over the past 20 years, LDMs have seen a lot of advances in terms of accuracy, size, and weight. As the fabrication cost of semiconductors has fallen over the years, the ASP of LDMs has also come down. A LDM, which used to cost $300 in early 2000, is available at $100 with same features. There are high-end LDMs like Bosch GLR 825, Fluke 424, and Leica S910 that cost more than $300. To justify the higher price, they offer additional features like angle measurement, Pythagoras function (to measure indirect dimensions when the line of sight is obscure), and camera for a 4x zoom. Laser distance meters are used in different industries such as construction and real estate. They have applications like finding out electrical wiring and furniture length in carpentry, interior designing, and carpet flooring. Professional contractors such as solar energy solution providers are widely using them for panel installation and commissioning. The

PART 01: Executive summary

Highlights

PART 02: Scope of the report

Base year

Market coverage

Top-vendor offerings

PART 03: Market research methodology

Research methodology

Economic indicators

PART 04: Introduction

Key market highlights

LDM product positioning across various products

LDM's pitching strategy measures

PART 05: Technology landscape

Working Principle

Comparative analysis between laser- and ultrasonicbased

meters

PART 06: Market landscape

Market overview

Five forces analysis

PART 07: Market segmentation by end-user

Market overview

Summary of DM market by segmentation

PART 08: Geographical segmentation

Considerations for calculating market size based on

geographical segmentation

LDM market in Americas

LDM market in EMEA

LDM market in APAC

PART 09: Market drivers

Growing flooring market

Increasing number of floor plan apps

Growing construction market

PART 10: Impact of drivers

PART 11: Market challenges

PART 12: Impact of drivers and challenges

PART 13: Market trends

PART 14: Vendor landscape

Competitive scenario

Concept of EOQ

Vendor analysis

PART 15: Appendix

List of abbreviations

PART 16: Explore Technavio