Industrial Floor Scrubbers Market (Product: Walk-behind Scrubbers, Ride-on Scrubbers, and Robotic Scrubbers; End Use: Transportation, Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals, Government, Education, Hospitality, Manufacturing & Warehousing, and Retail & Food) – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast, 2019 - 2027

Green Technology and Environmental Impact of Industrial Floor Scrubbers

Following a worldwide trend across industries, players in the industrial floor scrubbers market are increasingly adopting green technology. There has been a wave of efforts in recent years, on the back of consumers’ and manufacturers’ inclination for sustainable cleaning solutions, to reduce the negative impact of cleaning equipment and meet green cleaning standards. To this end, some of the developments made include: reduction in water and detergent consumption, and even making machinery recyclable, as with Nilfisk’s range of products.

The use of green technology is particularly popular in manufacturing as a whole, and has seen higher adoption in mature markets in Europe and North America, also driven by government incentives and comprehensive regulatory framework. To align with this demand, companies are also looking to reduce their carbon footprint and use renewable sources of energy, all without sacrificing the quality of the cleanliness offered by these products.

Increasing investments in R&D on this front have contributed significantly to the growth of the global industrial floor scrubbers market, which witnessed sales of ~451 thousand units in 2018. The market is expected to grow at a volume CAGR of ~10% during the forecast years (2019-2027).

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Automation and Technology in Industrial Floor Scrubbers

The incorporation of newer technology in the global industrial floor scrubbers market is not limited to just green technology, but also extends into the integration of robotics and smart machines to improve the efficiency of these products. Robotic floor cleaners were first introduced in the latter half of the 1990s, and have been a popular product type since then. Robotic floor cleaners, as a type of industrial floor scrubber, accounted for only ~13% of the total market share by value in 2018, but this segment anticipated to expand almost 3X by the end of the forecast period. The demand for robotic industrial floor scrubbers comes mainly from industrial sectors, where the premium set on efficiency is higher, coupled with rising labour shortages across industries.

Warehouse and supply chain industries have witnessed dramatic change as online retailing has exploded in recent years. With the advent of automation, the demand for self-sufficient industrial floor scrubbers from this sector has grown significantly, as they improve productivity, efficiency, and safety within the premises. As these warehouses get increasingly bigger, the demand for automated and self-sufficient industrial floor scrubbers is also expected to increase.

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As an extension of the assimilation of technology, players in the industrial floor scrubbers market are also focusing on product development that incorporates integrated cleaning and telemetry technology as a routine for process optimization. For instance, in 2019 Columbus, a major player in the global industrial floor scrubbers market, launched the 'Smart Fleet', aimed at improving operational and planning efficiency for its end users. 

Manufacturing & Warehousing to Remain Prominent; Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals to Expand Significantly

In 2018, the manufacturing and warehousing sector accounted for over one-fourth of the global industrial floor scrubbers market, by both, value and volume. This can be attributed to the unprecedented expansion of the sector. The high demand from this sector for industrial floor scrubbers has been mainly to resolve facility management challenges, which robotic scrubbers address. Their rapid adoption in the market is likely to positively impact the growth of the global industrial floor scrubbers market. This end-use industry is expected to remain the most prominent over the forecast period, though growing at a comparatively slower rate of ~9%.

However, the healthcare and pharmaceuticals sectors are expected to be fastest growing markets in the foreseeable future, in this landscape, increasing rapidly at a CAGR of ~11% by value. This can be attributed to the emphasis placed on cleanliness and the increased reliance on automated, rather than manual work, to reduce the scope of errors. The value of these sectors is expected to grow around three times from 2018 to 2027.

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Analysts’ Overview

The global industrial floor scrubbers market is set to increase at a robust pace during the forecast period of 2019-2027, on the back of the rising demand for automated and robotic scrubbers from the healthcare & pharmaceuticals and manufacturing & warehousing sectors. According to analysts at Transparency Market Research, manufacturers should consider the increasing consumer demand for green cleaning solutions, and target their R&D toward environment-friendly product innovations, without sacrificing on quality, to retain their competitive edge in the market. Players should turn their attention toward rising end user demands for the improved performance and efficiency of floor scrubbers as well.

While the high costs of these industrial floor scrubbers can act as a deterrent to the growth of the market, stakeholders looking to expand their product lines to perform extra functions using fewer resources are likely to find opportunities across industries and regions in the global landscape.