Market Overview:
Sound Masking Market Size Was Valued at USD 2.6 Billion in 2022, and is Projected to Reach USD 4.4 Billion by 2030, Growing at a CAGR of 12% From 2023-2030.
An ambient background noise that resembles the frequency of human speech is known as sound masking. Sound masking, mimics airflow, lessens distracting noises, safeguards speech privacy, and improves employee comfort at work. Even though it seems contradictory, increasing sound in a room makes human speech less understandable. You are less prone to become sidetracked when you are unable to grasp what someone is saying. Sound cancellation or total voice eradication is not achieved via sound masking. It lessens the distance at which conversations may still be heard and understood by others. Let's take the scenario where you are washing dishes while conversing with someone across the kitchen. You can hear the other person when the water isn't running. When the water is running, the sound of their speech is "masked" by the sound of the water.
Top Key Players Covered In The Sound Masking Market:
- Yamaha Unified Communications Inc. (US)
- MPS LLC (US)
- Vibra-Sonic Control (Canada)
- Cambridge sound management of QT (USA)
- GSA Sound Masking (USA)
- Communication Service Corporation (US)
- Logison (Canada)
- Strategic Connections Sound Masking (US)
- Oneida Consumer LLC (US)
- Lencore Sounds Corp. (US), and other major players
Market Dynamics and Factors:
Prior to the pandemic, people complained about workplace noise without realizing how dangerous it was. Background noise harms cardiovascular disease, hypertension, tinnitus, hearing loss, and difficulty sleeping, according to Steelcase. As workers leave their home offices and report to work in a post-COVID environment, it is the ideal time to address any ignored workplace sound concerns that harm people's physical, emotional, and cognitive well-being. Employers can concentrate without being distracted by loud noises that stimulate the nervous system, raise blood pressure, and promote the release of stress hormones thanks to sound masking, which helps create a peaceful and productive workplace.
By offering sound masking solutions, the IT/Electrical Integration Community continues to support the project with additional revenue. Until now, these frameworks have been essentially simple with restricted systems administration capacities with restricted controllability. Every day, the same technologies are used to install loudspeaker systems and similar infrastructure. Today, virtually all audio transmissions deploy on "flat" networks thanks to timing networks. Technology for OSI Layer 2). Audio packets are able to arrive with precise delay thanks to this network topology and the limited switching steps. Favoring virtual LANs (VLANs) for sound masking and sound signatures is one possible deployment strategy.
Sound Masking Market Report Highlight:
- By Type, the Automatic segment is anticipated to lead the growth of the Sound Masking market in the forecasted timeframe. Due to increased technological innovation by the major corporations during the projection period.
- By Type of Technology, the QT100 segment is expected to have the highest share of the Sound Masking market over the projected period. For single-zone areas of up to 12,000 square feet (11,115 m2), the Qt 100 sound masking is ideal. The Qt 100 can be controlled quickly and easily from the front panel of the module, making volume adjustments simple.
- By end-users, the Offices segment is set to develop at the highest share during the forecasted timeframe. This is as a result of workplaces requiring greater speech privacy, particularly from coworkers. Nearly 80% of respondents cited office noise and chatty coworkers as the two most common workplace distractions. Sound masking eliminates the need for coworkers to be the primary sources of distraction. Additionally, sound masking tools can make employees' working environments more comfortable by making human voices less audible.
- The Asia Pacific region is expected to have the highest share of the Sound Masking market over the projected period. As a result of increasing investments in sound masking technology to boost employee productivity and efficiency. The requirement for shrewd structures is filling rapidly in the Asia-Pacific district as homegrown pay rises, which is opening up potential open doors for the sound-covering business sector to rapidly extend.
Key Industry Development:
- In June 2023: Lencore introduces the Aurora Series, a sleek and powerful line of networked sound masking speakers designed for open-plan offices and other commercial spaces. The Aurora Series boasts exceptional audio quality, flexible mounting options, and integration with smart building systems.
- In March 2023: Cambridge Sound Management (CSM) expands its popular QSC Q-SYS Integration Module to include support for Microsoft Teams Rooms. This allows seamless integration of CSM's sound masking systems with Teams collaboration spaces, enhancing audio clarity and privacy during meetings.
Sound Masking Market Segmentation:
By Type
- Automatic
- Manual
By Type of Technology
- QT100
- QT200
- QT600
By End Users
- Hotels
- Hospitals
- Recording Studios
- Offices
- Others
For this report, Introspective Market Research has segmented the Sound Masking Market based on region:
Regional Outlook (Revenue in USD Million; Volume in Units, 2023-2030)
North America
- The U.S.
- Canada
- Mexico
Eastern Europe
- Russia
- Bulgaria
- The Czech Republic
- Hungary
- Poland
- Romania
- Rest of Eastern Europe
Western Europe
- Germany
- UK
- France
- Netherlands
- Italy
- Spain
- Rest of Western Europe
Asia Pacific
- China
- India
- Japan
- Singapore
- Australia
- New-Zealand
- Rest of APAC
Middle East & Africa
- Turkey
- Saudi Arabia
- Qatar
- UAE
- Israel
- South Africa
South America
- Brazil
- Argentina
- Rest of SA
