Metering systems, often considered the cash registers of the water industry, play a central role in the digital transformation of utilities. Advanced metering equipment, including static meters and smart systems like Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) and Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), enable utilities to optimize their shrinking workforces, recover revenue, improve customer relations, and manage underground infrastructure effectively.
The metering market is saturated with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Still, they are encountering increasing competition from newcomers, including metering service firms and telecommunications companies expanding their roles in the metering value chain. To stay competitive, vendors are broadening their offerings beyond traditional metering, now providing solutions that range from network monitoring devices to analytics software. These advancements allow utilities to oversee their water and wastewater networks better. This evolution transforms metering firms into digital water multiservice players, acting as one-stop shops for utilities as they advance in their digital maturity.
This Insight Report updates Bluefield’s 2023 Global Metering Landscape Report, addressing policy shifts, technological advancements, and emerging business models such as metering-as-a-service (MaaS) and artificial intelligence (AI) applications. The second section examines the strategies of 20 leading vendors identified by Bluefield experts, focusing on their expansion efforts, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) trends, and increasingly, software. Finally, the third section offers detailed profiles of these key players.
Table of Contents
Section 1: Metering Market Overview & Trends
- A Multipurpose Solution – Drivers & Trends
- Regulatory Influence – Government Policies Shape the Meter Market
- Going Smart – Factors Influencing AMI Adoption
- Finding a Solution – Key Considerations Shaping Utility Meter Procurement
- Framing the Market – Metering Solutions and Services
- Static Meters – High Tech, High Potential Return
- Software & Analytics – Plugging Into the Digital Water Ecosystem
- Network Protocols – Utilities Make a Choice
- Network Coverage – NB-IoT & LoRaWAN Dominate Global Markets
- Telecom Companies – Driving European Smart Meter Adoption
- Metering Services – Offsetting In-House Operational Responsibility
- New Alternatives – Increasing Accessibility to Smart Metering
- Leveraging AI – Advanced Data Analytics for Operations and Planning
Section 2: Company Strategies
- Competitive Landscape – Leading Metering Firms Vie for Market Dominance
- Metering Business – Market Specialists Compete with Diversified Firms
- Company Rankings – Competing for Global Market Share
- Core Markets – Regional Footprints
- Thinking Global – Metering Vendors Seek to Grow Beyond Home Markets
- Metering Offerings – Vendors Seek Distinct Positions in the Market
- Leading Vendors Boast Distinct Capabilities Across Metering Products
- Targeting Adjacencies – Expanding Hardware Catalogs
- Bolstering Revenue Margins – Leveraging Software & Analytics for Growth
- Inorganic Growth – Leveraging M&A to Expand Beyond Metering
- Channel Strategies – Direct Sales vs. Distributors
- Utility Clients – Vendors Cater Solutions to Different Utility Sizes
Section 3: Company Profiles
- Aclara
- Arad Group
- Axioma Metering
- Badger Meter
- Diehl Metering
- Honeywell
- Huizhong Instrumentation (汇中)
- Itron
- Kamstrup
- Landis+Gyr
- Maddalena SpA
- Metron
- Mueller Water Products
- Neptune Technology Group
- Sagemcom
- Sanchuan Wisdom (三川智慧)
- Sensus
- Suntront Technology (新天科技)
- Taggle Systems
- ZENNER International
- Other Notable Players – Companies to Watch
