Intralogistics Market and Technology Trends Report 2026

• What is the intralogistics market, and which technologies, products, and services are included?
• How large is the global intralogistics market, and how is it expected to develop through 2030?
• How do the major market segments compare across identification and sensing, fixed material handling, mobile material handling, controls and connectivity, software, and integration and consulting services?
• Who are the leading vendors across the major intralogistics market segments?
• Which technology and market trends are shaping warehouse automation, robotics, sensing, connectivity, and software?
• Which new products and technologies introduced in 2026 are relevant for the intralogistics market?
• How are competitive dynamics and customer requirements changing, and what are the strategic implications for intralogistics vendors?

The Intralogistics Market and Technology Trends Report 2026 is IoT Analytics’ trend report on intralogistics. It identifies 23 technology trends that are changing how goods are moved, stored, identified and controlled inside a facility or site, and sets them against a market model and vendor analysis. The 97-page report was published in October 2026 as part of IoT Analytics’ ongoing coverage of industrial automation, warehouse technology and supply chain technologies.

Key data

• Trends covered: 23 technology trends across five areas
• Market size 2025: $96 billion
• Forecast 2030: about $133 billion, a 6.7% CAGR
• Growth engines: software (11.4% CAGR) and mobile robots (about 14% CAGR)
• Companies covered include: SAP, Toyota, Siemens, Honeywell, Zebra, Cisco, Cognex, Locus Robotics, Hikrobot, HELI and Geek+

The 23 technology trends

The trend chapters draw on examples from 2026 product launches and on interviews with vendors, integrators and operators. The trends fall into five areas:

• 6 software trends
• 3 controls, network and connectivity trends
• 7 mobile material handling trends
• 3 fixed material handling trends
• 4 identification and sensing trends

Our research article covers three of them:

AI agents take on control-desk decisions

Software agents start taking over recurring situations that control-desk staff used to resolve, from staffing to restocking to maintenance planning.

A vendor-agnostic orchestration layer emerges between WMS and automation

As warehouses add robots from different suppliers, a software layer standardizes how data and commands move between the WMS and the robot systems.

AMMRs combine transport and handling

Autonomous mobile manipulators mount a robot arm on a mobile base, so they can pick or hand over goods without a person stepping in.

The market and competition behind the trends

The trends play out in a fragmented market. No vendor owns the intralogistics stack, and Chinese OEMs are entering Western markets by adapting products to local rules, adding local service and competing on technology as well as price. Western vendors are responding with software.

What the report covers

The market model covers 31 product and service categories in six segments: mobile material handling, fixed material handling, identification and sensing hardware, software, controls, network and connectivity, and integration and consulting services.

• 23 technology trends, with examples from 2026 product launches
• Market size and forecast to 2030 for all six segments
• 2025 market shares of the top 20 vendors, with each vendor’s revenue split across the six segments
• Competitive analysis and vendor shares for each hardware and software segment, plus a separate look at mobile robots
• The strategies Chinese OEMs use to enter Western markets, and how incumbents respond
• Recommendations for vendors and for warehouse operators

Research base

More than 30 interviews with vendors, integrators and operators, including conversations at LogiMAT 2026 and MODEX 2026, form the basis of the findings, together with market modeling and a review of 2026 product launches. The authors are Justina-Alexandra Sava and Knud Lasse Lueth.

Who it’s for

The report is written for vendors of automation, robotics, warehouse software and components, and for the consultants and investors who follow them.