THE BEST DRONE MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN 2022
Where are the best drone manufacturing companies located?
The USA and China. Perhaps one of the most evident patterns in both rankings is the fact that they are dominated by American and Chinese companies. There is a combined total of 17 companies in both rankings that are based in either the USA or China. As two of the most active global markets in terms of overall trade, they have also managed to take a large share of the commercial drone market. Naturally, the size of their military budgets also has a noticeable impact on the dual-use manufacturer ranking in particular.
Geographic Diversity. There are 11 new entries in both top 20 rankings [combined], coming from Japan, France, the USA, Germany, and Denmark. In total, 14 countries are represented among the rankings for best drone manufacturing companies: Brazil, Estonia, India, Israel, and Ukraine. This means that despite the dominance of the USA and China, there are plenty of very good drone manufacturing companies around the globe.
Best Drone Manufacturing Companies: Dual Use
In the same way that Chinese companies dominate the civil drone rankings, American companies supersede all other countries when it comes to dual-use drones. The 3 best drone manufacturing companies for commercial and
are all based in the US, and another 4 companies also feature in the top 20. Moreover, the race between the top 5 spots is much closer in this ranking than it is in the civil drone space.
There are 3 points separating the winner AeroVironment from second place Insitu, and 13 points separating third place Anduril Industries from second place. Fourth-place Aeronautics and fifth-place Shiebel are also only separated by 5 points on our index, which further evidences the competitiveness in the dual-use drone market. Despite the strong presence of American manufacturers in the ranking (7/20 spots), the 20 best drone manufacturing companies also feature companies from India, Ukraine, Estonia, Denmark, and Slovenia, meaning there is also a lot of geographic diversity.