Middle East & Africa Factory Automation Market: Current Analysis and Forecast (2025-2033)

Middle East & Africa Factory Automation Market Size & Forecast

The Middle East & Africa Factory Automation market was valued at USD 9,000 million in 2024 and is expected to grow at a strong CAGR of around 7.50% during the forecast period (2025- 2033F). Government-led industrial diversification & Incentives, and the Surge in EV & battery manufacturing, are key factors contributing to the market's rise.

Middle East & Africa Factory Automation Market Analysis

The factory automation market of the Middle East and Africa is developing with the rollout of a cluster that is focused on major industrial areas, economic cities, and export manufacturing centers. In the Gulf, the adoption is guided by the national agenda of diversification of industries, investments in new capacity, and the urgency to increase productivity and quality on the global level. Connected operations and robotics, and more powerful local ecosystems of integrators and service partners, are increasingly becoming the design of new build plants and brownfield upgrades. Africa has the best momentum when the manufacturing scale and process industries are implemented, and reliability, energy efficiency, and production stability are the priorities of automation. In both areas, demand is growing in hardware to software, data, and services, such as MES, condition monitoring, remote support, and cybersecurity, as companies are seeking quantifiable improvements in performance, and not a one-off technology pilot.

Middle East & Africa Factory Automation Market Trends

This section discusses the key market trends that are influencing the various segments of the Middle East & Africa Factory Automation market, as found by our team of research experts.

AI + robotics ecosystems adoption:

The ecosystems of AI and robots are becoming popular in the Middle East and Africa due to the shift of factory automation from one-off projects to scalability. Business, national, educational, and international technology providers are establishing common capacity by having research and development centers, robotics, pilot lines, and industry-specific accelerators. This ecosystem model reduces the distance between developing and deploying products and services by offering established reference architectures, regional integration skills, and operator, maintenance, and engineer training. Manufacturers are rapidly embracing machine vision to conduct inspection, intelligent robotics to pick and place and package, and AI-based analytics in order to anticipate downtime as well as stabilize quality. Local service hubs increase the speed of commissioning, after-sales power, and accessibility to spares and upgrades by plants. With time, these ecosystems also increase confidence in investing in automation by showing the quantifiable results of increased throughput, a reduction in defects, and safer processes, and building a better talent pipeline in the region.

Key Market Segmentation:

This section provides an analysis of the key trends in each segment of the Middle East & Africa Factory Automation market report, along with forecasts at the country and regional levels for 2025-2033.

The Hardware segment has shown promising growth in the Factory Automation Market.

According to the component, the market of the Middle East and Africa Factory Automation can be divided into hardware and software. The hardware category has dominated the majority of the market share. This is very much fueled by further investment in the underlying automation equipment like industrial robots, programmable logic controllers, drives, sensors, machine vision, and safety systems, especially in new manufacturing plants and in new retrofits. A large number of end users continue to value the physical upgrades that have short-term benefits in terms of throughput, quality consistency, and safety of operations. Also, hardware acquisition is more readily defensible through capital spending budgets, and software integration can be postponed due to integration complexity, data preparation, and skills shortages. The demand for software is, however, on an increasing trend as plants seek to connect, to get performance analytics, to remotely monitor, so as to make maximum use of the hardware installed.

The PLC category held a significant share of the Middle East & Africa Factory Automation Market.

According to technology, the factory automation market in the Middle East and Africa is categorized into PLC, DCS, SCADA, HMI, and others, all applied to serve different operational needs. PLCs are very common in the discrete control of manufacturing lines because they are reliable and also very easy to program. DCS is usually used in processing industries, e.g., oil & gas, chemicals, and power, where continuous control and high availability are important. SCADA can be used to remotely monitor and supervise assets that are separated by quite broad geographical distances, such as pipelines, utilities, and water treatment plants. The HMI solutions are easy to look at and enable the operators to make improved decisions and minimize downtime. The other category comprises sensors, industrial networks, robotics, and MES that will facilitate wider Industry 4.0 projects.

The UAE is expected to grow at a considerable rate during the forecast period.

The UAE factory automation market is growing at a fast rate, with manufacturers seeking greater productivity, quality that is consistent, operations that are more energy-efficient and safer, and supply chains that are more resilient. The robust state-supported industrial diversification, global logistics, and fast introduction of the Industry 4.0 technology have been the impetus for investing in robotics, world-class logistics, machine vision, and IIoT platforms in food and beverage, metals, pharmaceuticals, and electronics. As the country is considered to be the most rapidly growing industrial location in the Middle East & Africa region, the need for integrated automation and data-based maintenance solutions is increasing. Additionally, the country is also witnessing the surge of automation solutions providers. For instance, in 2025, Global electric solutions provider HIMEL entered into the UAE’s HVAC-focused industrial automation market. The company has introduced its flagship “I Love Control” Series for a line of smart industrial controls focused on the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) sector.

Middle East & Africa Factory Automation Industry Competitive Landscape:

The Middle East & Africa Factory Automation market is competitive, with several global and international market players. The key players are adopting different growth strategies to enhance their market presence, such as partnerships, agreements, collaborations, new product launches, geographical expansions, and mergers and acquisitions.

Top Middle East & Africa Factory Automation Companies

Some of the major players in the market are ABB Limited, Siemens AG, Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Rockwell Automation Inc., General Electric, Honeywell International Inc., Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Omron Corporation, Saudi Controls Ltd, and Fanuc Corporation.

Middle East & Africa Factory Automation Market Report Coverage

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• The report covers an in-depth analysis of prominent industry peers, primarily focusing on key business financials, type portfolios, expansion strategies, and recent developments.

• Detailed examination of drivers, restraints, key trends, and opportunities prevailing in the industry.

• The study comprehensively covers the market across different segments.

• Deep dive Country-level analysis of the industry.

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