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Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) Testing Market Size - By Component, By Offering, By Testing Phase, By End Use, Growth Forecast, 2025 - 2034
Report ID: GMI15332
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Published Date: November 2025
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Authors: Preeti Wadhwani, Aishvarya Ambekar
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Base Year: 2024
Companies covered: 23
Tables & Figures: 140
Countries covered: 21
Pages: 206
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Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing Market Size
The global hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing market size was estimated at USD 1.14 billion in 2024. The market is expected to grow from USD 1.27 billion in 2025 to USD 2.61 billion in 2034, at a CAGR of 8.3%, according to the latest report published by Global Market Insights Inc.
The high-rate integration of software-defined architecture, electrified powertrain, and autonomous capabilities are leading to a paradigm shift in global validation ecosystem. HIL testing platforms allow real time simulation of complex systems like ADAS, BMS, power electronics and avionics. Such sites enable OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers to speed up the development process and decrease reliance on physical models. This development justifies incessant software check, multi-domain emulation, and early fault identification making HIL one of the pillars of present-day product engineering.
In January 2025, dSPACE and Microsoft specifically declared a strategic partnership to use generative AI to create and verify virtual ECUs (V-ECUs), improving a software-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop integration process.
Simulation platform vendors, test-equipment vendors and model-based engineering tool vendors are increasingly adopting strategic investments and capacity expansions in response to the increasing demand of real-time simulations. HIL system vendors have also extended real time computing cluster, added I/O boards with a high number of channels, and collaborated with software ecosystem participants to speed up EV, aerospace, and industrial automation development.
For example, in June 2025, Infineon Technologies agreed to a strategic partnership with Typhoon HIL, a major high-fidelity real-time HIL simulation platform maker, to accelerate the development and test of power-electronic systems in electric vehicles (xEVs).
HIL is being adopted because of the electrification of commercial fleets, progress in aviation powertrain R&D, and smart-grid connection. Stress testing is necessary to high-voltage energy systems, electric propulsion modules, and grid-interactive charging architectures. HIL systems offer a testable solution to checking the behaviors of controllers under loads like thermal, grid variation, device age, and fault conditions without endangering hardware.
HIL systems are also appearing to grow in smart mobility, defense digitalization and renewable energy R&D programs. Modular HIL benches, scenario-based testing models, and standardized safety interfaces are being adopted by major stakeholders, such as large simulation labs, EV battery giga factories, aerospace integrators, and railway automation developers, to meet the requirements of standards, including ISO 26262, DO-178C, and grid interoperability. Such improvements increase the safety of the system, interoperability, and life cycle reliability.
HIL continues to expand into North America and Europe due to the high investment in autonomous mobility, EV platforms, avionics modernization, and industrial robotics. Strong regulatory systems were put in place to test-equipments suppliers and advanced digital engineering ecosystems encourage fast adoption. The main areas of interest are retrofitting older labs to provide high-fidelity real-time simulations, incorporating cybersecurity-in-the-loop testing, and developing software-defined vehicle (SDV) systems.
Asia-Pacific remains the fastest-growing HIL market, which is driven by mass EV production, fast industrial automation, growing aerospace initiatives, and developing many digital R&D hubs. China has the highest number of HIL deployments in large volumes and economically viable integrations in the car, rail, and energy industries. Concurrently, Japan and South Korea focus on reliability-oriented HIL testing, and are aimed at robotics, semiconductors, and precision power electronics.
16 % market share
Collective Market Share in 2024 is 56.4%
Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing Market Trends
The shift toward cloud-based and remote HIL testing allows engineering teams to perform real-time simulations from anywhere, reducing dependency on on-site infrastructure. It enables scalable testing, automated scenario execution, and seamless collaboration across global teams. Accelerated by COVID-19, this trend is transforming traditional testing environments, enhancing efficiency, accessibility, and faster validation cycles in HIL applications.
In January 2024, Cognata announced a collaboration with Microsoft Azure to integrate its SimCloud HIL simulation into Microsoft’s Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV) cloud infrastructure, enabling advanced virtual and real-time HIL testing.
FPGA-based HIL provides microsecond-level execution speed required for applications like EV motor control, aerospace actuation, and high-frequency power electronics. As systems become more dynamic and model complexity increases, FPGA-accelerated HIL is becoming a standard offering, delivering high accuracy and deterministic performance.
HIL-as-a-Service provides subscription-based or cloud-hosted access to real-time simulators, lowering the barrier for small and mid-size companies. Organizations can run HIL tests without owning expensive hardware. This model is gaining traction as vendors increasingly offer pay-as-you-go simulation environments.
In February 2025, Methodica Technologies published a case on commissioning low-voltage EV truck ECUs using a “HIL Test as a Service” model, allowing validation without long lead times for hardware procurement.
Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing Market Analysis
Based on component, the hardware-in-the-loop testing market is divided into hardware, software, and services. The hardware segment dominated the market, accounting for around 48.8% in 2024 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of more than 7.1% through 2034.
Based on offering, the hardware-in-the-loop testing market is segmented into open loop, and close loop. The close loop segment dominates the market accounting for around 61% share in 2024, and the segment is expected to grow at a CAGR of over 8% from 2025 to 2034.
Based on testing phase, the hardware-in-the-loop testing market is segmented into design validation, integration testing, acceptance testing, manufacturing testing, performance testing, and others. Design validation segment dominates with around 26.8% share in 2024 due to its critical role in ensuring that automotive, aerospace, and industrial systems meet functional and safety requirements early in the development cycle.
Based on end use, the hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing market is divided into aerospace defence, railway, power electronics, automotive, medical devices, renewable energy systems, telecom and networking, and others. The aerospace and defence segment dominated the market.
US dominated the hardware-in-the-loop testing market in North America with around 86.6% share and generated USD 355.3 million in revenue in 2024.
The hardware-in-the-loop testing market in Germany is expected to experience significant and promising growth from 2025-2034.
The hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing market in China is expected to experience significant and promising growth from 2025-2034.
The hardware-in-the-loop testing market in Brazil is expected to experience significant and promising growth from 2025-2034.
The hardware-in-the-loop testing market in UAE is expected to experience significant and promising growth from 2025-2034.
Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing Market Share
Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing Market Companies
Major players operating in the hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing industry are:
Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing Industry News
The hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing market research report includes in-depth coverage of the industry with estimates & forecasts in terms of revenue ($Bn) from 2021 to 2034, for the following segments:
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Market, By Component
Market, By Offering
Market, By Testing phase
Market, By End Use
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