$4.2bn
$X.Xbn
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2,706
$XXX.Xm
Intellectual property (IP) leasing firms lease their patents, trademarks, spectrum and other intangible property to businesses in exchange for payment. Climbing demand from downstream sectors, like professional, scientific and technical services, has buoyed industry performance in recent years. Industry revenue is expected to rise at an annualised 6.5% over the five years through 2023-24, to $4.2 billion. Over three-quarters of the industry's enterprises are expected to be non-employing in 2023-24. The tendency for non-employing owner-operators to take profit as imputed wages serves to lift the size of the industry's profit margins relative to the wider leasing industry. In recent years, high fees charged for IP leasing services and reductions to wage costs have elevated industry profitability. Telecommunications firms are a notable market, as these firms lease spectrum to provide their consumers with wireless communication services. Nonetheless, the related auction of spectrum rights, which occurs irregularly and depends on the development of new spectrum, has contributed to the industry's extreme volatility in recent times. Fluctuating business confidence, adverse inflationary pressures and subsequent rate rises over the past few years have contributed to subdued private research and development expenditure as businesses have delayed or cancelled new projects. These factors have contributed to industry revenue dropping by an estimated 1.1% in 2023-24.IP leasing firms' performance is on track to continue growing moving forward. Economic conditions and business confidence are projected to stabilise over the coming years, supporting a hike in private R&D expenditure. Heightened demand from manufacturing, financial and professional services firms is also on track to lift industry performance. Service industries, in particular, are expected to demand technology-related intellectual property to expand their range of services and improve employee efficiency. Even so, forecast infrequency in the occurrence of spectrum auctions is likely to constrain revenue generation over the coming years. Industry revenue is forecast to grow at an annualised 1.5% over the five years through 2028-29, to total $4.5 billion.
Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 6.5 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $4.2bn in 2023.
Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.
Company | Market Share (%)
2024 | Revenue ($m)
2024 |
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ACMA | 2,013.6 | |
CSIRO | 83.5 |
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Design leasing, Patent leasing and Trademark leasing. Design leasing is the largest segment of the Intellectual Property Leasing in Australia.
Weakening business confidence has weighed on patent leasing
Industry operators hold and lease intellectual property and other intangible assets, including patents, trademarks and radio spectrum. Operators lease the right to use their intangible assets to businesses in exchange for royalties or fees. The industry does not include revenue received from selling rights to media content and franchise systems.
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ANZSIC 6640 - Intellectual Property Leasing in Australia
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The market size of the Intellectual Property Leasing industry in Australia is $4.2bn in 2024.
There are 2,706 businesses in the Intellectual Property Leasing industry in Australia, which has grown at a CAGR of 0.2 % between 2018 and 2023.
The market size of the Intellectual Property Leasing industry in Australia has been growing at a CAGR of 6.5 % between 2018 and 2023.
Over the next five years, the Intellectual Property Leasing industry in Australia is expected to grow.
The biggest companies operating in the Intellectual Property Leasing market in Australia are ACMA and CSIRO
Trademark leasing and Patent leasing are part of the Intellectual Property Leasing industry.
The company holding the most market share in Australia is ACMA.
The level of competition is low and steady in the Intellectual Property Leasing industry in Australia.