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Insights of Switzerland Drone Business
Professional users often employ their drones for multiple commercial tasks: A drone that provides footage for film and television productions, for example, might also be used for aerial photography as part of construction project management. Commercial drones are currently used for the following industrial applications:
- Survey 79%
- Inspection 53%
- Film and photo 35%
- Mapping and observation 33%
- General data collection 15%
- Transport 3%
- Other 21%
The ratio of commercial to private drones is 1:20. For approximately 65,000 private drones , there are about 2,000 commercial drones flying in Switzerland . Around 1,000 people in Switzerland work full-time with drones. Surveying is the primary use of commercial drones.
Drones are helping here:
- Time savings
- increase productivity
- Replicability
- High data quality
The number of commercially used drones, at approximately 2,000, is significantly lower than in the private sector. These are primarily prosumer drones equipped with cameras and valued at up to CHF 10,000. Less than 5 percent of commercially used drones are larger professional drones valued at more than CHF 10,000.
Sources: VUL, Statista, BAZL