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Telecommunications Networking Equipment Manufacturing in Canada - Market Research Report (2014-2029)

Alex Petridis Alex Petridis New York, United States Last Updated: November 2024 NAICS 33421CA

Revenue

$232.9m

2024

$232.5m

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$XX.Xm

Employees

722

Businesses

53

Wages

$XX.Xm

Telecommunications Networking Equipment Manufacturing in Canada industry analysis

The Telecommunications Networking Equipment Manufacturing industry in Canada is a mere fragment of what it was. The industry's historical decay is primarily the result of competition from foreign companies that have more efficient cost structures and lower manufacturing costs alongside the technological displacement of many fixed telecom products. Over the past few years, the industry has experienced a significant slump as rapid changes in media consumption and communication technologies have diminished the demand for traditional networking equipment. The advent of internet-enabled mobile devices and smart communication alternatives has rendered many industry products obsolete. Meanwhile, the fluctuating economic environment and supply chain disruptions, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, have presented additional hurdles for manufacturers. Industry revenue, which includes products such as network switches and routers, has waned an annualized 1.7% to an estimated $232.5 million through the end of 2024, including a dip of 2.4% in 2024 alone, as profit slides to 10.0%.

Trends and Insights

  • Import penetration has continuously pressured the industry. Emerging foreign competitors that previously only competed with domestic manufacturers via low-cost alternatives have begun to produce high-value products that rival the industry.
  • Broadband connectivity's soaring popularity is a boon for telecom equipment. With more routers and network switches being sold, manufacturers are seeing increased revenue and improved technology in telephone and network systems.
  • Ontario and Quebec dominate the industry, with both regions leveraging their proximity to the United States. Their location near the Great Lakes facilitates low-cost and efficient trade with a key importer.
  • Intense price competition in the industry stems from low product differentiation. This has given rise to specialization companies that can find a niche in the market.

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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2014-2029)

Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 0.2 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $232.9m in 2024.

Trends and Insights

Shifting media consumption trends cause an industry slump

  • The way individuals work, communicate and consume media has rapidly evolved. To keep up with the evolving medium, internet service providers have had to invest in and update their networks regularly, demanding more high-end networking equipment from industry enterprises.
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Telecommunications Networking Equipment Manufacturing in Canada
Revenue (2014-2029)
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Industry outlook (2024-2029)

Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.

Trends and Insights

Demand grows as consumers and businesses rely on voice, video, and data

  • With network traffic intensifying, the number of fixed broadband connections will continue rising to serve the increasing demand for bandwidth, preventing more robust revenue declines.

Biggest companies in the Telecommunications Networking Equipment Manufacturing in Canada

Company
Market Share (%)
2023
Revenue ($m)
2023
Profit ($m)
2023
Profit Margin (%)
2023
Circa Enterprises Inc.
22.4
2.4
10.7
Sangoma Technologies Corporation
16.2
-0.1
-0.6

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Products & Services Segmentation

Telecommunications Networking Equipment Manufacturing in Canada
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Telephone sets, switchboards and related equipment, Base stations and Other networking equipment and devices . Telephone sets, switchboards and related equipment is the largest segment of the Telecommunications Networking Equipment Manufacturing in Canada.

Trends and Insights

Trending broadband connectivity benefits telephone sets and switchboards

  • Telephone switches manufactured in the industry include telecommunications systems used in large companies or in the public switched telephone network, which enables any telephone in the world to communicate with another.
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Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

Operators in this industry manufacture wired (voice and data) telecommunications equipment, including telephone switching systems, telephones, answering machines, data bridges, routers, modems and gateways. This industry has increasingly focused on manufacturing internet protocol-based telecommunications and networking equipment.

What's included in this industry?

Manufacturing base stationsManufacturing telephone sets, switchboards and related equipmentManufacturing partsManufacturing other networking equipment and devices

Companies

Circa Enterprises Inc.Sangoma Technologies Corporation

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Related Terms

INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP)BROADBANDETHERNETWIDE AREA NETWORK (WAN)RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D) INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER (ISP) TELEPHONY CLOUD SELF-OPTIMIZING NETWORK (SON) SOFTWARE

Industry Code

NAICS 2007

NAICS 334210 - Telecommunications Networking Equipment Manufacturing in Canada

Performance

Get an indication of the industry's health through historical, current and forward-looking trends in the performance indicators that make or break businesses.

Analyst insights

Import penetration has continuously pressured the industry. Emerging foreign competitors that previously only competed with domestic manufacturers via low-cost alternatives h...

In this chapter (4)

  • Current Performance
  • Outlook
  • Volatility
  • Life Cycle

Key metrics

  • Annual Revenue, Recent Growth, Forecast, Revenue Volatility
  • Number of Employees, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Employee
  • Number of Businesses, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Business
  • Total Profit, Profit Margin, Profit per Business

Charts

  • Revenue, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Employees, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Businesses, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Profit, including historical (2014-2024)
  • Industry Volatility vs. Revenue Growth
  • Industry Life Cycle

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in supply, demand and current events that are driving current industry performance
  • Expected trends, economic factors and ongoing events that drive the industry's outlook
  • Key success factors for businesses to overcome volatility
  • How contribution to GDP, industry saturation, innovation, consolidation, and technology and systems influence the industry's life cycle phase.

Products and Markets

Learn about an industry's products and services, markets and trends in international trade.

Analyst insight

Broadband connectivity's soaring popularity is a boon for telecom equipment. With more routers and network switches being sold, manufacturers are seeing increased revenue and...

In this chapter

  • Products & Services
  • Major Markets
  • International Trade

Key metrics

  • Largest market segment and value in 2024
  • Product innovation level
  • Total imports, level and trend
  • Total exports, level and trend
  • Trade Balance

Charts

  • Products & services segmentation in 2024
  • Major market segmentation in 2024
  • International trade, including imports by country and exports by country

Detailed analysis

  • Trends impacting the recent performance of the industry's various segments
  • Innovations in the industry's product or service offering, specialization or delivery method
  • Key factors that successful businesses consider in their offerings
  • Buying segments and key trends influencing demand for industry products and services
  • Recent trends in import and export volumes, country of origin or destination, and expected future trends

Geographic Breakdown

Discover where business activity is most concentrated in an industry and the factors driving these trends to find opportunities and conduct regional benchmarking.

Analyst insights

Ontario and Quebec dominate the industry, with both regions leveraging their proximity to the United States. Their location near the Great Lakes facilitates low-cost and effi...

In this chapter (1)

  • Business Locations

Charts

  • Share of revenue, establishment, wages and employment in each province
  • Share of population compared to establishments in each region in 2024

Tables

  • Number and share of establishments in each province in 2024
  • Number and share of revenue each province accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of wages each province accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of employees in each province in 2024

Detailed analysis

  • Geographic spread of the industry across North America, and trends associated with changes in the business landscape
  • Key success factors for businesses to use location to their advantage

Competitive Forces

Get data and insights on what's driving competition in an industry and the challenges industry operators and new entrants may face, with analysis built around Porter's Five Forces framework.

Analyst insights

Intense price competition in the industry stems from low product differentiation. This has given rise to specialization companies that can find a niche in the market.

In this chapter (4)

  • Concentration
  • Barriers to Entry
  • Substitutes
  • Buyer & Supplier Analysis

Key metrics

  • Industry concentration level
  • Industry competition level and trend
  • Barriers to entry level and trend
  • Substitutes level and trend
  • Buyer power level and trend
  • Supplier power level and trend

Charts

  • Market share concentration among the top 4 suppliers from 2019-2024
  • Supply chain including upstream supplying industries and downstream buying industries, flow chart

Detailed analysis

  • Factors impacting the industry’s level of concentration, such as business distribution, new entrants, or merger and acquisition activity.
  • Key success factors for businesses to manage the competitive environment of the industry.
  • Challenges that potential industry entrants face such as legal, start-up costs, differentiation, labor/capital intensity and capital expenses.
  • Key success factors for potential entrants to overcome barriers to entry.
  • Competitive threats from potential substitutes for the industry’s own products and services.
  • Key success factors for how successful businesses can compete with substitutes.
  • Advantages that buyers have to keep favorable purchasing conditions.
  • Advantages that suppliers have to maintain favorable selling conditions.
  • Key success factors for how businesses can navigate buyer and supplier power.

Companies

Learn about the performance of the top companies in the industry.

Analyst insights

In 2023, Circa Enterprises announced that Sicame Group, a world leader in the transport and distribution of electrical energy, electro-mobility, safety equipment and industria...

In this chapter

  • Market Share Concentration
  • Companies
  • Company Spotlights

Charts

  • Industry market share by company in 2020 through 2024
  • Major companies in the industry, including market share, revenue, profit and profit margin in 2024
  • Overview of Circa Enterprises Inc.'s performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of Sangoma Technologies Corporation's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024

Detailed analysis

  • Description and key data for Circa Enterprises Inc., and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Sangoma Technologies Corporation, and factors influencing its performance in the industry

External Environment

Understand the demographic, economic and regulatory factors that shape how businesses in an industry perform.   

Analyst insights

A surge in demand for broadband connectivity has supported the industry and partially mitigated historic declines. As broadband service becomes more popular, networking equip...

In this chapter

  • External Drivers
  • Regulation & Policy
  • Assistance

Key metrics

  • Regulation & policy level and trend
  • Assistance level and trend

Charts

  • Regulation & Policy historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 
  • Assistance historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 

Detailed analysis

  • Demographic and macroeconomic factors influencing the industry, including Regulation & Policy and Assistance
  • Major types of regulations, regulatory bodies, industry standards or specific regulations impacting requirements for industry operators
  • Key governmental and non-governmental groups or policies that may provide some relief for industry operators.

Financial Benchmarks

View average costs for industry operators and compare financial data against an industry's financial benchmarks over time. 

Analyst insights

Profit recovered from the doldrums in 2018 but has stagnated, behaving volatilely in recent years. The uncertain economic conditions brought on by COVID-19, coupled with the ...

In this chapter

  • Cost Structure
  • Financial Ratios
  • Key Ratios

Key metrics

  • Profit margin, and how it compares to the sector-wide margin
  • Average wages, and how it compares to the sector-wide average wage
  • Largest cost component as a percentage of revenue
  • Industry average ratios for days' receivables, industry coverage and debt-to-net-worth ratio

Charts

  • Average industry operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
  • Average sector operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
  • Investment vs. share of economy

Data tables

  • Liquidity Ratios (2017-2022)
  • Coverage Ratios (2017-2022)
  • Leverage Ratios  (2017-2022)
  • Operating Ratios (2017-2022)
  • Assets (2017-2022)
  • Liabilities (2017-2022)
  • Cash Flow & Debt Service Ratios (2014-2029)
  • Revenue per Employee (2014-2029)
  • Revenue per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • Employees per Establishment (2014-2029)
  • Employees per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • Average Wage (2014-2029)
  • Wages/Revenue (2014-2029)
  • Establishments per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • IVA/Revenue (2014-2029)
  • Imports/Demand (2014-2029)
  • Exports/Revenue (2014-2029)

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in the cost component for industry operators and their impact on industry costs and profitability 

Key Statistics

Industry Data

Data Tables

Including values and annual change:

  • Revenue (2014-2029)
  • IVA (2014-2029)
  • Establishments (2014-2029)
  • Enterprises (2014-2029)
  • Employment (2014-2029)
  • Exports (2014-2029)
  • Imports (2014-2029)
  • Wages (2014-2029)

Top Questions Answered

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What is the market size of the Telecommunications Networking Equipment Manufacturing industry in Canada in 2024?

The market size of the Telecommunications Networking Equipment Manufacturing industry in Canada is $232.9m in 2024.

How many businesses are there in the Telecommunications Networking Equipment Manufacturing in Canada industry in 2024?

There are 53 businesses in the Telecommunications Networking Equipment Manufacturing industry in Canada, which has declined at a CAGR of 2.8 % between 2019 and 2024.

Has the Telecommunications Networking Equipment Manufacturing industry in Canada grown or declined over the past 5 years?

The market size of the Telecommunications Networking Equipment Manufacturing industry in Canada has been growing at a CAGR of 0.2 % between 2019 and 2024.

What is the forecast growth of the Telecommunications Networking Equipment Manufacturing industry in Canada over the next 5 years?

Over the next five years, the Telecommunications Networking Equipment Manufacturing industry in Canada is expected to grow.

What are the biggest companies in the Telecommunications Networking Equipment Manufacturing market in Canada?

The biggest companies operating in the Telecommunications Networking Equipment Manufacturing market in Canada are Circa Enterprises Inc. and Sangoma Technologies Corporation

What does the Telecommunications Networking Equipment Manufacturing in Canada include?

Manufacturing base stations and Manufacturing telephone sets, switchboards and related equipment are part of the Telecommunications Networking Equipment Manufacturing industry.

Which companies have the highest market share in the Telecommunications Networking Equipment Manufacturing in Canada?

The company holding the most market share in Canada is Circa Enterprises Inc..

How competitive is the Telecommunications Networking Equipment Manufacturing industry in Canada?

The level of competition is high and increasing in the Telecommunications Networking Equipment Manufacturing industry in Canada.

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Key data sources in Canada include:

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  • Industry Canada
  • Canadian Business Patterns

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  • Industry federations or regulators
  • Major industry players annual or quarterly filings

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