Q2 2025 Engineering Services Providers Growth Rates by Verticals & Geographies

Which industry verticals and geographies are growing for engineering services? Which industry verticals and geographies have momentum?

To address above questions and identify current trends, we analyzed results from leading engineering service providers across various regions.

 The 17 key verticals considered are:

Semiconductor, Defense, EdTech, Railways, Healthcare, Aerospace, Travel, Hi-Tech, Automotive, Retail, Energy & Utilities, Industrial Manufacturing, Telecom. BFSI, Process Industry, Media & Entertainment, and Construction

 The 4 key geographies considered are:

North America, EMEA, APAC, and Latin America

Growth rates in Q2 2025 are shown in the chart above.

 Momentum & Growth Verticals

• Momentum: Hi-Tech, Travel, BFSI,
• Growth: Semicon, BFSI, Energy, Travel, Hi-Tech, Telecom, Defense

Momentum & Growth Geographies

• Momentum: Latin America, North America
• Growth: APAC, North America

 Interesting Developments

• BFSI, Travel, and Hi-Tech are doing well all around
• Automotive, Aerospace, and Industrial Manufacturing are struggling big time
• Semicon, Healthcare, Energy, Telecom, Defense are struggling QoQ. Their YoY growth is still good, so need to watch out whether this is a temporary blip or the start of a downturn
• Latin America is recovering. Europe started showing stress
• APAC, North America are doing better

Why Is This Important?

 The engineering services market is unique because it encompasses multiple markets across various verticals and geographies, each with its own growth and moderation cycles.

 To make informed decisions, engineering executives and investors need timely information and data-driven insights. These insights allow them to leverage these cycles, benchmark performance, plan operations, and make strategic investments.

 This is especially crucial now. After experiencing hypergrowth over the past  years, the engineering services industry is facing challenges in certain verticals and regions. At the same time, some verticals and geographies are performing better than before.

 Sometimes these changes are fads or quarterly blips, and other times they could be the start of a medium-term trend. It is a good idea to track these vertical and regional growth dynamics regularly and consistently. Insight. Change. Transform.