The enterprise worldwide wireless local area network (WLAN) market grew 13.2% in the second quarter of 2025 (2Q25) compared to 2Q24 to reach $2.6 billion, building on the market’s growth momentum from the previous quarter, according to results published in the International Data Corporation ( IDC) Worldwide Quarterly WLAN Tracker.
A significant driver of growth in the enterprise WLAN market is the adoption of new Wi-Fi standards. Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7 enable up to a 3X increase in available bandwidth for Wi-Fi in the 6 GHz band, in certain geographies. Wi-Fi 7 made up 21.2% of market revenues in the dependent access point segment in 2Q25, compared to making up 11.8% of the segment’s revenues a quarter earlier. Meanwhile, Wi-Fi 6E made up 26.8% of the dependent AP segment’s revenue, with Wi-Fi 6 making up the balance.
From a geographical perspective, in the Americas, the enterprise WLAN market increased 17.0% year-over-year (YoY) in 2Q25, driven by growth of 18.4% in the United States. In the Europe, Middle East & Africa region, the market grew 14.7% YoY, while in the Asia Pacific region, revenues grew 4.6% YoY, as market revenues in the People’s Republic of China declined 6.6% YoY.
“Growth momentum is building in the Enterprise WLAN market: From the first to the second quarter of 2025, the market increased 15.1%, and the 2Q25 annualized growth of 13.2% in 2Q25 follows growth of 10.6% YoY in the previous quarter (1Q25),” notes Brandon Butler, senior research manager, Enterprise Networks, IDC. “Investments by enterprises in WLAN are driven by new standards like Wi-Fi 7 and Wi-Fi 6E expanding the use cases for Wi-Fi, and AI-powered networking powering innovative new management capabilities.”
Below are results from notable enterprise WLAN vendors:
- Cisco’s enterprise WLAN revenues rose 8.0% YoY in 2Q25 to reach $996.1 million, giving the company market share of 37.8% in the quarter.
- HPE Aruba Networking revenues grew 9.3% YoY in 2Q25 to reach $376.3 million, giving the company market share of 14.3%.
- Ubiquiti enterprise WLAN revenues increased 66.8% YoY in 2Q25 to reach $312.4 million, giving the company market share of 11.9%.
- Huawei enterprise WLAN revenues rose 5.4% YoY in 2Q25 to total $235.9 million, giving the company market share of 9.0%
- Juniper Networks’ enterprise WLAN revenues increased 20.4% YoY in 2Q25 to total $141.9 million, giving the company market share of 5.4%. Note that in July, 2025, HPE closed its acquisition of Juniper Networks.
IDC