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小規模言語モデル（SLM）の世界市場：提供別、展開モード別、アプリケーション別、エンドユーザー産業別、地域別、機会、予測、2018年～2032年

Global Small Language Model Market Assessment, By Offerings, By Deployment Mode, By Application, By End-user Industry, By Region, Opportunities and Forecast, 2018-2032F

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小規模言語モデル（SLM）の世界市場：提供別、展開モード別、アプリケーション別、エンドユーザー産業別、地域別、機会、予測、2018年～2032年
出版日: 2025年07月16日
発行: Markets & Data
ページ情報: 英文 224 Pages
納期: 3～5営業日
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小規模言語モデル（SLM）の世界市場は、予測期間2025-2032年にCAGR 17.34%を記録し、2024年の71億2,000万米ドルから2032年には255億9,000万米ドルに成長すると予測されます。世界の小規模言語モデル（SLM）市場は、効率的でスケーラブルかつコスト効率に優れたAIソリューションに対する需要の高まりに牽引され、堅調な成長を遂げています。モデルアーキテクチャとエンタープライズグレードのアプリケーションの進歩により、SLMはビジネス環境における自動化、パーソナライゼーション、業務効率の強化に不可欠なものとなりつつあります。

人工知能を業務に取り入れる企業が増えるにつれ、大規模で計算量の多いモデルに代わるスケーラブルな選択肢として、小規模でタスクに特化した言語モデルのニーズが高まっています。特にエッジコンピューティング、モバイル、リアルタイムアナリティクスの使用事例では、小型モデルによって推論時間の短縮、導入コストの削減、データプライバシーの向上が可能になります。少数ショット学習、知識抽出、パラメーター効率チューニングなどの新たな主要テクノロジーにより、カスタマーサービス、ヘルスケア、金融、eコマースなど、さまざまな業界に適応するSLMの能力が大幅に向上しています。オープンソースコミュニティによるクラウドネイティブAIサービスの開発と拡大も、SLMの可用性を最大化し、企業や新興企業がモデルをより迅速に展開し、革新することを可能にしました。

例えば、Meta AI, Inc.、Microsoft Corporation、IBM Corporationは、業務用のマルチモーダルかつ推論指向のSLMを導入し、高い市場受容性と技術的成熟度を示しています。最近の予測では、規制が厳しく、リソースが限られ、待ち時間の影響を受けやすい状況におけるAIの最近のブームにより、小規模言語モデル（SLM）の世界の需要がまもなく大幅に拡大することが示唆されています。

目次

第1章 プロジェクトの範囲と定義

第2章 調査手法

第3章 米国の関税の影響

第4章 エグゼクティブサマリー

第5章 顧客の声

  • 回答者の人口統計
  • ブランド認知度
  • 購入決定時に考慮される要素
  • 購入後に直面する課題

第6章 世界の小規模言語モデル（SLM）市場の展望、2018年～2032年

  • 市場規模分析と予測
    • 金額別
  • 市場シェア分析と予測
    • 提供別
      • ソフトウェア
      • サービス
    • 展開モード別
      • クラウド
      • オンプレミス
      • ハイブリッド
    • アプリケーション別
      • コンテンツ生成
      • 感情分析
      • 会話型AI
      • 翻訳とローカリゼーション
      • その他
    • エンドユーザー産業別
      • BFSI
      • メディア
      • IT・通信
      • 小売・eコマース
      • その他
    • 地域別
      • 北米
      • 欧州
      • アジア太平洋
      • 南米
      • 中東・アフリカ
    • 企業別市場シェア分析（上位5社・その他- 金額別、2024年）
  • 2024年市場マップ分析
    • 提供別
    • 展開モード別
    • アプリケーション別
    • エンドユーザー産業別
    • 地域別

第7章 北米の小規模言語モデル（SLM）市場の展望、2018年～2032年

  • 市場規模分析と予測
    • 金額別
  • 市場シェア分析と予測
    • 提供別
      • ソフトウェア
      • サービス
    • 展開モード別
      • クラウド
      • オンプレミス
      • ハイブリッド
    • アプリケーション別
      • コンテンツ生成
      • 感情分析
      • 会話型AI
      • 翻訳とローカリゼーション
      • その他
    • エンドユーザー産業別
      • BFSI
      • メディア
      • IT・通信
      • 小売・eコマース
      • その他
    • 国別
      • 米国
      • カナダ
      • メキシコ
  • 国別市場評価
    • 米国の小規模言語モデル（SLM）市場の展望、2018年～2032年
      • 市場規模分析と予測
      • 市場シェア分析と予測

第8章 欧州の小規模言語モデル（SLM）市場の展望、2018年～2032年

  • ドイツ
  • フランス
  • イタリア
  • 英国
  • ロシア
  • オランダ
  • スペイン
  • トルコ
  • ポーランド

第9章 アジア太平洋の小規模言語モデル（SLM）市場の展望、2018年～2032年

  • インド
  • 中国
  • 日本
  • オーストラリア
  • ベトナム
  • 韓国
  • インドネシア
  • フィリピン

第10章 南米の小規模言語モデル（SLM）市場の展望、2018年～2032年

  • ブラジル
  • アルゼンチン

第11章 中東・アフリカの小規模言語モデル（SLM）市場の展望、2018年～2032年

  • サウジアラビア
  • アラブ首長国連邦
  • 南アフリカ

第12章 ポーターのファイブフォース分析

第13章 PESTLE分析

第14章 市場力学

  • 市場促進要因
  • 市場の課題

第15章 市場動向と発展

第16章 ケーススタディ

第17章 競合情勢

  • 市場リーダー上位5社の競合マトリックス
  • トップ5社のSWOT分析
  • 市場トップ10社の主要企業の情勢
    • Infosys Limited
    • Microsoft Corporation
    • IBM Corporation
    • Amazon Web Services, Inc.
    • Meta Platforms, Inc.
    • Salesforce, Inc.
    • Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    • Hugging Face, Inc.
    • NVIDIA Corporation
    • Databricks, Inc.

第18章 戦略的提言

第19章 調査会社について・免責事項

図表

List of Tables

  • Table 1. Competition Matrix of Top 5 Market Leaders
  • Table 2. Mergers & Acquisitions/ Joint Ventures (If Applicable)
  • Table 3. About Us - Regions and Countries Where We Have Executed Client Projects

List of Figures

  • Figure 1. Global Small Language Model Market, By Value, In USD Billion, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 2. Global Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Offerings, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 3. Global Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Deployment Mode, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 4. Global Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Application, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 5. Global Small Language Model Market Share (%), By End-user Industry, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 6. Global Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Region, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 7. North America Small Language Model Market, By Value, In USD Billion, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 8. North America Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Offerings, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 9. North America Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Deployment Mode, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 10. North America Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Application, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 11. North America Small Language Model Market Share (%), By End-user Industry, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 12. North America Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Country, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 13. United States Small Language Model Market, By Value, In USD Billion, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 14. United States Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Offerings, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 15. United States Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Deployment Mode, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 16. United States Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Application, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 17. United States Small Language Model Market Share (%), By End-user Industry, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 18. Canada Small Language Model Market, By Value, In USD Billion, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 19. Canada Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Offerings, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 20. Canada Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Deployment Mode, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 21. Canada Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Application, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 22. Canada Small Language Model Market Share (%), By End-user Industry, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 23. Mexico Small Language Model Market, By Value, In USD Billion, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 24. Mexico Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Offerings, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 25. Mexico Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Deployment Mode, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 26. Mexico Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Application, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 27. Mexico Small Language Model Market Share (%), By End-user Industry, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 28. Europe Small Language Model Market, By Value, In USD Billion, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 29. Europe Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Offerings, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 30. Europe Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Deployment Mode, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 31. Europe Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Application, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 32. Europe Small Language Model Market Share (%), By End-user Industry, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 33. Europe Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Country, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 34. Germany Small Language Model Market, By Value, In USD Billion, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 35. Germany Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Offerings, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 36. Germany Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Deployment Mode, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 37. Germany Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Application, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 38. Germany Small Language Model Market Share (%), By End-user Industry, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 39. France Small Language Model Market, By Value, In USD Billion, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 40. France Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Offerings, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 41. France Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Deployment Mode, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 42. France Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Application, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 43. France Small Language Model Market Share (%), By End-user Industry, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 44. Italy Small Language Model Market, By Value, In USD Billion, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 45. Italy Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Offerings, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 46. Italy Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Deployment Mode, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 47. Italy Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Application, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 48. Italy Small Language Model Market Share (%), By End-user Industry, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 49. United Kingdom Small Language Model Market, By Value, In USD Billion, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 50. United Kingdom Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Offerings, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 51. United Kingdom Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Deployment Mode, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 52. United Kingdom Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Application, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 53. United Kingdom Small Language Model Market Share (%), By End-user Industry, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 54. Russia Small Language Model Market, By Value, In USD Billion, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 55. Russia Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Offerings, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 56. Russia Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Deployment Mode, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 57. Russia Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Application, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 58. Russia Small Language Model Market Share (%), By End-user Industry, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 59. Netherlands Small Language Model Market, By Value, In USD Billion, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 60. Netherlands Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Offerings, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 61. Netherlands Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Deployment Mode, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 62. Netherlands Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Application, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 63. Netherlands Small Language Model Market Share (%), By End-user Industry, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 64. Spain Small Language Model Market, By Value, In USD Billion, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 65. Spain Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Offerings, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 66. Spain Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Deployment Mode, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 67. Spain Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Application, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 68. Spain Small Language Model Market Share (%), By End-user Industry, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 69. Turkey Small Language Model Market, By Value, In USD Billion, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 70. Turkey Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Offerings, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 71. Turkey Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Deployment Mode, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 72. Turkey Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Application, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 73. Turkey Small Language Model Market Share (%), By End-user Industry, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 74. Poland Small Language Model Market, By Value, In USD Billion, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 75. Poland Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Offerings, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 76. Poland Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Deployment Mode, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 77. Poland Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Application, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 78. Poland Small Language Model Market Share (%), By End-user Industry, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 79. South America Small Language Model Market, By Value, In USD Billion, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 80. South America Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Offerings, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 81. South America Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Deployment Mode, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 82. South America Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Application, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 83. South America Small Language Model Market Share (%), By End-user Industry, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 84. South America Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Country, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 85. Brazil Small Language Model Market, By Value, In USD Billion, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 86. Brazil Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Offerings, 2018-2032F
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  • Figure 89. Brazil Small Language Model Market Share (%), By End-user Industry, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 90. Argentina Small Language Model Market, By Value, In USD Billion, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 91. Argentina Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Offerings, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 92. Argentina Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Deployment Mode, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 93. Argentina Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Application, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 94. Argentina Small Language Model Market Share (%), By End-user Industry, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 95. Asia-Pacific Small Language Model Market, By Value, In USD Billion, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 96. Asia-Pacific Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Offerings, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 97. Asia-Pacific Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Deployment Mode, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 98. Asia-Pacific Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Application, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 99. Asia-Pacific Small Language Model Market Share (%), By End-user Industry, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 100. Asia-Pacific Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Country, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 101. India Small Language Model Market, By Value, In USD Billion, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 102. India Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Offerings, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 103. India Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Deployment Mode, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 104. India Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Application, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 105. India Small Language Model Market Share (%), By End-user Industry, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 106. China Small Language Model Market, By Value, In USD Billion, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 107. China Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Offerings, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 108. China Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Deployment Mode, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 109. China Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Application, 2018-2032F
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  • Figure 111. Japan Small Language Model Market, By Value, In USD Billion, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 112. Japan Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Offerings, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 113. Japan Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Deployment Mode, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 114. Japan Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Application, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 115. Japan Small Language Model Market Share (%), By End-user Industry, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 116. Australia Small Language Model Market, By Value, In USD Billion, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 117. Australia Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Offerings, 2018-2032F
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  • Figure 119. Australia Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Application, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 120. Australia Small Language Model Market Share (%), By End-user Industry, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 121. Vietnam Small Language Model Market, By Value, In USD Billion, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 122. Vietnam Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Offerings, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 123. Vietnam Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Deployment Mode, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 124. Vietnam Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Application, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 125. Vietnam Small Language Model Market Share (%), By End-user Industry, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 126. South Korea Small Language Model Market, By Value, In USD Billion, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 127. South Korea Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Offerings, 2018-2032F
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  • Figure 131. Indonesia Small Language Model Market, By Value, In USD Billion, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 132. Indonesia Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Offerings, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 133. Indonesia Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Deployment Mode, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 134. Indonesia Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Application, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 135. Indonesia Small Language Model Market Share (%), By End-user Industry, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 136. Philippines Small Language Model Market, By Value, In USD Billion, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 137. Philippines Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Offerings, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 138. Philippines Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Deployment Mode, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 139. Philippines Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Application, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 140. Philippines Small Language Model Market Share (%), By End-user Industry, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 141. Middle East & Africa Small Language Model Market, By Value, In USD Billion, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 142. Middle East & Africa Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Offerings, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 143. Middle East & Africa Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Deployment Mode, 2018-2032F
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  • Figure 145. Middle East & Africa Small Language Model Market Share (%), By End-user Industry, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 146. Middle East & Africa Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Country, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 147. Saudi Arabia Small Language Model Market, By Value, In USD Billion, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 148. Saudi Arabia Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Offerings, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 149. Saudi Arabia Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Deployment Mode, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 150. Saudi Arabia Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Application, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 151. Saudi Arabia Small Language Model Market Share (%), By End-user Industry, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 152. UAE Small Language Model Market, By Value, In USD Billion, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 153. UAE Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Offerings, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 154. UAE Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Deployment Mode, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 155. UAE Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Application, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 156. UAE Small Language Model Market Share (%), By End-user Industry, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 157. South Africa Small Language Model Market, By Value, In USD Billion, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 158. South Africa Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Offerings, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 159. South Africa Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Deployment Mode, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 160. South Africa Small Language Model Market Share (%), By Application, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 161. South Africa Small Language Model Market Share (%), By End-user Industry, 2018-2032F
  • Figure 162. By Offerings Map-Market Size (USD Billion) & Growth Rate (%), 2024
  • Figure 163. By Deployment Mode Map-Market Size (USD Billion) & Growth Rate (%), 2024
  • Figure 164. By Application Map-Market Size (USD Billion) & Growth Rate (%), 2024
  • Figure 165. By End-user Industry Map-Market Size (USD Billion) & Growth Rate (%), 2024
  • Figure 166. By Region Map-Market Size (USD Billion) & Growth Rate (%), 2024
目次
Product Code: MX13641

Global small language model market is projected to witness a CAGR of 17.34% during the forecast period 2025-2032, growing from USD 7.12 billion in 2024 to USD 25.59 billion in 2032. The global small language model (SLM) market is experiencing robust growth, driven by rising demand for efficient, scalable, and cost-effective AI solutions across industries. With advancements in model architecture and enterprise-grade applications, SLMs are becoming integral to enhancing automation, personalization, and operational efficiency in business environments.

As more businesses incorporate artificial intelligence into their operations, there has been a growing need for small, task-specific language models as a scalable alternative to large, computationally intensive models. The smaller models enable faster inference times, reduced deployment costs, and improved data privacy, particularly in edge computing, mobile, and real-time analytics use cases. Emerging key technologies, such as few-shot learning, knowledge distillation, and parameter-efficient tuning, have significantly enhanced SLMs' ability to adapt to various industries, including customer service, healthcare, finance, and e-commerce. Cloud-native AI services' development and expansion by open-source communities also maximized the availability of SLMs, allowing enterprises and startups to deploy and innovate models faster.

For instance, Meta AI, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, and IBM Corporation introduced multimodal and reasoning-oriented SLMs for business use, demonstrating high market acceptance and technological maturity. Recent estimations suggest that the recent boom of AI in regulative, resource-limited, and latency-sensitive contexts will considerably expand the global demand for small language models shortly.

Rising Demand for Cost-Effective AI Solutions in Enterprise Workflows Drives the Market Growth

As businesses globally embrace AI as part of their core processes, the need for light, low-cost, and highly adaptable models has increased. Small Language Models (SLMs) are becoming increasingly sought after, as they can deliver competitive performance while utilizing lower computational resources compared to large language models. This makes SLMs highly suitable for enterprises that require fast, domain-specific solutions free from the burden of managing massive infrastructure. SLMs are especially beneficial for document summarization, automated customer service, legal compliance, and code generation applications where interpretability and accuracy, and agility are more important than being general-purpose.

For instance, in August 2024, NVIDIA Corporation unveiled Mistral NeMo Minitron 8B, a scaled-down variant of its Mistral NeMo 12B model. This SLM uses pruning and distillation techniques to maintain industry-leading accuracy for nine benchmark tasks while being lightweight enough to run efficiently on RTX-powered workstations and cloud infrastructures. This innovation highlights how top technology firms are tailoring SLMs to give corporate-grade performance without leveraging high-grade infrastructure, propelling increased growth in sectors such as legal, banking, and software design.

Increasing Focus on Application-Specific AI Models Propels the Market Growth

Another significant force behind the small language model market is the industry trend towards specialized, task-specific AI models that would perform a particular task better than generalized large language models in a particular domain. Once AI adoption reaches its maturity phase, organizations want solutions nearer to their business ends, specifically in banking, insurance, healthcare, and retail industries. Small Language Models (SLMs) are beneficial as they can be fine-tuned for a specific use case, like customer service automation, multilingual document processing, internal knowledge retrieval, and fraud detection, with more efficiency, reduced inference time, and lower resource consumption. Unlike their large counterparts, SLMs are simpler to deploy on cloud and edge platforms, and they provide greater control of outputs because they contain more interpretable architecture. Additionally, by reducing costs for infrastructure and training, they enhance ROI for organizations that plan to deploy AI at scale.

For example, during May 2024, Infosys Limited released a series of Small Language Models (SLMs) that are specifically designed for enterprise use with the goals of providing high performance through constrained computer resources in cloud and edge setups. This move signifies the growing need for fast, scalable AI capabilities that are seamlessly integrable into enterprise workflows, fueling automation and innovation without the added strain of running large-scale infrastructure.

Cloud-Based Segment Holds Prominent Share of Global Small Language Model Market

The cloud-based deployment category is currently the leading segment in the global Small Language Model (SLM) market. It is expected to continue leading the way in the years to come. As companies enhance the flexibility, scalability, and accessibility of AI-driven services, cloud platforms offer the most effective method for deploying and managing SLMs. The cloud framework enables companies to utilize models through APIs or software applications without incurring significant investments in on-premises infrastructure. It is particularly appealing to small and medium businesses (SMEs), startups, and even big businesses to reduce AI deployment costs. Cloud hosting facilitates fast iteration and constant updates, allowing users to always work with the latest version of the model. In addition, the incorporation of SLMs into cloud environments improves the capability for real-time processing of data, training of models, and inter-platform compatibility, thus providing high performance and convenience for users.

For example, in April 2024, Microsoft Corporation announced 'Phi-3-mini,' a compact SLM model offered through its Azure AI Model Catalog, Hugging Face, and other cloud platforms. By providing access via several cloud-native tools, Microsoft allowed developers and businesses to incorporate cutting-edge language capabilities directly into their applications, without sophisticated deployment or local processing. This action not only reinforced the strategic transition towards cloud-first AI solutions but also positioned cloud deployment as an efficient, scalable, and future-proof solution in the SLM market. The preeminence of cloud deployment will further intensify as more businesses seek agility, cost-effectiveness, and simplicity of integration, central drivers that cloud infrastructure is singularly positioned to deliver.

North America Dominates Global Small Language Model Market Size

North America is currently the dominant region in the world Small Language Model (SLM) market, driven by its robust digital infrastructure, advanced cloud ecosystem, and ongoing innovation in AI. The continent is a stronghold of AI innovation, home to market leaders such as Microsoft, IBM, Google, Meta, and Amazon, all of which are at the forefront of developing domain-specific, optimized AI solutions. Such companies have made significant investments in creating dedicated SLMs that meet the growing business need for interpretable, secure, and high-performing models. In addition to a robust private sector drive, government initiatives aimed at promoting the ethical adoption of AI, research grants, and data protection frameworks are sustaining the region's leadership. Companies in strategic industries, such as finance, healthcare, law, and e-commerce, are actively implementing SLMs to automate processes, enhance decision-making, and foster customer interaction. This intersection of innovation, infrastructure, and adoption is making North America the world's epicenter for practical and scalable SLM solutions.

For example, in February 2025, IBM Corporation added the Granite Multimodal and Granite Reasoning models to its Granite model portfolio, which is aimed at enterprise-specific use cases requiring interpretability and logic-based answers. The models are designed to seamlessly integrate into the business ecosystem, facilitating the responsible adoption of AI and data-driven automation across key enterprise functions.

Impact of U.S. Tariffs on Global Small Language Model Market

While the entire small language model (SLM) industry is generally cloud- and software-based, the effects of U.S. tariffs are indirectly felt, nonetheless, primarily through the hardware and semiconductor materials used for training and hosting SLMs. These materials are mainly imported from countries such as China, South Korea, and Taiwan. Tariffs on foreign chips and AI equipment can raise the production cost of US companies, decelerate the pace of development or increasing end-users' prices worldwide. It can also induce companies to diversify supply chains or increase domestic production. Trade tensions can also cause regulatory barriers to cross-border collaboration in AI, which affects innovation and model deployment. Although SLMs per se are software-based, their functioning is highly dependent on hardware; therefore, tariffs are a strategic option for the global setting that enables SLM growth.

Key Players Landscape and Outlook

The global small language model (SLM) market is presently fragmented in nature, with established tech vendors and newer startups competing to provide efficient, lightweight AI models. Competition is driven by continuous innovation, strategic partnerships, and substantial investments aimed at enhancing the processing performance, accuracy, and scalability of SLMs across various industries. Innovation leaders include technology behemoths such as Microsoft, IBM, Meta, and Amazon. IBM is also competitively expanding its position in this space.

For instance, in January 2025, Arcee Inc. released 'Virtuoso Lite' and 'Virtuoso Medium v2,' two Small Language Models based on DeepSeek-V3, offering competitive results at 10B and 32B parameter scales respectively and demonstrated improved performance in math and coding applications, a clear indication of the creation of specific SLMs. The market is expected to remain volatile in the future, and research and strategic collaborations will likely fuel the adoption of SLMs at an accelerated rate. Customers should expect increasingly modular, low-latency, and cost-effective AI solutions, highlighting the importance of selecting vendors that enable both innovation and compliance.

Table of Contents

1. Project Scope and Definitions

2. Research Methodology

3. Impact of U.S. Tariffs

4. Executive Summary

5. Voice of Customers

  • 5.1. Respondent Demographics
  • 5.2. Brand Awareness
  • 5.3. Factors Considered in Purchase Decisions
  • 5.4. Challenges Faced Post Purchase

6. Global Small Language Model Market Outlook, 2018-2032F

  • 6.1. Market Size Analysis & Forecast
    • 6.1.1. By Value
  • 6.2. Market Share Analysis & Forecast
    • 6.2.1. By Offerings
      • 6.2.1.1. Software
      • 6.2.1.2. Services
    • 6.2.2. By Deployment Mode
      • 6.2.2.1. Cloud
      • 6.2.2.2. On-Premises
      • 6.2.2.3. Hybrid
    • 6.2.3. By Application
      • 6.2.3.1. Content Generation
      • 6.2.3.2. Sentiment Analysis
      • 6.2.3.3. Conversational AI
      • 6.2.3.4. Translation and Localization
      • 6.2.3.5. Others
    • 6.2.4. By End-user Industry
      • 6.2.4.1. BFSI
      • 6.2.4.2. Media
      • 6.2.4.3. IT and Telecom
      • 6.2.4.4. Retail and E-Commerce
      • 6.2.4.5. Others
    • 6.2.5. By Region
      • 6.2.5.1. North America
      • 6.2.5.2. Europe
      • 6.2.5.3. Asia-Pacific
      • 6.2.5.4. South America
      • 6.2.5.5. Middle East and Africa
    • 6.2.6. By Company Market Share Analysis (Top 5 Companies and Others - By Value, 2024)
  • 6.3. Market Map Analysis, 2024
    • 6.3.1. By Offerings
    • 6.3.2. By Deployment Mode
    • 6.3.3. By Application
    • 6.3.4. By End-user Industry
    • 6.3.5. By Region

7. North America Small Language Model Market Outlook, 2018-2032F

  • 7.1. Market Size Analysis & Forecast
    • 7.1.1. By Value
  • 7.2. Market Share Analysis & Forecast
    • 7.2.1. By Offerings
      • 7.2.1.1. Software
      • 7.2.1.2. Services
    • 7.2.2. By Deployment Mode
      • 7.2.2.1. Cloud
      • 7.2.2.2. On-Premises
      • 7.2.2.3. Hybrid
    • 7.2.3. By Application
      • 7.2.3.1. Content Generation
      • 7.2.3.2. Sentiment Analysis
      • 7.2.3.3. Conversational AI
      • 7.2.3.4. Translation and Localization
      • 7.2.3.5. Others
    • 7.2.4. By End-user Industry
      • 7.2.4.1. BFSI
      • 7.2.4.2. Media
      • 7.2.4.3. IT and Telecom
      • 7.2.4.4. Retail and E-Commerce
      • 7.2.4.5. Others
    • 7.2.5. By Country
      • 7.2.5.1. United States
      • 7.2.5.2. Canada
      • 7.2.5.3. Mexico
  • 7.3. Country Market Assessment
    • 7.3.1. United States Small Language Model Market Outlook, 2018-2032F
      • 7.3.1.1. Market Size Analysis & Forecast
        • 7.3.1.1.1. By Value
      • 7.3.1.2. Market Share Analysis & Forecast
        • 7.3.1.2.1. By Offerings
          • 7.3.1.2.1.1. Software
          • 7.3.1.2.1.2. Services
        • 7.3.1.2.2. By Deployment Mode
          • 7.3.1.2.2.1. Cloud
          • 7.3.1.2.2.2. On-Premises
          • 7.3.1.2.2.3. Hybrid
        • 7.3.1.2.3. By Application
          • 7.3.1.2.3.1. Content Generation
          • 7.3.1.2.3.2. Sentiment Analysis
          • 7.3.1.2.3.3. Conversational AI
          • 7.3.1.2.3.4. Translation and Localization
          • 7.3.1.2.3.5. Others
        • 7.3.1.2.4. By End-user Industry
          • 7.3.1.2.4.1. BFSI
          • 7.3.1.2.4.2. Media
          • 7.3.1.2.4.3. IT and Telecom
          • 7.3.1.2.4.4. Retail and E-Commerce
          • 7.3.1.2.4.5. Others

All segments will be provided for all regions and countries covered

8. Europe Small Language Model Market Outlook, 2018-2032F

  • 8.1. Germany
  • 8.2. France
  • 8.3. Italy
  • 8.4. United Kingdom
  • 8.5. Russia
  • 8.6. Netherlands
  • 8.7. Spain
  • 8.8. Turkey
  • 8.9. Poland

9. Asia-Pacific Small Language Model Market Outlook, 2018-2032F

  • 9.1. India
  • 9.2. China
  • 9.3. Japan
  • 9.4. Australia
  • 9.5. Vietnam
  • 9.6. South Korea
  • 9.7. Indonesia
  • 9.8. Philippines

10. South America Small Language Model Market Outlook, 2018-2032F

  • 10.1. Brazil
  • 10.2. Argentina

11. Middle East and Africa Small Language Model Market Outlook, 2018-2032F

  • 11.1. Saudi Arabia
  • 11.2. UAE
  • 11.3. South Africa

12. Porter's Five Forces Analysis

13. PESTLE Analysis

14. Market Dynamics

  • 14.1. Market Drivers
  • 14.2. Market Challenges

15. Market Trends and Developments

16. Case Studies

17. Competitive Landscape

  • 17.1. Competition Matrix of Top 5 Market Leaders
  • 17.2. SWOT Analysis for Top 5 Players
  • 17.3. Key Players Landscape for Top 10 Market Players
    • 17.3.1. Infosys Limited
      • 17.3.1.1. Company Details
      • 17.3.1.2. Key Management Personnel
      • 17.3.1.3. Key Products/Services Offered
      • 17.3.1.4. Key Financials (As Reported)
      • 17.3.1.5. Key Market Focus and Geographical Presence
      • 17.3.1.6. Recent Developments/Collaborations/Partnerships/Mergers and Acquisition
    • 17.3.2. Microsoft Corporation
    • 17.3.3. IBM Corporation
    • 17.3.4. Amazon Web Services, Inc.
    • 17.3.5. Meta Platforms, Inc.
    • 17.3.6. Salesforce, Inc.
    • 17.3.7. Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    • 17.3.8. Hugging Face, Inc.
    • 17.3.9. NVIDIA Corporation
    • 17.3.10. Databricks, Inc.

Companies mentioned above DO NOT hold any order as per market share and can be changed as per information available during research work.

18. Strategic Recommendations

19. About Us and Disclaimer