Smart shopping cart market to quadruple by 2030

Supermarkets are leading adoption.

The global smart shopping cart market is expected to grow from$326m in 2025 to $1.42b by 2030, according to MarketsandMarkets.

Smart carts are increasingly adopted by retailers for real-time insights into shopper behavior, product interactions, and basket composition, helping optimise store layouts, inventory, and promotions whilst reducing stockouts and checkout queues.

Supermarkets are leading adoption, driven by large assortments, big basket sizes, and efficiency goals. Smart carts enable item recognition, dynamic pricing, and in-cart payments, while providing detailed behavioral analytics to improve store operations.

Fully integrated smart carts—with sensors, cameras, weight modules, touch displays, and payment systems—are being deployed by Kroger, Schnucks, ShopRite, Albertsons, and Amazon Fresh. These carts reduce queues, increase basket value, and improve customer satisfaction, despite higher upfront costs

Asia Pacific will see the fastest growth, fuelled by tech-savvy, mobile-first consumers, smart city initiatives, and localized innovations. Retailers are introducing smaller, scalable carts suitable for convenience stores, making the region a major market driver.