Supply chain issues, hiring challenges and ongoing COVID-19 concerns may have shaped 2021, but none of these were able to put a damper on the steady growth of demand for video surveillance products and services.

In the annual SDM 2022 Industry Forecast, manufacturers, dealers and integrators rated sales of on-premise and cloud-based video surveillance systems a 3.8 out of 5 (5 being excellent), up from 3.6 last year. Video surveillance once again topped the short list for rewarding market segments in 2021, followed closely by access control and intrusion alarms.