Genetec, the Montreal video and access company, has again been ranked the global market-share leader in video management software by two independent analyst firms, Omdia and Novaira Insights. Both put Genetec at number one for 2025, with Omdia reporting the company grew about 20 percent in a market that grew 13.3 percent, while the second and third-place vendors finished flat or down.
For Canadian integrators, the number itself matters less than what it signals. Buyers are consolidating on open platforms that run cloud, on-prem, and hybrid without locking the customer into a single camera line, and Genetec Security Center already sits in a lot of Canadian enterprise, government, and critical-infrastructure deployments. A leadership ranking gives an integrator one more reference point when a client asks why a platform decision should outlast the hardware on the wall.
It is also a rare Canadian win at the top of a global category. Genetec is privately held, headquartered in Montreal, and has stayed independent while larger rivals were bought and merged. For a domestic industry that often measures itself against American and European names, a home-grown platform holding the number-one spot is worth noting.
The usual caution applies to any analyst ranking. Market share measures units and revenue, not whether a given platform is right for a given site. The value for a working integrator is in the trend, not the trophy: open architecture, a credible cloud and on-prem story, and a vendor that will still be standing in ten years are the things that actually reduce the risk in a specification.