Road Freight in Western Europe

Introduction

Road Freight in Western Europe industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value and volume 2007-11, and forecast to 2016). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the Western Europe road freight market. Includes market size data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Highlights

• The road freight sector is defined as consisting of revenues generated from freight transportation by road. Units of volumes are measured in freight ton kilometers (FTK). Road freight volumes include both domestic and international freight, which for the purposes of this report are counted in the country of origin. Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2010 annual average exchange rates.
• The Western European road freight sector had total revenue of $371.9 billion in 2011, representing a compound annual rate of change (CARC) of -5.7% between 2007 and 2011.
• Sector consumption volumes decreased with a CARC of -3% between 2007 and 2011, to reach a total of 1,466.3 billion FTKs (freight tonne kilometres) in 2011.
• The performance of the sector is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 7.1% for the five-year period 2011 - 2016, which is expected to drive the sector to a value of $522.9 billion by the end of 2016.

Features

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Leading company profiles reveal details of key road freight market players’ global operations and financial performance

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Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the Western Europe economy

Key Questions Answered

What was the size of the Western Europe road freight market by value in 2011?

What will be the size of the Western Europe road freight market in 2016?

What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the Western Europe road freight market?

How has the market performed over the last five years?

How large is Western Europe’s road freight market in relation to its regional counterparts?

Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

MARKET OVERVIEW

Market definition
Market analysis

MARKET DATA

Market value
Market volume

MARKET SEGMENTATION

Geography segmentation

MARKET OUTLOOK

Market value forecast
Market volume forecast

FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS

Summary
Buyer power
Supplier power
New entrants
Threat of substitutes
Degree of rivalry

LEADING COMPANIES

Deutsche Post DHL
Kuehne + Nagel International AG
Groupe Norbert Dentressangle SA
TNT Express

APPENDIX

Methodology
Industry associations
Related Datamonitor research

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Western Europe road freight sector value: $ billion, 2007–11(e)
Table 2: Western Europe road freight sector volume: billion FTK, 2007–11(e)
Table 3: Western Europe road freight sector geography segmentation : $million, by value, 2011(e)
Table 4: Western Europe road freight sector value forecast: $ billion, 2011–16
Table 5: Western Europe road freight sector volume forecast: billion FTK, 2011–16
Table 6: Deutsche Post DHL: key facts
Table 7: Deutsche Post DHL: key financials ($)
Table 8: Deutsche Post DHL: key financials (€)
Table 9: Deutsche Post DHL: key financial ratios
Table 10: Kuehne + Nagel International AG: key facts
Table 11: Kuehne + Nagel International AG: key financials ($)
Table 12: Kuehne + Nagel International AG: key financials (CHF)
Table 13: Kuehne + Nagel International AG: key financial ratios
Table 14: Groupe Norbert Dentressangle SA: key facts
Table 15: Groupe Norbert Dentressangle SA: key financials ($)
Table 16: Groupe Norbert Dentressangle SA: key financials (€)
Table 17: Groupe Norbert Dentressangle SA: key financial ratios
Table 18: TNT Express: key facts

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Western Europe road freight sector value: $ billion, 2007–11(e)
Figure 2: Western Europe road freight sector volume: billion FTK, 2007–11(e)
Figure 3: Western Europe road freight sector geography segmentation : % share, by value, 2011(e)
Figure 4: Western Europe road freight sector value forecast: $ billion, 2011–16
Figure 5: Western Europe road freight sector volume forecast: billion FTK, 2011–16
Figure 6: Forces driving competition in the road freight sector in Western Europe, 2011
Figure 7: Drivers of buyer power in the road freight sector in Western Europe, 2011
Figure 8: Drivers of supplier power in the road freight sector in Western Europe, 2011
Figure 9: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the road freight sector in Western Europe, 2011
Figure 10: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the road freight sector in Western Europe, 2011
Figure 11: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the road freight sector in Western Europe, 2011
Figure 12: Deutsche Post DHL: revenues & profitability
Figure 13: Deutsche Post DHL: assets & liabilities
Figure 14: Kuehne + Nagel International AG: revenues & profitability
Figure 15: Kuehne + Nagel International AG: assets & liabilities
Figure 16: Groupe Norbert Dentressangle SA: revenues & profitability
Figure 17: Groupe Norbert Dentressangle SA: assets & liabilities Skip to top