Road Freight in the United Kingdom

Road Freight in the United Kingdom industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2010-14, and forecast to 2019). 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 United Kingdom road freight market. Includes market size data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

The road freight sector is defined as consisting of revenues generated from freight transportation by road. Units of volumes are measured in freight tonne 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 2013 annual average exchange rates.

The UK road freight sector is expected to generate total revenues of $55.8bn in 2014, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1.1% between 2010 and 2014.

Sector consumption volume is forecast to stagnate with a CARC of 0.04% between 2010 and 2014, to reach a total of 136.2 billion FTK in 2014.

The performance of the sector is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 4.7% for the five-year period 2014 – 2019, which is expected to drive the sector to a value of $70.3bn by the end of 2019.

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Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the United Kingdom economy

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Companies mentioned

Deutsche Post AG, Kuehne + Nagel International AG, Royal Mail Holdings plc and TNT Express N.V.

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive Summary 2

Market value 2

Market value forecast 2

Market volume 2

Market volume forecast 2

Geography segmentation 2

Market rivalry 2

Market Overview 7

Market definition 7

Market analysis 7

Market Data 8

Market value 8

Market volume 9

Market Segmentation 10

Geography segmentation 10

Market Outlook 11

Market value forecast 11

Market volume forecast 12

Five Forces Analysis 13

Summary 13

Buyer power 14

Supplier power 15

New entrants 16

Threat of substitutes 17

Degree of rivalry 18

Leading Companies 19

Deutsche Post AG 19

Kuehne + Nagel International AG 22

Royal Mail Holdings plc 26

TNT Express N.V. 29

Macroeconomic Indicators 33

Country Data 33

Appendix 35

Methodology 35

Industry associations 36

Related MarketLine research 36

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: United Kingdom road freight sector value: $ million, 201014(e) 8

Table 2: United Kingdom road freight sector volume: million FTK, 201014(e) 9

Table 3: United Kingdom road freight sector geography segmentation: $ million, 2014(e) 10

Table 4: United Kingdom road freight sector value forecast: $ million, 201419 11

Table 5: United Kingdom road freight sector volume forecast: million FTK, 201419 12

Table 6: Deutsche Post AG: key facts 19

Table 7: Deutsche Post AG: key financials ($) 20

Table 8: Deutsche Post AG: key financials (€) 20

Table 9: Deutsche Post AG: key financial ratios 20

Table 10: Kuehne + Nagel International AG: key facts 22

Table 11: Kuehne + Nagel International AG: key financials ($) 23

Table 12: Kuehne + Nagel International AG: key financials (CHF) 23

Table 13: Kuehne + Nagel International AG: key financial ratios 24

Table 14: Royal Mail Holdings plc: key facts 26

Table 15: Royal Mail Holdings plc: key financials ($) 27

Table 16: Royal Mail Holdings plc: key financials (£) 27

Table 17: Royal Mail Holdings plc: key financial ratios 27

Table 18: TNT Express N.V.: key facts 29

Table 19: TNT Express N.V.: key financials ($) 30

Table 20: TNT Express N.V.: key financials (€) 30

Table 21: TNT Express N.V.: key financial ratios 31

Table 22: United Kingdom size of population (million), 201014 33

Table 23: United Kingdom gdp (constant 2005 prices, $ billion), 201014 33

Table 24: United Kingdom gdp (current prices, $ billion), 201014 33

Table 25: United Kingdom inflation, 201014 34

Table 26: United Kingdom consumer price index (absolute), 201014 34

Table 27: United Kingdom exchange rate, 201014 34

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: United Kingdom road freight sector value: $ million, 201014(e) 8

Figure 2: United Kingdom road freight sector volume: million FTK, 201014(e) 9

Figure 3: United Kingdom road freight sector geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2014(e) 10

Figure 4: United Kingdom road freight sector value forecast: $ million, 201419 11

Figure 5: United Kingdom road freight sector volume forecast: million FTK, 201419 12

Figure 6: Forces driving competition in the road freight sector in the United Kingdom, 2014 13

Figure 7: Drivers of buyer power in the road freight sector in the United Kingdom, 2014 14

Figure 8: Drivers of supplier power in the road freight sector in the United Kingdom, 2014 15

Figure 9: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the road freight sector in the United Kingdom, 2014 16

Figure 10: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the road freight sector in the United Kingdom, 2014 17

Figure 11: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the road freight sector in the United Kingdom, 2014 18

Figure 12: Deutsche Post AG: revenues & profitability 21

Figure 13: Deutsche Post AG: assets & liabilities 21

Figure 14: Kuehne + Nagel International AG: revenues & profitability 24

Figure 15: Kuehne + Nagel International AG: assets & liabilities 25

Figure 16: Royal Mail Holdings plc: revenues & profitability 28

Figure 17: Royal Mail Holdings plc: assets & liabilities 28

Figure 18: TNT Express N.V.: revenues & profitability 31

Figure 19: TNT Express N.V.: assets & liabilities 32

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