The indicators point out that one LSP offers services to less than 400 inhabitants in the specific country, whereas the average figure for the Member States taken into account is 644. In addition, the GDP per LSP figures are far below average and the smallest values can be found for Poland.
The highest values are reached in France, Germany, Belgium, Austria, the United Kingdom, Luxembourg and Denmark. To gain further insights into company sizes and generated turnover, the market for logistics activities is analysed in further steps in terms of its development and structure.
Figure 2.9 illustrates the changes in the absolute numbers of logistics service providers tracked from 2008 to 2011, per country. The visualised data is sorted by the green bars, which show the most recent developments (percent growth in 2011 compared to 2010).