Conclusions
Based on a first evaluation with the focus on turnover or the number of enterprises, the following market characteristics are revealed: the road freight sector (H494) has a high relevance regarding overall turnover and the number of companies that are operating in this business field. 75% of the logistics firms in Europe (EU27 – 2011) are operating in this field. At the same time, this market segment holds the smallest measured mean turnover per company.
Employment figures per subsector
The following figure gives an overview of the shares of logistics subsectors per country.
The majority of persons (just under 80%) are employed in two sectors - in freight transport by road (H494) and in support activities for transport (H522) - out of nine logistics subsectors.