Movement and storage of goods and people by road, rail, sea, air, and pipeline, plus warehousing and postal services. The connective tissue of the economy.
Storage facilities, logistics hubs, courier services, and postal operators. A critical layer of modern e-commerce supply chains.
Umsatz
304,6 Mrd. €
Unternehmen
24,391
Passenger and freight airlines and air-charter operators. High fixed costs and highly sensitive to fuel prices and travel demand.
Umsatz
48,5 Mrd. €
Unternehmen
464
Freight trucking, passenger bus lines, taxi services, and rail operators. Costs are dominated by fuel and labour.
Umsatz
16,5 Mrd. €
Unternehmen
8,379
Shipping companies operating sea and inland freight and passenger vessels. Strongly cyclical and tied to global trade volumes.
Umsatz
1,4 Mrd. €
Unternehmen
783
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