Road Freight in North America

Introduction

Road Freight in North America industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market share, market size (value and volume 2005-09, and forecast to 2014). 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-level data and analysis covering the North America road freight market. Includes market size and segmentation 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 2009 annual average exchange rates.
• The North American road freight sector is forecast to have total revenue of $787 billion in 2010, representing a compound annual rate of change (CARC) of -0.4% for the period spanning 2006-2010.
• Sector’s volumes will decrease with a CARC of -0.2% between 2006-2010, to reach a total of 2,918.4 billion FTKs in 2010.
• The performance of the sector is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4% for the five-year period 2010-2015, which is expected to drive the sector to a value of $957.5 billion by the end of 2015.

Features

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Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the North America economy

Key Questions Answered

What was the size of the North America road freight market by value in 2010?

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