Report Overview
Third-party logistics (3PL) refers to the outsourcing of logistics and supply chain management functions to a third-party provider. These services can include transportation, warehousing, distribution, and fulfillment. 3PL providers offer expertise and resources to help businesses streamline their operations, reduce costs, and improve efficiency. By leveraging the capabilities of 3PL providers, companies can focus on their core competencies while leaving the logistics tasks to specialists in the field.
The market for third-party logistics is experiencing significant growth and evolution due to several key trends and market drivers. One major trend is the increasing globalization of supply chains, which has led to a greater need for efficient and cost-effective logistics solutions. Additionally, advancements in technology, such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence, are transforming the way logistics operations are managed, leading to increased automation and optimization. Furthermore, the rise of e-commerce has created a surge in demand for 3PL services to handle the complex logistics requirements of online retail.
Market drivers for the 3PL industry include the growing complexity of supply chains, the need for scalability and flexibility in logistics operations, and the focus on sustainability and environmental responsibility. As companies seek to expand their reach and improve their customer service levels, they are turning to 3PL providers to help them navigate the challenges of a rapidly changing business landscape. In addition, the rise of omnichannel retailing and the increasing emphasis on same-day and next-day delivery are driving the need for agile and responsive logistics solutions, further fueling the growth of the 3PL market.
The global Third-Party Logistics market size was estimated at USD 940357.80 million in 2024 and is projected to reach USD 1498787.47 million by 2033, exhibiting a CAGR of 6.00% during the forecast period.
This report provides a deep insight into the global Third-Party Logistics market covering all its essential aspects. This ranges from a macro overview of the market to micro details of the market size, competitive landscape, development trend, niche market, key market drivers and challenges, SWOT analysis, Porter's five forces analysis, value chain analysis, PEST analysis, etc.
The analysis helps the reader to shape the competition within the industries and strategies for the competitive environment to enhance the potential profit. Furthermore, it provides a simple framework for evaluating and accessing the position of the business organization. The report structure also focuses on the competitive landscape of the Global Third-Party Logistics Market, this report introduces in detail the market share, market performance, product situation, operation situation, etc. of the main players, which helps the readers in the industry to identify the main competitors and deeply understand the competition pattern of the market.
In a word, this report is a must-read for industry players, investors, researchers, consultants, business strategists, and all those who have any kind of stake or are planning to foray into the Third-Party Logistics market in any manner.
Global Third-Party Logistics Market: Market Segmentation Analysis
The research report includes specific segments by region (country), manufacturers, Type, and Application. Market segmentation creates subsets of a market based on product type, end-user or application, Geographic, and other factors. By understanding the market segments, the decision-maker can leverage this targeting in the product, sales, and marketing strategies. Market segments can power your product development cycles by informing how you create product offerings for different segments.
Key Company
CEVA Logistics
DB Schenker
UPS Supply Chain Solutions
Deutsche Post DHL
Kuehne + Nagel
Nippon Express
C.H. Robinson
CJ Korea Express
Dachser
Damco International
DSV
Expeditors
GEFCO
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics
J.B. Hunt Transport
XPO Logistics
Yusen Logistics
Ryder System
SNCF Logistics
Toll Holdings
Agility Logistics
Bollore Logistics
Market Segmentation (by Type)
B2B
B2C
C2C
Market Segmentation (by Application)
Manufacturing
Consumer Goods
Retail
Automotive
Food and Beverage
Others
Geographic Segmentation
- North America (USA, Canada, Mexico)
- Europe (Germany, UK, France, Russia, Italy, Rest of Europe)
- Asia-Pacific (China, Japan, South Korea, India, Southeast Asia, Rest of Asia-Pacific)
- South America (Brazil, Argentina, Columbia, Rest of South America)
- The Middle East and Africa (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa, Rest of MEA)
- Industry drivers, restraints, and opportunities covered in the study
- Neutral perspective on the market performance
- Recent industry trends and developments
- Competitive landscape & strategies of key players
- Potential & niche segments and regions exhibiting promising growth covered
- Historical, current, and projected market size, in terms of value
- In-depth analysis of the Third-Party Logistics Market
- Overview of the regional outlook of the Third-Party Logistics Market:
- Access to date statistics compiled by our researchers. These provide you with historical and forecast data, which is analyzed to tell you why your market is set to change
- This enables you to anticipate market changes to remain ahead of your competitors
- You will be able to copy data from the Excel spreadsheet straight into your marketing plans, business presentations, or other strategic documents
- The concise analysis, clear graph, and table format will enable you to pinpoint the information you require quickly
- Provision of market value data for each segment and sub-segment
- Indicates the region and segment that is expected to witness the fastest growth as well as to dominate the market
- Analysis by geography highlighting the consumption of the product/service in the region as well as indicating the factors that are affecting the market within each region
- Competitive landscape which incorporates the market ranking of the major players, along with new service/product launches, partnerships, business expansions, and acquisitions in the past five years of companies profiled
- Extensive company profiles comprising of company overview, company insights, product benchmarking, and SWOT analysis for the major market players
- The current as well as the future market outlook of the industry concerning recent developments which involve growth opportunities and drivers as well as challenges and restraints of both emerging as well as developed regions
- Includes in-depth analysis of the market from various perspectives through Porter’s five forces analysis
- Provides insight into the market through Value Chain
- Market dynamics scenario, along with growth opportunities of the market in the years to come
Chapter 1 mainly introduces the statistical scope of the report, market division standards, and market research methods.
Chapter 2 is an executive summary of different market segments (by region, product type, application, etc), including the market size of each market segment, future development potential, and so on. It offers a high-level view of the current state of the Third-Party Logistics Market and its likely evolution in the short to mid-term, and long term.
Chapter 3 makes a detailed analysis of the market's competitive landscape of the market and provides the market share, capacity, output, price, latest development plan, merger, and acquisition information of the main manufacturers in the market.
Chapter 4 is the analysis of the whole market industrial chain, including the upstream and downstream of the industry, as well as Porter's five forces analysis.
Chapter 5 introduces the latest developments of the market, the driving factors and restrictive factors of the market, the challenges and risks faced by manufacturers in the industry, and the analysis of relevant policies in the industry.
Chapter 6 provides the analysis of various market segments according to product types, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different market segments.
Chapter 7 provides the analysis of various market segments according to application, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different downstream markets.
Chapter 8 provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region from the consumer side and its main countries and introduces the market development, future development prospects, market space, and capacity of each country in the world.
Chapter 9 shares the main producing countries of Third-Party Logistics, their output value, profit level, regional supply, production capacity layout, etc. from the supply side.
Chapter 10 introduces the basic situation of the main companies in the market in detail, including product sales revenue, sales volume, price, gross profit margin, market share, product introduction, recent development, etc.
Chapter 11 provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region during the forecast period.
Chapter 12 provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each market segment during the forecast period.
Chapter 13 is the main points and conclusions of the report.
Table of Contents 1 Research Methodology and Statistical Scope 1.1 Market Definition and Statistical Scope of Third-Party Logistics 1.2 Key Market Segments 1.2.1 Third-Party Logistics Segment by Type 1.2.2 Third-Party Logistics Segment by Application 1.3 Methodology & Sources of Information 1.3.1 Research Methodology 1.3.2 Research Process 1.3.3 Market Breakdown and Data Triangulation 1.3.4 Base Year 1.3.5 Report Assumptions & Caveats 2 Third-Party Logistics Market Overview 2.1 Global Market Overview 2.2 Market Segment Executive Summary 2.3 Global Market Size by Region 3 Third-Party Logistics Market Competitive Landscape 3.1 Company Assessment Quadrant 3.2 Global Third-Party Logistics Product Life Cycle 3.3 Global Third-Party Logistics Revenue Market Share by Company (2020-2025) 3.4 Third-Party Logistics Market Share by Company Type (Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3) 3.5 Third-Party Logistics Company Headquarters, Area Served, Product Type 3.6 Third-Party Logistics Market Competitive Situation and Trends 3.6.1 Third-Party Logistics Market Concentration Rate 3.6.2 Global 5 and 10 Largest Third-Party Logistics Players Market Share by Revenue 3.6.3 Mergers & Acquisitions, Expansion 4 Third-Party Logistics Value Chain Analysis 4.1 Third-Party Logistics Value Chain Analysis 4.2 Midstream Market Analysis 4.3 Downstream Customer Analysis 5 The Development and Dynamics of Third-Party Logistics Market 5.1 Key Development Trends 5.2 Driving Factors 5.3 Market Challenges 5.4 Market Restraints 5.5 Industry News 5.5.1 New Product Developments 5.5.2 Mergers & Acquisitions 5.5.3 Expansions 5.5.4 Collaboration/Supply Contracts 5.6 PEST Analysis 5.6.1 Industry Policies Analysis 5.6.2 Economic Environment Analysis 5.6.3 Social Environment Analysis 5.6.4 Technological Environment Analysis 5.7 Global Third-Party Logistics Market Porter's Five Forces Analysis 6 Third-Party Logistics Market Segmentation by Type 6.1 Evaluation Matrix of Segment Market Development Potential (Type) 6.2 Global Third-Party Logistics Market Size Market Share by Type (2020-2025) 6.3 Global Third-Party Logistics Market Size Growth Rate by Type (2021-2025) 7 Third-Party Logistics Market Segmentation by Application 7.1 Evaluation Matrix of Segment Market Development Potential (Application) 7.2 Global Third-Party Logistics Market Size (M USD) by Application (2020-2025) 7.3 Global Third-Party Logistics Sales Growth Rate by Application (2020-2025) 8 Third-Party Logistics Market Segmentation by Region 8.1 Global Third-Party Logistics Market Size by Region 8.1.1 Global Third-Party Logistics Market Size by Region 8.1.2 Global Third-Party Logistics Market Size Market Share by Region 8.2 North America 8.2.1 North America Third-Party Logistics Market Size by Country 8.2.2 U.S. 8.2.3 Canada 8.2.4 Mexico 8.3 Europe 8.3.1 Europe Third-Party Logistics Market Size by Country 8.3.2 Germany 8.3.3 France 8.3.4 U.K. 8.3.5 Italy 8.3.6 Russia 8.4 Asia Pacific 8.4.1 Asia Pacific Third-Party Logistics Market Size by Region 8.4.2 China 8.4.3 Japan 8.4.4 South Korea 8.4.5 India 8.4.6 Southeast Asia 8.5 South America 8.5.1 South America Third-Party Logistics Market Size by Country 8.5.2 Brazil 8.5.3 Argentina 8.5.4 Columbia 8.6 Middle East and Africa 8.6.1 Middle East and Africa Third-Party Logistics Market Size by Region 8.6.2 Saudi Arabia 8.6.3 UAE 8.6.4 Egypt 8.6.5 Nigeria 8.6.6 South Africa 9 Key Companies Profile 9.1 CEVA Logistics 9.1.1 CEVA Logistics Basic Information 9.1.2 CEVA Logistics Third-Party Logistics Product Overview 9.1.3 CEVA Logistics Third-Party Logistics Product Market Performance 9.1.4 CEVA Logistics Third-Party Logistics SWOT Analysis 9.1.5 CEVA Logistics Business Overview 9.1.6 CEVA Logistics Recent Developments 9.2 DB Schenker 9.2.1 DB Schenker Basic Information 9.2.2 DB Schenker Third-Party Logistics Product Overview 9.2.3 DB Schenker Third-Party Logistics Product Market Performance 9.2.4 DB Schenker Third-Party Logistics SWOT Analysis 9.2.5 DB Schenker Business Overview 9.2.6 DB Schenker Recent Developments 9.3 UPS Supply Chain Solutions 9.3.1 UPS Supply Chain Solutions Basic Information 9.3.2 UPS Supply Chain Solutions Third-Party Logistics Product Overview 9.3.3 UPS Supply Chain Solutions Third-Party Logistics Product Market Performance 9.3.4 UPS Supply Chain Solutions Third-Party Logistics SWOT Analysis 9.3.5 UPS Supply Chain Solutions Business Overview 9.3.6 UPS Supply Chain Solutions Recent Developments 9.4 Deutsche Post DHL 9.4.1 Deutsche Post DHL Basic Information 9.4.2 Deutsche Post DHL Third-Party Logistics Product Overview 9.4.3 Deutsche Post DHL Third-Party Logistics Product Market Performance 9.4.4 Deutsche Post DHL Business Overview 9.4.5 Deutsche Post DHL Recent Developments 9.5 Kuehne + Nagel 9.5.1 Kuehne + Nagel Basic Information 9.5.2 Kuehne + Nagel Third-Party Logistics Product Overview 9.5.3 Kuehne + Nagel Third-Party Logistics Product Market Performance 9.5.4 Kuehne + Nagel Business Overview 9.5.5 Kuehne + Nagel Recent Developments 9.6 Nippon Express 9.6.1 Nippon Express Basic Information 9.6.2 Nippon Express Third-Party Logistics Product Overview 9.6.3 Nippon Express Third-Party Logistics Product Market Performance 9.6.4 Nippon Express Business Overview 9.6.5 Nippon Express Recent Developments 9.7 C.H. Robinson 9.7.1 C.H. Robinson Basic Information 9.7.2 C.H. Robinson Third-Party Logistics Product Overview 9.7.3 C.H. Robinson Third-Party Logistics Product Market Performance 9.7.4 C.H. Robinson Business Overview 9.7.5 C.H. Robinson Recent Developments 9.8 CJ Korea Express 9.8.1 CJ Korea Express Basic Information 9.8.2 CJ Korea Express Third-Party Logistics Product Overview 9.8.3 CJ Korea Express Third-Party Logistics Product Market Performance 9.8.4 CJ Korea Express Business Overview 9.8.5 CJ Korea Express Recent Developments 9.9 Dachser 9.9.1 Dachser Basic Information 9.9.2 Dachser Third-Party Logistics Product Overview 9.9.3 Dachser Third-Party Logistics Product Market Performance 9.9.4 Dachser Business Overview 9.9.5 Dachser Recent Developments 9.10 Damco International 9.10.1 Damco International Basic Information 9.10.2 Damco International Third-Party Logistics Product Overview 9.10.3 Damco International Third-Party Logistics Product Market Performance 9.10.4 Damco International Business Overview 9.10.5 Damco International Recent Developments 9.11 DSV 9.11.1 DSV Basic Information 9.11.2 DSV Third-Party Logistics Product Overview 9.11.3 DSV Third-Party Logistics Product Market Performance 9.11.4 DSV Business Overview 9.11.5 DSV Recent Developments 9.12 Expeditors 9.12.1 Expeditors Basic Information 9.12.2 Expeditors Third-Party Logistics Product Overview 9.12.3 Expeditors Third-Party Logistics Product Market Performance 9.12.4 Expeditors Business Overview 9.12.5 Expeditors Recent Developments 9.13 GEFCO 9.13.1 GEFCO Basic Information 9.13.2 GEFCO Third-Party Logistics Product Overview 9.13.3 GEFCO Third-Party Logistics Product Market Performance 9.13.4 GEFCO Business Overview 9.13.5 GEFCO Recent Developments 9.14 Hellmann Worldwide Logistics 9.14.1 Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Basic Information 9.14.2 Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Third-Party Logistics Product Overview 9.14.3 Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Third-Party Logistics Product Market Performance 9.14.4 Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Business Overview 9.14.5 Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Recent Developments 9.15 J.B. Hunt Transport 9.15.1 J.B. Hunt Transport Basic Information 9.15.2 J.B. Hunt Transport Third-Party Logistics Product Overview 9.15.3 J.B. Hunt Transport Third-Party Logistics Product Market Performance 9.15.4 J.B. Hunt Transport Business Overview 9.15.5 J.B. Hunt Transport Recent Developments 9.16 XPO Logistics 9.16.1 XPO Logistics Basic Information 9.16.2 XPO Logistics Third-Party Logistics Product Overview 9.16.3 XPO Logistics Third-Party Logistics Product Market Performance 9.16.4 XPO Logistics Business Overview 9.16.5 XPO Logistics Recent Developments 9.17 Yusen Logistics 9.17.1 Yusen Logistics Basic Information 9.17.2 Yusen Logistics Third-Party Logistics Product Overview 9.17.3 Yusen Logistics Third-Party Logistics Product Market Performance 9.17.4 Yusen Logistics Business Overview 9.17.5 Yusen Logistics Recent Developments 9.18 Ryder System 9.18.1 Ryder System Basic Information 9.18.2 Ryder System Third-Party Logistics Product Overview 9.18.3 Ryder System Third-Party Logistics Product Market Performance 9.18.4 Ryder System Business Overview 9.18.5 Ryder System Recent Developments 9.19 SNCF Logistics 9.19.1 SNCF Logistics Basic Information 9.19.2 SNCF Logistics Third-Party Logistics Product Overview 9.19.3 SNCF Logistics Third-Party Logistics Product Market Performance 9.19.4 SNCF Logistics Business Overview 9.19.5 SNCF Logistics Recent Developments 9.20 Toll Holdings 9.20.1 Toll Holdings Basic Information 9.20.2 Toll Holdings Third-Party Logistics Product Overview 9.20.3 Toll Holdings Third-Party Logistics Product Market Performance 9.20.4 Toll Holdings Business Overview 9.20.5 Toll Holdings Recent Developments 9.21 Agility Logistics 9.21.1 Agility Logistics Basic Information 9.21.2 Agility Logistics Third-Party Logistics Product Overview 9.21.3 Agility Logistics Third-Party Logistics Product Market Performance 9.21.4 Agility Logistics Business Overview 9.21.5 Agility Logistics Recent Developments 9.22 Bollore Logistics 9.22.1 Bollore Logistics Basic Information 9.22.2 Bollore Logistics Third-Party Logistics Product Overview 9.22.3 Bollore Logistics Third-Party Logistics Product Market Performance 9.22.4 Bollore Logistics Business Overview 9.22.5 Bollore Logistics Recent Developments 10 Third-Party Logistics Market Forecast by Region 10.1 Global Third-Party Logistics Market Size Forecast 10.2 Global Third-Party Logistics Market Forecast by Region 10.2.1 North America Market Size Forecast by Country 10.2.2 Europe Third-Party Logistics Market Size Forecast by Country 10.2.3 Asia Pacific Third-Party Logistics Market Size Forecast by Region 10.2.4 South America Third-Party Logistics Market Size Forecast by Country 10.2.5 Middle East and Africa Forecasted Sales of Third-Party Logistics by Country 11 Forecast Market by Type and by Application (2026-2033) 11.1 Global Third-Party Logistics Market Forecast by Type (2026-2033) 11.2 Global Third-Party Logistics Market Forecast by Application (2026-2033) 12 Conclusion and Key Findings
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