
Digital Freight Brokerage Market Report and Forecast 2025-2034
Description
The global digital freight brokerage market size reached approximately USD 2.82 Billion in 2024. The market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 29.20% in the forecast period of 2025-2034, reaching a value of around USD 36.55 Billion by 2034.
Key Trends in the Market
Digital freight brokerage is an online platform or app which acts as an intermediary between shipping companies and truck drivers. It is not restricted by traditional working hours unlike traditional freight brokerage, and it improves supply chain collaboration.
The EMR’s report titled “Digital Freight Brokerage Market Report and Forecast 2025-2034” offers a detailed analysis of the market based on the following segments:
Market Breakup by Platform:
Roadways account for a significant portion of the digital freight brokerage market share as shipping through roadways is the most common means of goods transportation. These platforms offer an effective medium for connecting truckers with companies to provide a seamless transportation network. They also ensure maximum utilisation of trucks by pairing truck carriers with the appropriate load capacity.
Meanwhile, airways are expected to witness a sizeable growth in the forecast period, owing to increasing international trade and the growth of rapid delivery services.
Market Share by Region
As per the digital freight brokerage market analysis, North America occupies a substantial share of the global market, due to the growth of empty miles in the region. There is a surge in the number of truckers who drive empty containers, which leads to wastage of fuel and time and a sluggish supply chain, fuelling the demand for a digital freight brokerage.
Additionally, small and medium sized enterprises in the region are increasingly relying on digital freight brokerage service as it offers a cost-efficient solution to these companies.
Competitive Landscape
The comprehensive EMR report provides an in-depth assessment of the market based on the Porter's five forces model along with giving a SWOT analysis. The report gives a detailed analysis of the following key players in the digital freight brokerage market, covering their competitive landscape and latest developments like mergers, acquisitions, investments, and expansion plans.
CH Robinson Worldwide Inc.
CH Robinson Worldwide Inc. is a transportation company, founded in 1905 and headquartered in Minnesota, the United States. The company offers seamless delivery of goods and services across the world.
Deutsche Post AG
Deutsche Post AG, established in 1995, is a domestic provider of mail and parcels, with its headquarters in Bonn, Germany. The company provides press distribution services and corporate communication solutions across Germany.
Echo Global Logistics, Inc.
Echo Global Logistics, Inc., incorporated in 2005, is a transportation and supply chain management services company. It is based in Chicago, the United States, and offers truckload, partial truckload, expedited, intermodal, and LTL solutions.
Other digital freight brokerage market players include Convoy, Inc., DAT Solutions, LLC, Flexport, Inc., Transfix, Inc., Uber Freight Holding Corporation, and Loadsmart Inc., among others.
Key Trends in the Market
Digital freight brokerage is an online platform or app which acts as an intermediary between shipping companies and truck drivers. It is not restricted by traditional working hours unlike traditional freight brokerage, and it improves supply chain collaboration.
- Increased adoption of cloud-based freight brokerage platforms, which allows real-time access to data from anywhere, is one of the crucial digital freight brokerage market trends. Such platforms also offer facilities such as lower costs, higher operational efficiency, as well as reduced downtime and delays for the transportation of goods.
- Digital freight brokerage also provides an integrated carrier capacity network facility, through which the platform automatically matches the load of goods with an ideal fit carrier, enabling fast deliveries.
- Freight forwarders or middlemen can utilise the freight brokerage apps to identify the most cost-efficient delivery route to cut the usage of fuels and lower emissions.
- The deployment of technologies such as AI and machine learning in digital freight brokerage to gain valuable insights and effectively manage workflow is also providing impetus to the digital freight brokerage market growth.
The EMR’s report titled “Digital Freight Brokerage Market Report and Forecast 2025-2034” offers a detailed analysis of the market based on the following segments:
Market Breakup by Platform:
- Specialized and Generic Marketplaces
- Crowd Shipping Platform
- Digital Freight Exchange
- Tender Platform
- Desktop
- Mobile
- Roadways
- Seaways
- Airways
- Railways
- Digital/Virtual Forwarders
- Logistics Companies
- 3PL
- North America
- Europe
- Asia Pacific
- Latin America
- Middle East and Africa
Roadways account for a significant portion of the digital freight brokerage market share as shipping through roadways is the most common means of goods transportation. These platforms offer an effective medium for connecting truckers with companies to provide a seamless transportation network. They also ensure maximum utilisation of trucks by pairing truck carriers with the appropriate load capacity.
Meanwhile, airways are expected to witness a sizeable growth in the forecast period, owing to increasing international trade and the growth of rapid delivery services.
Market Share by Region
As per the digital freight brokerage market analysis, North America occupies a substantial share of the global market, due to the growth of empty miles in the region. There is a surge in the number of truckers who drive empty containers, which leads to wastage of fuel and time and a sluggish supply chain, fuelling the demand for a digital freight brokerage.
Additionally, small and medium sized enterprises in the region are increasingly relying on digital freight brokerage service as it offers a cost-efficient solution to these companies.
Competitive Landscape
The comprehensive EMR report provides an in-depth assessment of the market based on the Porter's five forces model along with giving a SWOT analysis. The report gives a detailed analysis of the following key players in the digital freight brokerage market, covering their competitive landscape and latest developments like mergers, acquisitions, investments, and expansion plans.
CH Robinson Worldwide Inc.
CH Robinson Worldwide Inc. is a transportation company, founded in 1905 and headquartered in Minnesota, the United States. The company offers seamless delivery of goods and services across the world.
Deutsche Post AG
Deutsche Post AG, established in 1995, is a domestic provider of mail and parcels, with its headquarters in Bonn, Germany. The company provides press distribution services and corporate communication solutions across Germany.
Echo Global Logistics, Inc.
Echo Global Logistics, Inc., incorporated in 2005, is a transportation and supply chain management services company. It is based in Chicago, the United States, and offers truckload, partial truckload, expedited, intermodal, and LTL solutions.
Other digital freight brokerage market players include Convoy, Inc., DAT Solutions, LLC, Flexport, Inc., Transfix, Inc., Uber Freight Holding Corporation, and Loadsmart Inc., among others.
Table of Contents
164 Pages
- 1 Executive Summary
- 1.1 Market Size 2024-2025
- 1.2 Market Growth 2025(F)-2034(F)
- 1.3 Key Demand Drivers
- 1.4 Key Players and Competitive Structure
- 1.5 Industry Best Practices
- 1.6 Recent Trends and Developments
- 1.7 Industry Outlook
- 2 Market Overview and Stakeholder Insights
- 2.1 Market Trends
- 2.2 Key Verticals
- 2.3 Key Regions
- 2.4 Supplier Power
- 2.5 Buyer Power
- 2.6 Key Market Opportunities and Risks
- 2.7 Key Initiatives by Stakeholders
- 3 Economic Summary
- 3.1 GDP Outlook
- 3.2 GDP Per Capita Growth
- 3.3 Inflation Trends
- 3.4 Democracy Index
- 3.5 Gross Public Debt Ratios
- 3.6 Balance of Payment (BoP) Position
- 3.7 Population Outlook
- 3.8 Urbanisation Trends
- 4 Country Risk Profiles
- 4.1 Country Risk
- 4.2 Business Climate
- 5 Global Digital Freight Brokerage Market Analysis
- 5.1 Key Industry Highlights
- 5.2 Global Digital Freight Brokerage Historical Market (2018-2024)
- 5.3 Global Digital Freight Brokerage Market Forecast (2025-2034)
- 5.4 Global Digital Freight Brokerage Market by Platform
- 5.4.1 Specialized and Generic Marketplaces
- 5.4.1.1 Historical Trend (2018-2024)
- 5.4.1.2 Forecast Trend (2025-2034)
- 5.4.2 Crowd Shipping Platform
- 5.4.2.1 Historical Trend (2018-2024)
- 5.4.2.2 Forecast Trend (2025-2034)
- 5.4.3 Digital Freight Exchange
- 5.4.3.1 Historical Trend (2018-2024)
- 5.4.3.2 Forecast Trend (2025-2034)
- 5.4.4 Tender Platform
- 5.4.4.1 Historical Trend (2018-2024)
- 5.4.4.2 Forecast Trend (2025-2034)
- 5.5 Global Digital Freight Brokerage Market by Deployment
- 5.5.1 Desktop
- 5.5.1.1 Historical Trend (2018-2024)
- 5.5.1.2 Forecast Trend (2025-2034)
- 5.5.2 Mobile
- 5.5.2.1 Historical Trend (2018-2024)
- 5.5.2.2 Forecast Trend (2025-2034)
- 5.6 Global Digital Freight Brokerage Market by Transportation Mode
- 5.6.1 Roadways
- 5.6.1.1 Historical Trend (2018-2024)
- 5.6.1.2 Forecast Trend (2025-2034)
- 5.6.2 Seaways
- 5.6.2.1 Historical Trend (2018-2024)
- 5.6.2.2 Forecast Trend (2025-2034)
- 5.6.3 Airways
- 5.6.3.1 Historical Trend (2018-2024)
- 5.6.3.2 Forecast Trend (2025-2034)
- 5.6.4 Railways
- 5.6.4.1 Historical Trend (2018-2024)
- 5.6.4.2 Forecast Trend (2025-2034)
- 5.7 Global Digital Freight Brokerage Market by End Use
- 5.7.1 Digital/Virtual Forwarders
- 5.7.1.1 Historical Trend (2018-2024)
- 5.7.1.2 Forecast Trend (2025-2034)
- 5.7.2 Logistics Companies
- 5.7.2.1 Historical Trend (2018-2024)
- 5.7.2.2 Forecast Trend (2025-2034)
- 5.7.3 3PL
- 5.7.3.1 Historical Trend (2018-2024)
- 5.7.3.2 Forecast Trend (2025-2034)
- 5.8 Global Digital Freight Brokerage Market by Region
- 5.8.1 North America
- 5.8.1.1 Historical Trend (2018-2024)
- 5.8.1.2 Forecast Trend (2025-2034)
- 5.8.2 Europe
- 5.8.2.1 Historical Trend (2018-2024)
- 5.8.2.2 Forecast Trend (2025-2034)
- 5.8.3 Asia Pacific
- 5.8.3.1 Historical Trend (2018-2024)
- 5.8.3.2 Forecast Trend (2025-2034)
- 5.8.4 Latin America
- 5.8.4.1 Historical Trend (2018-2024)
- 5.8.4.2 Forecast Trend (2025-2034)
- 5.8.5 Middle East and Africa
- 5.8.5.1 Historical Trend (2018-2024)
- 5.8.5.2 Forecast Trend (2025-2034)
- 6 North America Digital Freight Brokerage Market Analysis
- 6.1 United States of America
- 6.1.1 Historical Trend (2018-2024)
- 6.1.2 Forecast Trend (2025-2034)
- 6.2 Canada
- 6.2.1 Historical Trend (2018-2024)
- 6.2.2 Forecast Trend (2025-2034)
- 7 Europe Digital Freight Brokerage Market Analysis
- 7.1 United Kingdom
- 7.1.1 Historical Trend (2018-2024)
- 7.1.2 Forecast Trend (2025-2034)
- 7.2 Germany
- 7.2.1 Historical Trend (2018-2024)
- 7.2.2 Forecast Trend (2025-2034)
- 7.3 France
- 7.3.1 Historical Trend (2018-2024)
- 7.3.2 Forecast Trend (2025-2034)
- 7.4 Italy
- 7.4.1 Historical Trend (2018-2024)
- 7.4.2 Forecast Trend (2025-2034)
- 7.5 Others
- 8 Asia Pacific Digital Freight Brokerage Market Analysis
- 8.1 China
- 8.1.1 Historical Trend (2018-2024)
- 8.1.2 Forecast Trend (2025-2034)
- 8.2 Japan
- 8.2.1 Historical Trend (2018-2024)
- 8.2.2 Forecast Trend (2025-2034)
- 8.3 India
- 8.3.1 Historical Trend (2018-2024)
- 8.3.2 Forecast Trend (2025-2034)
- 8.4 ASEAN
- 8.4.1 Historical Trend (2018-2024)
- 8.4.2 Forecast Trend (2025-2034)
- 8.5 Australia
- 8.5.1 Historical Trend (2018-2024)
- 8.5.2 Forecast Trend (2025-2034)
- 8.6 Others
- 9 Latin America Digital Freight Brokerage Market Analysis
- 9.1 Brazil
- 9.1.1 Historical Trend (2018-2024)
- 9.1.2 Forecast Trend (2025-2034)
- 9.2 Argentina
- 9.2.1 Historical Trend (2018-2024)
- 9.2.2 Forecast Trend (2025-2034)
- 9.3 Mexico
- 9.3.1 Historical Trend (2018-2024)
- 9.3.2 Forecast Trend (2025-2034)
- 9.4 Others
- 10 Middle East and Africa Digital Freight Brokerage Market Analysis
- 10.1 Saudi Arabia
- 10.1.1 Historical Trend (2018-2024)
- 10.1.2 Forecast Trend (2025-2034)
- 10.2 United Arab Emirates
- 10.2.1 Historical Trend (2018-2024)
- 10.2.2 Forecast Trend (2025-2034)
- 10.3 Nigeria
- 10.3.1 Historical Trend (2018-2024)
- 10.3.2 Forecast Trend (2025-2034)
- 10.4 South Africa
- 10.4.1 Historical Trend (2018-2024)
- 10.4.2 Forecast Trend (2025-2034)
- 10.5 Others
- 11 Market Dynamics
- 11.1 SWOT Analysis
- 11.1.1 Strengths
- 11.1.2 Weaknesses
- 11.1.3 Opportunities
- 11.1.4 Threats
- 11.2 Porter’s Five Forces Analysis
- 11.2.1 Supplier’s Power
- 11.2.2 Buyer’s Power
- 11.2.3 Threat of New Entrants
- 11.2.4 Degree of Rivalry
- 11.2.5 Threat of Substitutes
- 11.3 Key Indicators for Demand
- 11.4 Key Indicators for Price
- 12 Competitive Landscape
- 12.1 Supplier Selection
- 12.2 Key Global Players
- 12.3 Key Regional Players
- 12.4 Key Player Strategies
- 12.5 Company Profiles
- 12.5.1 CH Robinson Worldwide Inc.
- 12.5.1.1 Company Overview
- 12.5.1.2 Product Portfolio
- 12.5.1.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
- 12.5.1.4 Certifications
- 12.5.2 Deutsche Post AG
- 12.5.2.1 Company Overview
- 12.5.2.2 Product Portfolio
- 12.5.2.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
- 12.5.2.4 Certifications
- 12.5.3 Echo Global Logistics, Inc.
- 12.5.3.1 Company Overview
- 12.5.3.2 Product Portfolio
- 12.5.3.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
- 12.5.3.4 Certifications
- 12.5.4 Convoy, Inc.
- 12.5.4.1 Company Overview
- 12.5.4.2 Product Portfolio
- 12.5.4.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
- 12.5.4.4 Certifications
- 12.5.5 DAT Solutions, LLC
- 12.5.5.1 Company Overview
- 12.5.5.2 Product Portfolio
- 12.5.5.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
- 12.5.5.4 Certifications
- 12.5.6 Flexport, Inc.
- 12.5.6.1 Company Overview
- 12.5.6.2 Product Portfolio
- 12.5.6.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
- 12.5.6.4 Certifications
- 12.5.7 Transfix, Inc.
- 12.5.7.1 Company Overview
- 12.5.7.2 Product Portfolio
- 12.5.7.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
- 12.5.7.4 Certifications
- 12.5.8 Uber Freight Holding Corporation
- 12.5.8.1 Company Overview
- 12.5.8.2 Product Portfolio
- 12.5.8.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
- 12.5.8.4 Certifications
- 12.5.9 Loadsmart Inc.
- 12.5.9.1 Company Overview
- 12.5.9.2 Product Portfolio
- 12.5.9.3 Demographic Reach and Achievements
- 12.5.9.4 Certifications
- 12.5.10 Others
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