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Global Third-Party Logistics

Publisher GlobalData
Published Jul 03, 2025
Length 50 Pages
SKU # GBDT20492663

Description

Global Third-Party Logistics

Summary

Global Third-Party Logistics industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2019-24, and forecast to 2029). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market.

Key Highlights
  • A third-party logistics (3PL) is a partner or service that helps merchants manage their supply chain. 3PL providers do not own the products for distribution but are legally bound and responsible for performing the logistics activities requested by the purchasing company. Its services include warehouse and inventory management, shipping coordination, order fulfillment, distribution, exchanges, and returns.
  • The global third-party logistics market recorded revenues of $892.6 billion in 2024, representing a negative compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.2% between 2019 and 2024.
  • The manufacturing segment accounted for the market's largest proportion in 2024, with total revenues of $474.5 billion, equivalent to 53.2% of the market's overall value.
  • In 2024, the global 3PL market recorded an annual growth of 1.0%. The market growth recovered due to the rise in the export of manufactured goods. According to the World Trade Organization (WTO), in 2024, Chinese and US manufactured goods exports reached $3.2 trillion and $1.3 trillion, respectively, up 1.9% and 5.8% annually.
Scope
  • Save time carrying out entry-level research by identifying the size, growth, major segments, and leading players in the third-party logistics market in the global
  • Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the globalthird-party logistics market
  • Leading company profiles reveal details of key third-party logistics market players’ global operations and financial performance
  • Add weight to presentations and pitches by understanding the future growth prospects of the Global third-party logistics market with five year forecasts
Reasons to Buy
  • What was the size of the Global third-party logistics market by value in 2024?
  • What will be the size of the Global third-party logistics market in 2029?
  • What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the Global third-party logistics market?
  • How has the market performed over the last five years?
  • What are the main segments that make up the global's third-party logistics market?

Table of Contents

50 Pages
1 Executive Summary
1.1. Market value
1.2. Market value forecast
1.3. Category segmentation
1.4. Geography segmentation
1.5. Market rivalry
1.6. Competitive landscape
2 Market Overview
2.1. Market definition
2.2. Market analysis
3 Market Data
3.1. Market value
4 Market Segmentation
4.1. Category segmentation
4.2. Geography segmentation
5 Market Outlook
5.1. Market value forecast
6 Five Forces Analysis
6.1. Summary
6.2. Buyer power
6.3. Supplier power
6.4. New entrants
6.5. Threat of substitutes
6.6. Degree of rivalry
7 Competitive Landscape
7.1. Who are the leading players?
7.2. What strategies do the leading players follow?
7.3. What are the strengths of the leading player?
7.4. What have been the most recent market developments?
8 Company Profiles
8.1. United Parcel Service Inc
8.2. FedEx Corp
8.3. DHL Group
8.4. CEVA Logistics SA
8.5. SF Holdings Co Ltd
9 Macroeconomic Indicators
9.1. Country data
10 Appendix
10.1. Methodology
10.2. Industry associations
10.3. Related GlobalData research
10.4. About GlobalData
List of Tables
Table 1: Global third-party logistics market value: $ million, 2019-24
Table 2: Global third-party logistics market category segmentation: % share, by value, 2019-24
Table 3: Global third-party logistics market category segmentation: $ million, 2019-24
Table 4: Global third-party logistics market geography segmentation: $ million, 2024
Table 5: Global third-party logistics market value forecast: $ million, 2024-29
Table 6: United Parcel Service Inc: Key Facts
Table 7: United Parcel Service Inc: annual financial ratios
Table 8: United Parcel Service Inc: key employees
Table 9: FedEx Corp: Key Facts
Table 10: FedEx Corp: annual financial ratios
Table 11: FedEx Corp: key employees
Table 12: FedEx Corp: key employees Continued
Table 13: DHL Group: Key Facts
Table 14: DHL Group: annual financial ratios
Table 15: DHL Group: key employees
Table 16: CEVA Logistics SA: Key Facts
Table 17: CEVA Logistics SA: key employees
Table 18: SF Holdings Co Ltd: Key Facts
Table 19: SF Holdings Co Ltd: annual financial ratios
Table 20: SF Holdings Co Ltd: key employees
Table 21: Global Exchange Rate, 2019-24
List of Figures
Figure 1: Global third-party logistics market value: $ million, 2019-24
Figure 2: Global third-party logistics market category segmentation: $ million, 2019-24
Figure 3: Global third-party logistics market geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2024
Figure 4: Global third-party logistics market value forecast: $ million, 2024-29
Figure 5: Forces driving competition in the global third-party logistics market, 2024
Figure 6: Drivers of buyer power in the global third-party logistics market, 2024
Figure 7: Drivers of supplier power in the global third-party logistics market, 2024
Figure 8: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the global third-party logistics market, 2024
Figure 9: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the global third-party logistics market, 2024
Figure 10: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the global third-party logistics market, 2024

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