Europe Aftermarket Parts Buying Group and Distributor Profiles: Which Factors Fuel Growth?
Investment in digital initiatives, vertical integration, and consolidation are the key themes emerging across the EU5 aftermarket distribution segment
Research Overview
This research report profiles, analyzes, and benchmarks the key buying groups and distributors in the European independent aftermarket distribution ecosystem. The regional scope of the research is EU4 (Germany, France, Italy, Spain) + UK. The base year for the analysis is 2021. Revenue analysis is carried out for 2019 and 2021 as a measure to identify the impact of pandemic and the participants’ resilience.
The study evaluates and benchmarks the leading buying groups broadly across areas of finance, operation, digital initiatives and mix of parts & workshop concepts. Each criterion accounts for a 5 point scale. The afore mentioned criteria are then sub classified to 11 major criteria - Financials & Investment appetite, Network Strength, Impact of Pandemic & recovery, Technician training, Digitization: B2B & B2C Portal, Connected technologies in value chain, Digital Transformation, Workshop Concepts & Loyalty Program, Strength of Private Label, Remanufactured parts, and Commercial Vehicle parts. In addition to the above, the national/regional distributors are benchmarked on 2 specific criteria- Strength of Buying Group, and Regional Autonomy.
This research service also discusses the impact of COVID-19 on the distribution ecosystem, association between buying groups and distributors, summary of market events in the past 5 years that includes M&A activity & partnerships, private label mix, financial snapshot of all the regional distributors in the scope, and digital initiatives
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