The European Market for Office Furniture

Abstract

SUMMARY:

This report offers a comprehensive picture of the office furniture sector in 16 Western European countries, providing trends in office furniture production and consumption, office furniture imports and exports, office furniture prices, marketing policies and distribution.

The report provides a breakdown of office furniture production by type (seating: office seating, visitor seating, contract seating; operative desking: adjustable, not adjustable; executive furniture; filing systems/storage; wall-to-wall units; furniture for reception and communal areas). Trends of office furniture prices by country, and data on productive concentration and employment are also provided.

The analysis of office furniture distribution channels by country covers: direct sales (contract), office specialists, non specialized, large scale distribution, mail order, e-commerce. A breakdown of office furniture sales by distribution channel is available for the main companies. List prices of office furniture are provided by price range and product type.

A breakdown of European office furniture exports and imports is provided by country and product type (office furniture, office seating), also considering the performance of the main European producers on extra - EU markets (Central-Eastern Europe and Russia, Middle East, Pacific Asia, North America, South America).

Addresses of 288 office furniture companies mentioned in the report are also included.

Countries covered: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.

Among the considered products: office furniture, metal office furniture, wood office furniture, office seating, visitor seating, contract seating, fabric seating, leather seating, microfibre seating, operative desking (workstations), executive desking, wood desking, metal desking, wood and metal desking, adjustable desking, not adjustable desking, executive furniture, filing systems (metal, wood), wall-to-wall units (partitions), furniture for reception and communal areas.