The Furniture Industry In Europe

The Furniture Industry In Europe

Part of CSIL’s Country Furniture Outlook Series covering 100 countries at present, ‘The furniture industry in Europe’ contains all the main statistics and indicators useful to analyze the furniture sector in Europe and in 30 European countries: Austria, Belgium-Lux, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK.

EUROPEAN FURNITURE MARKET OUTLOOK

The first part of this study goes in-depth into challenges affecting the furniture industry, the future perspectives for the European furniture sector, and a hot topic for the European furniture industry, which is the green and digital transitions.

The role of Europe in the global furniture context is analysed with historical series of basic data (furniture production, consumption, and trade 2018-2023), the European furniture production performance and future perspectives, the main factors affecting the competitiveness of manufacturers (labor cost, availability of raw materials and components, investments in technology and machinery, innovations, recycling, sustainability, and circularity), imports penetration, exports orientation, description of the main furniture manufacturing countries.

The European furniture market potential and development insights: future perspectives of the furniture sector in Europe, furniture market forecasts up to 2025.

The Furniture manufacturing system and trends in the development of furniture production by segment, with trends in furniture sub-segments (available data up to 2022).

The competitive system in Europe, with the recent European furniture manufacturers’ strategies, mergers, and acquisitions.

The Top furniture manufacturers in Europe: the competitive system analysis includes figures for the leading 50 European furniture companies (company name, country, website, activity, furniture specialization, total turnover, and the number of employees, share of furniture on total sales) ranked by their turnover.

This part also comments on the most recent challenges affecting the furniture industry, like the impact of the energy crisis, the geopolitical issues, the strategies implemented by the leading furniture manufacturers and suppliers, the supply chain disruptions, and the price increase.

COUNTRY ANALYSIS: 30 COUNTRY REPORTS

For each considered country (Austria, Belgium-Lux, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom):

Market outline and macroeconomic trends
Production, consumption, imports, and exports of furniture for the time series 2018-2023
Comparison with the European furniture sector: country rankings on production, consumption, imports, and exports
Furniture market forecasts for 2024 and 2025
Trading partners: the origin of furniture imports and furniture export destination
Value of furniture consumption and production by segment (upholstered furniture, office furniture, kitchen furniture, Furniture for bedroom, dining-living room* and other furniture)
Manufacturing system: number of furniture firms, and size
Short profiles of leading furniture manufacturers
Over 2000 short profiles of furniture manufacturers are also provided, with information on their activity, product portfolio, turnover range, employees range, general email address -when available- and website.

Types of furniture covered: Office furniture, Upholstered furniture, Non-upholstered seats, Kitchen furniture, Bedroom furniture, Dining and living room furniture, and Other Furniture.

* For Bulgaria, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Slovenia, and Switzerland, the furniture consumption and production breakdown by segment is available only by upholstered furniture, office furniture, kitchen furniture, and other furniture.

SELECTED COMPANIES
Among the leading furniture manufacturers mentioned in this study: Aquinos, BRW Black Red White, Cotta Collection, Design Holding, Ekornes, Friul Intagli, Howden Joinery, IKEA, Lifestyle Design, Natuzzi, Nobilia, Nowy Styl, Polipol, Schmidt Groupe, Schüller, Société Fournier, Steelcase, Welle Holding.