Editor’s Pick: State Of Carrier Consolidation In Europe

Excerpt of Transporeon blog post that looks at carrier consolidation in the European trucking market.

Aug 11, 2025

Note: Today’s post is part of our “Editor’s Pick” series where we highlight posts published by our sponsors that provide practical knowledge and advice on timely and important supply chain and logistics topics. This recent post from Transporeon’s blog looks at carrier consolidation in the European market.

Episode 3 of the Freight Perspectives podcast addresses a topic that continues to simmer in our industry’s consciousness: carrier consolidation. Is the market increasingly shrinking and becoming more concentrated by the hands of just a few giants in the field? For a while, there’s been an underlying feeling that soon, only major players will be running the show.

When we look at the current European transport landscape, however, it presents a bit of a paradox.

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