https://www.worldfurnitureonline.com/research-market/the-european-market-office-furniture-0058455.html According to CSIL, the office furniture market in Europe increased by 4.7% in 2015 reaching a total value of EUR 7.8 billion. Largest markets like Germany, France and the United Kingdom pushed the growth performing over the European average. Among the Central-Eastern European countries, the largest and well performing markets were Poland and the Czech Republic. Market concentration in Europe continued to increase. Today the top 20 players represent 42% of the total European output growing by about 6 points if compared to 2010. This report offers a comprehensive picture of the office furniture market in Europe, providing main statistics (production, consumption, imports and exports), figures by country, market forecasts, performance of top European office furniture manufacturers, analysis of supply structure, prices and distribution channels and addresses of about 200 office furniture companies. Starting from this edition, the geographical perimeter has been expanded to 30 European countries (28 States of the EU plus Norway and Switzerland): Northern Europe (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden); Western Europe (Belgium-Luxembourg, France, Ireland, Netherlands and the UK); Central Europe (Germany, Austria and Switzerland); Southern Europe (Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain); Central-Eastern Europe (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania, Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania).

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CONTENTS:
METHODOLOGY 7
Figure 0.1 Countries included in the report 7
Table 0.1 Exchange rates between national currencies and Euro, 2008-2015 8
1. SCENARIO 11
1.1 Market evolution and figures by country 11
Table 1.1 Europe. Production, consumption, international trade, price and openness of the office furniture maket, 2005-2015 11
Figure 1.1 Europe 30. Office furniture production, 2000-2015. Million Eur and % change 12
Figure 1.2 Europe. Breakdown of office furniture production by Europe 17 and New Eu members (EU13), 2000 -2015. Million Eur and
% change 12
Table 1.2 Europe. Office furniture. Production, exports, imports and consumption by country, 2015. Million EUR and annual
percentage changes at current prices 13
Figure 1.3 Europe. Production, consumption and international trade, 2015. Percentage shares by country 14
1.2 Leading groups in Europe and their market shares 15
Figure 1.4 Europe. Office furniture. Market share of the top five companies, 2010-2015. Percentage shares 15
Table 1.3 Europe. Office furniture. Market shares on total production, 2010-2015. Percentage shares 16
1.3 Current trends and forecasts for 2016 and 2017 18
Figure 1.5 Europe**. Office furniture production and GDP, 2005-2015 and forecasts for 2016 and 2017. Percentage changes at
constant prices 18
2. BUSINESS PERFORMANCE 20
2.1 Northern Europe 20
Denmark 20
Table 2.1 Denmark. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2010-2015 20
Table 2.2 Denmark. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2016-2017. Percentage changes 20
Finland 21
Table 2.3 Finland. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2010-2015 21
Table 2.4 Finland. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2016-2017. Percentage changes 21
Norway 22
Table 2.5 Norway. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2010-2015 22
Table 2.6 Norway. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2016-2017. Percentage changes 22
Sweden 23
Table 2.7 Sweden. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2010-2015 23
Table 2.8 Sweden. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2016-2017. Percentage changes 23
2.2 Western Europe 24
Belgium 24
Table 2.9 Belgium. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2010-2015 24
Table 2.10 Belgium. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2016-2017. Percentage changes1 24
France 25
Table 2.11 France. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2010-2015 25
Table 2.12 France. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2016-2017. Percentage changes 25
Ireland 26
Table 2.13 Ireland. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2010-2015 26
Table 2.14 Ireland. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2016-2017. Percentage changes 26
Netherlands 27
Table 2.15 Netherlands. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2010-2015 27
Table 2.16 Netherlands. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2016-2017. Percentage changes 27
United Kingdom 28
Table 2.17 United Kingdom. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2010-2015
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Table 2.18 United Kingdom. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2016-2017. Percentage changes 28
2.3 Central Europe (DACH) 29

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Austria 29
Table 2.19 Austria. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2010-2015 29
Table 2.20 Austria. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2016-2017. Percentage changes 29
Germany 30
Table 2.21 Germany. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2010-2015 30
Table 2.22 Germany. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2016-2017. Percentage changes 30
Switzerland 31
Table 2.23 Switzerland. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2010-2015 31
Table 2.24 Switzerland. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2016-2017. Percentage changes 31
2.4 Southern Europe 32
Greece 32
Table 2.25 Greece. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2010-2015 32
Table 2.26 Greece. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2016-2017. Percentage changes 32
Italy 33
Table 2.27 Italy. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2010-2015 33
Table 2.28 Italy. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2016-2017. Percentage changes 33
Portugal 34
Table 2.29 Portugal. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2010-2015 34
Table 2.30 Portugal. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2016-2017. Percentage changes 34
Spain 35
Table 2.31 Spain. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2010-2015 35
Table 2.32 Spain. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2016-2017. Percentage changes 35
2.5 Central-Eastern Europe 36
Bulgaria 36
Table 2.33 Bulgaria. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2010-2015 36
Table 2.34 Bulgaria. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2016-2017. Percentage changes 36
Croatia 37
Table 2.35 Croatia. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2010-2015 37
Table 2.36 Croatia. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2016-2017. Percentage changes 37
Cyprus 38
Table 2.37 Cyprus. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2010-2015 38
Table 2.38 Cyprus.. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2016-2017. Percentage changes 38
CZECH REPUBLIC 39
Table 2.39 Czech Republic. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2010-2015
39
Table 2.40 Czech Republic. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2016-2017. Percentage changes 39
Estonia 40
Table 2.41 Estonia. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2010-2015 40
Table 2.42 Estonia. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2016-2017. Percentage changes 40
Hungary 41
Table 2.43 Hungary. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2010-2015 41
Table 2.44 Hungary. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2016-2017. Percentage changes 41
Lithuania 42
Table 2.45 Lithuania. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2010-2015 42
Table 2.46 Lithuania. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2016-2017. Percentage changes 42
Latvia 43
Table 2.47 Latvia. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2010-2015 43
Table 2.48 Latvia. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2016-2017. Percentage changes 43
Malta 44
Table 2.49 Malta. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2010-2015 44
Table 2.50 Malta. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2016-2017. Percentage changes 44
Poland 45
Table 2.51 Poland. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2010-2015 45
Table 2.52 Poland. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2016-2017. Percentage changes 45
Romania 46

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Table 2.53 Romania. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2010-2015 46
Table 2.54 Romania. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2016-2017. Percentage changes 46
Slovenia 47
Table 2.55 Slovenia. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2010-2015 47
Table 2.56 Slovenia. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2016-2017. Percentage changes 47
Slovakia 48
Table 2.57 Slovakia. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2010-2015 48
Table 2.58 Slovakia. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2016-2017. Percentage changes 48
3. INTERNATIONAL TRADE 49
3.1 Exports 49
Figure 3.1 Europe. Exports of office furniture, 2010-2015. Million EUR and % change 49
Figure 3.2 Europe. Exports of office furniture by segment, 2015. Percentage shares 50
Figure 3.3 Europe. Leading exporters by segment, 2015. Million Eur 50
Table 3.1 Europe. Office furniture. Exports by country and by geographical destination, 2010-2015 51
Table 3.2 Europe. Office furniture excluding seating. Exports by country and by geographical destination, 2010-2015 52
Table 3.3 Europe. Office seating. Exports by country and by geographical destination, 2010-2015 53
3.2 Extra European destinations 54
Figure 3.4 Europe. Office furniture. Exports to the main extra-European areas, 2010-2015. Million EUR and average % change 54
Table 3.4 Europe. Office furniture. Leading exporters to extra-European areas, 2015. Million EUR 55
3.3 Imports 56
Figure 3.5 Europe. Imports of office furniture, 2010-2015. Million EUR and % change 56
Figure 3.6 Europe. Imports of office furniture by segment, 2015. Percentage shares 56
Figure 3.7 Europe. Leading importers by segment, 2015. Million EUR 57
Table 3.5 Europe. Office furniture. Imports by country and by geographical origin, 2010-2015 58
Table 3.6 Europe. Office furniture excluding seating. Imports by country and by geographical origin, 2010-2015 59
Table 3.7 Europe. Office seating. Imports by country and by geographical origin, 2010-2015 60
Figure 3.8 Europe. Office furniture. Imports provenance, 2010-2015. Percentage shares 61
Table 3.8 Europe. Office furniture. Chinese imports penetration* by country, 2015. Million EUR and percentage values 62
4. SUPPLY STRUCTURE 63
4.1 Product segments 63
Table 4.1 Europe. Office seating and office furniture excluding seating. Production and consumption by country, 2015. Million EUR
and annual average change 2015/2010 64
Figure 4.1 Europe. Office furniture. Breakdown of production by type 2010-2015. Percentage shares 65
Figure 4.2 Europe. Office furniture. Production in the largest countries, 2010 and 2015. Percentage shares 66
Office seating 67
Figure 4.3 Europe. Seating production, 2010 and 2015. Million EUR and average percentage change 67
Figure 4.4 Europe. Breakdown of office seating by type,* 2010-2015. Percentages 67
Figure 4.5 Europe. Breakdown of seating supply by covering, 2010-2015. Percentages 68
Table 4.2 Europe. Seating supply by type* in a sample of companies** Percentages 68
Table 4.3 Europe. Seating supply by covering in a sample of companies* Percentage values 69
Operative desking 70
Figure 4.6 Europe. Operative desking production, 2010 and 2015. Million EUR and average percentage change 70
Figure 4.7 Europe. Breakdown of desking supply among sit-stand, adjustable and non-adjustable, 2010-2015. Percentages 70
Figure 4.8 Europe. Breakdown of desking supply between freestanding and panel-based desking, 2010-2015. Percentages 71
Table 4.4 Europe. Breakdown of desking supply between adjustable and non-adjustable in a sample of companies*.Percentages 71
Table 4.5 Europe. Breakdown of desking supply by freestanding and panel-based desking in a sample of companies*. Percentages 72
Figure 4.9 Europe. Breakdown of desking* supply by structure/frame material, 2010-2015. Percentages 72
Figure 4.10 Europe. Breakdown of desking* supply by worktop material, 2010-2015. Percentages 73
Table 4.6 Europe. Breakdown of desking* supply by structure and by worktop material in a sample of companies**. Percentages 73
Executive furniture 74
Figure 4.11 Europe. Production of executive furniture, 2010 and 2015. Million EUR and average percentage change 74
Filing systems 74
Figure 4.12 Europe. Production of filing systems, 2010 and 2015. Million EUR and average percentage change 74
Figure 4.13 Europe. Breakdown of filing systems supply by type, 2010-2015. Percentages 75
Table 4.7 Europe. Filing systems. Supply by type of storage in a sample of companies*. Percentages 76
Figure 4.14 Europe. Cabinets, storage and filing supply by material, 2010-2015. Percentages 77
Table 4.8 Europe. Cabinets, storage and filing. Supply by type in a sample of companies*. Percentages 77

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Wall-to-wall units 78
Figure 4.15 Europe. Production of wall-to-wall units, 2010 and 2015. Million EUR and average percentage change 78
Figure 4.16 Europe. Partition walls by type, 2010-2015. Percentages 78
Figure 4.17 Europe. Partition walls by material, 2010 and 2015. Percentages 79
Table 4.9 Europe. Breakdown of wall-to-wall units supply by type of partition in a sample of companies*Percentages 79
Table 4.10 Europe. Breakdown of wall-to-wall units supply by material in a sample of companies* Percentages 79
Furniture for meeting rooms and communal areas 81
Figure 4.18 Europe. Production of furniture for meeting rooms and communal areas 2010 and 2015. Million EUR and average
percentage change 81
4.2 Employment and investment activity 82
Table 4.11 Europe. Office furniture. Production, employment and turnover per employee, 2015 82
Table 4.12 Europe. Office furniture. Employment in a sample of companies, 2010-2015. Units 83
Figure 4.19 Europe. Office furniture. Expenditure on investments 2004-2015. Percentages of total turnover 85
Table 4.13 Europe. Office furniture. Investments in a sample of companies, 2015/2016. Percentage of total turnover 85
5. DISTRIBUTION AND PRICES 86
5.1 Distribution channels 86
Figure 5.1 Europe. Office furniture. Evolution of distribution channels, 2010-2013-2015. Percentages 86
Table 5.1 Europe. Office furniture. Incidence of the distribution channels in the major European markets, 2015. Percentages 87
Table 5.2 Europe. Breakdown of office furniture sales by distribution channel in a sample of companies, 2015. Percentages 88
5.2 Prices: focus on office swivel chairs in Europe 91
Table 5.3 Europe. Office swivel chairs. Total number of units sold by market, 2014 and 2015. Thousands units and annual percentage
changes 91
Figure 5.2 European top 5 maket. Office swivel chairs. Total number of units sold by market, 2014 and 2015. Percentage 92
Figure 5.3 Germany. Office swivel chairs. Brand positioning by average net price and number of units sold, 2015. 92
Figure 5.4 France. Office swivel chairs. Brand positioning by average net price and number of units sold, 2015. 93
Figure 5.5 United Kingdom. Office swivel chairs. Brand positioning by average net price and number of units sold, 2015. 93
Figure 5.6 Italy. Office swivel chairs. Brand positioning by average net price and number of units sold, 2015. 94
Figure 5.7 Sweden. Office swivel chairs. Brand positioning by average net price and number of units sold, 2015. 94
Figure 5.8 Spain. Office swivel chairs. Brand positioning by average net price and number of units sold, 2015. 95
Figure 5.9 Poland. Office swivel chairs. Brand positioning by average net price and number of units sold, 2015. 95
6. COMPANY MARKET SHARES BY PRODUCT 96
6.1 Total sales 96
Table 6.1 Europe. Office furniture. Total production in a sample of companies, 2014 and 2015. 99
6.2 Office seating 100
Table 6.2 Europe. Office seating. Total production in a sample of companies, 2014 and 2015. 103
6.3 Office desking 104
Table 6.3 Europe. Operative desking. Total production in a sample of companies, 2014 and 2015. 105
6.4 Executive furniture 106
Table 6.4 Europe. Executive furniture. Total production in a sample of companies, 2014 and 2015. 106
6.5 Filing systems 107
Table 6.5 Europe. Total storage products (personal filing, cabinets, and archiving systems). Total production in a sample of
companies, 2014 and 2015. 108
Table 6.6 Europe. Archiving systems. Total production in a sample of companies, 2014 and 2015. 109
Table 6.7 Europe. Personal filing and cabinets. Total production in a sample of companies, 2014 and 2015. 110
6.6 Wall to wall units 111
Table 6.8 Europe. Wall-to-wall units. Total production in a sample of companies, 2014 and 2015. 112
6.7 Furniture for communal areas 113
Table 6.9 Europe. Furniture for meeting rooms and communal areas. Total production in a sample of companies, 2014 and 2015. 114
7. COMPANY MARKET SHARES BY COUNTRY 115
7.1 Northern Europe 115
Denmark 115
Table 7.1 Denmark. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2015. 116
Finland 117
Table 7.2 Finland. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2015. 117

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Norway 118
Table 7.3 Norway. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2015. 118
Sweden 119
Table 7.4 Sweden. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2015. 120
7.2 Western Europe 121
Belgium 121
Table 7.5 Belgium. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2015. 122
France 123
Table 7.6 France. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2015. 124
Ireland 125
Table 7.7 Ireland. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2015. 125
The Netherlands 126
Table 7.8 The Netherland. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2015. 127
The United Kingdom 128
Table 7.9 United Kingdom. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2015. 131
7.3 Central Europe (DACH) 132
Austria 132
Table 7.10 Austria. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2015. 133
Germany 134
Table 7.11 Germany. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2015. 136
Switzerland 137
Table 7.12 Switzerland. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2015. 138
7.4 Southern Europe 139
Greece 139
Table 7.13 Greece. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2015. 139
Italy 140
Table 7.14 Italy. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2015. 141
Portugal 142
Table 7.15 Portugal. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2015. 142
Spain 143
Table 7.16 Spain. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2015. 143
7.5 Central-Eastern Europe 144
Poland 144
Table 7.17 Poland. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2015. 147
Czech Republic 148
Table 7.18 Czech Republic. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2015. 150
Hungary 151
Table 7.19 Hungary. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2015. 152
Romania 153
Table 7.20 Romania. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2015. 154
Other Eastern Europe 155
Table 7.21 Other Eastern Europe**. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2015. 156
7.5 Extra European sales 157
Extra-European Union and Russia 157
Table 7.22 Extra-European Union and Russia**. Sales of office furniture in a sample of European companies, 2015. 157
Middle-East 158
Table 7.23 Middle East. Sales of office furniture in a sample of European companies, 2015. 159
Asia-Pacific 159
Table 7.24 Asia Pacific. Sales of office furniture in a sample of European companies, 2015. 160
North America 161
Table 7.25 North America. Sales of office furniture in a sample of European companies, 2015. 161

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Central-South America 162
Table 7.26 Central-South America. Sales of office furniture in a sample of European companies, 2015. 162
Africa 163
Table 7.27 Africa. Sales of office furniture in a sample of European companies, 2015. 163
APPENDIX 1: INTERNATIONAL TRADE TABLES 164
APPENDIX 2: LIST OF MENTIONED COMPANIES 221