Europe B2C Ecommerce Report 2013

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EUROPE B2C ECOMMERCE 2012 EUROPE B2C E-COMMERCE
19.0%
Europe’s B2C
e-commerce
growth in
2012
Western Europe (including the UK, France, the Benelux
countries and Ireland) is the European region with the
highest B2C e-commerce turnover. This is due to the impact
of two of the largest e-commerce economies in Europe:
the UK and France. Western Europe represents €160.8 bn
or 51.6% of the total European e-commerce market.
The Central European region – which includes Germany,
Austria, Switzerland and Poland – is the second largest
e-commerce region in Europe, with €76.3 bn or 24.5% of
the European e-commerce industry. Germany sets the
tone in this region as the second largest e-commerce
nation of Europe.
The Southern European region surpassed the Nordic
countries in 2012 and is now the third region in Europe,
with €32.4 bn turnover and a staggering 29.3% growth
rate. Its share in the total European e-commerce market
is 10.4%. Eastern Europe and Southern Europe – inclu-
ding Spain, Italy, Portugal, Greece and Turkey – are the
two regions with the most emerging e-commerce markets.
The Northern European region – with Sweden, Denmark,
Finland, Norway and the Baltic states – is now in fourth
position for e-commerce size, with €28.7 bn and a 9.2%
European market share.
The Eastern European region, led by Russia, has shown
an impressive 32.6% growth , reaching a turnover of
€13.4 bn and a 4% market share.
The following table shows the turnover of European B2C
e-commerce, including goods and services, for the years
2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 in billions of euros and the
percentage growth per year:
EUROPEAN B2C E-COMMERCE TURNOVER OF GOODS AND SERVICES, IN MILLION
OF EUROS AND PERCENTAGE GROWTH, 2009-2012
European Region 2009 2010 Growth 2011 Growth 2012 Growth
West 99,0 118,1 19.4% 138,8 17.5% 160,8 15.8%
Central 44,2 53,3 20.7% 63,4 18.8% 76,3 20.5%
South 16,4 20,0 21.9% 25,1 25.2% 32,4 29.3%
North 19,2 22,0 14.2% 24,9 13.3% 28,7 15.1%
East 5,7 7,5 31.3% 10,1 34.9% 13,4 32.6%
Total Europe (47) 184,5 220,9 19.7% 262,3 18.7% 311,6 18.8%
Total EU (28) 166,7 198,6 19.1% 234,1 17.9% 276,5 18.1%
Figure 3: European e-commerce turnover of goods and services, Ecommerce Europe, 2013