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Exchange-rate basis

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THE GERMANY EDITION 2026

Germany’s
transportation and logistics industry,
in focus.

The companies, capital and talent shaping transportation and logistics in Germany. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.

Snapshot: Funding in USD
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COMPANIES · CAPITAL · TALENT

An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.

Transportation and Logistics illustration
MEET THE COMPANIES

Explore Germany’s transportation and logistics leaders

24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.

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Transportation and Logistics company highlights in Germany, snapshot 6 August 2026
Company
Deutsche Bahndeutschebahn.com$4.41B—8,765Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
BAVARIAbavariayachts.com$1.42B—700—
Hapag-Lloydhapag-lloyd.com$365.04M—1,520—
Cargobeamercargobeamer.com$265.42M—100—
DB Cargodbcargo.com$173.56M—31,600—
Mvgmvg.de$109.58M———
Cargocargo.one$83.84M—28—
hylanehylane.de$44.04M———
DHL Global Forwardinglogistics.dhl—13 roles1,001—
Rhenus Grouprhenus.group—11 roles158—
rail power systemsrail-ps.com—11 roles702—
Hermeshermesworld.com—10 roles18,000—
METRO LOGISTICSmetro-logistics.de—10 roles——
Pfenning Logisticspfenning-logistics.com—10 roles6,900—
Daimler Truckdaimlertruck.com—9 roles103,541—
Lekkerlandlekkerland.com—9 roles5,400—
Bombardier Transportationrail.bombardier.com——75,000—
Chapman Freebornchapman-freeborn.com————
DACHSERdachser.com——201Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
DHL IT Servicesdpdhl.com——750—
Dhldhl.com——1,001Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Distriparts Deutschlanddistriparts-deutschland.de——163Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
Fiege Logisticsfiege.com——21,487—
Kuehne + Nagelkuehne-nagel.com——92,372Financial figure available in RadarView in Radar
24 featured companies

Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗

Company discovery

Recorded evidence only

Explore the live startup set in Radar

No company example met every recorded classification, independence and public-profile gate in this snapshot. The live directory may have newer qualifying companies.

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THE KEY SIGNALS

Transportation and Logistics industry KPIs in Germany

A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.

6 August 2026
Hiring participation10.6%

221 of 2,091 tracked companies have open roles.

Funding participation3.5%

74 of 2,091 tracked companies have a recorded round.

Top 3 funding share86.2%

Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.

Median disclosed round$979.68K

Midpoint of 146 rounds with a disclosed amount.

Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 86.2% of disclosed capital, while 96.5% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.

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CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATION

How Germany transportation and logistics has grown

Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.

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2016 — 2025

Disclosed funding by year

Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD

Germany transportation and logistics
$0$682.22M$1.36B$2.05B$2.73B2016: $12.9M20162017: $20.3M20172018: $34.45M20182019: $2.39B20192020: $249.63M20202021: $124.95M20212022: $112.57M20222023: $2.29B20232024: $170.01M20242025: $67.46M2025
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Annual transportation and logistics funding and company formation in Germany
YearFunding (USD)FoundedRaising
2016$12.9M415
2017$20.3M397
2018$34.45M628
2019$2.39B6110
2020$249.63M5517
2021$124.95M4311
2022$112.57M2418
2023$2.29B1217
2024$170.01M43
2025$67.46M11
WHERE CAPITAL SITS

Funding concentration

Share of all disclosed company funding.

  • Deutsche Bahn61.3%
  • BAVARIA19.8%
  • Hapag-Lloyd5.1%
  • Other companies13.8%

Funding by stage

169 recorded rounds since 2016

NUMBER OF ROUNDS
Seed & Angel7 4.1%
Series A–B7 4.1%
Series C+ / PE6 3.6%
Grants, debt & other149 88.2%

Recent recorded rounds

Latest recorded rounds · USD
2 rounds

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Series B03/2026
Cargo $20M

Backed by Bessemer Venture Partners.

Largest and notable recorded rounds

Each card is one recorded round
10 cards

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Series B12/2020
Cargocargo.one$42M

Backed by Bessemer Venture Partners and Index Ventures and others.

THE BUSINESS BEHIND THE ACTIVITY

Revenue, profitability & financial strength

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Annual accounts availability

The measured Germany identity-to-filing probe did not produce a qualifying designated legal or national-ID join: designated German registry identities do not carry the LEI or ISIN used by bundesanzeiger facts; legal-name matching is prohibited.

DIGITAL FOOTPRINT

Web traffic, app reach and release cadence

How the Germany companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.

Busiest websites

56 of the 2,122 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (2.6%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 235,276 visits.

CompanyMonthly visitsAuthorityMobile
Dhldhl.de110,497,5257783.4%
Dhldhl.com74,486,1538673%
Deutsche Bahnbahn.de44,256,8818178.6%
myHermesmyhermes.de25,110,6016886.9%
ADACadac.de14,701,2958376.1%
Lufthansalufthansa.com11,570,8377760.4%
MyDHLexpress.dhl8,145,3356338.9%
SBBsbb.ch5,437,1007352.6%
DB Schenkerdbschenker.com2,656,0505883.4%
Condor Flugdienstcondor.com2,540,4316859.9%

Visits and authority are third-party web estimates, not company-reported figures.

Most-installed apps

141 of these companies (6.6%) publish at least one Android app — 247 apps in all, carrying 140.5M installs between them.

AppInstallsRatingStore category
DB NavigatorDeutsche Bahn51M4.6Travel & Local
Post & DHLDhl19M3.8Productivity
LufthansaLufthansa13.2M4.6Travel & Local
SBB MobileSBB8.3M3.4Maps & Navigation
ADAC Drive: Tanken Laden RouteADAC5.9M3.6Maps & Navigation
Hermes PaketmyHermes5.1M3.4Productivity
ADAC PannenhilfeADAC3.6M4.9Travel & Local
MVV-AppMVV2.5M4.1Travel & Local
VBB Bus & Bahn: tickets×VBB2.4M3.6Maps & Navigation
APCOA FLOW | Mobile ParkingApcoa2.2M—Auto & Vehicles

Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.

App reach by segment

The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2023Q4–2026Q2).

SegmentAppsInstallsLeading appRelease trend
Passenger Rail Operators2265.9MDB Navigator 51M
Freight Forwarders4725.6MPost & DHL 19M
Cep1719.4MDHL eCommerce 178.2K
Passenger Airlines614.8MLufthansa 13.2M
Car Rentals2514.2MADAC Drive: Tanken Laden Route 5.9M
Rail Infrastructure Managers2113.9MSBB Mobile 8.3M
Bus Operators6412.2MMVV-App 2.5M
Logistics Tech35.1MHermes Paket 5.1M

A company can carry several segment tags, so these rows overlap and should not be added together. Trend lines are zero-based and share one quarter grid, so a flat line is a quiet segment, not a missing one.

Release cadence by quarter

New apps published, beside apps whose most recent update landed in that quarter — the second bar is how much of the shelf is still being maintained.

2023Q1: 72023Q1: 02023Q12023Q2: 52023Q2: 12023Q22023Q4: 42023Q4: 22023Q42024Q1: 12024Q1: 52024Q12024Q2: 52024Q2: 22024Q22024Q3: 52024Q3: 102024Q32024Q4: 32024Q4: 62024Q42025Q1: 22025Q1: 32025Q12025Q2: 22025Q2: 52025Q22025Q3: 12025Q3: 322025Q32025Q4: 32025Q4: 342025Q42026Q1: 52026Q1: 282026Q1

Darker bars are new releases, lighter bars apps updated. 173 of 247 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2026Q1, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.

INSIDE THE INDUSTRY

The Germany transportation and logistics market map

Explore the segments behind the headline numbers.

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Where companies are building

Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.

Enterprise tech30
Consumer digital21
Enterprise software16
Saas12
Marketplaces7
Logistics saas7
Gig employers5
Logistics marketplaces5
Multimodal transport apps5

Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.

SEGMENT TO EXPLORE

Enterprise tech

The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.

30companies
13.3%have hiring activity

4 companies hiring · $84.21M disclosed funding

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How companies make money

Common revenue models; a company can use more than one.

Fee-for-service1,396
Commission on transaction504
E-commerce - service265
E-commerce - product178
Physical commerce153
Advertising124
Subscription102
Renting / leasing40
THE COMPANIES IN MOTION

Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work

Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.

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Recent corporate headlines 10 dated reports
Mergers & acquisitionsdaimlertruck.com ↗

Daimler Truck AG has announced a major investment in the UK market with the acquisition of eStar Truck & Van.

Mergers & acquisitionsrhenus.group ↗

Rhenus Group has completed the acquisition of LBH

Mergers & acquisitionsduvenbeck.de ↗

Duvenbeck was acquired by European private equity fund Waterland in 2022, which bought a 70% stake for an undisclosed amount.

Mergers & acquisitionsair-alliance.de ↗

Pilatus has agreed to acquire Air Alliance GmbH, its authorized sales and service center for Germany and Austria, bringing the Siegerland-based company’s sales, maintenance, flight training and aircraft management operations in-house.

IPO activityvincorion.com ↗

Fidelity International, Invesco Asset Management and T. Rowe Price had already given firm commitments to purchase a total of 105 million euros before the IPO.

Funding roundscargo.one ↗

In connection with the EUR 20 million financing round of the digital freight booking platform operator cargo.one, the Lufthansa Group has provided legal advice in its role as inventory investor. The round was led by US investor Bessemer Venture Partners, with the participation of other technology investors.

Mergers & acquisitionsdhl.com ↗

DHL Supply Chain, part of the DHL Group, the world’s leading logistics provider, has expanded its transport, distribution, and warehousing logistics services by road in South Africa with the acquisition of Vital Distribution Solutions, Staffing Logistics and Vital Fleet.

Mergers & acquisitionsbusinesswings.eu ↗

In January 2026, the Hanoverian Aerowest Group acquired the Kassel-based air carrier Businesswings Luftfahrtunternehmen GmbH from Sovereign Speed.

Mergers & acquisitionscontargo.net ↗

Contargo’s takeover of train management operations at PortShuttle Rotterdam on 1 November.

Company announcementslogistics.dhl ↗

DHL Global Forwarding is expanding its controlled airfreight capacity with a new thrice-weekly 777 freighter service linking South-east Asia and the US, alongside additional Asia-Europe routes, underlining continued demand on key east-west lanes.

Full recorded event mix

Top 10 categories among 1,610 recorded events in the 24-month window.

Company announcements
506
Leadership moves
236
Earnings
210
Contracts
183
Mergers & acquisitions
144
Asset acquisitions
50
Buyback
45
Job creation
45
Capital infusions
43
Layoffs
39
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Leadership moves

103 tracked people moves

DACHSER ↗
Daniel Brunnauer

Appointment General Manager for European Logistics

Danish Cutleriwala

Appointment Country Manager India

Latha Narayan

Appointment President, Asia-Pacific (APAC)

Heiko Krebs

Appointment Managing Director

Dirk Steffes

Appointment Managing Director

Armin Riedl

Resignation Previously Management Board member

Lufthansa ↗
Dr. Johannes Teyssen

Appointment Chairman of the Supervisory Board

Andreas Stegemann

Appointment Accountable manager

Product launches

Products, platforms and features in the recorded window

HiSERV ↗
HiSERV North America

Ground support equipment leasing platform

Dhl ↗
SOFTBOT platform

Technology-neutral automation software

Sustainable choice

Add‑On Service

smartULD

Add‑On Service

GoGreen Plus Premium

Decarbonization product

multi-modal service

Freight Management

Mercedes-Benz NextGenH2 Truck

Fuel cell road tractor

neuland.ai HUB

AI platform

Litigation

11 tracked suits

Company
United States Department of Transportation v lufthansa, air france, klm

Civil penalties for delays in processing passenger refundsRegulatory · Settled

Company
Italian tax agency v Italian unit of e-commerce giant Amazon, dhl, fedex, UPS, es

tax fraud and illegal labour practicesRegulatory · Settled

Earnings pulse

Reported company results in the recorded window.

21companies
232period observations
6.0%median reported growth

Median across 168 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.

Mergers and acquisitions

Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.

Acquirer → targetStatusDateValue / context
Daimler Truck→eStar Truck & Van LtdAnnounced2026-05-01Not stated in snapshot
Rhenus Group→lbh groupCompleted2026-04-29Not stated in snapshot
Rhenus Group→lbhCompleted2026-04-29Not stated in snapshot
Rhenus Group→LBH Global Agencies Inc.Completed2026-04-29Not stated in snapshot
Lufthansa→brussels airlinesAnnounced2026-04-27Not stated in snapshot
Cargobull→bergerAnnounced2026-04-24Not stated in snapshot

A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.

PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITY

The talent market

3,340 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 7,792-posting snapshot covers 146 employers.

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Most advertised job titles

Ausbildung Elektroniker:In Für Betriebstechnik 2026351
Ausbildung Zugverkehrssteuerer 2026 (W/M/D)198
Ausbildung Mechatroniker:In 2026151
Ausbildung Gleisbauer:In 2026145
Ausbildung Industriemechaniker:In 202692
Ausbildung It Systemelektroniker:In 202686
1 internship postings

5 tracked postings mention remote work.

The seniority mix

874 postings specify a level.

unspecified
6,918
manager
468
senior
143
lead
109
intern
82
entry
72
ADVERTISED PAY$89.9K/ year

Median across 30 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.

THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELD

Founders and leaders

339 founders and chief executives across 247 companies.

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12 profiles

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Education networks

7 profiles with education records.

Tsinghua University
2
Sciences Po
1
Stanford University
1
RWTH Aachen University
1
Aalto University
1
IESE Business School
1

Prior employers

1 profiles with prior-work records.

Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.

NEWS INTELLIGENCE

How this industry appears in the news

460,699 articles in the measured 12-month window.

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460,699articles in the measured year
89,221articles in 2026Q1
48.6%positive tone in the latest complete year

News volume trends

Transportation and Logistics coverage across Germany · articles per complete quarter

054,642109,283163,925218,5672021Q2: 75,4122021Q22021Q3: 82,3912021Q4: 70,7292022Q1: 89,7242022Q2: 84,6992022Q22022Q3: 82,3952022Q4: 99,2462023Q1: 101,7612023Q2: 93,6652023Q22023Q3: 102,2022023Q4: 88,8982024Q1: 111,9452024Q2: 123,1582024Q22024Q3: 118,9882024Q4: 121,2792025Q1: 171,0902025Q2: 105,6402025Q22025Q3: 190,0582025Q4: 86,6372026Q1: 89,2212026Q1
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QuarterArticles
2021Q275,412
2021Q382,391
2021Q470,729
2022Q189,724
2022Q284,699
2022Q382,395
2022Q499,246
2023Q1101,761
2023Q293,665
2023Q3102,202
2023Q488,898
2024Q1111,945
2024Q2123,158
2024Q3118,988
2024Q4121,279
2025Q1171,090
2025Q2105,640
2025Q3190,058
2025Q486,637
2026Q189,221

Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.

Tone of coverage over time

2021
137,055 positive · 35,732 neutral · 93,027 negative
2022
173,240 positive · 50,118 neutral · 132,273 negative
2023
211,817 positive · 62,950 neutral · 111,331 negative
2024
233,640 positive · 96,090 neutral · 145,019 negative
2025
268,578 positive · 146,843 neutral · 137,546 negative

Leading coverage topics

Transportation and Logistics coverage across Germany · ranked by full-period article count.

Geopolitical Disputes And Contested Areas300,310 articles in the full recorded period
100,294 recent · 75,566 prior
International And Transnational Geographic Entities300,304 articles in the full recorded period
100,292 recent · 75,566 prior
Administrative And Political Subdivisions300,257 articles in the full recorded period
100,269 recent · 75,557 prior
International Political Relations64,182 articles in the full recorded period
14,167 recent · 13,121 prior
Security And Defense Policies44,412 articles in the full recorded period
10,338 recent · 8,464 prior
International Sports Competitions38,653 articles in the full recorded period
5,918 recent · 10,344 prior
Sports History And Legacy Stories27,201 articles in the full recorded period
18,107 recent · 2,330 prior
International Relations And Diplomacy27,062 articles in the full recorded period
6,661 recent · 5,665 prior
Sportsmanship And Ethics In Sports24,020 articles in the full recorded period
17,313 recent · 1,445 prior
Professional League Updates24,004 articles in the full recorded period
5,114 recent · 4,821 prior

Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.

Topics gaining and losing attention

Transportation and Logistics coverage across Germany

KeywordRecentPriorChange
countries3,9031,710128%
multilateral diplomacy1,5191,03247%
violin virtuosity982362628%
violin concerto982442132%
trade dispute mechanisms92465042%
national security strategy90661647%
bilateral trade73652042%
study overseas60433879%
aerial bombardments555189194%
overseas study54431374%
europa league5392,620-79%
olympic team selections7451,826-59%
nationalist composers31,780-100%
aleatoric music81,373-99%
quarterfinals3661,367-73%

Event and signal lenses

Transportation and Logistics coverage across Germany

All complete annual cohorts shown
Rising

Regulatory Risk

796,906 classified articles

territories, disputed islands, countries

24.6% critical · 15.9% positive
Rising

Funding Momentum

88,177 classified articles

club valuation, inflation reports fx, currency intervention policies

39.3% critical · 43.1% positive
Rising

Growth

202,995 classified articles

gdp growth rate, gdp acceleration, economic output growth

29.5% critical · 46.3% positive

Transportation and Logistics coverage across Germany. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.

RESEARCH SIGNALS

What Transportation and Logistics research is working on

6,419 papers in the recorded worldwide scope.

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6,419papers
6,419worldwide comparison pool
—India-affiliated papers

Research orientation

Promising
3,099
Descriptive
1,171
Breakthrough
939
Problem-identifying
813
Comparative
204
Cautionary
181
Critical
12

Contribution mix

Methods-led
3,774
Empirical
1,937
Reviews
351
Position pieces
274
Theoretical
83

Tone counts: 5,520 positive · 624 neutral · 275 negative.

Common problems researchers identify
825 papers · 12.9% of this field
  • Fleet management333 papers
  • Supply chain217 papers
  • Transport engineering108 papers
  • Truck80 papers
  • Service78 papers
  • Supply chain optimization74 papers
  • Supply chain management54 papers
  • Sustainability38 papers

Landmark: Challenges in Scaling Up Biofuels Infrastructure

Cautions
181 papers · 2.8% of this field
  • Fleet management66 papers
  • Supply chain37 papers
  • Transport engineering25 papers
  • Truck22 papers
  • Service21 papers
  • Production14 papers
  • Supply chain optimization13 papers
  • Biofuel12 papers

Landmark: Assessing the impacts of deploying a shared self-driving urban mobility system: An agent-based model applied to the city of Lisbon, Portugal

Opportunities
4,038 papers · 62.9% of this field
  • Fleet management1,231 papers
  • Supply chain1,187 papers
  • Service401 papers
  • Supply chain optimization382 papers
  • Scheduling328 papers
  • Truck313 papers
  • Operations research304 papers
  • Transport engineering292 papers

Landmark: The Two-Echelon Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem: Models and Math-Based Heuristics

Leading institutions

Northwestern University
872
University of Bologna
792
University of California, Berkeley
691
The University of Texas at Austin
587
Poznań University of Technology
548
Delft University of Technology
521

Leading researchers

Fengqi You
799
Kara M. Kockelman
627
Daniele Vigo
588
Nilay Shah
548
M. Maciejewski
444
Joschka Bischoff
414
Guido Perboli
410
Roberto Tadei
410

Highly cited breakthrough-labelled papers

  • DeepPool: Distributed Model-Free Algorithm for Ride-Sharing Using Deep Reinforcement Learning167 citations
  • Next-Generation Automated Vehicle Location Systems: Positioning at the Lane Level135 citations
  • Multiobjective Robust Possibilistic Programming Approach to Sustainable Bioethanol Supply Chain Design under Multiple Uncertainties134 citations
  • Sustainable Design and Operation of Cellulosic Bioelectricity Supply Chain Networks with Life Cycle Economic, Environmental, and Social Optimization129 citations
  • A Column Generation Algorithm for a Rich Vehicle-Routing Problem125 citations

Common problems researchers identify

764 papers · 7 recurring themes
7 cards

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Supply Chain / Supply Chain OptimizationCommon problems researchers identify · 01

Supply Chain / Supply Chain Optimization

155 papers

20.3% of this theme group

Supply chain (148) · Supply chain optimization (71) · Supply chain management (61) · Supply chain risk management (25)

Supply chain optimization

Supply Chain Optimization, Management and Integration: Emerging Applications

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YearShare index
20221850.1
20231939.4
20242108.3
20252100.3
Fleet Management / AeronauticsCommon problems researchers identify · 02

Fleet Management / Aeronautics

143 papers

18.7% of this theme group

Fleet management (118) · Aeronautics (19) · Operations management (23) · Operations research (20)

Making Fleet Management Easier.

Guide for Fleet Management

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2022548.4
2023520.4
2024423.8
2025188.1
Fleet Management / Transport EngineeringCommon problems researchers identify · 03

Fleet Management / Transport Engineering

136 papers

17.8% of this theme group

Fleet management (119) · Transport engineering (68) · Truck (29) · Operations management (23)

EVALUATION OF THE POSSIBILITY OF IMPROVING THE OPERATION OF A TRANSPORT COMPANY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE VEHICLE FLEET MANAGEMENT

Road Transport Management System : fleet management

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YearShare index
2022623.3
2023609.2
2024485.8
2025308.6
Global Positioning System / Public TransportCommon problems researchers identify · 04

Global Positioning System / Public Transport

122 papers

16.0% of this theme group

Global Positioning System (22) · Public transport (18) · Vehicle routing problem (14) · Routing (13)

A Vehicle Tracking Device with Built-in Safety Features for Public Transportation Systems

Positioning needs for public transport

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20221217.8
20231170.5
20241025.6
20251106.6
Truck / Fuel EfficiencyCommon problems researchers identify · 05

Truck / Fuel Efficiency

102 papers

13.4% of this theme group

Truck (22) · Fuel efficiency (13) · Liquefied natural gas (6) · Diesel fuel (5)

Improvement of environmental compliance of urban transport system through enlarging fleet of gas-engine municipal machinery

Toward Sustainable Trucking: Reducing Emissions and Fuel Consumption

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YearShare index
2022441.5
2023428.2
2024340.0
2025322.6
Electric Vehicle / ElectrificationCommon problems researchers identify · 06

Electric Vehicle / Electrification

56 papers

7.3% of this theme group

Electric vehicle (22) · Electrification (15) · Electricity (7) · Fleet management (35)

Potential Users of Electric Mobility in Commercial Transport – Identification and Recommendations

Classification of Electric Vehicle Fleets Considering the Complexity of Fleet Charging Schedules

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YearShare index
2022582.0
2023631.6
2024580.8
2025551.2
Biomass / BiofuelCommon problems researchers identify · 07

Biomass / Biofuel

50 papers

6.5% of this theme group

Biomass (26) · Biofuel (24) · Raw material (17) · Supply chain (38)

Integrated biomass supply and logistics: a modeling environment for designing feedstock supply systems for biofuel production.

Modeling of biomass-to-energy supply chain operations: Applications, challenges and research directions

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YearShare index
2022776.8
2023772.8
2024707.9
2025672.0

Cautions

164 papers · 4 recurring themes
4 cards

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Fleet Management / Fuel EfficiencyCautions · 01

Fleet Management / Fuel Efficiency

70 papers

42.7% of this theme group

Fleet management (47) · Fuel efficiency (8) · Transport engineering (15) · Operations management (5)

Analysis of Fleet Management and Infrastructure Constraints in On-Demand Urban Air Mobility Operations

How to Use Advanced Fleet Management System to Promote Energy Saving in Transportation: A Survey of Drivers’ Awareness of Fuel-Saving Factor

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YearShare index
2022669.2
2023638.5
2024492.6
2025309.7
Public Transport / TruckCautions · 02

Public Transport / Truck

51 papers

31.1% of this theme group

Public transport (11) · Truck (15) · Electrification (7) · Transport engineering (14)

Performance analysis and fleet requirements of automated demand-responsive transport systems as an urban public transport service

Different Charging Strategies for Electric Vehicle Fleets in Urban Freight Transport

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YearShare index
2022636.1
2023619.0
2024556.9
2025560.1
Supply Chain / Supply Chain OptimizationCautions · 03

Supply Chain / Supply Chain Optimization

24 papers

14.6% of this theme group

Supply chain (23) · Supply chain optimization (9) · Supply chain management (6) · Supply chain risk management (3)

Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Optimization

Supply Chain Optimization: Machine Learning Applications in Inventory Management for E-Commerce

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YearShare index
20221850.1
20231939.4
20242108.3
20252100.3
Biofuel / BiomassCautions · 04

Biofuel / Biomass

19 papers

11.6% of this theme group

Biofuel (11) · Biomass (7) · Production (9) · Raw material (5)

Cost optimization of biofuel production – The impact of scale, integration, transport and supply chain configurations

Resource efficiency or economy of scale: Biorefinery supply chain configurations for co-gasification of black liquor and pyrolysis liquids

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YearShare index
2022647.0
2023634.5
2024604.5
2025514.0

Opportunities

3,641 papers · 7 recurring themes
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Supply Chain / Supply Chain ManagementOpportunities · 01

Supply Chain / Supply Chain Management

892 papers

24.5% of this theme group

Supply chain (838) · Supply chain management (220) · Supply chain optimization (309) · Supply chain risk management (68)

Optimization of the supply chain to improve the on-time performance

Supply Chain Optimization and Logistics

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YearShare index
20221850.1
20231939.4
20242108.3
20252100.3
Vehicle Routing Problem / RoutingOpportunities · 02

Vehicle Routing Problem / Routing

641 papers

17.6% of this theme group

Vehicle routing problem (156) · Routing (84) · Truck (129) · Service (145)

Distributionally Robust Optimization Approaches for a Stochastic Mobile Facility Fleet Sizing, Routing, and Scheduling Problem

Optimizing Vehicle Distributions and Fleet Sizes for Shared Mobility-on-Demand

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2022316.0
2023308.6
2024267.5
2025265.0
Fleet Management / Predictive MaintenanceOpportunities · 03

Fleet Management / Predictive Maintenance

625 papers

17.2% of this theme group

Fleet management (466) · Predictive maintenance (46) · Transport engineering (116) · Preventive maintenance (35)

A Simulation and Optimization Methodology for Reliability of Vehicle Fleets

DEVELOPMENT OF OPTIMIZED MAINTENANCE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE FLEET

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2022478.9
2023457.2
2024355.4
2025171.0
Operations Research / Fleet ManagementOpportunities · 04

Operations Research / Fleet Management

502 papers

13.8% of this theme group

Operations research (192) · Fleet management (309) · Scheduling (86) · Aviation (36)

An Integrated Approach for Airline Flight Selection and Timing, Fleet Assignment, and Aircraft Routing

A new approach to fleet assignment and aircraft routing problems

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YearShare index
2022362.8
2023336.0
2024199.5
202581.1
Global Positioning System / Vehicle Tracking SystemOpportunities · 05

Global Positioning System / Vehicle Tracking System

367 papers

10.1% of this theme group

Global Positioning System (230) · Vehicle tracking system (70) · Tracking system (46) · Automatic vehicle location (49)

Transportation Management System

Smart Transportation Tracking and Management System using IOT

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2022755.2
2023729.5
2024602.5
2025670.9
Electric Vehicle / ElectrificationOpportunities · 06

Electric Vehicle / Electrification

342 papers

9.4% of this theme group

Electric vehicle (110) · Electrification (63) · Battery (40) · Fleet management (161)

Electric bus fleet charging management: A robust optimisation framework addressing battery ageing, time-of-use tariffs, and energy consumpti

Designing Charging Infrastructure for a Fleet of Electric Vehicles Operating in Large Urban Areas

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2022454.4
2023503.2
2024489.8
2025459.8
Biomass / BiofuelOpportunities · 07

Biomass / Biofuel

272 papers

7.5% of this theme group

Biomass (94) · Biofuel (92) · Supply chain (229) · Supply chain optimization (108)

Multi-Objective Optimization to Support the Design of a Sustainable Supply Chain for the Generation of Biofuels from Forest Waste

Economic, environmental and social optimization of forest-based biomass supply chains for bioenergy and biofuels

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20222371.8
20232452.3
20242559.7
20252495.5

How this field compares with the research baseline

Orientation shares compared with 25,000 papers in the reference sample.

Research orientationThis fieldReference sample
Promising48.3%37.3%
Descriptive18.2%17.6%
Breakthrough14.6%26.1%
Problem-identifying12.7%9.7%
Comparative3.2%4.0%
Cautionary2.8%4.3%
Critical0.2%1.0%

Concerns receiving less research attention

Counts and shares refer to the stated research pool. A low count describes how much of that research is recorded here, not the absence of a real-world concern.

Concern / example paperPapersShareRaised as a problemWorldwide share
Privacy & surveillanceSecurity, privacy and safety evaluation of dynamic and static fleets of drones70.12%1 (14.3%)0.12%
Hardware, e-waste & supply chainIBM Blends Heuristics and Optimization to Plan Its Semiconductor Supply Chain60.11%0 (0.0%)0.11%
Concentration of compute powerOn the Optimization & Equilibrium of Demand in Supply Chain Based on the Value-adding Mechanism of Information Sharing40.07%1 (25.0%)0.07%
Bias & fairnessDynamic Shared Autonomous Vehicle Fleet Operations with Consideration of Fairness20.04%1 (50.0%)0.04%
Carbon & emissions of computeUsing Artificial Intelligence to Reduce Carbon Emissions from the Saudi Commercial Fleet10.02%0 (0.0%)0.02%
Labour & data workGender continues to play a role in fleet salaries10.02%0 (0.0%)0.02%
Energy & datacenter footprint00.0%0 (%)0.0%
Water use00.0%0 (%)0.0%
Safety & misuse00.0%0 (%)0.0%

Institution and researcher rankings use citations to their covered work. Research scope: worldwide. This may be broader than the company geography.

GEOGRAPHIC FOOTPRINT

Where companies are based

Company counts, hiring and disclosed funding across the recorded hubs.

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UNDERSTAND THE LANDSCAPE

Transportation and Logistics in Germany: key questions

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What does this landscape measure?

It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.

Can segment counts be added together?

No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.

What does a missing figure mean?

A dash or unavailable panel means the current reviewed source snapshot does not support that figure.

Company ecosystem snapshot: 6 August 2026. Funding is recorded in USD; filed accounts retain their stated currency and reporting basis. Each section identifies its own coverage. The news and research behind these sections is explorable in Prism.

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