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 ↗
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.

An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.
MEET THE COMPANIESExplore Germany’s transportation and logistics leaders
24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.
Expand panel +
Explore Germany’s transportation and logistics leaders
24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.
Company discovery
Recorded evidence onlyExplore 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.
Explore classified startups in Radar ↗Transportation and Logistics industry KPIs in Germany
A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.
221 of 2,091 tracked companies have open roles.
74 of 2,091 tracked companies have a recorded round.
Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.
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.
Explore the segments →CAPITAL & COMPANY FORMATIONHow Germany transportation and logistics has grown
Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.
Expand panel +
How Germany transportation and logistics has grown
Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.
Disclosed funding by year
Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD
View the numbers
| Year | Funding (USD) | Founded | Raising |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $12.9M | 41 | 5 |
| 2017 | $20.3M | 39 | 7 |
| 2018 | $34.45M | 62 | 8 |
| 2019 | $2.39B | 61 | 10 |
| 2020 | $249.63M | 55 | 17 |
| 2021 | $124.95M | 43 | 11 |
| 2022 | $112.57M | 24 | 18 |
| 2023 | $2.29B | 12 | 17 |
| 2024 | $170.01M | 4 | 3 |
| 2025 | $67.46M | 1 | 1 |
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
Investors appearing most often
Recorded participation in transportation and logistics company rounds since 2016.
- 01Europa 72 rounds
- 02Bund.de 36 rounds
- 03Hessen 5 rounds
- 04Gov 4 rounds
- 05Ib-Sh 4 rounds
- 06Economy And Finance 4 rounds
- 07Creandum 3 rounds
- 08Bessemer Venture Partners 3 rounds
- 09Point Nine 3 rounds
- 010Lufthansa Cargo 2 rounds
Recent recorded rounds
Latest recorded rounds · USDBacked by TransMedics.
Backed by Bessemer Venture Partners.
Largest and notable recorded rounds
Each card is one recorded roundParticipating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Backed by OIC.
Backed by Bessemer Venture Partners and Index Ventures and others.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Backed by Bundesregierung.
Backed by Bessemer Venture Partners.
Backed by Next47 and Creandum and others.
Backed by JOST World.
Backed by ALSTIN Capital.
Backed by Creandum and Lufthansa Cargo and others.
THE BUSINESS BEHIND THE ACTIVITYRevenue, profitability & financial strength
Expand panel +
Revenue, profitability & financial strength
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.
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.
| Company | Monthly visits | Authority | Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dhldhl.de | 110,497,525 | 77 | 83.4% |
| Dhldhl.com | 74,486,153 | 86 | 73% |
| Deutsche Bahnbahn.de | 44,256,881 | 81 | 78.6% |
| myHermesmyhermes.de | 25,110,601 | 68 | 86.9% |
| ADACadac.de | 14,701,295 | 83 | 76.1% |
| Lufthansalufthansa.com | 11,570,837 | 77 | 60.4% |
| MyDHLexpress.dhl | 8,145,335 | 63 | 38.9% |
| SBBsbb.ch | 5,437,100 | 73 | 52.6% |
| DB Schenkerdbschenker.com | 2,656,050 | 58 | 83.4% |
| Condor Flugdienstcondor.com | 2,540,431 | 68 | 59.9% |
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.
| App | Installs | Rating | Store category |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB NavigatorDeutsche Bahn | 51M | 4.6 | Travel & Local |
| Post & DHLDhl | 19M | 3.8 | Productivity |
| LufthansaLufthansa | 13.2M | 4.6 | Travel & Local |
| SBB MobileSBB | 8.3M | 3.4 | Maps & Navigation |
| ADAC Drive: Tanken Laden RouteADAC | 5.9M | 3.6 | Maps & Navigation |
| Hermes PaketmyHermes | 5.1M | 3.4 | Productivity |
| ADAC PannenhilfeADAC | 3.6M | 4.9 | Travel & Local |
| MVV-AppMVV | 2.5M | 4.1 | Travel & Local |
| VBB Bus & Bahn: tickets×VBB | 2.4M | 3.6 | Maps & Navigation |
| APCOA FLOW | Mobile ParkingApcoa | 2.2M | — | 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).
| Segment | Apps | Installs | Leading app | Release trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passenger Rail Operators | 22 | 65.9M | DB Navigator 51M | |
| Freight Forwarders | 47 | 25.6M | Post & DHL 19M | |
| Cep | 17 | 19.4M | DHL eCommerce 178.2K | |
| Passenger Airlines | 6 | 14.8M | Lufthansa 13.2M | |
| Car Rentals | 25 | 14.2M | ADAC Drive: Tanken Laden Route 5.9M | |
| Rail Infrastructure Managers | 21 | 13.9M | SBB Mobile 8.3M | |
| Bus Operators | 64 | 12.2M | MVV-App 2.5M | |
| Logistics Tech | 3 | 5.1M | Hermes 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.
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 INDUSTRYThe Germany transportation and logistics market map
Explore the segments behind the headline numbers.
Expand panel +
The Germany transportation and logistics market map
Explore the segments behind the headline numbers.
Where companies are building
Rank segments by scale, hiring or disclosed funding.
Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.
Enterprise tech
The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.
4 companies hiring · $84.21M disclosed funding
Explore in RadarHow companies make money
Common revenue models; a company can use more than one.
THE COMPANIES IN MOTIONWho is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.
Expand panel +
Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.
Recent corporate headlines 10 dated reports
Daimler Truck AG has announced a major investment in the UK market with the acquisition of eStar Truck & Van.
Rhenus Group has completed the acquisition of LBH
Duvenbeck was acquired by European private equity fund Waterland in 2022, which bought a 70% stake for an undisclosed amount.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In January 2026, the Hanoverian Aerowest Group acquired the Kassel-based air carrier Businesswings Luftfahrtunternehmen GmbH from Sovereign Speed.
Contargo’s takeover of train management operations at PortShuttle Rotterdam on 1 November.
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.
IPO pipeline
4 companies with recorded IPO activity
IPO · Frankfurt Stock Exchange12 reports
IPO · Frankfurt Stock Exchange8 reports
IPO1 reports
IPO1 reports
Leadership moves
103 tracked people moves
Appointment General Manager for European Logistics
Appointment Country Manager India
Appointment President, Asia-Pacific (APAC)
Appointment Managing Director
Appointment Managing Director
Resignation Previously Management Board member
Appointment Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Appointment Accountable manager
Product launches
Products, platforms and features in the recorded window
Ground support equipment leasing platform
Technology-neutral automation software
Add‑On Service
Add‑On Service
Decarbonization product
Freight Management
Fuel cell road tractor
AI platform
Contract wins
86 recorded customer wins
Customer: iconConstruction
Customer: RLColdCold Storage Logistics
Customer: sun microsystemsLogistics
Customer: sheinAviation
Customer: U.S. Air Force One fleetAviation
Customer: jd.comLogistics
Workforce actions
12 companies with reported reductions
4,000 rolesautomation
4,000 rolescost reduction
6,000 rolescost reduction
1,500 rolescost saving
21 rolescost reduction
2 roles
Regulatory events
23 recorded events
Regulation (EU) No 596/2014
information published
pending anti-trust clearance
approved for acquisitionEgyptian Competition Authority
Litigation
11 tracked suits
Civil penalties for delays in processing passenger refundsRegulatory · Settled
tax fraud and illegal labour practicesRegulatory · Settled
Earnings pulse
Reported company results in the recorded window.
Median across 168 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.
Mergers and acquisitions
Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.
| Acquirer → target | Status | Date | Value / context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daimler Truck→eStar Truck & Van Ltd | Announced | 2026-05-01 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Rhenus Group→lbh group | Completed | 2026-04-29 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Rhenus Group→lbh | Completed | 2026-04-29 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Rhenus Group→LBH Global Agencies Inc. | Completed | 2026-04-29 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Lufthansa→brussels airlines | Announced | 2026-04-27 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Cargobull→berger | Announced | 2026-04-24 | Not stated in snapshot |
A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.
PEOPLE & OPPORTUNITYThe talent market
3,340 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 7,792-posting snapshot covers 146 employers.
Expand panel +
The talent market
3,340 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 7,792-posting snapshot covers 146 employers.
Most advertised job titles
5 tracked postings mention remote work.
The seniority mix
874 postings specify a level.
Median across 30 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.
Companies hiring
Large employers
| Company | Employees |
|---|---|
| Daimler Truck ↗ | 103,541 |
| TRATON ↗ | 100,356 |
| Kuehne + Nagel ↗ | 92,372 |
| Bombardier Transportation ↗ | 75,000 |
| Lufthansa Group ↗ | 37,721 |
| DB Cargo ↗ | 31,600 |
| Fiege Logistics ↗ | 21,487 |
| Hermes ↗ | 18,000 |
THE PEOPLE BUILDING THE FIELDFounders and leaders
339 founders and chief executives across 247 companies.
Expand panel +
Founders and leaders
339 founders and chief executives across 247 companies.
Lena Stiller
Deutsche Bahn ↗Deutsche Bahn, ex-Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit, ex-Bernstein, King's College London, 2015
Rolf Habben Jansen
Hapag-Lloyd ↗Ex-DHL, Damco. Erasmus University 1991
Nicolas Albrecht
Cargobeamer ↗Ex-Glencore, The Boston Consulting Group. Stanford University BA 2010
Moritz C Claussen
Cargo ↗Co-Founder & CBO OptioPay Group, Co-Founder & MD Onjo, etruvian, One Young World. Trinity College School - TCS 2008, Zeppelin University…
Richard Lutz
Deutsche Bahn ↗RPTU Kaiserslautern Landau PhD
Sarah Schiffer
hylane ↗DEVK Insurance. University of Munster MSc 2018, European University of Applied Sciences, Bruhl BSc 2016
Roman Noack
Helrom ↗Ex-Cobra, DB Cargo, Deutsche Bahn.
Jost Lammers
Munich-Airport ↗Airports Council International, Budapest Airport, Hamburg Airport.
Abdullah Jaber
Trailer Dynamics ↗Trailer Dynamics, ex-Rwth Aachen University, ex-Dlr
Albrecht Flierl
AirGO ↗University of Mannheim
Michael Medding
Koehlertransfer ↗Ex-WISAG, Aveco Holding, IFM Immobilien.
Melanie Patout
KCW ↗Ex - Trans-Missions Manager. University of Münster Full-time lawyer, law 2005, University of Poitiers Right 2003
Education networks
7 profiles with education records.
Prior employers
1 profiles with prior-work records.
Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.
NEWS INTELLIGENCEHow this industry appears in the news
460,699 articles in the measured 12-month window.
Expand panel +
How this industry appears in the news
460,699 articles in the measured 12-month window.
News volume trends
Transportation and Logistics coverage across Germany · articles per complete quarter
View quarterly article counts
| Quarter | Articles |
|---|---|
| 2021Q2 | 75,412 |
| 2021Q3 | 82,391 |
| 2021Q4 | 70,729 |
| 2022Q1 | 89,724 |
| 2022Q2 | 84,699 |
| 2022Q3 | 82,395 |
| 2022Q4 | 99,246 |
| 2023Q1 | 101,761 |
| 2023Q2 | 93,665 |
| 2023Q3 | 102,202 |
| 2023Q4 | 88,898 |
| 2024Q1 | 111,945 |
| 2024Q2 | 123,158 |
| 2024Q3 | 118,988 |
| 2024Q4 | 121,279 |
| 2025Q1 | 171,090 |
| 2025Q2 | 105,640 |
| 2025Q3 | 190,058 |
| 2025Q4 | 86,637 |
| 2026Q1 | 89,221 |
Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.
Tone of coverage over time
Most-covered companies
Company share of voice
2,199 recorded company events across 74 companies; percentages use that event total.
Leading coverage topics
Transportation and Logistics coverage across Germany · ranked by full-period article count.
Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.
Topics gaining and losing attention
Transportation and Logistics coverage across Germany
| Keyword | Recent | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| countries | 3,903 | 1,710 | 128% |
| multilateral diplomacy | 1,519 | 1,032 | 47% |
| violin virtuosity | 982 | 36 | 2628% |
| violin concerto | 982 | 44 | 2132% |
| trade dispute mechanisms | 924 | 650 | 42% |
| national security strategy | 906 | 616 | 47% |
| bilateral trade | 736 | 520 | 42% |
| study overseas | 604 | 338 | 79% |
| aerial bombardments | 555 | 189 | 194% |
| overseas study | 544 | 313 | 74% |
| europa league | 539 | 2,620 | -79% |
| olympic team selections | 745 | 1,826 | -59% |
| nationalist composers | 3 | 1,780 | -100% |
| aleatoric music | 8 | 1,373 | -99% |
| quarterfinals | 366 | 1,367 | -73% |
Event and signal lenses
Transportation and Logistics coverage across Germany
Regulatory Risk
796,906 classified articlesterritories, disputed islands, countries
24.6% critical · 15.9% positiveFunding Momentum
88,177 classified articlesclub valuation, inflation reports fx, currency intervention policies
39.3% critical · 43.1% positiveGrowth
202,995 classified articlesgdp growth rate, gdp acceleration, economic output growth
29.5% critical · 46.3% positiveTransportation and Logistics coverage across Germany. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.
RESEARCH SIGNALSWhat Transportation and Logistics research is working on
6,419 papers in the recorded worldwide scope.
Expand panel +
What Transportation and Logistics research is working on
6,419 papers in the recorded worldwide scope.
Research orientation
Contribution mix
Tone counts: 5,520 positive · 624 neutral · 275 negative.
- 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
- 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
- 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
Leading researchers
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
Common problems researchers identify · 01Supply Chain / Supply Chain Optimization
155 papers20.3% 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
View research history
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1850.1 |
| 2023 | 1939.4 |
| 2024 | 2108.3 |
| 2025 | 2100.3 |
Common problems researchers identify · 02Fleet Management / Aeronautics
143 papers18.7% of this theme group
Fleet management (118) · Aeronautics (19) · Operations management (23) · Operations research (20)
Making Fleet Management Easier.
Guide for Fleet Management
View research history
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 548.4 |
| 2023 | 520.4 |
| 2024 | 423.8 |
| 2025 | 188.1 |
Common problems researchers identify · 03Fleet Management / Transport Engineering
136 papers17.8% 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
View research history
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 623.3 |
| 2023 | 609.2 |
| 2024 | 485.8 |
| 2025 | 308.6 |
Common problems researchers identify · 04Global Positioning System / Public Transport
122 papers16.0% 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
View research history
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1217.8 |
| 2023 | 1170.5 |
| 2024 | 1025.6 |
| 2025 | 1106.6 |
Common problems researchers identify · 05Truck / Fuel Efficiency
102 papers13.4% 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
View research history
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 441.5 |
| 2023 | 428.2 |
| 2024 | 340.0 |
| 2025 | 322.6 |
Common problems researchers identify · 06Electric Vehicle / Electrification
56 papers7.3% 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
View research history
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 582.0 |
| 2023 | 631.6 |
| 2024 | 580.8 |
| 2025 | 551.2 |
Common problems researchers identify · 07Biomass / Biofuel
50 papers6.5% 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
View research history
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 776.8 |
| 2023 | 772.8 |
| 2024 | 707.9 |
| 2025 | 672.0 |
Cautions
164 papers · 4 recurring themes
Cautions · 01Fleet Management / Fuel Efficiency
70 papers42.7% 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
View research history
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 669.2 |
| 2023 | 638.5 |
| 2024 | 492.6 |
| 2025 | 309.7 |
Cautions · 02Public Transport / Truck
51 papers31.1% 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
View research history
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 636.1 |
| 2023 | 619.0 |
| 2024 | 556.9 |
| 2025 | 560.1 |
Cautions · 03Supply Chain / Supply Chain Optimization
24 papers14.6% 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
View research history
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1850.1 |
| 2023 | 1939.4 |
| 2024 | 2108.3 |
| 2025 | 2100.3 |
Cautions · 04Biofuel / Biomass
19 papers11.6% 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
View research history
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 647.0 |
| 2023 | 634.5 |
| 2024 | 604.5 |
| 2025 | 514.0 |
Opportunities
3,641 papers · 7 recurring themes
Opportunities · 01Supply Chain / Supply Chain Management
892 papers24.5% 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
View research history
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1850.1 |
| 2023 | 1939.4 |
| 2024 | 2108.3 |
| 2025 | 2100.3 |
Opportunities · 02Vehicle Routing Problem / Routing
641 papers17.6% 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
View research history
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 316.0 |
| 2023 | 308.6 |
| 2024 | 267.5 |
| 2025 | 265.0 |
Opportunities · 03Fleet Management / Predictive Maintenance
625 papers17.2% 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
View research history
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 478.9 |
| 2023 | 457.2 |
| 2024 | 355.4 |
| 2025 | 171.0 |
Opportunities · 04Operations Research / Fleet Management
502 papers13.8% 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
View research history
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 362.8 |
| 2023 | 336.0 |
| 2024 | 199.5 |
| 2025 | 81.1 |
Opportunities · 05Global Positioning System / Vehicle Tracking System
367 papers10.1% 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
View research history
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 755.2 |
| 2023 | 729.5 |
| 2024 | 602.5 |
| 2025 | 670.9 |
Opportunities · 06Electric Vehicle / Electrification
342 papers9.4% 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
View research history
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 454.4 |
| 2023 | 503.2 |
| 2024 | 489.8 |
| 2025 | 459.8 |
Opportunities · 07Biomass / Biofuel
272 papers7.5% 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
View research history
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2371.8 |
| 2023 | 2452.3 |
| 2024 | 2559.7 |
| 2025 | 2495.5 |
How this field compares with the research baseline
Orientation shares compared with 25,000 papers in the reference sample.
| Research orientation | This field | Reference sample |
|---|---|---|
| Promising | 48.3% | 37.3% |
| Descriptive | 18.2% | 17.6% |
| Breakthrough | 14.6% | 26.1% |
| Problem-identifying | 12.7% | 9.7% |
| Comparative | 3.2% | 4.0% |
| Cautionary | 2.8% | 4.3% |
| Critical | 0.2% | 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 paper | Papers | Share | Raised as a problem | Worldwide share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Privacy & surveillanceSecurity, privacy and safety evaluation of dynamic and static fleets of drones | 7 | 0.12% | 1 (14.3%) | 0.12% |
| Hardware, e-waste & supply chainIBM Blends Heuristics and Optimization to Plan Its Semiconductor Supply Chain | 6 | 0.11% | 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 Sharing | 4 | 0.07% | 1 (25.0%) | 0.07% |
| Bias & fairnessDynamic Shared Autonomous Vehicle Fleet Operations with Consideration of Fairness | 2 | 0.04% | 1 (50.0%) | 0.04% |
| Carbon & emissions of computeUsing Artificial Intelligence to Reduce Carbon Emissions from the Saudi Commercial Fleet | 1 | 0.02% | 0 (0.0%) | 0.02% |
| Labour & data workGender continues to play a role in fleet salaries | 1 | 0.02% | 0 (0.0%) | 0.02% |
| Energy & datacenter footprint | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.0% |
| Water use | 0 | 0.0% | 0 (%) | 0.0% |
| Safety & misuse | 0 | 0.0% | 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 FOOTPRINTWhere companies are based
Company counts, hiring and disclosed funding across the recorded hubs.
Expand panel +
Where companies are based
Company counts, hiring and disclosed funding across the recorded hubs.

Hamburg
125 companies32.1% across the displayed hubs
16 companies hiring · $365.1M disclosed funding
Explore companies in Hamburg ↗
Berlin
86 companies22.1% across the displayed hubs
8 companies hiring · $4.5B disclosed funding
Explore companies in Berlin ↗
Bremen
52 companies13.3% across the displayed hubs
8 companies hiring · $1.2M disclosed funding
Explore companies in Bremen ↗
Munich
47 companies12.1% across the displayed hubs
7 companies hiring · $143.1M disclosed funding
Explore companies in Munich ↗
Cologne
25 companies6.4% across the displayed hubs
3 companies hiring · $44.0M disclosed funding
Explore companies in Cologne ↗Frankfurt Am Main
19 companies4.9% across the displayed hubs
5 companies hiring · $43.8M disclosed funding
Explore companies in Frankfurt Am Main ↗
Dusseldorf
18 companies4.6% across the displayed hubs
2 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
Explore companies in Dusseldorf ↗
Frankfurt
18 companies4.6% across the displayed hubs
2 companies hiring · $49.1M disclosed funding
Explore companies in Frankfurt ↗Transportation and Logistics in Germany: key questions
Clear definitions for making better comparisons.
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.
Canonical landscape ↗