Industry landscapes
The companies, capital and talent shaping transportation and logistics in the United Kingdom. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.
An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.
24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.
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230 of 6,251 tracked companies have open roles.
141 of 6,251 tracked companies have a recorded round.
Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.
Midpoint of 152 rounds with a disclosed amount.
Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 79.0% of disclosed capital, while 97.7% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.
Explore the segments →Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.
Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD
| Year | Funding (USD) | Founded | Raising |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $344.83M | 178 | 10 |
| 2017 | $72.83M | 170 | 10 |
| 2018 | $648.34M | 221 | 12 |
| 2019 | $14.73M | 250 | 9 |
| 2020 | $5.51B | 254 | 23 |
| 2021 | $618.11M | 177 | 16 |
| 2022 | $157.46M | 114 | 17 |
| 2023 | $758.49M | 91 | 13 |
| 2024 | $173.89M | 26 | 6 |
| 2025 | $1.11B | 7 | 7 |
Share of all disclosed company funding.
212 recorded rounds since 2016
Recorded participation in transportation and logistics company rounds since 2016.
Backed by IFC.
Backed by Delta.
Backed by Alfvén & Didrikson and Legal & General and others.
Backed by PayPoint and Independent Growth Finance.
Backed by Angel Trains.
Backed by Legal & General and Alfvén & Didrikson and others.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Backed by Redevco and Legal & General and others.
Backed by Inven Capital and 2150.VC and others.
Backed by PayPoint.
Backed by Creandum and General Catalyst and others.
Annual accounts for reporting companies linked to this landscape, on like-for-like currency and reporting bases.
Display conversions use the dated reference rates above. Where a verified rate is unavailable, figures retain their source currency. Each reporting cohort keeps its currency and accounting basis separate.
FY2025 · annual statements grouped by reported fiscal year; exact entity periods remain on preview rows · 48 reporting entities from 1270 eligible matches.
Sum of reporting-entity revenue; not the United Kingdom market sales.
Combined result for the same cohort.
Combined net income ÷ combined revenue.
The middle covered reporting entity.
40 of 48 covered entities.
Share of covered revenue from the five largest entities.
Reported cohort totals by year; coverage is stated for every period.
Bar height shows revenue. Changes in coverage can affect totals.
FY2025 · 48 reporting entities
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| Company / reporting entity | Revenue | Net profit / loss | Net margin | Revenue growth | Total assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FreshLinc ↗04100636 | £135.4m | £-1.1m | -0.8% | — | — |
| Herd ↗07640504 | £50.6m | £2.7m | +5.4% | — | — |
| Law Distribution ↗02915724 | £19.6m | £0.3m | +1.6% | — | — |
| HBC Logistics ↗10681180 | £14.4m | £-0.1m | -0.8% | — | — |
| Lenham ↗00874230 | £12.6m | £0.4m | +3.2% | — | — |
| Mcpplc ↗01919399 | £0.4m | £9.6m | +2646.3% | — | — |
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| Goldstar ↗03535726 | Financial figure available in Radar | Financial figure available in Radar | Financial figure available in Radar | Financial figure available in Radar | Financial figure available in Radar |
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| Industry | Covered / eligible | Revenue total | Median revenue | Net profit / loss | Aggregate margin | Profitable share | Overlap |
|---|
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Filed annual accounts for exact designated national identifiers. Every aggregate and peer pair uses one fiscal year, source currency and reporting basis; periods, coverage and overlap are explicit; 2026 partials are excluded.
The same up to eight reporting entities remain open across years, filters and sorts. Other company figures are available in Radar.
Source currencies and accounting bases stay separate. Missing accounts are excluded rather than treated as zero. Exact reporting periods appear on company previews. Annual totals can change with coverage and do not measure growth of a fixed company cohort.
How the the United Kingdom companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.
33 of the 6,268 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (0.5%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 317,223 visits.
| Company | Monthly visits | Authority | Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|
| easyJeteasyjet.com | 23,363,054 | 84 | 65.5% |
| dpddpd.co.uk | 17,529,262 | 64 | 88.3% |
| Yodelyodel.co.uk | 9,929,528 | 62 | 91.3% |
| Virgin Atlanticvirginatlantic.com | 4,450,513 | 72 | 61.9% |
| Jet2.comjet2.com | 4,232,246 | 68 | 71.7% |
| Gatwick Airportgatwickairport.com | 1,969,602 | 67 | 85.9% |
| Stagecoachstagecoachbus.com | 1,891,249 | 62 | 83.5% |
| Avantiwestcoastavantiwestcoast.co.uk | 1,480,867 | 53 | 72.9% |
| Stansted Airportstanstedairport.com | 1,373,674 | 69 | 80.5% |
| Dhlparceldhlparcel.co.uk | 867,697 | 49 | 91.8% |
Visits and authority are third-party web estimates, not company-reported figures.
224 of these companies (3.6%) publish at least one Android app — 280 apps in all, carrying 54.6M installs between them.
| App | Installs | Rating | Store category |
|---|---|---|---|
| easyJet: Travel AppeasyJet | 29.1M | 4.3 | Travel & Local |
| DPDdpd | 6.5M | 2 | Lifestyle |
| Stagecoach BusStagecoach | 4.1M | 4.2 | Maps & Navigation |
| Yodel Parcel Tracker & ReturnsYodel | 3.8M | — | Lifestyle |
| NCPNational Car Parks Limited | 1.8M | 3.4 | Travel & Local |
| ScotRail Train Times & Ticketsscotrail | 1.3M | 4.9 | Maps & Navigation |
| Addison Lee: Taxis & CouriersAddison Lee | 821.5K | 4.3 | Maps & Navigation |
| NX Bus mTicketnxbus | 789K | 3.6 | Travel & Local |
| Avanti West CoastAvantiwestcoast | 703K | 4.6 | Maps & Navigation |
| Skyline TaxisSkylinetaxis | 287.6K | 4.3 | Travel & Local |
Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.
The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2024Q1–2026Q2).
| Segment | Apps | Installs | Leading app | Release trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passenger Airlines | 5 | 29.2M | easyJet: Travel App 29.1M | |
| Warehousing | 18 | 6.8M | DPD 6.5M | |
| Bus Operators | 31 | 6.5M | Stagecoach Bus 4.1M | |
| Cep | 11 | 4.1M | Yodel Parcel Tracker & Returns 3.8M | |
| Passenger Rail Operators | 9 | 2.9M | ScotRail Train Times & Tickets 1.3M | |
| Car Rentals | 100 | 2.3M | Addison Lee: Taxis & Couriers 821.5K | |
| Parking Services | 3 | 1.8M | NCP 1.8M | |
| Road Transport Tech | 16 | 690.3K | Skyline Taxis 287.6K |
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.
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. 201 of 280 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2026Q1, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.
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The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.
2 companies hiring · $40.78M disclosed funding
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Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.
In March, the broker acquired Link Group in an $80m deal, adding a North American crude and derivatives brokerage and data business to its platform.
acquired TBR Global Chauffeuring, a luxury rides company based in Glasgow.
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE) and its wholly owned subsidiary Kawasaki Kinkai Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (Kawasaki Kinkai Kisen) announce that “K” LINE has acquired all of the shares of “K” Line Wind Service, Ltd. (KWS) held by Kawasaki Kinkai Kisen, making it a wholly owned subsidiary of “K” LINE.
Dubai-based DP World is evaluating a potential acquisition of a controlling stake in Associated British Ports, as shareholders move to divest a majority holding in one of the United Kingdom’s largest port networks.
Acquisitions US supply chain services company, OIA Global has acquired US-headquartered international freight forwarding and customs brokerage firm, Cargo Services, Inc. (CSI).
NEW YORK — Hitachi Rail will acquire Clever Devices, a maker of technology for transit systems, the companies announced today.
Fonterra Co-operative Group has completed the sale of its global consumer and associated businesses, including Mainland Group, to global dairy leader Lactalis.
CVC Credit has provided senior debt financing to support Waterland Private Equity’s acquisition of Palletways.
easyStorage, a self-storage operator with 45 container-based locations in the United Kingdom, has secured up to £180 million of asset-backed financing with Arini Capital Management Ltd., an alternative credit manager.
Strategically, the acquisition allows us to significantly increase our share of the global charter market, enter a new segment (Cargo) and enhance our aircraft management offering.
Top 10 categories among 1,373 recorded events in the 24-month window.
2 companies with recorded IPO activity
IPO · NSE and BSE33 reports
IPO · ASX2 reports
124 tracked people moves
Appointment Senior Vice President, International Sales & Strategy and General Manager, Ireland
Departure
Appointment Interim Policy and Communications Director
Appointment Chief of Staff
Promotion Procurement Director
Appointment Vice President Sales
Appointment HGV Training and Compliance Manager
Departure Previously sales vice-president
Products, platforms and features in the recorded window
air cargo service
Service
Temperature monitoring
Sustainability hub
A320neo parts
Charity campaign
Special mission aircraft sourcing and preparation
Integrated Logistics Solution
84 recorded customer wins
Customer: Hinkley Point C
Customer: bpenergy
Customer: DHL GroupAviation
Customer: Newcastle Borough CouncilReal Estate
Customer: jcbConstruction/Logistics
Customer: dhl expressAviation
7 companies with reported reductions
10.0% rolescost reduction
300 rolesadministration
450 rolesbankruptcy liquidation
121 rolescustomer restructuring
Scale not stated rolesliquidity challenges
31 rolescost reduction
30 recorded events
approved to reopen
issued safety alertFederal Aviation Administration (FAA)
licence grantedBangalore International Airport Limited
Approved for maintenance scope extensionUK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)
5 tracked suits
protection from creditors; appointment of administratorsRegulatory · Filed
Unpaid fees and coercion claimCivil · Ongoing
Reported company results in the recorded window.
Median across 134 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.
Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.
| Acquirer → target | Status | Date | Value / context |
|---|---|---|---|
| I Squared Capital Advisors→FirstGroup ↗ | Pending | 2026-06-23 | Not stated in snapshot |
| bibby distribution→taygroup | Completed | 2026-05-01 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Clarksons→link group | Announced | 2026-05-01 | $80.0M |
| Clarksons→Serpac International | Announced | 2026-05-01 | Not stated in snapshot |
| lyft→TBR Global ↗ | Completed | 2026-04-24 | Not stated in snapshot |
| lactalis→Mainland Group ↗ | Completed | 2026-04-21 | Not stated in snapshot |
A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.
13 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 48-posting snapshot covers 32 employers.
3 tracked postings mention remote work.
4 postings specify a level.
Top skills across 48 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.
| Company | Employees |
|---|---|
| International Airlines Group ↗ | 71,794 |
| Mobico Group ↗ | 46,200 |
| FirstGroup ↗ | 30,000 |
| easyJet ↗ | 12,259 |
| dpd ↗ | 11,000 |
| Virgin Atlantic ↗ | 7,500 |
| Aitken Spence ↗ | 7,408 |
| Marshall of Cambridge ↗ | 6,300 |
442 founders and chief executives across 443 companies.
Ex-CEO IBERIA.
Ex-Onto, Jaguar Land Rover · University of Warwick ME 2011
Ex- CEO KCOM, BT, Flexjet, NTL, Maydown Precision Engineering. Heriot-Watt University BA 1985
Loknstore, ex-Trucost
CEO Gama Aviation, British Business & General Aviation Association. University of London BA 2011
Ex-Greater Anglia, ScotRail, Abellio Group. The University of Edinburgh BSc 1999
Packfleet, ex-Monzo Bank, ex-Mondo Bank, Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd, 2014
Ember, ex-Iwoca, University of Cambridge, 2011
Co-Founder-ARC Ride, ARC Power · Ex-Co-Founder Eco Positive
Ex-KNBC, PISANI, Green Design Studio. Middlesex University BSc 2019
Service Smart, trg logistics, Doctors Chambers Group, Isuzu Truck UK. Bristol Business School BA
Batch Organics, ex-Schlumberger, University of Oxford BA 2011, MSc 2012.
22 profiles with education records.
2 profiles with prior-work records.
Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.
134,462 articles in the measured 12-month window.
Transportation and Logistics coverage across United Kingdom · articles per complete quarter
| Quarter | Articles |
|---|---|
| 2021Q2 | 28,410 |
| 2021Q3 | 26,585 |
| 2021Q4 | 25,430 |
| 2022Q1 | 25,505 |
| 2022Q2 | 26,430 |
| 2022Q3 | 24,762 |
| 2022Q4 | 25,128 |
| 2023Q1 | 26,170 |
| 2023Q2 | 27,178 |
| 2023Q3 | 26,574 |
| 2023Q4 | 26,723 |
| 2024Q1 | 30,101 |
| 2024Q2 | 30,375 |
| 2024Q3 | 30,782 |
| 2024Q4 | 32,685 |
| 2025Q1 | 43,117 |
| 2025Q2 | 37,234 |
| 2025Q3 | 37,767 |
| 2025Q4 | 28,982 |
| 2026Q1 | 32,018 |
Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.
1,475 recorded company events across 151 companies; percentages use that event total.
Transportation and Logistics coverage across United Kingdom · ranked by full-period article count.
Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.
Transportation and Logistics coverage across United Kingdom
| Keyword | Recent | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| tariff negotiations | 3,751 | 2,022 | 86% |
| free trade deals | 2,459 | 1,071 | 130% |
| trade dispute mechanisms | 2,088 | 870 | 140% |
| bilateral trade | 2,049 | 795 | 158% |
| flight safety measures | 1,502 | 895 | 68% |
| aircraft emergency procedures | 1,397 | 794 | 76% |
| preferential tariff | 1,336 | 868 | 54% |
| trade barrier reduction | 1,291 | 674 | 92% |
| aircraft wreckage | 1,255 | 401 | 213% |
| trade facilitation commitments | 1,178 | 433 | 172% |
| severe weather warning | 191 | 535 | -64% |
| life-threatening weather | 149 | 479 | -69% |
| weather emergency alert | 135 | 454 | -70% |
| extreme weather advisory | 131 | 440 | -70% |
| hazardous weather warning | 109 | 394 | -72% |
Transportation and Logistics coverage across United Kingdom
tariff negotiations, free trade deals, trade dispute mechanisms
44.5% critical · 34.4% positiveclub valuation, flight disruption payments, highway funding
37.2% critical · 43.0% positivelogistics update, logistics bottleneck, international flights
36.3% critical · 49.1% positiveTransportation and Logistics coverage across United Kingdom. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.
6,419 papers in the recorded worldwide scope.
Tone counts: 5,520 positive · 624 neutral · 275 negative.
Landmark: Challenges in Scaling Up Biofuels Infrastructure
Landmark: Assessing the impacts of deploying a shared self-driving urban mobility system: An agent-based model applied to the city of Lisbon, Portugal
Landmark: The Two-Echelon Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem: Models and Math-Based Heuristics
Common problems researchers identify · 0120.3% of this theme group
Researchers highlight challenges in managing and optimizing supply chain operations and mitigating associated risks.
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
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1848.5 |
| 2023 | 1942.0 |
| 2024 | 2115.4 |
| 2025 | 2099.0 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0218.7% of this theme group
Papers discuss difficulties in overseeing aircraft fleets and applying operations research to improve efficiency.
Fleet management (118) · Aeronautics (19) · Operations management (23) · Operations research (20)
Making Fleet Management Easier.
Guide for Fleet Management
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 552.6 |
| 2023 | 523.7 |
| 2024 | 425.3 |
| 2025 | 187.4 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0317.8% of this theme group
Studies focus on obstacles to effective transport engineering and management of road‑vehicle fleets.
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
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 626.1 |
| 2023 | 607.3 |
| 2024 | 484.5 |
| 2025 | 309.7 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0416.0% of this theme group
Works examine problems with vehicle routing, positioning, and tracking for mass transit systems.
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
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1218.4 |
| 2023 | 1170.0 |
| 2024 | 1025.5 |
| 2025 | 1106.5 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0513.4% of this theme group
Research points to issues surrounding fuel efficiency, alternative fuels, and environmental impact of trucking.
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
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 442.1 |
| 2023 | 427.0 |
| 2024 | 338.5 |
| 2025 | 322.5 |
Common problems researchers identify · 067.3% of this theme group
Authors identify barriers to electric vehicle adoption, charging logistics, and fleet integration.
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
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 579.0 |
| 2023 | 637.1 |
| 2024 | 581.5 |
| 2025 | 555.4 |
Common problems researchers identify · 076.5% of this theme group
Papers reveal complexities in sourcing, transporting, and managing raw materials for biofuel production.
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
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 777.4 |
| 2023 | 773.7 |
| 2024 | 707.9 |
| 2025 | 666.8 |
Cautions · 0142.7% of this theme group
Cautionary studies warn of infrastructure constraints and driver awareness affecting fuel‑saving strategies.
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
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 670.8 |
| 2023 | 637.9 |
| 2024 | 491.5 |
| 2025 | 311.6 |
Cautions · 0231.1% of this theme group
Research cautions about performance trade‑offs and charging challenges for electric urban transport fleets.
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
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 639.3 |
| 2023 | 613.4 |
| 2024 | 556.7 |
| 2025 | 557.8 |
Cautions · 0314.6% of this theme group
Works advise careful use of advanced analytics to avoid unintended consequences in supply chain redesign.
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
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1848.5 |
| 2023 | 1942.0 |
| 2024 | 2115.4 |
| 2025 | 2099.0 |
Cautions · 0411.6% of this theme group
Studies highlight cost volatility and scale‑related risks in biomass‑to‑fuel supply chains.
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
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 645.8 |
| 2023 | 634.4 |
| 2024 | 605.6 |
| 2025 | 510.1 |
Opportunities · 0124.5% of this theme group
Opportunities focus on improving on‑time performance through sophisticated optimization and risk‑aware planning.
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
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 1848.5 |
| 2023 | 1942.0 |
| 2024 | 2115.4 |
| 2025 | 2099.0 |
Opportunities · 0217.6% of this theme group
Research explores robust routing, fleet sizing, and scheduling methods for dynamic mobility‑on‑demand services.
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
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 318.4 |
| 2023 | 306.7 |
| 2024 | 267.4 |
| 2025 | 264.9 |
Opportunities · 0317.2% of this theme group
Papers propose simulation and optimization techniques to enhance reliability and reduce downtime of vehicle fleets.
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
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 480.5 |
| 2023 | 456.4 |
| 2024 | 354.3 |
| 2025 | 172.4 |
Opportunities · 0413.8% of this theme group
Works develop combined approaches for flight scheduling, fleet assignment, and aircraft routing in airline operations.
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
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 365.5 |
| 2023 | 333.4 |
| 2024 | 201.4 |
| 2025 | 81.7 |
Opportunities · 0510.1% of this theme group
Research advances real‑time vehicle location, tracking, and IoT‑based transportation management solutions.
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
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 753.9 |
| 2023 | 731.2 |
| 2024 | 601.6 |
| 2025 | 673.4 |
Opportunities · 069.4% of this theme group
Studies present frameworks for managing battery health, tariffs, and infrastructure for large electric vehicle fleets.
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
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 453.5 |
| 2023 | 508.5 |
| 2024 | 490.7 |
| 2025 | 462.5 |
Opportunities · 077.5% of this theme group
Papers target multi‑objective designs that balance economic, environmental, and social goals for biofuel production.
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
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 2369.6 |
| 2023 | 2451.8 |
| 2024 | 2567.3 |
| 2025 | 2493.1 |
Orientation shares compared with 25,000 papers in the reference sample.
| Research orientation | This field | Reference sample |
|---|---|---|
| Promising | 48.3% | 37.1% |
| Descriptive | 18.2% | 17.5% |
| Breakthrough | 14.6% | 26.2% |
| Problem-identifying | 12.7% | 9.7% |
| Comparative | 3.2% | 3.9% |
| Cautionary | 2.8% | 4.5% |
| Critical | 0.2% | 1.0% |
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.
Compare demand signals in the United Kingdom’s newsflow with the transportation and logistics categories mapped to each signal.
Signal percentile − supply percentile = gap in percentile points. Positive gaps highlight questions to investigate. A high signal can reflect spending pressure or access friction, as well as potential demand.
The comparison is relative to the signal families on this page. A supply percentile of zero means the lowest relative reading, not zero companies. It is a prioritisation clue, not measured market size or unmet demand.
Signal and mapped-supply percentiles, their gap, and change in the signal’s article share.
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| Signal family | Signal percentile | Supply percentile | Relative gap | Gap (points) | Signal share vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial parks & warehousing ↗Investment Build-Out | 58.3 | 25.0 | +33.3 | +57.5% | |
| Highways & expressways ↗Connectivity Build-Out | 25.0 | 25.0 | +0.0 | -2.1% | |
| Layoffs & income shocks ↗Spending Pressure | 75.0 | 75.0 | +0.0 | +37.0% | |
| Congestion & traffic friction ↗Access Friction | 91.7 | 100.0 | -8.3 | +45.5% | |
| Airports & air links ↗Connectivity Build-Out | 8.3 | 25.0 | -16.7 | +27.3% | |
| EV adoption & charging ↗Adoption Shift | 58.3 | — | No matching category | — | +32.9% |
| Rail & metro connectivity ↗Connectivity Build-Out | 33.3 | — | No matching category | — | +30.4% |
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All 12 city readings for these demand families in the comparison geography. the United Kingdom is highlighted.
Each city’s reading is a share of its own coverage.
Congestion & traffic friction · Highways & expressways · Layoffs & income shocks
Congestion & traffic friction · Highways & expressways · Layoffs & income shocks
Congestion & traffic friction · EV adoption & charging · Highways & expressways
Congestion & traffic friction · Layoffs & income shocks · Highways & expressways
Congestion & traffic friction · Highways & expressways · Layoffs & income shocks
Congestion & traffic friction · Airports & air links · Rail & metro connectivity
EV adoption & charging · Congestion & traffic friction
Congestion & traffic friction · EV adoption & charging · Highways & expressways
Congestion & traffic friction · Layoffs & income shocks · EV adoption & charging
Congestion & traffic friction · EV adoption & charging · Rail & metro connectivity
Congestion & traffic friction · EV adoption & charging · Layoffs & income shocks
Congestion & traffic friction · Layoffs & income shocks · Highways & expressways
Parks and warehousing can add the jobs and fulfilment capacity that reach depends on.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 56 | 2.53 |
| 2024Q4 | 57 | 2.63 |
| 2025Q1 | 55 | 2.18 |
| 2025Q2 | 68 | 3.36 |
| 2025Q3 | 84 | 3.47 |
| 2025Q4 | 48 | 2.76 |
| 2026Q1 | 100 | 5.04 |
| 2026Q2 | 61 | 6.81 |
Corridor build-out can collapse travel time, widening every catchment.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 238 | 10.75 |
| 2024Q4 | 267 | 12.32 |
| 2025Q1 | 235 | 9.29 |
| 2025Q2 | 220 | 10.88 |
| 2025Q3 | 236 | 9.75 |
| 2025Q4 | 144 | 8.28 |
| 2026Q1 | 237 | 11.95 |
| 2026Q2 | 124 | 13.84 |
Layoff cycles can pull discretionary spend back toward value offerings.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 414 | 18.7 |
| 2024Q4 | 385 | 17.77 |
| 2025Q1 | 570 | 22.55 |
| 2025Q2 | 428 | 21.18 |
| 2025Q3 | 663 | 27.39 |
| 2025Q4 | 400 | 23.01 |
| 2026Q1 | 634 | 31.96 |
| 2026Q2 | 243 | 27.12 |
Congestion friction can push footfall toward nearby formats and toward delivery.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 495 | 22.36 |
| 2024Q4 | 531 | 24.51 |
| 2025Q1 | 563 | 22.27 |
| 2025Q2 | 574 | 28.4 |
| 2025Q3 | 959 | 39.62 |
| 2025Q4 | 483 | 27.79 |
| 2026Q1 | 700 | 35.29 |
| 2026Q2 | 338 | 37.72 |
If new terminals and routes pull business and tourist inflow, demand tends to follow the passenger.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 44 | 1.99 |
| 2024Q4 | 67 | 3.09 |
| 2025Q1 | 104 | 4.11 |
| 2025Q2 | 73 | 3.61 |
| 2025Q3 | 152 | 6.28 |
| 2025Q4 | 69 | 3.97 |
| 2026Q1 | 46 | 2.32 |
| 2026Q2 | 22 | 2.46 |
The EV shift can pull charging, battery and service demand through every fleet.
This signal has no matching category in the page’s transportation and logistics market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 331 | 14.95 |
| 2024Q4 | 439 | 20.26 |
| 2025Q1 | 465 | 18.39 |
| 2025Q2 | 400 | 19.79 |
| 2025Q3 | 583 | 24.08 |
| 2025Q4 | 384 | 22.09 |
| 2026Q1 | 479 | 24.15 |
| 2026Q2 | 267 | 29.8 |
Where rail and metro build out, station-area demand can follow the footfall.
This signal has no matching category in the page’s transportation and logistics market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 120 | 5.42 |
| 2024Q4 | 110 | 5.08 |
| 2025Q1 | 97 | 3.84 |
| 2025Q2 | 70 | 3.46 |
| 2025Q3 | 143 | 5.91 |
| 2025Q4 | 80 | 4.6 |
| 2026Q1 | 125 | 6.3 |
| 2026Q2 | 60 | 6.7 |
the United Kingdom transportation and logistics coverage
Energy Research & Social Science
172 citations in the snapshot
Transport Policy
103 citations in the snapshot
Biotechnology for Biofuels
92 citations in the snapshot
67 citations in the snapshot
the United Kingdom coverage of this page's demand families
| Keyword | Recent articles | Prior articles | Share change |
|---|---|---|---|
| phev charging compatibility | 68 | 28 | 208.1% |
| plug-in hybrid recharge networks | 64 | 31 | 161.9% |
| electric ferries | 90 | 54 | 111.5% |
| ev thermal management | 201 | 138 | 84.8% |
| circular economy automotive | 53 | 40 | 68.1% |
| battery energy density | 41 | 32 | 62.6% |
Share changes describe coverage in the stated comparison periods, not search demand or market size.
Company counts, hiring and disclosed funding across the recorded hubs.
62.8% across the displayed hubs
23 companies hiring · $247.2M disclosed funding
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8.5% across the displayed hubs
5 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
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7.5% across the displayed hubs
3 companies hiring · $5.0M disclosed funding
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5.9% across the displayed hubs
1 companies hiring · $84.6M disclosed funding
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4.1% across the displayed hubs
5 companies hiring · $0 disclosed funding
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4.0% across the displayed hubs
1 companies hiring · $147.5K disclosed funding
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3.8% across the displayed hubs
4 companies hiring · $125.6M disclosed funding
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3.4% across the displayed hubs
3 companies hiring · $40.9K disclosed funding
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It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.
No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.
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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