https://www.worldfurnitureonline.com/research-market/the-european-market-office-furniture-0058455.html | According to CSIL, the office furniture market in Europe increased by around 2% in 2016. This is a highly concentrated market where the top 20 players represent almost 43% of the total European output, growing by over 7 points if compared to 2011. Some major acquisitions recently operated are: SB Seating acquiring Malmstolen and Offecct, Lammhults Design Group incorporating Ragnars, Abstracta and Morgana, Hali merging with Svoboda, Bene purchasing the majority of Neudörfler. Concerning the competitive system, Steelcase is still the market leader in Europe. Recently the company and Microsoft announced a partnership in order to develop the technology-enabled spaces designed to boost creative work. Regarding office furniture products the sector is facing major changes with emerging new workplaces conceiving and an increasing technology integration. Smart devices are more and more integrated in the product itself.

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Contents
METHODOLOGY 7
Figure 0.1 The sample at a glance. Units 7
Table 0.1 Exchange rates between national currencies and EUR, 2009-2016 8
0.1 Executive summary 11
Figure 0.2 The European output 2016. EUR million and percentage shares 11
1. SCENARIO 13
1.1 Market evolution and figures by country 13
Table 1.1 Europe. Production, consumption, international trade, price and openness of the office furniture maket, 2011-2016 13
Figure 1.1 Europe 30. Office furniture production, 2011-2016. Million Eur and % change 14
Figure 1.2 Europe. Office furniture consumption. Top ten countries, 2011-2016. Consumption in million Eur and average % change of consumption and
imports 14
Table 1.2 Europe. Office furniture. Production, exports, imports and consumption by country, 2016. Million EUR and annual percentage changes at
current prices 15
Figure 1.3 Europe. Production, consumption and international trade, 2016. Percentage shares by country 16
1.2 Leading groups in Europe and their market shares 17
Figure 1.4 Europe. Office furniture. Market share of the top five companies, 2011-2016. Percentage shares 17
Table 1.3 Europe. Office furniture. Market shares on total production, 2011-2016. Percentage shares 18
1.3 Current trends and forecasts for 2017 and 2018 20
Figure 1.5 Europe**. Office furniture production and GDP, 2006-2016 and forecasts for 2017 and 2018. Percentage changes at constant prices 20
Table 1.4 Europe. Office furniture consumption by country, forecasts 2017-2018. % changes in real terms 21
2. BUSINESS PERFORMANCE 22
2.1 Northern Europe 22
Denmark 22
Table 2.1 Denmark. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2011-2016 22
Table 2.2 Denmark. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2017-2018. Percentage changes 22
Finland 23
Table 2.3 Finland. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2011-2016 23
Table 2.4 Finland. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2017-2018. Percentage changes 23
Norway 24
Table 2.5 Norway. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2011-2016 24
Table 2.6 Norway. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2017-2018. Percentage changes 24
Sweden 25
Table 2.7 Sweden. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2011-2016 25
Table 2.8 Sweden. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2017-2018. Percentage changes 25
2.2 Western Europe 26
Belgium 26
Table 2.9 Belgium. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2011-2016 26
Table 2.10 Belgium. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2017-2018. Percentage changes** 26
France 27
Table 2.11 France. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2011-2016 27
Table 2.12 France. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2017-2018. Percentage changes 27
Ireland 28
Table 2.13 Ireland. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2011-2016 28
Table 2.14 Ireland. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2017-2018. Percentage changes 28
Netherlands 29
Table 2.15 Netherlands. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2011-2016 29
Table 2.16 Netherlands. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2017-2018. Percentage changes 29
United Kingdom 30
Table 2.17 United Kingdom. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2011-2016 30
Table 2.18 United Kingdom. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2017-2018. Percentage changes 30
2.3 Central Europe (DACH) 31

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Austria 31
Table 2.19 Austria. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2011-2016 31
Table 2.20 Austria. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2017-2018. Percentage changes 31
Germany 32
Table 2.21 Germany. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2011-2016 32
Table 2.22 Germany. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2017-2018. Percentage changes 32
Switzerland 33
Table 2.23 Switzerland. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2011-2016 33
Table 2.24 Switzerland. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2017-2018. Percentage changes 33
2.4 Southern Europe 34
Greece 34
Table 2.25 Greece. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2011-2016 34
Table 2.26 Greece. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2017-2018. Percentage changes 34
Italy 35
Table 2.27 Italy. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2011-2016 35
Table 2.28 Italy. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2017-2018. Percentage changes 35
Portugal 36
Table 2.29 Portugal. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2011-2016 36
Table 2.30 Portugal. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2017-2018. Percentage changes 36
Spain 37
Table 2.31 Spain. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2011-2016 37
Table 2.32 Spain. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2017-2018. Percentage changes 37
2.5 Central-Eastern Europe 38
Bulgaria 38
Table 2.33 Bulgaria. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2011-2016 38
Table 2.34 Bulgaria. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2017-2018. Percentage changes 38
Croatia 39
Table 2.35 Croatia. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2011-2016 39
Table 2.36 Croatia. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2017-2018. Percentage changes 39
Cyprus 40
Table 2.37 Cyprus. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2011-2016 40
Table 2.38 Cyprus. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2017-2018. Percentage changes 40
Czech Republic 41
Table 2.39 Czech Republic. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2011-2016 41
Table 2.40 Czech Republic. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2017-2018. Percentage changes 41
Estonia 42
Table 2.41 Estonia. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2011-2016 42
Table 2.42 Estonia. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2017-2018. Percentage changes 42
Hungary 43
Table 2.43 Hungary. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2011-2016 43
Table 2.44 Hungary. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2017-2018. Percentage changes 43
Lithuania 44
Table 2.45 Lithuania. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2011-2016 44
Table 2.46 Lithuania. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2017-2018. Percentage changes 44
Latvia 45
Table 2.47 Latvia. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2011-2016 45
Table 2.48 Latvia. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2017-2018. Percentage changes 45
Malta 46
Table 2.49 Malta. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2011-2016 46
Table 2.50 Malta. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2017-2018. Percentage changes 46
Poland 47
Table 2.51 Poland. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2011-2016 47
Table 2.52 Poland. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2017-2018. Percentage changes 47
Romania 48
Table 2.53 Romania. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2011-2016 48
Table 2.54 Romania. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2017-2018. Percentage changes 48

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Slovenia 49
Table 2.55 Slovenia. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2011-2016 49
Table 2.56 Slovenia. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2017-2018. Percentage changes 49
Slovakia 50
Table 2.57 Slovakia. Production, consumption, international trade of office furniture and macroeconomic indicators, 2011-2016 50
Table 2.58 Slovakia. Macroeconomic indicators. Forecasts, 2017-2018. Percentage changes 50
3. INTERNATIONAL TRADE 51
3.1 Net exporters and importers 51
Figure 3.1 Europe. Trade balance by country, 2016. Million EUR 51
3.2 Exports 52
Figure 3.2 Europe. Exports of office furniture by country, 2016. 52
Figure 3.3 Europe. Exports of office furniture and segments, 2011-2016. Million EUR and percentages 53
Figure 3.4 Europe. Leading exporters by segment, 2016. Million Eur 53
Table 3.1 Europe. Office furniture. Exports by country and by geographical destination, 2011-2016 54
Table 3.2 Europe. Office furniture excluding seating. Exports by country and by geographical destination, 2011-2016 55
Table 3.3 Europe. Office seating. Exports by country and by geographical destination, 2011-2016 56
3.3 Extra European destinations 57
Figure 3.5 Europe. Office furniture. Exports to the main extra-European destinations, 2011-2016. Million EUR and average % change 57
Table 3.4 Europe. Office furniture. Leading exporters to extra-European areas, 2016. Million EUR 58
3.3 Imports 59
Figure 3.6 Europe. Imports of office furniture by country, 2016. 59
Figure 3.7 Europe. Exports of office furniture and segments, 2011-2016. Million EUR and percentages 60
Figure 3.8 Europe. Leading importers by segment, 2016. Million EUR 60
Table 3.5 Europe. Office furniture. Imports by country and by geographical origin, 2011-2016 61
Table 3.6 Europe. Office furniture excluding seating. Imports by country and by geographical origin, 2011-2016 62
Table 3.7 Europe. Office seating. Imports by country and by geographical origin, 2011-2016 63
Figure 3.9 Europe. Office furniture. Imports provenance, 2011-2016. Percentage shares 64
Table 3.8 Europe. Office furniture. Chinese imports penetration* by country, 2016. Million EUR and percentage values 65
4. SUPPLY STRUCTURE 66
4.1 Product segments 66
Table 4.1 Europe. Office seating and office furniture excluding seating. Production and consumption by country, 2016. Million EUR and annual average
change 2016/2011 67
Figure 4.1 Europe. Office furniture. Breakdown of production by type 2011 and 2016. Percentage shares 68
Figure 4.2 Europe. Office furniture. Production in the largest countries, 2011 and 2016. Percentage shares 69
Office seating 70
Figure 4.3 Europe. Seating production, 2011 and 2016. Million EUR and average percentage change 71
Figure 4.4 Europe. Breakdown of office seating by type,* 2011-2016. Percentages 72
Figure 4.5 Europe. Breakdown of seating supply by covering, 2011-2016. Percentages 72
Table 4.2 Europe. Seating supply by type* in a sample of companies** Percentages 73
Operative desking 74
Figure 4.6 Europe. Operative desking production, 2011 and 2016. Million EUR and average percentage change 75
Figure 4.7 Europe. Breakdown of desking supply among sit-stand, adjustable and non-adjustable, 2011 and 2016. Percentages 75
Figure 4.8 Europe. Breakdown of desking supply between freestanding and panel-based desking, 2011 and 2016. Percentages 76
Table 4.3 Europe. Breakdown of desking supply between adjustable and non-adjustable in a sample of companies*. Percentages 76
Table 4.4 Europe. Breakdown of desking supply by freestanding and panel-based desking in a sample of companies*. Percentages 77
Figure 4.9 Europe. Breakdown of desking* supply by structure/frame material, 2011 and 2016. Percentages 77
Figure 4.10 Europe. Breakdown of desking* supply by worktop material, 2011 and 2016. Percentages 78
Table 4.5 Europe. Breakdown of desking* supply by structure and by worktop material in a sample of companies**. Percentages 78
Executive furniture 79
Figure 4.11 Europe. Production of executive furniture, 2011 and 2016. Million EUR and average percentage change 79
Filing systems 79
Figure 4.12 Europe. Production of filing systems, 2011 and 2016. Million EUR and average percentage change 80
Figure 4.13 Europe. Breakdown of filing systems supply by type, 2011 and 2016. Percentages 80
Table 4.6 Europe. Filing systems. Supply by type of storage in a sample of companies*. Percentages 81
Figure 4.14 Europe. Cabinets, storage and filing supply by material, 2011 and 2016. Percentages 82

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Table 4.7 Europe. Cabinets, storage and filing. Supply by type in a sample of companies*. Percentages 82
Wall-to-wall units 83
Figure 4.15 Europe. Production of wall-to-wall units, 2011 and 2016. Million EUR and average percentage change 83
Figure 4.16 Europe. Partition walls by type, 2011 and 2016. Percentages 83
Figure 4.17 Europe. Partition walls by material, 2011 and 2016. Percentages 84
Table 4.7 Europe. Partition wall market by material, 2016. Percentage shares 84
Table 4.8 Europe. Breakdown of wall-to-wall units supply by type of partition in a sample of companies* Percentages 85
Table 4.9 Europe. Breakdown of wall-to-wall units supply by material in a sample of companies* Percentages 85
Furniture for meeting rooms and communal areas 87
Figure 4.18 Europe. Production of furniture for meeting rooms and communal areas 2010 and 2016. Million EUR and average percentage change 87
4.2 Employment and investment activity 88
Table 4.10 Europe. Office furniture. Production, employment and turnover per employee, 2016 88
Table 4.11 Europe. Office furniture. Employment in a sample of companies, 2011-2016. Units 89
Figure 4.19 Europe. Office furniture. Expenditure on investments 2004-2016. Percentages of total turnover 92
Table 4.12 Europe. Office furniture. Investments in a sample of companies, 2016/2017. Percentage of total turnover 92
5. DISTRIBUTION AND PRICES 93
5.1 Distribution channels 93
Figure 5.1 Europe. Office furniture. Evolution of distribution channels, 2011-2013-2016. Percentages 93
Table 5.1 Europe. Office furniture. Incidence of the distribution channels in the major European markets, 2016. Percentages 94
Table 5.2 Europe. Breakdown of office furniture sales by distribution channel in a sample of companies, 2016. Percentages 95
5.2 Prices: focus on office swivel chairs in Europe 98
Table 5.3 Europe. Office swivel chairs. Total number of units sold by market, 2015 and 2016. Thousands units and annual percentage changes 98
Figure 5.2 European top 5 maket. Office swivel chairs. Total number of units sold by market, 2014-2016. Thousands Units 99
Figure 5.3 Germany. Office swivel chairs. Brand positioning by average net price and number of units sold, 2016. 99
Figure 5.4 France. Office swivel chairs. Brand positioning by average net price and number of units sold, 2016. 100
Figure 5.5 United Kingdom. Office swivel chairs. Brand positioning by average net price and number of units sold, 2016. 100
Figure 5.6 Italy. Office swivel chairs. Brand positioning by average net price and number of units sold, 2016. 101
Figure 5.7 Sweden. Office swivel chairs. Brand positioning by average net price and number of units sold, 2016. 101
Figure 5.8 Spain. Office swivel chairs. Brand positioning by average net price and number of units sold, 2016. 102
Figure 5.9 Poland. Office swivel chairs. Brand positioning by average net price and number of units sold, 2016. 102
6. COMPANY MARKET SHARES BY PRODUCT 103
6.1 Total sales 103
Table 6.1 Europe. Office furniture. Total production in a sample of companies, 2015 and 2016. 106
6.2 Office seating 108
Table 6.2 Europe. Office seating. Total production in a sample of companies, 2015 and 2016. 111
6.3 Office desking 112
Table 6.3 Europe. Operative desking. Total production in a sample of companies, 2015 and 2016. 113
6.4 Executive furniture 114
Table 6.4 Europe. Executive furniture. Total production in a sample of companies, 2015 and 2016. 115
6.5 Filing systems 116
Table 6.5 Europe. Total storage products (personal filing, cabinets, and archiving systems). Total production in a sample of companies, 2015 and 2016.
117
Table 6.6 Europe. Archiving systems. Total production in a sample of companies, 2015 and 2016. 118
Table 6.7 Europe. Personal filing and cabinets. Total production in a sample of companies, 2015 and 2016. 119
6.6 Wall to wall units 120
Table 6.8 Europe. Wall-to-wall units. Total production in a sample of companies, 2015 and 2016. 121
6.7 Furniture for communal areas 122
Table 6.9 Europe. Furniture for meeting rooms and communal areas. Total production in a sample of companies, 2015 and 2016. 123
7. COMPANY MARKET SHARES BY COUNTRY 124
7.1 Northern Europe 124
Denmark 124
Table 7.1 Denmark. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2016. 126

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Finland 127
Table 7.2 Finland. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2016. 127
Norway 128
Table 7.3 Norway. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2016. 129
Sweden 129
Table 7.4 Sweden. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2016. 131
7.2 Western Europe 132
Belgium 132
Table 7.5 Belgium. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2016. 133
France 134
Table 7.6 France. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2016. 135
Ireland 136
Table 7.7 Ireland. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2016. 136
The Netherlands 137
Table 7.8 The Netherland. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2016. 138
The United Kingdom 139
Table 7.9 United Kingdom. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2016. 141
7.3 Central Europe (DACH) 142
Austria 142
Table 7.10 Austria. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2016. 143
Germany 144
Table 7.11 Germany. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2016. 146
Switzerland 147
Table 7.12 Switzerland. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2016. 148
7.4 Southern Europe 149
Greece 149
Table 7.13 Greece. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2016. 149
Italy 150
Table 7.14 Italy. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2016. 152
Portugal 153
Table 7.15 Portugal. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2016. 153
Spain 154
Table 7.16 Spain. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2016. 155
7.5 Central-Eastern Europe 156
Poland 156
Table 7.17 Poland. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2016. 158
Czech Republic 159
Table 7.18 Czech Republic. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2016. 161
Hungary 162
Table 7.19 Hungary. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2016. 163
Romania 164
Table 7.20 Romania. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2016. 165
Other Eastern Europe 166
Table 7.21 Other Eastern Europe**. Sales of office furniture in a sample of companies, 2016. 167
7.5 Extra European sales 168
Extra-European Union and Russia 168
Table 7.22 Extra-European Union and Russia**. Sales of office furniture in a sample of European companies, 2016. 168
Middle-East 169
Table 7.23 Middle East. Sales of office furniture in a sample of European companies, 2016. 170
Asia-Pacific 171
Table 7.24 Asia Pacific. Sales of office furniture in a sample of European companies, 2016. 172
North America 172
Table 7.25 North America. Sales of office furniture in a sample of European companies, 2016. 173
Central-South America 174

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Table 7.26 Central-South America. Sales of office furniture in a sample of European companies, 2016. 174
Africa 175
Table 7.27 Africa. Sales of office furniture in a sample of European companies, 2016. 175
APPENDIX 1: INTERNATIONAL TRADE TABLES 176
APPENDIX 2: LIST OF MENTIONED COMPANIES 233