Global Digital Freight Brokerage Market Report and Forecast 2024-2032

Global Digital Freight Brokerage Market Outlook

The global digital freight brokerage market size reached approximately USD 2.82 billion in 2023. The market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 29.2% in the forecast period of 2024-2032, reaching a value of around USD 28.71 billion by 2032.

Key Trends in the Market

Digital freight brokerage is an online platform or app which acts as an intermediary between shipping companies and truck drivers. It is not restricted by traditional working hours unlike traditional freight brokerage, and it improves supply chain collaboration.

• Increased adoption of cloud-based freight brokerage platforms, which allows real-time access to data from anywhere, is one of the crucial digital freight brokerage market trends. Such platforms also offer facilities such as lower costs, higher operational efficiency, as well as reduced downtime and delays for the transportation of goods.

• Digital freight brokerage also provides an integrated carrier capacity network facility, through which the platform automatically matches the load of goods with an ideal fit carrier, enabling fast deliveries.

• Freight forwarders or middlemen can utilise the freight brokerage apps to identify the most cost-efficient delivery route to cut the usage of fuels and lower emissions.

• The deployment of technologies such as AI and machine learning in digital freight brokerage to gain valuable insights and effectively manage workflow is also providing impetus to the digital freight brokerage market growth.

Market Analysis

Based on platform, the market is divided into specialised and generic marketplaces, crowd shipping platform, digital freight exchange, and tender platform. On the basis of deployment, the market is bifurcated into desktop and mobile.

The digital freight brokerage market segmentation, on the basis of transportation mode, includes roadways, seaways, airways, and railways. By end use, the market is divided into digital/virtual forwarders, logistics companies, and 3PL. The major regional markets of digital freight exchange are North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, Latin America, and the Middle East and Africa.

The comprehensive EMR report provides an in-depth assessment of the market based on the Porter's five forces model along with giving a SWOT analysis. The report gives a detailed analysis of the following key players in the digital freight brokerage market, covering their competitive landscape and latest developments like mergers, acquisitions, investments, and expansion plans.

• CH Robinson Worldwide Inc.  

• Deutsche Post AG  

• Echo Global Logistics, Inc.  

• Convoy, Inc.  

• DAT Solutions, LLC  

• Flexport, Inc.  

• Transfix, Inc.  

• Uber Freight Holding Corporation 

• Loadsmart Inc.  

• Others

Market Share by Transportation Mode

Roadways account for a significant portion of the digital freight brokerage market share as shipping through roadways is the most common means of goods transportation. These platforms offer an effective medium for connecting truckers with companies to provide a seamless transportation network. They also ensure maximum utilisation of trucks by pairing truck carriers with the appropriate load capacity.

Meanwhile, airways are expected to witness a sizeable growth in the forecast period, owing to increasing international trade and the growth of rapid delivery services.

Market Share by Region

As per the digital freight brokerage market analysis, North America occupies a substantial share of the global market, due to the growth of empty miles in the region. There is a surge in the number of truckers who drive empty containers, which leads to wastage of fuel and time and a sluggish supply chain, fuelling the demand for a digital freight brokerage.

Additionally, small and medium sized enterprises in the region are increasingly relying on digital freight brokerage service as it offers a cost-efficient solution to these companies.

Competitive Landscape

CH Robinson Worldwide Inc. is a transportation company, founded in 1905 and headquartered in Minnesota, the United States. The company offers seamless delivery of goods and services across the world.

Deutsche Post AG, established in 1995, is a domestic provider of mail and parcels, with its headquarters in Bonn, Germany. The company provides press distribution services and corporate communication solutions across Germany.

Echo Global Logistics, Inc., incorporated in 2005, is a transportation and supply chain management services company. It is based in Chicago, the United States, and offers truckload, partial truckload, expedited, intermodal, and LTL solutions.

Other digital freight brokerage market players include Convoy, Inc., DAT Solutions, LLC, Flexport, Inc., Transfix, Inc., Uber Freight Holding Corporation, and Loadsmart Inc., among others.

Key Highlights of the Report