Data services
Like all businesses nowadays, we are driven by data. In the course of our work, we gather and collate data through our own primary research, and also from a large number of public sources, and feed it back through our events and publications.
Research programme members also supply us with certain types of data to feed our benchmarking and modelling activities; these are subject to strict confidentiality and anti-trust policies and are never shared with any third parties.
We have developed Data Services as a means of giving members and other clients direct access to rich datasets, where they can run queries and extract the resulting data in a variety of formats for their own use.
ICDP’s aftermarket model: a key tool in planning around uncertainty - new product july 2023
With a large installed base of circulating cars, and an average age of just under 12 years, the European aftermarket has traditionally been slow to change, with stakeholders able to plan on the basis of stable revenues and workflows. However, the extent of the trends now underway – electrification and connectivity chief among them – is such that the whole market will be affected in ways and at speeds that have not been seen before. Structural (technology change, ageing parc, lower distances driven, technician skills shortage, etc.) and conjunctural factors (energy costs, inflation, parts shortages, etc.) are combining to create a ‘perfect storm’ in the aftermarket, where previous assumptions can no longer be relied upon, but the future evolution remains uncertain.
In-depth modelling of the future size and shape of aftermarket demand, how it will divide between different types of stakeholder, and how sensitive it will be to individual trends and scenarios, has been a core element in ICDP’s research programme over many years, and many members and clients have drawn on it to inform their own aftermarket strategy. Against this backdrop of accelerating change, we have now redesigned our model to make it more flexible, and more user-friendly.
Flexible definition of products, repairs, and channels
Covers up to a 10-year outlook
Available to be supported by us, or for you to run yourself
Ideal for scenario-based planning
ICDP’s aftermarket model offers stakeholders a wide range of benefits. Pease download the flyer below to find out more details.
Top 300 European Dealer Groups - new product april 2023
Consolidation amongst European car dealers is an established trend that has been underway for years, but that appears to have accelerated in the last decade with previously relatively fragmented markets now having a significantly more concentrated investor base. There have also been a growing number of cross-border acquisitions and investors from outside of Europe. ICDP identified 227 significant acquisitions in the major European markets during 2022 and this would be the tip of the iceberg when other markets and smaller deals are taken into account. The result is that new car sales are now concentrated through a shrinking number of investors with the top 50 in the Netherlands representing 76% of new car sales in 2021, France 58% and the UK 47% in the same period. Markets that have previously been fragmented such as Spain now appear to be entering into a consolidation phase where large regional players are emerging, in some cases doubling in size in just two years.
Please download the flyer below with more detail and pricing.
European Car Distribution Handbook
ECDH is a comprehensive guide to the franchised sales and service networks of all significant car brands in Europe.
The European Car Distribution Handbook is a comprehensive analysis outlining the size and shape of franchised dealer networks as of 1st January each year across Europe and provides a unique and valuable resource for anyone working in this area. The report includes data of the name and ownership status of sales companies, the number of individual investors that own dealerships, and the number of outlets and their function, split between sales and aftersales networks, for a total of 40 brands across 38 European markets.
ECDH is available as a PDF document and separately priced as Microsoft Excel file, with the latter available as a one-year product or a file with extensive trend analysis.
We also held a webinar in December 2023 with more details of the contents of ECDH 2023, the slides shown are also available as a download below with speaking notes, as is a recording of the webinar.
If you wish to purchase a copy of the European Car Distribution Handbook 2023, please contact projectoffice@icdp.net
Press release
video recording
PRESENTATION AND SPEAKING NOTES OF ECDH 2023 WEBINAR
Data services
If you are an existing Data Services subscriber, please contact us for details of how we will continue to provide your access to ECDH network data.