The European Market for Office Furniture

The CSIL Report "The European Market for Office Furniture" offers an extensive analysis of the office furniture market in Europe with production values, market trends, and international trade from 2019 to 2024 for 30 countries, outlining product segments, distribution channels, key trends impacting the industry, and emerging demand drivers. Market forecasts and expected developments in Europe are provided for the years 2025 and 2026. The research report also examines the largest office furniture companies in Europe, their performance and market share, to analyse the European office furniture competitive landscape.

MARKET EVOLUTION AND FIGURES BY COUNTRY

The report provides office furniture demand drivers, production and price trends, macroeconomic indicators, workforce statistics, and 2019-2024 values of office furniture production, consumption, imports, and exports and 2025 and 2026 office furniture consumption forecasts for Europe as a whole and by country.

The international trade of office furniture is thoroughly examined, providing a breakdown of European office furniture imports and exports by country and product type (office furniture and office seating), alongside key trading partners.

COMPETITION: KEY PLAYERS IN THE EUROPEAN OFFICE FURNITURE SECTOR

The study presents sales data and market shares (including trends), significant events in the competitive landscape, and mergers and acquisitions involving the leading European office furniture manufacturers.

Sales of the largest European office furniture manufacturers and their market share are provided on both a country level and for specific sub-segments, with brief profiles of selected firms.

Extra-European business: Office furniture sales Extra-EU and Russia, Middle East, Asia Pacific, North America, Central-South America, and Africa are provided for a sample of European companies.

Additionally, the report includes the addresses of around 300 office furniture companies.

SUPPLY STRUCTURE, TYPES OF PRODUCTS AND TRENDS

European office furniture production is broken down by type of products (Seating, Operative Desking, Partitions / Acoustic Filing / Storage, Communal Areas, and Executive Furniture). For each one, the report includes production values for the time series 2019-2024. The values of Office furniture by segment are also provided for selected countries (Germany, Italy, France, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Spain, Poland, and the Czech Republic)

• Office Seating: production values, breakdown by type and by covering and supply by type in a sample of companies with a FOCUS ON: Swivel Chairs. A detailed analysis of office seating volumes and brand positioning. Brand positioning by average net price and total units sold are given on a European level. The number and the performance of swivel chairs sold in the time series 2020-2024 are also provided for the major countries (Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Poland, and Sweden). Values include both products manufactured in Europe and products imported from extra-European countries.
• Operative Desking: production values, the breakdown between freestanding and panel-based desking, and supply by freestanding and panel-based desking in a sample of companies, with a FOCUS ON: Height Adjustable Tables (HAT) , production of sit-standing desks by the main country/region (Scandinavia, DACH, Benelux, Italy, France, United Kingdom, Spain & Portugal, Poland, Other) and breakdown of desking supply between fixed and height adjustable, in a sample of companies.
• Executive Furniture: production values.
• Filing Systems: production values, breakdown by type, and supply by type in a sample of companies
• Walls, Partitions and Acoustic Products: production values, partition walls by type, supply by type in a sample of companies, with a FOCUS ON: Phone Booths and Acoustic Pods, values of production of phone booths and acoustic pods, values of consumption of phone booths and acoustic pods by country/region, phone booths and acoustic pods by kind, average list prices.
• Furniture for Meeting Rooms and Communal Areas: production values and breakdown by type.

MARKET AND DISTRIBUTION

The analysis of office furniture distribution channels covers Direct sales, Specialist dealers, Non-specialists, and E-commerce, with the incidence in the major European markets. A breakdown of office furniture sales by distribution channel is available for the top companies.

GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE:

• Northern Europe: Denmark (DK), Finland (FI), Norway (NO), and Sweden (SE);
• Western Europe: Belgium (BE), France (FR), Ireland (IE), Netherlands (NL), and the United Kingdom (UK). Unless otherwise specified, figures for Belgium include those for Luxembourg;
• Central Europe (DACH): Germany (DE), Austria (AT), and Switzerland (CH);
• Southern Europe: Greece (GR), Italy (IT), Portugal (PT), and Spain (ES);
• Central-Eastern Europe: Poland (PL), Czech Republic (CZ), Slovakia (SK), Hungary (HU) and Romania (RO), Slovenia (SL), Croatia (HR), Bulgaria (BG), Cyprus (CY), Malta (MT), Estonia (EE), Latvia (LV), Lithuania (LT)

The CSIL report "The European Market for Office Furniture" aims to answer to the following questions, to better understand the current state and future outlook of the relevant sector:

• What is the European Office Furniture market size?
• What are the main trends in the European office furniture market?
• What are the market forecasts for office furniture in Europe for 2025 and 2026?
• What are the leading office furniture manufacturers in Europe and their performance?
• How is office furniture distribution structured in the European market?
• Which types of office furniture are most in demand in Europe?

Selected companies

Among the considered companies:

Highlights:

Europe. Office Furniture. Top countries of origin of imports, 2019-2024.
Million EUR and shares 2024, % changes 2024/2019

Source: CSIL

The European market for office furniture currently exceeds a value of EUR 9.5 billion, showing a certain stability over the last two years as a result of the positive trend of imports. Leading consuming countries within Europe are Germany, the United Kingdom, and France.

Over time, the world of office furniture has assumed increasingly blurred boundaries. The change in working paradigms, the evolution of the technical characteristics of products (i.e, HAT height adjustable desks, phone booths, and acoustic pods), and the contaminations coming from the home environment have generated a push towards innovation that has radically transformed this sector from the traditional concepts of a few years ago.