Summary
Rail Freight in the United States industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value and volume 2014-18, and forecast to 2023). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market.
Key Highlights
- The rail freight sector is defined as consisting of revenues generated from freight transportation by rail.
- The US rail freight sector had total revenues of $63.2bn in 2018, representing a compound annual rate of change (CARC) of -1.8% between 2014 and 2018
- The US rail freight sector suffered in 2015 and 2016 with the value of the sector falling by 8.1% and 8.4% respectively.
- Sector consumption volumes declined with a CARC of -2.2% between 2014 and 2018, to reach a total of 2,478.6 billion FTK in 2018.
Scope
- Save time carrying out entry-level research by identifying the size, growth, and leading players in the rail freight market in the United States
- Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the rail freight market in the United States
- Leading company profiles reveal details of key rail freight market players’ global operations and financial performance
- Add weight to presentations and pitches by understanding the future growth prospects of the United States rail freight market with five year forecasts by both value and volume
Reasons to buy
- What was the size of the United States rail freight market by value in 2018?
- What will be the size of the United States rail freight market in 2023?
- What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the United States rail freight market?
- How has the market performed over the last five years?
- How large is the United States’s rail freight market in relation to its regional counterparts?
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Table of Contents
1 Executive Summary
1.1. Market value
1.2. Market value forecast
1.3. Market volume
1.4. Market volume forecast
1.5. Geography segmentation
1.6. Market rivalry
1.7. Competitive Landscape
2 Market Overview
2.1. Market definition
2.2. Market analysis
3 Market Data
3.1. Market value
3.2. Market volume
4 Market Segmentation
4.1. Geography segmentation
5 Market Outlook
5.1. Market value forecast
5.2. Market volume forecast
6 Five Forces Analysis
6.1. Summary
6.2. Buyer power
6.3. Supplier power
6.4. New entrants
6.5. Threat of substitutes
6.6. Degree of rivalry
7 Competitive Landscape
7.1. Who are the leading players?
7.2. What strategies are leading players adopting?
7.3. Which companies offer substitutes to the main industry?
8 Company Profiles
8.1. BNSF Railway Co
8.2. Union Pacific Corporation
8.3. CSX Corporation
8.4. Norfolk Southern Corporation
8.5. Canadian National Railway Co
8.6. Canadian Pacific Railway Limited
8.7. The Kansas City Southern Railway Co
8.8. Uber Technologies Inc
8.9. FedEx Corporation
8.10. TransCanada Corp
9 Macroeconomic Indicators
9.1. Country data
10 Appendix
10.1. Methodology
10.2. Industry associations
10.3. Related MarketLine research
10.4. About MarketLine
List of Tables
Table 1: United States rail freight sector value: $ million, 2014-18
Table 2: United States rail freight sector volume: million FTK, 2014-18
Table 3: United States rail freight sector geography segmentation: $ million, 2018
Table 4: United States rail freight sector value forecast: $ million, 2018-23
Table 5: United States rail freight sector volume forecast: million FTK, 2018-23
Table 6: BNSF Railway Co: key facts
Table 7: BNSF Railway Co: Key Employees
Table 8: Union Pacific Corporation: key facts
Table 9: Union Pacific Corporation: Annual Financial Ratios
Table 10: Union Pacific Corporation: Annual Financial Ratios (Continued)
Table 11: Union Pacific Corporation: Key Employees
Table 12: Union Pacific Corporation: Key Employees Continued
Table 13: CSX Corporation: key facts
Table 14: CSX Corporation: Annual Financial Ratios
Table 15: CSX Corporation: Key Employees
Table 16: CSX Corporation: Key Employees Continued
Table 17: Norfolk Southern Corporation: key facts
Table 18: Norfolk Southern Corporation: Annual Financial Ratios
Table 19: Norfolk Southern Corporation: Key Employees
Table 20: Norfolk Southern Corporation: Key Employees Continued
Table 21: Canadian National Railway Co: key facts
Table 22: Canadian National Railway Co: Annual Financial Ratios
Table 23: Canadian National Railway Co: Key Employees
Table 24: Canadian National Railway Co: Key Employees Continued
Table 25: Canadian Pacific Railway Limited: key facts
Table 26: Canadian Pacific Railway Limited: Annual Financial Ratios
Table 27: Canadian Pacific Railway Limited: Key Employees
Table 28: Canadian Pacific Railway Limited: Key Employees Continued
Table 29: The Kansas City Southern Railway Co: key facts
Table 30: Uber Technologies Inc: key facts
Table 31: Uber Technologies Inc: Annual Financial Ratios
Table 32: Uber Technologies Inc: Key Employees
Table 33: Uber Technologies Inc: Key Employees Continued
Table 34: FedEx Corporation: key facts
Table 35: FedEx Corporation: Annual Financial Ratios
Table 36: FedEx Corporation: Key Employees
Table 37: FedEx Corporation: Key Employees Continued
Table 38: FedEx Corporation: Key Employees Continued
Table 39: FedEx Corporation: Key Employees Continued
Table 40: TransCanada Corp: key facts
Table 41: TransCanada Corp: Annual Financial Ratios
Table 42: TransCanada Corp: Key Employees
Table 43: TransCanada Corp: Key Employees Continued
Table 44: United States size of population (million), 2014-18
Table 45: United States gdp (constant 2005 prices, $ billion), 2014-18
Table 46: United States gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2014-18
Table 47: United States inflation, 2014-18
Table 48: United States consumer price index (absolute), 2014-18
Table 49: United States exchange rate, 2014-18
List of Figures
Figure 1: United States rail freight sector value: $ million, 2014-18
Figure 2: United States rail freight sector volume: million FTK, 2014-18
Figure 3: United States rail freight sector geography segmentation: % share, by value, 2018
Figure 4: United States rail freight sector value forecast: $ million, 2018-23
Figure 5: United States rail freight sector volume forecast: million FTK, 2018-23
Figure 6: Forces driving competition in the rail freight sector in the United States, 2018
Figure 7: Drivers of buyer power in the rail freight sector in the United States, 2018
Figure 8: Drivers of supplier power in the rail freight sector in the United States, 2018
Figure 9: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the rail freight sector in the United States, 2018
Figure 10: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the rail freight sector in the United States, 2018
Figure 11: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the rail freight sector in the United States, 2018
