I study Sectors of DBK: ‘Urban Services'

The Spanish market of urban services keeps a downward tendency, like consequence of the reduction of the public cost, the decrease of the volume generated of waste and the pressesure on the prices. Like this, the turnover in the national market fell 2,3% in 2012, until the 5.150 million euros, foreseeing a new shrinking in 2013. In this context of atony of the internal demand, the operators are reinforcing his presence in external markets. The volume of business out of Spain grew 11% in 2012, until reaching the 1.710 million euros. These are some conclusions of the study Sectors published recently by DBK, first skilled Spanish company in the manufacturing of studies of sectorial analysis and of the competition participated by Informs D&B, company of the Group Cesce stood out in the supply of commercial information, financial and of marketing in Spain and Portugal.

As DBK, subsidiary of Informs D&B (Group Cesce), the downward path of the volume generated of waste and the adjust of the prices have influenced negatively in the recent evolution of the Spanish market of urban services, to the cual engloba the activities of collected and transport of urban solid waste, road cleaning, treatment and elimination of urban solid waste, and other services, between which stand out the maintenance of parks and gardens and the cleaning of the sewerage.

The aggregated turnover in the national market of the companies devoted to this activity registered descents of 1,2% in 2011 and 2,3% in 2012, until situating in the last year in 5.150 million euros.

The area of waste payment and transport generates the greater volume of business in Spain, concentrating in 2012 38% of the total, with 1.980 million euros. The road cleaning and the treatment and elimination of waste gathered the 26 and 21%, respectively, whereas the participation of the segment of other services situated in 15%.

 The income in Spain diminished 2,3% in 2012.

Regarding the evolution of each type of service, the market of treatment and elimination of waste was the only that registered in 2012 a positive variation, enciphered in 0,5%. By his part, the segments of waste payment and transport, and road cleaning experienced similar descents, of 1,7% and 1,9%, respectively, whereas the segment of other services retreated 7,8%.

In front of the weakness of the national market, the main operators are improving his presence in the outside. In 2012 the Spanish companies invoiceed 1.710 million euros by the provision of urban services abroad, what supposed 10,7% more than in the previous year.

The decrease of the income and the endurecimiento of the competition have motivated in the last years a moderate downward trend in the number of operators devoted to the provision of urban services, situated around 140 in 2012.

The activity presents a high degree of concentration in the group of operators of greater dimension. In 2012 the five first gathered of conjoint form 68% of the value of the market, percentage that elevated until 76% when considering to the ten first.

The forecasts aim to a prolongation of the path of slight descent of the inner market, in a marked context by the contraction of the public cost, the decrease of the volume of waste generated and the pressesure on the prices of the agreements.

Source: I Study Sectors of DBK: ‘Urban Services'.

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