{
 "title": "Road Freight Market Reports: 7 Compared by What Each Measures (2026)",
 "url": "https://vektorgroup.eu/resources/logistics/road-freight-market-reports",
 "publisher": "Vektor Group",
 "reviewed": "2026-10-08",
 "licence": "CC BY 4.0 for the selection and the descriptions; each source keeps its own terms",
 "entries": [
  {
   "position": 1,
   "name": "Vektor market intelligence page",
   "url": "https://vektorgroup.eu/insights",
   "facts": {
    "Measures": "Outside figures it names, plus calculators",
    "Method": "A dated source note; no survey or index of ours",
    "Access": "Free, no sign up; German counterpart Marktdaten",
    "Limit": "No Vektor rate index or time series"
   }
  },
  {
   "position": 2,
   "name": "Ti, Upply and IRU road freight rate benchmark",
   "url": "https://ti-insight.com/european-road-freight-rate-benchmark-report/",
   "facts": {
    "Measures": "Contract and spot rate indices",
    "Method": "Partners' platform data; Upply's index method uses base 100 at 1 January 2017",
    "Access": "Report PDF after a form",
    "Limit": "Upply's method excludes dangerous goods; no single lane price"
   }
  },
  {
   "position": 3,
   "name": "TIMOCOM transport barometer",
   "url": "https://www.timocom.co.uk/services/transport-barometer",
   "facts": {
    "Measures": "Freight offers against vehicle space offers",
    "Method": "Offers posted in TIMOCOM's own exchange",
    "Access": "Annual overview on the page; quarterly reports",
    "Limit": "Offers, not completed transports, and only from TIMOCOM users"
   }
  },
  {
   "position": 4,
   "name": "Spain's road freight observatories",
   "url": "https://www.transportes.gob.es/transporte-terrestre/servicios-al-transportista/observatorios-del-transporte/observatorios-del-transporte-de-mercancias-por-carretera",
   "facts": {
    "Measures": "Operating cost; price per loaded km; activity",
    "Method": "Agreed cost model; survey based price index",
    "Access": "Free PDFs in Spanish, quarterly, back to 2018",
    "Limit": "Spanish hauliers only; costs are informative, not a tariff"
   }
  },
  {
   "position": 5,
   "name": "BVL and ifo Logistik-Indikator",
   "url": "https://www.bvl.de/logistik-indikator",
   "facts": {
    "Measures": "Sentiment: business situation and expectations",
    "Method": "Monthly ifo survey balances, indexed to a base year",
    "Access": "Commentary free, in German; history for BVL members",
    "Limit": "Germany, all logistics; no rates or volumes"
   }
  },
  {
   "position": 6,
   "name": "Eurostat road freight statistics",
   "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20260924-2",
   "facts": {
    "Measures": "Tonnes and tonne km by goods type",
    "Method": "Surveys of goods vehicles under Regulation (EU) No 70/2012",
    "Access": "Free datasets, such as road_go_ta_dg",
    "Limit": "Annual; Malta excluded; dangerous goods figures less certain, Eurostat notes"
   }
  },
  {
   "position": 7,
   "name": "DfT road freight statistics",
   "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/road-freight-domestic-and-international-statistics",
   "facts": {
    "Measures": "Activity of UK registered HGVs at home and abroad",
    "Method": "DfT road freight surveys",
    "Access": "Free reports and tables, Open Government Licence v3.0",
    "Limit": "The 2025 international publication is paused until later in 2026"
   }
  }
 ]
}