Overview
The Warehouse Building Stock Database consolidates more than 60 data sources to estimate global warehouse count, footprint, size and labor demand. It combines government statistics, real-estate market reports, company financials and a proprietary model for markets without reliable sources, with Premium adding end-customer facility counts and automation investment indicators.
The Warehouse Building Stock Database provides a structured view of buildings, footprint, labor and related market indicators.
Core Questions Answered
The database is designed around practical sizing, planning and targeting questions.
How many warehouses exist globally?
Estimate warehouse count, footprint, size and labor demand by country and vertical.
Which verticals and facility types matter?
Break down distribution centers, fulfillment centers, omnichannel facilities and sortation centers.
Which end customers operate the most space?
Premium adds company-level warehouse counts and automation investment indicators.
Coverage Dimensions
Coverage is organized so users can move from global totals to country, sector and facility-level lenses.
Building stock measures
- Number of warehouses
- Warehouse footprint
- Average warehouse size
- End-market revenue and labor costs
Facility and vertical views
- Distribution, fulfillment, omnichannel and sortation centers
- Apparel, grocery, healthcare, manufacturing, 3PL and parcel
- Operator type and country segments
- Workflow labor and automation spend
End-customer depth
- Warehouse count by company
- Automation vendors used by end customers
- Cold chain, ceiling height, racking and throughput roadmap
- US state-level estimates and expanded country coverage
Database Framework
The framework connects source collection, modelling, validation and dashboard delivery.
Source consolidation
Government statistics, real-estate reports and company financials are consolidated.
Proprietary model
A proprietary model estimates stock for markets without reliable sources.
Premium company view
End-customer and 3PL warehouse networks are captured at facility-count level.
Methodology
The analysis combines bottom-up source work with top-down sanity checks and analyst validation.
- Source build60+ sources are consolidated and cleaned.
- Model coverage gapsMarkets with incomplete public data are estimated through the proprietary model.
- Roadmap updatesNew analyses such as cold chain, ceiling height, racking and throughput are added over time.
Deliverable Detail
The deliverables support both executive review and hands-on data exploration.
Insight Report
PDF report summarizing stock, labor and roadmap developments.
Market Database
Excel database with building stock, footprint and labor metrics.
PowerBI Dashboard
Dashboard visualizing warehouse count, footprint, labor and premium company views.
Premium Company Analysis
End-customer and 3PL facility count, automation investment and vendor indicators.
License Entitlements
Use the entitlement view to confirm included deliverables.
Standard Edition
For teams sizing warehouse count, footprint, verticals and labor costs.
- Insight Report
- Market Database
- PowerBI Dashboard
- Post-purchase analyst support
Premium Edition
For teams that need end-customer facility counts, automation investments and roadmap additions.
- Everything in Standard
- Warehouse count by company
- Automation investment and vendor indicators
- Cold chain, ceiling height, racking and throughput roadmap
Analyst Team
Ash has spent close to 20 years in technology research and is Chief Commercial Officer at Interact Analysis. He also leads market intelligence on robotics and warehouse automation.
Rueben is one of the warehouse automation industry’s leading analysts and a regular speaker at leading industry events. He provides deep analysis across robotics and warehouse automation markets.
Matthieu works in warehouse and factory construction research, with experience across supply chain, industrial software and industrial automation market intelligence.
Jemima supports data collection, modelling and quality control for the Warehouse Building Stock Database.
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