Introduction

Books in Belgium industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2007-11, and forecast to 2016). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the Belgium books market. Includes market size data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Highlights

*The books market includes atlases, dictionaries, encyclopedias, text books, guidebooks, musical scores, maps, fiction and non-fiction. All physical books sold from internet sites like Amazon.com are included but e-books are not included. The market is valued at retail selling price (RSP) with any currency conversions calculated using constant annual average 2010 exchange rates.

*The Belgian books market is expected to generate total revenue of $1.2 billion in 2011, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1.8% between 2007 and 2011.

*Sales by music, video, books and stationery retailers proved the most lucrative for the Belgian books market in 2011, with total revenues of $892.5 million, equivalent to 74.8% of the market's overall value.

*The performance of the market is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 2.1% for the five-year period 2011 - 2016, which is expected to drive the market to a value of $1.3 billion by the end of 2016.

Features

Save time carrying out entry-level research by identifying the size, growth, and leading players in the books market in Belgium

Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the books market in Belgium

Leading company profiles reveal details of key books market players’ global operations and financial performance

Add weight to presentations and pitches by understanding the future growth prospects of the Belgium books market with five year forecasts

Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the Belgium economy

Key Questions Answered

What was the size of the Belgium books market by value in 2011?

What will be the size of the Belgium books market in 2016?

What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the Belgium books market?

How has the market performed over the last five years?

How large is Belgium’s books market in relation to its regional counterparts?
 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2
MARKET OVERVIEW 6
Market definition 6
Market analysis 6
MARKET DATA 7
Market value 7
MARKET SEGMENTATION 8
Geography segmentation 8
Market distribution 9
MARKET OUTLOOK 10
Market value forecast 10
FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS 11
Summary 11
Buyer power 12
Supplier power 13
New entrants 14
Threat of substitutes 15
Degree of rivalry 16
LEADING COMPANIES 17
Amazon.com, Inc. 17
Bertelsmann AG 20
Lagardère SCA 23
MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS 27
Country Data 27
APPENDIX 29
Methodology 29
Industry associations 30
Related Datamonitor research 30

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Belgium books market value: $ million, 2007–11(e) 7
Table 2: Belgium books market geography segmentation : $million, by value, 2011(e) 8
Table 3: Belgium books market distribution: % share, by value, 2011(e) 9
Table 4: Belgium books market value forecast: $ million, 2011–16 10
Table 5: Amazon.com, Inc.: key facts 17
Table 6: Amazon.com, Inc.: key financials ($) 18
Table 7: Amazon.com, Inc.: key financial ratios 18
Table 8: Bertelsmann AG: key facts 20
Table 9: Bertelsmann AG: key financials ($) 20
Table 10: Bertelsmann AG: key financials (€) 21
Table 11: Bertelsmann AG: key financial ratios 21
Table 12: Lagardère SCA: key facts 23
Table 13: Lagardère SCA: key financials ($) 25
Table 14: Lagardère SCA: key financials (€) 25
Table 15: Lagardère SCA: key financial ratios 25
Table 16: Belgium size of population (million), 2007–11 27
Table 17: Belgium gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2007–11 27
Table 18: Belgium gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2007–11 27
Table 19: Belgium inflation, 2007–11 27
Table 20: Belgium consumer price index (absolute), 2007–11 28
Table 21: Belgium exchange rate, 2007–11 28

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Belgium books market value: $ million, 2007–11(e) 7
Figure 2: Belgium books market geography segmentation : % share, by value, 2011(e) 8
Figure 3: Belgium books market distribution: % share, by value, 2011(e) 9
Figure 4: Belgium books market value forecast: $ million, 2011–16 10
Figure 5: Forces driving competition in the books market in Belgium, 2011 11
Figure 6: Drivers of buyer power in the books market in Belgium, 2011 12
Figure 7: Drivers of supplier power in the books market in Belgium, 2011 13
Figure 8: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the books market in Belgium, 2011 14
Figure 9: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the books market in Belgium, 2011 15
Figure 10: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the books market in Belgium, 2011 16
Figure 11: Amazon.com, Inc.: revenues & profitability 18
Figure 12: Amazon.com, Inc.: assets & liabilities 19
Figure 13: Bertelsmann AG: revenues & profitability 21
Figure 14: Bertelsmann AG: assets & liabilities 22
Figure 15: Lagardère SCA: revenues & profitability 26
Figure 16: Lagardère SCA: assets & liabilities 26