The Company Car Market in Switzerland

OVERVIEW 1
Catalyst 1
Summary 1
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2
Table of Contents 3
Table of figures 4
Table of tables 5
CHAPTER 1 COMPANY CAR MARKET IN SWITZERLAND 6
1.1 Market overview 7
1.2 Company car penetration in Switzerland 10
CHAPTER 2 COMPANY CAR MARKET BY FUNDING METHOD 11
2.1 Operational leasing market 13
2.1.1 Extension of leasing contracts 14
2.2 Operational leasing fleet by size and segment 15
2.3 Penetration of fleet management in operational leasing fleets 17
CHAPTER 3 COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE 18
3.1 German makes are the most popular in Switzerland's company car market 18
3.2 Captive leasing leads the way in Switzerland's operational leasing market 19
CHAPTER 4 FACTORS INFLUENCING THE COMPANY CAR MARKET 20
4.1 Economic growth 21
4.2 Availability of credit 22
4.3 Regulatory environment 22
4.4 Rise in operational leasing 22
4.5 Weakening residual values 22
APPENDIX 23
Structure of non-private parc in Switzerland compared to its peers 23
Further reading 26
Research process 27
Forecasting methodology 27
Ask the analyst 28
Datamonitor consulting 28
Disclaimer 28
List of Tables
Table 1: Fleet market, basic terms definitions 23
Table 2: Fleet market, funding methods definitions 24
Table 3: Fleet market, fleet management services definitions 24
Table 4: Fleet market, segmentation definitions 25
List of Figures
Figure 1: Company car parc vs total car parc: Switzerland compared with its peers (2008) 7
Figure 2: Company car fleet, purchases and replacement periods (2005-14) 8
Figure 3: Company car sales vs total car sales: Switzerland compared with its peers (2008) 9
Figure 4: Company cars by employee penetration (2005-14) 10
Figure 5: Company car market by funding method (2005-14) 11
Figure 6: Company car market by funding method: Switzerland compared with its peers (2008) 12
Figure 7: Operational leasing fleet vs fleets using other funding methods: Switzerland compared with its peers (2008) 13
Figure 8: Operational leasing fleet, purchases and replacement period (2005-14) 14
Figure 9: Operational leasing market by fleet size (2008) 15
Figure 10: Operational leasing fleet by size (2008) 16
Figure 11: Penetration of fleet management (2008) 17
Figure 12: Most popular makes in the company car market (2008-09) 18
Figure 13: Leading operational leasing suppliers (2008) 19
Figure 14: Factors influencing company car market in Switzerland (score out of 5) 20
Figure 15: Company car purchases compared with GDP and unemployment rate (2005-14) 21
Figure 16: Structure of non-private parc in Switzerland compared to its peers (2008) 23