Data show the number of prescriptions filled in the United States in 2009.
Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2009
Market size: 3.5 billion
Source: Rebecca Jones, “Custom Cures,” Wayne State, Spring 2010, p. 13. The publication is accessible online here.
The size of the market for national parks is provided based on visitors to these parks annually. The most visited of the national parks is Golden Gate National Park in San Francisco, California.
Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2009
Market size: 94.5 million visitors
Source: “National Park Summary Visitors Report,” May 2010 available online here.
This is a very decentralized market in which the three leading health care providing firms represent only 16% of the market. The leading firms involved in providing health care to the penal system by contract are Correctional Medical Services, America Service Group, and Wexford Health Sources, Inc.
Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2009
Market size: $9.3 billion
Source: “Correctional Healthcare,” March 8, 2010 available online here.
The sizes listed for this market are based on estimates by the source. Nanomaterials are materials which have structured components with at least one dimension less than 100 nanometers (a nanometer is equal to one-billionth of a meter).
Geographic reference: World
Year: 2013 and 2025
Market size: $3.5 billion and $34.3 billion respectively
Source: Plastic News, April 16, 2010
Original source: Freedonia Group
Vending machines in manufacturing facilities represent 33.5% of all vending machines in place. Office buildings account for 22.5% of vending machine locations while schools and colleges account for 11.5%. The remaining vending machines are in locations as diverse as shopping malls, hotels, airports, gas stations, hospitals and other service outlets and public institutions.
Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2007 and 2008
Market size: $23.2 billion and $22.8 billion respectively
Source: Automatic Merchandiser, August 2009, page 28
Information technology asset recovery includes data-wiping and refurbishment of computer equipment. It also includes dismantling the equipment, reusing the parts, and recycling what can’t be reused.
Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2006
Market size: $1.5 billion
Source: Scott Bekker, “Finding New Value in Old PCs and Servers,” Redmond Channel Partner, April 2010, pages 18-24
This market is very decentralized, the top three retailers accounting for only 16% of the market. Those leading retailers are Michaels Stores, Jo-Ann Fabrics, and A.C. Moore.
Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2008
Market size: $31 billion
Source: “Deutsche Bank High Yield & Leveraged Finance Conference,” October 1, 2009
Original source: CHA, equity research and public filings
The leading car rental firms in this market are Hertz (with a 26% market share), Avis (19%), National (12%), Enterprise (10%), Budget (10%), and Alamo (9%). The airport rental car market is one segment of the overall market and represents about half of the total U.S. car rental market.
Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2009
Market size: $10 billion
Source: “Hertz Investor Marketing,” February 10, 2010
Original source: Euromonitor
Leaders in this market include Hertz, Europcar, Avis, and Sixt. Together, these four companies represented 81% of the airport car rental market in Western Europe.
Geographic reference: Western Europe
Year: 2008
Market size: $6 billion
Source: “Hertz Investor Marketing,” May 6, 2009
Original source: Euromonitor
White oil is a highly refined product used in the production of medical products, consumer products, cosmetics and food products. Calumet and Sonneborn are two leading companies in the production of white oil.
Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2009
Market size: $450 million
Source: Houston Chronicle, October 23, 2009, page 1
Original source: Petroleum Trends International
Market size is based on projections. Petroleum waxes dominate the market representing nearly half (47.4%). Synthetic waxes make up 44.9% of the market and natural waxes the remaining 7.7%.
Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2008
Market size: $2.47 billion
Source: Rubber World, June 2009, page 10
Original source: Freedonia Group
The leading supplier of pet health care in the United States is Veterinary Pet Insurance (VPI). This company has been offering pet health insurance for more than twenty years and was joined about six years ago by a small number of new entrants into this market.
Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2007
Market size: $210 million
Source: “Tupanion Executive Summary,” 2009
Original source: Packaged Facts and Tupanion company report
Whey is a byproduct of making cheese. It is a thin, milky liquid that contains high levels of protein, proteins that turn out to be easily absorbed, more so than proteins from meat, soy or vegetables. In the past, whey was often discarded or used as animal feed but the market for this product has grown. It is used as an additive in many processed foods and is made into protein supplements.
Geographic reference: World
Year: 2008
Market size: 186 million metric tons — The value of whey proteins was estimated to be worth $3.8 billion in 2008
Source: “International Whey Market Overview,” 2009
Original source: Paper presented at the ADPI/ABI Annual Conference by Tage Affertsholt and 3A Business Consulting
The United States represents almost half (45.4%) of the world demand for this sort of hospital equipment, followed by the United Kingdom with 18.6%, Germany with 11.3% and France with 6.2%. Companies in the business of producing this equipment, among their offerings, include Arjo/Huntleigh, Joerns, Invacare, Stryker, and HRC.
Geographic reference: World
Year: 2009
Market size: $490 million
Source: Gregory N. Miller, “Jeffries 3rd Annual Healthcare Conference,” June 17, 2009
Original source: Hill-Rom Services Inc.
Leading companies in this market include Charoen Pokphand, Cargill, New Home Group, Land O’Lakes Purina, and Brasil Foods.
Geographic reference: World
Year: 2009
Market size: 708 million metric tons
Source: Feed International, January/February 2010, page 12
The annual wholesale market demand for packaged ice in the United States and Canada, including packaged ice resold through retail channels and packaged ice utilized in non-retail applications is shown below. In 2008, Home City and Arctic Glacier were investigated for price fixing, pleaded guilty and settled.
Geographic reference: North America
Year: 2007
Market size: $2.3 billion
Source: “In the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan,” September 15, 2009 available online here.
Original source: Wild Law Group PLLC
Data show the number of patients served by members of the American Association of Orthodontists.
Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2004 and 2008
Market size: 5.75 million and 4.87 million, respectively
Source: Melissa Preddy, “Robot Smiles on Orthodontists,” The Detroit News, May 20, 2010, page 6B.
This market size is based on projections of new aircraft construction contracts in the decade 2009–2019. Leading players in the market are Gulfstream, Bombardier, Cessna, and Dassault. Together these companies control 84% of the market.
Geographic reference: World
Year: 2009–2019
Market size: 12,768 aircraft valued at $195.9 billion
Source: “Teal Group Bizav Overview,” July 2009 available online here.
Original source: Teal Group
This market size presented here is based on sales at supermarkets for the year ending October 31, 2009, and does not include all tomatoes—those used in canning, food processing, or other industrial uses.
Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2009
Market size: $1.6 billion
Source: Grocery Headquarters, February 2010, page 67
Original source: Perishables Group
Over the last decade China has become the world leader in the production of fabrics that are used to make garments.
Geographic reference: China
Year: 2006
Market size: 825,000 tons
Source: “Spinning a Nylon Empire; Initiate with a Buy,” May 22, 2008
Original source: Deutche Bank