DATA NUGGET
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April 17, 2000
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The E-Marketplaces of Tomorrow
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As business-to-business e-commerce continues to swell, e-marketplaces, those online trading sites like Chemdex, SciQuest.com, and ImageX.com, will fuel the majority of the growth. By 2004, e-marketplaces will account for 53% of the $2.7 trillion in business-to-business online trade, says Forrester Research. The computer and electronics industry, led by companies such as Cisco, Intel, and Ingram Micro, will dominate the field with sales of $437 billion by 2004. Utilities will be next with $243 billion.
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| E-marketplace growth by industry:
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| Industry (in billions of dollars) | 2000 | 2004 |
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| Computers and electronics | $13.9 | $437.0 |
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| Utilities | $29.7 | $243.0 |
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| Motor vehicles | $7.0 | $210.6 |
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| Petrochemicals | $1.6 | $147.1 |
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| Paper and office products | $0.4 | $138.1 |
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| Food and agriculture | $0.7 | $56.5 |
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| Shipping and warehousing | $0.2 | $45.1 |
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| Construction | $0.1 | $43.7 |
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| Pharmaceutical and medical products | $0.1 | $34.1 |
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| Consumer goods | | $29.1 |
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| Industrial equipment and supplies | $0.2 | $16.6 |
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| Aerospace and defense | $0.5 | $14.5 |
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| Heavy industries | | $1.6 |
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| DATA: Forrester Research
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