Market trends

Three key trends are dominating the market:

• Companies are seeking partners capable of supporting their development.  Sodexo ensures integrated management of all their support services while optimizing value.
• To be closer to new prolific markets and cut production costs, clients are moving into the emerging regions of Asia, South America and Central and Eastern Europe.  Sodexo's wide geographical scope and capabilities in these regions give us strong local knowledge, as well as valuable sustainable development expertise. Therefore Sodexo is able to partner with our clients as they expand abroad.
• Globalization is creating new human resources challenges - among these are managing an increasingly mobile workforce and attracting and retaining talents. Sodexo's Quality of Life Services help clients create work environments that foster productivity, comfort, convenience and efficiency, thus increasing client competitiveness.

(Source: Sodexo)

Over 250 billion euro in estimated total market value *, including 85 billion euro in Foodservices.

• Outsourcing rate: 79%
  (highest rate: USA 97%; among the lowest rates: Russia 30%)
• Outsourced market average annual growth rate: between 1% and 2% over the next 3 years

* Market for Facilities Management (excluding Foodservices) over 2 times that of Foodservices.

(Sodexo estimate)