Monitoring B2B Industrial Digital Platforms in Europe

This report investigates the status of B2B industrial digital platforms in terms of their emergence, development and distribution and underlines their relevance in fostering the process of digital transformation across industries, as well as their role as a fundamental enabler of the data economy in Europe and beyond. The report presents and profiles the main players that are currently active in the digital platform space and analyses the key dynamics underpinning the supply and demand of B2B industrial digital platforms, as well as the main use-cases where these are currently being used. In the last part of the document, the barriers that are currently hindering a further development and deployment of B2B industrial digital platforms in Europe are reviewed with the aim of providing an initial input for further action in terms of business and policy-making intervention.