Also, Avito Services experts note that this market is increasingly attracting both private carriers and transport companies. According to their data, at the beginning of autumn the number of offers in St. Petersburg increased by 31% year-on-year. Service analysts conducted market research by region and compared prices for services in this segment.
Thus, according to Avito Services, in St. Petersburg in the period from June to August 2023, the demand for construction work increased by 29% compared to the same period last year. Currently, the percentage of offers for the transportation of construction materials in St. Petersburg is about 12% of all service offers in the “Cargo Transportation” category. It turns out that every fifth contractor transports construction materials. Moreover, the number of advertisements from private carriers and transport companies for 2023 increased by 31%.
As noted, the construction materials transportation segment includes a range of services for the delivery of sand, crushed stone, cement, bricks, building blocks, metal structures and other materials necessary for construction and repair. Such services are provided not only by specialized transport companies, but also by truck owners, construction suppliers and private carriers.
The price of the service depends on the distance, type and volume of cargo. According to the price lists of performers on Avito Services, the average cost of transporting bulk cargo within a city or region starts from 1,600 rubles per hour of work; transportation of building blocks by vehicle with a carrying capacity of 10 tons with a manipulator costs on average 12,000 rubles for a flight lasting 3 – 4 hours. The service also has offers from large transport companies that carry out long-distance transportation.
The most dynamically growing regions included:
In the Volga Federal District: Nizhny Novgorod (demand +30%, supply +39%), Kazan (demand +60% supply +53%), Orenburg (demand +41% supply +31%), Izhevsk (demand +60%, supply 60%), Perm (demand +123%, supply +31%).
In the Siberian Federal District: Novosibirsk (demand +31%, supply +35%), Krasnoyarsk (demand +53%, supply +42%), Omsk (demand +66%, supply +34%), Irkutsk (demand +59% , offer +59%).
In the Central Federal District: Moscow (demand +38%, supply +41%), Voronezh (demand +85%, supply +68%), Ryazan (demand +117%, supply +30%).
In the Southern Federal District: Krasnodar (demand +99%, supply +44%), Rostov-on-Don (demand +64%, supply +30%).
In the Ural Federal District: Yekaterinburg (demand +24%, supply +61%).
Growing demand for construction services was recorded in the Volga Federal District (Orenburg (+42%), Izhevsk (+20%), Nizhny Novgorod (+54%), Kazan (+16%), Perm (+26%)), in the Siberian Federal District (Novosibirsk (+35%), Irkutsk (+40%), Krasnoyarsk (+26%), Omsk (+36%)) and in the Central Federal District (Moscow (+39%), Voronezh (+38%), Ryazan (+ 31%)).
Source: Rosbalt
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