Warehousing locations in the EU

Warehousing is an important part of the supply chain. Therefore it is interesting to research the locations of warehouses. First of all are the types of goods of influence. In this research a distinction is made between functional and innovative goods. Besides many other determinants are of influence on the location decision of warehouses. In this research the following determinants are considered; real estate costs, wages, low educated labor force, population, road density, railway density, inland waterway density, road infrastructure quality, railway infrastructure quality, port infrastructure quality, seaport distance and inland port distance. Data of those determinants is used in order to create maps which could be compared with the founded location quotients of warehousing. The results are that Western Europe is the most attractive region for warehousing. Furthermore the most preferred region for functional goods is Zuid-Holland, while it is Brussels for innovative goods.