Business to business (B2B) e-commerce revenues worldwide will reach $2,367 billion by 2004, according to forecasts from eMarketer.
The online research company has aggregated a number of forecasts for worldwide B2B revenues, which are shown here. Averaged, the industry is forecast to be valued at $3,608 billion by 2004 and $5,866 billion by 2005.
| B2B e-commerce worldwide revenue forecasts ($bn) |
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2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
| eMarketer |
278 |
474 |
823 |
1,409 |
2,367 |
– |
| AMR Research |
371 |
704 |
1,375 |
2,262 |
3,350 |
4,739 |
| Computer Economics |
3,068 |
5,232 |
6,815 |
9,907 |
– |
– |
| Forrester Research |
604 |
1,138 |
2,061 |
3,694 |
6,335 |
– |
| IDC |
282 |
516 |
917 |
1,573 |
2,655 |
4,329 |
| Gartner Group |
433 |
919 |
1,929 |
3,632 |
5,950 |
8,530 |
| Morgan Stanley Dean Witter |
200 |
721 |
1,378 |
– |
– |
– |
| Goldman Sachs |
357 |
740 |
1,304 |
2,088 |
3,201 |
– |
| Ovum |
218 |
345 |
543 |
858 |
1,400 |
– |
| Average |
646 |
1,199 |
1,905 |
3,178 |
3,608 |
5,866 |
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| Source: eMarketer, AMR, IDC, Gartner, 2001; various, as above, 2000 (compiled by eMarketer 2002) |
