U.S. vehicle registrations 1990-2019

How many registered motor vehicles are there in the U.S.?

Some 276 million vehicles were registered here in 2019. The figures include passenger cars, motorcycles, trucks, buses, and other vehicles. The number of light trucks sold in the U.S. stood at 12 million units in 2019.

U.S. vehicle registrations

The United States is one of the world’s largest automobile markets based on the number of new light vehicle registrations, with more than 17 million new light vehicle registrations in 2019. However, domestic production of automobiles fell to around 2.5 million units in 2019. At the same time, the United States imports a significant amount of vehicles from various countries such as Japan, Mexico, and Canada.

Leading car manufacturers in the United States

The leading car manufacturers overall in the United States include the domestic heavyweights General Motors and Ford. With respect to car brands, the Ford brand clocked in at number one in 2019, selling around 2.3 million vehicles in the United States alone. The brand's holding company is the Ford Motor Company; it was founded by Henry Ford in 1903 in Dearborn, Michigan. The company pioneered in large-scale car manufacturing and introduced production methods such as the assembly line.