Topic: Tire Market in the U.S.

Tire Market in the U.S. - Facts & Statistics

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Published by I. Wagner, Aug 12, 2017

The most commonly used tires around the world today can be categorized under the pneumatic segment: They contain or operate by air or gas under pressure. Their primary purposes are to provide traction between vehicles or bicycles with the road as well as shock absorption for impact. Virtually all wheeled land vehicles in operation, whether off-road or on-road, use tires, which makes the industry an important one in the manufacturing process. With around 12 million passenger and commercial vehicles being produced in the United States, the U.S. market calls for a large number of tire manufacturers.

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New vehicle registrations in the U.S.

17.1m

U.S. domestic auto production

3m units

U.S. auto sales

5.3m units

In light of globalization, tire manufacturers need not necessarily be located in the United States, though. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. and Cooper Tire and Rubber Co. are among the key tire makers with headquarters in the United States. Asia-headquartered Bridgestone is the leading manufacturer of tires in the world, and the world's second largest tire manufacture, Michelin, is based in Europe.

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Tire Manufacturers at a Glance

Bridgestone's sales in the Americas
1.3tr JPY
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Bridgestone - net sales by region 2008-2012
Bridgestone's R&D expenditures
104bn JPY
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Bridgestone - expenditure on research and development 2009-2018
Michelin's employees in North America
21.5k
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Michelin - worldwide number of employees by region 2018
Michelin's worldwide net sales
22bn EUR
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Michelin - worldwide net sales 2008-2018
Goodyear's global net sales
15.5bn USD
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Goodyear - global net sales 2007-2018
NAFTA's share of Continental AG's employees
18%
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Continental AG - employees by region 2018
Continental AG's sales in the NAFTA region
10.98bn EUR
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Continental AG - external revenue by region 2018