Passenger Car & Light Truck Tire Manufacturers
OEMs producing replacement and OE tires for passenger vehicles, crossovers, and light trucks.
Market snapshot
These figures describe Tire Manufacturing (5.8.14), the segment that Passenger Car & Light Truck Tire Manufacturers sits within — not Passenger Car & Light Truck Tire Manufacturers on its own.
- Market size
- ~$23B
- Growth
- ~2.9%CAGR (2017–22, nominal)
- Companies
- ~480
U.S. Census Bureau 2022 CBP/Economic Census, NAICS 326211 (tire manufacturing) + 326212 (tire retreading).
Business model & economics
Revenue model
OEM and replacement tire sales
Key economics
- Recurring revenue
- High
- EBITDA margin
- Capital-intensive; replacement-driven
- Capex intensity
- High
recurring replacement-tire demand
Characteristics
- Dominated by global tire majors.
- Anchored by non-discretionary replacement demand.
- EVs an emerging specialized-tire dynamic.
Geographic concentration
Tire manufacturing concentrates in Oklahoma, South Carolina, Iowa, and Arkansas, home to several of the largest U.S. tire plants.
U.S. Census Bureau — 2022 County Business Patterns (employment by state), NAICS 326211. Concentration shown by location quotient.
M&A deal context
Who’s acquiring
- Global tire majors
- Specialty & retread consolidators
- PE-backed platforms
What’s driving deals
- Replacement-market and EV-tire demand.
- Capacity and capital investment.
- Specialty and commercial-tire niches.
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