The ever-shifting tire landscape makes it difficult to pin down an accurate picture of the industry overall. To help steady the target, we’ve compiled this comprehensive Tire Market Profile section.
Click here to see the 2011 Tire Market Profile
Combining real-world data from a range of resources with results from Tire Review’s annual Tire Dealer Profile,this section will help you gain a better perspective of our industry, help you see emerging trends, and better prepare your business for what lies ahead.
Through painstaking research, we’ve been able to assemble this collection of data, which includes: the top 25 global tiremakers; dealerchannel tire brand marketshares; tire shipments for passenger, light truck/SUV, medium truck, OTR, ag/forestry; a look at the OE and replacement segments of the high performance market; the most popular tire sizes at OE and replacement levels; brand and channel segmentation;new vehicle sales and vehicle registrations, as well as miles driven byvehicle type.
Added to this is our annual survey of hundreds of independent tire dealers throughout North America, who offered their insights on the structure and size of today’s tire dealer, as well as a look at tire pricing levels, buying patterns, average gross margins, and much more.