Category: Automotive
Automotive market research reports by First Research, Inc.
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Truck Rental & Leasing
Truck Rental & Leasing Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry rent and lease trucks, truck tractors, buses, semi-trailers, utility trailers, and recreational vehicles. Major companies include Cruise America, Hertz, Penske Truck Leasing, Ryder, and U-Haul (all based ... Read More
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Recreational Vehicle Manufacturing
Recreational Vehicle Manufacturing Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture campers, motor homes, and travel trailers. Major companies include Forest River, REV Group (owner of the Fleetwood and Monaco brands), Thor Industries, and Winnebago (all based in ... Read More
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Truck Trailer Manufacturing
Truck Trailer Manufacturing Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture truck trailers, truck trailer and cargo container chassis, and detachable trailers bodies and chassis. Major companies include Great Dane, Hyundai Translead, Utility Trailer, and Wabash N ... Read More
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Automotive Repair & Maintenance Services
Automotive Repair & Maintenance Services Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry provide repair and maintenance services for passenger cars and light trucks. Major US companies include Firestone Complete Auto Care (a unit of Bridgestone), Jiffy Lube, Meineke, Midas I ... Read More
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Recreational Vehicle Dealers
Recreational Vehicle Dealers Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry sell new motor homes, new travel trailers, and used recreational vehicles. Major companies include Camping World, General RV Center, Giant Inland Empire RV, La Mesa RV Center, and Lazy Days' RV. ... Read More
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Tire Manufacturing
Tire Manufacturing Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture tires and inner tubes for a variety of vehicles. Major companies include Cooper and Goodyear (US), Michelin (France), Bridgestone Corporation and Sumitomo Rubber Industries (Japan), Continental AG ... Read More
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Automotive Oil Change & Lubrication Services
Automotive Oil Change & Lubrication Services Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry provide motor oil changes and lubrication services for automobiles and light trucks. Major US companies include Havoline Xpress Lube (owned by Chevron), Jiffy Lube and Pennzoil 10 Mi ... Read More
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Car Washes
Car Washes Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry provide cleaning, washing, and waxing services for cars, trucks, vans, and trailers. Major companies include Autobell Car Wash, Mister Car Wash, and Zips Car Wash (all based in the US), along with Mr Wash Car Wash (G ... Read More
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Taxi & Limousine Services
Taxi & Limousine Services Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry provide passenger transportation by automobiles not operated over regular routes or on regular schedules. No major companies dominate. COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE Taxi and limousine revenue is driven by busi ... Read More
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Motor Vehicle Towing Services
Motor Vehicle Towing Services Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry provide towing services for light or heavy motor vehicles; they may also offer other roadside assistance and vehicle storage services. No major companies dominate the industry. COMPETITIVE LANDSCAP ... Read More
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Automotive Body, Paint, Interior & Glass Repair
Automotive Body, Paint, Interior & Glass Repair Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry are primarily engaged in providing automotive body, paint, interior, and glass repair and replacement services for passenger cars and light trucks. Major companies include Maaco, ... Read More
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Motorcycle Manufacturing
Motorcycle Manufacturing Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture motorcycles, mopeds, and motor scooters. Major companies include Jiangmen Dachangjiang Group, Lifan Industry (Group), Loncin Motor, and Zongshen Industrial Group (all based in China); BMW (G ... Read More
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Manufacturing Sector
Manufacturing Sector Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture a wide variety of goods; major product groups include food and beverage, chemicals, machinery, transportation equipment, and computers and electronics. Major companies include Boeing, Caterpilla ... Read More
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Automobile Parts Manufacturing
Automobile Parts Manufacturing Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture automobile parts, including transmission and power train components, engines and engine parts, body parts and trim, electronics, braking systems, steering and suspension components, as ... Read More
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Automobile Manufacturing
Automobile Manufacturing Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry engage in manufacturing complete automobile and light duty motor vehicles, as well as vehicle chassis only. Major companies include Ford, General Motors, and Tesla (all based in the US); along with Hond ... Read More
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Used Car Dealers
Used Car Dealers Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry sell a variety of used vehicles including passenger cars, light trucks, SUVs, and passenger and cargo vans. Major companies include CarMax, Car-Mart, and DriveTime (all based in the US), as well as Cargiant (th ... Read More
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Search, Detection, Navigation & Guidance System Manufacturing
Search, Detection, Navigation & Guidance System Manufacturing Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry make products such as aircraft instruments, flight recorders, navigational instruments, and radar and sonar systems. Major companies include FLIR and divisions of de ... Read More
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Parking Lots & Garages
Parking Lots & Garages Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry provide parking space for motor vehicles. Major companies include ABM, Ace Parking, Diamond Parking, Lanier Parking, SP Plus, and TPS Parking (all based in the US), along with Impark (Canada), Indigo (Fra ... Read More
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Truck & Bus Manufacturing
Truck & Bus Manufacturing Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacturing heavy duty trucks including companies that manufacture and assemble heavy duty vehicles and buses. Major companies include Navistar and PACCAR (both based in the US), along with Dongfeng ... Read More
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Automotive Parts & Accessories Stores
Automotive Parts & Accessories Stores Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry operate physical retail establishments that sell new, used, and/or repaired automobile parts and accessories, as well as repair and install automotive accessories. Major companies include A ... Read More
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Boat Dealers
Boat Dealers Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry are engaged in retail sales of new and used boats, as well as boat motors and trailers; they may also offer replacement parts and boat repair services. Major US companies include MarineMax and West Marine. COMPETIT ... Read More
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Automobile Dealers
Automobile Dealers Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry engage in retail sales of new and used passenger cars, light trucks, SUVs, and passengers and cargo vans. Major companies include AutoNation, CarMax, Group 1 Automotive, Penske Automotive Group, and Sonic Aut ... Read More
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Recreational Vehicle Parks
Recreational Vehicle Parks Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry operate facilities to accommodate campers using tents, travel trailers, and recreational vehicles (RVs). Major companies include Kampgrounds of America (KOA) and Thousand Trails (both based in the US) ... Read More
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Tire Dealers
Tire Dealers Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry operate physical retail establishments that sell new and used tires; some also provide automotive repair services. Major companies include Discount Tire, TBC Corporation, Monro Muffler Brake, Les Schwab Tire Center ... Read More
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Plastic & Rubber Product Manufacturing
Plastic & Rubber Product Manufacturing Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry engage in processing plastic materials and raw rubber to produce products such as plastic bags and bottles, plastic film and sheets, plastic pipe and foams, robber hoses, and tires. Major ... Read More