SIC 3713 & 5012 | NAICS 336211 & 423110
The following guide to industry information, research, and analysis provides sources for industry trends and statistics, market research and analysis, financial ratios and salary surveys, and more.
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Comprehensive market research reports provide in-depth industry analysis and five-year forecasts, with special focus on the underlying structure and external forces and relationships that affect industries and their performance. Report contents include:
Monthly trade journal features news, information, and analysis for commercial truck body, equipment, and trailer manufacturers and distributors, with coverage of the equipment sector including the "Work Truck Show & NTEA Convention Preview" (January), the annual "Truck Equipment Distributor" issue (March), "Annual Buyer's Guide" (July), and the "Aftermarket Parts and Accessories" issue (October).
First Research profiles cover key aspects of an industry's size, scope, and operations and include a five-year growth forecast. Profile contents include:
NTEA News
https://www.ntea.com/
Monthly newsletter provides news and information for industry professionals,
with contents including technical and engineering articles, market
and economic forecasts, association news, and legislative
and regulatory updates, and special issues including the May issue
which features an annual update
on business conditions. Newsletter is available free to members and by subscription to nonmembers.
About the Industry / Buying and Building
https://www.ntea.com/about-industry
/
buying-and-building
Introductory sections provide information on industry product shipments by product segment and
the roles of
the various types of organizations involved in the production of commercial
work vehicles on a custom-order basis
(e.g., vehicle chassis and cab/chassis manufacturers and dealers,
and vehicle body, equipment, and trailer manufacturers and distributors). All information is accessible
free online.
Truck Equipment 101
https://www.ntea.com/
Video-based training modules provide an overview of the industry, insight
into the systems that make up a work
vehicle, and describe basic regulatory requirements applicable for
the U.S. and Canadian markets, with
topics covered in individual modules including how commercial work vehicles
are built, different types of products, functional elements and systems, and
the impact of various technologies.
Annual Manufacturers' Shipments Survey Report
https://www.ntea.com/
Annual manufacturer shipments survey provides market size data for 79 product
line categories, with data provided in the report including total
unit volume and dollar value of products shipped by market segment and
corresponding index measures that indicate the year-over-year percentage
change for each product category.
Participating manufacturers receive a complimentary print copy of the report.
Comprehensive market research reports provide in-depth analysis of the commercial truck/body and equipment sector, with types of vehicles covered in individual reports including aerial bucket, flatbed, beverage, cargo van, dump, grain, tank, service/utility, telescopic crane, vacuum tank, lube, rollback, wrecker, and sweeper. Summary description and table of contents for each report is available online.
Five-year financial statement analysis includes income statements, balance sheets, and key financial ratios, with data available by sales size range on a national, state, and metro area level.
Annual benchmarking study allows users to compare their firm's financial and operating performance with industry average benchmarks for truck equipment manufacturers and distributors derived from a survey of NTEA members. Participating members receive a customized performance analysis report, access to an online financial analysis and planning tool, and a free print copy of the aggregate report.
Motor Vehicle Body and Trailer Manufacturing
https://www.bls.gov/oes/
Annual wage survey provides hourly and annual wage data on a national,
state, and local area basis for personnel employed in this sector
which includes companies that manufacture truck bodies, cabs, and
other equipment and install these items on a purchased chassis
for sale as a finished vehicle or
sell these items
separately for custom installation on a chassis by an equipment dealer
or distributor.
Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies Distributors
https://www.bls.gov/oes/
Annual wage survey provides hourly and annual wage data on a national,
state, and local area basis for personnel employed by
organizations in this sector which includes companies that distribute
truck bodies, cabs, and other equipment on a wholesale basis and may
also provide custom installation of these items on a chassis provided by the dealer
or distributor or a chassis provided by the customer.
