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USTMA November 2025 Forecast Predicts Slightly Higher 2025 Tire Shipments for U.S. Tire Market

December 2, 2025

WASHINGTON, December 2, 2025 - The U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA) projects total U.S. tire shipments of 337.4 million units in 2025, compared to 337.3 million units in 2024 and 332.7 million units in 2019. This surpasses the previous record of 337.3 million units in 2024.

Because the U.S. government shutdown delayed the release of August and September tire trade data, the current forecast is produced without these inputs and may therefore contain higher-than-usual estimation errors for U.S. replacement shipments.

Compared with 2024, Original Equipment (OE) shipments for passenger, light truck and truck tires are expected to change by -3.5%, -3.7%, and -18.1% respectively, with a total decrease of 2.8 million units. Replacement passenger, light truck and truck tire shipments are also projected to change by 0.0%, 2.9%, and 7.9% respectively, with a total increase of 3.0 million units.  

 

 

2025 Forecast 

2024 

% Vs 2024 

Units Vs 2024 

2019 

% Vs 2019 

Units Vs 2019

Original  

Equipment 

Passenger 

41.6 

43.1 

-3.5% 

-1.5 

46.3 

-10.0% 

-4.6 

Light Truck 

6.5 

6.7 

-3.7% 

-0.3 

5.9 

10.4% 

0.6 

Truck 

4.6 

5.7 

-18.1%

-1.0 

6.5 

-28.7% 

-1.9 

Replacement 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Passenger 

221.6 

221.6 

0.0% 

0.0 

222.6 

-0.4% 

-1.0 

Light Truck 

37.8 

36.7 

2.9% 

1.1 

32.5 

16.2% 

5.3 

Truck 

25.2 

23.4 

7.9% 

1.8 

18.9 

33.3% 

6.3 

Total Shipments 

337.4 

337.3 

0.0% 

0.2 

332.7 

1.4% 

4.7 

 

Note: All shipments in millions. Figures are rounded up.  

Detailed 2024 data can be found in the USTMA’s annual Factbook, which can be purchased https://www.ustires.org /resources/2025-ustma-factbook

 

About USTMA

The U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association is the national trade association for tire manufacturers that produce tires in the U.S. Our 11 member companies operate 55 tire-related manufacturing facilities in 16 states. U.S. tire manufacturing has an annual economic footprint of $170.6 billion and is responsible for more than 291,000 U.S. jobs in manufacturing, distribution and retailing. The industry supports more than 510,000 additional U.S. jobs in supplier and induced activities, totaling more than 801,000 jobs nationwide. USTMA advances a sustainable tire manufacturing industry through thought leadership and a commitment to science based public policy advocacy. Our member company tires make mobility possible. USTMA members are committed to continuous improvement of the performance of our products, worker and consumer safety and environmental stewardship. For more information, visit www.USTires.org and follow us on Twitter/X @USTires.