2019 Vehicle Sales by Segment (PDF)

This US Car market report provides information about passenger cars, including economy and family, sports and luxury vehicles as well as minivans and Sport Utility Vehicles. It excludes motorcycles, buses, trucks and large vans.

The market segmentation is based on several factors, including physical properties (mass, volume, footprint = (front track width + rear track width)/2 x wheelbase, etc.) and consumer base (pricing, status, etc.).

  • 2019 Vehicle Sales by segment is up 0.7% from 2018 to $17,552 Trillion
  • 2019 Vehicle Revenue by Segment is up 0.9% from 2018 to $615 Billion
  • Ford leads the US in  sales market share with 12.7% followed by Toyota with 12.5%
  • Toyota leads the US in revenue market share with 11.5% followed by Ford with 11.3%
  • The US is the worlds leader in Auto sales revenue with $615 Billion, followed by China with $555 Billion
  • Among Luxury brands, Mercedes leads with 15.8% market share
Segment Sales (Trillion USD) Share
Mini Cars  $                        36.88 0.21%
Luxury Cars  $                      134.74 0.77%
Sports Cars  $                      226.09 1.29%
Small Cars  $                      277.26 1.58%
Full Size Vans  $                      432.63 2.46%
Executive Cars  $                      534.71 3.05%
Minivans  $                      577.45 3.29%
Medium Cars  $                   2,260.62 12.88%
Full Size Cars  $                   2,276.08 12.97%
Pickup Trucks  $                   2,765.96 15.76%
Large SUV  $                   3,619.34 20.62%
Small SUV  $                   4,410.77 25.13%
   $                 17,552.53 100.00%

Vehicle sales in the United States 1978-2019

Table containing the total number of Cars, Light Trucks and SUVs sold in United States from 1978 to 2019
Year Units Sold Year / Year
1978 14,981 Million   
1979 13,758 Million -8.16%
1980 11,198 Million -18.61%
1981 10,564 Million -5.66%
1982 10,357 Million -1.95%
1983 12,107 Million 16.89%
1984 14,205 Million 17.33%
1985 15,425 Million 8.59%
1986 16,044 Million 4.01%
1987 14,875 Million -7.29%
1988 15,443 Million 3.82%
1989 14,521 Million -5.97%
1990 13,860 Million -4.55%
1991 12,309 Million -11.19%
1992 12,857 Million 4.45%
1993 13,883 Million 7.98%
1994 15,045 Million 8.37%
1995 14,728 Million -2.10%
1996 15,097 Million 2.50%
1997 15,122 Million 0.16%
1998 15,543 Million 2.78%
1999 16,894 Million 8.69%
2000 17,350 Million 2.70%
2001 17,122 Million -1.31%
2002 16,816 Million -1.79%
2003 16,639 Million -1.05%
2004 16,867 Million 1.37%
2005 16,948 Million 0.48%
2006 16,504 Million -2.62%
2007 16,089 Million -2.52%
2008 13,195 Million -17.99%
2009 10,402 Million -21.16%
2010 11,555 Million 11.08%
2011 12,742 Million 10.27%
2012 14,433 Million 13.27%
2013 15,530 Million 7.60%
2014 16,452 Million 5.94%
2015 17,396 Million 5.74%
2016 17,465 Million 0.39%
2017 17,136 Million -1.88%
2018 17,214 Million 0.45%
2019 17,552 Million 1.97%

Vehicle sales in the United States 1978-2019