North America OEM Classes 5-8 Build & Retail Sales
Monthly OEM-level build and retail sales data for North American Classes 5–8 commercial vehicles.
ACT’s North America OEM Classes 5–8 Build & Retail Sales report provides monthly OEM-level market indicators for commercial vehicle production and retail sales across North America. Built on data provided directly by North American OEMs, this report helps customers monitor actual build activity, retail sales performance, market share, production pacing, and class-level movement across Classes 5–8 commercial vehicle markets.
Get Commercial Equipment IntelligenceTrack OEM build and retail sales activity across the North American market.
A monthly view of commercial vehicle production, retail sales, OEM share, and market movement.
Every month, OEM build activity and retail sales results provide important context for understanding commercial vehicle market direction.
Build data helps customers evaluate production pacing, capacity, and supply conditions. Retail sales data helps customers understand how vehicles are moving into the market and how demand is converting across classes and OEMs.
ACT’s North America OEM Classes 5–8 Build & Retail Sales report brings these indicators together in a consistent monthly format, helping OEMs, suppliers, dealers, fleets, leasing firms, finance teams, investors, and market analysts compare current activity, historical trends, and market share movement.
Use this report to support production planning, supplier alignment, sales strategy, competitive benchmarking, market analysis, and investment decisions.
Build and retail sales signals are connected, but they do not always move together.
1. Build, shipment, retail, and registration events occur at different points in the cycle.
Production activity, shipments, retail sales, and registrations each capture a different market event. ACT’s Build & Retail Sales report helps customers compare OEM build and retail sales activity in a consistent monthly format, giving teams better context for current market conditions.2. Internal dashboards may not show industry-wide activity.
Organizations often have strong visibility into their own production, shipments, sales, or customer activity. ACT adds market-wide context so teams can compare internal performance against broader OEM, class, and industry movement.
3. A consistent market benchmark supports better alignment.
Operations, sales, procurement, finance, strategy, and leadership teams often look at different internal and external indicators. ACT’s monthly build and retail sales data gives teams a shared market view for planning discussions and performance comparisons.
ACT brings all stakeholders back to a single, neutral view of the market.
What the Build & Retail Sales report covers
The North America OEM Classes 5–8 Build & Retail Sales report provides a monthly view of actual commercial vehicle build and retail sales activity by OEM and vehicle class.
Use the report to monitor market movement, compare OEM performance, understand production and retail sales pacing, and evaluate how commercial vehicle activity is changing over time.
OEM Build by Class: 5, 6–7, and 8
Build activity views include:
- OEM-level build data
- Class 5, Classes 6–7, and Class 8 coverage
- Current-month comparisons
- Year-to-date comparisons
- Year-over-year comparisons
Retail Sales by OEM and Vehicle Class
Retail sales views include:
- Current-month retail sales
- Year-to-date totals
- OEM market share
- Class-level retail sales performance
- Historical comparison views
Build-Per-Day and Retail-Per-Day Metrics
Normalized build-per-day and retail-per-day metrics help customers evaluate underlying market momentum while accounting for differences in month length, holidays, and sales or production days.
Multi-Year Trend Charts
Ten-year trend charts help customers evaluate:
- Build cycles
- Retail sales cycles
- Seasonally adjusted momentum
- Year-over-year comparisons
- Historical market context
OEM Market Share Tracking
OEM market share views provide side-by-side comparisons across major commercial vehicle brands and specialty manufacturers.
Coverage includes:
- Freightliner
- Kenworth
- Peterbilt
- International
- Volvo
- Mack
- Western Star
- Japanese and specialty OEMs
These views help customers understand competitive positioning across build and retail sales activity.
Why this report matters
1. It reflects actual OEM-reported activity
The report is built from data provided directly by manufacturers, giving customers a consistent monthly view of build and retail sales activity.
2. It supports operational and market planning.
Build and retail sales movement can affect production planning, supplier capacity, inventory strategy, sales expectations, and market assumptions.3. It gives teams a shared market view.
OEMs, suppliers, dealers, fleets, leasing firms, finance teams, and investors can use the same market indicators to discuss production activity, retail demand, and market share movement.
4. It helps customers monitor cycle movement.
Build slowdowns, retail sales changes, market share shifts, and per-day activity trends can help customers understand how commercial vehicle market conditions are changing.
What you receive each month
1. Complete OEM Build Tables
OEM build tables by class and region, with current-month, year-to-date, and historical comparison views.
2. Complete OEM Retail Sales Tables
OEM retail sales tables by class and region, with market share calculations and comparison views.
3. Build & Retail Units-Per-Day Summaries
Normalized build-per-day and retail-per-day summaries to support cycle analysis and month-to-month comparisons.
4. Multi-Year Historical Charts
Ten-year trend charts that help customers compare current activity against historical production and retail sales cycles.
5. OEM Market Share Dashboards
Market share dashboards that show competitive positioning by OEM, class, and geography.
6. Methodology Notes & Footnotes
Definitions, methodology notes, and footnotes that clarify data structure, reporting context, and key terms.
More than a report: a monthly build and retail sales intelligence resource
In addition to the monthly report, subscribers receive supporting flash reports, OEM-level tables, graph packs, and reference materials designed to help teams track build and retail sales activity and apply the data to internal planning and analysis.
- Current Month Report
- Current and YTD Preliminary Flash Reports
- Classes 5-7 Retail Sales by OEM Table
- Class 8 Retail Sales by OEM Table
- Classes 5-7 Build by OEM Table
- Class 8 Build by OEM Table
- Build & Sales Days per Month Table
- Presentation Ready Graph Pack with 40 Graphs
- Glossary of Terms and Definitions
Who uses this report — and how it supports planning
Different teams use ACT’s Build & Retail Sales report in different ways, but all rely on it to understand OEM-level production, retail sales, market share, and commercial vehicle market movement.
OEMs
- Align production planning with current build activity
- Monitor retail sales movement and market share
- Compare class-level performance across OEMs
- Assess competitive shifts and market momentum
Suppliers & Tier-1/Tier-2 Manufacturers
- Plan capacity, materials, and staffing around build trends
- Monitor production movement by class and OEM
- Support customer conversations with market data
- Align sourcing and supply chain planning with production activity
Dealers & Distribution Networks
- Track retail sales flow
- Monitor OEM and class-level market share
- Support inventory and sales planning
- Benchmark performance against broader market activity
Fleets & Leasing Companies
- Monitor retail sales and OEM activity
- Understand equipment availability and market conditions
- Support purchasing, replacement, and leasing planning
- Evaluate commercial vehicle market movement across classes
Financial Institutions & Investors
- Track production and retail sales trends
- Monitor OEM market share and class-level performance
- Support investment, credit, and market exposure analysis
- Evaluate commercial vehicle cycle movement with OEM-level data
Industry Analysts & Economists
- Support models with OEM-reported build and retail sales data
- Track commercial vehicle production and sales cycles
- Compare current market activity against historical trends
- Evaluate regional, class-level, and OEM-level movement
Need to share the build and retail sales view internally?
The presentation-ready graph pack helps subscribers turn monthly build and retail sales data into clear visuals for internal planning meetings, executive discussions, customer conversations, and market updates.
Updated monthly, the graph pack includes visuals covering OEM build activity, retail sales, market share, build-per-day trends, retail-per-day trends, and historical market comparisons.
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