North America Classes 5-7 Bus Market
Monthly market indicators for North American Classes 5–7 bus demand, production, orders, backlog, inventory, and retail sales.
ACT’s North America Classes 5–7 Bus Market report provides monthly market indicators and historical context for bus production, demand, orders, backlog, cancellations, inventory, and retail sales across North America. Built on ACT’s State of the Industry reporting, this report helps customers separate bus activity from broader Classes 5–7 truck activity and better understand the market signals shaping school bus, shuttle/commercial, and urban/other bus segments.
Separate bus market activity from broader Classes 5–7 truck demand.
The North American Classes 5–7 market includes different vehicle applications with different demand patterns. Bus production, school bus activity, shuttle/commercial demand, and urban/other bus segments do not always move the same way as medium-duty truck markets.
ACT’s North America Classes 5–7 Bus Market report provides a dedicated view of the bus market, including net orders, build, backlog, cancellations, retail sales, inventory ratios, year-over-year changes, and other key market indicators.
Used alongside ACT’s broader Classes 5–7 vehicle reporting, this report helps customers distinguish truck activity from bus activity and understand how demand is moving across key North American bus segments.
The report includes bus market statistics for the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and export markets, with coverage of:
- Net orders
- Build
- Cancellations
- Backlog-to-build ratio
- Retail sales
- Inventory-to-retail-sales ratio
- Segment-level bus market performance
Manufacturers, suppliers, investors, lenders, municipal and commercial bus operators, and passenger transportation market participants use this report to support short-term planning, forecasting, portfolio decisions, fleet planning, and market analysis.
Classes 5-7 Bus Market Indicators
Backlog
Build
Inventory
New Orders
Cancelation
Net Orders
Retail Sales
Classes 5-7 Bus Market Segments
Classes 5-7
- School Bus
- Shuttle/Commercial
- Urban/Other
Classes 5-7 Bus Market Insights
Additional Report Information & Data
- Executive Summary
- Rolling Six-Month Industry Build Plan
- Backlog Timing Analysis
- Presentation Ready Graph Pack
- Previous Month Preliminary Net Orders
“The information [provided] is very helpful; it helps us connect the dots in our business. We’re concerned about what’s going to happen in the marketplace, is freight going up or down…we need to know how our customers are going to be impacted. We really need this information.”
Kirk Mann
Mitsubishi HC Capital America
More than a report: a monthly bus market intelligence resource
In addition to the monthly report, subscribers receive supporting data tables, flash reports, graph packs, and reference materials designed to help teams track bus market activity and apply the data to internal planning and analysis.
- Current Month Report
- Current & YTD Preliminary Flash Reports
- Total North America Classes 5-7 Bus
- Total US Classes 5-7 Bus
- Total Canada/Mexico/Export Classes 5-7 Bus
- Build & Sales Day per Month Table
- Presentation Ready Graph Pack with 60+ Graphs
- Glossary of Terms and Definitions
Need to share the bus market view internally?
The presentation-ready graph pack helps subscribers turn monthly bus market data into clear visuals for internal planning meetings, executive discussions, customer conversations, and market updates.
Updated monthly, the graph pack includes 60+ visuals covering Classes 5–7 bus market indicators, segment performance, build activity, inventory trends, backlog, orders, cancellations, retail sales, and market movement.
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