Apparatus makers ranking by sales?

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Again, like Taylor, I flat out ask at trade shows and often get honest answers.  Here is what I've been told over the past few shows. 

 

Pierce:  1000-1200 a year (including exports)

Rosenbauer:  800 a year (excluding exports)

KME:  600-800 a year

Ferrara:  500-600 a year

E-One:  400 a year

Spartan ERV:  300-400 a year

Smeal:  250-300 a year

Sutphen:  as said above, around 220 a year (as high as 300 before)

HME:  200-300 a year

Seagrave:  around 80 last year, on pace for 50 this year (but all high dollar rigs)

 

I've also been told Toyne and 4 Guys are 75-100 a year. 

Builders like Alexis, Custom Fire, Marion, Midwest, Precision, Spencer, and SVI are between 30-50 a year.   

Most of BME's deliveries are comparatively low dollar - wildland and brush trucks. West Coast builders like Westates, West-Mark, Hi-Tech, Burton's, ect are in the 25-50 range.  Further east, you have builders like Southeast (formerly Wynn) who do around 25 a year.  Summit only does about 15 a year, but most of them are high dollar custom rescues, rescue-pumpers, and industrial rigs. Bluegrass does about 15 year, mostly tankers.  There are scores of other regional builders in the 15-20 range. 

 

All that said, the market used to report about 5000 new apparatus a year.  The industry has cried that number has dropped as low as 3000 recently.  I've always heard that Pierce had about 20% of the market share to itself, the rest of the top 15 manufacturers shared another 60%, and the everyone else fought over the remaining 20%. So, if add up all the numbers above...somebody is lying. LOL. 

 

I still think my top 10 is pretty solid, ranking wise...and Seagrave could be swapped out with Toyne or 4 Guys.  But, as mentioned, Spartan ERV is bleeding bad.  Who knows how long they'll survive.  And I know for fact that Pierce has been in trouble...Oshkosh just reported horrific sales numbers with government contracts and Pierce sharing quite a bit of the blame.  I think most people on here seem to agree their quality isn't what it used to be.  I can see Rosenbauer overtaking them sooner rather than later.  If KME continues their great quality improvement, I can see them also passing Pierce one day. 

 

 

Kent Parrish

Louisville, KY