# List of truck manufacturers
A truck manufacturer (or truckmaker) is a company that designs and builds trucks, the motor vehicles used to carry freight, in classes ranging from light commercial delivery vehicles to heavy-duty tractor units. This article lists the principal manufacturers by corporate group and region, and summarizes the market structure they operate in. The industry is concentrated: the five largest heavy-duty truck makers, Daimler, PACCAR, Sinotruk, TRATON, and Volvo, together held 32% of a global heavy-duty truck market valued at USD 308.3 billion in 2025.[1](https://www.gminsights.com/industry-analysis/heavy-duty-trucks-market)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Largest groups | Daimler Truck, TRATON (Volkswagen), Volvo Group, and PACCAR are the leading Western groups; Sinotruk ranks among the global top five by heavy-duty market share[1](https://www.gminsights.com/industry-analysis/heavy-duty-trucks-market) |
| Daimler Truck brands | Mercedes-Benz, Freightliner, Western Star, FUSO, BharatBenz, RIZON, Thomas Built Buses[2](https://www.daimlertruck.com/en/company/history) |
| TRATON brands | Scania, MAN, International (formerly Navistar), Volkswagen Truck & Bus[3](https://traton.com/en/company/brands-and-services) |
| Volvo Group brands | Volvo Trucks, Mack, Renault Trucks[4](https://www.volvogroup.com/content/dam/volvo-group/markets/master/news/2026/feb/5313699-volvo-group---annual-report-2025.pdf) |
| PACCAR brands | Kenworth, Peterbilt, and DAF (a PACCAR company since 1996)[5](https://www.daf.global/en-us/about-daf/history-of-daf) • [6](https://www.powersys.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/PSR-Q4-2025-OE-Link-Update-Bulletin.pdf) |
| EU market scale | Trucks carry 75% of land freight in the EU; over 460,000 trucks were manufactured in the EU in 2025[7](https://www.acea.auto/fact/fact-sheet-trucks/) |
## Daimler Truck
**Daimler Truck** traces the industry's origin to its own predecessor companies: in 1896 [Gottlieb Daimler](https://www.edgepedia.org/gottlieb-daimler) delivered the first motorized truck, carrying a payload of 1.5 tonnes and powered by a 4 hp two-cylinder Phoenix engine, to London, while Benz & Cie's "Lieferungswagen", derived from a passenger car and rated at around 600 kilograms of load capacity, ran in Paris.[2](https://www.daimlertruck.com/en/company/history) The modern company describes itself as one of the world's largest commercial vehicle manufacturers, with 35 main locations and about 100,000 employees, offering light, medium, and heavy-duty trucks as well as buses.[2](https://www.daimlertruck.com/en/company/history)
Its truck brands were largely assembled by acquisition. Daimler-Benz purchased Freightliner from Consolidated Freightways in 1981, and Freightliner reached the top of the North American heavy-duty truck market by 1992. [Western Star Trucks](https://www.edgepedia.org/western-star-trucks), a Canadian manufacturer based in Kelowna, British Columbia, was acquired in 2000. Daimler took a 43 percent stake in Mitsubishi Fuso in 2003 and held almost 90 percent from 2011 to 2026. The [BharatBenz](https://www.edgepedia.org/bharatbenz) brand was launched in India in 2012, and the RIZON brand entered the U.S. market in 2023.[2](https://www.daimlertruck.com/en/company/history) [Daimler Truck](https://www.edgepedia.org/daimler-truck) was spun off from Daimler AG on 1 December 2021 and began trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on 10 December 2021.[2](https://www.daimlertruck.com/en/company/history) In North America its subsidiary Daimler Truck North America builds medium- and heavy-duty trucks and school buses under the Freightliner, Western Star, Thomas Built Buses, Freightliner Custom Chassis, and Detroit brands.[8](https://northamerica.daimlertruck.com/brands/products)
## TRATON (Volkswagen Group)
**TRATON SE**, the commercial vehicle holding of [Volkswagen](https://www.edgepedia.org/volkswagen), operates four truck brands: Scania, a premium heavy-duty maker serving Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Oceania; MAN, a German heritage brand active from light commercial vehicles to heavy-duty trucks across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and South America; International, the former Navistar, whose North American roots go back to the 1800s; and Volkswagen Truck & Bus, focused on robust, value-oriented vehicles for South America, Mexico, Africa, and Asia.[3](https://traton.com/en/company/brands-and-services) The group also runs service entities including TRATON Financial Services and TRATON Charging Solutions.[3](https://traton.com/en/company/brands-and-services)
## Volvo Group
**AB Volvo** builds trucks under three brands. In Europe, Volvo Trucks held a 19.0% share of the EU29 heavy truck market in 2025 (up from 17.9% in 2024) and [Renault Trucks](https://www.edgepedia.org/renault-trucks) held 9.4%; in North America, Volvo held 8.4% and Mack 8.0% in 2025.[4](https://www.volvogroup.com/content/dam/volvo-group/markets/master/news/2026/feb/5313699-volvo-group---annual-report-2025.pdf) [Volvo Trucks](https://www.edgepedia.org/volvo-trucks) has moved early into electric heavy trucks, and both Volvo Trucks and Renault Trucks were set to start taking orders for e-tractors with up to 600 km range from the second quarter of 2026.[9](https://uploads.transportenvironment.org/production/files/Zero-emission-trucks-in-Europe-the-road-so-far-2_2026-03-13-103750_avij.pdf)
## PACCAR and DAF
**PACCAR** owns three nameplates: Kenworth and [Peterbilt](https://www.edgepedia.org/peterbilt) in North America, and DAF in Europe. DAF began on 1 April 1928, when Hub van Doorne set up a small construction workshop in [Eindhoven](https://www.edgepedia.org/eindhoven), the Netherlands; the first DAF truck was produced in 1949, and the company became a PACCAR company in 1996.[5](https://www.daf.global/en-us/about-daf/history-of-daf) • [10](https://www.daf.com/-/media/files/daf-corporate/general/d0032_gb_04-03_daf_in_2018_def.pdf) DAF's engineering milestones include the first turbocharged DAF engine in 1959 and, in 1973, the first engine turbo intercooling introduced by any truck manufacturer.[10](https://www.daf.com/-/media/files/daf-corporate/general/d0032_gb_04-03_daf_in_2018_def.pdf) Peterbilt is scheduled to begin production of the 536EV, 537EV, and 548EV electric trucks at its Canadian plant in 2026.[6](https://www.powersys.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/PSR-Q4-2025-OE-Link-Update-Bulletin.pdf)
## Mitsubishi Fuso and the Japanese makers
**Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation** produces the Canter and battery-electric eCanter light-duty trucks, the Fighter and FA/FI medium-duty ranges, and the Super Great, FJ, FO, FZ, and TV heavy-duty models.[11](https://www.mitsubishi-fuso.com/en/products/) In June 2025, Daimler Truck, Mitsubishi FUSO, Toyota, and Hino concluded final agreements on integrating Mitsubishi FUSO and Hino; the merger took place under the new holding company ARCHION, which started operations in April 2026, and FUSO and RIZON became part of it.[2](https://www.daimlertruck.com/en/company/history)
## Chinese manufacturers
China hosts the largest truck market by volume: truck sales there reached 3.7 million units in 2025, up 11% year on year.[12](https://www.fev-consulting.com/app/uploads/2026/04/FEV-Consulting-China-Annual-Report-of-China-Automotive-2025-EN-Version.pdf) Its established heavy-truck makers include [FAW Jiefang](https://www.edgepedia.org/faw-jiefang), Sinotruk (CNHTC), Dongfeng, Foton, and Shaanxi Auto (Shacman).[13](https://www.itiger.com/news/1146330487)
Chinese makers are now entering Europe. BYD broke ground on an electric truck and bus factory in Hungary in June 2025.[14](https://apnews.com/article/70f3d612de4b45b6f954a7f557f7f741)
## Market structure and the electric transition
The manufacturing base is international in ownership as well as sales: half of the heavy trucks built in the United States come from European-owned factories.[7](https://www.acea.auto/fact/fact-sheet-trucks/) In the European Union, trucks carry 75% of land freight, around 6 million trucks are in circulation, and the average truck is 14 years old.[7](https://www.acea.auto/fact/fact-sheet-trucks/)
Electrification is changing competitive positions. In Europe, e-trucks reached almost 6% market share in the second half of 2025, driven by EU truck CO2 targets, and one in four e-trucks registered between 2022 and 2025 was sold in that half-year.[9](https://uploads.transportenvironment.org/production/files/Zero-emission-trucks-in-Europe-the-road-so-far-2_2026-03-13-103750_avij.pdf) [Mercedes-Benz Trucks](https://www.edgepedia.org/mercedes-benz-trucks) put the heavy-duty battery-electric eActros 600 into series production in late 2024, and it was named International Truck of the Year 2025.[15](https://www.daimlertruck.com/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/investors/reports/annual-reports/2025/daimler-truck-ir-annual-report-2025-incl-combined-management-report-dth-ag.pdf) In the United States, medium-duty electric models from SAIC's Maxus brand and Ford together captured over 10% of the electric truck market in 2025, though Ford discontinued the electric F-150 Lightning pickup in December 2025 amid EV losses.[16](https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2026/manufacturing-and-trade) • [17](https://apnews.com/article/a1fcdec9c76cde5d2d6852360d9d42c4)
## References
1. [Heavy Duty Trucks Market Size & Share, Growth Report 2035, Global Market Insights](https://www.gminsights.com/industry-analysis/heavy-duty-trucks-market)
2. [Company history, Daimler Truck](https://www.daimlertruck.com/en/company/history)
3. [All TRATON SE brands at a glance, TRATON](https://traton.com/en/company/brands-and-services)
4. [Volvo Group Annual Report 2025](https://www.volvogroup.com/content/dam/volvo-group/markets/master/news/2026/feb/5313699-volvo-group---annual-report-2025.pdf)
5. [History, DAF Trucks N.V.](https://www.daf.global/en-us/about-daf/history-of-daf)
6. [PSR Q4 2025 OE Link Update Bulletin, Power Systems Research](https://www.powersys.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/PSR-Q4-2025-OE-Link-Update-Bulletin.pdf)
7. [Fact sheet: trucks, ACEA](https://www.acea.auto/fact/fact-sheet-trucks/)
8. [Products, Daimler Truck North America](https://northamerica.daimlertruck.com/brands/products)
9. [Zero-emission trucks in Europe, the road so far (2022–2025), Transport & Environment](https://uploads.transportenvironment.org/production/files/Zero-emission-trucks-in-Europe-the-road-so-far-2_2026-03-13-103750_avij.pdf)
10. [History of DAF Trucks, DAF Trucks N.V.](https://www.daf.com/-/media/files/daf-corporate/general/d0032_gb_04-03_daf_in_2018_def.pdf)
11. [Products, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation](https://www.mitsubishi-fuso.com/en/products/)
12. [China Annual Report of China Automotive 2025, FEV Consulting](https://www.fev-consulting.com/app/uploads/2026/04/FEV-Consulting-China-Annual-Report-of-China-Automotive-2025-EN-Version.pdf)
13. [China's Natural Gas Heavy Truck Sales Reach 198,700 Units in 2025, Tiger Brokers](https://www.itiger.com/news/1146330487)
14. [China's shift to electric trucks may reshape global fuel demand, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/70f3d612de4b45b6f954a7f557f7f741)
15. [Daimler Truck 2025 Annual Report](https://www.daimlertruck.com/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/investors/reports/annual-reports/2025/daimler-truck-ir-annual-report-2025-incl-combined-management-report-dth-ag.pdf)
16. [Manufacturing and trade, Global EV Outlook 2026, IEA](https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2026/manufacturing-and-trade)
17. [Ford scraps fully-electric F-150 Lightning, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/a1fcdec9c76cde5d2d6852360d9d42c4)
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