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Automotive (United States)

Motor vehicles sold and produced in the United States, and the dealers that sell them.

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As its publishers state it

$754.4 bn2025 · U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · USDNo outlook published by U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
$1.52 tn2022 · U.S. Census Bureau · USDNo outlook published by U.S. Census Bureau

As of Sep 30, 2026 · 12 figures carried · never averaged, never Forge’s.

How big this market is, as its publishers state it

as of Sep 30, 2026 · 12 figures carried

2 publishers carried, 2017–2025, no published outlook among them. Figures are the publishers' own, shown side by side and never averaged.

Last read Sep 30, 2026: wrote 0 figures, refused 7 already stored.

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Where its publishers say it is going

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  • U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
  • U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Bureau of Economic AnalysisUSD · latest release 2026

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis: grew 3.6 % a year, 2021–2025, by its own figures.

YearFigureKindPublishedIn the publisher’s words
2021$655.9 bnhistory20262021: 655.925As the read noted: Figure is BEA's 'Motor vehicle output: Final sales of domestic product' (billions of dollars), retrieved via FRED mirror of the BEA National Income and Product Accounts (Gross Domestic Product release); FRED page quotes the BEA series and cites BEA as the source. source
2022$671.4 bnhistory20262022: 671.424As the read noted: Figure is BEA's 'Motor vehicle output: Final sales of domestic product' (billions of dollars), retrieved via FRED mirror of the BEA National Income and Product Accounts (Gross Domestic Product release); FRED page quotes the BEA series and cites BEA as the source. source
2023$725.7 bnhistory20262023: 725.712As the read noted: Figure is BEA's 'Motor vehicle output: Final sales of domestic product' (billions of dollars), retrieved via FRED mirror of the BEA National Income and Product Accounts (Gross Domestic Product release); FRED page quotes the BEA series and cites BEA as the source. source
2024$708.8 bnhistory20262024: 708.807As the read noted: Figure is BEA's 'Motor vehicle output: Final sales of domestic product' (billions of dollars), retrieved via FRED mirror of the BEA National Income and Product Accounts (Gross Domestic Product release); FRED page quotes the BEA series and cites BEA as the source. source
2025$754.4 bnhistory20262025: 754.368As the read noted: Figure is BEA's 'Motor vehicle output: Final sales of domestic product' (billions of dollars), retrieved via FRED mirror of the BEA National Income and Product Accounts (Gross Domestic Product release); FRED page quotes the BEA series and cites BEA as the source. source
U.S. Census BureauUSD · latest release 2024

U.S. Census Bureau: grew 5.3 % a year, 2017–2022, by its own figures.

YearFigureKindPublishedIn the publisher’s words
2017$1.17 tnhistory2019Motor vehicle and parts dealers (NAICS 441) had sales of $1,174.4 billion, representing an increase of 2.8 percent over the previous year, according to new statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2017 Annual Retail Trade Survey. source
2018$1.19 tnhistory2020Motor vehicle and parts dealers (NAICS 441) had sales of $1,191.3 billion, representing an increase of 1.6% over the previous year. source
2019$1.24 tnhistory2021Motor vehicle and parts dealers (NAICS 441) had sales of $1,239.8 billion, representing an increase of 2.9% over the previous year. source
2020$1.21 tnhistory2022Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers' (NAICS 441) sales decreased 2.4% from $1,237.7 billion in 2019 to $1,208.3 billion in 2020. source
2021$1.48 tnhistory2024 (+1 earlier)Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers' (NAICS 441) sales increased 2.9% from $1,478.4 billion in 2021 to $1,521.0 billion in 2022.As the read noted: This 2024 release revised the 2021 figure slightly from the $1,484.1B originally reported in the 2022 release. source
2022$1.52 tnhistory2024Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers' (NAICS 441) sales increased 2.9% from $1,478.4 billion in 2021 to $1,521.0 billion in 2022. source

Automotive elsewhere

The same industry as other publishers state it for their own place. Each figure is its publisher’s frame; none is compared with another.

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