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Auto Parts Manufacturing in Canada - Market Research Report (2014-2029)

Evan Jozkowski Evan Jozkowski New York, United States Last Updated: September 2024 NAICS 33639CA

Revenue

$7.9bn

2024

$7.9bn

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$XXX.Xm

Employees

16,833

Businesses

349

Wages

$X.Xbn

Auto Parts Manufacturing in Canada industry analysis

Auto parts manufacturers build miscellaneous parts and equipment, including exhaust systems, airbags, heating, ventilation, air conditioning systems (HVAC) and filtration devices. Manufacturers faced significant challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, with social distancing significantly reducing travel and weakening the manufacturing sector, causing revenue to contract. However, mass exoduses back to work and greater economic stability have encouraged consumers to drive more, creating greater demand for new and used cars and repairs and indirectly boosting demand for auto parts manufacturers. Even so, climbing interest rates have threatened the entire automobile manufacturing supply chain, with higher borrowing and auto loan costs stifling new car sales. Overall, revenue has climbed at an expected CAGR of 1.2% to $7.9 billion through the current period, including a 1.9% jump in 2024, where profit reached 8.7%. 

Trends and Insights

  • Canadian auto parts manufacturers struggled amid the pandemic as car sales plummeted. Strong economic conditions and lower interest rates will enable manufacturers to recover through the outlook period.
  • Exhaust systems are an essential revenue source for Canadian auto parts manufacturers. Exhaust systems are integral in combustion vehicles, but increasing electric vehicle production will threaten exhaust system producers.
  • Ontario dominates Canada's auto parts industry with more than half of all establishments. The region has an ideal position near the Great Lakes and major US automakers, lowering transportation costs.
  • Companies tend to specialize to improve market penetration and reputation. Specialization contributes to high fragmentation and relatively low market share concentration. In general, manufacturers have failed to capture notable market share.

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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2014-2029)

Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 1.2 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $7.9bn in 2024.

Trends and Insights

Climbing interest rates threaten auto parts manufacturers

  • The Bank of Canada has raised interest rates significantly through 2022 and 2023 to combat stifling inflation across the Canadian economy. The BOC has held rates steady at 5.0% through the first half of 2024 before beginning cuts in the latter half of the year. Borrowing costs have skyrocketed, decimating consumer confidence, especially among lower-income consumers.
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Auto Parts Manufacturing in Canada
Revenue (2014-2029)
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Industry outlook (2024-2029)

Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.

Trends and Insights

Rebouding economic conditions will create revenue growth

  • Despite severe economic challenges through the current period, including COVID-19, rampant inflation, climbing interest rates and recessionary fears, companies will benefit from rebounding economic conditions and rosier consumer confidence through the outlook period.

Biggest companies in the Auto Parts Manufacturing in Canada

Company
Market Share (%)
2024
Revenue ($short_0)
2024
Profit ($short_0)
2024
Profit Margin (%)
2024

There are no companies that hold a large enough market share in the Auto Parts Manufacturing in Canada industry for IBISWorld to include in this product.

Products & Services Segmentation

Auto Parts Manufacturing in Canada
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Air-conditioning systems, Fuel tanks and filters and Exhaust systems and radiators. Air-conditioning systems is the largest segment of the Auto Parts Manufacturing in Canada.

Trends and Insights

Electric vehicle production threatens exhaust systems

  • Auto parts manufacturers sell exhaust systems to automakers and aftermarket buyers. Automakers use exhaust systems to vent toxic byproducts from engine combustion to keep passengers safe.
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Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

Canadian auto parts manufacturers produce and rebuild a wide variety of motor vehicle parts and accessories. These parts include air bags, air conditioners, catalytic converters, engine exhaust systems, mufflers and resonators, radiators, radiator cores and wheels.

What's included in this industry?

Manufacturing motor vehicle air conditionersManufacturing motor vehicle air bag assembliesManufacturing exhaust systems and radiatorsManufacturing fuel tanks and filtersManufacturing autobody parts, wheels and other

Companies

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Related Terms

SCRAPPAGE RATESORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER (OEM)BIG THREETIER 1 MANUFACTURER

Industry Code

NAICS 2007

NAICS 336390 - Auto Parts Manufacturing in Canada

Performance

Get an indication of the industry's health through historical, current and forward-looking trends in the performance indicators that make or break businesses.

Analyst insights

Canadian auto parts manufacturers struggled amid the pandemic as car sales plummeted. Strong economic conditions and lower interest rates will enable manufacturers to recover...

In this chapter (4)

  • Current Performance
  • Outlook
  • Volatility
  • Life Cycle

Key metrics

  • Annual Revenue, Recent Growth, Forecast, Revenue Volatility
  • Number of Employees, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Employee
  • Number of Businesses, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Business
  • Total Profit, Profit Margin, Profit per Business

Charts

  • Revenue, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Employees, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Businesses, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Profit, including historical (2014-2024)
  • Industry Volatility vs. Revenue Growth
  • Industry Life Cycle

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in supply, demand and current events that are driving current industry performance
  • Expected trends, economic factors and ongoing events that drive the industry's outlook
  • Key success factors for businesses to overcome volatility
  • How contribution to GDP, industry saturation, innovation, consolidation, and technology and systems influence the industry's life cycle phase.

Products and Markets

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Analyst insight

Exhaust systems are an essential revenue source for Canadian auto parts manufacturers. Exhaust systems are integral in combustion vehicles, but increasing electric vehicle pr...

In this chapter

  • Products & Services
  • Major Markets
  • International Trade

Key metrics

  • Largest market segment and value in 2024
  • Product innovation level
  • Total imports, level and trend
  • Total exports, level and trend
  • Trade Balance

Charts

  • Products & services segmentation in 2024
  • Major market segmentation in 2024
  • International trade, including imports by country and exports by country

Detailed analysis

  • Trends impacting the recent performance of the industry's various segments
  • Innovations in the industry's product or service offering, specialization or delivery method
  • Key factors that successful businesses consider in their offerings
  • Buying segments and key trends influencing demand for industry products and services
  • Recent trends in import and export volumes, country of origin or destination, and expected future trends

Geographic Breakdown

Discover where business activity is most concentrated in an industry and the factors driving these trends to find opportunities and conduct regional benchmarking.

Analyst insights

Ontario dominates Canada's auto parts industry with more than half of all establishments. The region has an ideal position near the Great Lakes and major US automakers, lower...

In this chapter (1)

  • Business Locations

Charts

  • Share of revenue, establishment, wages and employment in each province
  • Share of population compared to establishments in each region in 2024

Tables

  • Number and share of establishments in each province in 2024
  • Number and share of revenue each province accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of wages each province accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of employees in each province in 2024

Detailed analysis

  • Geographic spread of the industry across North America, and trends associated with changes in the business landscape
  • Key success factors for businesses to use location to their advantage

Competitive Forces

Get data and insights on what's driving competition in an industry and the challenges industry operators and new entrants may face, with analysis built around Porter's Five Forces framework.

Analyst insights

Companies tend to specialize to improve market penetration and reputation. Specialization contributes to high fragmentation and relatively low market share concentration. In ...

In this chapter (4)

  • Concentration
  • Barriers to Entry
  • Substitutes
  • Buyer & Supplier Analysis

Key metrics

  • Industry concentration level
  • Industry competition level and trend
  • Barriers to entry level and trend
  • Substitutes level and trend
  • Buyer power level and trend
  • Supplier power level and trend

Charts

  • Market share concentration among the top 4 suppliers from 2019-2024
  • Supply chain including upstream supplying industries and downstream buying industries, flow chart

Detailed analysis

  • Factors impacting the industry’s level of concentration, such as business distribution, new entrants, or merger and acquisition activity.
  • Key success factors for businesses to manage the competitive environment of the industry.
  • Challenges that potential industry entrants face such as legal, start-up costs, differentiation, labor/capital intensity and capital expenses.
  • Key success factors for potential entrants to overcome barriers to entry.
  • Competitive threats from potential substitutes for the industry’s own products and services.
  • Key success factors for how successful businesses can compete with substitutes.
  • Advantages that buyers have to keep favorable purchasing conditions.
  • Advantages that suppliers have to maintain favorable selling conditions.
  • Key success factors for how businesses can navigate buyer and supplier power.

Companies

Learn about the performance of the top companies in the industry.

Analyst insights

The market is highly fragmented. Leading manufacturers have historically struggled to accrue more than a tenth of the addressable market and most manufacturers specialize in ...

In this chapter

  • Market Share Concentration
  • Companies
  • Company Spotlights

Charts

  • Industry market share by company in 2020 through 2024
  • Major companies in the industry, including market share, revenue, profit and profit margin in 2024

Detailed analysis

    External Environment

    Understand the demographic, economic and regulatory factors that shape how businesses in an industry perform.   

    Analyst insights

    Manufacturers must adhere to increasingly strict environmental regulations. Companies have innovated new products to help automakers meet fuel efficiency and roadway safety s...

    In this chapter

    • External Drivers
    • Regulation & Policy
    • Assistance

    Key metrics

    • Regulation & policy level and trend
    • Assistance level and trend

    Charts

    • Regulation & Policy historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 
    • Assistance historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 

    Detailed analysis

    • Demographic and macroeconomic factors influencing the industry, including Regulation & Policy and Assistance
    • Major types of regulations, regulatory bodies, industry standards or specific regulations impacting requirements for industry operators
    • Key governmental and non-governmental groups or policies that may provide some relief for industry operators.

    Financial Benchmarks

    View average costs for industry operators and compare financial data against an industry's financial benchmarks over time. 

    Analyst insights

    Canadian manufacturers have endured significant profit volatility. Foreign competition, economic fluctuations, supply chain disruptions and climbing interest rates have posed...

    In this chapter

    • Cost Structure
    • Financial Ratios
    • Key Ratios

    Key metrics

    • Profit margin, and how it compares to the sector-wide margin
    • Average wages, and how it compares to the sector-wide average wage
    • Largest cost component as a percentage of revenue
    • Industry average ratios for days' receivables, industry coverage and debt-to-net-worth ratio

    Charts

    • Average industry operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
    • Average sector operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
    • Investment vs. share of economy

    Data tables

    • Liquidity Ratios (2017-2022)
    • Coverage Ratios (2017-2022)
    • Leverage Ratios  (2017-2022)
    • Operating Ratios (2017-2022)
    • Assets (2017-2022)
    • Liabilities (2017-2022)
    • Cash Flow & Debt Service Ratios (2014-2029)
    • Revenue per Employee (2014-2029)
    • Revenue per Enterprise (2014-2029)
    • Employees per Establishment (2014-2029)
    • Employees per Enterprise (2014-2029)
    • Average Wage (2014-2029)
    • Wages/Revenue (2014-2029)
    • Establishments per Enterprise (2014-2029)
    • IVA/Revenue (2014-2029)
    • Imports/Demand (2014-2029)
    • Exports/Revenue (2014-2029)

    Detailed analysis

    • Trends in the cost component for industry operators and their impact on industry costs and profitability 

    Key Statistics

    Industry Data

    Data Tables

    Including values and annual change:

    • Revenue (2014-2029)
    • IVA (2014-2029)
    • Establishments (2014-2029)
    • Enterprises (2014-2029)
    • Employment (2014-2029)
    • Exports (2014-2029)
    • Imports (2014-2029)
    • Wages (2014-2029)

    Top Questions Answered

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    What is the market size of the Auto Parts Manufacturing industry in Canada in 2024?

    The market size of the Auto Parts Manufacturing industry in Canada is $7.9bn in 2024.

    How many businesses are there in the Auto Parts Manufacturing in Canada industry in 2024?

    There are 349 businesses in the Auto Parts Manufacturing industry in Canada, which has grown at a CAGR of 0.5 % between 2019 and 2024.

    Has the Auto Parts Manufacturing industry in Canada grown or declined over the past 5 years?

    The market size of the Auto Parts Manufacturing industry in Canada has been growing at a CAGR of 1.2 % between 2019 and 2024.

    What is the forecast growth of the Auto Parts Manufacturing industry in Canada over the next 5 years?

    Over the next five years, the Auto Parts Manufacturing industry in Canada is expected to grow.

    What does the Auto Parts Manufacturing in Canada include?

    Manufacturing motor vehicle air conditioners and Manufacturing motor vehicle air bag assemblies are part of the Auto Parts Manufacturing industry.

    How competitive is the Auto Parts Manufacturing industry in Canada?

    The level of competition is high and steady in the Auto Parts Manufacturing industry in Canada.

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    Competitors

    • Heating & Air-Conditioning Equipment Manufacturing in Canada
    • Automobile Engine & Parts Manufacturing in Canada
    • Automobile Electronics Manufacturing in Canada

    Complementors

    • Truck, Trailer & Motor Home Manufacturing in Canada
    • Car & Automobile Manufacturing in Canada
    • SUV & Light Truck Manufacturing in Canada

    International industries

    • Global Auto Parts & Accessories Manufacturing
    • Automobile Steering & Suspension Manufacturing in the US
    • Automobile Brakes Manufacturing in the US
    • Automobile Transmission Manufacturing in the US
    • Automobile Interior Manufacturing in the US

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