Facts section: Canada
Canada catches up Replacement passenger tire shipments drop 12%
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erhaps the global recession has caught up with Canada. The next largest independent tire dealer groups are Alliance After an 18.5% increase in replacement consumer tire Tire Professionals (161 stores; Michelin, BFGoodrich and shipments in 2009 compared to 2008, Canada suffered Uniroyal brands) and Fountain Tire Ltd. (140 stores; Gooda 10.5% decrease in shipments in 2010 (see Chart 21). year, Dunlop and Kelly brands). Goodyear Canada Inc. has a That’s a little misleading, however. Winter tire shipments minority interest in Fountain Tire. were down close to 30% because Canadian dealers found Canadian Tire Corp., with 482 stores, is one of two mass merthemselves overstocked in 2009. (In 2008, Quebec passed chandisers in Canada that sell tires. Each store is operated by an legislation requiring “season-specific” tire use in winter.) independent business owner. They offer 11 brands: Motomaster In contrast, original equipment passenger and light truck tire (see Chart 22), Pirelli, Continental, Goodyear, Michelin, General, shipments rebounded a bit. And replacement and OE medium BFGoodrich, Uniroyal, Hankook, Dunlop and Cooper. Walmart Canada Corp. has approximately 300 outlets that truck tire shipments were up 8.3% and 15.3%, respectively. The largest independent dealer in Canada is Kal Tire Inc., sell tires, including 100 Super Centres that host Tire & Lube with 231 locations. Kal Tire offers 11 passenger and light truck Express Auto Centres. Walmart Canada promotes four brands: tire brands: BFGoodrich, Bridgestone, Falken, Firestone, Bridgestone, Nexen, Goodyear and Kingstar. Goodride, Michelin, Multi-Mile, Nitto, Nokian, Uniroyal and Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd. is the only warehouse Yokohama. It also sells Continental, Bridgestone, Firestone, membership club in Canada. Its 80 outlets offer three brands: Michelin, BFGoodrich and Bridgestone. ■ Kumho, Michelin and Yokohama truck tires. The largest independent tire dealer group in Canada Chart 22 is OK Tire Stores Inc., with 271 outlets. Each store 2010 CANADIAN REPLACEMENT is individually owned and operated. OK Tire sells 13 CONSUMER TIRE BRAND SHARES* brands: Bridgestone, Kumho, Pirelli, Continental, LIGHT TRUCK TIRE PASSENGER TIRE Toyo, Firestone, General, Dayton, Fuzion, Winterquest (TBC), Primewell, Hankook and Durun. (based on 18.5 million units) (based on 2.8 million units) Chart 21 CANADIAN TIRE UNITS SHIPPED (in millions) PASSENGER TIRE Replacement OE Year 2010 18.5 8.0 2009 21.0 6.0 2008 19.0 8.5 2007 17.4 10.7 2006 16.4 11.6 LIGHT TRUCK TIRE 2010 2.8 .02 2009 2.8 .01 2008 2.6 .04 2007 2.7 .75 2006 2.6 .63 MEDIUM/HEAVY TRUCK TIRE 2010 1.3 .15 2009 1.2 .13 2008 1.1 .30 2007 1.3 .37 2006 1.4 .47 Source: Rubber Association of Canada; MTD estimates
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Brand Motomaster Goodyear Michelin Bridgestone BFGoodrich Hankook General Nexen Toyo Yokohama Cooper Kumho Uniroyal Continental Dayton Dunlop Falken Hercules Nokian Delta Kelly Pirelli Others
% of total 14.5% 12.0% 12.0% 8.0% 6.0% 6.0% 4.0% 3.5% 3.5% 3.5% 3.0% 3.0% 3.0% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 1.5% 1.0% 1.0% 1.0% 6.0%
Brand Goodyear Michelin Motomaster BFGoodrich Bridgestone Firestone Yokohama General Hankook Toyo Kumho Uniroyal Dayton Dunlop Hercules Pirelli Continental Kelly Multi-Mile Others
% of total 15.0% 12.0% 11.0% 9.0% 8.5% 5.5% 5.5% 4.0% 4.0% 4.0% 3.0% 3.0% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 2.0% 1.0% 1.0% 1.0% 7.0%
* Because numbers are rounded to the nearest one-half percent, the total may not equal 100%.
MTD January 2011 4/26/11 11:06:17 AM
