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Tire Manufacturing in China - Market Research Report (2014-2029)

IBISWorld IBISWorld Beijing, China Last Updated: November 2024 2911

Revenue

$122.4bn

2024

$122.4bn

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$X.Xbn

Employees

370k

Businesses

513

Wages

$X.Xbn

Tire Manufacturing in China industry analysis

Revenue for the Tire Manufacturing industry in China is expected to rise at an annualized 3.8% over the five years through 2024, to $122.4 billion. This includes anticipated growth of 5.1% in the current year. The industry profitability is expected to be 3.4% in 2024. The Automobile Manufacturing in China (IBISWorld industry report 3721) has been a major driver of demand for tires over the past five years. With increased automobile ownership in China, demand for tires for new cars and replacement tires for existing vehicles has continued to increase over the period. Especially in 2021, industry revenue growth rate reached 8.3%, mainly due to rise in product price. However, travel restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic have contributed to weaker demand for tires in 2020 and 2022.
A strong global economy and rising demand contributed to a rebound in export revenue in 2017, with export revenue rising by 14.6% for the year. Export revenue declined by 10.7% in 2020 to $14.5 billion, due to weaker demand for tires as a result of the pandemic. In 2021, exports growth rebounded to 20.0% due to increased tire demand from the overseas market upon easing of the COVID-19 pandemic. Industry exports increased by 10.6% and 14.5% in 2022 and 2023, respectively. In 2024, export growth is estimated to be at 9.9%, as improvement of domestic tire manufacturers' technology level and increasing international market demand. In 2024, import value are anticipated to total $975.0 million, rising by 1.2% from 2023, to account for 1.0% of domestic demand.
Industry revenue is forecast to increase at an annualized 3.5% over the five years through 2029, to $145.4 billion. In the original equipment market, industry enterprises are anticipated to continue expanding their product ranges to meet demand from automobile manufacturers over the next five years. In the replacement tire market, investments in advertising and terminal sales channels are projected to increase steadily over the period due to the increasing number of brands, products and specialty stores.

Trends and Insights

  • Automobiles are the major application field of tires. Fast development of alternative-fuel vehicles brings out a great opportunity for the Tire Manufacturing industry.
  • Automobile tires are the largest product segment, with an estimated 65.2% of industry revenue in 2024. Fast development of alternative-fuel vehicles will drive growth of automobile tire segment.
  • The industry’s activities highly concentrate in East China, particular in Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. In 2024, the East China is expected to account for 82.0% of industry revenue.
  • The market concentration level is low. The industry has a low level of concentration, with top four major companies making up 11.6% of industry revenue in 2024.

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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2014-2029)

Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 3.8 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $122.4bn in 2024.

Trends and Insights

The technology level of domestic tire manufacturers has increased largely

  • In recent years, the technological level of China's leading tire enterprises has rapidly developed in a fully competitive environment. They have digested and absorbed international advanced tire technology, and continuously explored and innovated in cooperation with major scientific research institutions and universities, gradually narrowing the gap with the world's advanced level.
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Tire Manufacturing in China
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

Fast development of alternative-fuel vehicles brings out a great opportunity for the industry

  • China's Government encourages the alternative-fuel vehicle development. In November 2020, the General Office of the State Council launched the Development Plan of Alternative-Fuel Automobile Industry (2021-2035) to promote the high-quality development of the alternative-fuel vehicle industry in China, promoting growing demand for tires.

Biggest companies in the Tire Manufacturing in China

Company
Market Share (%)
2024
Revenue ($m)
2024
Zhongce Rubber Group Co., Ltd.
5,232.6
Sailun Group Co., Ltd.
4,035.7
Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd.
3,132.6

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Products & Services Segmentation

Tire Manufacturing in China
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Automobile tires, Motorcycle tires and Engineering tires. Automobile tires is the largest segment of the Tire Manufacturing in China.

Trends and Insights

Fast development of alternative-fuel vehicles will drive growth of automobile tire segment

  • Automobile tires refer to tires used on the automobiles. In 2024, automobile tires are expected to account for 65.2% of total industry revenue.
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Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

The Tire Manufacturing industry in China manufactures pneumatic tires, solid tires, semi-pneumatic tires, tire tubes and aircraft tires. The tire products in this industry use rubber as the major raw material.

What's included in this industry?

Automobile tiresMotorcycle tiresEngineering tiresAgricultural and forestry tiresOther tires

Companies

Zhongce Rubber Group Co., Ltd.Sailun Group Co., Ltd.Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd.

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Related Terms

TIRE TUBESRADIAL TIRESBIAS TIRES

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

Automobiles are the major application field of tires. Fast development of alternative-fuel vehicles brings out a great opportunity for the Tire Manufacturing industry.

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

Learn about an industry's products and services, markets and trends in international trade.

Analyst insight

Automobile tires are the largest product segment, with an estimated 65.2% of industry revenue in 2024. Fast development of alternative-fuel vehicles will drive growth of auto...

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

The industry’s activities highly concentrate in East China, particular in Shandong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. In 2024, the East China is expected to account for 82.0% of industry...

In this chapter (1)

  • Business Locations

Charts

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

Tables

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

Detailed analysis

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

Competitive Forces

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Analyst insights

The market concentration level is low. The industry has a low level of concentration, with top four major companies making up 11.6% of industry revenue in 2024.

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

Technology innovation capability is important for enterprise development. Industry major companies usually emphasize investment in research and development to develop new pro...

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
  • Overview of Zhongce Rubber Group Co., Ltd.'s performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of Sailun Group Co., Ltd.'s performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd.'s performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of revenue, market share and profit margin trend for 7 additional companies

Detailed analysis

  • Description and key data for Zhongce Rubber Group Co., Ltd., and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Sailun Group Co., Ltd., and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd., and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description, key data and performance trends for 7 additional companies

External Environment

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

Analyst insights

The Government guides the industry development. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology have released a series of policies and regulations to support the developm...

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

The industry profit margin is low and varies in different companies. The industry profit is expected to account for 3.4% of industry revenue in 2024, down from 6.9% in 2019.

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

  • 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 Tire Manufacturing industry in China in 2024?

The market size of the Tire Manufacturing industry in China is $122.4bn in 2024.

How many businesses are there in the Tire Manufacturing in China industry in 2024?

There are 513 businesses in the Tire Manufacturing industry in China, which has declined at a CAGR of 0.7 % between 2019 and 2024.

Has the Tire Manufacturing industry in China grown or declined over the past 5 years?

The market size of the Tire Manufacturing industry in China has been growing at a CAGR of 3.8 % between 2019 and 2024.

What is the forecast growth of the Tire Manufacturing industry in China over the next 5 years?

Over the next five years, the Tire Manufacturing industry in China is expected to grow.

What are the biggest companies in the Tire Manufacturing market in China?

The biggest companies operating in the Tire Manufacturing market in China are Zhongce Rubber Group Co., Ltd., Sailun Group Co., Ltd. and Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd.

What does the Tire Manufacturing in China include?

Automobile tires and Motorcycle tires are part of the Tire Manufacturing industry.

Which companies have the highest market share in the Tire Manufacturing in China?

The company holding the most market share in China is Zhongce Rubber Group Co., Ltd..

How competitive is the Tire Manufacturing industry in China?

The level of competition is high and increasing in the Tire Manufacturing industry in China.

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Competitors

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Complementors

  • Auto Parts Manufacturing in China
  • Motorcycle Manufacturing in China

International industries

  • Motor Vehicle Parts and Accessories Manufacturing in Australia
  • Tyre Retailing in New Zealand

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