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Lead-Acid Batteries in the US Procurement Price, Data and Insights
This report is intended to assist buyers of lead-acid batteries. These rechargeable batteries are made from a lead alloy and include lead-calcium batteries, lead-antimony batteries, valve-regulated lead-acid (VRLA) batteries, and starting lighting and ignition (SLI) batteries, among other varieties. Lead-acid batteries are primarily used to power automobiles, marine and uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), forklifts, and golf cars. Accordingly, vehicle and electrical power supply manufacturers make up the majority of buyers in this market.
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What’s included in this market coverage
IBISWorld's research coverage on the Lead-Acid Batteries procurement and pricing environment in the United States includes market dynamics, buyer power scores, supply chain vendors with pricing trends and forecasts.
About this Market
What’s this procurement report about?
This procurement coverage of the Lead-Acid Batteries market in the United States includes Absorbent Glass Mat Lead-Acid Battery and Gel Lead-Acid Battery. Standard coding in this coverage includes HS-850710-Electric Accumulators; Lead-Acid, Of A Kind Used For Starting Piston Engines, Including Separators, Whether Or Not Rectangular (Including Square), ISIC-272-Manufacture of batteries and accumulators, NACE-27.20-Manufacture Of Batteries And Accumulators, NAICS-335910-Battery manufacturing and UNSPSC-26111707-Lead acid batteries.
What common market terminology is included?
Common market terminology included in the Lead-Acid Batteries procurement coverage includes Volt (A volt is a unit of measurement used to describe electric potential, electric potential difference, and electromagnetic force.), On-Grid Power (Power derived straight from an electrical grid network. The source of power for the electrical grid is typically a power plant.) and Self-Discharge Rate (The rate that the battery depreciates due to nonuse, also known as the shelf life of the battery.).
What companies are included as top suppliers?
The top companies covered in the Lead-Acid Batteries procurement report as suppliers are Crown Battery Manufacturing Company, C&D Technologies Inc., Home Depot, Inc., Amazon.Com, Inc. and Enersys.
Opportunity Assessment
What’s included in the Opportunity Assessment chapter?
The Opportunity Assessment chapter provides a comprehensive market analysis of the Lead-Acid Batteries market in the United States category, including buyer power scoring, market pricing trends, vendor landscape, cost structure, and strategic negotiation levers.
The market pricing trends include the Market Price (2026) per battery, a five year price forecast and a supply chain risk score. Vendor coverage includes a market share and cost structure breakdown.
Analysis includes a comprehensive SWOT analysis of and recent developments impacting the Lead-Acid Batteries market environment.
Buyer Power Score
What’s included in the Buyer Power Score chapter?
The Buyer Power Score chapter assesses key components impacting Lead-Acid Batteries procurement including the recent price trend, forecast price trend, availability of substitutes, switching costs, product specialization, average vendor risk, market share concentration, supply chain risk, price driver volatility and recent price volatility.
These components generate a Buyer Power Score that ranges from -5 (strongly favoring sellers) to +5 (strongly favoring buyers) plus a recommended strategy for procurement specialists.
Price Environment
What’s included in the Price Environment chapter?
The Price Environment chapter covers detailed pricing analysis and datasets on Lead-Acid Batteries market environment. This includes insights into market pricing Market Price (2026), price forecasts, volatility, specialization, substitutes and switching costs.
Datasets in the Price Environment chapter include vendor cost structure, breakdowns of wage rates by geography and specialty, key external economic and labor drivers impacting the market and market pricing models.
Supply Chain & Vendors
What’s included in the Supply Chain & Vendors chapter?
The Supply Chain & Vendors chapter covers the concentration, risk and diversity of the Lead-Acid Batteries market. This includes datasets on the market’s top suppliers, detailed analysis on the key sourcing risks and supply chain dynamics, with environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations and scores.
Business Requirements
What’s included in the Business Requirements chapter?
The Business Requirements chapter covers vendor relationships, qualifications, service level agreements and key performance indicators. These inputs provide insight into the planning process through the buying lead time, vendor relationship and vendor qualifications. The sourcing process include key RFP elements like an organizational overview, project budget, selection criteria, project schedule, proposal format, inventory control, cost containment, regulation, quality control, distribution and key contract clauses.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the current market price for Lead-Acid Batteries?
The 2026 benchmark market price for Lead-Acid Batteries is $92.25 per battery. Prices have increased at a CAGR of 2.81 from 2023-26.
Who are the top vendors in the Lead-Acid Batteries market?
The top vendors in the Lead-Acid Batteries market include Crown Battery Manufacturing Company, C&D Technologies Inc., Home Depot, Inc., Amazon.Com, Inc. and Enersys.
What industries supply the Lead-Acid Batteries market?
The top industries supplying the Lead-Acid Batteries market are Copper Rolling, Drawing & Extruding in the US, Copper, Nickel, Lead & Zinc Mining in the US, Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing in the US, Fertilizer Manufacturing in the US, Metal Wholesaling in the US, Iron & Steel Manufacturing in the US, Nonferrous Metal Rolling & Alloying in the US, Electric Power Transmission in the US, Plastic Products Miscellaneous Manufacturing in the US and Plastic & Resin Manufacturing in the US.
What is the supply chain risk for Lead-Acid Batteries?
Moderate vendor risk warrants monitoring of vendor financials and market conditions. Vendor financial risk is moderate due to supply chain issues and regulatory challenges. The moderate level of vendor financial risk poses challenges for buyers because vendor bankruptcy could disrupt supply and lead to financial losses if buyers have prepaid for products yet to be delivered. Buyers should vet vendor financials before entering into supply agreements and keep a list of backup vendors in case their main vendor faces financial difficulties.
What factors affect the price of Lead-Acid Batteries?
A battery with a higher power capacity costs more because it requires more cells in parallel, which results in higher input costs and greater complexity during the design and manufacturing processes.
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