Truck brands, A to Z
Every truck maker in the official vehicle registers, the semi truck brands and the groups that own them, and the brands with the most trucks on the road.
Most lists of truck brands are a dealer's opinion or a ranking of this year's pickups. This one comes from the official vehicle registers that record trucks by make and model: every make with a truck on the road there, how many truck models it has, and how many of them people actually register.
In total that's 111 truck makes and 1,215 truck models in VehiclesDB. Below are the brands with the most registered trucks, the semi truck brands and the groups that own them, pickup brands, and the full A to Z.
The most registered truck brands
For every model, the registers give a popularity rank per country, which we turn into a global decile: 1 means the model is in the top 10% most registered trucks across the countries that record it, 10 the bottom 10%. Count how many of a brand's truck models have a global decile of 1 or 2 and you see which brands fill real roads:
| Brand | Its most registered truck | Truck models in the catalog | Truck models with a global decile of 1 or 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scania | Scania R500 | 212 | 12 |
| Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-Benz Actros | 225 | 9 |
| Isuzu | Isuzu NPR | 41 | 8 |
| DAF | DAF XF | 62 | 7 |
| Hino | Hino 300 | 18 | 6 |
| Renault | Renault Master | 36 | 6 |
| Fiat | Fiat Ducato | 18 | 5 |
| Mitsubishi Fuso | Mitsubishi Fuso Canter | 10 | 5 |
| Iveco | Iveco Daily | 48 | 4 |
| Kenworth | Kenworth K200 | 44 | 4 |
| MAN | MAN TGX | 39 | 4 |
| Sisu | Sisu CK | 7 | 4 |
| Volvo | Volvo FH | 88 | 4 |
Scania leads clearly. The registers list each Scania engine version as its own model (R450, R500, R580), and 12 of them are common on the road. Mercedes-Benz has the most truck models of any brand. Volvo's ranking undersells it: its few model names (FH, FM, FL) each cover a whole range, and the Volvo FH is the most registered truck in our data.
Three brands are here partly because of vans. The Fiat Ducato, the Renault Master and the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter are vans, but registers that sort vehicles by weight record their heaviest versions as trucks. The types of trucks guide explains how registers draw that line.
A note on what this measures: popularity here is how often a model appears in registration data in the countries that record trucks, mostly European. It says nothing about quality, reliability or sales in the US.
Semi truck brands and who owns them
The heavy trucks that pull semi-trailers come from a handful of groups. In the US, seven brands from four groups sold 99.9% of new Class 8 trucks in 2023, according to American Truck Dealers figures reported by FleetOwner: Freightliner, Western Star, Kenworth, Peterbilt, International, Volvo and Mack. In Europe the same groups own most of the market.
- Daimler Truck (Germany): Mercedes-Benz, Freightliner and Western Star, plus BharatBenz and Thomas Built Buses (Daimler Truck).
- PACCAR (Bellevue, Washington): Kenworth, Peterbilt and DAF (PACCAR, DAF).
- Volvo Group (Gothenburg, Sweden): Volvo, Mack and Renault Trucks (Volvo Group). It sold UD Trucks to Isuzu in April 2021 (Volvo Group).
- TRATON (Munich, Germany): Scania, MAN, International and Volkswagen Truck & Bus (TRATON).
- ARCHION: Hino and Mitsubishi Fuso, combined on April 1, 2026, with Daimler Truck and Toyota each planning a stake of about 25% (Daimler Truck).
- Iveco Group: Iveco. Tata Motors completed the first settlement of its offer for Iveco Group on October 30, 2026, holding about 89% of the shares (Iveco Group).
Other heavy truck makers in the registers include Sisu from Finland (Sisu Auto), Tatra, Terberg and Ginaf.
A word of caution for US readers: the US has no open register that lists trucks by make and model, so American trucks are in our catalog only where other countries register them. That's why Peterbilt, one of the seven brands above, has only a couple of models here, and why Kenworth's most registered model in our data is the K200, which only the Australian register records.
Pickup truck brands
Pickups are trucks in the US, but most registers outside North America file them as cars or as light commercial vehicles (vans). The pickups in our catalog come from Ford (F-150, Ranger), Chevrolet (Silverado), Ram (1500), GMC, Toyota (Hilux, Tundra), Nissan (Navara), Isuzu (D-Max), Mitsubishi (L200), Volkswagen (Amarok) and Honda (Ridgeline).
Every truck brand, A to Z
Here are the 50 truck makes with at least three truck models in the registers, each with its number of truck models. Every name links to the make's page with all its models.
B: Bedford (14) C: Chevrolet (39) D: DAF (62) · Daimlerchrysler (3) · Demag (7) · Dodge (16) F: Fiat (18) · Foden (3) · Ford (41) · Foton (3) · Freightliner (9) G: Ginaf (3) · GMC (11) H: Hino (18) · Hummer (3) · Hyundai (3) I: International (11) · Isuzu (41) · Iveco (48) J: JCB (7) K: Kenworth (44) L: Land Rover (4) · Leyland (4) · Leyland DAF (5) · Liebherr (5) M: Mack (16) · MAN (39) · Mecalac (3) · Mercedes-Benz (225) · Mitsubishi Fuso (10) N: Nissan (7) P: Peugeot (3) R: Ram (6) · Renault (36) S: Scania (212) · Scania-Vabis (7) · Sisu (7) · Spierings (4) · Sterling (3) · STX (3) T: Tadano (4) · Terberg (4) · Terex (3) · Toyota (6) U: UD (5) V: Volkswagen (7) · Volvo (88) W: Wacker Neuson (3) · Western Star (12) Z: ZIL (3)
There are 61 more makes with one or two truck models each, mostly body builders, crane and machinery makers, and historic brands. They're all on the trucks page, which you can also filter by country.
Where this list comes from
Every make here appears in official vehicle registration data, and a model only makes it into the catalog when official sources agree it exists. Most truck records come from the registers of the Netherlands, Finland and Norway, with more from Australia, Israel, Spain, the UK and others. Sources for the ownership facts above were read on November 11, 2026.
More about trucks
- Types of trucks: light, medium and heavy duty, and what a box truck, a semi or a dump truck is, with real models.
- Types of vans: the small, medium and large vans, and the heavy ones registered as trucks.
- Motorcycle brands and types of motorcycles: the same treatment for bikes.
Need truck makes and models in code, for a fleet tool, a load board or an insurance form? It's one call to the vehicle API with kind=truck, or a download.
Questions people ask
What are the main semi truck brands?
In the US, seven brands sell 99.9% of new Class 8 trucks: Freightliner, Western Star, Kenworth, Peterbilt, International, Volvo and Mack (American Truck Dealers figures for 2023, reported by FleetOwner). In Europe the big heavy truck makers are Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, Scania, DAF, MAN, Iveco and Renault Trucks.
Who owns which truck brands?
Daimler Truck owns Mercedes-Benz trucks, Freightliner and Western Star. PACCAR owns Kenworth, Peterbilt and DAF. The Volvo Group owns Volvo Trucks, Mack and Renault Trucks. TRATON owns Scania, MAN and International. Hino and Mitsubishi Fuso belong to ARCHION, and Tata Motors took control of Iveco Group in October 2026.
What is the most popular truck brand?
In the official registers behind VehiclesDB, Scania has the most truck models among the most registered, followed by Mercedes-Benz, then Isuzu and DAF. That measures how many of a brand's models are common on the road in the countries that record trucks, mostly in Europe, not sales or quality.
What are the main pickup truck brands?
Ford, Chevrolet, Ram, GMC, Toyota, Nissan, Isuzu, Mitsubishi, Volkswagen and Honda all sell pickups. In most registers outside North America, a pickup is recorded as a light commercial vehicle (a van), not as a truck.
Where does this list come from?
From the official vehicle registers that record trucks by make and model, mostly the Netherlands, Finland and Norway, plus Australia, Israel, Spain, the UK and others. The US has no such open register for trucks, so American brands are under-represented.