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This is a list of companies that formerly manufactured and / or sold tractors. Some tractor and / or agricultural machinery companies have discontinued manufacturing, or were bought out or merged with other companies, or their company names may have changed.
The production numbers of tractors in the USA amounted to 10,300 from the first vehicles up to 1915. In 1916, 29,670. In 1917, 62,742, and in 1918, 132,697 tractors. [1] [2] In 1919, 164,590. [3] In 1920, 203,207. [4] In 1921, 73,198. [5] In 1922, 99,692. In 1923, 134,590. In 1924, 119,305. In 1925, 167,640. In 1926, 181,995. In 1927, 200,500. In the year 1918, there were 130 different tractor manufacturers in the USA. [6] From 1900 to 1947, 593 tractor manufacturers in the USA exist. [7]
| Year | Production | Gas Tractors | Ford gasoline tractors | Gas establishments | Steam Tractors | steam establishments |
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| 1889 | 6 | 0 | Charter Gas Engine/ Rumely [8] | ~3,000 | ||
| 1890 | 1 | 0 | Taylor | O.S. Kelley | ||
| 1891 | 3 | 0 | William Deering/ New Ideal [9] | Minnesota | ||
| 1892 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1893 | 2 | 0 |
| Geiser | ||
| 1894 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1895 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1896 | 0 | D. June | ||||
| 1897 | 1 | 0 | McCormic | |||
| 1898 [10] | 35 | 0 |
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| 1899 | 29 | 0 |
| Port Huron | ||
| 1900 | 0 | |||||
| 1901 [11] | 1 | 0 | Hart Parr | ~5,000 | 30 | |
| 1902 | ↓ | 0 | ||||
| 1903 | 13 [13] | 0 |
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| 1904 | 0 | |||||
| 1905 | 0 |
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| 1906 | 0 | |||||
| 1907 | 0 |
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| 1908 | 0 | |||||
| 1909 [17] | ~2,000 | 0 |
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| 1910 | ~4,000 | 0 |
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| 1911 | ~7,000 | 0 |
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| 1912 | ~11,000 | 0 |
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| 1913 | ~7,000 | 0 |
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| 1914 | ~10,000 | 0 |
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| 1915 | ~21,000 | 0 |
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| 1916 | 29,670 | 0 | ||||
| 1917 | 62,752 | 254 [19] |
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| 1918 | 132,697 | 34,167 | Acason Bethlehem ;128 | |||
| 1919 | 164,590 | 57,290 | ||||
| 1920 [21] | 204,973 | 203,207 | 70,955 |
| 1,766 | 15 |
| 1921 | 74,366 | 73,198 | 36,761 | 94 | 1,168 | 18 |
| 1922 | 100,088 |
| 68,985 | 81 | 396 | 14 |
| 1923 | 134,590 | 101,898 [22] | ||||
| 1924 [23] | 120,823 |
| 83,010 | 47 | 1,518 | 14 |
| 1925 [24] | 167,650 | 167,553 | 104,168 | 53 | 97 | 7 |
| 1926 [25] | 181,995 | 181,995 | 99,101 | 29+5+13 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 [26] | 200,504 | 200,504 | 26+6+17 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1928 [27] | 175,934 | 175,934 | x+9+15 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1929 [28] | 228,976 | 228,976 | x+11+15 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1930 [29] | 202,458 | 202,458 | x+11+13 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1931 [30] | 71,704 | 71,704 | x+8+11 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1932 [31] | no data collected | ~19,000 [32] | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1933 [33] | no data collected | ~34,200 [34] | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1934 [35] | no data collected | ~47,900 [36] | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1935 [37] | 161,131 | 161,131 | x+x+16 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1936 [38] | 227,185 | 227,185 | x+x+13 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1937 [39] | 283,155 | 283,155 | x+x+13 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1938 [40] | 199,223 | 199,223 | 42 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1939 [41] | 218,462 | 218,462 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1940 [42] | 283,546 | 283,546 | x+x+14 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1941 [43] | 358,520 | 358,520 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1942 [44] | 215,074 | 215,074 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1943 [45] [46] | 143,489 | 143,489 | 43 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1944 [47] | 310,990 | 310,990 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1945 [48] | 261,227 | 261,227 | 35+6+20 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1946 [49] | 364,725 | 364,725 | 45 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1947 [50] | 578,048 | 578,048 | 57 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1948 [51] | 678,141 | 678,141 | 85 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1949 [52] | 676,996 | 676,996 | 131 | 0 | 0 |
Market Share of Leading Wheel Tractor Manufacturers by Decade (Table 1.) [53]