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Top Franchise/Marketing GroupsAs of July 2013

Program/ No. of Type ofAdministrator outlets program

1 Store count includes company stores.2 Includes 29 stores in Canada.3 Uni Pneu is based in Quebec; Tiremax outside of Quebec.

Source: Tire Business survey data

ATD ServiceBay 14,000+ Marketing groupAmerican Tire Distributors www.atd-us.com

Alliance 10,000+ PartnershipMichelin North America Inc. www.michelinman.com

Premium Fuel 5,117 Associate dealersKumho Tire U.S.A. Inc. www.kumhousa.com

Century/Medallion 4,500+ AffiliateCooper Tire & Rubber Co. www.coopermedallion.com

G3Xpress 3,726 AffiliateGoodyear www.goodyeartires.com

Bridgestone Affiliated Retailer 2,616 AffiliateBridgestone Americas www.affiliateddealer.com

Tire & Service Network1 2,302 Marketing groupGoodyear www.goodyear.com/services

Gold Dealer 2,200+ AffiliateContinental Tire www.continentaltire.com

Advantage 2,000+ AffiliateYokohama Tire Corp. www.yokohamatire.com

TAG 2,000+ AffiliateTire Alliance Groupe www.tirealliance.com

One Associate Dealer 1,800+ AssociateHankook Tire America www.hankooktire.com

Fanatic-Falken Assoc. Network 1,500+ AssociateFalken Tire Corp. www.falkentire.com

Treadmaxx 1,066 AffiliateKauffman Tire Inc. www.treadmaxx.com

T3 Certified Tire Centers 1,000+ AffiliateTCI (Michelin) www.t3tires.com

Del-Nat 700+ CooperativeDel-Nat Tire Corp. www.delnat.com

Tire Pros 516 FranchiseAmerican Tire Distributors www.tirepros.com

Tirecraft/Signature 480 AffiliateTirecraft Canada Inc. www.tirecraft.com

ITDG 444 Buying groupIndep. Tire Dealers Group www.independent-tire.net

Uni Pneu/Tiremax4 426 AffiliatePneus Unimax Ltee. www.unipneu.com

Mr. Tire 391 AffiliateK&M Tire Inc. www.mr-tire.com

Big O Tires L.L.C.2 379+ FranchiseTBC Corp. www.bigotires.com

FasTrack 370 AssociatePirelli Tire N.A. Inc. www.pirelli.com

OK Tire/OK Pneu 272 FranchiseOK Tire Stores Inc. www.oktire.com

Tire One/Tread Pros 235 AffiliateU.S. AutoForce www.tireone.com

Tire Factory 215 Member dealersNorthwest Tire Factory L.L.C. www.tirefactory.com

Fountain Tire 154 PartnershipFountain Tire Ltd. www.fountaintire.com

Best-One 139 AssociateZurcher Group ww.bestonetire.com

TireStarz (Canada) 131 AffiliateBridgestone Americas www.tirestarz.com

ITD/Independent Tire Dealers 125 AffiliateCommunity Wholesale Tire www.itdroll.com

Xpress Tire & Auto 120 AffiliateConrad’s Tire Express www.xpresstire.com

Integra Tire 80 AffiliateIntegra Tire & Auto Centres www.integratire.com

Active Green+Ross 70+ FranchiseActive Tire & Auto Centre Inc. www.activegreenross.com

RNR Custom Wheels & Tires 65 FranchiseSPF Management L.L.C. www.rentnroll.com

Tire Discounter Group 64 AffiliateDufferin Tire Ltd. www.tirediscounters.com

Big 3 Tire 57 AssociateK&M Tire Inc. www.big3tire.com

Kal Tire 53 AffiliateKal Tire www.kaltire.com

Rank Company Outlets

Top Dealerships(Store totals as of August 2013)

Ranked by company-owned outlets Ranked by total retail outletsChange

Rank Company Outlets vs. ’12

1 TBC Corp. / Tire Kingdom1 941 -302 Discount Tire / America’s Tire2 865 253 Monro Muffler Brake Inc.3 408 994 Les Schwab Tire Centers4 376 25 Pep Boys / Service & Tires5 211 366 Kal Tire 191 127 Mavis Discount Tire6 146 68 Somerset Tire Service Inc.7 143 109 Fountain Tire8 136 3

10 Best-One Tire & Service / 125 -3Zurcher Group9

11 Tirecraft Group10 120 —12 Rent-A-Wheel / Rent-A-Tire 90 413 Tire Discounters 88 614 Belle Tire Distributors 86 414 Town Fair Tire Centers 86 116 Sullivan Tire Co. 67 817 Peerless Tyre 58 -118 Plaza Tire Service 57 619 Dunlap & Kyle11 56 019 V.I.P.Tire & Service 56 -421 Kauffman Tire Inc. 55 222 Kost Tire & Auto Care 51 023 A.T.V. Inc.12 46 524 Nebraskaland / Kansasland Tire 44 225 Certified Tire & Auto Centers 42 1125 Pomp’s Tire Service 42 125 Purcell Tire & Rubber Co. 42 028 Dobbs Tire & Auto 40 128 Tire Guys13 40 -530 Hennelly Tire & Auto14 35 131 Conrad’s Total Car Car & 34 1

Tire Centers32 Black’s Tire & Auto Service 33 132 Fletcher’s Tire & 33 -1

Auto Service Inc.34 AAA Allied Group Inc.15 32 134 Commercial Tire Inc. 32 236 Dunn Tire L.L.C 31 037 Bauer-Built 30 237 Mountain View Tire 30 039 AKH Co.16 28 -1739 Jack Williams Tire 28 141 Action/Gator Tire Stores17 27 -141 Ben Tire Distributors18 27 -343 Graham Tire Co. 26 043 T.O. Haas Tire Co. 26 045 Aaron’s Inc.19 25 345 McGee Tire Stores Inc. 25 -347 Coast Tire & Auto Service 22 0

(2002) Ltd.20

47 Express Tire21 22 047 Grismer Tire22 22 -247 Jensen Tire & Auto 22 047 McCarthy Tire & 22 0

Automotive Centers52 Gorrepati Enterprises Inc.23 20 —52 Jack Furrier’s Western 20 0

Tire Centers24

52 Raben Tire Co. 20 055 Allen Tire Co. 19 -155 Appalachian Tire 19 055 BREX Inc.23 19 —58 Clark Tire & Auto Service 18 058 Flynn’s Tire & Service Centers 18 060 Big Brand Tire Co. 17 160 Evans Tire & Service Centers25 17 060 Ramona Tire Inc. 17 263 Main Line Tire Group26 16 363 Tireman Auto Service Centers 16 065 Cassidy Tire & Service 15 065 Delta World Tire Co. 15 065 P.R. Walker Inc. 15 065 Tire Works Car Care Centers 15 065 Warren Tire Service Center Inc. 15 1

1 TBC Corp. 2,635Midas International 1,405TBC Retail1 830Big O Tires 400

2 Discount Tire/America’s Tire 8653 Tirecraft Group 6304 Les Schwab Tire Centers 4445 Monro Muffler3 4086 OK Tire Stores Inc. 2817 Pep Boys / Service & Tires27 2118 Kal Tire 1919 Car-X Associates 160

10 Fountain Tire 14610 Mavis Discount Tire 14612 Somerset Tire Service 14313 Best-One Tire & Service 12514 Rent-A-Wheel / Rent-A-Tire 9015 Tire Discounters 8816 Belle Tire Distributors 8717 Town Fair Tire Centers 8618 Integra Tire & Auto 7919 Active Tire & Auto Centre 7620 Sullivan Tire 6721 Peerless Tyre 5821 RNR Custom Wheels & Tires 5823 Plaza Tire Service 5724 Dunlap & Kyle 5624 V.I.P. Parts, Tires 5626 Kauffman Tire 5527 ATV / American Tire Depot 5228 Kost Tire & Muffler 5129 Pneus Belisle Inc.28 4930 Nebraskaland / 4431 Certified Tire & 42

Service Centers31 Pomp’s Tire Service 4231 Purcell Tire & Rubber 4234 AKH Co. 4034 Dobbs Tire & Auto 4034 Tire Guys / Tire-Rama 4037 Hennelly Tire 3538 Conrad’s Tire Express & 34

Total Car Care39 Black’s Tire Service 3339 Fletcher’s Tire & Auto 3341 Bob Sumerel Tire Co. 3241 Commercial Tire Inc. 3243 Aaron’s Inc. / Rimco19 3143 Dunn Tire 3145 Bauer Built 3045 Mountain View Tire 3047 Big O Tires Canada 2948 Jack Williams Tire 2849 Action Gator Tire Stores 2749 Ben Tire Distributors 2751 Graham Tire Co. 2651 T.O. Haas Tire 2653 McGee Tire Stores 2554 Coast Tire & Auto Service 2254 Express Tire Auto 2254 Grismer Tire Co. 2254 Jensen Tire Co. 2254 McCarthy Tire 2259 Jack Furrier’s 20

Western Tire Centers59 Raben Tire Co. 2059 RimTyme Inc. 2062 Allen Tire Co. 1962 Appalachian Tire 1962 Perfection Tire & 19

Auto Service65 Clark Tire & Auto Service 1865 Flynn Tire Group 18

1 dba: Tire Kingdom; National Tire & Battery (NTB); and Merchant’s Tire;store total includes about 40 Big O Tire stores for which it is seekingowner/operators and 12 Big O Tire stores it owns jointly with MFA OilCo. in Missouri.

2 Discount Tire owns the rights to the Discount Tire name in all statesexcept parts of California. Oregon and Washington, where it uses Amer-ica’s Tire; AKH Co. (No. 39) uses Discount Tire Centers in California.

3 Tire Group stores only. dba: Mr. Tire, Tread Quarters, Autotire, TireWarehouse Central; Monro also operates 577 Monro Muffler outlets,which also sell tires. Monro acquired Curry’s Auto Service Tire KingComplete Car Care (9 stores), December 2012; (10 stores/$18M sales)in Q3 2013; Ken Towery’s Tire (27 stores/$47M sales), December2012; Enger Tire (12 stores/$17M sales). December 2012; Everybody’sOil/Tire Barn Warehouse 2012. (31 stores/$70M sales), December2012.

4 There also are 68 associate dealer stores operating under the LesSchwab name.

5 Pep Boys acquired 17 stores in September 2013 from AKH Co. Inc. (No.39 on this year’s list).

6 dba: Mavis Tire, Cole Muffler.7 dba: STS Tire & Auto Centers.8 90 of the 124 stores are owned 50-50 with local partners; Goodyear

owns 49-percent of Fountain.9 Best One comprises more than two dozen independent dealerships with

common ownership under Paul Zurcher; among them are three dealer-ships that would have been listed separately — Southern Indiana Tire(18 stores), S&S Tire (13 stores) and Indy Tire (11 stores).

10 Tirecraft Group is a collective comprising Kirk’s Tire Ltd., Lethridge,Alberta; Miller Tire,Halifax, Nova Scotia; Trail Tire Auto Centers,

Edmonton, Alberta; Pneus Robert Bernard, St. Paul d’Abbortsford,Quebec; and Quality Tire Service, Regina, Saskatchewan. The 120stores are those owned individually by these dealerships but arereported collectively under the Tirecraft banner.

11 dba: Gateway Tire; Hesselbein Tire.12 dba: American Tire Depot; also operates 6 franchises and associate

stores.13 dba: Tire-Rama.14 dba: Tire Choice & Total Car Care.15 dba: Bob Sumerel Tire Co.16 dba: Discount Tire in California.17 owned by Christensen Enterprises; dba Action Gator Tire; Pompano

Tire Centers; and others18 dba: Neal Tire & Auto Service.19 dba: Rimco; acquired January 2014 by Rent-A-Wheel.20 dba: Coast Tire, Disco Tire, Johnston’s Tire, Parent Tire.21 Also owns/operates four retail stores in Mexico.22 dba: Grismer Tire; Dayton Tire; Detroit Tire.23 Car-X Auto Service franchisee.24 dba: Jack Furrier’s, Desert Rat, Ultra Performance.25 formerly part of AKH/Discount Tire.26 dba: Ridge Auto & Tires; Concordville Tire & Service; East Caln Tire &

Service; Bargain Tire & Service; Downington Tire & Service; HavertownTire & Service; M&T Inc.; Main Line Tire & Service; Phoenixville Tire &Service; Rosemont Tire & Servcie; Southampton Tire & Service; Willow-grove Tire & Service; and Westchester Tire & Service.

27 Service & Tire Center store count; Pep Boys also sells tires at 577 PepBoys locations.

28 includes 35 ‘AutoPneu’ associate stores.

Top Dealerships2012 %Retail 2012 BreakdownSales $ Sales/ tires/service/

Rank Company ($ millions) outlet other

Ranked by 2012 retail sales(Based on company-owned outlets, year-end 2012)

* estimated1 Sales include revenue from Discount Tire’s Discounttiredirect.com online business,

which skews the per-store average upward.2 Sales attributable to Pep Boys Service & Tire Centers.3 Tire and related service revenue attributable to Monro’s Mr. Tire, Treadquarters, Tire

Warehouse, AutoTire, Ken Towery Tire, etc. stores.

1 Discount Tire / 4,045.0 4,758,823 100 / 00 / 00America’s Tire1

2 TBC Retail *3,000.0 3,188,098 N.A.3 Les Schwab Tire Centers 1,273.4 3,386,600 N.A.4 Pep Boys - 1,095.3 1,444,987 35 / 40 / 25

Manny, Moe & Jack2

5 Monro Muffler Brake3 507.5 1,275,000 42 / 58 / 006 Kal Tire *335.0 1,753,927 N.A.7 Belle Tire Distributors *260.0 3,000,000 60 / 40 / 008 Best One Tire & Service *222.0 1,776,000 N.A.9 Fountain Tire 150.0 1,102,941 N.A.

10 Dunlap & Kyle *140.0 2,500,000 64 / 36 / 0011 Sullivan Tire *126.0 1,938,462 40 / 60 / 0012 Rent-a-Wheel / Rent-A-Tire 106.3 1,181,111 100 / 00 / 0013 Dobbs Tire & Auto Centers *106.0 2,650,000 40 / 60 / 0014 Kauffman Tire Inc. *101.5 1,845,455 70 / 30 / 0015 Hennelly Tire & Auto 51.0 1,457,143 40 / 60 / 0016 Dunn Tire Corp. *50.0 1,612,903 86 / 14 / 0017 Peerless Tyre Co. *46.0 793,103 95 / 05 / 0017 Graham Tire Co. *46.0 1,769,230 N.A.19 Ben Tire Distributors Ltd. *45.0 2,045,454 60 / 40 / 0020 Fletcher’s Tire & *44.0 1,333,333 50 / 50 / 00

Auto Service21 Purcell Tire & Rubber Co. *42.0 1,000,000 45 / 55 / 0022 Tireman Auto 41.5 2,593,750 50 / 50 / 00

Service Centers23 Virginia Tire & Auto *37.5 3,409,091 N.A.24 Raben Tire *36.5 1,825,000 N.A.25 Evans Tire & Service Center 28.5 1,676,471 60 / 40 / 0026 Jack Furrier Tire & 27.5 1,375,000 57 / 43 /00

Auto Care26 Pneus Belisle Inc. *27.5 3,055,555 N.A.28 McGee Tire Stores *27.0 1,080,000 55 / 40 / 0529 Steve Shannon Tire & Auto *25.0 2,083,333 N.A.30 Ramona Tire 24.2 1,728,571 35 / 65 / 0031 Delta World Tire Co. *23.0 1,533,333 73 / 27 / 0031 Ted Wiens Tire & *23.0 2,090,909 24 / 76 / 00

Auto Centers31 Tire Works Total Car Care 23.0 1,533,333 45 / 55 /0034 Pomp’s Tire Service Inc. *22.0 523,810 N.A.34 Lex Brodie’s Tire *22.0 4,400,000 36 / 32 / 3236 F&F Tire World *20.0 1,428,757 50 / 50 / 0037 Ziegler Tire & Supply Co. 17.0 2,125,000 35 /65 / 0038 Warren Tire Service 16.8 1,184,643 65 / 35 / 00

Center Inc.39 Aaron’s Inc. / Rimco *16.5 660,000 100 / 00 / 0040 Allied Discount Tire & Brake 16.2 1,350,000 75 / 25 / 00

Profile of ‘typical’top 100 dealerships*

Average dealership size60 stores

Median dealership size22 stores

Average outlet size$2.41 million sales; eight service bays

Outlet sales breakdowntires 58%

auto service 41%‘other’ 1%

Tire brand mix11 brands:

7-8 flag, 1private and 2 imported1

Service mixAlignments, suspension work (shocks, struts,

etc.), brakes and oil/lubrication top the list of serv-ices the largest dealerships offer (more than 95percent of those for which information could beascertained).

Those categories are followed by cooling sys-tem/air-conditioning maintenance/repair at about 80percent of dealerships.

Less common among tire dealers are: engine di-agnostics, exhaust and transmissions—all fallingbelow the 75-percent mark, with exhaust work theleast common.

Ownership structure96% privately owned

including Somerset Tire Service Inc. and BenTire Distributors Ltd., which are employee-owned.

Group affiliationsTire Alliance Groupe (TAG)

8 dealerships representing 294 outlets;Goodyear Tire & Service

19 dealerships, 493 locations;Michelin North America Inc.’s Alliance program

15 dealers with 358 stores.1Michelin, BFGoodrich and Goodyear were the dominant brands in 2013, each car-

ried by 79, 77 and 72 respectively, of the top dealerships, followed by Bridgestone(62), Continental and Uniroyal (60 each), Dunlop (55), Kelly and Firestone (50 each).

*Information culled from Tire Business’ top retail dealerships ranking surveys.

N. America’s Largest Commercial DealershipsThe largest independents in the U.S. and Canada, based on 2012 sales

Commercial Company CommercialSales owned employees: Service

Company/headquarters ($ millions) outlets service/sales Trucks

* = Estimated: N.A. = Not Available; † = includes combination retail/commercial outlets‡ = Converted from Canadian $ at 1.01 per U.S. $

1— also has 86 ‘member dealers’; 2 — d.b.a.— Best One Tire & Service; includes sales of S&S Tire, Southern Indiana Tire, Tommy House Tire,Huber Tire, Zurcher Tire, Terry’s Tire Town, Southern Illinois Tire, etc.; 3 — Formerly Snider Tire; 4 — 49% owned by Goodyear Canada; 54Fountain stores are corporate partnerships, 12 are associate dealers; 5 — Acquired Main Tire Exchange, 3 locations (including 1 retread plant),Dec. 2012; 6 — Tredroc and Belle Tire operate a joint venture in western Michigan for the OTR sector, comprising 4 of Tredroc’s outlets

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Southern Tire Mart L.L.C. 700.0 60 <--1,525--> 548Columbia, Miss.

Kal Tire *439.1 165† <--3,745--> 1,100Vernon, British Columbia

Les Schwab Tire Centers 1 348.3 445† N.A. 1,500Bend, Ore.

Pomp’s Tire Service Inc. *315.9 73† N.A. 300+Green Bay, Wis.

Best One Tire & Service L.L.C. 2 306.6 121 N.A. 450+Indianapolis

Snider Fleet Solutions 3 275.0 42 N.A. 220Greensboro, N.C.

Fountain Tire 4 358.6‡ 97† N.A. 320Edmonton, Alberta

Purcell Tire & Rubber Co. 238.0 37† <--800--> N.APotosi, Mo.

McCarthy Tire Service Co. Inc. 5 211.5 38† <--900--> 335Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Service Tire Truck Center Inc. *200.0 40† <--405--> 240Bethlehem, Pa.

Bauer Built Inc. 161.0 30† 142 / 94 79Durand, Wis.

Tredroc Tire Services 6 *155.0 18 N.A. 200Antioch, Ill.

Boulevard Tire Center 135.4 20† 210 / 31 121Deland, Fla.

Cross-Midwest Tire Co. *135.0 13 N.A. N.A.Kansas City, Kan.

Parkhouse Tire Inc. 125.0 12 <--320--> 130Bell Gardens, Calif.

Allied Oil & Tire Co. 112.5 8† <--265--> 40Omaha, Neb.

Raben Tire Co. Inc. 104.0 19† 100 / 40 86Evansville, Ind.

Redburn Tire Co. 104.0 12 <--250--> 130Phoenix

Bob Sumerel Tire Co. *95.0 13† N.A. N.A.Erlanger, Ky.

Belle Tire Distributors Inc. 6 *90.5 12† 149 / 18 95Allen Park, Mich.

Ziegler Tire & Supply Co. 89.7 16† <--320--> 80Massillon, Ohio

Dillon Tire Inc. / *81.0 6 N.A. N.ACross Dillon TireLincoln, Neb.

Sullivan Tire Co. Inc. 75.0 16† <--145--> 68Norwell, Mass.

Graham Tire 72.1 18† <--91--> 34Sioux Falls, S.D. / Spencer, Iowa

Jack’s Tire & Oil Inc. 69.3 10† 103 / 38 55Logan, Utah

McGriff Tire Co. / *61.0 11† N.A. N.A.McGriff Treading Co. Inc.Cullman, Ala.

Atlanta Commercial Tire 58.0 6 <--174--> 46Forest Park, Ga.

Valley Tire Co. Inc. 56.8 14† <--250--> 65Charleroi, Pa.

Good Tire Service Inc. 55.2 8† <--140--> 30Kittanning, Pa.

Royal Tire Inc. 55.0 15 75 / 65 50St. Cloud, Minn.

Custom Bandag Inc. 51.0 14† 231 / 14 100Linden, N.J.

Pete’s Tire Barn Inc. 50.8 20† 150 / 20 120Orange, Mass.

Commercial Tire Inc. *50.0 33† 77 / 52 138Meridian, Idaho

Donald B. Rice Tire Co. 43.3 9† <--160--> 27Frederick, Md.

T&W Tire Inc. *42.0 14† N.A. N.A.Oklahoma City

Gem City Tire 42.0 6 50 / 15 35Dayton, Ohio

Eastern Tire Service Ltd. *1.80 N.A. 700 / 125 1 5 2 Italmatic B to B 1New Glasgow, Nova Scotia

Techno Pneu Inc. / Moldex 1.30 8.3% 300 / 100 1 5 2 Moldex m.c. 2Rimouski, Quebec

Day & Night Tire Service Inc. *1.00 N.A. 000 / 325 1 5 1 Oliver / Acu-Tred 5Lakeland, Fla.

Tread Wright Inc. 0.77 N.C. 10 / 180 1 5 2 m.c.(CIMA / SIO) 4Hot Springs, S.D.

Mt. Morris Tire Service Inc. *0.75 -10.0% 140 / 190 1 5 2 m.c. (Cima / REI) 3Mt. Morris, Pa.

NRI Inc. *8.50 N.C. N.A. 1 N.A. N.A. m.c., p.c., sculpture 2Portland, Ore.

Purcell Tire & Rubber Co. 8.00 -11.0% 139 1# 6 2 m.c., flexcure, & sculpture 1Potosi, Mo.

H&H Industries Inc. 5.60 -3.4% 53 1 5 1/2 3 m.c., p.c., & cut-tread 3Oak Hill, Ohio

B.R. Retreading Inc. 5.00 N.C. 95 1 5 2 Marangoni, m.c., cut tread 4Glasgow, Ky.

Kal Tire 7 5.00 N.C. 90 2 5 1 1/2 m.c., Bandag 11Vernon, British Columbia

RDH Tire Co. 5.00 25.0% 65-70 1 5 3 Marangoni m.c. 7Cleveland, N.C. cut tread

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= Estimated; N.A. = Not Available; N.R. = Not Ranked in 2012^ = Some plants may produce other types of retreads; N.C. = No ChangeARC=Associated; CLC=ContiLifeCycle; GY=Goodyear; MRT=Michelin Retread

Technologies; M-RTS=Marangoni RingTread System; PQ=Pre-Q;m.c.=mold cure; p.c.=precure

1 Goodyear subsidiary; d.b.a. Goodyear Commerical Tire & Service Centers.2 Data cover GCR Truck Tire Centers in the U.S. and Canada, Tire Distribu-

ton Systems and White Tire L.L.C.3 Previously Snider Tire.4 Michelin North America subsidiary.

5 Also operates an OTR retread plant in Somerset, Pa.6 Formerly Antioch Tire Co. and Chicago Bandag Inc./CBA Tire.7 Combined data for Kal Tire and Polar Rubber Products; Kal acquired full

ownership of Polar Rubber in 2011.

Largest North American Retreaders(Based on rubber used during last full year—2012)

Medium & Heavy Truck TiresPounds/year % Days/ 2012

Rank Company/headquarters (in millions) Change Units/day Plants week Shifts Curing processes Rank

Wingfoot Commercial Tire 38.30 0.8% 5,500 31 5 1/4 1 GY p.c. & m.c. 1Systems L.L.C. 1 GY Unicircle (25 plants)Fort Smith, Ark.

Southern Tire Mart L.L.C. 25.40 8.5% 4,200 18 5 1 to 2 Bandag 3Columbia, Miss.

Bridgestone Commercial 24.62 -3.5% 3,450 37 N.A. N.A. Bandag 2Solutions Group 2

Nashville, Tenn.Best One Tire & Service 15.78 4.5% 2,338 15 5 1 to 2 Bandag 5Indianapolis, Ind.

Snider Fleet Solutions 3 *14.80 -4.8% 2,000 5 5 to 6 2 to 3 MRT 4Greensboro, N.C.

TCi Tire Centers L.L.C. 4 14.00 N.C. 1,984 10 5 1 MRT 6Duncan, S.C.

Pomp’s Tire & Auto Service Inc. *11.70 *14.0% 1,925 11 5 1 to 2 Bandag 9Green Bay, Wis.

Les Schwab Tire Centers 11.10 4.7% 1,600 3 N.A. N.A. Oliver; M-RTS; Galgo 7Bend, Ore.

Kal Tire 11.00 N.C. 1,500 10 5 1 1/2 Bandag 8Vernon, British Colombia

McCarthy Tire Service Co. Inc. 5 8.50 26.9% 1,200 6 5 1 1/2 Bandag 12Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Service Tire Truck Centers Inc. 8.00 1.3% 1,040 4 5 2 MRT 10Bethlehem, Pa.

Purcell Tire & Rubber Co. *7.10 -5.0% 1,025 5 6 2 GY p.c. & m.c. 11Potosi, Mo.

Bauer Built Inc. 7.00 7.7% 1,000 7# 5 1/2 1 to 2 MRT 13Durand, Wis.

Bob Sumerel Tire Co. Inc. *5.70 4.0% 910 5 5 1 1/2 Bandag 14Erlanger, Ky.

Tredroc Tire Services 6 *5.20 N.A. 1,100 6 5 1 Bandag 15Antioch, Ill.

Boulevard Tire Center 5.10 4.1% 780 5 5 1 Bandag 17Deland, Fla.

Fountain Tire Ltd. 5.03 26.6% 524 6 5 1 to 2 GY 21Edmonton, Alberta

Belle Tire Distributors 5.00 6.8% 700 3 5 1/2 1 to 1 1/2 Bandag 18Allen Park, Mich.

Jack’s Tire & Oil Inc. 4.96 N.C. 750 5 5 1 MRT 16Logan, Utah

Parkhouse Tire Inc. 4.50 N.C. 700 2 5 1 Bandag 19Bell Gardens, Calif.

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2013 2012 Tire % of totalRank Rank Company/Headquarters sales corp. sales

2013 2012 Tire % of totalRank Rank Company/Headquarters sales corp. sales

(Figures in millions of dollars, translated at average annual currency exchange rates)

2012 2012

Global Tire Company RankingsBased on 2012 sales. Includes subsidiaries.

1 1 Bridgestone Corp.#1 *28,575.0 *75.0%Tokyo, Japan

2 2 Group Michelin# *26,222.0 *95.0%Clermont-Ferrand, France

3 3 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.#2,3 *18,900.0 *90.0%Akron, Ohio

4 4 Continental A.G.# *10,895.0 *25.9%Hanover, Germany

5 6 Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.#2,4,5 7,763.4 87.2%Kobe, Japan

6 5 Pirelli & C. S.p.A.# 7,626.9 97.7%Milan, Italy

7 8 Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. 6,259.0Seoul, South Korea

8 7 Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. 5,570.0 80.0%Tokyo, Japan

9 9 Maxxis International/Cheng Shin Rubber 4,630.9 100.0%Yuanlin, Taiwan

10 10 Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co. Ltd. 4,557.6 94.6%Hangzhou, China

11 11 Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.6 4,200.8 100.0%Findlay, Ohio

12 12 Kumho Tire Co. Inc. 3,599.5 99.4%Seoul, South Korea

13 13 Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd.7 2,867.2 78.6%Osaka, Japan

14 17 MRF Ltd.^ 2,708.4 100.0%Chennai, India

15 14 GITI Tire Pte. Ltd.8 2,695.9 100.0%Singapore

16 15 Triangle Group Co. Ltd. 2,469.8 100.0%Shandong, China

17 16 Apollo Tyres Ltd.^4,6 2,345.8 99.0%Kerala, India

18 18 Nokian Tyres P.L.C.#1 *1,865.0 *90.0%Nokia, Finland

19 19 Shandong Linglong Rubber Co. Ltd. 1,824.6 100.0%Shandong, China

20 21 Double Coin Holdings Ltd. 1,800.6 100.0%Shanghai, China

21 24 Xingyuan Tyre Co. Ltd. 1,528.3 100.0%Dongying City, China

22 27 Titan International Inc.9 *1,455.0 *80.0%Quincy, Illinois

23 23 Nexen Tire Corp. 1,440.0 95.0%Seoul, South Korea

24 20 Aeolus Tyre Co. Ltd. 1,430.7 100.0%Jiaozuo, China

25 22 JK Tyre & Industries Ltd.^ 1,391.0 100.0%New Delhi, India

26 25 Qingdao Doublestar Industrial Co. Ltd. 1,291.0 100.0%Qingdao, China

27 26 P.T. Gajah Tunggal TBK8,10 1,253.9 93.0%Jakarta, Indonesia

28 35 Shandong Jinyu Tyre Co. Ltd.11 1,135.6 100.0%Dongying City, China

29 31 Shandong Hengfeng Tyre Co. Ltd. 1,127.0 100.0%Dongying City, China

30 40 Sailun Co. Ltd.11 1,141.3 84.6%Qingdao, China

31 29 Kenda Rubber Industrial Co. Ltd. 1,063.2 100.0%Yuanlin, Taiwan

32 28 Guizhou Tyre Co. Ltd. 1,040.4 100.0%Guizhou, China

33 33 Shandong Shengtai Tyre Co. Ltd. 918.3 100.0%Guangrao County, China

34 52 J.S.C. Cordiant9,12 900.0 100.0%Moscow, Russia

35 30 Ceat Ltd.^ 897.0 100.0%Mumbai, India

36 39 Jiangshu Tongyong Tire Ltd. 822.4 100.0%Wuxi, China

37 34 BRISA/Bridgestone-Sabanci Tire Mfg.1 791.6 100.0%Izmit,Turkey

38 37 JSC Belshina Belarus Tyre Works N.A. —Bobruisk, Belarus

39 38 Shandong Wanda Tyre Co. Ltd. 725.8 100.0%Dongying City, China

40 36 Birla Tyres Ltd. 648.5 100.0%Orissa, India

41 44 Balkrishna Industries Ltd.^ *592.5 *95.0%Maharashtra, India

42 42 Mitas A.S. 579.2 82.0%Prague, Czech Republic

43 43 South China Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. 574.0 100.0%Guangzhou City, China

44 45 Nankang Rubber Tire Corp. Ltd. 542.0 100.0%Taipei, Taiwan

45 33 Nizhnekamskshina13 534.6 100.0%Nizhnekamsk, Russia

46 48 Alliance Tire Group 525.0 100.0%Mumbai, India

47 47 Shanxi Suanxi Tyre Co. Ltd. 504.1 100.0%Qingxi, Shanxi, China

48 49 Trelleborg Wheel Systems S.p.A.14 *456.0 *14.5%Tivoli, Italy

49 50 Shandong Sangong Tyre Co. Ltd. 451.4 100.0%Zucheng City, China

50 55 FATE S.A.I.C.I. 366.7 98.0%San Fernando, Argentina

51 46 Carlisle Companies Inc.15 *365.0 *10.0%Jackson, Tenn.

52 54 Petlas Tyre Industry & Trade Co. 361.3 100.0%Ankara, Turkey

53 51 Xuzhou Xugong Tyre Co. Ltd. 345.6 100.0%Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China

54 56 P.T. Multistrada Arah Sarana TBK 320.8 100.0%Cikarang, Indonesia

55 57 Barez Tire Group N.A. —Tehran, Iran

56 58 TVS Srichakra Ltd.^ 309.3 100.0%Chennai, India

57 53 Federal Corp. 309.0 100.0%Tao Yuan, Taiwan

58 63 Sichuan Haida Tyre Group Co. Ltd. 299.4 100.0%Haida/Sichuan, China

59 60 Chaoyang Long March Tyre Co. Ltd. 288.6 100.0%Liaoning, China

60 59 Marangoni S.p.A. N.A. —Verona, Italy

61 62 Hwa Fong Rubber Ind. Co. Ltd. 250.9 100.0%Taipei, Taiwan

62 66 Xinjiang Kunlun Tire Co. Ltd. 200.3 100.0%Kuerle, Xinjiang, China

63 N.R. Qingdao Sentury Tire Co. Ltd. 190.0 100.0%Jimo, Shandong

64 65 Falcon Tyres Ltd.^16 176.1 100.0%Mysore, India

65 61 Haoyou Tire Co. Ltd. 171.2 100.0%Henan, China

66 67 Beijing Shouchuang Tire Co. Ltd. 152.4 100.0%Beijing, China

67 70 Casumina (Southern Rubber Industry Co.) 151.6 98.9%Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

68 69 Specialty Tires of America Inc. *145.0 100.0%Indiana, Pennsylvania

69 68 Vee Rubber Corp. Ltd. 137.5 78.0%Bangkok, Thailand

70 72 Metro Tyres Ltd. *115.0 100.0%Ludhiana, India

71 73 Tianjin United Tire & Rubber Co. (TUTRIC) 110.3 98.7%Tianjin, China

72 N.R. Guangzhou Pearl River Rubber Tyre Ltd. 109.5 100.0%Guangzhou, China

73 74 Inoue Rubber (Thailand) Co. Ltd. 99.1 46.6%Bangkok, Thailand

74 N.R. Maine Industrial Tire L.L.C.14 92.0 100.0%Wakefield, Mass.

75 75 General Tyre & Rubber Co. *80.0 100.0%of Pakistan Ltd.^

Karachi, PakistanSubtotal (rounded) *179,750.0Others17 *7,500.0TOTAL *187,250.0

Footnotes: # = non-tire revenue from company-owned retail operations excluded ^ = fiscal year ends other than Dec. 31N.R. = not ranked; N.A. = not available; N.M. = not meaningful; � = revised from previous report; * = estimated1 Bridgestone owns 16% of Nokian Tyres P.L.C. (No. 18 on this year’s ranking) and 44% of BRISA Bridgestone (No. 37).2 Goodyear and Sumitomo operate 75/25 joint ventures in North America and western Europe, incorporating Sumitomo’s Dunlop-re-

lated tire activities in those regions.3 Goodyear is phasing out / has put up for sale its European farm tire business ($200+ million annual sales).4 Sumitomo acquired Dunlop-related assets in Africa from Apollo Tyres Ltd., 2nd quarter 2013.5 SRI setting up joint venture in Turkey with parent of Petlas Tyre (No. 52 on this year’s ranking).6 Cooper and India’s Apollo Tyres Ltd. (No. 17 on this year’s ranking) have cancelled their pending merger.7 Toyo changed fiscal year to calendar year reporting; figure presented here represents nine months of sales in Japan plus 12

months of results from overseas subsidiaries.

8 GITI Tire owns 49.7% of P.T. Gajah Tunggal (No. 27).9 Titan acquired stake in Voltyre-Prom, Russia ($200m annual sales) from JSC Cordiant.

10 Michelin owns a 10% stake of Gajah Tunggal.11 Sailun Co. Ltd. (No. 30) bought Shandong Peace Radial Tire and a 49% stake in Shandong Jinyu Tire In 2012.12 Formely Sibur-Russian Tyres; Sibur sold its Kirov and Voronezh plants to Pirelli Tyre S.p.A. in 2011.13 Pirelli, though a joint venture with Russian Technologies, owns an option to buy into or merge with Nizhnekamskshina.14 Trelleborg acquired Maine Industrial Tire ($92 million sales; No. 74 on this year’s list) year-end 2012.15 Carlisle sold Carlisle Transportation Products, the firm’s tire and wheel unit, to private investors.16 Part of India’s Ruia Group, which also comprises Dunlop India Ltd. and Monotana Tyres of India.17 ‘Others’ represents as many as 100 other companies. The next largest are: Govind Rubber Ltd., India; Ralson (India) Ltd., India;

Societe Tunisienne des Pneumatiques, Tunisia; Speedways Rubber Co., India; Qingdao Yellow Sea Rubber Co. Ltd., China.

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