Our annual look at the largest global manufacturers of lift trucks ranked by revenue.
At the risk of torturing a cliché, forklift sales are up and continuing to rise. In the North American market, 2017 sales were up 9.5% over 2016, reaching a new benchmark of 253,146 units sold.

The U.S. aerial lift rental market continued its three-year rise, posting 4 percent rental fleet growth in 2017 over 2016, with more growth likely in the next two years, according to the 2018 Powered Access Rental Market Report.