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Note: The following statistics are for the year ending 2009 the most up to date data available which comes from the 2011 AASA Status Report.  Additional statistics can be found on this report and is available for purchase at www.aftermarketsuppliers.org.

U.S. Motor Vehicle Supplier Industry $328B

Directly employs 686,000 people, the nation's single largest manufacturing industry.

U.S. Aftermarket $182B

Undercar Maintenance (including brakes) $29B

Brakes:  Friction              $9.7B (34% of Undercar Maintenance)
              Rotors/Drums     $8.7B (30% of Undercar Maintenance)
              Calipers             $2.0B (7% of Undercar Maintenance)
              Total                 $20.4B (70% of ALL Undercar Maintenance)

Repair Frequency: Percentage of the 240 million vehicles in operation (VIO) that received this specific repair.

             Brake calipers     2.55%
             Brake drums       4.10%
             Brake rotors       16.74%
             Brake friction     15.57%
             Brake jobs         19.83%