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Top 25 Automotive industry associations based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 498 automotive industry associations headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 6,562 professional contacts across them, including 755 with verified work emails. Washington is the largest hub.
This list covers automotive industry associations headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 30, 2026.
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The 25 largest automotive industry associations based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,196 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Automotive News is the nation's pre-eminent news source covering the automotive industry serving vehicle manufacturers, suppliers, dealers, marketers, and others allied with the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 314 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Auto Care Association is the voice for the auto care industry-a coast-to-coast network of independent manufacturers, distributors, parts stores and repair shops offering…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 165 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Automotive Service Association is the largest not-for-profit trade association serving independent automotive professionals in the mechanical and collision repair industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 108 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Autonet Group is an Automotive company located in 1261 Government St, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 102 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “AIAG (Automotive Industry Action Group) is the global collaborative hub for automotive excellence.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 97 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Keihin is the maker of the worlds finest automotive components.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 84 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Otscon Inc is an Automotive company located in 50 N Rangeline Rd, Columbia, Missouri, United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 70 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “CARCHEX is the premier provider of direct-to-consumer automotive products and services including auto warranty, pre-purchase inspections, auto insurance and auto financing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 61 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Jones Motor Company is an automotive company based out of 508 Florence Road, Savannah, Tennessee, United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 55 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 44 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established in 1964, NTEA represents 2,100 companies that manufacture, distribute, install, sell and repair commercial trucks, truck bodies, truck equipment, trailers and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 43 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Luke Fruia Motors is an automotive company based out of P.O.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 42 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “From the manufacturers producing most vehicles sold in the U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 42 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Automotive sales and services” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 38 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “The Auto Alliance is the leading voice for a united American auto industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 35 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “MEMA, the Vehicle Suppliers Association, is the leading trade association in North America for vehicle suppliers, parts manufacturers, and remanufacturers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 35 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Center for Automotive Research is involved in the research of significant issues that relate to the future direction of the global automotive industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Budd Baer Inc is an automotive company based out of 71 Murtland Avenue, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 33 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Established in 1967, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc.(JAMA) is a non-profit industry association which comprises Japan's fourteen manufacturers of passenger…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Volunteer Auto Group is an automotive company based out of 2142 W Lamar Alexander Pkwy, Maryville, Tennessee, United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 28 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “MEMA, the Vehicle Suppliers Association, is the leading trade association in North America for vehicle suppliers, parts manufacturers, and remanufacturers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “For 100 years, the California New Car Dealers Association has grown to the country's largest state association of franchised new car and truck dealers, representing over 1,200…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We are an automotive group representing the industry's premier brands: Honda, Acura, Toyota, and Lexus.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: automotive industry associations. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names automotive industry associations.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of automotive industry associations, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name automotive industry associations. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Automotive industry associations based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 30, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 498 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among automotive industry associations, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “automotive industry associations”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names automotive industry associations), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among automotive industry associations, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 755 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 30, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names automotive industry associations, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many automotive industry associations are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 498 automotive industry associations headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Automotive News, headquartered in Detroit, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most automotive industry associations?
Washington leads with 13 headquartered companies, followed by Detroit (6) and San Antonio (5).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 755 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 498 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 30, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.
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