The company that makes the most garbage trucks in North America, when counting complete refuse collection bodies, is McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing, which is owned by Oshkosh Corporation. McNeilus is based in Dodge Center, Minnesota and is the largest manufacturer of rear loaders, front loaders, and automated side loaders by volume, with an estimated market share of over 40 percent of new refuse bodies in the United States. However, the garbage truck market is split between body manufacturers and chassis manufacturers. The bodies, which actually pick up and compact the trash, are made by companies like McNeilus, Heil Environmental, and Labrie. Heil, owned by Terex, is the second largest body maker and is particularly dominant in front loaders. Labrie Enviroquip Group, based in Quebec, is another major player. When it comes to the truck chassis that the bodies are mounted on, the largest suppliers are Mack Trucks, Peterbilt, and Freightliner, with Mack LR and Peterbilt 520 models being the most common chassis for refuse applications. Globally, if you include all waste collection vehicles, companies like Faun in Germany and Geesinknorba in Europe are also large producers. But by overall number of refuse bodies built and sold in the US market each year, McNeilus consistently leads the industry, followed closely by Heil Environmental.
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