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The Chinese CRRC Corporation Limited was by far the largest rolling stock manufacturer in 2020, generating an estimated billion euros of revenue. In February 2020, Alstom announced the acquisition of Bombardier, and received all the necessary regulatory approvals to complete this acquisition by December of that same year. The combined revenue from Alstom and Bombardier would have reached some *** billion euros in revenue in 2020, making it second in the ranking while still considerably behind the CRRC.

Rolling stock

Rolling stock refers to any vehicle able to move on a railway. Broadly, this can be categorized into passenger cars, freight cars, and the locomotives which pull them. Asia and Europe (including Eastern and Western Europe) are the two largest markets, with both being over double the size of North America in 2018. Short term growth is expected to be highest in the more underdeveloped markets of Africa, Australia and the Middle East, however European and North American growth predictions are not far behind.

Market leaders

In 2020, CRRC remained somewhat uncontested as the largest global manufacturer of rolling stock, with the combined revenues of Alstom and Bombardier trailing over * billion euros behind. In 2020, CRRC sold around over * units, including some rapid transit and metro vehicles and just under * freight wagons. This allowed the company to employ around ** people and generate close to *** billion yuan (just under ** billion U.S. dollars) in revenue.