Having just returned from an 18 day trip with our TT, I got several opportunities to walk around campgrounds and look at LOTS of TTs and MHs. I am amazed and how many different companies manufacture RVs but I also know that many companies are consolidated. I was curious if anyone on here had ever compiled a list. In another thread here on this forum I saw this: "Denali is Dutchmen --> Thor." I would love to see a list that shows which company names are connected.

Check out Keystone, they make a whole bunch of RV's under different names.

Maybe the Recreational Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) website will have a list.

JKQ wrote:Check out Keystone, they make a whole bunch of RV's under different names.Forest River manufactures under a bunch of different brand names too. http://www.forestriverinc.com/RVBrands/Default.aspxAnd under this link http://www.forestriverinc.com/ you can see another list of parent company manufacturers they're affiliated with whom each manufacture under another bunch of brand names.Petty big spider web of names. Not really sure why they make it so complicated/extensive.

I made exactly this a few years ago!! PM me your email address and I will send it to you. If there's enough interest, I guess I could make it a Google document so that anyone could look at it (and edit it to make it more current - I'm sure it's very out of date).Edited to add: I just checked the date on my file and it's June 3, 2011. So it's almost exactly two years old.

I believe Thor Industries is the largest. Forest River, Inc. is pretty big. Jayco and KZ. Then all the little guys.

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kelly94942
Explorer
Jun 03, 2013
myredracer wrote:
It would be interesting to also see a list of RVs that were still being made say around 10 years ago or even older than that.

I did make a second tab on the document called "Previous RV Companies"... I started trying to document mergers and companies that have gone out of business.
ken07734
Explorer
Jun 03, 2013
Artic, you say you camp at FW. I'm going there this summer but want to keep the kids in a tent on the site to have some sanity. do you recall if you can put a tent on the site as well?
myredracer
Explorer II
Jun 02, 2013
When you look around campgrounds you see so many different brands and models of RVs. A dealer told us a couple of years ago that something like 2/3 of the manufacturers went out of business since the beginning of the last recession. It would be interesting to also see a list of RVs that were still being made say around 10 years ago or even older than that.
RobertRyan
Explorer
Jun 02, 2013
kelly94942 wrote:
I went ahead and made the Google doc - if you know of updates (and I'm sure there are plenty!), please let me know and I will make them. Or feel free to edit the sheet yourself, it's editable for all.

They love variety in Australia. I counted 124 manufacturers of Caravans(Travel Trailers) alone. There is very little tieup between the makers.
ArticFox_676
Explorer
Jun 01, 2013
Know what you mean about ArticFox. We camp at Fort Wilderness with over 700 sites and rarely see another AF. Did you see up there?
Fisherguy
Explorer
Jun 01, 2013
John, Komfort has been absorbed my Dutchmen (unfortunately), it's on that list, not the same Komforts as the older ones like mine.
JBarca
Nomad II
Jun 01, 2013
kelly94942 wrote:
I went ahead and made the Google doc - if you know of updates (and I'm sure there are plenty!), please let me know and I will make them. Or feel free to edit the sheet yourself, it's editable for all.

Linky

Wow, that was a lot of work. Neat list. Thanks for sharing

Prior to the drop in the RV industry there where a lot more.

I see one line not in your list still made by Thor. Komfort and it's line of campers.

Lance also in still very active.

And then there is new companies formed out of the bankrupt ones a few years ago.
LeBout
Explorer
Jun 01, 2013
dahkota wrote:
This is the one I use: RV Manufacturers List.

Except it doesn't list the parent companies.
kelly94942
Explorer
May 31, 2013
dahkota wrote:
This is the one I use: RV Manufacturers List.

Oh yes! That looks very familiar - I believe I used that when I created my list. I just added in the parent companies.
dahkota
Explorer
May 31, 2013
This is the one I use: RV Manufacturers List.