Private company
Daimler Truck North America
Logo: Daimler Truck North America, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4
Automotive industry manufacturer
Daimler Truck North America LLC (formerly Freightliner Corporation) is an automotive industry manufacturer of commercial vehicles headquartered in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is a subsidiary of the German multinational Daimler Truck AG. On October 1, 2021, Daimler AG stockholders approved a spinoff of the truck division.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industryautomotive industry1
- HeadquartersPortland1
- Founded inPortland1
- Websitenorthamerica.daimlertruck.com
- Legal formlimited liability company1
- LEI54930017UG2CYHSOOG163
- StatusActive3
- LEI statusIssued and current3
- Registered addressc/o THE CORPORATION TRUST COMPANY, CORPORATION TRUST CENTER 1209 ORANGE ST, 19801 Wilmington, United States3
- Registered withDivision of Corporations, Department of State, 9123433
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Daimler Truck North America LLC (formerly Freightliner Corporation) is an automotive industry manufacturer of commercial vehicles headquartered in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is a subsidiary of the German multinational Daimler Truck AG. On October 1, 2021, Daimler AG stockholders approved a spinoff of the truck division.2
Corporate structure
Daimler Truck North America is part of a group headed by Daimler Truck Holding AG. 41 entities, 15 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- Daimler Truck Holding AG Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany
- Daimler Buses Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany
- BharatBenz Subsidiary · Chennai
- Mercedes-Benz buses Subsidiary
- Setra Subsidiary
- Daimler Truck Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany
- Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. Subsidiary · Perungudi
- MERCEDES-BENZ TURK ANONIM SIRKETI (MERCEDES-BENZ TÜRK ANONİM ŞİRKETİ) Subsidiary · Istanbul, Turkey
- Daimler Truck North America Portland, Oregon, United States
- Detroit Diesel Wilmington, Delaware, United States
- American LaFrance Subsidiary · Summerville
- Freightliner Trucks Subsidiary · Portland
- Sterling Trucks Subsidiary · Redford
- Western Star Trucks Subsidiary · Portland
- Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation 川崎市, Japan
- Mitsubishi Fuso Bus Manufacturing Subsidiary · Toyama, Japan
- Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, Inc. Subsidiary · Logan Township
- Thomas Built Buses High Point, North Carolina, United States
- Banco Mercedes-Benz do Brasil S/A Subsidiary · Sao Bernardo Do Campo, Brazil
- DAIMLER FINANCIAL SERVICES Subsidiary · Cuajimalpa De Morelos, Mexico
- DAIMLER FINANCIAL SERVICES MEXICO Subsidiary · Cuajimalpa De Morelos, Mexico
- DAIMLER INDIA COMMERCIAL VEHICLES PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · Oragadam, India
- DAIMLER MEXICO SA DE CV Subsidiary · Ciudad de México, Mexico
- Daimler Truck Belgium Luxembourg Subsidiary · Zaventem, Belgium
- DAIMLER TRUCK ESPANA SL (DAIMLER TRUCK ESPAÑA SL) Subsidiary · San Fernando De Henares, Spain
- DAIMLER TRUCK FINANCE CANADA INC. Subsidiary · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- DAIMLER TRUCK FINANCE NORTH AMERICA LLC Subsidiary · Portland, Oregon, United States
- Daimler Truck Financial Services Australia PTY LTD Subsidiary · Mulgrave, Australia
- DAIMLER TRUCK FINANCIAL SERVICES BELGIUM Subsidiary · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe, Belgium
- Daimler Truck Financial Services Deutschland GmbH Subsidiary · Berlin, Germany
- DAIMLER TRUCK FINANCIAL SERVICES FRANCE Subsidiary · Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France
- Daimler Truck Financial Services Nederland B.V. Subsidiary · Nieuwegein, Netherlands
- DAIMLER TRUCK LOCACOES E SERVICOS LTDA Subsidiary · Pauliceia, Sao Bernardo Do Campo, Brazil
- DAIMLER TRUCK SOUTHERN AFRICA Subsidiary · Centurion, South Africa
- DAIMLER TRUCKS RETAIL TRUST 2023-B Subsidiary · Ft. Worth, Texas, United States
- Daimler Trucks Retail Trust 2025-A Subsidiary · Ft. Worth, Texas, United States
- DAIMLER VEHICULOS COMERCIALES MEXICO Subsidiary · Cuajimalpa de Morelos, Mexico
- MERCEDES BENZ KAMYON FINANSMAN ANONIM SIRKETI (MERCEDES BENZ KAMYON FİNANSMAN ANONİM ŞİRKETİ) Subsidiary · Esenyurt, Turkey
- and 3 more
- Daimler Buses Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany
Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.
What it owns
What Daimler Truck North America reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.
Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)
Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1
Products and brands
- truck
Listed on Wikidata.1
Subsidiaries and ownership
Parent company
Subsidiaries
Also owns
Ultimate parent
From Wikidata.1 Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.
Timeline
- 2008Founded Founded in Portland1
Funding
Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.
- Federal grants $125.6M
- Federal contracts $1.2B
- Federal grants $125.6M
Figures by year
| Year | Federal grants | Federal contracts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.7M | – | $6.7M |
| 2023 | $6.0M | $194.1K | $6.2M |
| 2022 | $10.6M | – | $10.6M |
| 2020 | $5.0M | – | $5.0M |
| 2019 | $7.6M | – | $7.6M |
| 2018 | $3.0M | $17.3K | $3.0M |
| 2017 | $2.6M | – | $2.6M |
| 2016 | $5.0M | – | $5.0M |
| 2014 | – | $13.6M | $13.6M |
| 2012 | – | $21.9M | $21.9M |
| 2011 | – | $55.7M | $55.7M |
| 2010 | $79.1M | $183.7M | $262.8M |
| 2009 | – | $422.0M | $422.0M |
| 2008 | – | $495.1M | $495.1M |
Federal awards
Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov5, by calendar year, 2008–2024, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.
Largest grants
- Apr 30, 2010$75.4M from Department of Energy: Conservation Research And Development; Renewable Energy Research And Development6 To DAIMLER TRUCK NORTH AMERICA LLC Award DEEE0003348
- May 1, 2022$23.3M from Department of Energy: Renewable Energy Research And Development7 To DAIMLER TRUCK NORTH AMERICA LLC Award DEEE0009860
- Jan 1, 2017$18.6M from Department of Energy: Conservation Research And Development; Renewable Energy Research And Development8 To DAIMLER TRUCK NORTH AMERICA LLC Award DEEE0007817
- Oct 1, 2019$4.6M from Department of Energy: Conservation Research And Development9 To DAIMLER TRUCK NORTH AMERICA LLC Award DEEE0008804
Largest contracts
- Aug 6, 2009$358.8M from Department of the Army: Delivery order for the procurement of 1780 each m915a3 truck tractors.10 To DAIMLER TRUCK NORTH AMERICA LLC Award 0118
- Apr 18, 2008$169.5M from Department of the Army: This delivery order adds 600 each - m916a3 light equipment transporters, 150 each - m917a2 dump trucks & 50 each, m917a2 w/mcs dump trucks.11 To DAIMLER TRUCK NORTH AMERICA LLC Award 0100
- Jun 27, 2007$162.5M from Department of the Army: Award of 100 each m915a3 truck tractors and 812 each m916a3 light equipment transporters.12 To DAIMLER TRUCK NORTH AMERICA LLC Award 0087
- Dec 5, 2008$128.0M from Department of the Army: Clin 0001aa adds 600 each, m916a3 light equipment transporters.13 To DAIMLER TRUCK NORTH AMERICA LLC Award 0109
- Nov 1, 2006$108.7M from Department of the Army: Award of 793 each m915a3 truck tractors and 119 each m916a3 light equipment transporters14 To DAIMLER TRUCK NORTH AMERICA LLC Award 0079
Links
- Websitenorthamerica.daimlertruck.com1
- Instagramwww.instagram.com/daimlertrucksna1
- WikipediaDaimler Truck North America
- WikidataQ16834431
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
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- 6USAspending.govDEEE0003348: Department of Energy
- 7USAspending.govDEEE0009860: Department of Energy
- 8USAspending.govDEEE0007817: Department of Energy
- 9USAspending.govDEEE0008804: Department of Energy
- 10USAspending.gov0118: Department of the Army
- 11USAspending.gov0100: Department of the Army
- 12USAspending.gov0087: Department of the Army
- 13USAspending.gov0109: Department of the Army
- 14USAspending.gov0079: Department of the Army