RV Manufacturers List: Every Major Brand, by Type and Owner

I’ve owned three rigs, and all three came from companies on this list: a Forest River XLR Viper toy hauler, a Forest River Vibe travel trailer, and now a Winnebago View. When I was shopping, the thing that confused me most was that half the “brands” on a dealer lot belong to the same three parent companies. This page sorts that out. It lists who builds what, who owns whom, and which names you’ll still see on used rigs but can’t buy new anymore.

Last checked: October 15, 2026. Brand ownership has changed a lot since 2025, so I’ve dated every change below.

Quick answer: who actually makes most RVs?

Four companies build most of the RVs sold in North America:

• Thor Industries is the largest RV company in the world. It reported $9.61 billion in net sales for its 2026 fiscal year, Europe included. In the six months to June 30, 2026, Thor brands accounted for about 36.8% of travel trailer and fifth wheel registrations and 49.8% of motorhome registrations in the US and Canada.
• Forest River, owned by Berkshire Hathaway since 2005, is Thor’s closest rival and trades the lead with it in travel trailers. Berkshire doesn’t publish Forest River’s sales separately.
• Winnebago Industries owns Winnebago, Grand Design and Newmar.
• REV Group, which became part of Terex in February 2026, builds American Coach, Fleetwood, Holiday Rambler and Renegade motorhomes.

Everything else comes from independents. Some are big, like Alliance, Brinkley and Gulf Stream. Some are a single small factory, like Scamp, Oliver and Casita. By Statistical Surveys’ count, cited in Thor’s annual report, there are about 80 RV manufacturers in the US and Canada.

RV manufacturer table

Brand	Parent company	What it builds now	Based in
Airstream	Thor Industries	Travel trailers; Class B “touring coaches”	Jackson Center, OH
Alliance RV	Independent	Travel trailers, fifth wheels, toy haulers; Class B through Midwest Automotive Designs	Elkhart, IN
American Coach	REV Group (Terex)	Class A diesel	Decatur, IN
Bigfoot	Independent	Truck campers, travel trailers	Spallumcheen, BC
Brinkley RV	Independent	Travel trailers, fifth wheels, toy haulers	Goshen, IN
Casita	Independent	Fiberglass travel trailers	Rice, TX
Chinook	Independent	Class B and B+	Peru, IN
Coach House	Independent	Class B and B+	Nokomis, FL
Coachmen (incl. Shasta)	Forest River	Class A, B, C, travel trailers, fifth wheels, toy haulers, tent campers	Middlebury, IN
CrossRoads	Thor (Keystone group)	Travel trailers, fifth wheels	Indiana
Cruiser RV	Thor (Jayco group)	Travel trailers, fifth wheels, toy haulers	Indiana
DRV Luxury Suites	Thor (Jayco group)	Luxury fifth wheels, toy haulers	Indiana
Dutchmen	Thor (Keystone group)	Travel trailers, fifth wheels, toy haulers	Indiana
Dynamax	Forest River	Class C and Super C	Elkhart, IN
East to West	Forest River	Travel trailers, fifth wheels, toy haulers, motorhomes	Indiana
Entegra Coach	Thor (Jayco group)	Class A gas, Class B, Class C (diesel Class As moved to Tiffin)	Indiana
Escape	Independent	Fiberglass travel trailers, fifth wheel	Chilliwack, BC
Fleetwood RV	REV Group (Terex)	Class A diesel and gas	Decatur, IN
Forest River	Berkshire Hathaway	Every type: Class A and C, travel trailers, fifth wheels, toy haulers, tent and truck campers	Elkhart, IN
Genesis Supreme	Independent	Toy haulers, travel trailers, fifth wheels	Perris, CA
Grand Design	Winnebago Industries	Travel trailers, fifth wheels, toy haulers; Lineage Class B and C	Middlebury, IN
Gulf Stream Coach	Independent	Class C, travel trailers, fifth wheels, toy haulers	Nappanee, IN
Happier Camper	Independent	Fiberglass micro trailers	Los Angeles, CA
Heartland	Thor (Jayco group)	Travel trailers, fifth wheels, toy haulers	Indiana
Holiday Rambler	REV Group (Terex)	Class A diesel and gas	Decatur, IN
inTech RV	Independent	Aluminum-frame travel trailers	Nappanee, IN
Jayco	Thor Industries	Class A gas, Class C, travel trailers, fifth wheels	Middlebury, IN
Keystone	Thor Industries	Travel trailers, fifth wheels, toy haulers (also Coleman-branded trailers)	Indiana
KZ (incl. Venture RV)	Thor Industries	Travel trailers, fifth wheels, toy haulers	Indiana
Lance	Independent (since June 2025)	Truck campers, travel trailers, toy haulers	Lancaster, CA
Leisure Travel Vans	Triple E (private)	B+ / small Class C	Winkler, MB
Lightship	Independent	Electric travel trailers	Broomfield, CO (production)
Midwest Automotive Designs	Alliance RV (since Feb 2026)	Class B on Sprinter	Elkhart, IN
New Horizons	Independent	Custom luxury fifth wheels and toy haulers	Junction City, KS
Newmar	Winnebago Industries	Class A diesel and gas, Class C, Super C	Nappanee, IN
NeXus RV	Independent	Class B+ and Super C	Elkhart, IN
Northwood (Nash, Arctic Fox)	Independent	Travel trailers, fifth wheels, truck campers, toy haulers	La Grande, OR
Oliver	Independent	Fiberglass travel trailers	Hohenwald, TN
Open Range (formerly Highland Ridge)	Thor (Jayco group)	Travel trailers, fifth wheels	Indiana
Outdoors RV	Independent	Travel trailers, fifth wheels, toy haulers	La Grande, OR
Palomino	Forest River	Truck campers	—
Panoramic RV	Independent	Class B	Chambly, QC
Pebble	Independent	Electric travel trailers	California
Phoenix USA	Independent	Class B and B+	Elkhart, IN
Pleasure-Way	Independent (private)	Class B	Saskatoon, SK
Prime Time	Forest River	Travel trailers, fifth wheels	Indiana
Renegade RV	REV Group (Terex)	Class C and Super C	Bristol, IN
Roadtrek	Conestogo Partners (since 2026)	Class B	Cambridge, ON
Safari Condo	Independent	Class B; Alto travel trailers	Saint-Nicolas, QC
Scamp (Evelands Inc.)	Independent	Fiberglass travel trailers, fifth wheel	Backus, MN
Thor Motor Coach	Thor Industries	Class A, B, C and Super C; motorized toy haulers	Elkhart, IN
Tiffin	Thor Industries	Class A diesel and gas, Class C	Red Bay, AL
UpCountry (formerly Travel Lite)	Independent	Truck campers, travel trailers	Syracuse, IN
Winnebago	Winnebago Industries	Class A, B, C, travel trailers	Eden Prairie, MN (HQ)

“Indiana” means the maker is in northern Indiana but I couldn’t confirm the town on its own site. Palomino’s base isn’t listed on Forest River’s brand page.

Who owns what: the RV brand family trees

Thor Industries (NYSE: THO, Elkhart, Indiana)

Thor reorganized its North American brands into two groups in February 2026:

• Group 1: Jayco, Entegra, Open Range, Heartland and Tiffin.
• Group 2: Thor Motor Coach, Keystone, Dutchmen and CrossRoads.

Airstream and KZ (with its Venture RV line) run on their own. DRV and Cruiser sit inside the Jayco family. In Europe, Thor owns the Erwin Hymer Group (Hymer, Dethleffs, Bürstner and others), but those aren’t sold here.

Forest River (Berkshire Hathaway)

Forest River was founded on January 26, 1996, and Berkshire Hathaway bought it in 2005. Beyond the Forest River name itself (Cherokee, Rockwood, Flagstaff, Salem, Wildwood, Sunseeker, Georgetown and many more), it owns:

• Coachmen, including Shasta
• Prime Time
• Palomino
• East to West
• Dynamax

My XLR Viper and Vibe were both Forest River lines.

Winnebago Industries (NYSE: WGO)

The group has three RV brands:

• Winnebago
• Grand Design, which has built Lineage motorhomes alongside its towables since 2025
• Newmar

In August 2026 Winnebago announced it would close its towables campus in Middlebury, Indiana and its motorhome plant in Lake Mills, Iowa. It said no product lines are being discontinued.

REV Group (now part of Terex)

Terex completed its purchase of REV Group in early February 2026. REV’s RV brands are:

• American Coach, Fleetwood and Holiday Rambler, all built in Decatur, Indiana
• Renegade, built in Bristol, Indiana

REV sold Lance in June 2025 and Midwest Automotive Designs in February 2026.

Independent manufacturers

These aren’t owned by any of the four groups above:

• Alliance (now with Midwest Automotive Designs)
• Brinkley
• Gulf Stream
• NeXus
• Phoenix USA
• Coach House
• Chinook
• Lance
• Northwood and Outdoors RV
• Oliver, Escape, Scamp and Casita
• Bigfoot
• Pleasure-Way
• Triple E / Leisure Travel Vans
• Roadtrek
• Genesis Supreme
• New Horizons
• inTech
• The electric newcomers Lightship and Pebble

Ownership changes since 2025

• March 2025: Thor folds Heartland into Jayco. The Heartland models carry on under the Jayco family.
• May 2025: Entegra’s diesel Class A motorhomes move to Tiffin. They’re sold as Tiffin from model year 2027.
• June 2025: REV Group sells Lance to Bill Rex, who becomes its president. Lance is independent again.
• February 2026: Terex completes its purchase of REV Group.
• February 2026: Thor splits its North American brands into two operating groups.
• February 2026: Alliance RV buys Midwest Automotive Designs from REV. It’s Alliance’s first motorhome business.
• 2026: Roadtrek is sold to Conestogo Partners.
• August 2026: Winnebago announces two plant closures, with no product lines dropped.
• September 2026: DRV relaunches its Mobile Suites name.

Class A motorhome manufacturers

Class A motorhomes are the bus-style rigs. Jayco’s class chart puts them at about 26 to 40 feet; a few diesel pushers run longer.

• American Coach (REV/Terex): luxury diesel (American Eagle, American Dream)
• Coachmen (Forest River): Mirada, Pursuit, Encore, Sportscoach
• Entegra Coach (Thor): gas Class A only now; its diesels moved to Tiffin
• Fleetwood RV (REV/Terex): Bounder, Fortis, Flair (gas); Discovery, Frontier, Palisade (diesel)
• Forest River: several Class A lines
• Holiday Rambler (REV/Terex): Armada, Endeavor, Nautica (diesel); Vacationer, Invicta, Admiral (gas)
• Jayco (Thor): Alante, Precept
• Newmar (Winnebago Industries): King Aire, Dutch Star and more
• Thor Motor Coach (Thor): Palazzo, Aria, Hurricane and more
• Tiffin (Thor): Allegro, Phaeton, Zephyr, Byway, Open Trail
• Winnebago

Class B (camper van) manufacturers

Class B camper vans are built inside a van shell, usually a Mercedes Sprinter, Ram ProMaster or Ford Transit. Jayco’s chart puts them at about 18 to 21 feet.

• Airstream (Thor): Interstate, Atlas, Rangeline touring coaches
• Chinook: Bayside AWD
• Coach House: Arriva
• Coachmen (Forest River): Beyond, Galleria, Nova
• Entegra Coach (Thor)
• Grand Design Lineage (Winnebago Industries)
• Midwest Automotive Designs (Alliance RV): Heritage, Patriot
• Panoramic RV
• Phoenix USA
• Pleasure-Way: Ascent, Plateau, Lexor, Ontour
• Roadtrek
• Safari Condo
• Storyteller Overland: MODE 4×4 vans
• Thor Motor Coach: Sequence, Tellaro, Rize, Scope
• Winnebago: Revel, Solis, Travato, Ekko

There are probably 100+ small independent van outfitters that aren’t listed here. For more of the custom builders, see our van conversion companies guide.

Class C, Super C and B+ manufacturers

Class C motorhomes have the cab-over bunk on a van or truck chassis. Jayco’s chart puts them at about 25 to 35 feet. Super Cs on heavy truck chassis run longer; Renegade’s Explorer is nearly 43 feet. “B+” is the in-between size, and makers don’t agree on the label: Leisure Travel Vans calls its vans Class C.

• Coachmen (Forest River): Freelander, Leprechaun, Prism, Concord
• Dynamax (Forest River): Isata, Europa, Force HD, DynaQuest XL
• Entegra Coach (Thor): Odyssey, Esteem, Emblem, Insignia
• Forest River
• Grand Design Lineage (Winnebago Industries)
• Gulf Stream: Conquest, BT Cruiser
• Jayco (Thor): Greyhawk, Redhawk (see our 2024 Jayco Redhawk post)
• Leisure Travel Vans: Unity, Wonder
• Newmar (Winnebago Industries): Bay Star Sport, Supreme Aire
• NeXus RV: Ghost, Phantom
• Phoenix USA: Phoenix Cruiser
• Renegade RV (REV/Terex): Valencia, Verona, Vienna, Villagio, Explorer and more
• Thor Motor Coach: Four Winds, Chateau, Omni
• Tiffin (Thor): Wayfarer
• Winnebago: my View is a Winnebago Class C on a Mercedes chassis

Travel trailer manufacturers

Travel trailers are the widest category. Jayco’s chart puts them at 13 to 40 feet and about 1,600 to 12,500+ pounds.

The big makers:

• Airstream: Classic, Flying Cloud, Basecamp, Bambi and more
• Alliance RV
• Brinkley RV
• Coachmen
• CrossRoads
• Cruiser RV
• Dutchmen: Kodiak, Aspen Trail
• East to West
• Forest River
• Grand Design: Imagine, Transcend
• Gulf Stream
• Heartland: Prowler, North Trail
• Jayco: Jay Flight, Jay Feather, Eagle
• Keystone: Cougar, Hideout, Springdale, Passport
• KZ and Venture RV
• Northwood and Outdoors RV
• Open Range
• Prime Time
• Winnebago

Small, fiberglass and teardrop makers

• Casita and Scamp: molded fiberglass, light enough for smaller tow vehicles
• Escape and Oliver: higher-end fiberglass; Oliver says its 2026 production is booked
• Happier Camper: modular fiberglass micro trailers
• inTech: aluminum-frame trailers (Sol, Flyer, Luna)
• nuCamp: TAB and Avia teardrops
• Bowlus: riveted aluminum, premium price
• Armadillo and Roulottes Prolite: small Canadian builders

For more on the small end, see our mini camper trailers, teardrop trailers and small travel trailers guides.

Fifth wheel manufacturers

Fifth wheels hitch into the bed of a pickup, so the front section rides over the truck. That’s where the bedroom usually goes. Jayco’s chart puts them at 29 to 45 feet and about 7,900 to 14,500 pounds.

• Alliance RV: Paradigm, Valor
• Brinkley RV
• Coachmen: Chaparral
• DRV Luxury Suites: Mobile Suites
• Dutchmen
• Escape: 5.0
• Forest River
• Grand Design: Solitude, Reflection, Influence
• Gulf Stream: Sedona
• Heartland: Milestone, Bighorn
• Jayco: Eagle, Pinnacle
• Keystone: Montana, Cougar
• KZ: Durango
• Luxe: factory-direct luxury
• New Horizons: custom builds
• Northwood and Outdoors RV
• Open Range
• Prime Time
• Scamp: 19′ fifth wheel

Toy hauler manufacturers

Toy haulers have a rear ramp door and a garage for bikes, side-by-sides or gear. The old version of this page said they’re 10 to 14 feet, which is about the length of the garage, not the trailer. Jayco’s own toy haulers run 26 to 47 feet and about 5,800 to 16,000 pounds. My XLR Viper was a bumper-pull toy hauler, and the garage is the whole reason I bought it: it hauled a dirt bike.

• Alliance RV: Valor
• Brinkley RV: Model G
• Coachmen
• Cruiser RV: Stryker
• DRV Luxury Suites: Full House
• Dune Sport: custom bumper-pull and fifth-wheel toy haulers from Mesa, Arizona. It calls itself a factory-direct dealership
• Dutchmen: Voltage
• Forest River: including the XLR line
• Genesis Supreme: Genesis, Vortex
• Grand Design: Momentum
• Gulf Stream: GSX
• Heartland: Cyclone
• Keystone: Raptor, Fuzion
• KZ: Sportster X
• Lance
• Luxe
• New Horizons
• Outdoors RV: Trail Series
• Thor Motor Coach: Outlaw (a motorized toy hauler)

Truck camper manufacturers

Truck campers slide into a pickup bed.

• Bigfoot
• Four Wheel Campers: pop-up truck campers
• Lance
• Northwood: Arctic Fox, Wolf Creek
• Palomino: Backpack, Real-Lite
• UpCountry: formerly Travel Lite

Electric RV makers to watch

• Lightship began US production of its AE.1 electric travel trailer in August 2025, in Broomfield, Colorado.
• Pebble has delivered more than 100 Flow trailers in its first year.
• Not on sale to the public yet:
  • Thor’s electric Entegra Embark motorhome goes to a rental fleet first in 2026.
  • Airstream’s eStream was a 2022 concept that never entered production.
  • Coachmen’s electric RVEX van has been shelved.

Discontinued and renamed RV brands

You’ll still see these on used listings:

Brand	What happened
Monaco Coach	No longer built. Monaco’s own site says so and points buyers to American Coach. Owner support continues
VanLeigh RV	Closed by Tiffin in March 2023
Born Free	Closed in 2017
Highland Ridge	Now sold as Open Range
Travel Lite	Now sold as UpCountry
Starcraft	Its site shows only 2025 models, and Thor’s 2026 annual report no longer lists it among the Jayco brands
Heartland	Still sold, but run inside Jayco since 2025
Entegra diesel Class A	Now built and sold as Tiffin

RV industry by the numbers

RVIA wholesale shipments:

Period	Units	Change
2024	333,733	+6.6%
2025	342,220	+2.5%
January–August 2026	207,191	−14.2%
2026 forecast (RVIA RoadSigns, June 2026)	~314,000 (median)	−8.2%

Towables (travel trailers, fifth wheels and toy haulers) are doing the falling: they’re down 16.2% through August 2026. Motorhome shipments are slightly up (+2.8%). RVIA puts the slowdown down to “higher financing costs, increased uncertainty, and continued inflationary pressure.”

Most of these RVs are built in one place. Northern Indiana, around Elkhart, is home to the big three’s main operations and dozens of independents. The big exception is Winnebago, which builds a lot of its motorhomes in Iowa. Its annual report lists Iowa plants in Forest City, Charles City, Lake Mills and Waverly (Lake Mills is one of the two it announced it would close in August 2026).

Warranties and quality: what to check before you buy

Standard warranties vary more than you’d think. These terms come from each maker’s own published warranty pages. They change, so confirm them on the specific model before you buy:

Maker	Standard coverage
Forest River brands	1-year limited
Grand Design	1-year base, 3-year structural, 5-year frame, all transferable to a second owner
Jayco	2-year limited, 3-year structural
Airstream travel trailers	2-year bumper-to-bumper, 5-year structural, transferable

On “best RV brand”:

• I’m not going to rank brands. I haven’t owned enough of them, and there’s no independent owner-reliability ranking for RVs that I trust.
• The closest thing to an outside quality signal is the RV Dealers Association’s Quality Circle award. Dealers rate manufacturers on quality, parts, warranty and sales support.
• 2025 towable winners: Alliance, Brinkley, Coachmen, East to West, Forest River, Grand Design, Gulf Stream, Jayco, Keystone, KZ, Open Range, Starcraft and Venture RV.
• 2025 motorized winners: Coachmen, Dynamax, Entegra, Forest River (Class C), Grand Design Lineage, Gulf Stream, Jayco, Leisure Travel Vans, Newmar and Pleasure-Way.
• It measures how dealers feel about a brand, not how owners do. The 2026 results are due later this fall.

The best test I know is cheaper: rent the type you’re considering for a long weekend before you buy one.

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Sources

• Thor Industries FY2026 10-K (brand list, market share, ~80 manufacturers)
• Thor FY2026 Q4 earnings release ($9.61B)
• Thor two-group reorganization
• Heartland into Jayco
• Entegra diesels to Tiffin
• Winnebago Industries 10-K FY2025
• Winnebago plant closures (Aug 2026)
• REV / Terex and the REV brands
• Lance sale
• MAD to Alliance
• Roadtrek sale
• Monaco status
• VanLeigh closure
• Born Free closure
• Open Range / Highland Ridge
• UpCountry / Travel Lite
• Jayco RV class chart (lengths and weights are Jayco’s own ranges)
• RVIA shipments
• Warranties
• RVDA Quality Circle 2025
• Lightship production
• Pebble deliveries
• Electric RV status (Embark, RVEX)
• Dune Sport