Two forklifts can look identical on the dock, lift the same load, and run the same shifts, yet cost wildly different amounts to keep alive. Most of that difference never shows up on the purchase order. It shows up part by part, over years, every time something wears out.
We are in a position to measure it. Our catalog carries over 1 million aftermarket forklift parts, and 332,005 of them carried a live sell price when we pulled this snapshot in July 2026. That is a large enough sample to ask a simple question with a data-backed answer: which forklift brands cost the most to keep running?
This is the first edition of our Forklift Parts Price Index. We plan to refresh it annually.
Methodology, up front
Numbers without methodology are marketing. Here is exactly what this data is and is not:
- Source: aftermarket replacement part prices from our own catalog, snapshot July 2026.
- Sample: 332,005 individually priced SKUs. Brand rows below include only brands with more than 10,000 priced parts, 17 brands in total.
- What "brand" means: the equipment maker the part fits (a filter for a Toyota truck counts under Toyota). These are aftermarket parts, not OEM list prices.
- What this measures: the price distribution of replacement parts available for each brand. It is not a total cost of ownership figure. It says nothing about how often parts fail, labor time, or fuel and battery costs.
One more honest caveat: every brand's catalog has a different mix. A brand with proportionally more electronics and hydraulic assemblies in circulation will skew higher than one where the volume is in bushings and filters. That mix is itself part of the ownership story, which is why we publish both the median and the average.
The Index: median part price by brand
The median is the middle of the distribution: half the parts for that brand cost less, half cost more. It resists being dragged around by a handful of five-figure assemblies, so it is the better picture of what a typical parts order feels like.
| Rank | Brand | Priced parts | Median price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crown | 25,784 | $68.38 |
| 2 | Raymond | 23,368 | $59.85 |
| 3 | Anderson | 14,721 | $58.95 |
| 4 | JLG | 23,032 | $44.13 |
| 5 | Nissan | 23,812 | $41.20 |
| 6 | Toyota | 18,722 | $40.07 |
| 7 | Genie | 12,297 | $36.93 |
| 8 | Komatsu | 14,996 | $35.11 |
| 9 | Clark | 15,017 | $34.99 |
| 10 | Doosan | 23,634 | $33.98 |
| 11 | Hyster | 19,986 | $31.18 |
| 12 | CAT | 18,747 | $27.57 |
| 13 | Hyundai | 10,263 | $26.43 |
| 14 | Bobcat | 15,194 | $23.30 |
| 15 | Yale | 18,110 | $22.78 |
| 16 | Mitsubishi | 23,911 | $22.23 |
| 17 | Linde | 19,205 | $21.28 |
The headline: the typical Crown replacement part costs more than three times the typical Linde, Mitsubishi, or Yale part.
Average part price by brand
The average tells a related but different story, because it is sensitive to the expensive end of the catalog: control modules, drive units, mast assemblies.
| Rank | Brand | Avg price |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raymond | $314.24 |
| 2 | Anderson | $289.67 |
| 3 | Genie | $250.08 |
| 4 | JLG | $249.24 |
| 5 | Crown | $232.37 |
| 6 | Hyster | $222.11 |
| 7 | Clark | $181.03 |
| 8 | Toyota | $179.67 |
| 9 | Nissan | $177.16 |
| 10 | Komatsu | $175.63 |
| 11 | Bobcat | $174.71 |
| 12 | Hyundai | $158.51 |
| 13 | Doosan | $148.89 |
| 14 | Linde | $147.71 |
| 15 | CAT | $125.10 |
| 16 | Yale | $121.00 |
| 17 | Mitsubishi | $120.46 |
Raymond parts average 2.6 times the price of Mitsubishi parts. Across the full 332,005-part sample, the average priced part sits at $192.92.
Reading the spread
A few patterns are worth calling out, with the caveat repeated: this reflects the parts catalogs, not a verdict on the trucks.
The narrow-aisle premium is real. Crown and Raymond, the two names at the top of the median table, are electric and narrow-aisle specialists. Their trucks lean on proprietary electronics, drive units, and control systems, and the parts pricing reflects that. If you run a reach-truck fleet, your per-line parts spend will simply be higher than a counterbalance fleet of the same size.
High-volume commodity brands are cheap to feed. Yale, Mitsubishi, and Linde sit at the bottom of the median table. Massive installed bases mean deep aftermarket coverage for wear items, and competition pushes prices down. When ten manufacturers make a filter, the filter is cheap.
Aerial-lift brands behave differently. JLG and Genie rank high on averages. Boom and scissor lift catalogs carry a heavier share of structural and hydraulic assemblies relative to cheap consumables.
Average and median disagree, and that disagreement is information. Hyster is 6th by average but 11th by median: routine Hyster parts are reasonably priced while the big-ticket end runs expensive. Genie shows the same shape. When a brand ranks much higher on average than median, budget for the occasional painful invoice, not a painful every-week invoice.
What this means when you buy your next truck
The purchase price of a forklift is one number. The parts stream is thousands of numbers spread over a decade. A few practical moves:
- Put parts pricing in the acquisition math. A cheaper truck from a brand with expensive parts can lose to a pricier truck with a cheap, deep aftermarket within a few years of heavy use.
- Check aftermarket depth before you buy. Every brand in this table has six-figure aftermarket coverage in our catalog alone. Brand-name loyalty at the parts counter is optional; fitment accuracy is not.
- Standardize where you can. A mixed fleet multiplies your stocking costs. Two brands across a 20-truck fleet beats five.
- Price the part before you assume OEM. The spread between OEM list and aftermarket pricing is frequently the difference between repairing a truck and deferring it.
If you manage a fleet and want this data applied to your actual trucks, our fleet parts program exists for exactly that. For one-off pricing, send the model and serial through a parts inquiry and we will quote it against the catalog, or browse the full forklift parts catalog and forklift tires ranges directly.
About this data
SCR Forklift Parts has supplied Southern California from Whittier, CA for over 40 years and stocks over 1 million aftermarket forklift parts and tires online. This index is derived from our own catalog pricing and will be updated annually. If you cite these figures, link back to this page so readers can see the methodology. Questions about the data: contact us.