Ford Motor Co
25 facilities · 6 states · 12.9M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Ford Motor Co is the reported parent of 25 Form R facilities across 6 states, disclosing 12.9M lbs of toxic releases. 11 of 263 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Missouri (5.7M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Ford Motor Co, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Ford Motor Co: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+4.7%
24 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+4.7%
2.4 million lb → 2.5 million lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 0 facilities filed for the first time and 1 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Ford Motor Co's total reported releases rose from 2.4 million lb in 2022 to 2.5 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ford Motor Co's off-site transfers rose from 130.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 145.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Ford Motor Co's air releases rose from 2.3 million lb in 2022 to 2.4 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Ford Motor Co from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Ford Motor Company--Kansas City Assembly Plant; Ford Motor Co Dearborn Truck Plant; Ford Motor Co Kentucky Truck Plant; Ford Motor Co Chicago Assembly. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: The Renco Group Inc; Ameren Corp; Enersys; Evergy Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: n-Butyl alcohol; 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene; Xylene (mixed isomers); Certain glycol ethers; Methyl isobutyl ketone. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Missouri; Michigan; Kentucky. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Transportation Equipment; Machinery; Fabricated Metals. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) · August 2026
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Ford Motor Company--Kansas City Assembly Plant; Ford Motor Co Dearborn Truck Plant; Ford Motor Co Kentucky Truck Plant; Ford Motor Co Chicago Assembly. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: The Renco Group Inc; Ameren Corp; Enersys; Evergy Inc. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: n-Butyl alcohol; 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene; Xylene (mixed isomers); Certain glycol ethers; Methyl isobutyl ketone. Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Missouri; Michigan; Kentucky. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Transportation Equipment; Machinery; Fabricated Metals.
Ford Motor Co ranks #132 of 4,988 slug-merged TRI parents by disclosed release pounds, mid-to-upper among parents, not a top-25 volume name. Ford Motor Co spans 6 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Ford Motor Co's disclosed pounds are spread across 25 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Ford Motor Co follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (The Renco Group Inc; Ameren Corp; Enersys) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Ford Motor Co sits among TRI parents
Ford Motor Co sits on a disclosure ladder beside The Renco Group Inc and Ameren Corp and Enersys and Evergy Inc. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Higher disclosed volume
- The Renco Group Inc · rank #130 · 150.8M lbs
- Ameren Corp · rank #131 · 13.2M lbs
Lower disclosed volume
- Enersys · rank #133 · 9.8M lbs
- Evergy Inc · rank #134 · 8.1M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Ford Motor Co
n-Butyl alcohol; 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene; Xylene (mixed isomers); Certain glycol ethers; Methyl isobutyl ketone lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Ford Motor Company--Kansas City Assembly Plant. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| n-Butyl alcohol | 3.3M lbs |
| 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 3.1M lbs |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 2.2M lbs |
| Certain glycol ethers | 1.8M lbs |
| Methyl isobutyl ketone | 490.1K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Missouri | 1 | 5.7M lbs |
| Michigan | 15 | 3.1M lbs |
| Kentucky | 2 | 2.3M lbs |
| Illinois | 2 | 1.6M lbs |
| Ohio | 4 | 144.1K lbs |
| New York | 1 | 29 lbs |
Facilities (25)
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Ford Motor Co on total disclosed release pounds (12.9M lbs) and reporting facility count (25). Release-volume peers include Associated Electric Cooperative Inc, Honeywell International Inc, Ameren Corp. Facility-count peers include Ametek Inc, Arkema Delaware Inc, Berkshire Hathaway. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
Nearest parents (≥3 facilities, ≥10k lbs) by absolute TRI disclosed pounds, not rank-adjacent ladder neighbors.
Similar facility count
Nearest parents by reporting-site count (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Missouri, Michigan, Kentucky; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Ford Motor Co's TRI parent record
From Ford Motor Co, open Ford Motor Company--Kansas City Assembly Plant or compare against The Renco Group Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Ford Motor Co (Ford Motor Company--Kansas City Assembly Plant in MO). Largest facility
- Compare against Ameren Corp, the next-higher disclosed-volume parent. Higher-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Ford Motor Co sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (The Renco Group Inc, Ameren Corp) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
Use and verify this record
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Company release figures are computed directly from EPA Toxic Release Inventory data; source names and the record-linking method are documented in the methodology.
Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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