80,273 U.S. product recalls, 1974–2026
A count of U.S. federal recalls from the four agencies — CPSC, FDA, NHTSA and FSIS — unified in one dataset. Every figure on this page is computed from the live database.
Computed from the live database on October 5, 2026.
- Recalls
- 80,273
- Agencies
- 4
- Years covered
- 53
- Distinct companies
- 13,562
Data quality notes
- The date we use is the recall date. For CPSC that means the recall start date (fecha_inicio): in that feed the publication date is the date the record was loaded, with an average lag of 3,568 days. We found this on October 2, 2026 and document it here for anyone using the same source.
- The whole year 2024 is missing for CPSC. There is no CPSC recall dated January through December 2024 in our copy. This is a gap in our ingestion, not in the agency's record.
- The current year is partial: data runs through October 2, 2026.
- A few FDA dates arrive corrupted at the source. 1 record(s) have no usable date and are left out of the yearly counts.
Recalls by year and agency, 2015–2026
- FDA
- NHTSA
- CPSC
- FSIS
| Year | Total | FDA | NHTSA | CPSC | FSIS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3,626 | 2,200 | 970 | 305 | 151 |
| 2016 | 5,278 | 3,800 | 1,021 | 330 | 127 |
| 2017 | 5,994 | 4,673 | 907 | 280 | 134 |
| 2018 | 3,960 | 2,600 | 981 | 258 | 121 |
| 2019 | 3,947 | 2,600 | 1,015 | 241 | 91 |
| 2020 | 4,355 | 3,121 | 883 | 257 | 94 |
| 2021 | 3,587 | 2,181 | 1,093 | 219 | 94 |
| 2022 | 4,161 | 2,749 | 1,050 | 292 | 70 |
| 2023 | 4,663 | 3,252 | 996 | 324 | 91 |
| 2024 | 6,591 | 5,459 | 1,077 | 0 | 55 |
| 2025 | 4,263 | 2,782 | 996 | 420 | 65 |
| 2026* | 4,132 | 2,981 | 645 | 459 | 47 |
* partial year, data through October 2, 2026
FDA and FSIS recalls by risk class, 2015–2026
Class I means a reasonable probability of serious adverse health consequences or death. Class II and III are lower-risk. CPSC and NHTSA do not use this scale and are excluded.
- Class I
- Class II
- Class III
Concentration: most recalled companies were recalled once
75,757 recalls name the recalling company, spread across 13,562 companies. The 10 largest account for 7.6% of those recalls and the 100 largest for 30.1%.
7,965 companies appear with a single recall — 58.7% of all recalled companies. Recalls are not mostly a handful of repeat offenders.
Companies are grouped by name with case and punctuation removed; variants with a city or division suffix count separately.
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Recalert. "U.S. product recall statistics, 1974–2026." VARGER GROUP LLC. https://recalert.us/en/recall-statistics (accessed October 5, 2026).
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