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Market Brief · № 3651
From Alejandro Neckles · Publisher, Sprout IQ
Dealerships Bay of Quinte

Belleville Dealerships
Year-End Clearance Season 2026

The dealerships category in the Year-End edition is open for one partner. The case for why now, what it is, and what it costs in time to decide.

The ask
A 20-minute conversation to claim exclusive content partnership. Monthly print plus matched digital, capturing the active 4-week buyer window for Dealerships across Bay of Quinte.
Before the September 15 cutoff
I. Why now three reasons, one window
i.

December still moves serious volume.

Canadian dealerships delivered 135,511 units in December 2024, worth $8.1B. Year-end clearance is not a slow month. It is a deadline.

December sales volume · StatCan
ii.

Trucks own the clearance lot.

Of 135,511 units vehicles sold in December 2024, 119,058 units were trucks. The clearance buyer is shopping size and capability, and the outgoing model year has both.

Truck share of December sales · StatCan
iii.

Ontario carries the heaviest share.

Ontario accounted for 53,435 units of December's national total, worth $3.1B. The clearance window is concentrated here.

Ontario December sales · StatCan
4wk
Wk 0 · start Wk 0–2 · research Wk 2–3 · contact Wk 4 · commit
II. The program precision plus reach, ongoing category ownership
Print · North Belleville Living MagazineK8N · North Belleville

Precision delivery

Established homeowner households in top-value neighbourhoods. The audience most likely to invest. Not volume, fit.

Households
2,500+
Median sale
$735k
Cadence
Monthly
Digital · ProgrammaticK8N · K8P · K0K

Broader reach

Across Bay of Quinte. Reaches the active research cohort before first contact.

Impressions
~70k / mo
Geo
K8N · K8P · K0K
Together

The buyers watching for year-end clearance tags, plus the cohort timing their trade-in before January.

Continuous presence through the clearance window. Built for recognition before the sticker price drops.

III. Category status what's true today
Owners / edition
One
Competing voices
No competing content partner in Dealerships
Status
Open, first to commit secures the category
Next step · No obligation

If clearance pricing is real, twenty minutes is enough to know.

Print cutoff: September 15 20 min · video or phone One category · one partner
Sources · StatCan New Motor Vehicle Sales (Table 20-10-0001-01), StatCan Vehicle Registrations (Table 23-10-0308-01) · Year-End Clearance Season 2026
Figures cited from StatCan, CMHC, IBC, MPC, and other named sources as published; presented without independent Sprout IQ verification.
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