What is the Aftermarket Catalog Exchange Standard (ACES®)?

The Aftermarket Catalog Exchange Standard (ACES^®) is the aftermarket industry data standard for the management and communication of product fitment data for light, medium and heavy duty vehicles, powersports, and off-highway and equipment. The ACES^® data standard allows companies to communicate this information for their products to their trading partners, by utilizing multiple supporting relational databases, which contain standardized, codified data, including vehicle and equipment attributes, qualifier statements, product classifications, brands and more. For example, if a company's product(s) requires a Year, Make, Model lookup in order to find it in a catalog or web lookup, users would utilize the ACES^® data standard, which utilizes multiple relational databases, to communicate that fitment information for their product(s) to their trading partners. The ACES^® data standard is used by light, medium, and heavy duty, as well as powersport, off-highway and equipment companies to communicate their product fitment information.