diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/mobilitydata/gtfsvalidator/performance/MemoryUsageRegister.java b/core/src/main/java/org/mobilitydata/gtfsvalidator/performance/MemoryUsageRegister.java
index d3be3c2762..b0a42cf60f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/mobilitydata/gtfsvalidator/performance/MemoryUsageRegister.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/mobilitydata/gtfsvalidator/performance/MemoryUsageRegister.java
@@ -9,7 +9,13 @@
 public class MemoryUsageRegister {
   private static final FluentLogger logger = FluentLogger.forEnclosingClass();
 
-  private static MemoryUsageRegister instance = new MemoryUsageRegister();
+  // Thread-confined register: a validation runs entirely on the single thread
+  // that invokes ValidationRunner.run (the @MemoryMonitor-annotated entry points
+  // and the manual snapshots all execute on it), so giving each thread its own
+  // register isolates concurrent validations with no locking and no cross-run
+  // clearRegistry()/append contamination. Fixes #2168.
+  private static final ThreadLocal<MemoryUsageRegister> INSTANCE =
+      ThreadLocal.withInitial(MemoryUsageRegister::new);
   private final Runtime runtime;
   private List<MemoryUsage> registry = new ArrayList<>();
 
@@ -18,10 +24,11 @@ private MemoryUsageRegister() {
   }
 
   /**
-   * @return the singleton instance of the memory usage register.
+   * @return the memory usage register for the calling thread. Each thread gets its own register so
+   *     that concurrent validations do not share state.
    */
   public static MemoryUsageRegister getInstance() {
-    return instance;
+    return INSTANCE.get();
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/mobilitydata/gtfsvalidator/performance/MemoryUsageRegisterTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/mobilitydata/gtfsvalidator/performance/MemoryUsageRegisterTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c1e028c83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/mobilitydata/gtfsvalidator/performance/MemoryUsageRegisterTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 MobilityData
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.mobilitydata.gtfsvalidator.performance;
+
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.CyclicBarrier;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;
+
+@RunWith(JUnit4.class)
+public class MemoryUsageRegisterTest {
+
+  @Test
+  public void getInstance_isThreadConfined() {
+    assertThat(MemoryUsageRegister.getInstance())
+        .isSameInstanceAs(MemoryUsageRegister.getInstance());
+
+    MemoryUsageRegister[] otherThreadInstance = new MemoryUsageRegister[1];
+    Thread other = new Thread(() -> otherThreadInstance[0] = MemoryUsageRegister.getInstance());
+    other.start();
+    join(other);
+
+    assertThat(otherThreadInstance[0]).isNotSameInstanceAs(MemoryUsageRegister.getInstance());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void singleThread_registersAndClears() {
+    MemoryUsageRegister register = MemoryUsageRegister.getInstance();
+    register.clearRegistry();
+    register.registerMemoryUsage("a");
+    register.registerMemoryUsage("b");
+
+    assertThat(keysOf(register)).containsExactly("a", "b").inOrder();
+
+    register.clearRegistry();
+    assertThat(register.getRegistry()).isEmpty();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Two concurrent validations must each see only their own snapshots. The barriers force the exact
+   * interleaving that corrupts a shared singleton: thread B calls {@code clearRegistry()} after
+   * thread A has already registered a snapshot. With a process-global register, A's snapshot is
+   * wiped and B's leaks into A's report; with a thread-confined register, each thread's report is
+   * intact. Reproduces and guards against #2168.
+   */
+  @Test
+  public void concurrentValidations_doNotShareRegistry() throws Exception {
+    CyclicBarrier phase = new CyclicBarrier(2);
+    String[] keysA = new String[1];
+    String[] keysB = new String[1];
+
+    Thread a =
+        new Thread(
+            () -> {
+              MemoryUsageRegister register = MemoryUsageRegister.getInstance();
+              register.clearRegistry();
+              register.registerMemoryUsage("A1");
+              await(phase); // P1: A has registered A1
+              await(phase); // P2: let B clear + register B1
+              register.registerMemoryUsage("A2");
+              await(phase); // P3: reports are final
+              keysA[0] = String.join(",", keysOf(register));
+            });
+
+    Thread b =
+        new Thread(
+            () -> {
+              MemoryUsageRegister register = MemoryUsageRegister.getInstance();
+              await(phase); // P1
+              register.clearRegistry();
+              register.registerMemoryUsage("B1");
+              await(phase); // P2
+              await(phase); // P3
+              keysB[0] = String.join(",", keysOf(register));
+            });
+
+    a.start();
+    b.start();
+    join(a);
+    join(b);
+
+    assertThat(keysA[0]).isEqualTo("A1,A2");
+    assertThat(keysB[0]).isEqualTo("B1");
+  }
+
+  private static List<String> keysOf(MemoryUsageRegister register) {
+    return register.getRegistry().stream().map(MemoryUsage::getKey).collect(Collectors.toList());
+  }
+
+  private static void await(CyclicBarrier barrier) {
+    try {
+      barrier.await();
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static void join(Thread thread) {
+    try {
+      thread.join();
+    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+      Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+    }
+  }
+}