Best Selling Car Manufacturer Ranking In 2025. Toyota Group claimed top spot, outpacing Volkswagen Group which only grew 1%. Geely Group reported the largest gains at 37.2% while Honda Motor dropped 5.3%.
This report is produced by extracting the registrations figures from the Global Database owned by our team, which tracks registrations in 159 countries, all brands, and all models.
In this article we report on the global ranking of car manufacturers considered as a group, aggregating sales done for each brand owned by the same group.
Looking at cumulative data up to April 2025, the leader was Toyota Group with a 12.5% share (+6.4%). It gained 13.1% in Asia and lost 5.9% in Europe.
The second was Volkswagen Group with a 9.8% share (+1%). It reported losses in Asia (-3.9%) but grew 4.1% in Europe.
In third place, Hyundai-Kia reported a 8.2% share, up 2.7%. It posted gains in America (+8.5%) but losses in Europe (-2.2%).
Renault Nissan Alliance ranked in 4th while losing 1.1%, mainly in Asia (-7.1%).
Stellantis ranked 5th (-1.7%). While it grew 26.5% in Asia, it lost 10% in Europe.
General Motors ranked 6th (+2.4%). Down 44.6% in Europe, it gained 6.9% in America.
Ford Group followed in 7th (+0.2%), gaining 3.2% in Europe but losing 4.7% in Asia.
Honda Motor ranked 8th (-5.3%), losing 15% in Asia , 19% in Europe but gaining 9.1% in America.
In 9th place, Geely Group gained 2 spots, growing 37.2% in volume and reporting one of the best performances overall. The group gained 51.4% in Asia, 8% in America but lost 1.7% in Europe.
Closing the top 10, Suzuki fell 1 spot in 10th (-0.1%), with losses mainly in Europe (-19.4%).
Tables with sales figures
In the tables below we report sales for the top 30 groups.
