Best Selling Car Manufacturer Ranking In 2025. Toyota Group claimed top spot, outpacing Volkswagen Group which only grew 0.9%. Geely Group reported the largest gains at 32.1% while Honda Motor fell 1 spot and 5.5%.
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 for Q1 of 2025, the leader was Toyota Group, with 2,62 milllion vehicles (+6.9%). It gained 13.5% in Asia and lost 5.9% in Europe.
The second was Volkswagen Group with 2,033 million sales (+0.9%). It reported losses in Asia (-5.5%) but grew 5.6% in Europe.
In third place, Hyundai-Kia recorded 1,68 million sales, up 2.4%. It posted gains in America (+9.7%) but losses in Europe (-2.8%).
Renault Nissan Alliance ranked in 4th and reported 1,61 million sales while losing 0.6%, mainly in America (-29.6%).
Stellantis ranked 5th with 1,51 million sales (-4.2%). While it grew 23.3% in Asia, it lost 13.5% in Europe.
In 6th position, General Motors with 1,36 million sales (+1.4%). Down 48.3% in Europe, it gained 8.5% in America.
Ford Group -up 1 spot- followed in 7th, with 970,555 new sales (-0.7%), gaining 4.4% in Europe but losing 9.4% in Asia.
Honda Motor -down 1 spot- ranked 8th with 933,346 units sold (-5.5%), losing 14.6% in Asia , 18.4% in Europe but gaining 9% in America.
In 9th place, Geely Group gained 1 spot and reported 874,895 sales. up 32.1% in volume, it reported one of the best performances overall. The group gained 42.1% in Asia, 7.3% in America and 1.4% in Europe.
Closing the top 10, Suzuki fell 1 spot in 10th with 845,520 registrations (-0.1%), with losses mainly in Europe (-19%) but growing 4.4% in America.
Tables with sales figures
In the tables below we report sales for the top 30 groups.
