Best Selling Car Manufacturer Ranking In 2025. Toyota Group secured the top spot once again, up 4.1%. The standout was Geely Group, surging in double-digits and breaking into the top 10.
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 YTD data up to September 2025, the leader was Toyota Group with a 12.4% share (+4.1%). It gained 5.7% in Asia and 4.2% in America.
The 2nd was Volkswagen Group with a 9.7% share (+0.6%). It reported losses in Asia (-2.9%) but grew 4% in Europe.
In third place, Hyundai-Kia reported a 8.1% share, up 3%. It posted gains in America (+8.8%) but losses in Europe (-2%).
Renault Nissan Alliance ranked in 4th while despite losing -2.2. It reported losses in Asia (-6.3%) and in Europe (-0.4%).
Stellantis ranked 5th (+0.5%). It grew 27.4% in Asia but fell 6.4% in Europe.
General Motors ranked 6th (+4.2%). Down 18% in Europe and gained 6% in America.
Ford Group followed in 7th (+3.8%), losing 9.4% in Asia and gaining 7.2% in America.
Geely Group ranked 8th (+32.8%), climbing 1 spot and reporting one of the best performances overall, with gains mainly in Asia (+48.6%).
In 9th place, Honda Motor fell 1 spot, losing 4.4 % in volume. The group fell 14.1% in Asia and 16% in Europe.
Closing the top 10, BYD -down 1 spot- ranked 10th (+6.8%) with major gains in Europe (+395%) and America (+42.8%).
Tables with sales figures
In the tables below we report sales for the top 30 groups.
