Best Selling Auto Brands Ranking in 2025. Despite securing a spot in the Top 5, BYD still reported losses while Geely, the other top contender from China, surged 60.1% in 10th and is on track to overtake Tesla as 2nd best selling EV brand globally.
Sourcing local Minister of Transportation or deputy agencies, we collect new light vehicles registrations, country by country, brand by brand, in 159 markets worldwide. Extracting data for our Global Auto Database we are able to report on this ranking as several others.
Considering YTD data up to November 2025, Toyota was still the best selling brand. Gaining 1.3% year-on-year, the Japanese giant retained its decade-long leadership in the market, securing a 10.6% share of all global sales.
Volkswagen ranked in 2nd, losing 0.9% and with a 5.6% share of the global market.
Ford ranked 3rd, achieving a share of 4.5% while gaining 2.8%.
Hyundai ranked 4th while securing a 4.3% share (+1.9%), followed by BYD in 5th with a 3.9% share (-6.4%) and Honda in 6th (-7.5%).
Nissan -up 1 spot- ranked in 7th (+4.3%), followed by Kia -down 1 spot- in 8th (+1.1%), and Chevrolet in 9th (-0.6%). Geely -up 6 spots- closed the Top 10 (+60.1%).
EV Market Trend and Outlook
Geely leaps onto the podium while eyeing EV leadership. The sector showed big gains in 2025, growing 16.2% up to November 2025 and reaching about 17% of all vehicles sold.
BYD remained the leader holding a 22.3% share, despite slowing down and dropping 11%. Tesla followed in 2nd with 10.5% share (-11.4%). Geely is rising quickly, up 171.6% and 4 spots into 3rd, followed by Wuling (+15.3%) and Leap Motor (+101.6%).
Tables with sales figures
In the table below we report sales for Top 25 Brands.
