Best Selling Auto Brands Ranking in 2025. Honda drops 6.1% into 5th while BYD grew 3.7%, moving closer to the Top 5. Geely skyrocketed into 10th with impressive gains of 69.7% while climbing 6 spots.
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 September 2025, Toyota was still the best selling brand. Gaining 2.7% year-on-year, the Japanese giant retained its decade-long leadership in the market, securing a 10.7% share of all global sales.
Volkswagen ranked in 2nd, growing 1.2% and with a 5.6% share of the global market.
Ford ranked 3rd, achieving a share of 4.5% while gaining 4.2%.
Hyundai –up 1 spot- ranked 4th while securing a 4.3% share (+2.4%), followed by Honda -down 1 spot- in 5th with a 4% share (-6.1%) and BYD in 6th (+3.7%).
Kia -up 2 spots- ranked in 7th (+4.2%), followed by Nissan -down 1 spot- in 8th (-4.1%), and Chevrolet -down 1 spot- in 9th (+0.1%). Geely -up 6 spots- closed the Top 10 (+69.7%).
Tables with sales figures
In the table below we report sales for Top 25 Brands.
