Best Selling Auto Brands Ranking in 2025. BYD and Geely remained the standout performers in the Top 10. BYD rose 10.7% into 6th while Geely climbed 10 spots into 10th.
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 July 2025, Toyota was still the best selling brand. Gaining 3.9% year-on-year, the Japanese giant retained its decade-long leadership in the market, securing a 10.9% share of all global sales.
Volkswagen ranked in 2nd, growing 2.2% and with a 5.7% share of the global market.
Ford ranked 3rd, achieving a share of 4.6% despite losing 4.2%.
Hyundai –up 1 spot- ranked 4th while securing a 4.3% share (+1%), followed by Honda -down 1 spot- in 5th with a 4.1% share (-6%) and BYD -up 1 spot- in 6th (+10.7%).
Kia -up 1 spot- ranked in 7th (+5.2%), followed by Nissan -down 2 spots- in 8th (-5%), and Chevrolet in 9th (-0.9%). Geely -up 10 spots- closed the Top 10 (+78.8%).
Tables with sales figures
In the table below we report sales for Top 25 Brands.
