Best Selling Car Manufacturer Ranking In 2026. Geely and BYD struggle early on, with losses in Asia dragging down the brands’ figures. Stellantis manages to withstand the downturn with gains in Europe.
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 sales up to february 2026, the leader was Toyota Group with a 13.4% share (-2.2%). It dropped 1.1% in Asia and 4.4% in Europe.
The 2nd was Volkswagen Group with a 10% share (-5.1%). It reported losses mainly in Asia (-10.4%).
In third place, Hyundai-Kia reported a 8.9% share, up 0.6%. It posted gains in America (+2.9%) and in America (+2.9%) but it dropped 9.7% in Europe.
Stellantis -up 1 spot- ranked in 4th (+2.3%). It fell 13.1% in Asia and 1.7% in America but it gained 6.6% in Europe.
Renault Nissan Alliance -down 1 spot- ranked 5th (-11.1%). It gained 2.1% in Asia but lost 21.4% in America and 12.3% in Europe.
General Motors ranked 6th (-11.8%). It dropped 98.2% in Europe, 11.5% in Asia and 10.6% in America.
Suzuki -up 2 spot- followed in 7th, losing 9% in Europe but gaining 1.3% in Asia.
Honda Motor -up 2 spots- ranked 8th (-1.3%), with losses of 8.4% in Asia but gains of 7.5% in America.
In 9th place, Ford Group fell 2 spots, losing 6.9% in volume. The group dropped 10.5% in Asia and 14.9% in Europe.
Closing the top 10, Geely Group -down 2 spots- ranked 10th (-11.7%) with losses in Asia (-9%) and America (-21.8%).
Notably BYD fell 36.6% into 12nd, down 48.4% in Asia but growing 65,9% in america and 104.5% in Europe.
EV Market Trend and Outlook
EV sales stumble in 2026, losing 17% as chinese EV giants suffer from the segment’s contraction.
BYD stays at the top with a share of 15.3% despite losing 45.1%. It fell sharply in its major market, Asia, where it lost 57.5% but it surged in America and Europe.
Tesla managed to defy the segment’s contraction and only lost 0.1%, with a 12.3% share. IN particular, while dropping in America (-8.6%) it grew in Asia (+4.5%).
Geely Group was also affected as it fell 37.4% into 3rd with a 9% share. It dropped sharply in Asia (-42.8%) but grew in Europe (+3.5%).
Tables with sales figures
In the tables below we report sales for the top 30 groups.
