Best Selling Car Manufacturer Ranking In 2025 was again led by Toyota Group, despite losses across the Top 5. Only Geely Group in 7th and Suzuki in 8th saw growth.
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 data for January 2025, the leader was Toyota Group, with 830,048 vehicles (-4.2%). It lost 8.4% in America and 6% in Europe.
The second was Volkswagen Group with 668,199 sales (-4.5%). Growth in America (+12.5%) was outweighed by losses in Asia (-16.2%).
In third place, Hyundai-Kia recorded 498,543 sales with a decline of 7.1%. Overall performance was negative, with drops in America (-4.2%) and Asia (-13%).
Renault Nissan Alliance ranked in 4th and reported 468,506 sales while losing 7.8%, mainly in Asia (-15.4%).
Stellantis ranked 5th with 464,976 sales (-5.9%). It grew 14.8% in Asia, despite losing 13.2% in Europe.
In 6th position, General Motors fell 2 spots with 412,026 sales (-8.4%). Down 24.8% in Asia, it gained 3.8% in America.
Geely Group -up 3 spots- followed in 7th, with 304,054 new sales (+11.8%), gaining 20.9% in America and 12.2% in Asia.
Suzuki -up 1 spot- ranked 8th with 293,896 units sold (+4.8%), growing 6% in Asia but losing 12.5% in Europe.
In 9th place, Honda Motor fell 2 spots and reported 288,350 sales. Down 21.2% in volume, it reported one of the best performances overall. The group lost 33.9% in Asia and 15.2% in Europe.
Closing the top 10, Ford Group fell 2 spots in 10th with 283,107 registrations (+5.9%), with losses mainly in Asia (-27.9%).
Tables with sales figures
In the tables below we report sales for the top 30 groups.
