Best Selling Car Manufacturer Ranking In 2025. Toyota Group claimed top spot with a 12.5% share and the largest gains in the Top 5. Geely Group was the overall standout performer, up 34.8% and 2 spots into 9th.
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 cumulative data up to May 2025, the leader was Toyota Group with a 12.5% share (+6.1%). It gained 12% in Asia and lost 5.1% in Europe.
The 2nd was Volkswagen Group with a 9.7% share (+1.1%). It reported losses in Asia (-2.8%) but grew 4.2% in America.
In third place, Hyundai-Kia reported a 8.2% share, up 3%. It posted gains in America (+9.7%) but losses in Europe (-1.7%).
Renault Nissan Alliance ranked in 4th while losing 1.9%, mainly in Asia (-8.4%).
Stellantis ranked 5th (-1.5%). While it grew 29.5% in Asia, it lost 8.9% in Europe.
General Motors ranked 6th (+3%). Down 41.3% in Europe, it gained 6% in America.
Ford Group followed in 7th (-0.2%), gaining 1.4% in Europe but losing 9.9% in Asia.
Honda Motor ranked 8th (-3.4%), losing 16.5% in Asia , 21.4% in Europe but gaining 15.4% in America.
In 9th place, Geely Group gained 2 spots, growing 34.8% in volume and reporting one of the best performances overall. The group gained 47.3% in Asia, 15.4% in America but lost 4.1% in Europe.
Closing the top 10, Suzuki fell 1 spot in 10th (-1.4%), with losses mainly in Europe (-20.3%).
Tables with sales figures
In the tables below we report sales for the top 30 groups.
