Best Selling Car Manufacturer Ranking In 2026. Stellantis and Suzuki defy the contraction and report gains amidst widespread losses. Geely Group slips 8.4% into 9th while BYD remains out of the top 10 and ranks 11th.
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 april 2026, the leader was Toyota Group with a 12.6% share (-2.7%). It dropped 1.5% in Asia, 2.5% in America and 0.8% in Europe.
The 2nd was Volkswagen Group with a 9.4% share (-6.2%). It reported losses mainly in Asia (-18%) but grew 1.1% in Europe.
In third place, Hyundai-Kia reported flat growth and a 8.5% share. It posted gains in America (+3%) but it dropped 2.9% in Europe and 1.3% in Asia.
Stellantis -up 1 spot- ranked in 4th (+3.9%). It fell 4.3% in Asia and but it gained 6.7% in Europe and 3.4% in America.
Renault Nissan Alliance -down 1 spot- ranked 5th (-3.9%). It fell 1.8% in Asia, 0.8% in America and 6.6% in Europe.
General Motors ranked 6th (-9.5%). It dropped 13.3% in Asia, 7.5% in America and 8.1% in Europe.
Ford Group -up 2 spot- followed in 7th (-9.3%), losing 18.9% in Asia, 11.4% in Europe and 6.6% in America.
Suzuki -up 2 spots- ranked 8th (+6.4%), gaining 8.2% in Asia.
In 9th place, Geely Group fell 1 spot (-8.4%), losing 6.9% in volume. The group dropped 13.2% in Asia but grew in America (+9.1%) and Europe (+6.6%).
Closing the top 10, Honda Motor -down 1 spot- ranked 10th (-8.6%) with losses in Asia (-14%) and America (-3%).
Notably BYD fell 25% into 11th, down by 36.9% in Asia but growing 106% in america and 76% in Europe.
EV Market Trend and Outlook
EV sales stumble in 2026, losing 5.3% as chinese EV giants suffer from the segment’s contraction.
BYD stays at the top with a share of 16.6% despite losing 29.8%. It fell sharply in its major market, Asia, where it lost 41.1% but it surged in America (+68.1%) and Europe (+64.4%).
Tesla managed to defy the segment’s contraction and grew by 4.5%, with a 11.2% share. In particular, while dropping in America (-11.6%) it grew in Asia (+5.3%) and Europe (+46.1%).
Geely Group was also affected as it fell 28.7% into 3rd with a 8.5% share. It dropped sharply in Asia (-39%) but grew in Europe (+27.3%).
Tables with sales figures
In the tables below we report sales for the top 30 groups.
