Best Selling Auto Brands Ranking in 2025. BYD moved closer to the Top 5, rising 16.3% into 6th, while Geely reported the standout performance, up 79.9% and 1 spot into 9th.
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 H1 data for 2025, Toyota was still the best selling brand. Gaining 0.7% year-on-year, the Japanese giant retained its decade-long leadership in the market, securing a 10.8% share of all global sales.
Volkswagen ranked in 2nd, growing 1% and with a 5.8% share of the global market.
Ford ranked 3rd, achieving a share of 4.4% despite losing 5.6%.
Hyundai –up 1 spot- ranked 4th while securing a 4.3% share (-3.3%), followed by Honda -down 1 spot- in 5th with a 4% share (-11.3%) and BYD -up 3 spots- in 6th (+16.3%).
Kia -up 1 spot- ranked in 7th (+0.6%), followed by Nissan -down 2 spots- in 8th (-10.1%), and Chevrolet -down 2 spots- in 9th (-11.5%). Geely -up 10 spots- closed the Top 10 (+79.9%).
Tables with sales figures
In the table below we report sales for Top 25 Brands.
