Car maker market share in China
Data: full year 2025 · last checked Jan 12, 2026
Car groups by market share in China
| # | Group | Size | Share | vs. 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BYD BYD | 14.7 % | −1.5 pp | |
| 2 | Geely Geely, Galaxy, Zeekr, Lynk & Co CPCA counts Volvo Cars separately in China; not included here. | 11.0 % | +3.3 pp | |
| 3 | Volkswagen Group VW, Audi, Skoda, Cupra/Seat, Porsche | 10.9 % | −1.4 pp | |
| 4 | Toyota Group Toyota, Lexus | 6.6 % | −0.3 pp | |
| 5 | Changan Changan, Deepal, Avatr | 5.9 % | −0.1 pp | |
| 6 | Chery Chery, Jetour, Omoda/Jaecoo | 5.7 % | −0.2 pp | |
| 7 | SAIC-GM-Wuling Wuling, Baojun Joint venture of SAIC and GM; kept as one unit (no JV double-counting). | 3.7 % | +0.1 pp | |
| 8 | Great Wall Motor Haval, Tank, Wey, Ora | 2.9 % | n/a |
Share of the total new-car market for each year; only the largest groups are shown, so the figures do not add up to 100%.
There is no clean free source for worldwide manufacturer market share (OICA stopped its by-manufacturer production table after 2017). For the "who builds the most cars worldwide" question, see our vehicle-sales ranking (Toyota leads, ahead of the Volkswagen Group and Hyundai-Kia).
The real winner is Geely, which grew its share by half in a single year and pushed the Volkswagen Group off second place. BYD leads but is losing domestic ground for the first time, as the price war bites and growth shifts to exports. The Western makers keep sliding.
Methodology
Passenger-car retail sales per group for full-year 2025, all powertrains, source China Passenger Car Association (CPCA), reproduced by CnEVPost. Share = group sales divided by the passenger-car retail market (about 23.7 million, excluding exports). CPCA ranks by sales unit; the foreign groups (VW, Toyota) are combined here across their two China joint ventures. SAIC cannot be cleanly consolidated as a parent (joint-venture double-counting), so SAIC-GM-Wuling stands as its own unit. The change compares the 2025 share with 2024.
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Frequently asked questions
Which car group has the largest market share in China?
BYD has the largest market share in China in full-year 2025 with 14.7% (last checked 2026-01-12).
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