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Chinese Market 2025: Sales Volume 34.4M units, Chinese OEMs’ Share over 70%
Geely enters the top 3; BYD's exports up about 140% y/y
2026/02/19
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Summary
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2025 vehicle sales in China up 9.4% y/y to 34.40 million units
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Sales by group: BYD remains the leader, Geely overtakes FAW to take third place
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Passenger car market: Chinese-OEMs share exceeds 70%
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Sales by vehicle type: SUVs account for 54.1% of the passenger car market
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New Energy Vehicles: 16 million units sold, about 50% of the market
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Intelligent Connected cars: L2 passenger car penetration exceeds 60% of new cars
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Imports/Exports: Chery maintains top position in exports, BYD up about 140%
Summary
For the full year of 2025, new vehicle sales in the Chinese market grew by 9.4% to 34.40 million units (based on factory shipments, including exports). In terms of sales volume by group, BYD continued to hold the top spot, followed by the SAIC Group in second place and Geely, which overtook the China FAW Group to move up to third place.
Chinese brands in the passenger car market maintained positive growth, with sales volume increasing 16.8% year-over-year (y/y) to 21.117 million units and market share surpassing 70%. BYD maintained its lead despite a slight slowdown in growth, while Geely leapt into second place. Conversely, sales by the German OEMs fell 7.7% y/y to 3.703 million units, with all three major automakers reporting y/y declines. Japanese OEMs also saw a 6.3% decline in sales volume to 2.929 million units, dropping their market share below 10%.
Sales of New Energy Vehicles (NEVs: BEVs, PHEVs, FCEVs) in 2025 were up 28.2% y/y to 16.490 million units, accounting for approximately 47.9% of new car sales. Among these, sales of BEVs grew substantially.
Passenger cars equipped with urban NOA (Navigate on Autopilot) in intelligent connected cars reached a cumulative sales volume of 3.129 million units in the period from January to November 2025. Of these, Chinese domestic brands account for 81.1%.
In 2025, Chinese OEMs also accelerated their overseas expansion, with exports increasing 21.1% y/y to 7.098 million units. Chery retained the top position for the 23rd consecutive year, with BYD rising to second place with a significant increase in exports of approximately 140% over the previous year, followed by the SAIC Group.
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