This is a list of the biggest motor vehicle manufacturers by annual sales or production, compiled using data from F&I Tools USA (2018 onwards) and the Organisation internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles (OICA) (2001âÂÂ2017).
As OICA stopped publishing statistics of motor vehicle production by manufacturer post-2017, numbers for 2018 onward only include sales by the manufacturer.
BYD entered the top 10 and Changan and Geely increased sales. Tesla entered the top 15 in 2023 then fell out in 2024.
All ten largest automakers by production as of 2017 remained in the top 10 before the 2021 merger between Fiat-Chrysler and the PSA Group.
These figures from OICA include a variety of vehicle types, defined as follows:
This classification ensures that production statistics are comparable across countries and manufacturers.
Motor vehicle production by manufacturer (top five groups)
The summary chart includes the five largest worldwide automotive manufacturing groups as of 2017 by number of vehicles produced. Those same groups held the top 5 positions 2007 to 2019; Hyundai Motor Group had a lower rank until it took the fifth spot in 2007 from the at that time split German-American auto manufacturer DaimlerChrysler, while Ford became surpassed by Honda in 2020, and even Nissan in 2021, before surpassing them again in 2022. Figures were compiled by the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA) before the year 2018: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017.
This is a list of largest manufacturers by production in 2015, 2016, (some figures were amended in the 2017 report) and 2017.
Rank of manufacturers by production in 2014
Rank of manufacturers by production in 2013
Rank of manufacturers by production in 2012
This is a list of the 20 largest automotive manufacturers, ranked by their production volume in 2008.
This is a list of the 20 largest automotive manufacturers, ranked by their production volume in 2007.
This is a list of the 20 largest automotive manufacturers, ranked by their production volume in 2006.
This is a list of the 20 largest automotive manufacturers, ranked by their production volume in 2005.
This is a list of the 15 largest automakers by production in 2003 and 2004.
This is a list of the 15 largest automakers by production in 2002.
This is a list of the 15 largest automakers by production in 2001.