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Ranked: America’s Best-Selling Car Companies in 2025
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Key Takeaways
- Four auto groups were responsible for over half of all U.S. car sales in 2025.
- General Motors led all automakers with nearly 3 million vehicle sales.
- Toyota sold 2.5 million vehicles, ahead of Ford at 2.2 million and Tesla at 589,000.
The U.S. remains one of the world’s largest auto markets, with more than 16 million vehicles sold domestically in 2025.
This graphic visualizes U.S. vehicle sales by automaker using 2025 data from F&I Tools.
The rankings reveal how foreign brands have steadily gained ground in America, while Tesla, despite its global prominence and market valuation, sold fewer than 600,000 vehicles in the country.
America’s Big Three in 2025
The Big Three of U.S. carmakers have long been Chrysler, Ford, and General Motors (GM). In 2025, GM logged the most U.S. car sales of any firm, with nearly 2.9 million units moved. Ford, for its part, had over 2.2 million sales.
Chrysler was acquired by Italian carmaker Fiat in 2014. The resulting Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) then merged with the French PSA Group in 2021 to form a new multinational firm, Stellantis, which is headquartered in the Netherlands while its CEO operates from the U.S. state of Michigan. In 2025, Stellantis recorded nearly 1.3 million U.S. car sales.
This data table lists U.S. auto sales in 2025 by automaker.
| Rank | Company | 2025 Sales (U.S.) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM | 2,853,299 |
| 2 | Toyota | 2,518,071 |
| 3 | Ford | 2,204,124 |
| 4 | Hyundai/Kia | 1,763,892 |
| 5 | Honda | 1,430,584 |
| 6 | Stellantis | 1,277,347 |
| 7 | Nissan | 928,381 |
| 8 | Subaru | 643,547 |
| 9 | Tesla | 589,000 |
| 10 | VW | 587,655 |
| 11 | BMW | 417,867 |
| 12 | Mazda | 411,451 |
| 13 | Mercedes | 343,200 |
| 14 | Volvo | 121,165 |
| 15 | Mitsubishi | 94,754 |
| 16 | JLR | 93,400 |
| -- | Other | 118,000 |
| -- | Total | 16,395,737 |
While GM remains the top automaker in the United States, its fellow Big Three firms have struggled with foreign competitors.
Stellantis is just the sixth-largest car seller in the U.S. as of 2025, while Ford has been surpassed by Japanese giant Toyota, which sold over 2.5 million cars domestically. Japanese cars’ engineering, cost-effectiveness, and relative gas mileage have all contributed to their strong sales.
International Car Sales in the U.S.
Toyota is not the only international auto group with impressive U.S. sales. Fellow Japanese carmakers Honda (1.4 million), Mazda (411,451), Nissan (928,381), and Subaru (643,547) have also proven popular options for U.S. buyers.
Hyundai Motor Group, the giant Korean auto group that includes Kia, sold nearly 1.8 million cars in 2025, while smaller British and Swedish firms like JLR (93,400) and Volvo (121,165) have maintained more niche consumer bases.
Then there are the Germans. Volkswagen (587,655), BMW (417,867), and Mercedes-Benz (343,200) combined sold over a million cars in the U.S. in 2025, far below domestic carmakers like Ford and GM.
The Dragon in the Room
One country that has not been able to penetrate the U.S. market in a visible way is China.
While Chinese firms like BYD, Geely, and Great Wall Motors have proven incredibly successful worldwide, sweeping U.S. tariffs on these manufacturers have blocked them from the lucrative American market.
Both protectionist and national security reasoning has been given for these trade barriers. As a result, the U.S. remains one of the few countries worldwide where European and Japanese automakers are far outselling their Chinese counterparts.
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