Largest Automobile Manufacturers by Market Cap | Rankings

Tesla, incorporated in 2003 as Tesla Motors in San Carlos, California, became the first American car company to go public since Ford’s IPO in 1956 when it listed on the NASDAQ in 2010. It has since overtaken Toyota — the world’s largest automaker by sales volume, founded in 1937 — to become the most valuable automobile manufacturer by market capitalization.

This ranking of the largest automobile manufacturers by market cap spans legacy automakers with over a century of history alongside newer entrants from Asia and the tech sector. The mix reflects how the market weighs future expectations against current production scale.

  • Electric vehicle leaders: Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) and BYD (SEHK: 1211), the Shenzhen-based company founded in 1995 that shifted exclusively to EV production and controls its own battery supply chain.
  • Legacy volume producers: Toyota (TSE: 7203), General Motors (NYSE: GM, founded 1908), and Ford (NYSE: F, founded 1903) — Ford pioneered mass production with the moving assembly line.
  • Luxury and premium brands: Ferrari (NYSE: RACE), headquartered in Maranello, Italy, trades at a significant premium to volume peers as a pure-play exclusivity brand.
  • German engineering: BMW Group (XETRA: BMW, founded 1916) and Mercedes-Benz (XETRA: MBG), which traces its roots to Karl Benz’s 1886 patent of the Motorwagen — widely considered the birth of the car industry. See more German car manufacturers.
  • Tech crossovers: Xiaomi (HKEX: 1810), originally a smartphone maker founded in 2010, entered the EV market and launched its first car in China, positioning itself as a tech-first automaker.

China remains the world’s largest electric car manufacturing hub, accounting for more than 70% of global EV production — which is why companies like BYD and Xiaomi feature prominently. For a focused look at that segment, see our list of electric vehicle manufacturers by market cap.

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The table below lists the largest publicly traded automobile manufacturers worldwide, ranked by market capitalization. It includes both pure-play automakers and diversified companies with significant automotive divisions. All data — price, market cap — updates regularly to reflect current market conditions.

Top global automakers companies
StockPriceChangeChange %MarketcapCountry
TSLA
Tesla
TSLA
$398.73$9.232.37%1.50TUnited States
$195.05$5.062.66%230.96BJapan
P911.DE
Porsche
P911.DE
$49.78$0.1760.35%45.35BGermany
002594.SZ
BYD
002594.SZ
$14.71$0.0420.29%134.09BChina
$59.44$0.6561.12%52.60BGermany
VOW3.DE
Volkswagen
VOW3.DE
$104.08$0.9140.89%52.18BGermany
BMW.DE
BMW
BMW.DE
$97.38$2.022.11%59.12BGermany
$7.66$0.466.39%22.19BNetherlands
$336.25$10.813.32%59.30BItaly
$12.17$0.484.11%48.49BUnited States
$78.70$2.553.35%70.96BUnited States
$24.71$0.552.28%32.06BJapan
$144.66$0.5040.35%0.045TIndia
000270.KS
Kia
000270.KS
$106.85$2.031.94%0.042TSouth Korea
$2.91$0.008780.30%24.87BChina
600104.SS
SAIC Motor
600104.SS
$1.99$0.0120.59%22.87BChina
$17.72$0.060.34%18.11BChina
$11.32$0.2031.83%0.022TJapan
7201.T
Nissan
7201.T
$2.23$0.006980.31%0.0078TJapan
$1.37$0.0130.95%13.58BChina
NIO
NIO
NIO
$5.90$0.000000000000000.00%14.78BChina
$1.02$0.005860.57%10.44BChina
$6.19$0.060.96%2.42BUnited States
7270.T
Subaru
7270.T
$14.86$0.1681.12%0.011TJapan
0175.HK
Geely
0175.HK
$2.90$0.0180.62%31.27BHong Kong
VOLCAR-B.ST
Volvo Car
VOLCAR-B.ST
$2.43$0.0180.76%7.20BSweden
$15.43$0.4122.74%8.60BTaiwan
RIVN
Rivian
RIVN
$14.48$0.1110.76%19.44BUnited States
RNO.PA
Renault
RNO.PA
$36.76$0.7972.21%10.66BFrance
FROTO.IS
Ford Otosan
FROTO.IS
$2.20$0.008840.40%7.71BTurkey
7202.T
Isuzu
7202.T
$13.75$0.3012.24%0.00945TJapan
XPEV
XPeng
XPEV
$15.93$0.110.70%15.23BChina
$19.43$0.361.89%1.78BSweden
$67.04$0.931.41%3.81BUnited States
$7.12$0.213.04%3.56BTurkey
$1.97$0.0422.18%2.63BJapan
7261.T
Mazda
7261.T
$6.31$0.0831.30%3.98BJapan
000800.SZ
FAW Car
000800.SZ
$0.965$0.002930.30%4.75BChina
9863.HK
Leapmotor
9863.HK
$5.98$0.1482.54%8.50BChina
$0.621$0.0162.60%6.29MUnited Kingdom
FORCEMOT.NS
Force Motors
FORCEMOT.NS
$217.48$5.562.62%2.87BIndia
$0.71$0.0364.80%71.30MChina
$4.11$0.12.49%6.02MUnited States
$0.442$0.0275.84%12.65MIsrael
$2.62$0.051.87%95.88M