Forbes ranks Toyota and Volkswagen as world’s largest car companies
Toyota, Volkswagen and Daimler are the automotive industry’s three biggest companies, after coming in at 15th, 18th, and 37th, respectively, on Forbes’s annual Global 2000 report of the world’s largest public companies. General Motors and BMW came in at 56th and 57th, respectively, to round out the top five global carmakers.
The rankings take into account 2018 sales, profits, assets, and market value. Industry juggernaut Toyota led the pack with $272.1 billion (P14.28 trillion) in sales, $17.2 billion in profits, $465.6 billion in assets, and $176.6 billion in market value.
All in all, the top five manufacturers combined for over $1 trillion in sales and $43.6 billion in profits last year—a sign that the industry’s in pretty good shape, if you ask us.
Aside from the above-mentioned companies, only two other car manufacturers managed to crack this year’s top 100: Honda Motor at 76th place and SAIC Motor (the only Chinese name in the top 100) at 100th.
Other car brands on this year’s list include Ford (110th), Nissan (132th), Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (171st), Hyundai (225th), and Suzuki (394th). You can check out the rest of the rankings below or on the report’s official site.
| Rank | Company | Country/Territory | Sales | Profit | Assets | Market Value |
| #15 | Toyota Motor | Japan | $272.1 B | $17.2 B | $465.6 B | $176.6 B |
| #18 | Volkswagen Group | Germany | $278.2 B | $14 B | $553.5 B | $92 B |
| #37 | Daimler | Germany | $197.4 B | $8.6 B | $321.9 B | $71.3 B |
| #56 | General Motors | United States | $147 B | $8.1 B | $227.3 B | $56.8 B |
| #57 | BMW Group | Germany | $115 B | $8.4 B | $238.9 B | $57.5 B |
| #76 | Honda Motor | Japan | $142.6 B | $6.6 B | $180.9 B | $50.5 B |
| #100 | SAIC Motor | China | $135.2 B | $5.4 B | $114 B | $51.5 B |
| #110 | Ford Motor | United States | $160.3 B | $3.7 B | $256.5 B | $38.1 B |
| #132 | Nissan Motor | Japan | $108.7 B | $4.4 B | $172.8 B | $33.6 B |
| #171 | Fiat Chrysler Automobiles | United Kingdom | $133.4 B | $4.3 B | $110.7 B | $25.6 B |
| #204 | Renault | France | $67.7 B | $3.9 B | $131.5 B | $20.9 B |
| #218 | Peugeot | France | $87.3 B | $3.3 B | $70.8 B | $24.9 B |
| #225 | Hyundai Motor | South Korea | $88 B | $1.4 B | $161.9 B | $31.2 B |
| #394 | Suzuki Motor | Japan | $35.1 B | $2.1 B | $29.4 B | $21.3 B |
| #447 | KIA Motors | South Korea | $49.2 B | $1.1 B | $46.4 B | $15 B |
| #466 | Subaru | Japan | $29.1 B | $1.7 B | $26.2 B | $19.6 B |
| #618 | Dongfeng Motor Group | China | $15.9 B | $2 B | $33 B | $9.4 B |
| #647 | Geely Automobile Holdings | Hong Kong | $16.1 B | $1.9 B | $13.3 B | $20.9 B |
| #658 | Guangzhou Automobile Group | China | $10.6 B | $1.7 B | $19.2 B | $19.3 B |
| #667 | Porsche Automobil Holding | Germany | $122 M | $4.1 B | $38.5 B | $22.2 B |
| #694 | Tesla | United States | $21.5 B | $-976 M | $29.7 B | $47.2 B |
| #737 | BYD | China | $19.2 B | $410 M | $28.4 B | $22.7 B |
| #747 | Isuzu Motors | Japan | $19.5 B | $1 B | $18.6 B | $10.5 B |
| #769 | Tata Motors | India | $44.9 B | $-4.1 B | $46.4 B | $11.6 B |
| #830 | Mitsubishi Motors | Japan | $22.4 B | $966 M | $17.1 B | $8.6 B |
| #842 | Great Wall Motor | China | $14.4 B | $799 M | $16.3 B | $12.1 B |
| #850 | Mazda Motor | Japan | $32.1 B | $581 M | $25.2 B | $7.6 B |
| #927 | BAIC Motor | China | $23 B | $661 M | $25.1 B | $6.4 B |
| #973 | Mahindra & Mahindra | India | $15.2 B | $833 M | - | $12.3 B |
| #1190 | Ferrari | Italy | $4 B | $926 M | $5.5 B | $25.2 B |
| #1642 | Chongqing Changan Auto | China | $11.6 B | $387 M | $13.8 B | $6.2 B |
