BYD Sales by Model and Country Statistics (Jul 2026)

This is your ultimate guide to BYD sales and statistics. Updated in July 2026.

In June 2026, BYD reported 403,472 NEV sales, up 5.5% from June 2025.

It was the second month in a row of year-on-year growth after eight straight months of decline.

Exports set a new record at 175,349 units, which is about 43% of everything BYD sold that month.

In the first half of 2026, BYD sold 1,808,511 NEVs, down 15.7% compared to H1 2025. Overseas sales grew 70.7% to 792,256 units, while domestic sales in China fell almost 40%.

The home market is under pressure from the price war and lower subsidies. Exports are doing the heavy lifting.

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In 2025, BYD officially became the world’s #1 electric vehicle maker, selling 2.26 million BEVs.

As a leading Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer, BYD has continued its focus on international expansion amid a competitive global landscape.

The company has deepened its presence in overseas markets, including Europe, North America, Latin America, and emerging regions like the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

BYD introduced fresh, eye-catching models in 2025, offering impressive range, fast charging capabilities, and a mix of BEV and PHEV options to cater to diverse consumer needs.

Many say BYD entered the market by copying its competitors and offering cheaper products.

But is that really true?

Read on to find all the most recent data and stats about this Chinese automaker, updated with the 2025 annual report and first-half 2026 figures.

• United States (California)
• Canada (Ontario)
• Brazil (Campinas)
• France (Beauvais)
• Hungary (Komárom)

BYD Cars Manufacturing Location

All BYD’s car manufacturing is in China:

• Shenzhen
• Xi’an
• Changsha and Chongqing 

Headquarters: Shenzhen, China

BYD is building new plants in Thailand, Indonesia, Uzbekistan, and Mexico to support global expansion.

Source: BYD

BYD Annual Car Production

BYD had a solid year in 2025, with worldwide car production reaching new heights despite market challenges.

In 2025 (January to December), BYD produced 4,545,423 passenger vehicles (+6.94% YoY).

Of these, 2.26 million were battery-only passenger cars and 2.29 million hybrids.

BYD solidified its position as the world’s largest producer of electric passenger cars in 2025.

The table below shows BYD’s annual car production from 2019 to 2025:

Sources: Statista, BYD

In the first half of 2026, BYD produced 1,814,130 NEVs, down 15.1% from the same period in 2025.

Part of the slowdown came from a factory overhaul, as BYD switched production lines to its second-generation Blade Battery with flash charging. Output recovered in June, when production reached 403,246 units.

How Many Cars Did BYD Sell in 2025?

Chinese automaker BYD set new records in 2025, though growth slowed amid intense domestic competition and policy changes.

BYD sold a record 4,602,436 NEVs, a 7.73% increase from 2024.

Battery electric vehicle (BEV) sales reached 2,256,714, up 27.86% from 2024.

Plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) sales totaled 2,288,709, down 7.91% from 2024.

Commercial vehicle sales reached approximately 57,013.

Overseas sales reached 1.05 million units, roughly 140% more than in 2024 and the first time BYD passed one million exports in a single year.

BYD Sales by Month

In June 2026, BYD sold 403,472 vehicles, a 5.5% increase over June 2025 and a 5.2% increase over May.

BEV and PHEV demand is almost evenly split: 201,472 pure electric and 195,820 plug-in hybrids in June.

Here are BYD’s official monthly sales for 2026 so far:

The year started slowly. Chinese New Year, the cut in the NEV purchase tax exemption, and buyers waiting for models with the new battery all pushed sales down in January and February.

Sales have climbed every month since. May ended an eight-month streak of year-on-year declines, and June set a new export record.

BYD Sales by Quarter

Q2 2026 brought a strong rebound. BYD sold 1,108,048 NEVs, 58.2% more than in Q1, though still 3.2% below Q2 2025.

Q4 2024 remains BYD’s best quarter ever, with 1,524,270 vehicles sold.

Q1 2026 was the weakest quarter since early 2024, down 30% year-on-year. Overseas sales in Q2 2026 hit 471,091 units, up 82.5% from a year earlier.

BYD Car Sales by Year

BYD car sales boosted significantly through 2024, but 2025 saw tempered growth due to market dynamics.

We show BYD car annual sales from 2019 – 2025:

BYD has experienced a significant boost in its sales, mainly due to its lower price range and hybrid versions in addition to battery-only powered cars.

For 2026, BYD is guiding for 5.0 to 5.5 million NEV sales. After 1.81 million units in the first half, the company would need to average well over 500,000 per month in H2 to get there.

How Many Cars Have BYD Sold in 2024?

BYD sold 4,272,145 vehicles in 2024, up 41.3% from 2023.

BYD Sales by Model

BYD’s 2025 sales reached 4,602,436 vehicles, with nearly half fully electric.

Ocean and Dynasty Sales

The Ocean and Dynasty Series remained bestsellers.

Together, they reached sales of 3.5 million units in 2024.

Ocean Models:

• BYD Seagull (Dolphin Surf): 529,537 (+10.48%)
• BYD Dolphin: ~162,744 (Jan-Sep estimate, full year ~400,000)
• BYD Seal: Growing in premium EV segment

Dynasty Models:

• BYD Song: 788,003 (-20.91%)
• BYD Qin: 661,090 (-9.72%)
• BYD Yuan: Stable mid-range performer
• BYD Tang: Premium SUV contributions

Sales of Other Models

There are other notable series and their models:

• Denza D9
• Yangwang U8
• Fangchengbao 5

The premium brands are gaining weight. Yangwang, Denza, and Fang Cheng Bao together sold close to 400,000 vehicles in 2025, and Fang Cheng Bao grew 316% year-on-year.

In June 2026, Denza passed 20,000 monthly sales for the first time (20,352 units), led by the D9. The Fang Cheng Bao Ti7 sold 23,710 units in the same month.

In mid-June 2026, BYD also launched the Da Tang, its first D-segment flagship SUV in the Dynasty lineup.

BYD Best-selling Models

Here is a breakdown of BYD’s best-selling models in 2025:

Best-selling BYD car: BYD Song

Sources: BYD, Statista, Electrek, Statista

BYD Sales by Country (China, US, Europe)

The company is working very hard to create an international market presence, and in 2026 that work is paying off.

In the first half of 2026, BYD sold 792,256 vehicles overseas, up 70.7% year-on-year. Exports made up 43.8% of all BYD sales in the period.

In June alone, BYD exported a record 175,349 vehicles.

BYD Sales Worldwide

BYD’s business now spans 119 countries and regions across 6 continents.

In 2025, BYD sold 4.6 million NEVs out of roughly 20–23 million plug-in vehicles sold globally, which puts its share at around 18–20% depending on the source.

BYD raised its 2026 overseas target from 1.3 million to 1.5 million vehicles. At the halfway point of the year, it had already reached about 53% of that goal.

BYD Sales in China

BYD sold roughly 3.55 million vehicles in China in 2025, about 77% of its total. That share keeps falling as exports grow; in H1 2026 it dropped to 56%.

In the first half of 2026, domestic sales fell 39.6% to 1,016,255 units. Even so, BYD stayed China’s NEV market leader, with a 22.3% retail share in June 2026 (CPCA data).

Here is a graph that shows the total BYD annual sales in the Chinese market since 2003:

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These figures only show how popular BYD is in China and how dominates its home market.

Source: Good Car Bad Car

BYD Sales in the US

The US presents the biggest challenge for BYD.

Are BYD cars sold in the US?

BYD cars are not yet sold in the US passenger market.

Focus remains on buses and commercial.

The Lancaster facility has produced over 300 buses.

BYD Sales in Europe

BYD is becoming a local European manufacturer. Its plant in Szeged, Hungary, has an annual capacity of 300,000 vehicles, with series production of the Dolphin Surf expected in Q4 2026. A second plant in Turkey is also planned.

BYD’s new vehicle registrations in Europe reached 187,657 units in 2025.

2026 started even faster. In the first five months, BYD registered 135,307 vehicles across the EU, EFTA, and the UK (ACEA data), which is a 2.3% market share. Tesla held 2.0% over the same period.

March 2026 was BYD’s best month in Europe so far, with 37,580 registrations. In May, registrations grew 136.6% year-on-year to 32,380.

BYD sales in Germany

Germany is BYD’s second-largest European market.

In the first half of 2026, BYD registered 26,264 vehicles in Germany, up 318% year-on-year. That already beats its full-year 2025 total of 23,306 units.

June 2026 set a new monthly record with 6,265 registrations, and every month of 2026 has been better than the last: 2,629 in January, 3,053 in February, 3,438 in March, 4,705 in April, 6,168 in May, and 6,265 in June.

BYD’s German subsidiary targets 50,000 sales in the country for 2026 and was at 52.5% of that goal by mid-year.

In January 2026, BYD recorded 2,629 sales.

Interesting fact: BYD was the UEFA EURO 2024 Official Sponsor, hosted in Germany

BYD sales in the UK

In the UK, BYD registered 51,422 vehicles in 2025, benefiting from the lack of tariffs on Chinese-made BEVs.

In the first half of 2026, UK sales nearly doubled to 37,795 vehicles. The Seal U DM-i plug-in hybrid has been the brand’s best-selling model there for most of the year.

BYD plans to grow its UK dealer network from 75 to 90 locations by September 2026 and to launch six new models during the year.

BYD sales in Northern Europe

Norway saw sales double to 5,927 units in 2025 (strong EV adoption at 95% of new sales).

The Netherlands is picking up: 4,370 units in 2025, then 1,464 registrations in Q1 2026 alone (more than double year-on-year) and 1,236 in June, a 200% jump.

Sweden grew 15% in Q1 2026 to 305 units, with the Seal U as the best seller. Denmark stayed roughly flat at around 2,400 units in 2025.

BYD sales in Southern Europe

Spain is one of BYD’s fastest-growing markets anywhere.

BYD sold 25,556 vehicles in Spain in 2025, up from 5,393 in 2024. By the end of March 2026, cumulative Spanish registrations passed 40,000, and June 2026 brought another 4,872 units (+124% YoY). The Atto 2 leads the Spanish lineup, and BYD is the plug-in hybrid market leader in the country.

France is growing even faster in percentage terms: 5,040 registrations in June 2026, up 398% year-on-year.

BYD Annual Revenue

What is BYD yearly revenue?

According to the 2025 annual report (published in March 2026), BYD’s revenue reached 803.97 billion yuan (about $113 billion), up 3.46% from 2024. It was the first time revenue passed the 800 billion yuan mark.

Profit went the other way. Net profit fell 18.97% to 32.62 billion yuan (about $4.7 billion), squeezed by the domestic price war and a gross margin that narrowed to 17.7%.

Two more numbers stand out from the report. BYD spent 63.4 billion yuan on R&D in 2025, almost twice its net profit. And its overseas car business earned a 28.1% gross margin, far above the 17.2% it made in China.

This growth was mainly because of strong plug-in hybrid sales.

Sources: BYD

BYD Market Share

BYD was the world’s largest PHEV maker and the top BEV producer in 2025, with roughly a fifth of the global plug-in market.

Global plug-in EV share 2025:

In China, BYD held a 22.3% share of NEV retail sales in June 2026, still first by a wide margin over Geely (10.7%). In Europe, its share of new registrations reached 2.3% in the first five months of 2026.

Source: Statista

BYD Sales vs Tesla

In 2025, BYD sold 2.26 million BEVs against Tesla’s 1.64 million. BYD led in pure electric cars and, counting hybrids, sold almost three times as many plug-in vehicles overall.

2026 turned it into a real contest again. Tesla outsold BYD in BEVs in Q1 2026, helped by BYD’s weak start to the year. BYD took the lead back in Q2 with 557,090 BEV sales against Tesla’s 480,126.

In Europe, BYD has been ahead of Tesla in registrations every month of 2026 so far.

Challenges for BYD: Western market entry and shrinking profits. Strengths: cost efficiency and vertical integration.

Related read: Tesla Sales and Statistics for 2025

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Number of BYD Employees

BYD ended 2025 with about 870,000 employees, down from 968,900 a year earlier.

The cut of roughly 100,000 jobs was the company’s first major headcount reduction, driven by restructuring and efficiency measures. BYD remains China’s largest private-sector employer, with 30+ industrial parks worldwide.

Source: Statista

Conclusion

BYD is guiding for 5.0 to 5.5 million NEV sales in 2026 and raised its overseas target to 1.5 million vehicles, up from 1.05 million exports in 2025.

The first half of the year showed both sides of that plan. Domestic sales in China fell almost 40% under the price war and lower subsidies, while exports grew more than 70% and now bring in far higher margins than sales at home.

The second-generation Blade Battery, flash charging (over 5,000 stations live, with 20,000 planned by the end of 2026), and new premium models like the Da Tang are meant to defend the home market while Europe and Latin America drive growth.

Hitting the full-year target will take a big second half, but this Chinese manufacturer will remain a major force in the global shift toward electric vehicles in 2026.

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