For the full year 2025, CATL and BYD dominated $3750 (+0 %) and BYD $1211 (+2,12 %) continue to dominate the global electric vehicle (EV) battery market with a combined market share of over 55%.
Global EV battery installations reached 1,187 GWh in 2025, up 31.7% from 901.4 GWh in the same period last year, according to data released by South Korean market research firm SNE Research on Wednesday.
CATL's EV battery installations totaled 464.7 GWh in 2025, up 35.7% from 342.5 GWh in the same period in 2024.
The Chinese battery giant maintained its position as the world's leading supplier in 2025 with a market share of 39.2%, remaining the only battery manufacturer worldwide with a market share of over 30%.
This exceeds its share of 38.0% in 2024 and also its share of 38.2% for January to November 2025.
BYD's EV battery installations reached 194.8 GWh in 2025, an increase of 27.7% compared to 152.6 GWh in the same period in 2024.
The company ranked second in 2025 with a share of 16.4%, down from 16.9% in 2024 and also below its share of 16.7% for January to November 2025.
The battery installations of LG Energy Solution $373220 reached 108.8 GWh in 2025, an increase of 11.3% compared to the previous year.
The South Korean company retained its third place in 2025 with a market share of 9.2%, down from 10.9% in the same period in 2024 and also below its share of 9.3% from January to November 2025.
The Chinese company CALB $3931 took fourth place with 62.8 GWh of installed capacity and a market share of 5.3 %.
The Chinese company Gotion High-tech US38349T1060
was in fifth place with a market share of 4.5%, while the South Korean company SK On KR7096770003 took sixth place with a market share of 3.7 %.
The Japanese company Panasonic $6752 (+9,26 %)the Chinese company Eve Energy US29970N1046the South Korean company Samsung SDI $0L2T (-0,74 %) and the Chinese company Svolt Energy US29268X1037 ranked seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth with market shares of 3.7 %, 2.6 %, 2.4 % and 2.4 % respectively in 2025.
It is worth noting that Svolt Energy took ninth place in the period from January to November with a share of 2.6%, putting it ahead of Samsung SDI.
