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BMW Group

Automotive · Germany

BMW Group designs and builds premium cars under the BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce brands and BMW Motorrad motorcycles, sells them through dealers in more than 140 countries, and finances or leases many of them through its own financial services arm.

What makes it different

Financing and leasing is a second business next to cars.

€36.4BFinancial Services revenueFY2025

BMW earns revenue from loans and leases to its buyers on top of selling the cars.

How big it is

How big is BMW Group?

€133.45BRevenueFY2025
2,463,681Cars deliveredFY2025
154,540Employees2025
How it makes money FY2025

Mostly cars.

  • Automotive70%€93.9B
  • Financial Services27%€36.4B
  • Motorcycles2%€3.18B
How the business works

Three premium brands, one engineering base.

  1. 1BMW, MINI, Rolls-Royce
  2. 2Cars and motorcycles
  3. 3Financing & leasing

One group spans compact MINI to ultra-luxury Rolls-Royce.

Who owns it
  • Stefan Quandt25.3%
  • Susanne Klatten20.5%

CEO: Milan Nedeljković

Who it competes with
Key moments
  1. 1916BMW's official founding
  2. 1923First motorcycle: the R 32
  3. 1928Into car making via Eisenach
  4. 1959Takeover by Daimler-Benz averted
  5. 1994Rover Group bought
Sources

Every number on this page comes from BMW Group's own reports.

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What BMW Group tracks33 metrics
Share of all-electric cars in deliveries
All-electric cars delivered
Cars delivered
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Profit
Margin
Where the money comes from4 regions
Europe
Asia
Americas
The full timeline21 moments
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2022
2026
BMW Group vs Mercedes-Benz Groupside by side
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