In June 2026, Brand Finance, a world-renowned brand evaluation agency, released the “Top 25 Most Valuable Global Tire Brands in 2026” (Tyres 25 2026) list.
The total value of the brands on the list increased by 9% year-on-year to US$42.3 billion (approximately RMB 286 billion).
From the perspective of country distribution, China has 6 brands selected, followed by Japan and India with 4 each, the United States and South Korea with 3 each, France, Germany, Italy, Singapore, and Finland each with 1. There is no change compared with 2025.
In terms of brand value proportion, Japanese brands accounted for 27.9%, followed by France 24.3%, the United States 11.8%, and Germany 9.3%. China continued to rank fifth, with the total brand value rising from US$2.8 billion to US$3.2 billion, accounting for 7.5%.
The Chinese brands on the list are Sailun (10), Linglong Tire (12), Senqilin (17), Zhengxin Tire (23), Triangle Tire (24), and Shuangqian Tire (25).
Among them, Double Coin replaced Guizhou Tire on the list.
Double Money Tire has a long history, which can be traced back to the Great China Rubber Factory established in 1926 (the “Double Money” brand trademark was registered in 1929).
In the early 1990s, Shanghai Tire and Rubber (Group) Company (later renamed Shuangqian Tire Group) was jointly established with Shanghai Chint Rubber Factory. In May 1992, it became the first listed company in the domestic tire industry.
Double Money Tire has four major production bases (Jiangsu, Chongqing, Anhui, and Xinjiang) with rich and diverse products, mainly including all-steel radial truck tires, light truck tires, engineering vehicle tires, and industrial vehicle tires.
, agricultural radial tires, semi-steel radial passenger tires, bias truck tires, light truck tires, engineering industrial tires, etc., which are supplied to more than 30 automobile manufacturers including CIMC, Zhengzhou Yutong, Xiamen Jinlong, and Volvo.
Double Money Tire has a wide range of sales and is sold to more than 100 countries and regions. After more than 20 years of intensive development, the European market has become its vital overseas strategic position.
In response to the needs of the European passenger car market segment, four new semi-steel PCR products were launched, including DC-ICETRAC high-end studded snow tires, Unicontrol EV new energy exclusive tires, Exploross A/T(W) all-terrain tires, and DASP-PLUS all-season tires, covering all scenarios of civilian travel.
Sailun is still the only Chinese face in the top ten of the list, with its brand value soaring 36.9% to US$1.239 billion (approximately RMB 8.4 billion).
Behind Sailun’s sustained high growth is its long-term persistence in independent innovation.
The company was born at Qingdao University of Science and Technology, known as the “Huangpu of China’s Rubber Industry”, and has created many firsts, including the first domestic enterprise to independently develop the world’s largest 63-inch giant engineering tire (2009), the world’s first rubber industry Internet platform “Rubber Chain Cloud” (2020), etc.
The “Liquid Gold Tire” it launched broke the “Devil’s Triangle” law that tire rolling resistance, wet skid resistance and wear resistance cannot be improved at the same time.
Sailun is also the first Chinese tire company to “go global” and build overseas factories. It has successively deployed in Vietnam, Cambodia, Mexico, and Indonesia, and the construction of its production base in Egypt is progressing steadily.
Up to now, it has planned annual production capacity of 11.1 million all-steel radial tires, 62 million semi-steel radial tires and 110,000 tons of off-highway tires. It is the Chinese tire company with the largest overseas production capacity.
In 2025, Sailun Company’s operating income increased by 15.69% year-on-year to 36.792 billion yuan, setting a record high; among which, overseas main business income increased by 18.54% year-on-year to 28.226 billion yuan.
Net profit was 3.522 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 13.30%.
The annual tire output was 82.5411 million units and the sales volume was 81.1348 million units, a year-on-year increase of 10.33% and 12.44% respectively.
Michelin has topped the list for the ninth consecutive year, with its brand value increasing 17.2% year-on-year to US$10.267 billion, further expanding its lead over Bridgestone (US$8.766 billion) and Continental (US$3.947 billion).
Michelin was founded in Clermont-Ferrand, France in 1889. Its business covers all tire categories including passenger cars, commercial vehicles, engineering machinery, and aviation. Its products are sold to more than 170 countries and regions around the world.
Sales in 2025 will be 26 billion euros, with tire sales of 185 million units, a year-on-year decrease of 4.7%. Sales pressure mainly comes from the North American truck and bus and agricultural tire original equipment markets.
In the late 1980s, Michelin officially entered the Chinese mainland market and currently has two major factories in Shenyang and Shanghai.
Among them, the Shenyang factory, which was established in 1995, has an annual production capacity of more than 17.1 million units and is the group’s largest and most advanced high-end tire manufacturing base in the world.
In August last year, the silent tire technical transformation project with a total investment of 110 million yuan was completed, and the silent tire production capacity jumped from 1.3 million units/year to 5 million units/year.
On January 23, 2026, the second phase of the Michelin Shanghai factory reconstruction and expansion project with a total investment of 3 billion yuan was officially put into operation, with an additional annual production capacity of 1 million items and more than 100 high-end product specifications. The overall annual production capacity was increased to 9.5 million items, and the total product catalog reached more than 360 items.
