In April of this year, BYD Cars Philippines made the bold pronouncement that they will have more Toyota dealerships by the end of 2025. The Chinese New Energy Vehicle brand, distributed by ACMobility, has just sent in an update and things are looking pretty close.
According to their latest count, there are now 64 operational BYD dealerships in the Philippines. Even more interesting is that their 77-dealer target is now set to grow to 79 dealers by the end of 2025. The expansion, BYD reveals, is mostly in Luzon in Mindanao.
“Reaching this stage of our expansion reflects the growing trust of more Filipinos in BYD and in electric mobility,”said Bob Palanca, Managing Director of BYD Cars Philippines. “Every new dealership strengthens our ability to serve more communities and brings us closer to a future where electric mobility is a natural choice for Filipinos.”
Marking a significant milestone for electrified mobility in South Luzon, BYD Lipa opens its doors as the brand’s first dealership in the province under long-time partner Solar Transport. This state-of-the-art facility offers a full EV lineup, featuring an 8-car showroom, a dedicated customer lounge, and a certified 6-bay service center. Equipped with robust infrastructure that includes five AC chargers and one fast DC charger. BYD Lipa is poised to accelerate the shift toward cleaner transport and drive Batangas’ environmental roadmap forward.
Strengthening the brand's foothold in the region, BYD Carmona also launches as a landmark site, becoming the first EV dealership in its city. It houses an 8-car showroom, 6 service bays, and strategically sits near major highways to better serve residents across Cavite’s rapidly developing communities.
In Central Luzon, BYD Baliwag rises as Bulacan’s first 3S (sales, service, spare parts) dealership, supporting the province’s fast-growing transport network and future-ready infrastructure. With an 8-car showroom, 10 work bays, with both AC and DC chargers, and a 2,600-square meter facility, the dealership supports Bulacan’s identity as the Lupang Bayani for northern Greater Metro Manila.
Beyond the Luzon mainland, BYD Palawan also establishes its first presence in Puerto Princesa, bringing sustainable mobility to one of the country’s most environmentally significant regions. The dealership offers a 4 to 6-car showroom, body-and-paint facility, and charging points—supporting residents, businesses, and the province’s thriving tourism industry in transitioning to cleaner transport alternatives.
Apart from Luzon, BYD also made strides in expanding its reach into Mindanao. It made a historic entry into Zamboanga del Norte with BYD Dipolog, the first EV dealership in the entire province and the flagship outlet of Eco Motion Auto Group. Located in the region’s “gateway city,” the new dealership positions Dipolog as an emerging hub for sustainable mobility in northwestern Mindanao. The facility features an 8-car showroom, 5 service bays, AC and DC charging points, and capacity to stock up to 50 units, with its body-and-paint center underway.
In Metro Manila, BYD also marked the groundbreaking of BYD Greenhills, the 6th Ayala-owned BYD dealership in the Philippines. Positioned in one of the capital’s highest-value commercial districts, the dealership is set to bring convenient access to BYD’s full EV lineup, test drives, and aftersales services to urban motorists.
“Each new dealership lays another foundation for long-term EV growth in the Philippines,” shared Adam Hu, Country Head, BYD Philippines. “We are steadily expanding toward a nationwide network that makes sustainable mobility accessible to all.”
Wow! The problem with too many dealerships is after sales income would spread too thin. Too many byd dealerships already closed in china. lets see here in ph after 3 years if byd dealerships wont suffer the same fate of those china car brands here that fast to expand dealerships and also fast to closed. Meanwhile in china, byd market share being eaten alive by geely. Car buyers in china probably realized by now that geely/lynk n co/zeekr quality are miles better than byd.
ReplyDeleteBetter that dealerships are plentiful that wait times are much less for customers.
DeleteJust like food franchises, in decision-making there are data used to make sure that catchment areas are enough to sustain a certain location and not have too much competition too closely. A lot of these dealerships are also the sole dealership in their province so there's absolutely no issue there (even if you double them at different ends of the province you're still good).
And about China, when you compare a situation in another country with ours you have to account for differences in each case. Dealerships in a market as huge as China can have closures of hundreds of locations for normal reasons (change of ownership/management, re-location, renovation). Here in the Philippines we react too strongly to dealership news thinking there are huge reasons why they close when actually normal business lng yan. I'm sure there were many BYD dealers in those that were closed but China sells 30+ MILLION cars a year and has tens of thousands of dealerships; every 1% correction in the market can be hundreds of dealers affected.
On the market share side, BYD still remains on top of the NEV market (since all BYD cars are NEV) being more than double of Geely. Geely has however gained a lot of ground on the total car sales due to having lots of successful traditional ICE cars. Meaning people have been buying more ICE cars in China this year (maybe all that cheap gas they get from Russia lately?). Having better cars could be accepted as an argument to why they've done better but being miles better seems like a stretch (they are still in the lead after all).
It will be interesting what they will do since BYD said that they are taking the decline in sales very seriously. Time will tell, but given what BYD has shown before; this urgency to improve may yield some cool things from them.
Byd slashed 2025 sales target from 5.5M unit to 4.6Mπππ. After several years of byd being in the matket maybe car buyers now has enough feed back on byd's relability. Eerrr i mean BYD's UNreliabilty.
DeleteThis wont go for long term. most of the dealership survive with Aftersales income but considering less cost for PHEV & EV, only BYD will benefit and dealers will eventually close down due to profitability.
ReplyDeleteEventually customers will get affected with less dealerships
Too many dealerships bad because BYDs need less maintenance. Less dealerships bad because not enough to give maintenance.
DeleteWalang kang panalo sa mga isip nito π
Dealers will not be profitable due to less maintenance income and eventually close down which will affect customers. hirap ba intindihin?
Delete79? Too many dealerships but not too many units sold. i dont think its financially viable. Dealerships should have a big income from after sales to cover land/building rental, salaries, water, electricity, interest from loans f ever, overhead, taxes, etc etc...and the ongoing PRICE WAR that getting brutal month by month. For sure some byd dealerships will eventually closed .
ReplyDeleteRemember that most of those dealerships are independent dealers. Meaning that these private companies have the confidence (or maybe buying into the hype?) in the potential sales. Hype or reality, we'll find out in the next few years.
DeleteMost BYD car dealerships in the Philippines are owned by multiple car dealership groups from Luzon,Visayas and Mindanao with decades of worth of experience in operating multiple car dealership businesses.
DeleteIts easy to setup since they will get support from BYD but for long term they will abandon after they gain profit
DeleteSo Ayala only owns 6 of the 64 dealerships? Another thing people have been saying recently as a negative (Ayala after sales) ends up being meaningless again (if it was even true in the first place).
ReplyDeleteit seems Ayala has MALAS touch on car/motor business. KTM, Gogoro, maxus, VW, all dead. honda losing market market, kia beaten even by MG. Byd lets see, but 79 dealerships with not so many units sold i already pity those wont survive bcoz of meager after sales income
DeleteCongratulations BYD
ReplyDeleteMost BYD car dealerships are still profitable that's why more of them are being established and started.
Lots of Nissan,Kia,Hyundai,Honda,Suzuki and Ford car dealerships were turned into BYD ones.
Most? So it means some byd dealerships already losing moneyπͺπͺπͺ
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