Which company is the world's largest snowmobile manufacturer by sales?

Bombardier Recreational Products is the world’s largest snowmobile manufacturer by sales.

Usually abbreviated BRP, the Canadian company sells snowmobiles primarily under the Ski-Doo and Lynx brands. BRP’s corporate filings identify it as holding the leading position in global snowmobile market share, while its main rivals include Polaris, Arctic Cat, and Yamaha.

BRP’s snowmobile history reaches back to Joseph-Armand Bombardier, who introduced the lightweight Ski-Doo in 1959. The recreational-products business was spun off from Bombardier Inc. in 2003 and became an independent company owned by investors including Bain Capital and the Bombardier-Beaudoin family.

A frequent confusion is treating Ski-Doo as the manufacturer. Ski-Doo is BRP’s best-known snowmobile brand, not the corporate name. BRP also makes Lynx snowmobiles, Rotax engines, Sea-Doo watercraft, and Can-Am recreational vehicles. Rankings can vary by year and by whether they measure brands or parent companies, but BRP is the canonical answer to this sales-leadership question.