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Passenger-car registrations in Belgium

Belgium ยท May 2023

DIV publishes a full calendar year at a time: the latest month is December 2025, from the file published on 2026-03-25. The next year's file usually arrives in the following spring.

Belgium registered 99 160 passenger cars in May 2023: 41 495 new cars (41.8% of the total) and 57 665 used cars. That is up 6.6% on April 2023 and up 20.4% on May 2022. Year to date the market stands at 496 841 registrations, up 14.2% on the same period of last year. Private buyers accounted for 33.9% of the new cars; the rest were registered to companies, leasing firms and fleets.

VOLKSWAGEN led the brand ranking with 11 051 registrations and a 11.1% share, ahead of BMW (10 702) and MERCEDES-BENZ (7 244). Together the top three brands took 29.2% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, BMW grew fastest year on year (+26.5%) while CITROEN fell furthest (โˆ’2.6%). The best-selling model was the VOLKSWAGEN GOLF with 3 229 registrations, followed by the OPEL CORSA (2 209) and the BMW 3 SERIES (2 055). The GOLF arrived mainly as a used car: 2 419 used against 810 new.

Battery-electric cars took 8.1% of all registrations. Among new cars alone the electric share was 17.4%. Hybrids took 21.2%, diesel 24.2% and petrol 45.8%. The leading electric brand was TESLA with 1 191 battery-electric registrations, ahead of BMW (1 077). The best-selling battery-electric model was the TESLA MODEL Y with 819 registrations, ahead of the VOLKSWAGEN ID.4 (586).

May 2023 was the 2nd-highest of the 5 months on this page, which average 99 368 registrations a month; the peak was March 2023 with 113 996 and the low April 2023 with 93 043.

99 160
vs previous month +6.6% ยท vs same month last year +20.4%
41 495
New share 41.8%
57 665
Used share 58.2%
8.1%
8 043 BEV ยท 21 015 Hybrid (21.2%)
17.4%
7 205 BEV
33.9%
of new cars

Fuel mix

Petrol45 432 (45.8%)Diesel23 978 (24.2%)Hybrid21 015 (21.2%)Plug-in hybridโ€“ (0.0%)Battery electric8 043 (8.1%)Gas (LPG / CNG)666 (0.7%)Other26 (0.0%)

Models 1294

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEVPHEVMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10VOLKSWAGENGOLF8102 4193 22910โ€“+10.4%+15.3%14 573+0.9%
20OPELCORSA6111 5982 20972โ€“+5.8%+7.7%11 953+17.1%
30BMW3 SERIES5801 4752 0550โ€“+13.3%+11.4%10 097+8.0%
40BMW1 SERIES6221 2421 8640โ€“+9.8%+33.8%9 376+32.9%
50VOLKSWAGENPOLO1701 6621 8320โ€“+10.2%โˆ’11.7%9 748โˆ’9.6%
6+2DACIASANDERO1 1583811 5390โ€“+7.2%+200.0%6 222+37.7%
70RENAULTCLIO4451 0591 5040โ€“โˆ’7.6%+16.6%7 929โˆ’2.4%
8โˆ’2AUDIA35958541 4490โ€“โˆ’12.2%+47.6%7 658+27.0%
90FORDFIESTA2581 1881 4460โ€“+3.7%+9.6%7 102+2.7%
100MINIMINI4069001 30661โ€“โˆ’4.2%+10.3%6 470+4.9%
11+15PEUGEOT3088014881 2890โ€“+61.3%+50.8%5 633+53.9%
120MERCEDES-BENZC3289431 2710โ€“+10.9%โˆ’0.3%6 017โˆ’6.2%
13โˆ’2MERCEDES-BENZA4658021 2670โ€“+0.2%+37.6%6 322+21.3%
140CITROENC33428591 2010โ€“+9.8%โˆ’6.5%6 547โˆ’10.3%
15โˆ’2BMWX16205721 1921โ€“+7.2%+21.5%5 703+8.0%
16+1VOLVOXC408633061 169436โ€“+15.4%+67.2%6 236+34.3%
17+4FORDFOCUS3447661 1100โ€“+13.0%+34.1%5 670+19.3%
18โˆ’2OPELASTRA2848201 1040โ€“+8.4%+31.0%5 515+20.0%
19+3FIAT5003167821 098120โ€“+13.2%+3.1%5 301+6.8%
20โˆ’5PEUGEOT2085505131 063138โ€“+4.0%+1.5%5 504+2.8%
21โˆ’2TOYOTAYARIS3936381 0310โ€“+3.4%+32.7%5 708+22.6%
22โˆ’2VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN4055849890โ€“0.0%+27.8%4 884+25.1%
23+2BMW5 SERIES2037749770โ€“+17.0%+11.8%4 684โˆ’1.2%
24โˆ’6PEUGEOT30084653928570โ€“โˆ’15.1%+18.4%4 414+10.8%
25โˆ’2BMW2 SERIES4623848460โ€“โˆ’9.5%+42.4%4 434+54.4%
26+2MERCEDES-BENZCLA4014198200โ€“+5.1%+42.1%4 258+29.5%
27+13TESLAMODEL Y78732819819โ€“+35.1%โ€“4 661+367.0%
28+2RENAULTCAPTUR5152878020โ€“+11.9%+42.5%3 544+10.0%
29โˆ’2RENAULTMEGANE26852479282โ€“+0.4%+6.5%4 270+9.9%
30+17FORDKUGA5851677520โ€“+39.3%+36.7%3 098+43.9%
31+3VOLVOXC604393127510โ€“+14.3%+52.0%3 723+35.1%
32โˆ’3AUDIQ34652807450โ€“+1.6%+0.7%3 835+10.3%
33+5VOLKSWAGENPASSAT3114297400โ€“+18.0%+32.4%3 017+11.6%
34โˆ’10PEUGEOT200835038873860โ€“โˆ’12.2%+53.1%4 860+18.5%
35โˆ’2DACIADUSTER4582447020โ€“โˆ’0.7%+7.3%4 257+19.7%
36+17TOYOTACOROLLA5001956950โ€“+41.5%+32.4%3 339+8.1%
37โˆ’1BMWX53812996800โ€“+5.4%+9.3%2 987+17.4%
38+10HYUNDAITUCSON3423226640โ€“+27.0%โˆ’8.2%3 502+3.2%
39โˆ’7NISSANQASHQAI2723796510โ€“โˆ’8.3%โˆ’11.7%3 781โˆ’0.7%
40+2VOLKSWAGENT-ROC4212256460โ€“+8.8%+12.3%3 309+29.9%
41โˆ’6AUDIA41185256430โ€“โˆ’1.5%โˆ’6.4%3 493โˆ’9.2%
42+10BMWX33373046410โ€“+27.7%+43.1%2 602+17.0%
43โˆ’12SKODAOCTAVIA2563846400โ€“โˆ’10.5%+51.7%3 525+19.4%
44โˆ’3MERCEDES-BENZE565806360โ€“+6.0%โˆ’1.2%3 235+4.4%
45โˆ’8PEUGEOT50083612746350โ€“+1.0%+58.0%3 100+17.1%
46โˆ’3SKODAFABIA695346030โ€“+5.4%+0.5%3 431+5.1%
47+8VOLKSWAGENID.457412586586โ€“+30.5%+581.4%1 917+274.4%
48โˆ’2KIASPORTAGE3692135820โ€“+7.4%โˆ’20.4%3 050+18.0%
49โˆ’4SEATIBIZA1564165720โ€“+4.2%+14.2%3 152+16.7%
500MERCEDES-BENZGLC2982535510โ€“+8.5%+20.8%2 682+10.5%

Electric models 103

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10TESLAMODEL Y7873281910.2%+35.1%+7345.5%4 661
20VOLKSWAGENID.4574125867.3%+30.5%+581.4%1 917
3+1VOLVOXC40421154365.4%+17.2%+1576.9%1 987
4+1BMWI4399204195.2%+24.7%+240.7%1 423
5โˆ’2AUDIQ4364193834.8%โˆ’11.1%+58.3%2 184
6+3POLESTARPOLESTAR 2304113153.9%+33.5%+144.2%934
7+3BMWIX127732803.5%+23.9%โ€“1 016
8โˆ’1SKODAENYAQ242142563.2%โˆ’11.7%+287.9%976
9+2BMWIX3219172362.9%+6.8%+25.5%1 149
10โˆ’4VOLKSWAGENID.3224122362.9%โˆ’25.3%+242.0%1 815
11+3VOLVOC4022452292.9%+21.8%+1172.2%1 050
120MERCEDES-BENZEQA205182232.8%+5.2%+84.3%1 099
13โˆ’5TESLAMODEL 3124922162.7%โˆ’16.6%+184.2%1 911
14+2VOLKSWAGENID.517881862.3%+14.1%+295.7%818
15โˆ’2CUPRABORN18031832.3%โˆ’9.9%+771.4%749
16+3PORSCHETAYCAN120561762.2%+23.9%โˆ’9.7%1 080
17+1MERCEDES-BENZEQE17221742.2%+10.1%+500.0%801
18โˆ’1MERCEDES-BENZEQB16091692.1%+5.0%+267.4%692
19+1KIAEV6138101481.8%+5.7%+33.3%582
20+11PEUGEOT208115231381.7%+112.3%+31.4%550

Battery-electric cars, new and used together. Share is of all BEV registrations in the month. Because monthly counts per model are small, comparisons here are shown when the base month has at least 10 registrations.

Brands 150

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEVPHEVHybridPrivate %ShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10VOLKSWAGEN4 0726 97911 0511 050โ€“94527.0%11.1%+10.6%+18.5%52 771+11.8%
20BMW4 6356 06710 7021 077โ€“3 16614.6%10.8%+10.0%+26.5%50 482+19.6%
30MERCEDES-BENZ2 7694 4757 244703โ€“2 17313.5%7.3%+2.8%+19.2%37 443+17.1%
40PEUGEOT2 8133 9946 807255โ€“47623.0%6.9%+7.6%+21.6%34 853+12.7%
50AUDI2 6483 3345 982575โ€“1 73927.0%6.0%โˆ’3.0%+18.2%30 784+12.4%
60RENAULT2 2213 3605 581146โ€“86852.4%5.6%+0.6%+15.8%28 248+2.1%
70OPEL1 4184 1145 532166โ€“9029.2%5.6%+7.5%+7.8%28 737+8.3%
80FORD1 6333 3014 93454โ€“1 33241.7%5.0%+11.2%+15.5%24 428+8.7%
90CITROEN1 4092 9824 391212โ€“33736.4%4.4%+13.2%โˆ’2.6%21 418โˆ’5.5%
100TOYOTA2 2851 9094 19431โ€“2 38960.3%4.2%+13.7%+23.1%21 200+11.8%
110VOLVO1 8901 6003 490665โ€“1 4979.1%3.5%+16.4%+44.2%17 376+27.6%
12+1DACIA2 1058963 00134โ€“4889.5%3.0%+6.7%+98.9%13 901+44.6%
13+1KIA1 7641 0702 834220โ€“84955.7%2.9%+12.3%+15.5%13 426+11.0%
14โˆ’2SKODA1 2511 4832 734256โ€“25526.0%2.8%โˆ’7.1%+34.6%15 426+31.4%
15+2FIAT5461 7462 292123โ€“46327.1%2.3%+13.9%+9.0%11 276+2.7%
16โˆ’1MINI8171 1902 00761โ€“24535.9%2.0%โˆ’6.9%+31.2%9 871+18.2%
17+1HYUNDAI6951 2751 97089โ€“59161.2%2.0%โˆ’0.4%โˆ’1.7%11 365+8.3%
18โˆ’2NISSAN6091 2251 83464โ€“44258.9%1.9%โˆ’9.6%+8.2%10 695+10.3%
190SEAT5318771 4081โ€“1922.4%1.4%โˆ’1.1%โˆ’8.0%8 226+11.8%
200MAZDA5506571 20719โ€“46758.4%1.2%+2.1%+30.9%6 042+25.4%
21+1TESLA9971941 1911 191โ€“014.8%1.2%+15.2%+710.2%7 272+196.8%
22+2PORSCHE3467521 098177โ€“12235.5%1.1%+9.4%+5.6%5 088+4.9%
23โˆ’2SUZUKI4695921 0610โ€“51886.1%1.1%+2.5%+17.0%5 317+32.6%
24โˆ’1LAND ROVER4574859420โ€“55915.8%1.0%โˆ’7.3%+43.6%5 091+46.9%
250ALFA ROMEO2053455500โ€“16023.4%0.6%+11.3%+40.7%2 415+27.8%
260CUPRA49447541183โ€“24910.7%0.6%+31.3%+300.7%2 015+290.5%
27+1HONDA543834375โ€“9074.1%0.4%+12.1%โˆ’21.3%2 383โˆ’20.5%
28โˆ’1JEEP22120542612โ€“25432.6%0.4%+7.6%+13.3%2 297+19.4%
29+1DS2737835122โ€“13117.6%0.4%+7.7%โˆ’14.2%1 574+15.9%
30โˆ’1JAGUAR10124434512โ€“9129.7%0.4%+3.6%+7.5%1 733โˆ’1.2%

Electric brands 40

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10TESLA9971941 19114.8%+15.2%+710.2%7 272
2+1BMW984931 07713.4%+18.4%+118.0%4 430
3โˆ’1VOLKSWAGEN1 004461 05013.1%+9.1%+388.4%4 744
40MERCEDES-BENZ651527038.7%+1.2%+125.3%3 582
5+1VOLVO645206658.3%+18.8%+1411.4%3 037
6โˆ’1AUDI508675757.2%โˆ’4.3%+31.3%3 215
7+1POLESTAR304113153.9%+32.9%+144.2%935
8โˆ’1SKODA242142563.2%โˆ’12.3%+276.5%982
9+2PEUGEOT217382553.2%+25.6%+79.6%1 185
10+2KIA204162202.7%+15.8%+38.4%842

Counts are DIV's yearly open-data file, one row per combination of month, new/used, region, make, commercial name, holder type, category, Euro norm, COโ‚‚ band and fuel with its number of registrations, summed here. 'Used' is every registration of a car registered before, in Belgium or abroad. Models are the commercial names as typed at registration, normalised; from January 2024 the file leaves the name blank on 3โ€“4 % of registrations (older used cars), against under 0.5 % before, so used-car model rows and their year-on-year changes drop a little at that boundary. Plug-in hybrids are separable from January 2024 (the new file layout); earlier months count them among the hybrids and show no PHEV figure. Percentages are shown only when the comparison month has at least 30 registrations.