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Passenger-car registrations in Belgium

Belgium ยท December 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 75 621 passenger cars in December 2023: 25 873 new cars (34.2% of the total) and 49 748 used cars. That is down 19.2% on November 2023 and down 0.2% on December 2022. Year to date the market stands at 1 166 686 registrations, up 15.3% on the same period of last year. Private buyers accounted for 31.1% of the new cars; the rest were registered to companies, leasing firms and fleets.

VOLKSWAGEN led the brand ranking with 8 407 registrations and a 11.1% share, ahead of BMW (8 227) and MERCEDES-BENZ (5 258). Together the top three brands took 29.0% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, VOLKSWAGEN grew fastest year on year (+9.2%) while PEUGEOT fell furthest (โˆ’11.5%). The best-selling model was the VOLKSWAGEN GOLF with 2 401 registrations, followed by the VOLKSWAGEN POLO (1 778) and the OPEL CORSA (1 573). The GOLF arrived mainly as a used car: 2 115 used against 286 new.

Battery-electric cars took 10.2% of all registrations. Among new cars alone the electric share was 25.0%. Hybrids took 20.3%, diesel 23.1% and petrol 45.7%. The leading electric brand was TESLA with 1 650 battery-electric registrations, ahead of BMW (1 202). The best-selling battery-electric model was the TESLA MODEL Y with 1 094 registrations, ahead of the TESLA MODEL 3 (372).

December 2023 was the weakest of the 12 months on this page, which average 97 224 registrations a month; the strongest was June 2023 with 119 407.

75 621
vs previous month โˆ’19.2% ยท vs same month last year โˆ’0.2%
25 873
New share 34.2%
49 748
Used share 65.8%
10.2%
7 744 BEV ยท 15 324 Hybrid (20.3%)
25.0%
6 474 BEV
31.1%
of new cars

Fuel mix

Petrol34 589 (45.7%)Diesel17 502 (23.1%)Hybrid15 324 (20.3%)Plug-in hybridโ€“ (0.0%)Battery electric7 744 (10.2%)Gas (LPG / CNG)447 (0.6%)Other15 (0.0%)

Models 1068

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEVPHEVMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10VOLKSWAGENGOLF2862 1152 4015โ€“โˆ’22.0%โˆ’0.1%36 538+8.7%
20VOLKSWAGENPOLO2381 5401 7780โ€“โˆ’19.4%+4.9%24 119โˆ’3.4%
3+2OPELCORSA2021 3711 57311โ€“โˆ’6.3%โˆ’9.4%24 590+4.3%
40BMW3 SERIES3421 1061 4480โ€“โˆ’14.6%โˆ’18.5%22 217+3.2%
5+1RENAULTCLIO3369491 2850โ€“โˆ’11.7%โˆ’5.6%19 015+10.9%
6+1BMW1 SERIES2561 0191 2750โ€“โˆ’11.2%โˆ’14.7%20 091+13.8%
7+2FORDFIESTA1421 0541 1960โ€“โˆ’13.3%โˆ’2.3%16 681+1.8%
80BMWX16964591 1550โ€“โˆ’17.1%+41.2%14 308+35.9%
9โˆ’6AUDIA33897641 1530โ€“โˆ’40.3%โˆ’2.5%17 847+24.4%
10+14TESLAMODEL Y1 043511 0941 094โ€“+29.5%+36.2%11 965+252.2%
11+1CITROENC32957951 0900โ€“โˆ’14.6%+8.0%16 856+6.8%
12โˆ’2DACIASANDERO7263421 0680โ€“โˆ’21.8%+31.5%15 138+23.8%
13+1OPELASTRA2577451 0024โ€“โˆ’15.2%+13.2%14 086+29.6%
14โˆ’1MINIMINI24371095391โ€“โˆ’23.1%โˆ’12.3%15 437+4.7%
15+3TOYOTAYARIS2696158840โ€“โˆ’12.6%โˆ’5.7%12 154+7.5%
160MERCEDES-BENZC1666938590โ€“โˆ’23.2%โˆ’11.4%14 526+3.2%
170VOLVOXC40545287832296โ€“โˆ’18.0%โˆ’9.5%13 942+41.3%
18โˆ’3MERCEDES-BENZA1336978300โ€“โˆ’29.1%โˆ’18.1%13 988+12.5%
19โˆ’8PEUGEOT30829445074428โ€“โˆ’43.6%โˆ’1.2%13 746+16.8%
20+1VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN2774557320โ€“โˆ’18.7%+1.1%11 743+15.3%
21+7FORDFOCUS936157080โ€“โˆ’11.6%โˆ’19.5%12 157+7.4%
22+5FIAT5005164569636โ€“โˆ’14.0%โˆ’10.9%12 905+6.1%
230PEUGEOT20818550669127โ€“โˆ’19.2%โˆ’13.9%11 816โˆ’5.5%
24+1AUDIQ34032696720โ€“โˆ’20.0%+22.0%10 325+30.3%
25+11BMW5 SERIES855726570โ€“โˆ’0.5%โˆ’36.1%10 087โˆ’8.9%
26โˆ’6BMW2 SERIES2813736540โ€“โˆ’29.7%โˆ’3.5%10 283+37.4%
27+2TOYOTACOROLLA4192316500โ€“โˆ’13.1%+32.4%8 395+16.8%
28+17NISSANQASHQAI2663606260โ€“+15.1%+43.6%8 391+8.6%
29โˆ’3VOLVOXC603392746130โ€“โˆ’25.9%+42.9%8 854+50.2%
30+93MGZS54532577105โ€“+194.4%+1648.5%2 168+590.4%
31+19BMWX53522015530โ€“+4.5%โˆ’12.9%7 246+8.1%
32โˆ’10SKODAOCTAVIA1713725430โ€“โˆ’37.0%+20.4%8 454+18.9%
33โˆ’3HYUNDAITUCSON2662715370โ€“โˆ’27.4%+3.5%8 203โˆ’1.7%
34+6PEUGEOT200811940852742โ€“โˆ’14.4%โˆ’9.5%9 773+3.8%
35โˆ’3DACIADUSTER3042225260โ€“โˆ’22.6%+6.3%8 946+13.7%
36+3AUDIA4534715240โ€“โˆ’16.2%โˆ’13.2%7 916โˆ’5.9%
37+10BMWX32842395230โ€“โˆ’2.6%+18.1%6 334+10.4%
38+3RENAULTMEGANE7243550743โ€“โˆ’14.5%โˆ’6.8%8 980+4.6%
39+20SEATIBIZA1693385070โ€“+11.9%+2.4%6 743+11.4%
40โˆ’6SKODAFABIA474575040โ€“โˆ’25.7%โˆ’17.4%8 044+5.0%
41+13RENAULTCAPTUR2392584970โ€“โˆ’1.6%+6.0%7 993+15.5%
42โˆ’5MERCEDES-BENZCLA1153664810โ€“โˆ’26.6%โˆ’21.0%9 469+9.8%
43โˆ’5MERCEDES-BENZGLC2022654670โ€“โˆ’27.6%+24.5%7 014+33.6%
44+2FORDPUMA3411224630โ€“โˆ’14.7%+63.0%5 821+32.8%
45+16MERCEDES-BENZE294154440โ€“+5.0%โˆ’18.5%6 974โˆ’2.1%
46โˆ’3PEUGEOT30081113314420โ€“โˆ’19.9%โˆ’8.3%9 199+19.8%
47โˆ’12VOLKSWAGENT-CROSS2591804390โ€“โˆ’33.9%+79.9%5 291+30.0%
48โˆ’6AUDIA11432904330โ€“โˆ’25.9%+7.4%7 159+46.1%
49โˆ’5VOLKSWAGENPASSAT1073164230โ€“โˆ’23.4%+4.2%7 254+19.3%
50+6AUDIA61242723960โ€“โˆ’21.0%+0.8%5 263+2.9%

Electric models 124

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
1+1TESLAMODEL Y1 043511 09414.2%+29.5%+36.2%11 964
2+2TESLAMODEL 32511213724.8%โˆ’45.2%+23.2%5 057
3+7BMWIX1335163514.5%โˆ’14.2%+756.1%3 616
4โˆ’1VOLKSWAGENID.4323193424.4%โˆ’52.7%+157.1%5 671
5+7VOLVOC40315123274.2%โˆ’15.7%+197.3%2 593
6โˆ’5AUDIQ4286323184.1%โˆ’68.2%+132.1%5 976
7+4BMWI4283223053.9%โˆ’23.8%+61.4%4 007
8โˆ’1VOLVOXC40274222963.8%โˆ’36.9%+91.0%4 650
9+16MGMG428282903.8%+202.1%โ€“1 139
10โˆ’2BMWIX3253272803.6%โˆ’34.1%โˆ’3.4%4 172
11โˆ’6POLESTARPOLESTAR 2204272313.0%โˆ’56.5%โˆ’8.0%2 769
12โˆ’3MERCEDES-BENZEQA152311832.4%โˆ’56.6%+55.1%3 489
13โˆ’7SKODAENYAQ155171722.2%โˆ’65.1%+68.6%4 236
14โˆ’1MERCEDES-BENZEQB154141682.2%โˆ’51.9%+257.4%2 535
15+5BMWIX119391582.0%+10.5%โˆ’30.1%1 528
16+1VOLKSWAGENID.3109321411.8%โˆ’26.2%+120.3%4 065
17+5PORSCHETAYCAN241051291.7%+4.0%โˆ’37.7%2 256
18โˆ’2AUDIQ811981271.6%โˆ’35.9%โ€“1 421
19โˆ’5VOLKSWAGENID.5105101151.5%โˆ’52.5%+71.6%1 846
20+15MGMG583301131.5%+130.6%โ€“670

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 113

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEVPHEVHybridPrivate %ShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10VOLKSWAGEN2 3376 0708 407671โ€“68634.8%11.1%โˆ’22.8%+9.2%128 691+16.0%
20BMW3 5144 7138 2271 202โ€“2 37614.1%10.9%โˆ’13.9%โˆ’5.2%118 374+17.8%
30MERCEDES-BENZ1 5643 6945 258599โ€“1 29012.9%7.0%โˆ’27.4%โˆ’9.8%88 025+15.1%
40AUDI1 8172 9824 799544โ€“1 49721.7%6.4%โˆ’33.7%โˆ’3.4%75 412+21.2%
50PEUGEOT9143 4204 334127โ€“35917.3%5.7%โˆ’24.3%โˆ’11.5%76 200+5.6%
6+1OPEL5733 5784 15142โ€“1937.2%5.5%โˆ’8.2%โˆ’5.8%64 336+5.3%
7โˆ’1RENAULT1 2342 8854 11984โ€“79641.0%5.5%โˆ’11.8%+3.0%64 680+9.2%
80FORD8902 8643 75496โ€“77543.6%5.0%โˆ’13.6%โˆ’1.9%56 508+10.0%
90TOYOTA1 3481 8863 23410โ€“1 82045.9%4.3%โˆ’22.4%+0.2%48 656+10.9%
100CITROEN5442 5303 07441โ€“6927.2%4.1%โˆ’12.8%โˆ’5.3%51 212โˆ’0.6%
110VOLVO1 4381 4152 853629โ€“1 02314.1%3.8%โˆ’16.5%+13.4%40 516+34.6%
12+1DACIA1 3808002 18021โ€“13989.1%2.9%โˆ’20.5%+20.6%31 895+27.9%
13โˆ’1SKODA5921 3421 934173โ€“17226.5%2.6%โˆ’36.5%โˆ’13.7%36 343+26.3%
140KIA8741 0421 916232โ€“50542.1%2.5%โˆ’24.4%+3.2%32 599+17.4%
150HYUNDAI6781 1901 868110โ€“54847.3%2.5%โˆ’24.0%+3.9%27 113+4.7%
16+3TESLA1 3852651 6501 650โ€“018.7%2.2%โˆ’2.5%+19.3%18 691+189.2%
17+1NISSAN4471 1281 57555โ€“44560.0%2.1%โˆ’10.0%+6.9%24 422+16.8%
18โˆ’1FIAT1281 3881 51661โ€“26559.4%2.0%โˆ’17.2%โˆ’19.1%26 509โˆ’0.7%
19โˆ’3MINI3959861 38191โ€“17019.2%1.8%โˆ’27.9%โˆ’10.1%23 155+14.4%
200SEAT4658311 2960โ€“5322.8%1.7%โˆ’6.4%โˆ’1.4%17 819+10.6%
21+6MG1 0701341 204551โ€“5035.4%1.6%+155.1%+414.5%6 451+243.3%
22โˆ’1MAZDA4015369376โ€“41552.1%1.2%โˆ’12.8%โˆ’10.9%14 887+28.1%
23โˆ’1SUZUKI2305557850โ€“30177.8%1.0%โˆ’13.7%+5.8%12 054+18.6%
240PORSCHE128520648129โ€“12432.8%0.9%โˆ’12.0%โˆ’9.9%11 361+11.2%
25โˆ’2LAND ROVER2414056460โ€“33818.3%0.9%โˆ’22.2%+0.6%11 378+43.2%
26โˆ’1HONDA15437653019โ€“16162.3%0.7%โˆ’25.4%+20.2%6 252โˆ’1.9%
27+1CUPRA3277440183โ€“25012.5%0.5%โˆ’12.8%+108.9%5 433+178.6%
28+1ALFA ROMEO543003540โ€“7150.0%0.5%โˆ’15.5%+6.3%5 669+24.2%
29+1JEEP8820529371โ€“5715.9%0.4%โˆ’7.9%โˆ’0.3%5 529+24.4%
30+1JAGUAR3720223911โ€“4232.4%0.3%โˆ’22.7%โˆ’8.4%4 097+4.1%

Electric brands 42

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10TESLA1 3852651 65021.3%โˆ’2.5%+19.3%18 690
20BMW1 0651371 20215.5%โˆ’20.9%+50.4%14 106
3+1VOLKSWAGEN599726718.7%โˆ’45.5%+137.9%12 200
4+2VOLVO595346298.1%โˆ’27.0%+137.4%7 254
50MERCEDES-BENZ4781215997.7%โˆ’47.3%+40.0%10 195
6+5MG491605517.1%+171.4%+866.7%2 960
7โˆ’4AUDI4201245447.0%โˆ’57.7%โˆ’3.5%8 723
8+1KIA204282323.0%โˆ’25.4%+127.5%2 824
9โˆ’2POLESTAR204272313.0%โˆ’56.6%โˆ’8.7%2 771
10โˆ’2SKODA155181732.2%โˆ’64.9%+66.3%4 249

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.