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Passenger-car registrations in Belgium

Belgium ยท May 2025

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 92 273 passenger cars in May 2025: 34 465 new cars (37.4% of the total) and 57 808 used cars. That is down 8.5% on April 2025 and down 6.5% on May 2024. Year to date the market stands at 498 864 registrations, down 4.1% on the same period of last year. Private buyers accounted for 44.7% of the new cars; the rest were registered to companies, leasing firms and fleets.

VOLKSWAGEN led the brand ranking with 10 476 registrations and a 11.4% share, ahead of BMW (9 393) and MERCEDES-BENZ (6 874). Together the top three brands took 29.0% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, PEUGEOT grew fastest year on year (+15.6%) while RENAULT fell furthest (โˆ’10.8%). The best-selling model was the VOLKSWAGEN GOLF with 2 546 registrations, followed by the VOLKSWAGEN POLO (1 647) and the OPEL CORSA (1 539). The GOLF arrived mainly as a used car: 2 275 used against 271 new.

Battery-electric cars took 14.7% of all registrations, compared with 12.2% in May 2024. Among new cars alone the electric share was 33.0%. Plug-in hybrids took 5.8%, other hybrids 17.2%, diesel 17.3% and petrol 44.3%. The leading electric brand was BMW with 1 992 battery-electric registrations, ahead of VOLKSWAGEN (1 584). The best-selling battery-electric model was the AUDI Q6 with 749 registrations, ahead of the BMW IX1 (639).

May 2025 was the 23rd-highest of the 29 months on this page, which average 97 801 registrations a month; the peak was June 2023 with 119 407 and the low December 2023 with 75 621.

92 273
vs previous month โˆ’8.5% ยท vs same month last year โˆ’6.5%
34 465
New share 37.4%
57 808
Used share 62.6%
14.7%
13 578 BEV ยท 5 312 PHEV (5.8%)
33.0%
11 359 BEV
44.7%
of new cars

Fuel mix

Petrol40 891 (44.3%)Diesel15 991 (17.3%)Hybrid15 878 (17.2%)Plug-in hybrid5 312 (5.8%)Battery electric13 578 (14.7%)Gas (LPG / CNG)612 (0.7%)Other11 (0.0%)

Models 1093

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEVPHEVMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10VOLKSWAGENGOLF2712 2752 5461156โˆ’3.6%โˆ’16.1%13 204โˆ’19.0%
20VOLKSWAGENPOLO891 5581 64700โˆ’8.8%โˆ’7.4%9 306โˆ’2.8%
30OPELCORSA1911 3481 539380โˆ’13.5%โˆ’13.6%9 165โˆ’3.4%
40BMW1 SERIES2291 1811 41000โˆ’12.9%โˆ’16.9%7 938โˆ’2.0%
5+2CITROENC34859011 386610โˆ’5.4%โˆ’5.3%7 819+2.2%
6โˆ’1DACIASANDERO9194671 38600โˆ’7.8%โˆ’8.9%7 764โˆ’11.0%
7+1BMW3 SERIES1161 2271 3430226โˆ’8.0%โˆ’17.5%7 009โˆ’18.5%
8+4PEUGEOT20088025201 322880+9.7%+38.9%5 512+35.6%
90RENAULTCLIO3759061 28100โˆ’7.0%โˆ’25.6%7 935โˆ’4.3%
100BMWX15925711 1630405โˆ’6.4%โˆ’25.2%6 742โˆ’5.4%
110MINIMINI2898631 1521360โˆ’6.6%+8.4%5 943+1.4%
12โˆ’6PEUGEOT2085166351 151820โˆ’21.6%+43.9%6 359+62.0%
13+1AUDIA33757551 1300154+0.5%โˆ’31.7%5 250โˆ’44.8%
14โˆ’1DACIADUSTER7712861 05700โˆ’6.3%+76.2%4 995+16.4%
15+1FORDFIESTA093993900โˆ’7.3%โˆ’13.6%5 140โˆ’21.0%
16+2MERCEDES-BENZA179714893070โˆ’11.0%โˆ’11.3%5 109โˆ’9.4%
170TOYOTAYARIS32756589200โˆ’11.2%0.0%4 891โˆ’2.6%
18+5PEUGEOT30837350788072650.0%โˆ’11.6%4 541โˆ’28.5%
19+5VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN2815878680111+1.5%โˆ’15.2%4 498โˆ’13.0%
20โˆ’1PEUGEOT30084663978636249โˆ’11.5%+22.2%4 271+49.4%
210FIAT5008831839780โˆ’6.8%โˆ’18.9%4 485โˆ’16.6%
220MERCEDES-BENZC987148120121โˆ’8.2%โˆ’15.9%4 464โˆ’15.7%
23+8BMW5 SERIES1886067940261+7.0%+10.0%3 733โˆ’5.3%
24โˆ’9OPELASTRA1126567682416โˆ’25.7%โˆ’21.4%4 703โˆ’16.8%
25+28AUDIQ6735147497490+50.1%โ€“2 729โ€“
26+2AUDIQ3438301739039โˆ’4.4%+9.5%3 665โˆ’31.1%
27โˆ’2MERCEDES-BENZGLC4312997300209โˆ’12.6%+22.1%3 446+6.3%
28โˆ’8NISSANQASHQAI27445072400โˆ’24.3%โˆ’11.9%4 302โˆ’5.8%
29โˆ’3FORDFOCUS10660571100โˆ’13.7%โˆ’14.3%4 060โˆ’5.6%
30+3HYUNDAITUCSON371319690043+1.3%โˆ’16.3%3 735โˆ’15.4%
31+3PEUGEOT50083413406816839+1.5%+59.9%3 205+57.0%
32+8VOLKSWAGENT-ROC35331066300+10.1%โˆ’16.4%3 443โˆ’6.6%
33โˆ’4RENAULTCAPTUR35430065402โˆ’14.3%+11.6%4 221+24.7%
34โˆ’2SKODAFABIA11853665400โˆ’5.1%โˆ’2.8%3 347โˆ’7.8%
35โˆ’8BMWIX1596436396390โˆ’22.3%โˆ’5.5%4 521+59.1%
36+3BMW2 SERIES151456607044โˆ’0.2%+2.9%3 144โˆ’10.2%
37โˆ’7VOLVOXC402333585914473โˆ’21.7%โˆ’44.2%3 487โˆ’56.5%
38+44TESLAMODEL Y4751105855850+57.3%โˆ’11.5%2 869โˆ’55.2%
39+11FORDPUMA384169553850+7.2%+14.7%2 677โˆ’0.1%
40+1MERCEDES-BENZCLA102446548062โˆ’8.8%โˆ’19.6%3 085โˆ’14.2%
41+13VOLKSWAGENID.4508305385380+9.1%โˆ’1.5%2 839+47.9%
42+2MERCEDES-BENZE81440521082โˆ’4.4%โˆ’13.9%2 641โˆ’2.9%
43โˆ’5MERCEDES-BENZEQB476425185180โˆ’15.9%+34.9%2 787+38.4%
44+5RENAULTSCENIC1763275031960โˆ’2.7%โˆ’6.2%2 576+28.7%
45โˆ’8TOYOTACOROLLA24125149200โˆ’20.8%โˆ’31.8%3 320โˆ’19.6%
46โˆ’10AUDIQ4426644904900โˆ’23.4%โˆ’55.3%3 009โˆ’20.2%
47โˆ’12VOLKSWAGENCADDY3311574880111โˆ’26.4%+1.0%2 615+17.6%
48+27VOLKSWAGENID.747764834830+25.5%+327.4%1 933+702.1%
49โˆ’7SKODAOCTAVIA83397480010โˆ’15.6%โˆ’37.5%3 018โˆ’35.2%
50+20MINICOUNTRYMAN28318346620150+13.9%+37.9%2 142+59.3%

Electric models 185

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
1+5AUDIQ6735147495.5%+50.1%โ€“2 729
2โˆ’1BMWIX1596436394.7%โˆ’22.3%โˆ’5.5%4 521
3+14TESLAMODEL Y4751105854.3%+57.3%โˆ’11.5%2 869
4+3VOLKSWAGENID.4508305384.0%+9.1%โˆ’1.5%2 839
5โˆ’2MERCEDES-BENZEQB476425183.8%โˆ’15.9%+34.9%2 787
6โˆ’4AUDIQ4426644903.6%โˆ’23.4%โˆ’55.3%3 009
7+6VOLKSWAGENID.747764833.6%+25.5%+327.4%1 933
8โˆ’3BMWI4383604433.3%โˆ’13.1%+4.5%2 989
9โˆ’1SKODAELROQ38133842.8%โˆ’21.8%โ€“1 168
100TESLAMODEL 31901793692.7%โˆ’16.9%โˆ’54.5%2 822
11+5SKODAENYAQ311343452.5%โˆ’7.3%+42.6%2 064
12+3VOLKSWAGENID.3280493292.4%โˆ’11.8%+17.5%1 705
13โˆ’4KIAEV331853232.4%โˆ’27.4%โ€“1 972
14โˆ’2BMWIX231573222.4%โˆ’16.6%+40.6%2 523
15โˆ’4MERCEDES-BENZEQA261603212.4%โˆ’20.3%โˆ’14.2%2 253
16+2VOLVOEX30262523142.3%+15.0%โˆ’59.6%2 036
17+2BMWI5265433082.3%+15.8%+36.3%1 561
18โˆ’14DACIASPRING281193002.2%โˆ’43.2%+391.8%1 913
19+16VOLVOEX9025952642.0%+137.8%โ€“520
20โˆ’6VOLVOEX4023322351.7%โˆ’38.3%+65.5%1 479

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 149

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEVPHEVHybridPrivate %ShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10VOLKSWAGEN3 5506 92610 4761 58447753239.3%11.4%โˆ’4.2%โˆ’7.3%54 527โˆ’3.8%
20BMW3 5045 8899 3931 9921 31994226.6%10.2%โˆ’6.3%โˆ’10.4%52 299โˆ’0.8%
30MERCEDES-BENZ2 4204 4546 8741 1797871 32134.7%7.5%โˆ’9.7%โˆ’7.5%37 196โˆ’3.8%
40PEUGEOT2 6303 9666 5963831911 75145.1%7.2%โˆ’6.6%+15.6%32 886+13.2%
50AUDI2 7183 1885 9061 43632887135.7%6.4%โˆ’3.4%โˆ’9.8%29 444โˆ’16.5%
60RENAULT1 7793 0134 792393351 11346.1%5.2%โˆ’12.2%โˆ’10.8%28 617+4.9%
70OPEL6843 7384 4221282234354.7%4.8%โˆ’12.2%โˆ’9.9%24 492โˆ’7.3%
80FORD1 0852 9704 05537014770349.9%4.4%โˆ’8.0%โˆ’4.0%22 265โˆ’2.1%
9+1CITROEN1 0752 9274 0021204829451.5%4.3%โˆ’3.5%โˆ’2.2%21 026โˆ’1.5%
10โˆ’1TOYOTA1 6042 1903 794931511 91264.2%4.1%โˆ’11.4%โˆ’8.1%21 909โˆ’8.8%
110DACIA2 5341 0823 61630001 09187.3%3.9%โˆ’9.9%+29.5%18 390+7.8%
120SKODA1 3021 6362 9387327620428.3%3.2%โˆ’14.1%+2.1%16 439โˆ’2.4%
130VOLVO1 3781 4762 85496743961617.9%3.1%โˆ’10.4%โˆ’28.3%15 634โˆ’28.3%
140KIA1 1761 3042 4805118039152.5%2.7%โˆ’6.4%โˆ’5.1%14 423โˆ’2.1%
150HYUNDAI9051 4422 3471596071063.6%2.5%โˆ’4.6%โˆ’15.1%13 335โˆ’3.3%
16+1FIAT2781 6601 938133040865.8%2.1%โˆ’8.4%โˆ’9.9%10 454โˆ’3.6%
17โˆ’1NISSAN5621 3641 92645058579.4%2.1%โˆ’20.3%โˆ’10.5%11 542โˆ’1.3%
180MINI6601 2161 8764275110139.4%2.0%โˆ’1.7%+15.9%9 545+12.9%
190PORSCHE3849011 2853461454522.7%1.4%โˆ’8.1%โˆ’4.0%5 796+3.6%
200SEAT2308221 052122936.5%1.1%โˆ’19.4%โˆ’27.7%6 466โˆ’17.7%
21+3TESLA6703551 0251 0250020.7%1.1%+13.5%โˆ’34.3%6 115โˆ’45.9%
22โˆ’1MAZDA22769592267025472.2%1.0%โˆ’15.6%โˆ’30.2%5 213โˆ’22.4%
23โˆ’1SUZUKI2696319000235787.7%1.0%โˆ’16.2%โˆ’15.6%5 183โˆ’12.5%
24โˆ’1LAND ROVER347485832036016823.3%0.9%โˆ’17.9%โˆ’20.5%4 477โˆ’16.6%
25+1MG322357679865821271.1%0.7%โˆ’3.7%+41.5%3 490+45.1%
26+3JEEP229255484193920552.0%0.5%โˆ’5.8%โˆ’3.2%2 420โˆ’0.2%
270HONDA131348479141816172.5%0.5%โˆ’11.8%โˆ’14.8%2 833โˆ’7.8%
28โˆ’3CUPRA3201464662276610917.8%0.5%โˆ’37.8%+15.1%2 832+49.4%
29โˆ’1ALFA ROMEO11628239818109143.1%0.4%โˆ’22.6%โˆ’0.7%2 363+10.2%
300BYD28958347209137143.9%0.4%โˆ’4.7%+71.8%1 684+109.7%

Electric brands 52

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10BMW1 7362561 99214.7%โˆ’14.1%+0.5%13 591
20VOLKSWAGEN1 4561281 58411.7%+3.0%+40.8%7 539
30AUDI1 2461901 43610.6%โˆ’2.8%+8.3%7 205
40MERCEDES-BENZ9532261 1798.7%โˆ’13.6%+1.7%7 101
5+1TESLA6703551 0257.6%+13.5%โˆ’34.3%6 115
6โˆ’1VOLVO8461219677.1%โˆ’1.0%โˆ’30.5%5 077
70SKODA692407325.4%โˆ’15.3%+201.2%3 239
80KIA459525113.8%โˆ’16.8%+87.9%2 942
9+4MINI360674273.1%+30.6%+182.8%1 967
10+1RENAULT337563932.9%โˆ’13.8%+54.7%2 413

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.