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Registrations by segment

Germany ยท September 2023

SUVs were the largest of the KBA's 13 model-series segments in September 2023 with 67 932 registrations (30.3% of the market), followed by compact (16.1%) and small cars (13.4%). Among the ten largest segments, off-road grew fastest year on year (+9.8%) while large vans fell furthest (โˆ’23.9%).

Electric adoption differs widely between segments: battery-electric cars took 37.9% of luxury but only 0.0% of motorhomes. Commercial holders (companies, dealers, rental fleets) dominate luxury with 84.1% of registrations, whereas motorhomes are bought mostly privately (20.8% commercial).

Segments are the KBA's own model-series groupings, so a model sits in the segment the KBA assigns it, and the segment table below links to the models that make up each one.

Segments

SUVs67 932 (30.3%)Compact36 249 (16.1%)Small cars30 037 (13.4%)Off-road28 106 (12.5%)Mid-size21 898 (9.8%)Minis10 693 (4.8%)Utilities7 818 (3.5%)Upper mid-size5 890 (2.6%)Motorhomes4 348 (1.9%)Large vans4 084 (1.8%)Luxury2 253 (1.0%)Sports cars1 957 (0.9%)Mini vans1 817 (0.8%)Other1 420 (0.6%)
#ยฑSegmentTotalShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoYCommercial %BEV %PHEV %
10SUVs67 93230.3%โˆ’26.4%โˆ’3.9%646 136+20.9%60.2%22.7%9.5%
20Compact36 24916.1%โˆ’19.5%+1.0%342 321+15.1%70.2%9.1%4.6%
30Small cars30 03713.4%โˆ’3.8%+7.0%251 184+2.2%63.0%13.1%0.1%
4+1Off-road28 10612.5%+8.4%+9.8%239 600+14.7%76.9%3.5%12.9%
5โˆ’1Mid-size21 8989.8%โˆ’15.8%โˆ’4.1%225 781+22.1%82.1%6.0%9.1%
60Minis10 6934.8%โˆ’40.9%โˆ’2.0%105 849+11.7%56.0%34.1%0.0%
70Utilities7 8183.5%โˆ’22.4%โˆ’1.5%86 497+9.4%77.7%10.1%1.1%
80Upper mid-size5 8902.6%โˆ’9.1%โˆ’5.7%62 394+17.7%81.4%18.1%13.4%
9+1Motorhomes4 3481.9%โˆ’10.6%+8.1%56 576+0.8%20.8%0.0%0.0%
10โˆ’1Large vans4 0841.8%โˆ’16.5%โˆ’23.9%44 831+9.2%70.0%1.2%0.0%
110Luxury2 2531.0%โˆ’9.8%+16.4%22 830+19.3%84.1%37.9%14.7%
120Sports cars1 9570.9%โˆ’14.9%โˆ’14.4%24 924+23.8%52.7%0.1%3.5%
13+1Mini vans1 8170.8%+11.7%+27.5%14 035โˆ’17.2%41.7%1.9%16.1%
14โˆ’1Other1 4200.6%โˆ’31.9%โˆ’12.7%15 108โˆ’8.0%76.7%22.5%5.8%

SUVs 98

#ยฑMakeModelTotalShare of segmentMoMYoYYTDCommercial %
10VWT-ROC5 9698.8%โˆ’7.3%+16.2%54 96064.4%
2+1TESLAMODEL Y3 9215.8%โˆ’18.2%โˆ’60.2%38 60822.2%
3+5MERCEDESGLK, GLC3 7915.6%+32.3%+140.4%26 45374.4%
4+6SEATFORMENTOR2 6994.0%โˆ’0.3%โˆ’7.0%22 59662.4%
50OPELMOKKA2 5303.7%โˆ’40.0%+9.7%22 13583.6%
6โˆ’2BMWX12 4083.5%โˆ’48.0%+238.2%26 15952.8%
7+4FORDKUGA2 3923.5%โˆ’1.8%โˆ’31.9%16 09971.2%
8+4SEATATECA2 1723.2%โˆ’8.4%+52.5%17 69469.8%
9+21OPELGRANDLAND X1 9482.9%+83.1%+30.0%11 13791.1%
10+6VWT-CROSS1 9132.8%โˆ’7.7%โˆ’0.6%21 88862.2%

Compact 31

#ยฑMakeModelTotalShare of segmentMoMYoYYTDCommercial %
10VWGOLF8 73824.1%+32.2%+23.2%59 86081.1%
2+2SKODAOCTAVIA3 2659.0%+2.0%โˆ’43.6%32 96587.5%
3+3SEATLEON2 6527.3%โˆ’5.1%+86.2%18 93069.1%
4+1AUDIA32 5657.1%โˆ’16.7%โ€“25 10078.2%
5+4OPELASTRA2 1926.0%+2.8%+205.7%16 44584.6%
6+2FORDFOCUS1 8625.1%โˆ’15.0%+30.3%20 63983.8%
7+5BMW2ER1 5344.2%โˆ’2.0%โˆ’7.6%15 54674.4%
8+5DACIASANDERO1 4594.0%โˆ’4.5%+12.8%16 84015.9%
9+7BMW1ER1 4103.9%+20.7%+18.2%14 54269.0%
10+5KIACEED1 2903.6%โˆ’5.8%โˆ’37.9%15 45964.2%

Small cars 25

#ยฑMakeModelTotalShare of segmentMoMYoYYTDCommercial %
10OPELCORSA5 50818.3%โˆ’0.4%+33.1%40 92180.9%
20MINIMINI3 51711.7%โˆ’25.6%+12.5%34 44954.6%
30VWPOLO3 24110.8%+27.1%+3.9%22 12768.9%
4+1TOYOTAYARIS2 0476.8%โˆ’15.4%โˆ’35.0%22 01750.4%
5+1SKODAFABIA1 8816.3%+6.5%โˆ’10.8%15 08454.3%
6โˆ’2FORDPUMA1 7535.8%โˆ’30.5%+33.0%16 41348.2%
7+4CITROENC31 7185.7%+73.7%+145.1%6 49172.2%
80MITSUBISHIMIRAGE, SPACE STAR1 5715.2%+37.3%+105.9%9 22644.5%
9+1PEUGEOT2081 3534.5%+35.4%+66.8%8 68077.0%
10+4HYUNDAII 201 2084.0%+44.7%+33.5%7 55265.5%

Off-road 45

#ยฑMakeModelTotalShare of segmentMoMYoYYTDCommercial %
10VWTIGUAN5 95821.2%+30.1%+1.2%48 75376.9%
20BMWX33 11511.1%+22.5%+37.1%18 82273.4%
30AUDIQ52 2177.9%โˆ’9.8%+18.9%20 04977.4%
40AUDIQ31 9997.1%โˆ’17.8%โˆ’23.0%20 03874.5%
50SKODAKODIAQ1 9416.9%+3.9%+66.6%17 39478.4%
6+4VOLVOXC601 3604.8%+59.6%+125.5%10 32781.0%
7+1BMWX51 2314.4%+21.0%โˆ’32.1%9 44387.7%
8+1MERCEDESML-KLASSE, GLE9843.5%โˆ’0.8%โˆ’26.3%7 57486.8%
9โˆ’3AUDIQ89603.4%โˆ’31.3%+133.6%11 93584.8%
10โˆ’3VOLVOXC407262.6%โˆ’43.5%โˆ’16.1%8 88066.8%

Mid-size 26

#ยฑMakeModelTotalShare of segmentMoMYoYYTDCommercial %
10VWPASSAT4 67121.3%+24.3%+64.8%36 19196.9%
2+1MERCEDESC-KLASSE3 12114.3%โˆ’3.2%+15.7%35 68573.8%
3โˆ’1BMW3ER2 74612.5%โˆ’15.4%โˆ’4.8%26 01789.6%
40AUDIA42 65612.1%โˆ’10.8%โ€“26 69687.0%
5+2MERCEDESCLA-KLASSE1 6577.6%โˆ’12.6%+5.5%14 73255.5%
6โˆ’1BMW4ER1 3906.3%โˆ’39.3%+33.1%18 23872.3%
7+2SKODASUPERB1 0794.9%+3.9%+19.6%11 55890.0%
8+2AUDIA59024.1%โˆ’9.3%โ€“7 98281.4%
9+3VWARTEON8563.9%+22.8%โˆ’16.7%8 86988.2%
10+3CITROENC56212.8%+38.6%+102.9%4 20368.8%

Minis 9

#ยฑMakeModelTotalShare of segmentMoMYoYYTDCommercial %
10FIAT5004 62143.2%โˆ’25.5%+2.3%33 73260.5%
2+1VWUP1 68715.8%โˆ’34.6%+41.9%13 93276.3%
3+4KIAPICANTO8628.1%โˆ’18.1%+88.2%7 38867.1%
40TOYOTAAYGO7677.2%โˆ’44.2%โˆ’39.0%9 26367.9%
5โˆ’3DACIASPRING7537.0%โˆ’75.1%โˆ’42.8%8 9012.5%
60RENAULTTWINGO7186.7%โˆ’37.2%+5.0%5 49517.8%
7+1HYUNDAII 106295.9%โˆ’36.6%โˆ’35.5%12 13669.6%
8โˆ’3SMARTFORTWO3843.6%โˆ’66.7%+22.3%8 6799.9%
90FIATPANDA2722.5%โˆ’52.9%+37.4%6 31869.1%

Utilities 29

#ยฑMakeModelTotalShare of segmentMoMYoYYTDCommercial %
10VWTRANSPORTER1 40217.9%+4.5%โˆ’23.4%15 01274.5%
20FORDTRANSIT, TOURNEO1 17715.1%โˆ’8.8%+28.2%9 71788.2%
30VWCADDY1 05913.5%+1.1%โˆ’20.7%11 93276.2%
4+1MERCEDESVITO5647.2%โˆ’31.1%+29.4%6 87389.0%
5+2MERCEDESCITAN4055.2%โˆ’16.8%+26.2%4 93076.5%
6โˆ’2VWID. BUZZ4035.2%โˆ’60.6%โ€“3 70587.8%
7+3RENAULTKANGOO3945.0%โˆ’3.9%+41.7%3 58146.2%
80TOYOTAPROACE3434.4%โˆ’29.0%+1.8%3 91770.6%
9+3FORDTRANSIT CONNECT3124.0%+8.0%+66.8%2 13764.7%
10+4MERCEDESSPRINTER3003.8%+14.1%+13.6%2 51593.3%

Upper mid-size 13

#ยฑMakeModelTotalShare of segmentMoMYoYYTDCommercial %
1+1MERCEDESE-KLASSE2 19837.3%+9.2%+3.1%18 61375.3%
2โˆ’1AUDIA62 13536.2%โˆ’6.8%โ€“23 25383.7%
30BMW5ER1 11218.9%โˆ’33.4%โˆ’21.6%17 33790.1%
40SUBARUOUTBACK1773.0%+9.3%+142.5%90363.3%
50VOLVO901412.4%+3.7%+12.8%1 28888.7%
6+2LEXUSES420.7%โˆ’2.3%โ€“27381.0%
7โ€“VWID.7310.5%โ€“โ€“59100.0%
8โˆ’2MERCEDESCLE180.3%โˆ’73.1%โ€“11894.4%
9โ€“JAGUARXF130.2%โ€“โ€“26384.6%
10โ€“DSDS9110.2%โ€“โ€“37100.0%

Motorhomes 23

#ยฑMakeModelTotalShare of segmentMoMYoYYTDCommercial %
10FIATDUCATO1 29329.7%โˆ’17.1%+49.0%16 93713.8%
2+1VWTRANSPORTER63614.6%+4.8%+25.0%8 05744.8%
3โˆ’1CITROENJUMPER62314.3%โˆ’5.2%โˆ’39.3%7 7607.2%
40FORDTRANSIT, TOURNEO56212.9%โˆ’4.1%+52.7%6 90117.4%
50MERCEDESSPRINTER3157.2%โˆ’16.2%+0.3%4 16713.7%
60VWCRAFTER2275.2%โˆ’16.8%+23.4%3 43333.0%
70PEUGEOTBOXER1593.7%โˆ’19.3%โˆ’25.4%2 40518.2%
80MERCEDESV-KLASSE882.0%โˆ’24.1%โˆ’27.3%1 40661.4%
90MANTGE611.4%โˆ’25.6%โˆ’10.3%1 35626.2%
10+2IVECODAILY571.3%+14.0%+23.9%61128.1%

Large vans 11

#ยฑMakeModelTotalShare of segmentMoMYoYYTDCommercial %
1+1VWTOURAN1 45935.7%+18.6%+1.5%12 70785.5%
2โˆ’1MERCEDESV-KLASSE1 11027.2%โˆ’40.5%โˆ’6.5%14 16886.5%
30DACIAJOGGER76518.7%โˆ’34.6%โˆ’36.8%11 14222.2%
40PEUGEOT500848411.9%+53.2%+414.9%3 20857.4%
50RENAULTESPACE1192.9%โˆ’3.3%โ€“41984.0%
60FORDS-MAX912.2%โˆ’15.7%โˆ’87.4%1 74771.4%
70FORDGALAXY521.3%+13.0%โˆ’66.2%73469.2%
8โ€“SEATALHAMBRA20.0%โ€“โˆ’99.0%36050.0%
9โ€“MAXUSMIFA 910.0%โ€“โ€“18100.0%
10โ€“VWSHARAN10.0%โ€“โˆ’99.7%2850.0%

Luxury 21

#ยฑMakeModelTotalShare of segmentMoMYoYYTDCommercial %
10MERCEDESS-KLASSE55824.8%โˆ’9.3%โˆ’26.0%6 35988.7%
20PORSCHETAYCAN33815.0%โˆ’28.8%+108.6%3 95990.2%
30BMW7ER24811.0%โˆ’12.4%+37.0%2 17390.7%
4+3AUDIA81868.3%+30.1%โ€“1 70987.1%
5+1AUDIA71838.1%+25.3%โ€“1 55183.1%
6โˆ’1AUDIE-TRON GT1727.6%+1.2%+145.7%1 41283.7%
7+1PORSCHEPANAMERA1255.5%+19.0%โˆ’35.2%1 10288.8%
8+2MERCEDESCLS1235.5%+39.8%+207.5%81642.3%
90BMW8ER1215.4%+19.8%โˆ’4.7%1 42586.8%
10+1TESLAMODEL S1104.9%+155.8%โ€“1 00862.7%

Sports cars 29

#ยฑMakeModelTotalShare of segmentMoMYoYYTDCommercial %
10PORSCHE91150125.6%โˆ’26.1%โˆ’26.9%7 75552.9%
20AUDITT24012.3%โˆ’19.7%+40.4%1 99457.1%
3+5MERCEDESE-KLASSE COUPE23311.9%+174.1%+6.4%1 85638.6%
40BMWZ420410.4%+10.3%+5.7%2 92363.2%
5โˆ’2MERCEDESSL1356.9%โˆ’44.9%โˆ’67.5%2 49557.8%
6+3TOYOTAGR 861296.6%+63.3%โ€“37829.5%
7+3PORSCHEBOXSTER844.3%+44.8%+16.7%1 07059.5%
8โˆ’2PORSCHECAYMAN794.0%โˆ’36.8%+1.3%1 05239.2%
9+3SUBARUBRZ603.1%+81.8%โ€“22950.0%
10โˆ’3MERCEDESAMG GT572.9%โˆ’32.9%โˆ’39.4%1 06473.7%

Mini vans 5

#ยฑMakeModelTotalShare of segmentMoMYoYYTDCommercial %
1+1PEUGEOT30081 06658.7%+56.5%+171.9%5 33052.5%
2โˆ’1MERCEDESB-KLASSE67136.9%โˆ’6.8%โˆ’22.8%7 19325.2%
3+1RENAULTSCENIC442.4%โˆ’2.2%โˆ’30.2%1 02361.4%
4โˆ’1KIASOUL351.9%โˆ’80.6%โˆ’30.0%4652.9%
5โ€“DACIALODGY00.0%โ€“โˆ’100.0%230.0%

Other 0

#ยฑMakeModelTotalShare of segmentMoMYoYYTDCommercial %

Model series are the KBA's own groupings; the KBA sometimes merges series (e.g. GLK, GLC) or moves a series between segments. Month-over-month and year-over-year figures are computed from the published monthly tables and shown only when the comparison month has at least 30 registrations (10 for the electric tables).