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Registrations by segment

Germany ยท December 2025

SUVs were the largest of the KBA's 13 model-series segments in December 2025 with 84 622 registrations (34.3% of the market), followed by compact (15.9%) and small cars (12.7%). Among the ten largest segments, minis grew fastest year on year (+39.7%) while large vans fell furthest (โˆ’7.9%).

Electric adoption differs widely between segments: battery-electric cars took 47.2% of luxury but only 0.0% of motorhomes. Commercial holders (companies, dealers, rental fleets) dominate upper mid-size with 83.0% of registrations, whereas motorhomes are bought mostly privately (34.6% 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

SUVs84 622 (34.3%)Compact39 075 (15.9%)Small cars31 297 (12.7%)Off-road26 659 (10.8%)Mid-size19 081 (7.7%)Upper mid-size14 559 (5.9%)Utilities10 542 (4.3%)Minis6 999 (2.8%)Large vans5 034 (2.0%)Motorhomes3 761 (1.5%)Other1 445 (0.6%)Mini vans1 433 (0.6%)Luxury1 119 (0.5%)Sports cars813 (0.3%)
#ยฑSegmentTotalShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoYCommercial %BEV %PHEV %
10SUVs84 62234.3%+0.3%+18.5%950 895+11.9%60.4%30.7%11.4%
20Compact39 07515.9%โˆ’6.4%+2.0%476 480โˆ’9.5%67.2%12.2%6.7%
30Small cars31 29712.7%+12.5%+20.5%337 443+0.1%69.3%18.5%0.0%
40Off-road26 65910.8%+0.5%โˆ’0.9%311 061โˆ’2.3%75.9%4.6%30.9%
50Mid-size19 0817.7%โˆ’16.7%โˆ’1.0%226 996โˆ’10.5%75.5%23.6%23.1%
60Upper mid-size14 5595.9%โˆ’6.8%+23.7%154 077+37.3%83.0%46.9%22.9%
70Utilities10 5424.3%+4.1%โˆ’7.0%134 440+15.3%77.8%15.0%14.2%
80Minis6 9992.8%โˆ’5.1%+39.7%67 031โˆ’16.5%64.2%36.9%0.0%
90Large vans5 0342.0%+16.3%โˆ’7.9%54 025โˆ’14.4%75.4%6.0%1.2%
100Motorhomes3 7611.5%โˆ’6.9%+23.0%71 575โˆ’2.6%34.6%0.0%0.1%
11+1Other1 4450.6%+4.3%+15.8%16 979โˆ’6.9%81.5%27.4%7.4%
12โˆ’1Mini vans1 4330.6%โˆ’35.0%โˆ’31.9%20 564โˆ’2.3%47.1%22.3%6.4%
130Luxury1 1190.5%โˆ’13.1%โˆ’38.8%16 857โˆ’23.1%81.4%47.2%19.9%
140Sports cars8130.3%โˆ’10.6%โˆ’21.4%19 168โˆ’22.5%55.2%2.0%5.4%

SUVs 152

#ยฑMakeModelTotalShare of segmentMoMYoYYTDCommercial %
1+1BMWX15 3616.3%+13.0%+29.2%47 14350.9%
2โˆ’1VWT-ROC4 7135.6%โˆ’17.0%โˆ’14.4%78 26449.7%
30MERCEDESGLK, GLC3 4614.1%โˆ’6.7%โˆ’6.5%37 14663.7%
4+2VWT-CROSS3 0173.6%+2.4%+60.0%31 35356.0%
50SKODAELROQ2 8953.4%โˆ’7.8%โ€“25 42659.3%
6โˆ’2VWTAYRON2 6953.2%โˆ’17.8%โ€“27 12682.4%
7+2HYUNDAITUCSON2 4892.9%+19.3%+5.0%20 90739.5%
8+4OPELGRANDLAND X2 2452.7%+17.0%+18.5%18 55780.8%
9+2DACIABIGSTER2 1452.5%+3.8%โ€“13 76737.2%
10โˆ’2SKODAENYAQ1 9992.4%โˆ’13.6%โˆ’12.4%25 38383.7%

Compact 35

#ยฑMakeModelTotalShare of segmentMoMYoYYTDCommercial %
10VWGOLF7 24418.5%โˆ’2.2%โˆ’8.6%85 02373.0%
2+4AUDIA33 8059.7%+26.2%+56.6%34 04675.0%
3โˆ’1SKODAOCTAVIA3 5859.2%โˆ’7.5%+12.8%44 89080.5%
4โˆ’1SEATLEON2 9567.6%โˆ’11.7%โˆ’1.6%38 42556.8%
5โˆ’1VWID.32 8447.3%โˆ’10.0%+119.4%31 93864.9%
6+1BMW1ER2 6656.8%+5.6%+47.8%26 29344.4%
7+1DACIASANDERO2 4356.2%+16.8%โˆ’22.9%26 43843.9%
8โˆ’3OPELASTRA2 4296.2%โˆ’22.7%โˆ’12.4%34 92894.1%
9+1BMW2ER1 6374.2%+7.1%+30.8%19 70855.7%
10โˆ’1MERCEDESA-KLASSE1 2853.3%โˆ’26.0%+34.7%18 48043.1%

Small cars 34

#ยฑMakeModelTotalShare of segmentMoMYoYYTDCommercial %
10OPELCORSA4 10013.1%+12.3%+23.8%48 58189.5%
2+1TOYOTAYARIS3 64511.6%+34.7%+9.6%29 98581.4%
3โˆ’1MINIMINI2 9049.3%โˆ’7.8%+10.8%34 64756.7%
40VWPOLO2 6908.6%+3.8%+23.6%29 83864.6%
5+13MITSUBISHICOLT2 0666.6%+462.9%+1375.7%6 07493.7%
6โˆ’1SKODAFABIA1 8475.9%โˆ’10.7%+0.3%25 22052.1%
7+6RENAULTCLIO1 5975.1%+109.0%+46.4%11 23666.2%
8โˆ’1CITROENC31 5765.0%โˆ’3.1%+227.7%16 47366.0%
9+1AUDIA11 4224.5%+17.5%+10.8%13 55672.5%
10โˆ’2SEATIBIZA1 3944.5%โˆ’7.6%+15.7%17 68856.7%

Off-road 46

#ยฑMakeModelTotalShare of segmentMoMYoYYTDCommercial %
10VWTIGUAN4 76317.9%โˆ’10.7%โˆ’9.4%63 31682.7%
2+2VOLVOXC602 5339.5%+34.2%โˆ’10.9%23 32668.6%
3โˆ’1SKODAKODIAQ2 4629.2%โˆ’13.0%+65.1%29 90577.9%
4โˆ’1BMWX32 2888.6%โˆ’8.7%+16.0%25 28675.6%
50AUDIQ52 0467.7%+19.7%+5.8%19 15975.5%
6+4AUDIQ81 3174.9%+44.7%+35.9%9 27173.3%
7โˆ’1BMWX51 2984.9%โˆ’10.9%+3.4%14 07278.6%
80AUDIQ31 2824.8%+24.6%+7.5%16 92370.9%
9โˆ’2VOLVOXC401 1074.2%โˆ’16.6%+32.3%15 15758.4%
10โˆ’1MERCEDESML-KLASSE, GLE9393.5%+0.2%+21.9%11 57573.3%

Mid-size 30

#ยฑMakeModelTotalShare of segmentMoMYoYYTDCommercial %
10VWPASSAT2 90815.2%โˆ’21.6%โˆ’15.4%44 60990.2%
2+1AUDIA52 87315.1%โˆ’7.6%+46.7%27 18887.2%
3โˆ’1MERCEDESCLA-KLASSE2 80814.7%โˆ’18.6%+129.8%20 95155.7%
40BMW3ER2 42312.7%โˆ’16.5%โˆ’11.9%31 76674.5%
50BMW4ER2 09111.0%+2.1%+6.1%22 22273.6%
60MERCEDESC-KLASSE1 4487.6%โˆ’24.1%โˆ’28.2%24 67961.1%
70SKODASUPERB1 2336.5%โˆ’26.3%โˆ’3.8%18 03090.3%
80BYDSEAL9394.9%โˆ’35.2%+2135.7%5 40490.2%
90TESLAMODEL 36743.5%โˆ’35.4%+5.0%6 85532.0%
100CITROENC55202.7%โˆ’4.8%โˆ’51.7%8 90778.7%

Upper mid-size 15

#ยฑMakeModelTotalShare of segmentMoMYoYYTDCommercial %
1+1AUDIA64 60431.6%+18.5%+139.2%37 50590.7%
2โˆ’1BMW5ER3 92326.9%+0.7%+5.5%37 64382.8%
3+1VWID.72 93420.2%โˆ’12.2%+32.4%34 56392.4%
4โˆ’1MERCEDESE-KLASSE2 28715.7%โˆ’37.6%โˆ’22.5%32 13767.6%
50MERCEDESCLE6334.3%โˆ’5.8%โˆ’5.0%9 80542.0%
6+1VOLVO90690.5%+25.5%โˆ’58.7%98894.2%
7โˆ’1SUBARUOUTBACK580.4%โˆ’24.7%โˆ’6.5%99943.1%
8โ€“LEXUSES240.2%โ€“โˆ’45.5%15595.8%
9โ€“XPENGP7200.1%โ€“โ€“15595.0%
10โ€“ZEEKR00160.0%โ€“โ€“6100.0%

Utilities 36

#ยฑMakeModelTotalShare of segmentMoMYoYYTDCommercial %
10VWTRANSPORTER2 87327.3%+14.6%+15.7%29 05778.1%
20VWCADDY1 28012.1%โˆ’19.2%โˆ’27.6%19 37579.2%
30FORDTRANSIT CUSTOM1 18011.2%+10.6%+5.4%19 35382.2%
40VWID. BUZZ6356.0%โˆ’5.2%โˆ’2.0%8 56475.6%
5+1MERCEDESVITO6165.8%+18.2%+4.4%8 30691.4%
6โˆ’1MERCEDESCITAN5965.7%+6.8%+1.7%5 70969.0%
70FORDTRANSIT CONNECT4053.8%โˆ’8.0%โˆ’12.5%5 91084.9%
8+2RENAULTKANGOO3153.0%+24.0%โˆ’13.5%3 91049.5%
90CITROENJUMPY2842.7%+11.4%+30.3%3 62952.8%
10+1FORDTRANSIT COURIER2822.7%+21.0%โˆ’16.8%3 68360.6%

Minis 11

#ยฑMakeModelTotalShare of segmentMoMYoYYTDCommercial %
10TOYOTAAYGO2 88041.1%+6.4%+52.4%20 29192.7%
20FIAT5001 53722.0%+8.6%+704.7%10 57626.2%
30HYUNDAII 1082811.8%โˆ’23.5%โˆ’32.8%14 77264.6%
40KIAPICANTO6218.9%โˆ’11.3%โˆ’24.3%8 95768.8%
5+1DACIASPRING6048.6%+18.2%+4.1%5 31652.3%
6โˆ’1LEAPMOTORT034526.5%โˆ’33.6%+737.0%4 96225.9%
70FIATPANDA761.1%โˆ’72.3%โˆ’51.0%1 99836.8%
8โ€“SMARTFORTWO10.0%โ€“โ€“7100.0%
9โ€“CITROENC-ZERO00.0%โ€“โ€“1โ€“
10โ€“RENAULTTWINGO00.0%โ€“โˆ’100.0%14โ€“

Large vans 11

#ยฑMakeModelTotalShare of segmentMoMYoYYTDCommercial %
10MERCEDESV-KLASSE1 67833.3%+15.6%โˆ’7.6%18 88875.4%
2+1DACIAJOGGER1 31426.1%+63.0%โˆ’32.7%12 81765.3%
3โˆ’1VWTOURAN1 28925.6%+7.9%+18.8%14 23690.0%
40PEUGEOT50083847.6%โˆ’31.9%+38.1%4 76081.0%
50RENAULTESPACE1893.8%+15.2%โˆ’33.9%2 42539.2%
60FIATULYSSE1783.5%+26.2%โ€“68571.9%
7โ€“LEXUSLM20.0%โ€“โˆ’95.3%171100.0%
8โ€“MAXUSMIFA 700.0%โ€“โ€“2โ€“
9โ€“MAXUSMIFA 900.0%โ€“โ€“38โ€“
10โ€“OPELZAFIRA00.0%โ€“โ€“1โ€“

Motorhomes 46

#ยฑMakeModelTotalShare of segmentMoMYoYYTDCommercial %
10FIATDUCATO1 16731.0%โˆ’22.9%+25.8%30 94520.2%
2+2VWTRANSPORTER57015.2%+69.1%+31.3%5 49147.7%
3โˆ’1CITROENJUMPER3459.2%โˆ’43.3%โˆ’10.4%7 50329.6%
4โˆ’1MERCEDESSPRINTER3278.7%โˆ’12.6%+21.6%6 29326.0%
5+1FORDTRANSIT CUSTOM3218.5%+36.6%+306.3%2 97658.3%
6+1VWCRAFTER2877.6%+72.9%+36.7%2 57170.4%
7โˆ’2FORDTRANSIT, TOURNEO2396.4%โˆ’16.7%+2.6%6 73912.1%
80PEUGEOTBOXER982.6%โˆ’24.6%0.0%2 08723.5%
90MERCEDESV-KLASSE802.1%โˆ’30.4%โˆ’5.9%1 59237.5%
10+1IVECODAILY501.3%+31.6%โˆ’16.7%78332.0%

Other 0

#ยฑMakeModelTotalShare of segmentMoMYoYYTDCommercial %

Mini vans 5

#ยฑMakeModelTotalShare of segmentMoMYoYYTDCommercial %
10PEUGEOT300883958.5%โˆ’20.9%+40.5%9 55056.6%
20MERCEDESB-KLASSE44631.1%โˆ’53.5%โˆ’63.7%9 06024.9%
30RENAULTSCENIC14810.3%โˆ’20.4%โˆ’41.5%1 91960.1%
4โ€“KIASOUL00.0%โ€“โ€“34โ€“
5โ€“RENAULTMODUS00.0%โ€“โ€“1โ€“

Luxury 20

#ยฑMakeModelTotalShare of segmentMoMYoYYTDCommercial %
10BMW7ER31528.2%โˆ’6.3%+48.6%2 58681.3%
20MERCEDESS-KLASSE20918.7%โˆ’16.7%โˆ’41.6%3 88785.6%
30PORSCHETAYCAN20918.7%โˆ’1.4%โˆ’58.7%2 80075.1%
40AUDIA81019.0%โˆ’24.6%โˆ’38.0%1 25291.1%
50PORSCHEPANAMERA998.8%โˆ’26.1%โˆ’36.9%2 00187.9%
60AUDIE-TRON GT736.5%โˆ’9.9%+82.5%1 06484.9%
7โ€“BENTLEYCONTINENTAL262.3%โ€“โˆ’21.2%37696.2%
8โ€“AUDIA7252.2%โ€“โˆ’89.8%1 38856.0%
9โ€“BMW8ER181.6%โ€“โˆ’60.9%88283.3%
10โ€“LOTUSEMEYA151.3%โ€“โ€“5266.7%

Sports cars 30

#ยฑMakeModelTotalShare of segmentMoMYoYYTDCommercial %
10PORSCHE91138146.9%โˆ’30.9%โˆ’10.4%9 85145.9%
20BMWZ413316.4%+41.5%โˆ’8.9%3 08754.1%
30FORDMUSTANG779.5%+28.3%+35.1%1 42166.2%
4+1MERCEDESAMG GT597.3%+78.8%โˆ’42.2%91578.0%
5โ€“MERCEDESSL334.1%โ€“โ€“59066.7%
6โ€“FERRARI296212.6%โ€“โ€“49466.7%
7โ€“FERRARIROMA192.3%โ€“โ€“30347.4%
8โ€“FERRARISF90172.1%โ€“โ€“21182.4%
9โˆ’3MG ROEWECYBERSTER151.8%โˆ’53.1%โ€“44273.3%
10โ€“ALPINEA110141.7%โ€“โˆ’57.6%21257.1%

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).