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KIA

Ireland · August 2026 · Total 1 112 · Share 5.9% · #6

KIA registered 1 112 passenger cars in Ireland in August 2026, 1 002 of them new and 110 used imports. That gave it a 5.9% share of the market and rank #6 among brands, up 1 place from #7 in August 2025. Volume is up 38.3% on August 2025 (804) and down 30.8% on July 2026 (1 606).

Over the 36 months shown, KIA has registered 30 180 cars in Ireland, an average of 838 a month. Its strongest month was January 2026 with 2 136 and its weakest December 2024 with 92. Its market share has moved from 5.9% in September 2023 to 5.6% in March 2025 and 5.9% now.

Its best-selling model in August 2026 was the SPORTAGE with 322 registrations, followed by the EV2 (149) and the EV5 (126). The table below lists all 12 KIA models registered in the month. Year to date the SPORTAGE leads the brand's line-up with 2 878.

36-month trend

05341 0681 6022 1362023-092024-032024-092025-032025-092026-032026-08NewUsedTotal

Models · August 2026

#±ModelNewBEVPHEVShare of newMoMYoYYTD
2+13SPORTAGE3220263.0%+11.4%+30.9%2 878
15+33EV214914901.4%+5.7%–290
19+22EV512612601.2%−24.1%–852
230EV311411401.0%−47.7%−1.7%1 042
37−3EV6848400.8%−54.1%−2.3%667
79+16STONIC44000.4%−30.2%−22.8%640
81−2SORENTO420250.4%−46.2%−46.8%554
95−50EV4343400.3%−77.3%–404
106−42PICANTO28000.3%−71.1%−40.4%367
128+7K419000.2%−45.7%–287
129−9NIRO190160.2%−55.8%−62.7%354
148–EV9121200.1%––129

36-month trend

MonthNewUsedTotalShare#
August 20261 0021101 1125.9%6
July 20261 520861 6065.6%7
June 2026201902912.3%13
May 2026621947153.9%8
April 2026928911 0195.2%7
March 20261 0311061 1374.9%7
February 20261 324651 3896.5%5
January 20262 060762 1366.8%4
December 202547601071.7%15
November 2025138722102.5%13
October 2025310813913.6%9
September 2025488705584.1%8
August 2025725798045.2%7
July 20251 524791 6036.0%5
June 2025276653413.2%12
May 2025675547295.0%7
April 2025972481 0205.5%6
March 20251 059681 1275.6%7
February 20251 323641 3877.0%4
January 20251 792481 8406.7%5
December 20245537921.9%16
November 2024132541862.6%12
October 2024287773643.9%9
September 2024564716355.5%6
August 2024894659596.5%7
July 20241 393831 4766.1%6
June 2024188692572.9%13
May 2024539766153.9%9
April 2024897629595.4%8
March 2024987601 0475.2%8
February 20241 020681 0885.7%6
January 20241 567731 6406.4%5
December 20234650962.0%14
November 2023124681922.8%12
October 2023328663944.4%8
September 2023610486585.9%7