Insights

Reports that compare the car markets of this site with each other

A country page shows one market in one month. The 16 pages listed here put the markets side by side, one question per page: how large and how fast-growing each market is, which brands lead where, how far electric cars and hybrids have come, and what happens to the cars afterwards, in the fleet and in the used-car trade across borders.

Markets

• European car markets comparedThe headline of every comparison report on one page.23 markets compared
• Car registrations per inhabitant by countryWhich countries register the most cars for their population.70.4 Luxembourg, new cars per 1,000 inhabitants
• Car market growth by countryWhich car markets are growing and which are shrinking, on three measures.+67.0% Estonia, year to date
• Seasonality of car registrations by countryThe strongest and the weakest month of the year in each market.×5.28 Ireland, strongest ÷ weakest month
• Private buyers' share of car registrations by countryHow many cars are registered to private persons and how many to companies.66.6% Denmark, highest share

Brands

• Brand strength by countryThe thirty largest brands and their share in every country, as one heatmap.23 markets compared
• How concentrated each car market isHow much of each market its three and ten largest brands hold.48.3% Czechia, three largest brands
• Market share of Chinese-owned car brands by countryThe share of BYD, MG, Leapmotor and the other Chinese-owned brands, country by country.11.4% United Kingdom, highest share
• Tesla's market share by countryTesla's registrations, market share and rank among brands in every market.5.8% Finland, highest share
• The best-selling car model in each countryThe model at the top of each market's latest table.Volkswagen Golf first in five markets

Electrification

• Electric car adoption across marketsBattery-electric share of registrations country by country, month by month.22 markets compared
• Hybrid and plug-in hybrid share by countryThe share of hybrids and of plug-in hybrids in each market's latest period.25.4% Netherlands, plug-in hybrids

Fleet & trade

• New cars versus used importsHow much of each market is new cars and how much used imports, and how old the imports are.15 markets compared
• Cars in use and cars scrappedHow many cars each country has, how old and how electric the fleet is, and how many leave it.23 markets compared
• Nearly new cars that cross bordersUsed imports first registered abroad less than a year earlier: how many, which brands, from where.8 markets compared

Motorcycles

• Motorcycle registrations by countryNew motorcycles and motorcycles in use, country by country, year by year.331 745 Italy, new motorcycles in 2025