Car market growth by country
Change of passenger-car registrations on a year earlier: latest period, year to date and twelve months
Three measures of the same thing, from the noisiest to the steadiest: the latest month (for the United Kingdom the latest quarter) against the same one a year earlier, the year to date against the same months of the previous year, and the last twelve months against the twelve before them. The last needs two full years of data and is left empty for a market that does not have them.
| Market | Latest period | Registrations | vs a year earlier | Year to date vs a year earlier | Last 12 months vs the 12 before | Registrations count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇪🇪 Estonia | September 2026 | 3 639 | +47.1% | +64.3% | +0.2% | New cars and used imports |
| 🇱🇹 Lithuania | September 2026 | 17 213 | +39.4% | +26.0% | +21.8% | New cars and used imports |
| 🇸🇮 Slovenia | August 2026 | 4 967 | +15.8% | +16.5% | +14.4% | New cars |
| 🇮🇪 Ireland | September 2026 | 15 339 | +13.7% | +13.9% | +14.6% | New cars and used imports |
| 🇩🇰 Denmark | September 2026 | 20 064 | +12.9% | +13.2% | +11.9% | New cars |
| 🇵🇹 Portugal | September 2026 | 30 618 | +11.7% | +10.7% | +9.8% | New cars and used imports |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | Q2 2026 | 538 867 | +14.0% | +9.8% | +7.0% | New cars and used imports, not separated |
| 🇮🇹 Italy | September 2026 | 139 356 | +10.0% | +8.7% | +6.8% | New cars |
| 🇪🇸 Spain | September 2026 | 107 032 | +9.5% | +7.2% | +8.1% | New cars and used imports |
| 🇩🇪 Germany | September 2026 | 256 774 | +9.0% | +5.3% | +5.6% | New cars |
| 🇨🇿 Czechia | September 2026 | 32 782 | −5.6% | +4.8% | +6.3% | New cars and used imports |
| 🇳🇱 Netherlands | September 2026 | 59 610 | +4.1% | +4.4% | +6.2% | New cars and used imports |
| 🇸🇪 Sweden | September 2026 | 28 667 | +13.8% | +3.8% | +0.2% | New cars |
| 🇫🇷 France | September 2026 | 159 806 | +11.0% | +3.8% | +2.4% | New cars |
| 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | September 2026 | 5 219 | −4.2% | +3.1% | +3.0% | New cars and used imports |
| 🇨🇭 Switzerland | September 2026 | 21 948 | +9.6% | +2.7% | +2.4% | New cars |
| 🇱🇻 Latvia | September 2026 | 6 135 | +2.9% | +2.2% | +4.0% | New cars and used imports |
| 🇬🇷 Greece | September 2026 | 19 094 | +0.9% | +1.7% | +3.0% | New cars and used imports |
| 🇦🇹 Austria | September 2026 | 97 892 | +2.5% | +0.9% | +0.7% | New cars and used cars |
| 🇵🇱 Poland | September 2026 | 129 361 | +4.3% | +0.5% | – | New cars and used imports |
| 🇫🇮 Finland | September 2026 | 10 615 | +10.1% | +0.2% | −1.8% | New cars and used imports |
| 🇧🇪 Belgium | December 2025 | 87 649 | +12.1% | −2.4% | −2.4% | New cars and used cars |
| 🇷🇴 Romania | September 2026 | 38 605 | −13.7% | −13.2% | −6.9% | New cars and used imports |
What stands out
Over the year to date, Estonia has grown fastest (+64.3%) and Romania is at the other end (−13.2%); 21 of the 23 markets are above the same months of the year before. On the steadier measure, twelve months against the twelve before, Lithuania leads with +21.8% and Romania trails with −6.9%.
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