European car markets compared
Passenger-car registrations in Lithuania, Germany, Estonia, Latvia, Finland, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Spain, Poland, Ireland, Czechia, Romania, Luxembourg, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, France, Italy, Portugal, Greece and Slovenia, each market's latest twelve months
The country pages of this site answer what happened in one market in one month. The reports below put the 23 markets side by side on the measures that travel across borders: registrations for the size of the population, growth, how much of the market its largest brands hold, the share of brands owned by Chinese groups and of Tesla, how seasonal the year is, which model sells best, who buys, and how many of the cars are hybrids. This page gives the headline of each report; the report itself has the table.
Registrations per 1,000 inhabitants
Which countries register the most cars for their population. Measured on new cars, Luxembourg registers the most for its size, 70.4 new cars per 1,000 inhabitants in a year, and Romania the fewest, 7.7.
Car registrations per inhabitant by country: the table for 23 markets →
Growth
Which car markets are growing and which are shrinking, on three measures. Over the year to date, Estonia has grown fastest (+67.0%) and Romania is at the other end (−13.1%); 19 of the 23 markets are above the same months of the year before.
Market concentration
How much of each market its three and ten largest brands hold. Czechia is the most concentrated market: its three largest brands hold 48.3% of registrations, led by Skoda with 31.2%.
How concentrated each car market is: the table for 23 markets →
Brands owned by Chinese groups
The share of BYD, MG, Leapmotor and the other Chinese-owned brands, country by country. Brands owned by Chinese groups hold 11.4% of registrations in the United Kingdom, the highest share on this site, against 1.0% in Lithuania.
Market share of Chinese-owned car brands by country: the table for 23 markets →
Tesla
Tesla's registrations, market share and rank among brands in every market. Tesla is strongest in Finland, with 5.8% of registrations and rank 7 among all brands, and weakest in Poland (0.5%).
Seasonality
The strongest and the weakest month of the year in each market. Ireland is the most seasonal market: January brings 14.5% of a year's registrations and December 2.8%, a ratio of 5.28.
Seasonality of car registrations by country: the table for 22 markets →
Best-selling model
The model at the top of each market's latest table. The Volkswagen Golf leads in Germany, Poland, Belgium, Romania and Austria.
The best-selling car model in each country: the table for 22 markets →
Private buyers
How many cars are registered to private persons and how many to companies. Private buyers take 66.6% of registrations in Denmark and 10.2% in Estonia, the two ends of the twelve markets that publish the figure.
Private buyers' share of car registrations by country: the table for twelve markets →
Hybrids and plug-in hybrids
The share of hybrids and of plug-in hybrids in each market's latest period. Plug-in hybrids are most common in the Netherlands (25.4% of new cars and used imports) and rarest in Denmark (0.1% of new cars).
Hybrid and plug-in hybrid share by country: the table for 22 markets →