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Passenger-car registrations in the Netherlands

Netherlands ยท August 2026

The Netherlands registered 49 636 passenger cars in August 2026: 26 307 new cars (53.0% of the total) and 23 329 used imports. That is down 12.0% on July 2026 and down 0.3% on August 2025. Year to date the market stands at 463 379 registrations, up 4.5% on the same period of last year.

VOLKSWAGEN led the brand ranking with 4 981 registrations and a 10.0% share, ahead of KIA (3 688) and TOYOTA (3 668). Together the top three brands took 24.9% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, BMW grew fastest year on year (+7.3%) while HYUNDAI fell furthest (โˆ’14.1%). The best-selling model was the FORD KUGA with 987 registrations, followed by the VOLKSWAGEN POLO (795) and the TOYOTA AYGO X (788). The KUGA arrived mainly as a used import: 615 used against 372 new.

Battery-electric cars took 31.8% of all registrations, compared with 20.1% in August 2025. Among new cars alone the electric share was 49.5%. Plug-in hybrids took 25.4%, other hybrids 20.9%, diesel 1.8% and petrol 20.0%. The leading electric brand was KIA with 1 841 battery-electric registrations, ahead of BMW (1 208). The best-selling battery-electric model was the TESLA MODEL Y with 672 registrations, ahead of the SKODA ELROQ (628). New cars averaged 45.7 g/km of COโ‚‚ (WLTP). Used imports were on average 5.7 years old when they were registered.

August 2026 was the 31st-highest of the 36 months on this page, which average 55 912 registrations a month; the peak was December 2025 with 72 636 and the low December 2023 with 45 733.

49 636
vs previous month โˆ’12.0% ยท vs same month last year โˆ’0.3%
26 307
New share 53.0%
23 329
Avg import age (yrs) 5.7
31.8%
15 806 BEV ยท 12 606 PHEV (25.4%)
49.5%
13 016 BEV

Fuel mix

Petrol9 938 (20.0%)Diesel888 (1.8%)Hybrid10 356 (20.9%)Plug-in hybrid12 606 (25.4%)Battery electric15 806 (31.8%)Gas (LPG / CNG)19 (0.0%)Other23 (0.0%)

Models 1172

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEVPHEVMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10FORDKUGA3726159870926โˆ’13.4%โˆ’3.3%8 809+15.7%
2+2VOLKSWAGENPOLO21558079500โˆ’5.5%โˆ’20.7%7 127โˆ’10.9%
3+7TOYOTAAYGO X66312578800+15.5%+12.9%6 795+32.4%
4+7HYUNDAIKONA6311237543390+13.0%+86.2%5 217+49.0%
5โˆ’3VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN2255177420573โˆ’18.9%+1.4%8 138+17.2%
6โˆ’3VOLKSWAGENGOLF885976852211โˆ’20.1%โˆ’14.2%7 743โˆ’5.5%
7+14TESLAMODEL Y5491236726720+28.0%+36.9%6 162+25.8%
8โˆ’2KIAPICANTO56410366700โˆ’8.4%โˆ’43.6%5 475โˆ’20.8%
9โˆ’4TOYOTAYARIS CROSS22141163200โˆ’14.9%โˆ’32.6%6 899โˆ’6.5%
10โˆ’1SKODAELROQ606226286280โˆ’8.6%โˆ’14.1%3 988โˆ’15.4%
11+4VOLKSWAGENT-ROC25836362100โˆ’2.5%+6.7%5 955+26.9%
12+13FORDPUMA3902065961410+21.6%+8.2%4 174โˆ’0.2%
13+5PEUGEOT20083652195841580โˆ’2.3%+28.6%5 439+18.7%
140KIAEV356595745740โˆ’10.0%+26.7%4 113โˆ’45.6%
15+30KIAEV256505655650+44.1%โ€“1 667โ€“
16โˆ’9LYNK & CO01914715620558โˆ’20.2%โˆ’18.7%5 266โˆ’15.3%
17โˆ’9TOYOTAYARIS24029753700โˆ’22.5%โˆ’18.1%5 548โˆ’11.5%
18+89TESLAMODEL 3482385205200+237.7%+26.5%3 499โˆ’13.5%
19+41BMWIX3450494994990+59.9%โ€“2 318+691.1%
20โˆ’8VOLVOXC60564074630441โˆ’30.0%โˆ’23.1%6 468+9.9%
21โˆ’4OPELCORSA2472134601100โˆ’23.7%+11.4%4 531โˆ’10.2%
22+4PEUGEOT208249199448980โˆ’6.7%โˆ’16.4%4 356โˆ’16.8%
23โˆ’7VOLVOXC406537544079238โˆ’27.3%โˆ’15.4%5 498+4.4%
240TOYOTAC-HR32611243827238โˆ’10.8%+19.3%4 324+48.2%
25+4FIAT500983384362910โˆ’6.6%+55.7%2 978+18.6%
26+27RENAULTCLIO3329342500+25.4%โˆ’33.0%3 906+6.6%
27+1HYUNDAIINSTER41914204200โˆ’10.8%+2.2%2 310โˆ’11.1%
28+39BMWIX1373464194190+49.6%+98.6%2 275โˆ’14.4%
29+36CITROENC32681414092400+37.2%+3.0%3 100โˆ’27.3%
30+20BMWX31742324060371+11.2%โˆ’4.7%3 608+10.7%
31+26TOYOTACOROLLA25814039800+22.5%โˆ’38.5%3 430โˆ’17.9%
32+8SUZUKISWIFT21118239300โˆ’5.8%+40.4%4 076+2.1%
33+6KIAEV538903893890โˆ’6.9%โ€“3 061โ€“
34โˆ’21AUDIQ31282583860307โˆ’39.8%+19.1%4 814+73.4%
35+3MINIMINI2271553821780โˆ’9.0%โˆ’7.7%3 400+6.9%
36โˆ’13RENAULTCAPTUR191189380034โˆ’25.3%โˆ’26.6%4 594โˆ’3.2%
37+11AUDIA31752033780238+2.2%โˆ’5.7%3 838+0.2%
38โˆ’18CUPRARAVAL37523773770โˆ’29.1%โ€“1 332โ€“
39+17RENAULT5360163763750+15.3%โˆ’5.8%2 807+5.7%
40โˆ’3CUPRAFORMENTOR133493620334โˆ’14.8%+29.3%3 466+38.4%
41+11BMWX51412113520341+2.0%+5.7%3 283+14.2%
42โˆ’20SKODAKODIAQ254963500297โˆ’33.1%โˆ’21.2%4 282+7.2%
43โˆ’1KIASPORTAGE1541923460162โˆ’15.4%โˆ’1.4%3 664+17.9%
44+2BMW3 SERIES1062393450202โˆ’11.3%โˆ’27.2%3 838โˆ’4.6%
45โˆ’13PEUGEOT300811523034561119โˆ’21.2%โˆ’25.6%3 974+15.0%
46โˆ’16HYUNDAITUCSON1781663440213โˆ’25.9%โˆ’41.6%3 433+5.2%
47+2BYDSEAL U19614534127313โˆ’7.1%+41.5%3 488+140.7%
48โˆ’21KIANIRO13220533740101โˆ’28.9%โˆ’40.4%4 490โˆ’25.9%
49โˆ’16NISSANQASHQAI15018633600โˆ’23.1%โˆ’14.9%4 081+4.8%
50+19BMW5 SERIES1361773130263+13.8%โˆ’11.1%3 207โˆ’2.6%

Electric models 230

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
1+4TESLAMODEL Y5491236724.3%+28.0%+36.9%6 162
2โˆ’1SKODAELROQ606226284.0%โˆ’8.6%โˆ’14.1%3 988
3โˆ’1KIAEV356595743.6%โˆ’10.0%+26.7%4 113
4+7KIAEV256505653.6%+44.1%โ€“1 667
5+23TESLAMODEL 3482385203.3%+237.7%+26.5%3 499
6+9BMWIX3450494993.2%+59.9%+4436.4%2 318
7โˆ’1HYUNDAIINSTER41914202.7%โˆ’10.8%+2.2%2 310
8+11BMWIX1373464192.7%+49.6%+98.6%2 275
90KIAEV538903892.5%โˆ’6.9%โ€“3 061
10โˆ’6CUPRARAVAL37523772.4%โˆ’29.1%โ€“1 332
11+1RENAULT5360153752.4%+15.0%โˆ’5.8%2 800
12+1HYUNDAIKONA301383392.1%+5.6%+77.5%1 934
13โˆ’5VOLVOEX30282162981.9%โˆ’30.2%+1003.7%2 610
14+4FIAT500722192911.8%+1.7%+196.9%1 332
15โˆ’8VOLVOEX40260302901.8%โˆ’34.1%+42.9%2 465
16+4TOYOTAC-HR27112721.7%+7.1%โ€“2 072
17โˆ’14VOLKSWAGENID.4176752511.6%โˆ’55.4%+32.1%2 120
18โˆ’1SKODAENYAQ204392431.5%โˆ’18.7%+27.9%1 662
19+18CITROENC3200402401.5%+103.4%+38.7%1 093
20โˆ’4AUDIQ41251052301.5%โˆ’25.1%+5.0%2 175

Battery-electric cars only (no plug-in hybrids). Share is of all BEV registrations in the month. Because monthly counts per model are small, comparisons here are shown when the base month has at least 10 registrations.

Brands 178

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEVPHEVHybridShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10VOLKSWAGEN1 5373 4444 9817241 35350810.0%โˆ’18.3%โˆ’4.9%50 108+9.7%
20KIA2 8378513 6881 8414135897.4%โˆ’7.8%+5.1%30 216โˆ’6.6%
30TOYOTA2 2061 4623 6686512332 4447.4%โˆ’6.0%โˆ’5.3%33 134+5.7%
40BMW1 8511 4993 3501 2081 4662346.8%+4.4%+7.3%30 156+3.8%
50AUDI9311 7782 7096391 3462005.5%โˆ’15.5%+6.8%26 375+9.5%
6+1FORD1 0191 3812 4004021 0325564.8%โˆ’11.6%โˆ’5.1%20 618โˆ’4.3%
7+1MERCEDES-BENZ1 1671 1282 2957439311624.6%โˆ’15.4%โˆ’1.0%21 336โˆ’3.5%
8+2RENAULT1 5147002 214889539934.5%โˆ’8.4%โˆ’12.5%21 974+7.2%
9โˆ’3VOLVO9041 2602 1648161 0671134.4%โˆ’29.6%โˆ’2.6%24 937+1.9%
10+1HYUNDAI1 4136222 0359172675594.1%โˆ’7.7%โˆ’14.1%16 738โˆ’0.2%
11โˆ’2SKODA1 3575991 9568715291323.9%โˆ’20.2%โˆ’18.3%18 751โˆ’5.6%
120PEUGEOT9309351 8653952047703.8%โˆ’13.9%โˆ’11.7%19 402+1.8%
130OPEL6667461 4123641464002.8%โˆ’23.6%โˆ’10.6%14 497+4.0%
140CUPRA5336941 227569597152.5%โˆ’15.2%+50.6%9 174+50.8%
15+9TESLA1 0321701 2021 202002.4%+71.0%+30.2%9 854+7.7%
16โˆ’1CITROEN5924931 0854531012152.2%+0.4%+2.8%9 514โˆ’0.8%
17+1BYD66922389226862301.8%+5.7%+119.7%6 543+157.7%
18โˆ’1SUZUKI3774918683266871.8%โˆ’16.6%+1.8%9 242+8.4%
19+3FIAT20650571140001741.4%โˆ’4.3%+35.4%5 326+14.8%
20+3MAZDA283412695120802331.4%โˆ’4.9%โˆ’9.0%7 935+4.6%
21โˆ’5SEAT2114716825137201.4%โˆ’35.4%โˆ’17.0%8 766+7.6%
22โˆ’1MINI38428967333056191.4%โˆ’12.3%โˆ’17.4%6 464โˆ’3.4%
23โˆ’4LYNK & CO1614896503261441.3%โˆ’17.3%โˆ’12.0%5 949โˆ’7.1%
24+3DACIA4901156054302821.2%+20.0%โˆ’1.3%5 241+0.5%
25โˆ’5NISSAN29430259611503471.2%โˆ’22.5%+3.1%6 411โˆ’6.8%
26+2JEEP2252114361321131240.9%โˆ’11.7%+5.3%3 857+23.9%
27โˆ’1PORSCHE158259417128109420.8%โˆ’18.7%+7.2%3 780โˆ’6.2%
28โˆ’3LAND ROVER1392523910332130.8%โˆ’34.7%โˆ’22.9%4 310โˆ’3.8%
290LEAPMOTOR37513763235300.8%+3.6%+317.8%2 596+445.4%
300MG23194325127671230.7%โˆ’10.0%+45.1%2 966โˆ’28.2%

Electric brands 64

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10KIA1 757841 84111.7%+2.4%+190.8%11 819
2+5BMW1 0331751 2087.6%+45.5%+134.6%7 045
3+8TESLA1 0321701 2027.6%+71.0%+30.2%9 854
4+1HYUNDAI825929175.8%โˆ’5.9%+25.4%5 404
5+1RENAULT7841058895.6%โˆ’2.0%+21.6%7 135
6โˆ’2SKODA810618715.5%โˆ’11.7%โˆ’5.6%5 655
7โˆ’4VOLVO6571598165.2%โˆ’31.7%+107.6%6 760
8+2MERCEDES-BENZ5991447434.7%+5.7%+70.0%4 405
9โˆ’7VOLKSWAGEN4912337244.6%โˆ’41.0%+6.5%6 506
10+2TOYOTA629226514.1%+4.5%+1083.6%4 319

Counts are cars first registered in the Netherlands in the month, measured on the RDW register snapshot taken a few days after the month ended and frozen there, so a month never changes once published. Cars exported later stay in the register for two years and only scrapped cars vanish: measured against CBS, a 36-month window loses at most 1.4 % (2025 100.6 %, 2024 99.6 %, 2023 98.6 %, 2022 97.6 % of the official new-car counts). Percentages are shown only when the comparison month has at least 30 registrations.