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Passenger-car registrations in the Netherlands

Netherlands ยท March 2025

The Netherlands registered 56 812 passenger cars in March 2025: 31 212 new cars (54.9% of the total) and 25 600 used imports. That is up 9.3% on February 2025 and down 7.1% on March 2024. Year to date the market stands at 166 265 registrations, down 1.6% on the same period of last year.

VOLKSWAGEN led the brand ranking with 5 567 registrations and a 9.8% share, ahead of TOYOTA (4 230) and BMW (3 994). Together the top three brands took 24.3% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, FORD grew fastest year on year (+19.5%) while VOLVO fell furthest (โˆ’34.6%). The best-selling model was the VOLKSWAGEN GOLF with 1 117 registrations, followed by the FORD KUGA (1 064) and the KIA EV3 (1 022). The GOLF arrived mainly as a used import: 752 used against 365 new.

Battery-electric cars took 21.5% of all registrations, compared with 23.2% in March 2024. Among new cars alone the electric share was 36.0%. Plug-in hybrids took 24.2%, other hybrids 23.5%, diesel 3.1% and petrol 27.6%. The leading electric brand was TESLA with 1 657 battery-electric registrations, ahead of KIA (1 305). The best-selling battery-electric model was the KIA EV3 with 1 022 registrations, ahead of the TESLA MODEL 3 (860). New cars averaged 67.2 g/km of COโ‚‚ (WLTP). Used imports were on average 5.8 years old when they were registered.

March 2025 was the 7th-highest of the 19 months on this page, which average 53 654 registrations a month; the peak was March 2024 with 61 125 and the low December 2023 with 45 733.

56 812
vs previous month +9.3% ยท vs same month last year โˆ’7.1%
31 212
New share 54.9%
25 600
Avg import age (yrs) 5.8
21.5%
12 205 BEV ยท 13 728 PHEV (24.2%)
36.0%
11 223 BEV

Fuel mix

Petrol15 657 (27.6%)Diesel1 770 (3.1%)Hybrid13 371 (23.5%)Plug-in hybrid13 728 (24.2%)Battery electric12 205 (21.5%)Gas (LPG / CNG)36 (0.1%)Other45 (0.1%)

Models 1383

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEVPHEVMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
1+2VOLKSWAGENGOLF3657521 1171251+21.3%โˆ’8.9%3 111โˆ’18.7%
20FORDKUGA5245401 0640993โˆ’1.8%+42.6%3 044+50.1%
3โˆ’2KIAEV31 02021 0221 0220โˆ’16.7%โ€“4 006โ€“
40VOLKSWAGENPOLO32760192800+6.2%+4.3%3 153โˆ’0.7%
5+3VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN4074658720501+14.6%+15.6%2 378+18.0%
6+23TESLAMODEL 3792688608600+79.9%โˆ’44.6%1 817โˆ’34.7%
7+2TOYOTAYARIS42941884700+12.3%โˆ’26.1%2 343โˆ’17.6%
8โˆ’3TOYOTAYARIS CROSS36145481500โˆ’3.3%โˆ’10.3%2 355โˆ’6.4%
9+1CITROENC36451437885790+7.9%+199.6%1 895+142.6%
10+5TESLAMODEL Y734387727720+34.0%โˆ’68.1%1 884โˆ’55.5%
11+6VOLVOXC4016458675032489+31.8%โˆ’51.5%1 927โˆ’58.8%
12โˆ’6KIANIRO575168743161108โˆ’9.1%โˆ’40.4%2 272โˆ’13.5%
13+1TOYOTAAYGO X58012870800+16.8%โˆ’52.4%1 932โˆ’31.5%
14+18RENAULTCAPTUR421260681053+49.0%+2.7%1 693โˆ’6.3%
15โˆ’3VOLVOXC602054766810647+1.8%+8.8%2 286+21.6%
16โˆ’3PEUGEOT208474206680720+1.8%โˆ’20.5%2 339+6.8%
17+1VOLKSWAGENT-ROC17843160900+8.2%โˆ’12.8%1 792โˆ’17.8%
18+13SKODAKODIAQ509815900456+28.0%+231.5%1 633+184.5%
190PEUGEOT2008243346589871+9.9%+23.2%1 710+4.3%
20+7TOYOTACOROLLA38520358800+21.7%+0.2%1 514โˆ’19.6%
21โˆ’10OPELCORSA3332505831230โˆ’13.8%โˆ’13.1%2 126+12.4%
220NISSANQASHQAI28828457200+11.3%โˆ’30.8%1 596โˆ’17.3%
23โˆ’16KIAPICANTO4677654300โˆ’29.6%+23.7%2 248+8.0%
24+10RENAULTCLIO42111453500+19.7%โˆ’13.0%1 440โˆ’20.8%
25โˆ’2BMW3 SERIES1663665320360+6.0%โˆ’14.5%1 565โˆ’16.7%
260SUZUKISWIFT36416352700+8.9%+52.3%1 728+62.7%
27+6LYNK & CO011543715250521+16.4%โˆ’1.3%1 545+8.6%
28+9BMWIX148394924920+19.1%+133.2%1 190+89.8%
29+17BMWX12402434830361+32.3%โˆ’9.0%1 2280.0%
30+65NISSANJUKE3916445500+205.4%+34.6%802+19.0%
31+26TOYOTAC-HR2761714470121+43.7%โˆ’10.1%1 041โˆ’5.8%
32+3LAND ROVERRANGE ROVER2591864450409+5.5%+24.3%1 348+9.7%
33+7BMW5 SERIES2092334420342+11.3%+31.9%1 342+42.2%
34โˆ’10FORDFOCUS16627243800โˆ’12.6%โˆ’17.4%1 445โˆ’0.6%
35+38VOLVOV602941424360349+70.3%โˆ’36.5%1 093โˆ’27.3%
36+41AUDIQ4402284304300+84.5%+124.0%1 044+89.1%
37โˆ’17FORDPUMA20722242900โˆ’19.8%โˆ’8.9%1 508+18.2%
38+26TOYOTARAV41562654210190+48.2%+48.8%968+8.9%
39+3RENAULT541914204200+10.2%โ€“926โ€“
40+1PEUGEOT30081812354168671+5.1%+113.3%1 195+83.8%
41+9MERCEDES-BENZA2032094120194+23.0%โˆ’10.6%1 059โˆ’14.2%
42+9SKODAOCTAVIA2211874080106+21.8%โˆ’47.2%1 138โˆ’54.9%
43โˆ’22HYUNDAIKONA315803951160โˆ’26.2%โˆ’34.9%1 489โˆ’28.6%
44+4KIASPORTAGE2571373940120+10.1%โˆ’18.8%1 157โˆ’30.6%
45โˆ’9AUDIA31342563900160โˆ’7.4%โˆ’29.9%1 308โˆ’23.2%
46โˆ’30MAZDACX-520018938900โˆ’32.3%+21.6%1 245+8.4%
47โˆ’8HYUNDAIINSTER38603863860โˆ’4.7%โ€“1 119โ€“
48+5MERCEDES-BENZGLC1492373860340+17.3%+9.7%1 064+6.6%
49+12SEATLEON1432273700154+24.2%+17.8%1 100+2.5%
50โˆ’25MINIMINI2091593681071โˆ’26.0%โˆ’10.7%1 251โˆ’13.5%

Electric models 163

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10KIAEV31 02021 0228.4%โˆ’16.7%โ€“4 006
2+3TESLAMODEL 3792688607.1%+79.9%โˆ’44.6%1 817
3โˆ’1TESLAMODEL Y734387726.3%+34.0%โˆ’68.1%1 884
4โˆ’1CITROENC357815794.7%+4.5%โ€“1 308
5+1BMWIX148394924.0%+19.1%+133.2%1 190
6+6AUDIQ4402284303.5%+84.5%+124.0%1 044
7+1RENAULT541914203.4%+10.5%โ€“924
8โˆ’1HYUNDAIINSTER38603863.2%โˆ’4.7%โ€“1 119
9โˆ’5VOLVOEX3031283202.6%โˆ’33.5%โˆ’72.7%1 537
100AUDIQ630063062.5%+14.2%โ€“878
110FORDEXPLORER26112622.2%+7.8%โ€“756
12+40SKODAELROQ24602462.0%+339.3%โ€“315
13+5BMWI4219112301.9%+69.1%+4.5%541
14โˆ’1VOLVOEX4021202121.7%โˆ’6.6%โ€“755
15+16MERCEDES-BENZEQB200102101.7%+123.4%+24.3%427
16+1RENAULTSCENIC18901891.6%+20.4%โ€“438
17+18HYUNDAIIONIQ 5160141741.4%+100.0%+77.6%438
18โˆ’9KIANIRO15381611.3%โˆ’43.9%โˆ’76.2%614
19+14VOLKSWAGENID.398631611.3%+73.1%โˆ’18.3%803
20+23BMWI514491531.3%+104.0%+139.1%347

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 187

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEVPHEVHybridShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10VOLKSWAGEN2 0483 5195 5674741 2474139.8%+15.7%โˆ’1.2%16 669โˆ’2.0%
2+1TOYOTA2 3291 9014 2301343262 7487.5%+18.0%โˆ’20.5%11 180โˆ’15.8%
3+1BMW2 2071 7873 9941 0721 7634937.0%+15.2%+8.5%11 274+10.0%
4โˆ’2KIA2 8507973 6471 3054429336.4%โˆ’13.8%โˆ’1.6%12 731+18.2%
5+1VOLVO1 4461 6303 0767031 8542715.4%+7.0%โˆ’34.6%9 603โˆ’18.2%
6+2MERCEDES-BENZ1 4631 5693 0325051 3543805.3%+14.9%โˆ’5.5%8 405+1.5%
70AUDI1 1961 7962 9929299403125.3%+6.4%+0.9%9 205+6.8%
8+2RENAULT2 1637402 9037341131 4795.1%+27.2%+12.1%7 274+3.2%
9โˆ’4FORD1 3051 4612 7663421 1006984.9%โˆ’5.4%+19.5%8 446+26.9%
10โˆ’1PEUGEOT1 3621 0852 4473591438784.3%+4.5%+15.7%7 495+17.7%
11+2SKODA1 4627102 1723966983233.8%+33.7%+1.3%5 824โˆ’26.6%
12โˆ’1HYUNDAI1 3785961 9747152944223.5%โˆ’10.2%โˆ’16.0%6 921โˆ’12.7%
13โˆ’1OPEL7349591 693253993833.0%โˆ’5.9%โˆ’2.0%5 313+2.0%
14+2TESLA1 5361211 6571 657002.9%+52.6%โˆ’59.1%3 795โˆ’46.9%
150CITROEN8465421 38872166392.4%+12.3%+58.6%3 594+35.3%
16+4NISSAN8344671 30114008872.3%+50.1%โˆ’9.5%3 105โˆ’4.5%
17โˆ’3MAZDA5945001 09442094881.9%โˆ’14.1%โˆ’1.7%3 357โˆ’0.9%
18+1SUZUKI5115431 0540138491.9%+18.3%โˆ’17.1%3 390โˆ’15.3%
19โˆ’1SEAT3646219855200521.7%+4.8%โˆ’12.8%3 121โˆ’14.4%
20โˆ’3MINI532341873390107431.5%โˆ’18.7%+18.6%2 798+16.5%
21+1CUPRA32747680314360591.4%+16.0%+110.8%2 102+103.1%
22+4DACIA6811137949203331.4%+65.4%โˆ’4.5%1 744โˆ’18.4%
23โˆ’2MITSUBISHI42922064903751451.1%โˆ’10.2%โˆ’36.4%2 020โˆ’8.1%
24โˆ’1LAND ROVER3742416151548171.1%+5.5%+24.0%1 910+13.0%
250PORSCHE281270551151184231.0%+11.1%+0.4%1 826+17.4%
26โˆ’2FIAT13940854714202091.0%+2.2%โˆ’51.0%1 647โˆ’35.8%
270LYNK & CO1703715411652131.0%+18.1%+1.7%1 577+10.9%
280JEEP179200379491601020.7%+2.4%โˆ’13.1%1 163โˆ’21.2%
290BYD2691128015212800.5%+9.4%+60.0%783+40.6%
300LEXUS6317623914531540.4%+3.9%+55.2%773+84.9%

Electric brands 54

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
1+1TESLA1 5361211 65713.6%+52.6%โˆ’59.1%3 795
2โˆ’1KIA1 285201 30510.7%โˆ’20.8%+9.0%5 000
3+1BMW1 021511 0728.8%+35.0%+42.9%2 643
4+3AUDI838919297.6%+48.9%+127.1%2 351
5+1RENAULT705297346.0%+12.9%+90.2%1 694
6+2CITROEN71297215.9%+18.2%+368.2%1 565
7โˆ’2HYUNDAI689267155.9%+1.7%+20.2%2 280
8โˆ’5VOLVO665387035.8%โˆ’17.2%โˆ’69.7%2 779
9+2MERCEDES-BENZ408975054.1%+30.5%โˆ’24.1%1 371
10+2VOLKSWAGEN3321424743.9%+29.9%โˆ’7.4%1 935

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.