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Passenger-car registrations in the Netherlands

Netherlands ยท April 2025

The Netherlands registered 52 709 passenger cars in April 2025: 27 152 new cars (51.5% of the total) and 25 557 used imports. That is down 7.2% on March 2025 and up 2.5% on April 2024. Year to date the market stands at 218 974 registrations, down 0.6% on the same period of last year.

VOLKSWAGEN led the brand ranking with 5 246 registrations and a 10.0% share, ahead of KIA (3 833) and TOYOTA (3 739). Together the top three brands took 24.3% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, SKODA grew fastest year on year (+49.3%) while VOLVO fell furthest (โˆ’29.9%). The best-selling model was the VOLKSWAGEN GOLF with 964 registrations, followed by the TOYOTA YARIS CROSS (941) and the VOLKSWAGEN POLO (883). The GOLF arrived mainly as a used import: 767 used against 197 new.

Battery-electric cars took 20.0% of all registrations, compared with 19.7% in April 2024. Among new cars alone the electric share was 35.5%. Plug-in hybrids took 24.3%, other hybrids 21.9%, diesel 3.9% and petrol 29.8%. The leading electric brand was KIA with 1 226 battery-electric registrations, ahead of SKODA (1 015). The best-selling battery-electric model was the KIA EV3 with 870 registrations, ahead of the SKODA ELROQ (846). New cars averaged 68.3 g/km of COโ‚‚ (WLTP). Used imports were on average 5.8 years old when they were registered.

April 2025 was the 10th-highest of the 20 months on this page, which average 53 607 registrations a month; the peak was March 2024 with 61 125 and the low December 2023 with 45 733.

52 709
vs previous month โˆ’7.2% ยท vs same month last year +2.5%
27 152
New share 51.5%
25 557
Avg import age (yrs) 5.8
20.0%
10 521 BEV ยท 12 810 PHEV (24.3%)
35.5%
9 646 BEV

Fuel mix

Petrol15 717 (29.8%)Diesel2 047 (3.9%)Hybrid11 558 (21.9%)Plug-in hybrid12 810 (24.3%)Battery electric10 521 (20.0%)Gas (LPG / CNG)18 (0.0%)Other38 (0.1%)

Models 1372

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEVPHEVMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10VOLKSWAGENGOLF1977679642276โˆ’13.7%โˆ’18.9%4 075โˆ’18.8%
2+6TOYOTAYARIS CROSS45748494100+15.5%+43.4%3 296+3.9%
3+1VOLKSWAGENPOLO23365088300โˆ’4.8%โˆ’15.2%4 036โˆ’4.3%
4โˆ’1KIAEV386648708700โˆ’14.9%โ€“4 876โ€“
50VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN3934638560526โˆ’1.8%+44.4%3 234+24.0%
6+69SKODAELROQ84518468460+243.9%โ€“1 161โ€“
7+5KIANIRO618178796145114+7.1%โˆ’57.3%3 068โˆ’31.7%
8โˆ’6FORDKUGA3084547620696โˆ’28.4%+43.8%3 806+48.8%
9โˆ’2TOYOTAYARIS33740974600โˆ’11.9%โˆ’18.4%3 089โˆ’17.8%
10+5VOLVOXC602674787450707+9.4%+26.7%3 031+22.8%
11+16LYNK & CO012624527140712+36.0%+32.7%2 259+15.3%
12+11KIAPICANTO6238170400+29.7%โˆ’10.2%2 952+3.0%
13+3PEUGEOT208357285642870โˆ’5.6%โˆ’16.4%2 981+0.8%
14+7OPELCORSA380253633850+8.6%+26.1%2 759+15.2%
15โˆ’4VOLVOXC4015545460919389โˆ’18.8%โˆ’45.7%2 536โˆ’56.3%
16+3PEUGEOT2008281321602970+2.2%+81.3%2 312+17.3%
17โˆ’3RENAULTCAPTUR316285601062โˆ’11.7%+7.5%2 294โˆ’3.0%
18โˆ’9CITROENC33881595472910โˆ’30.6%+168.1%2 442+147.9%
19โˆ’1SKODAKODIAQ450805300418โˆ’10.2%+286.9%2 163+204.2%
20โˆ’3VOLKSWAGENT-ROC8344352600โˆ’13.6%โˆ’23.0%2 318โˆ’19.1%
21+5SUZUKISWIFT32918751600โˆ’2.1%+66.5%2 244+63.6%
22โˆ’2TOYOTACOROLLA28721950600โˆ’13.9%+5.2%2 020โˆ’14.6%
23+14FORDPUMA283221504490+17.5%+13.0%2 012+16.8%
24โˆ’11TOYOTAAYGO X36612649200โˆ’30.5%โˆ’25.2%2 424โˆ’30.3%
25+20AUDIA32452464910244+25.9%โˆ’1.4%1 799โˆ’18.3%
26โˆ’4NISSANQASHQAI14033147100โˆ’17.7%โˆ’16.5%2 067โˆ’17.2%
27+16HYUNDAIKONA3491114601260+16.5%โˆ’46.8%1 949โˆ’33.9%
28+1BMWX12002464460343โˆ’7.7%+3.2%1 674+0.8%
29+11PEUGEOT30081582744327298+3.8%+70.1%1 627+80.0%
30+8TOYOTARAV41602674270188+1.4%+76.4%1 395+23.3%
31โˆ’6BMW3 SERIES1163054210253โˆ’20.9%โˆ’12.1%1 986โˆ’15.8%
32+19KIACEED298123421048+15.7%+63.8%1 517โˆ’12.1%
33+17MINIMINI2221874091510+11.1%+75.5%1 660โˆ’1.1%
34โˆ’10RENAULTCLIO29111740800โˆ’23.7%โˆ’18.2%1 848โˆ’20.2%
35+22SEATIBIZA24116540600+23.4%+46.0%1 459โˆ’6.4%
36+16HYUNDAITUCSON1572423990243+12.7%โˆ’13.1%1 558โˆ’14.7%
37+5SKODAOCTAVIA2021963980107โˆ’2.5%โˆ’28.2%1 536โˆ’50.0%
38โˆ’4FORDFOCUS15224439610โˆ’9.6%โˆ’17.3%1 841โˆ’4.7%
39+31AUDIA6201186387184176+30.3%+79.2%1 197+66.5%
40โˆ’7BMW5 SERIES1921913830291โˆ’13.3%+30.7%1 725+39.5%
41โˆ’9LAND ROVERRANGE ROVER2311523830345โˆ’13.9%+18.6%1 731+11.5%
42โˆ’7VOLVOV602591233820343โˆ’12.4%โˆ’27.0%1 475โˆ’27.2%
43+16VOLVOEX3037063763760+17.5%โˆ’74.2%1 913โˆ’37.2%
44+11BMWX51042693730340+7.8%+18.8%1 424+4.0%
45โˆ’6RENAULT536453693680โˆ’12.1%โ€“1 295โ€“
46+22VOLVOXC901172463630340+18.6%+35.4%1 353+22.7%
47+18AUDIQ3233233460210+11.3%โˆ’22.9%1 431โˆ’8.3%
48+23FORDEXPLORER3083033830729+15.0%โ€“1 182+1476.0%
49โˆ’5KIASPORTAGE2131203330126โˆ’15.5%โˆ’16.1%1 490โˆ’27.8%
50โˆ’9MERCEDES-BENZA1242073310174โˆ’19.7%โˆ’11.0%1 390โˆ’13.4%

Electric models 164

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10KIAEV386648708.3%โˆ’14.9%โ€“4 876
2+10SKODAELROQ84518468.0%+243.9%โ€“1 161
3+6VOLVOEX3037063763.6%+17.5%โˆ’74.2%1 913
4+3RENAULT536443683.5%โˆ’12.4%โ€“1 292
5+1AUDIQ4296223183.0%โˆ’26.0%+50.7%1 362
6+5FORDEXPLORER30613072.9%+17.2%โ€“1 063
7โˆ’3CITROENC329012912.8%โˆ’49.7%โ€“1 599
8โˆ’6TESLAMODEL 3199722712.6%โˆ’68.5%โˆ’39.5%2 088
9โˆ’4BMWIX1242102522.4%โˆ’48.8%+40.0%1 442
10โ€“MGMG523722392.3%โ€“+419.6%267
11+3VOLVOEX4022402242.1%+5.7%โ€“979
12โˆ’4HYUNDAIINSTER21702172.1%โˆ’43.8%โ€“1 336
13โˆ’10TESLAMODEL Y179342132.0%โˆ’72.4%โˆ’80.4%2 097
14+16AUDIA618311841.8%+58.6%โ€“372
15+8SKODAENYAQ154121661.6%+14.5%โˆ’29.7%559
16โˆ’1MERCEDES-BENZEQB155101651.6%โˆ’21.4%+66.7%592
17โˆ’1RENAULTSCENIC15701571.5%โˆ’16.9%โ€“595
18+15MINIMINI103481511.4%+41.1%+331.4%537
19+22KIAEV614161471.4%+72.9%โˆ’52.9%378
20โˆ’2KIANIRO133121451.4%โˆ’9.9%โˆ’82.6%759

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 171

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEVPHEVHybridShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10VOLKSWAGEN1 6483 5985 2463971 33127010.0%โˆ’5.8%โˆ’5.1%21 915โˆ’2.7%
2+2KIA3 0717623 8331 2263969707.3%+5.1%โˆ’7.6%16 564+11.0%
3โˆ’1TOYOTA1 8351 9043 739772562 6597.1%โˆ’11.6%+4.9%14 919โˆ’11.4%
4โˆ’1BMW1 4981 6933 1915511 5803966.1%โˆ’20.1%+8.5%14 465+9.7%
50VOLVO1 5671 4773 0447761 8552145.8%โˆ’1.0%โˆ’29.9%12 647โˆ’21.4%
6+1AUDI1 1381 8042 9427091 0813305.6%โˆ’1.7%+4.6%12 147+6.3%
7+4SKODA2 1096762 7851 0156732975.3%+28.2%+49.3%8 609โˆ’12.1%
8โˆ’2MERCEDES-BENZ1 0851 6002 6854341 1682675.1%โˆ’11.4%+8.9%11 090+3.2%
9โˆ’1RENAULT1 6978602 5576181001 1994.9%โˆ’11.9%+32.2%9 831+9.4%
10โˆ’1FORD1 1941 3422 5364487996854.8%โˆ’8.3%+25.8%10 982+26.6%
11โˆ’1PEUGEOT1 1601 1962 3563791716884.5%โˆ’3.7%+24.1%9 851+19.1%
120HYUNDAI1 1466561 8024343055533.4%โˆ’8.7%โˆ’24.2%8 723โˆ’15.4%
130OPEL7839301 713256963333.3%+1.2%+30.0%7 026+7.7%
14+1CITROEN7325951 327451801442.5%โˆ’4.4%+51.5%4 921+39.3%
15+3SUZUKI5404911 031068422.0%โˆ’2.2%โˆ’0.6%4 421โˆ’12.3%
16+3SEAT3686501 0180137211.9%+3.4%โˆ’9.2%4 139โˆ’13.2%
17+3MINI48333882136275501.6%โˆ’6.0%+71.8%3 619+25.7%
18+3CUPRA324443767155557151.5%โˆ’4.5%+127.6%2 869+109.1%
19โˆ’2MAZDA24450274681112491.4%โˆ’31.8%โˆ’17.0%4 103โˆ’4.3%
20โˆ’4NISSAN2564907464604341.4%โˆ’42.7%โˆ’29.4%3 851โˆ’10.6%
21+6LYNK & CO2744527261271221.4%+34.2%+34.9%2 303+17.5%
22+9MG61143654491421081.2%+204.2%+163.7%1 248+42.5%
23+1LAND ROVER3162175331465171.0%โˆ’13.3%+19.0%2 443+14.2%
24โˆ’2DACIA3601605203801331.0%โˆ’34.5%โˆ’30.8%2 264โˆ’21.6%
25+1FIAT11240451612601641.0%โˆ’5.7%โˆ’48.6%2 163โˆ’39.4%
26โˆ’12TESLA382124506506001.0%โˆ’69.5%โˆ’67.8%4 301โˆ’50.6%
27โˆ’2PORSCHE215285500140151131.0%โˆ’9.3%+20.8%2 326+18.1%
28โˆ’5MITSUBISHI21519841302101060.8%โˆ’36.4%+7.0%2 433โˆ’5.9%
29โˆ’1JEEP21215937194111880.7%โˆ’2.1%+2.5%1 534โˆ’16.5%
30โˆ’1BYD268927714613100.5%โˆ’1.1%+37.8%1 060+39.8%

Electric brands 51

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
1+1KIA1 197291 22611.7%โˆ’6.1%+0.7%6 226
2+9SKODA999161 0159.7%+156.3%+326.5%1 743
3+5VOLVO750267767.4%+10.4%โˆ’64.1%3 555
40AUDI637727096.7%โˆ’23.7%+93.7%3 060
50RENAULT596226185.9%โˆ’15.8%+205.9%2 312
6โˆ’3BMW497545515.2%โˆ’48.6%+1.3%3 194
7โˆ’6TESLA3821245064.8%โˆ’69.5%โˆ’67.8%4 301
8+17MG48384914.7%+484.5%+131.6%697
9โˆ’3CITROEN44294514.3%โˆ’37.4%+255.1%2 016
10+4FORD436124484.3%+31.0%+497.3%1 450

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.