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Passenger-car registrations in the Netherlands

Netherlands ยท May 2025

The Netherlands registered 56 443 passenger cars in May 2025: 30 219 new cars (53.5% of the total) and 26 224 used imports. That is up 7.1% on April 2025 and up 8.7% on May 2024. Year to date the market stands at 275 417 registrations, up 1.1% on the same period of last year.

VOLKSWAGEN led the brand ranking with 5 957 registrations and a 10.6% share, ahead of TOYOTA (4 067) and KIA (3 886). Together the top three brands took 24.6% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, SKODA grew fastest year on year (+46.3%) while VOLVO fell furthest (โˆ’20.3%). The best-selling model was the SKODA ELROQ with 1 093 registrations, followed by the VOLKSWAGEN GOLF (1 064) and the VOLKSWAGEN POLO (1 056).

Battery-electric cars took 20.8% of all registrations, compared with 21.0% in May 2024. Among new cars alone the electric share was 35.8%. Plug-in hybrids took 25.6%, other hybrids 21.6%, diesel 3.4% and petrol 28.5%. The leading electric brand was SKODA with 1 324 battery-electric registrations, ahead of TESLA (1 197). The best-selling battery-electric model was the SKODA ELROQ with 1 093 registrations, ahead of the KIA EV3 (747). New cars averaged 66.2 g/km of COโ‚‚ (WLTP). Used imports were on average 5.8 years old when they were registered.

May 2025 was the 8th-highest of the 21 months on this page, which average 53 742 registrations a month; the peak was March 2024 with 61 125 and the low December 2023 with 45 733.

56 443
vs previous month +7.1% ยท vs same month last year +8.7%
30 219
New share 53.5%
26 224
Avg import age (yrs) 5.8
20.8%
11 722 BEV ยท 14 473 PHEV (25.6%)
35.8%
10 809 BEV

Fuel mix

Petrol16 069 (28.5%)Diesel1 905 (3.4%)Hybrid12 206 (21.6%)Plug-in hybrid14 473 (25.6%)Battery electric11 722 (20.8%)Gas (LPG / CNG)33 (0.1%)Other35 (0.1%)

Models 1365

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEVPHEVMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
1+5SKODAELROQ1 09031 0931 0930+29.2%โ€“2 254โ€“
2โˆ’1VOLKSWAGENGOLF2648001 0640327+10.4%+0.8%5 139โˆ’15.4%
30VOLKSWAGENPOLO3686881 05600+19.6%+10.7%5 092โˆ’1.5%
4โˆ’2TOYOTAYARIS CROSS5584711 02900+9.4%+41.7%4 325+11.0%
5+6LYNK & CO013356449790977+37.1%+89.0%3 238+30.7%
6โˆ’1VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN4205319510579+11.1%+48.1%4 185+28.7%
7+2TOYOTAYARIS44942787600+17.4%+2.6%3 965โˆ’14.0%
8+4KIAPICANTO8007387300+24.0%+14.0%3 825+5.3%
9โˆ’2KIANIRO614187801137145+0.6%โˆ’49.4%3 869โˆ’36.3%
10โˆ’2FORDKUGA3364427780706+2.1%+63.1%4 584+51.0%
11+4VOLVOXC4023652375923447+24.6%โˆ’26.8%3 295โˆ’51.8%
12โˆ’8KIAEV3729187477470โˆ’14.1%โ€“5 623โ€“
13โˆ’3VOLVOXC602424957370704โˆ’1.1%โˆ’12.9%3 768+13.7%
14+67TESLAMODEL Y647426896890+223.5%โˆ’43.5%2 786โˆ’57.4%
15โˆ’1OPELCORSA4452436882350+8.7%+37.6%3 447+19.1%
160PEUGEOT2008303317620920+3.0%+21.1%2 932+18.1%
17+7TOYOTAAYGO X51210862000+26.0%+2.1%3 044โˆ’25.5%
18โˆ’1RENAULTCAPTUR334257591064โˆ’1.7%+34.3%2 885+2.9%
19+1VOLKSWAGENT-ROC12645658200+10.6%โˆ’5.5%2 900โˆ’16.7%
20+5AUDIA32223215430276+10.6%โˆ’0.9%2 342โˆ’14.8%
21+2FORDPUMA294243537450+6.5%โˆ’3.2%2 549+11.9%
220TOYOTACOROLLA31221652800+4.3%+7.8%2 548โˆ’10.7%
23โˆ’2SUZUKISWIFT31318449700โˆ’3.7%+51.1%2 741+61.1%
24+7BMW3 SERIES1373534900296+16.4%โˆ’12.5%2 476โˆ’15.1%
25+38TESLAMODEL 3403864894890+80.4%โˆ’17.0%2 577โˆ’32.6%
26โˆ’8CITROENC33211504712360โˆ’13.9%+90.7%2 913+136.4%
27โˆ’14PEUGEOT208218249467540โˆ’27.3%โˆ’44.2%3 448โˆ’9.1%
28โˆ’2NISSANQASHQAI15131546600โˆ’1.1%โˆ’3.3%2 533โˆ’14.9%
29โˆ’1BMWX12032624650353+4.3%โˆ’1.3%2 139+0.4%
30โˆ’11SKODAKODIAQ364814450346โˆ’16.0%+192.8%2 608+202.2%
31+12VOLVOEX3043694454450+18.4%โˆ’58.4%2 358โˆ’42.7%
32โˆ’3PEUGEOT300815228743935160+1.6%+49.3%2 066+72.5%
33+9VOLVOV602941444380387+14.7%โˆ’16.4%1 913โˆ’25.0%
34โˆ’7HYUNDAIKONA332964281110โˆ’7.0%โˆ’42.8%2 377โˆ’35.7%
35+16BMWX31492694180356+29.8%+138.9%1 681+80.9%
36+26SEATLEON1622524140159+51.6%+27.0%1 787+4.9%
37+3BMW5 SERIES2071984050311+5.7%+29.8%2 130+37.5%
38+45PEUGEOT3083386540326265+92.8%+145.7%1 407+17.2%
39+21MERCEDES-BENZGLC1752274020358+45.1%+52.3%1 743+13.3%
40โˆ’3SKODAOCTAVIA1752254000130+0.5%โˆ’32.1%1 936โˆ’47.2%
41โˆ’2AUDIA6227164391187155+1.0%+144.4%1 588+80.7%
42โˆ’4FORDFOCUS11827239000โˆ’1.5%โˆ’30.9%2 231โˆ’10.6%
43โˆ’7HYUNDAITUCSON1542363900246โˆ’2.3%+30.0%1 948โˆ’8.4%
44+17OPELASTRA298893877038+39.7%+122.4%1 585+20.6%
45โˆ’13KIACEED186192378089โˆ’10.2%+50.0%1 895โˆ’4.1%
46โˆ’13MINIMINI1871863731470โˆ’8.8%+1.1%2 033โˆ’0.7%
47+7TOYOTAC-HR2081633710105+18.5%+12.1%1 725โˆ’0.2%
48+1KIASPORTAGE2361233590112+7.8%+0.3%1 849โˆ’23.6%
49โˆ’8LAND ROVERRANGE ROVER1402143540302โˆ’7.6%+14.9%2 085+12.1%
50โˆ’16RENAULTCLIO24510935400โˆ’13.2%โˆ’24.2%2 202โˆ’20.9%

Electric models 176

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
1+1SKODAELROQ1 09031 0939.3%+29.2%โ€“2 254
2โˆ’1KIAEV3729187476.4%โˆ’14.1%โ€“5 623
3+10TESLAMODEL Y647426895.9%+223.5%โˆ’43.5%2 786
4+4TESLAMODEL 3403864894.2%+80.4%โˆ’17.0%2 577
5โˆ’2VOLVOEX3043694453.8%+18.4%โˆ’58.4%2 358
6+6HYUNDAIINSTER33503352.9%+54.4%โ€“1 671
7โˆ’2AUDIQ4280213012.6%โˆ’5.3%โˆ’24.6%1 663
8+2MGMG529502952.5%+23.4%+917.2%562
90BMWIX126382712.3%+7.5%โˆ’14.5%1 713
10+1VOLVOEX4023902392.0%+6.7%+32.0%1 218
11โˆ’4CITROENC323602362.0%โˆ’18.9%โ€“1 835
12+27OPELCORSA220152352.0%+176.5%+487.5%708
13+2SKODAENYAQ216152312.0%+39.2%โˆ’41.4%790
14+57NISSANARIYA20112021.7%+551.6%+477.1%434
15โˆ’11RENAULT519531981.7%โˆ’46.2%โ€“1 490
16โˆ’2AUDIA618431871.6%+1.6%โ€“559
17โˆ’11FORDEXPLORER18311841.6%โˆ’40.1%โ€“1 247
18โˆ’1RENAULTSCENIC18301831.6%+16.6%+59.1%778
190KIAEV616931721.5%+17.0%โˆ’60.4%550
20+1AUDIQ615051551.3%+9.9%โ€“1 174

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 176

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEVPHEVHybridShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10VOLKSWAGEN2 1783 7795 9574801 57032210.6%+13.6%+9.1%27 872โˆ’0.4%
2+1TOYOTA2 2141 8534 067712682 8477.2%+8.8%+12.4%18 986โˆ’7.2%
3โˆ’1KIA3 0448423 8861 1475059516.9%+1.4%โˆ’1.7%20 450+8.3%
40BMW1 6621 8093 4715891 7233846.2%+8.8%+0.1%17 936+7.7%
50VOLVO1 7791 5933 3728931 9503006.0%+10.8%โˆ’20.3%16 019โˆ’21.2%
6+1SKODA2 3647353 0991 3246682615.5%+11.3%+46.3%11 708โˆ’1.7%
7โˆ’1AUDI1 1861 8753 0616971 1693465.4%+4.0%+1.1%15 208+5.2%
80MERCEDES-BENZ1 1261 6362 7623641 2992564.9%+2.9%+5.9%13 852+3.7%
9+1FORD1 1181 3752 4933348287214.4%โˆ’1.7%+15.7%13 475+24.5%
10+1PEUGEOT1 1991 1682 3672964915374.2%+0.5%+13.8%12 218+18.1%
11โˆ’2RENAULT1 5237322 2554981051 1664.0%โˆ’11.8%+14.9%12 086+10.4%
120HYUNDAI1 3276071 9345352845573.4%+7.3%โˆ’1.4%10 657โˆ’13.1%
130OPEL1 0219021 9234351064303.4%+12.3%+42.9%8 949+13.7%
140CITROEN7205461 2663691301832.2%โˆ’4.6%+58.1%6 187+42.8%
15+11TESLA1 0561411 1971 197002.1%+136.6%โˆ’34.5%5 498โˆ’47.8%
160SEAT3936521 0453211521.9%+2.7%โˆ’9.6%5 184โˆ’12.5%
17โˆ’2SUZUKI5225091 031098341.8%0.0%โˆ’6.4%5 452โˆ’11.2%
18+3LYNK & CO3516449951697721.8%+37.1%+92.1%3 298+33.1%
19+1NISSAN45247092220804871.6%+23.6%+13.3%4 773โˆ’6.8%
20โˆ’1MAZDA28048776741202661.4%+2.8%โˆ’25.8%4 870โˆ’8.4%
21+1MG67356729525741181.3%+11.5%+323.8%1 977+88.6%
22โˆ’4CUPRA297430727123528131.3%โˆ’5.2%+61.9%3 596+97.5%
23+2FIAT29043672617403301.3%+40.7%โˆ’20.9%2 889โˆ’35.6%
24โˆ’7MINI334392726272128281.3%โˆ’11.6%+2.5%4 345+21.1%
25โˆ’1DACIA4901476372802201.1%+22.5%+40.9%2 901โˆ’13.1%
26โˆ’3LAND ROVER1972854820392160.9%โˆ’9.6%+16.4%2 925+14.6%
270PORSCHE204242446113151240.8%โˆ’10.8%+7.5%2 772+16.2%
280MITSUBISHI22619341922131190.7%+1.5%+15.1%2 852โˆ’3.3%
290JEEP21017338392145890.7%+3.2%+29.0%1 917โˆ’10.2%
300BYD3161132712520200.6%+18.1%+48.0%1 387+41.7%

Electric brands 57

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
1+1SKODA1 306181 32411.3%+30.4%+229.4%3 067
2+5TESLA1 0561411 19710.2%+136.6%โˆ’34.5%5 498
3โˆ’2KIA1 103441 1479.8%โˆ’6.4%โˆ’12.8%7 373
4โˆ’1VOLVO866278937.6%+15.1%โˆ’47.9%4 448
5โˆ’1AUDI631666976.0%โˆ’1.7%+29.1%3 757
60BMW534555895.0%+6.9%โˆ’27.7%3 783
7+4HYUNDAI501345354.6%+23.3%+76.0%3 249
80MG51785254.5%+6.9%+381.7%1 222
9โˆ’4RENAULT471274984.3%โˆ’19.4%+47.8%2 810
10+3VOLKSWAGEN403774804.1%+20.9%โˆ’29.5%2 812

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.