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Passenger-car registrations in the Netherlands

Netherlands ยท August 2025

The Netherlands registered 49 772 passenger cars in August 2025: 26 140 new cars (52.5% of the total) and 23 632 used imports. That is down 13.0% on July 2025 and up 1.1% on August 2024. Year to date the market stands at 443 575 registrations, up 2.6% on the same period of last year.

VOLKSWAGEN led the brand ranking with 5 238 registrations and a 10.5% share, ahead of TOYOTA (3 874) and KIA (3 510). Together the top three brands took 25.4% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, SKODA grew fastest year on year (+41.7%) while MERCEDES-BENZ fell furthest (โˆ’2.8%). The best-selling model was the KIA PICANTO with 1 183 registrations, followed by the FORD KUGA (1 021) and the VOLKSWAGEN POLO (1 003).

Battery-electric cars took 20.1% of all registrations, compared with 21.4% in August 2024. Among new cars alone the electric share was 34.6%. Plug-in hybrids took 25.8%, other hybrids 22.1%, diesel 2.7% and petrol 29.2%. The leading electric brand was SKODA with 923 battery-electric registrations, ahead of TESLA (923). The best-selling battery-electric model was the SKODA ELROQ with 731 registrations, ahead of the TESLA MODEL Y (491). New cars averaged 66.5 g/km of COโ‚‚ (WLTP). Used imports were on average 6.0 years old when they were registered.

August 2025 was the 19th-highest of the 24 months on this page, which average 54 031 registrations a month; the peak was June 2025 with 61 206 and the low December 2023 with 45 733.

49 772
vs previous month โˆ’13.0% ยท vs same month last year +1.1%
26 140
New share 52.5%
23 632
Avg import age (yrs) 6
20.1%
9 987 BEV ยท 12 835 PHEV (25.8%)
34.6%
9 035 BEV

Fuel mix

Petrol14 548 (29.2%)Diesel1 362 (2.7%)Hybrid10 996 (22.1%)Plug-in hybrid12 835 (25.8%)Battery electric9 987 (20.1%)Gas (LPG / CNG)18 (0.0%)Other26 (0.1%)

Models 1336

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEVPHEVMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
1+1KIAPICANTO1 106771 18300+7.7%+56.7%6 912+18.4%
2โˆ’1FORDKUGA5334881 0210967โˆ’14.3%+12.4%7 614+38.1%
3+4VOLKSWAGENPOLO4065971 00300โˆ’2.4%โˆ’5.4%7 998โˆ’3.0%
4+1TOYOTAYARIS CROSS42851093800โˆ’13.1%+55.8%7 377+22.6%
5โˆ’2VOLKSWAGENGOLF1626367980262โˆ’27.1%โˆ’14.3%8 197โˆ’10.0%
60VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN2674657320462โˆ’31.5%+37.9%6 942+39.4%
7+4SKODAELROQ72927317310โˆ’4.2%โ€“4 712โ€“
8+5TOYOTAAYGO X52417469800โˆ’1.6%+22.5%5 134โˆ’12.2%
9โˆ’5LYNK & CO01506416910685โˆ’36.8%+60.0%6 216+59.3%
10โˆ’2TOYOTAYARIS27638065600โˆ’27.4%โˆ’2.4%6 269โˆ’9.1%
11+18TOYOTACOROLLA43321464700+34.2%โˆ’3.3%4 177โˆ’12.2%
12+54RENAULTCLIO51711763400+127.2%+16.1%3 663โˆ’18.6%
13โˆ’1VOLVOXC601574456020565โˆ’20.3%+5.2%5 887+12.2%
14+36HYUNDAITUCSON3782115890293+65.9%+161.8%3 264โˆ’2.0%
15+2VOLKSWAGENT-ROC16941358200โˆ’4.4%+3.0%4 691โˆ’13.3%
16โˆ’7KIANIRO3871785655695โˆ’31.3%โˆ’47.1%6 063โˆ’39.5%
17+1FORDPUMA316235551500โˆ’7.7%+10.4%4 184+19.3%
18+4PEUGEOT208283253536480+2.3%โˆ’5.0%5 234โˆ’10.0%
19โˆ’4VOLVOXC406445652026354โˆ’22.5%โˆ’2.3%5 265โˆ’39.8%
20+8RENAULTCAPTUR240278518062+6.4%โˆ’17.0%4 745+3.7%
21+34TESLAMODEL Y438534914910+49.2%โˆ’55.5%4 899โˆ’52.5%
22โˆ’1BMW3 SERIES1363384740341โˆ’10.4%+7.0%4 024โˆ’10.4%
230HYUNDAII104224847000โˆ’8.4%โˆ’4.7%3 316โˆ’29.8%
24+2PEUGEOT300820226246474196โˆ’5.7%+19.9%3 457+47.4%
25โˆ’6PEUGEOT2008153301454450โˆ’23.6%โˆ’23.4%4 583+8.2%
26โˆ’16KIAEV345124534530โˆ’44.6%โ€“7 554โ€“
270SKODAKODIAQ372724440341โˆ’9.6%+50.5%3 995+133.5%
28โˆ’12BMWX32361904260374โˆ’31.9%+101.9%3 258+105.8%
29+17MINIMINI2521624142291+14.4%โˆ’23.2%3 181โˆ’10.9%
30โˆ’16OPELCORSA150263413550โˆ’39.5%โˆ’24.6%5 046+8.6%
31+8BMWX11752364110297+2.5%+12.0%3 539+3.8%
32+39HYUNDAIINSTER41104114110+63.1%โ€“2 597โ€“
33+42TESLAMODEL 3331804114110+77.9%โˆ’18.3%4 046โˆ’36.8%
34+6HYUNDAIKONA318874051910+1.8%โˆ’31.4%3 502โˆ’39.8%
35โˆ’15AUDIA31342674010226โˆ’28.6%โˆ’11.1%3 832โˆ’5.9%
36+17RENAULT539183993980+18.0%โ€“2 655โ€“
37+5CITROENC32601373971730+0.5%+106.8%4 265+118.7%
38โˆ’6NISSANQASHQAI12726839500โˆ’12.8%โˆ’9.2%3 893โˆ’11.0%
39โˆ’4TOYOTAC-HR2071603670115โˆ’13.2%0.0%2 918+0.3%
40+17AUDIA6229134363182144+13.8%+113.5%2 622+81.3%
41+13BMW5 SERIES1531993520271+6.7%+10.7%3 292+32.6%
42โˆ’17SKODAOCTAVIA1502023520113โˆ’29.5%+11.7%3 205โˆ’35.2%
43โˆ’13KIASPORTAGE2221293510168โˆ’25.8%โˆ’3.0%3 107โˆ’11.9%
44โˆ’7FORDFOCUS12022134100โˆ’16.8%โˆ’31.5%3 556โˆ’20.4%
45โˆ’7LAND ROVERRANGE ROVER1421953370286โˆ’16.6%โˆ’8.4%3 131+8.0%
46โˆ’3BMWX51411923330314โˆ’14.0%+17.3%2 876+5.4%
47โˆ’2MERCEDES-BENZGLC1451853300288โˆ’12.2%+9.3%2 840+15.6%
48+10AUDIQ343203240226+1.9%+5.9%2 777โˆ’7.2%
49โˆ’25KIACEED165150315073โˆ’37.0%โˆ’21.6%3 178โˆ’3.8%
50โˆ’16TOYOTARAV41271863130169โˆ’27.4%+7.2%2 900+25.6%

Electric models 184

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
1+1SKODAELROQ72927317.3%โˆ’4.2%โ€“4 712
2+3TESLAMODEL Y438534914.9%+49.2%โˆ’55.5%4 899
3โˆ’2KIAEV345124534.5%โˆ’44.6%โ€“7 554
4+4HYUNDAIINSTER41104114.1%+63.1%โ€“2 597
5+4TESLAMODEL 3331804114.1%+77.9%โˆ’18.3%4 046
6โˆ’2RENAULT539173984.0%+17.8%โ€“2 651
7+14MINIMINI183462292.3%+50.7%โˆ’31.2%1 237
8โˆ’2AUDIQ4187322192.2%โˆ’30.7%โˆ’19.5%2 526
9+3VOLKSWAGENID.720932122.1%+6.5%+146.5%1 143
10+1BMWIX120742112.1%+1.9%โˆ’38.8%2 657
11โˆ’4VOLKSWAGENID.3181262072.1%โˆ’29.4%+10.1%1 763
12+2VOLVOEX4020122032.0%+4.1%โˆ’38.1%1 902
130HYUNDAIKONA181101911.9%โˆ’2.1%โˆ’39.7%1 236
14โˆ’4SKODAENYAQ18191901.9%โˆ’16.7%+3.8%1 432
15+2VOLKSWAGENID.4176141901.9%+13.8%+93.9%1 293
16+18POLESTARPOLESTAR 217591841.8%+87.8%+46.0%1 052
17โˆ’1RENAULTSCENIC18131841.8%+7.0%โˆ’42.7%1 452
18+8AUDIA618021821.8%+61.1%โ€“993
19+5CITROENC317211731.7%+50.4%โ€“2 249
20+7MINIACEMAN17301731.7%+53.1%โ€“1 121

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 169

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEVPHEVHybridShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10VOLKSWAGEN2 0483 1905 2386801 28521010.5%โˆ’19.5%+8.2%45 691+4.1%
2+1TOYOTA2 0511 8233 874552952 6007.8%โˆ’12.3%+10.0%31 359โˆ’1.2%
3โˆ’1KIA2 6908203 5106334918437.1%โˆ’22.8%+1.2%32 360+7.1%
40BMW1 5501 5723 1225151 6863106.3%โˆ’10.9%โˆ’2.4%29 039+7.6%
50AUDI9391 5982 5376379992295.1%โˆ’18.3%โˆ’1.0%24 088+6.7%
6+5RENAULT1 8087222 530731901 2495.1%+21.9%+2.1%20 503+11.4%
7+2FORD1 1991 3302 5292801 0116905.1%โˆ’11.2%โˆ’1.3%21 542+17.0%
80SKODA1 7995952 3949235792394.8%โˆ’17.0%+41.7%19 870+13.4%
9+3HYUNDAI1 8285412 3697313486514.8%+16.2%+33.0%16 767โˆ’9.1%
10โˆ’3MERCEDES-BENZ1 0051 3132 3184371 0511884.7%โˆ’20.4%โˆ’2.8%22 116+3.3%
11โˆ’5VOLVO7861 4362 2223931 4631394.5%โˆ’23.9%โˆ’28.5%24 465โˆ’22.2%
12โˆ’2PEUGEOT9951 1162 1112733135934.2%โˆ’9.5%โˆ’4.3%19 051+9.7%
130OPEL6978821 579304923513.2%โˆ’11.8%โˆ’6.1%13 942+8.5%
14+2CITROEN5455101 055275921732.1%โˆ’0.6%+36.1%9 589+42.5%
15+11TESLA775148923923001.9%+58.6%โˆ’43.4%9 146โˆ’46.2%
16+1SUZUKI378475853086851.7%โˆ’19.0%โˆ’27.1%8 524โˆ’13.5%
17โˆ’2SEAT3035198220173221.7%โˆ’27.8%โˆ’16.5%8 150โˆ’13.4%
180CUPRA37244381523453271.6%โˆ’8.7%+71.9%6 085+90.8%
19+2MINI50031581544989331.6%+10.0%โˆ’12.7%6 691+7.6%
200MAZDA36140376447893221.5%โˆ’9.9%โˆ’21.1%7 585โˆ’11.2%
21โˆ’7LYNK & CO976427392570861.5%โˆ’36.3%+71.1%6 405+64.1%
220DACIA4831306136802381.2%โˆ’15.7%โˆ’5.7%5 214โˆ’0.7%
230NISSAN1803985781203761.2%โˆ’12.2%โˆ’11.5%6 880โˆ’6.7%
240FIAT10841752513401801.1%โˆ’14.9%โˆ’20.0%4 640โˆ’31.2%
250LAND ROVER2482595071429211.0%โˆ’14.4%โˆ’0.8%4 482+11.5%
26+2JEEP222192414961541040.8%โˆ’0.5%+8.4%3 114โˆ’0.4%
27+3BYD3683840618921700.8%+27.3%+7.4%2 539+33.5%
28โˆ’1PORSCHE125264389105119170.8%โˆ’16.0%+13.7%4 030+11.2%
290MITSUBISHI18916835701671070.7%โˆ’14.2%โˆ’12.7%4 098โˆ’5.8%
30+3POLESTAR24712259259000.5%+36.3%+47.2%1 722+28.2%

Electric brands 52

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
1+1SKODA910139239.2%โˆ’7.0%+393.6%6 170
2+5TESLA7751489239.2%+58.6%โˆ’43.4%9 146
3+5HYUNDAI700317317.3%+30.1%+64.6%5 034
4+2RENAULT704277317.3%+12.8%+32.7%5 295
5โˆ’1VOLKSWAGEN617636806.8%โˆ’8.0%+50.1%4 874
6โˆ’1AUDI540976376.4%โˆ’3.5%+50.9%5 753
7โˆ’6KIA597366336.3%โˆ’44.6%โˆ’9.8%10 073
8+3BMW468475155.2%+15.5%โˆ’43.2%5 772
9+4MINI403464494.5%+35.6%โˆ’6.8%2 961
100MERCEDES-BENZ360774374.4%โˆ’4.2%+11.5%3 469

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.