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Passenger-car registrations in the Netherlands

Netherlands ยท January 2026

The Netherlands registered 63 532 passenger cars in January 2026: 27 853 new cars (43.8% of the total) and 35 679 used imports. That is down 12.5% on December 2025 and up 10.6% on January 2025. Year to date, meaning January alone, the total is 63 532, up 10.6% on January last year.

VOLKSWAGEN led the brand ranking with 7 544 registrations and a 11.9% share, ahead of BMW (4 251) and TOYOTA (3 903). Together the top three brands took 24.7% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, VOLKSWAGEN grew fastest year on year (+20.0%) while KIA fell furthest (โˆ’30.4%). The best-selling model was the FORD KUGA with 1 523 registrations, followed by the VOLKSWAGEN POLO (1 454) and the VOLKSWAGEN GOLF (1 249). The KUGA arrived mainly as a used import: 982 used against 541 new.

Battery-electric cars took 13.4% of all registrations, compared with 21.5% in January 2025. Among new cars alone the electric share was 25.2%. Plug-in hybrids took 30.7%, other hybrids 24.5%, diesel 2.3% and petrol 28.9%. The leading electric brand was KIA with 753 battery-electric registrations, ahead of VOLVO (637). The best-selling battery-electric model was the TESLA MODEL Y with 367 registrations, ahead of the KIA EV3 (318). New cars averaged 77.0 g/km of COโ‚‚ (WLTP). Used imports were on average 5.4 years old when they were registered.

January 2026 was the 2nd-highest of the 29 months on this page, which average 55 621 registrations a month; the peak was December 2025 with 72 636 and the low December 2023 with 45 733.

63 532
vs previous month โˆ’12.5% ยท vs same month last year +10.6%
27 853
New share 43.8%
35 679
Avg import age (yrs) 5.4
13.4%
8 507 BEV ยท 19 500 PHEV (30.7%)
25.2%
7 013 BEV

Fuel mix

Petrol18 391 (28.9%)Diesel1 444 (2.3%)Hybrid15 588 (24.5%)Plug-in hybrid19 500 (30.7%)Battery electric8 507 (13.4%)Gas (LPG / CNG)47 (0.1%)Other55 (0.1%)

Models 1239

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEVPHEVMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
1+22FORDKUGA5419821 52301 434+118.2%+69.8%1 523+69.8%
2+10VOLKSWAGENPOLO4031 0511 45400+53.2%+7.6%1 454+7.6%
3+8VOLKSWAGENGOLF2519981 2490365+22.3%+16.4%1 249+16.4%
4+10VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN3467971 1430745+27.1%+53.4%1 143+53.4%
5+21SUZUKISWIFT7253261 05100+55.7%+46.6%1 051+46.6%
6+18VOLVOXC602597209790928+42.7%+4.6%979+4.6%
7+22LYNK & CO011796698480839+35.5%+49.0%848+49.0%
8+32VOLKSWAGENT-ROC23161384400+89.2%+36.1%844+36.1%
9โˆ’6TOYOTAAYGO X61121382400โˆ’45.8%+33.3%824+33.3%
10โˆ’2TOYOTAYARIS CROSS28952381200โˆ’29.1%+16.5%812+16.5%
11+23HYUNDAII1063112275300+50.9%+21.3%753+21.3%
12+37AUDIQ32784637410598+89.5%+83.0%741+83.0%
13+15PEUGEOT2008321412733440+14.7%+25.3%733+25.3%
14+28VOLVOXC4011861373157467+68.8%+20.2%731+20.2%
15+22PEUGEOT3008301418719100272+54.0%+87.7%719+87.7%
16+31SKODAKODIAQ5561477030545+76.6%+20.8%703+20.8%
17+3HYUNDAIKONA5581437012200โˆ’7.3%+25.4%701+25.4%
18+7RENAULTCAPTUR236460696066+2.1%+25.4%696+25.4%
19+31FORDPUMA353331684870+78.6%+25.7%684+25.7%
20+48KIASPORTAGE4632156780339+116.6%+67.4%678+67.4%
21+6PEUGEOT208259413672450+3.7%โˆ’32.2%672โˆ’32.2%
22+23AUDIA32404116510399+56.5%+31.0%651+31.0%
23+44BMWX32433946370565+102.2%+94.2%637+94.2%
24โˆ’11TOYOTAYARIS21841563300โˆ’31.5%โˆ’14.7%633โˆ’14.7%
25+27KIANIRO35125560642129+59.9%โˆ’14.9%606โˆ’14.9%
26+4OPELCORSA263343606530+0.8%โˆ’30.1%606โˆ’30.1%
27+12BMW3 SERIES1624436050429+35.0%+13.9%605+13.9%
28+33NISSANQASHQAI16544060500+77.9%+18.6%605+18.6%
29+3RENAULTCLIO38621059600+10.8%+30.1%596+30.1%
30+32BMW5 SERIES3042685720471+69.7%+13.7%572+13.7%
31+38HYUNDAITUCSON2932795720323+84.5%+20.9%572+20.9%
32+1CITROENC32932515441560+8.6%+44.3%544+44.3%
33+26BMWX11823605420390+54.0%+42.6%542+42.6%
34+10TOYOTACOROLLA21729951600+22.3%+16.5%516+16.5%
35+19BMWX5614505110481+36.3%+38.9%511+38.9%
36+27SEATIBIZA22927150000+51.1%+23.5%500+23.5%
37+35AUDIQ51713224930464+63.2%+57.0%493+57.0%
38+5MINIMINI2142764902110+14.0%+26.9%490+26.9%
39+38SKODAOCTAVIA2582244820134+65.1%+22.0%482+22.0%
40+40LAND ROVERRANGE ROVER1952834780422+68.3%โˆ’0.6%478โˆ’0.6%
41+69SUZUKIVITARA255219474640+135.8%+18.5%474+18.5%
42+9SEATLEON2042674710217+23.3%+9.0%471+9.0%
43+79SKODAKAMIQ24318342600+156.6%+87.7%426+87.7%
44+21CUPRAFORMENTOR503684180372+29.4%+46.2%418+46.2%
45+49VOLKSWAGENTAYRON3151034180395+75.6%โ€“418โ€“
46+20VOLVOXC901152954100383+28.9%+33.1%410+33.1%
47+46MERCEDES-BENZGLC1632434060360+69.9%+16.3%406+16.3%
48โˆ’29AUDIA615224239487268โˆ’49.9%+54.5%394+54.5%
49+39KIACEED1882053930128+58.5%+20.6%393+20.6%
50+23VOLVOV602141753890333+31.4%โˆ’3.0%389โˆ’3.0%

Electric models 195

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10TESLAMODEL Y287803674.3%โˆ’89.6%โˆ’31.5%367
2+2KIAEV331353183.7%โˆ’75.1%โˆ’81.9%318
30VOLVOEX3027572823.3%โˆ’79.8%โˆ’61.7%282
4+5RENAULT527092793.3%โˆ’67.9%+125.0%279
5+28HYUNDAIINSTER26802683.2%+9.8%โˆ’18.3%268
6+13HYUNDAIKONA193272202.6%โˆ’49.9%+22.2%220
7+27MINIMINI128832112.5%โˆ’13.5%+83.5%211
8โˆ’3VOLKSWAGENID.4180312112.5%โˆ’83.5%โˆ’33.0%211
9โˆ’2VOLVOEX40189112002.4%โˆ’82.1%โˆ’36.7%200
10โˆ’4VOLKSWAGENID.716381712.0%โˆ’85.4%+20.4%171
11โˆ’3AUDIQ4104641682.0%โˆ’84.3%โˆ’55.9%168
12โˆ’1BMWIX1147201672.0%โˆ’80.6%โˆ’41.4%167
13+9KIAEV515801581.9%โˆ’57.3%โ€“158
14+17CITROENC315601561.8%โˆ’40.7%โˆ’10.9%156
15โˆ’13SKODAELROQ130131431.7%โˆ’95.4%+1000.0%143
16โˆ’3VOLKSWAGENID.3122191411.7%โˆ’81.1%โˆ’74.3%141
17+67MGMG4117201371.6%+234.1%+372.4%137
18+5PEUGEOT500813601361.6%โˆ’56.8%+202.2%136
19+10TOYOTABZ4X11791261.5%โˆ’53.7%+137.7%126
20+10BMWI511291211.4%โˆ’54.7%+1.7%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 174

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEVPHEVHybridShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10VOLKSWAGEN2 2815 2637 5446052 00657811.9%โˆ’9.9%+20.0%7 544+20.0%
2+7BMW1 7902 4614 2515232 4585396.7%+6.4%+11.5%4 251+11.5%
30TOYOTA1 6592 2443 9031862192 9066.1%โˆ’24.4%+16.0%3 903+16.0%
4+3AUDI1 3342 4983 8324012 1183286.0%โˆ’9.9%+12.7%3 832+12.7%
5+3KIA2 1771 1993 3767537501 0345.3%โˆ’17.6%โˆ’30.4%3 376โˆ’30.4%
6โˆ’2VOLVO1 2582 0813 3396372 1912225.3%โˆ’29.5%โˆ’8.6%3 339โˆ’8.6%
7+4FORD1 0382 2683 3062421 5227295.2%+27.9%+19.9%3 306+19.9%
8+4PEUGEOT1 3351 7213 0563634221 0974.8%+20.0%+12.9%3 056+12.9%
9+1MERCEDES-BENZ1 0711 8702 9413831 5282394.6%+5.6%+7.6%2 941+7.6%
10+3HYUNDAI2 0118542 8655954128304.5%+24.9%+4.3%2 865+4.3%
11โˆ’5RENAULT1 5191 2692 788507961 5534.4%โˆ’34.9%+33.5%2 788+33.5%
12โˆ’10SKODA1 6821 0922 7742609073804.4%โˆ’47.2%+36.8%2 774+36.8%
13+1OPEL8351 2272 0622631545543.3%+12.1%+13.2%2 062+13.2%
14+5SUZUKI1 0508311 8816461 5473.0%+70.8%+30.2%1 881+30.2%
15+5SEAT6019281 5292304522.4%+48.4%+27.8%1 529+27.8%
16+1CITROEN6747741 4483441082912.3%+16.7%+49.3%1 448+49.3%
17โˆ’1MAZDA4326501 082411294651.7%โˆ’14.5%+9.4%1 082+9.4%
180MINI387552939365175381.5%โˆ’17.8%+10.3%939+10.3%
19โˆ’4CUPRA23769192885741291.5%โˆ’32.1%+52.9%928+52.9%
20+2LYNK & CO2486749222189291.5%+29.1%+59.5%922+59.5%
21+4NISSAN2626228845305901.4%+68.4%โˆ’5.7%884โˆ’5.7%
22+2FIAT19152371415203181.1%+25.7%+26.4%714+26.4%
23+4LAND ROVER2454326770574321.1%+58.2%โˆ’4.9%677โˆ’4.9%
24+8PORSCHE310314624127276381.0%+80.9%โˆ’19.9%624โˆ’19.9%
25โˆ’4DACIA4361866223603321.0%โˆ’37.8%+32.3%622+32.3%
26โˆ’3BYD32716248912936000.8%โˆ’25.2%+98.0%489+98.0%
27+2MITSUBISHI235245480102341380.8%+17.6%โˆ’25.9%480โˆ’25.9%
28โˆ’23TESLA301167468468000.7%โˆ’89.4%โˆ’55.5%468โˆ’55.5%
29โˆ’1JEEP12831744577180900.7%+7.5%+7.5%445+7.5%
30+3MG24991340175561020.5%โˆ’1.2%+72.6%340+72.6%

Electric brands 58

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
1+4KIA704497538.9%โˆ’70.4%โˆ’63.2%753
2+2VOLVO539986377.5%โˆ’77.4%โˆ’48.1%637
30VOLKSWAGEN4941116057.1%โˆ’82.1%โˆ’44.8%605
4+6HYUNDAI537585957.0%โˆ’36.5%โˆ’31.0%595
5+3BMW436875236.2%โˆ’67.8%โˆ’32.7%523
6+1RENAULT453545076.0%โˆ’76.1%+63.5%507
7โˆ’6TESLA3011674685.5%โˆ’89.4%โˆ’55.5%468
8โˆ’2AUDI2431584014.7%โˆ’81.6%โˆ’49.7%401
90MERCEDES-BENZ2771063834.5%โˆ’64.3%โˆ’20.0%383
10+2MINI274913654.3%โˆ’52.0%+6.4%365

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.