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Passenger-car registrations in the Netherlands

Netherlands ยท April 2026

The Netherlands registered 52 084 passenger cars in April 2026: 25 441 new cars (48.8% of the total) and 26 643 used imports. That is down 18.6% on March 2026 and down 1.2% on April 2025. Year to date the market stands at 234 044 registrations, up 6.9% on the same period of last year.

VOLKSWAGEN led the brand ranking with 5 602 registrations and a 10.8% share, ahead of TOYOTA (3 853) and KIA (3 489). Together the top three brands took 24.9% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, AUDI grew fastest year on year (+11.6%) while SKODA fell furthest (โˆ’13.5%). The best-selling model was the FORD KUGA with 1 004 registrations, followed by the VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN (924) and the VOLKSWAGEN GOLF (913). The KUGA arrived mainly as a used import: 528 used against 476 new.

Battery-electric cars took 22.5% of all registrations, compared with 20.0% in April 2025. Among new cars alone the electric share was 37.9%. Plug-in hybrids took 27.6%, other hybrids 23.7%, diesel 2.8% and petrol 23.2%. The leading electric brand was KIA with 1 441 battery-electric registrations, ahead of SKODA (914). The best-selling battery-electric model was the SKODA ELROQ with 703 registrations, ahead of the KIA EV3 (530). New cars averaged 60.5 g/km of COโ‚‚ (WLTP). Used imports were on average 5.6 years old when they were registered.

April 2026 was the 21st-highest of the 32 months on this page, which average 55 735 registrations a month; the peak was December 2025 with 72 636 and the low December 2023 with 45 733.

52 084
vs previous month โˆ’18.6% ยท vs same month last year โˆ’1.2%
25 441
New share 48.8%
26 643
Avg import age (yrs) 5.6
22.5%
11 714 BEV ยท 14 379 PHEV (27.6%)
37.9%
9 633 BEV

Fuel mix

Petrol12 085 (23.2%)Diesel1 478 (2.8%)Hybrid12 344 (23.7%)Plug-in hybrid14 379 (27.6%)Battery electric11 714 (22.5%)Gas (LPG / CNG)30 (0.1%)Other54 (0.1%)

Models 1260

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEVPHEVMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10FORDKUGA4765281 0040943โˆ’8.2%+31.8%4 842+27.2%
2+2VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN3006249240703โˆ’10.2%+7.9%4 064+25.7%
30VOLKSWAGENGOLF1837309132335โˆ’13.1%โˆ’5.3%4 220+3.6%
4+1TOYOTAYARIS CROSS39144984000โˆ’18.3%โˆ’10.7%3 652+10.8%
5+4VOLVOXC602595387970759โˆ’15.3%+7.0%3 473+14.6%
6+10KIAPICANTO62394717000.0%+1.8%2 353โˆ’20.3%
70TOYOTAAYGO X54317071300โˆ’27.2%+44.9%3 504+44.6%
8+19SKODAELROQ690137037030+31.2%โˆ’16.9%1 680+44.7%
9+4VOLKSWAGENT-ROC22545768200โˆ’15.4%+29.7%2 982+28.6%
10+11HYUNDAIKONA5221516732070+11.1%+46.3%2 416+24.0%
11โˆ’1VOLKSWAGENPOLO8257665800โˆ’28.6%โˆ’25.5%4 010โˆ’0.6%
12+8TOYOTAYARIS27937565400+6.3%โˆ’12.3%2 487โˆ’19.5%
13โˆ’2VOLVOXC4014151365477351โˆ’24.1%+7.4%2 874+13.3%
14+1AUDIQ32333816140508โˆ’17.1%+77.5%2 694+88.3%
15+4KIANIRO43917361221577โˆ’4.1%โˆ’23.1%2 468โˆ’19.6%
16+12TOYOTAC-HR44616060639065+14.1%+93.6%1 826+34.9%
17+5PEUGEOT208337266603550+5.6%โˆ’6.1%2 476โˆ’16.9%
180OPELCORSA340251591880โˆ’7.7%โˆ’6.6%2 481โˆ’10.1%
19โˆ’13PEUGEOT2008218334552730โˆ’44.9%โˆ’8.3%2 943+27.3%
20โˆ’3RENAULTCAPTUR234305539056โˆ’17.1%โˆ’10.3%2 410+5.1%
21+8KIAEV3520105305300+0.4%โˆ’39.1%1 724โˆ’64.6%
22โˆ’20TESLAMODEL Y3561455015010โˆ’53.6%+135.2%2 351+12.1%
23โˆ’11NISSANQASHQAI17032749700โˆ’38.9%+5.5%2 445+18.3%
24+11AUDIA31922914830311โˆ’4.5%โˆ’1.6%2 139+18.9%
25+18CUPRAFORMENTOR404104500393โˆ’0.4%+41.5%1 792+45.5%
26โˆ’2SKODAKODIAQ3241214450353โˆ’20.7%โˆ’16.0%2 330+7.7%
27+22SUZUKISWIFT19424543900+2.8%โˆ’14.9%2 378+6.0%
28+11TOYOTACOROLLA26516943400โˆ’10.7%โˆ’14.2%1 833โˆ’9.3%
29+1BYDSEAL U25218043213418โˆ’17.9%+161.8%1 608+224.2%
30+3FORDPUMA244184428780โˆ’16.6%โˆ’15.1%2 095+4.1%
31+17HYUNDAITUCSON2072074140254โˆ’4.2%+3.8%1 815+16.5%
32โˆ’9BMW3 SERIES1072994060246โˆ’28.0%โˆ’3.6%2 094+5.4%
33+1PEUGEOT300812927039947152โˆ’21.6%โˆ’7.6%2 277+40.0%
34โˆ’3BMWX11322643960281โˆ’24.0%โˆ’11.2%1 923+14.9%
35โˆ’9MINIMINI1552293841591โˆ’29.3%โˆ’6.1%1 881+13.3%
36โˆ’22LYNK & CO01762973730372โˆ’50.1%โˆ’47.8%2 684+18.8%
37+32VOLVOEX4036083683680+25.2%+64.3%1 099+12.3%
38โˆ’1KIASPORTAGE1991673660163โˆ’24.8%+9.9%2 081+39.7%
39+21FIAT500782873651380+10.3%+24.6%1 412+8.4%
40+6BMWX5972653620346โˆ’17.5%โˆ’2.9%1 738+22.1%
41+9AUDIQ5682873550338โˆ’14.7%+31.5%1 684+52.0%
42+43AUDIQ42341193533530+46.5%+11.0%945โˆ’30.6%
43โˆ’11BMWX3992523510307โˆ’32.4%+9.0%2 041+61.6%
44+11MAZDACX-518616435000โˆ’4.1%+94.4%1 123โˆ’21.2%
45โˆ’1VOLKSWAGENTAYRON283653480328โˆ’22.5%+152.2%1 484+449.6%
46+6VOLVOXC901282163440330โˆ’13.1%โˆ’5.2%1 528+12.9%
47โˆ’11LAND ROVERRANGE ROVER1441983420306โˆ’30.6%โˆ’10.7%1 657โˆ’4.3%
48+9SEATLEON1581803380168โˆ’2.0%+23.8%1 532+11.6%
49โˆ’4CITROENC3178156334670โˆ’24.6%โˆ’38.9%1 645โˆ’32.6%
50โˆ’25RENAULTCLIO21611833400โˆ’39.7%โˆ’18.1%1 862+0.8%

Electric models 209

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
1+2SKODAELROQ690137036.0%+31.2%โˆ’16.9%1 680
2+2KIAEV3520105304.5%+0.4%โˆ’39.1%1 724
3โˆ’2TESLAMODEL Y3561455014.3%โˆ’53.6%+135.2%2 351
4+23TOYOTAC-HR38913903.3%+193.2%โ€“525
5+3VOLVOEX4036083683.1%+25.2%+64.3%1 099
6+5AUDIQ42341193533.0%+46.5%+11.0%945
7โˆ’2KIAEV532903292.8%โˆ’31.0%โ€“1 192
8โˆ’2RENAULT529763032.6%โˆ’8.5%โˆ’17.7%1 214
9+11HYUNDAIINSTER27812792.4%+71.2%+28.6%848
10+4VOLKSWAGENID.3223322552.2%+21.4%+104.0%768
11+2VOLKSWAGENID.4168512191.9%โˆ’3.5%+112.6%836
12+23KIANIRO192232151.8%+121.6%+48.3%413
13+3SKODAENYAQ165462111.8%+3.9%+27.1%696
14โˆ’7BMWIX1177322091.8%โˆ’34.9%โˆ’17.1%809
15+2HYUNDAIKONA175322071.8%+14.4%+64.3%733
16โˆ’14TESLAMODEL 3109962051.8%โˆ’78.4%โˆ’24.4%1 486
17โˆ’7VOLVOEX30191122031.7%โˆ’28.5%โˆ’46.0%986
18โˆ’9BMWIX3156351911.6%โˆ’32.7%+516.1%526
19+5RENAULT417041741.5%+20.0%+1640.0%462
20+10RENAULTMEGANE143291721.5%+49.6%+160.6%418

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 173

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEVPHEVHybridShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10VOLKSWAGEN1 8483 7545 6027461 79746110.8%โˆ’17.8%+6.8%25 938+18.4%
2+1TOYOTA2 0931 7603 8535451462 7547.4%โˆ’10.1%+3.0%16 015+7.3%
3+1KIA2 6718183 4891 4414037186.7%โˆ’8.5%โˆ’9.0%14 178โˆ’14.4%
4+1AUDI1 2772 0053 2826991 6622626.3%โˆ’6.1%+11.6%13 755+13.2%
5โˆ’3BMW1 2641 7893 0536401 4933115.9%โˆ’31.1%โˆ’4.3%15 164+4.8%
60VOLVO1 3051 5642 8697391 7142345.5%โˆ’16.8%โˆ’5.7%12 439โˆ’1.6%
7+1RENAULT1 5188982 416842861 1314.6%โˆ’19.1%โˆ’5.5%10 432+6.1%
8+3SKODA1 6457642 4099146342274.6%โˆ’3.9%โˆ’13.5%9 874+14.7%
9โˆ’2MERCEDES-BENZ9111 4172 3284261 1161504.5%โˆ’26.6%โˆ’13.3%11 077โˆ’0.1%
100FORD8911 3782 2692611 0284924.4%โˆ’12.1%โˆ’10.5%10 894โˆ’0.8%
11โˆ’2PEUGEOT1 0041 2402 2442803968694.3%โˆ’20.5%โˆ’4.8%10 805+9.7%
12+2HYUNDAI1 3097032 0126482936373.9%+8.6%+11.7%8 642โˆ’0.9%
130OPEL8228501 6722681395713.2%โˆ’13.6%โˆ’2.4%7 543+7.4%
14+6CUPRA3287221 050191766212.0%โˆ’3.0%+36.9%4 063+41.6%
15+1CITROEN4825501 0322011053012.0%โˆ’21.0%โˆ’22.2%5 010+1.8%
16+3SUZUKI3986321 0306187822.0%โˆ’5.1%โˆ’0.1%5 103+15.4%
17+1SEAT3745929662223471.9%โˆ’15.9%โˆ’5.1%4 889+18.1%
18โˆ’3MAZDA33652085643863851.6%โˆ’47.1%+14.7%4 510+9.9%
19โˆ’2NISSAN2944607545905301.5%โˆ’36.1%+1.1%3 568โˆ’7.3%
20+1MINI306425731294117261.4%โˆ’22.6%โˆ’11.0%3 476โˆ’4.0%
21โˆ’9TESLA467254721721001.4%โˆ’65.2%+42.5%3 931โˆ’8.6%
22+1BYD47721469119549501.3%โˆ’22.4%+149.5%2 472+133.2%
23+3FIAT17543460918202741.2%โˆ’11.1%+18.0%2 762+27.7%
24โˆ’2DACIA4111275384802201.0%โˆ’41.8%+3.5%2 569+13.5%
250LAND ROVER2142875010429201.0%โˆ’29.7%โˆ’6.0%2 399โˆ’1.8%
26โˆ’2LYNK & CO1852974823244910.9%โˆ’41.8%โˆ’33.6%3 012+30.8%
270JEEP285172457145721840.9%โˆ’21.2%+23.2%1 933+26.0%
28+3MG3081344421021162130.9%+49.3%โˆ’32.4%1 364+9.3%
290PORSCHE13726340088123350.8%โˆ’14.9%โˆ’20.0%1 943โˆ’16.5%
30โˆ’2MITSUBISHI14117731823137890.6%โˆ’44.9%โˆ’23.0%1 799โˆ’26.1%

Electric brands 59

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
1+1KIA1 379621 44112.3%+4.3%+17.5%4 482
2+5SKODA855599147.8%+23.7%โˆ’10.0%2 378
3+1RENAULT767758427.2%+7.1%+36.2%2 719
4+1VOLKSWAGEN5951517466.4%โˆ’1.6%+87.9%2 625
5+1VOLVO6161237396.3%โˆ’0.3%โˆ’4.8%2 709
6โˆ’5TESLA4672547216.2%โˆ’65.2%+42.5%3 931
7+2AUDI4392606996.0%+45.0%โˆ’1.4%1 977
8+2HYUNDAI561876485.5%+43.4%+49.3%2 076
9โˆ’6BMW4921486405.5%โˆ’39.8%+16.2%2 587
10+4TOYOTA53785454.7%+89.9%+607.8%1 209

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.