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Passenger-car registrations in the Netherlands

Netherlands ยท May 2026

The Netherlands registered 57 285 passenger cars in May 2026: 29 694 new cars (51.8% of the total) and 27 591 used imports. That is up 10.0% on April 2026 and up 1.5% on May 2025. Year to date the market stands at 291 329 registrations, up 5.8% on the same period of last year.

VOLKSWAGEN led the brand ranking with 6 767 registrations and a 11.8% share, ahead of TOYOTA (4 253) and KIA (4 197). Together the top three brands took 26.6% of the market. Among the ten largest brands, RENAULT grew fastest year on year (+24.7%) while FORD fell furthest (โˆ’14.5%). The best-selling model was the VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN with 1 314 registrations, followed by the VOLKSWAGEN GOLF (1 018) and the FORD KUGA (934). The TIGUAN arrived mainly as a used import: 889 used against 425 new.

Battery-electric cars took 25.8% of all registrations, compared with 20.8% in May 2025. Among new cars alone the electric share was 41.7%. Plug-in hybrids took 27.5%, other hybrids 22.7%, diesel 2.2% and petrol 21.8%. The leading electric brand was KIA with 1 812 battery-electric registrations, ahead of TESLA (1 625). The best-selling battery-electric model was the TESLA MODEL Y with 832 registrations, ahead of the TESLA MODEL 3 (765). New cars averaged 54.5 g/km of COโ‚‚ (WLTP). Used imports were on average 5.5 years old when they were registered.

May 2026 was the 13th-highest of the 33 months on this page, which average 55 782 registrations a month; the peak was December 2025 with 72 636 and the low December 2023 with 45 733.

57 285
vs previous month +10.0% ยท vs same month last year +1.5%
29 694
New share 51.8%
27 591
Avg import age (yrs) 5.5
25.8%
14 754 BEV ยท 15 735 PHEV (27.5%)
41.7%
12 377 BEV

Fuel mix

Petrol12 500 (21.8%)Diesel1 236 (2.2%)Hybrid13 007 (22.7%)Plug-in hybrid15 735 (27.5%)Battery electric14 754 (25.8%)Gas (LPG / CNG)22 (0.0%)Other31 (0.1%)

Models 1246

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEVPHEVMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
1+1VOLKSWAGENTIGUAN4258891 31401 063+42.2%+38.2%5 378+28.5%
2+1VOLKSWAGENGOLF2337851 0182444+11.5%โˆ’4.3%5 238+1.9%
3โˆ’2FORDKUGA3765589340878โˆ’7.0%+20.1%5 776+26.0%
40TOYOTAYARIS CROSS41052393300+11.1%โˆ’9.3%4 585+6.0%
5+4VOLKSWAGENT-ROC36951288100+29.2%+51.4%3 863+33.2%
60KIAPICANTO7469584100+17.3%โˆ’3.7%3 194โˆ’16.5%
7+15TESLAMODEL Y7111218328320+66.1%+20.8%3 183+14.2%
8+4TOYOTAYARIS44136380400+22.9%โˆ’8.2%3 291โˆ’17.0%
9โˆ’4VOLVOXC603134807930754โˆ’0.5%+7.6%4 266+13.2%
10+1VOLKSWAGENPOLO13464277600+17.9%โˆ’26.5%4 786โˆ’6.0%
11+72TESLAMODEL 3670957657650+273.2%+56.4%2 251โˆ’12.7%
12โˆ’5TOYOTAAYGO X60912873700+3.4%+18.9%4 241+39.3%
130VOLVOXC4023349172484330+10.7%โˆ’4.6%3 598+9.2%
14+5PEUGEOT2008353321674850+22.1%+8.7%3 617+23.4%
150KIANIRO443214657169112+7.4%โˆ’18.0%3 125โˆ’19.2%
160TOYOTAC-HR484171655354137+8.1%+76.5%2 481+43.8%
17โˆ’7HYUNDAIKONA4871666532450โˆ’3.0%+52.6%3 069+29.1%
18+3KIAEV3638146526520+23.0%โˆ’12.7%2 376โˆ’57.7%
19+17LYNK & CO011544486020601+61.4%โˆ’38.5%3 286+1.5%
20+30RENAULTCLIO47710958600+75.4%+65.5%2 448+11.2%
21โˆ’7AUDIQ31573805370418โˆ’12.5%+53.9%3 231+81.5%
22โˆ’5PEUGEOT208290233523800โˆ’13.3%+12.0%2 999โˆ’13.0%
23+29KIAEV551715185180+57.4%โ€“1 710โ€“
24โˆ’6OPELCORSA235278513980โˆ’13.2%โˆ’25.4%2 994โˆ’13.1%
25โˆ’5RENAULTCAPTUR245267512036โˆ’5.0%โˆ’13.4%2 922+1.3%
26โˆ’2AUDIA32182754930338+2.1%โˆ’9.2%2 632+12.4%
27โˆ’1SKODAKODIAQ3781024800393+7.9%+7.9%2 810+7.7%
28+13AUDIQ51533234760466+34.1%+47.4%2 160+50.9%
29+3BMW3 SERIES1602874470276+10.1%โˆ’8.8%2 541+2.6%
30โˆ’22SKODAELROQ430124424420โˆ’37.1%โˆ’59.6%2 122โˆ’5.9%
31+3BMWX11662754410343+11.4%โˆ’5.2%2 364+10.5%
32+31VOLVOV603261144400406+68.6%+0.5%1 739โˆ’9.1%
33โˆ’8CUPRAFORMENTOR304064360394โˆ’3.1%+45.8%2 228+45.5%
34โˆ’1PEUGEOT300819224443682126+9.3%โˆ’0.7%2 713+31.3%
35โˆ’8SUZUKISWIFT20522943400โˆ’1.1%โˆ’12.7%2 812+2.6%
36+17SEATIBIZA28314943200+32.9%+51.0%2 146+23.0%
37+6BMWX31802484280384+21.9%+2.4%2 469+46.9%
380KIASPORTAGE2401864260171+16.4%+18.7%2 507+35.6%
39โˆ’11TOYOTACOROLLA27614642200โˆ’2.8%โˆ’20.1%2 255โˆ’11.5%
40โˆ’17NISSANQASHQAI11230641800โˆ’15.9%โˆ’10.3%2 863+13.0%
41+17SUZUKIVITARA2561624181430+39.3%+67.2%1 865+36.7%
42โˆ’12FORDPUMA182235417440โˆ’2.6%โˆ’22.3%2 512โˆ’1.5%
43+42VOLVOEX30402124144140+103.9%โˆ’7.0%1 400โˆ’40.6%
44โˆ’2AUDIQ42991144134130+17.0%+37.2%1 358โˆ’18.3%
45+1VOLVOXC901862133990388+16.0%+13.0%1 927+13.0%
46โˆ’15HYUNDAITUCSON2061883940209โˆ’4.8%+1.0%2 209+13.4%
47โˆ’18BYDSEAL U1432493929382โˆ’9.3%+73.5%2 000+177.0%
48โˆ’8BMWX5982933910379+8.0%+11.1%2 129+19.9%
49+8RENAULT5370153853850+27.1%+94.4%1 604+7.4%
50+5BMW5 SERIES1522293810308+24.1%โˆ’5.9%2 161+1.5%

Electric models 212

#ยฑMakeModelNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
1+2TESLAMODEL Y7111218325.6%+66.1%+20.8%3 183
2+14TESLAMODEL 3670957655.2%+273.2%+56.4%2 251
3โˆ’1KIAEV3638146524.4%+23.0%โˆ’12.7%2 376
4+3KIAEV551715183.5%+57.4%โ€“1 710
5โˆ’4SKODAELROQ430124423.0%โˆ’37.1%โˆ’59.6%2 122
6+11VOLVOEX30402124142.8%+103.9%โˆ’7.0%1 400
7โˆ’1AUDIQ42991144132.8%+17.0%+37.2%1 358
80RENAULT5370153852.6%+27.1%+94.4%1 599
9โˆ’5TOYOTAC-HR35403542.4%โˆ’9.2%โ€“879
10+8BMWIX3285663512.4%+83.8%+1495.5%877
11โˆ’6VOLVOEX4029783052.1%โˆ’17.1%+27.6%1 404
12โˆ’2VOLKSWAGENID.3232622942.0%+15.3%+105.6%1 062
13+1BMWIX1240392791.9%+33.5%+3.0%1 088
14+1HYUNDAIKONA205402451.7%+18.4%+120.7%978
15+8VOLKSWAGENID.723862441.7%+60.5%+123.9%890
16โˆ’7HYUNDAIINSTER23412351.6%โˆ’15.8%โˆ’29.9%1 083
17โˆ’6VOLKSWAGENID.4171522231.5%+1.8%+68.9%1 059
18+7RENAULTSCENIC21282201.5%+56.0%+20.2%716
19+8KIAEV219501951.3%+52.3%โ€“323
20+18LEAPMOTORB1017901791.2%+115.7%โ€“529

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 162

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEVPHEVHybridShareMoMYoYYTDYTD YoY
10VOLKSWAGEN2 3174 4506 7679162 32560811.8%+20.8%+13.6%32 705+17.3%
20TOYOTA2 5261 7274 2536591943 0597.4%+10.4%+4.6%20 268+6.8%
30KIA3 3298684 1971 8124488747.3%+20.3%+8.0%18 375โˆ’10.1%
4+1BMW1 7411 9163 6579101 7813626.4%+19.8%+5.4%18 821+4.9%
5โˆ’1AUDI1 2362 1023 3387711 7022215.8%+1.7%+9.0%17 093+12.4%
60VOLVO1 8571 4803 3379331 9133215.8%+16.3%โˆ’1.0%15 776โˆ’1.5%
70RENAULT2 0367762 8121 044601 3054.9%+16.4%+24.7%13 244+9.6%
8+1MERCEDES-BENZ1 0011 4122 4134841 1431684.2%+3.7%โˆ’12.6%13 490โˆ’2.6%
9+2PEUGEOT1 1251 1662 2913752609584.0%+2.1%โˆ’3.2%13 096+7.2%
100FORD7221 4102 1322029914833.7%โˆ’6.0%โˆ’14.5%13 026โˆ’3.3%
11โˆ’3SKODA1 2667231 9896226581543.5%โˆ’17.4%โˆ’35.8%11 863+1.3%
120HYUNDAI1 1636631 8266452575923.2%โˆ’9.2%โˆ’5.6%10 468โˆ’1.8%
130OPEL8559101 7654061794563.1%+5.6%โˆ’8.2%9 308+4.0%
14+7TESLA1 3852401 6251 625002.8%+125.4%+35.8%5 556+1.1%
15+1SUZUKI5126341 146143188032.0%+11.3%+11.2%6 249+14.6%
16โˆ’1CITROEN5735601 133374842492.0%+9.8%โˆ’10.5%6 143โˆ’0.7%
170SEAT4496431 0920203391.9%+13.0%+4.5%5 981+15.4%
18โˆ’4CUPRA3037121 015205725151.8%โˆ’3.3%+39.6%5 078+41.2%
19โˆ’1MAZDA37454892271834031.6%+7.7%+20.2%5 432+11.5%
20+2BYD49929078923954901.4%+14.2%+141.3%3 261+135.1%
21โˆ’2NISSAN27147074112804281.3%โˆ’1.7%โˆ’19.6%4 309โˆ’9.7%
22โˆ’2MINI369359728327104291.3%โˆ’0.4%+0.3%4 204โˆ’3.2%
23+3LYNK & CO2144766902766211.2%+43.2%โˆ’30.7%3 702+12.2%
240DACIA4581466043203151.1%+12.3%โˆ’5.2%3 173+9.4%
25โˆ’2FIAT15837653417702190.9%โˆ’12.3%โˆ’26.4%3 296+14.1%
26+1JEEP2722184901641171550.9%+7.2%+27.9%2 423+26.4%
27+6LEAPMOTOR46714683927600.8%+137.6%+800.0%1 324+421.3%
28โˆ’3LAND ROVER1722944660406140.8%โˆ’7.0%โˆ’3.3%2 865โˆ’2.1%
290PORSCHE14828443297113440.8%+8.0%โˆ’3.1%2 375โˆ’14.3%
30โˆ’2MG2541484021371131470.7%โˆ’9.0%โˆ’44.9%1 766โˆ’10.7%

Electric brands 63

#ยฑMakeNewUsedTotalBEV shareMoMYoYYTD
10KIA1 750621 81212.3%+25.7%+58.0%6 294
2+4TESLA1 3852401 62511.0%+125.4%+35.8%5 556
30RENAULT956881 0447.1%+24.0%+109.6%3 763
4+1VOLVO7981359336.3%+26.3%+4.5%3 642
5โˆ’1VOLKSWAGEN7162009166.2%+22.8%+90.8%3 541
6+3BMW7111999106.2%+42.2%+54.5%3 497
70AUDI4982737715.2%+10.3%+10.6%2 748
8+2TOYOTA65186594.5%+20.9%+828.2%1 868
9โˆ’1HYUNDAI555906454.4%โˆ’0.5%+20.6%2 721
10โˆ’8SKODA565576224.2%โˆ’31.9%โˆ’53.0%3 000

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.