According to data from the Federal Public Service Mobility & Transport and the sector federation Febiac, 34,338 new cars were registered in Belgium and Luxembourg in May 2025. That’s 11.7% less than last year in May. Once again, the decrease is entirely due to the regression of the professional market (_20.1%), while individual buyers bought 1.6% more cars than in May 2024.
This also means that the new car registration for the first five months decreased by 9.7% compared to January to May 2024. Here, too, the decrease is entirely due to the professional market, which regressed by 20.4%, while registrations by individual buyers grew by 7.4%.
In comparison to last year, the market share of individual buyers in the total car market has risen from 38.7% to 45.9%. Consequently, the part of the professional market has decreased from 61.3% to 54.1%.
Regarding the power source, 42.2% of all cars registered from January to May 2025 were petrol cars (+0.4%), and 3.3% were diesels (-1.6%). When we examine the electrified cars, we see that 33.3% were fully electric (+4.8%), 8.4% were PHEVs (down from 14.2%), and 12% were hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), representing a 2.8% increase in the total market share.
Other vehicle categories
Light commercial vehicles (LCVs) were 16% more popular in May (+11.5% over the first five months). Heavier vehicles regressed in May: -15.2% under 16 tons, -8.8% above 16 tons. For the first five months, the figures are +0.8% and -3.9% respectively.
Two-wheeler registrations also regressed in May (-11.3%), bringing the total over 5 months to 11,391 motorized two-wheelers, a 9.9% decline.
Cars by make
As BMW sales slumped by 22.7% in May, the Bavarians lost their first place in the market to Volkswagen, despite also experiencing a 14.8% decline in sales. The difference between the two was minimal: BMW sold 44 fewer cars than Volkswagen in May (3,486 against 3,530). In third place, we see Audi, despite a 13.2% decrease in sales.
Peugeot is fourth and the big winner of the month in the top ten, with a 54.8% sales increase. Also performing very well is Dacia (+43.3% in sales), which is 24pushing Mercedes (-12.7%) to sixth place. Renault is seventh (-14.4% in sales), and Toyota (eighth) lost 16.2% of sales. Despite a decrease of 40.9% in sales, Volvo stays in the top ten as ninth, while Skoda climbed to tenth position thanks to a 5.7% sales increase.
As the market declines, most brands are experiencing a loss of sales, with some noticeably so: Hyundai (14th) -37.3%, Nissan (18th) -35.2%, Land Rover (20th) -42.6%, and Fiat (24th) -30.5%. The biggest losers are Tesla (16th), confirming its decline with another -47% drop, Suzuki (25th) with a -44.5% decline, Seat (27th) with a -59.2% drop, and Mazda (28th) with a -61.4% decline.
There were some serious winners too: Mini(17th), for example, saw its sales increase by 151.2%, BYD (23rd) grew by 51.3%, Polestar (26th) by 46.3%, and Alfa Romeo (31st) saw 54.7% more sales. The most significant increases in the smaller number category were for XPeng (33rd) at +653.3% and Alpine (36th) at +350%. Jaguar sold nine cars in May in the Belux, tumbling down to 50th place, selling 81.3% fewer cars than in May 2024.
Cumulated
Looking at the first five months of this year, BMW stays comfortably on top with a market share of 11.5%, followed by Volkswagen (9.5% market share), Mercedes (7.4%), Audi (6.6%), and Dacia (6.5%). The mother company, Renault, is sixth (6.2% share), followed by Peugeot (6%), Toyota (5.1%), Skoda (3.9%), and Kia (also 3.9%, selling five cars less than Skoda).
Volvo slides down to 11th place (3.8% market share, coming from 6.2%), followed byFord (3.2%), Hyundai (3%), Citroën (2.8%), and Opel (2.3%). The most remarkable loser is, of course, Tesla, losing 2.4% market share (from 4.6% down to 2.2%). Mini (1.7%), Cupra (1%), BYD (0.7%), and Polestar (also 0.7%) are almost doubling their market share.
