According to the Federal government service Mobility & Transport and the sector federation Febiac, 31,613 new cars have been registered in July 2025, 1.7% less than in the same month last year. Once again, the individual buyers bought more cars (+7.3%), while the professional market decreased again (-7.4%).

Looking at the first seven months of 2025, 266,229 cars were registered, a decrease of 9.9%. Individual buyers bought more cars all over that period (+4.9%), and the professional market shrank further (-19.3%).

Light commercial vehicles did well in July (+23.8%), resulting in a cumulative figure for the first seven months of +11.2% new registrations. Heavier vehicles were regressing in July: -10.8% under 16 tons, -14.1% of 16 tons and above. Cumulated results for seven months are -5.4% and -9.9%, respectively.

July has been excellent for two-wheelers, registering 3,146 new motorized two-wheelers, een increase of 14.2% compared to last year. A good result that compensates for the shrinking figures we saw at the beginning of the year, due to changes in regulations. In total, there are now 3.8% fewer registrations than in the same period last year.

By make

Volkswagen is the big winner in July, registering 3.295 new cars and a 10.5% market share, despite a slight regression in total sales (-4.8%). BMW sold 23.5% fewer cars in July and fell back to the second position with 9.4% market share. Mercedes is third and sold slightly more cars (+2%), resulting in an 8.5% market share. Audi comes fourth, with an 8% share and a -4.7% decrease in sales. Triumphant newcomer in 5th place is Dacia, with 7.4% market share and a staggering 71.5% increase in sales.

In sixth place comes Dacia’s mother, Renault, scoring 5.6% of the market and a sales increase of 22%. Peugeot is pushed back to seventh place, with 5.1% market share and 21.3% fewer sales. Toyota comes eighth (4.1% market share, -13.7% sales), Skoda is number nine (4% share, -4.4% sales), and Kia ranks tenth, with three fewer cars sold than Skoda (-1.6% in sales).

Other big winners in July were Hyundai (11th, +99% in sales), Citroën (13th, +25%), Ford (14th, +56.6%), Opel (15th, +52.5%), Nissan (17th, +63.1%), BYD (welcome in the top 20, +95%), Mazda (23rd, +19.8%), Fiat (27th, +36.7%), and Polestar (28th, +18.8%).

Alfa Romeo also did well with a 77.1% sales increase, but was nevertheless surpassed by two newcomers, KG Mobility (31st, +404.6% in sales), and Xpeng (32nd, +479%). Of course, we’re talking small absolute numbers here. The same for Alpine and Lancia, which saw their sales increase by 616.7% and 633.3% respectively, but we’re talking about 43 Alpines and 22 Lancias sold in the whole month of July.

Among the bigger losers, we have to cite Volvo again (12th, -36.2%), Tesla, falling back to 19th position with 57.7% fewer sales), Seat (26th, -50.2%), Lexus (34th, -35.1%), and DS (37th, -33.3%).

Cumulated

Quite a lot of significant fluctuations this month, but they are, of course, attenuated when we look at the entire 7-month period in 2025. BMW stays comfortably in the number one position with 11% market share, followed by Volkswagen (9.6%), Mercedes (7.4%, Audi (7.0%), and Dacia (6.7%).

Sixth comes Renault (6.1%), Seventh is Peugeot (6%), eighth is Toyota (4.8%), ninth is Kia (3.9%), and tenth is still Volvo (also 3.9%), both closely followed by Skoda with a 3.8% market share.

Noticeable is the fall of Tesla to 16th place, with a market share that shrank from 4.5 to 2.2%, and Mini that raised its share from 1% to 1.7%. Chinese number one, MG, sees its market share shrink from 1.3% to 0.9%, while BYD evolves in the opposite direction, from 0.4% to 0.8%. Seat is also regressing solidly (from 1.4% to 0.9%), while Mazda falls from 1.6% to 0.8%.