According to data from the sector federation, Febiac, and the federal public service Mobility and Transport, 37,075 new cars were registered in February 2026, 7.7% fewer than in February 2025. For the first two months of 2026, the market shrinks by 13.2%.

Once again, it’s the professional market that is entirely responsible for the regression. Company car registrations declined by 16.5% (YOY) to 17,166 cars, while new car sales for individual buyers saw a slight increase of 1.6% to 19,909 units.

This also means that the individual buyer market is again larger than the professional market, at 53.7% compared to 46.3%. Not long ago, the professional market accounted for almost 60%.

Light commercial vehicles (LCVs)  follow the trend: -12.5% in February and -12.1% for the first two months of 2026. For heavy trucks under 16 tons, the decline in sales remains huge: -52.5% in February, -51.6% for the first two months. Above 16 tons, the regression is much lower: -7.7% in February and -14.5% over the first two months of 2026.

For two-wheelers, spring is clearly in the air. While registrations for January were clearly positive, due to the comparison with a very low January 2025 (following the introduction of new emission standards), February is almost as positive, with +33.9% compared to February last year. In the first two months of 2026, motorized two-wheelers sold 35.6% more than in the same period last year, with 3,821 units in total.

More gasoline

As it is primarily the professional car market that is electrified, it’s logical that the market share of ICE cars (mainly gasoline-driven) rises. In February, they represented 47.3% of the market (compared to 40.6% over the whole year 2025).  The proportion of diesel cars has become almost negligible: less than 2%.

BEVs represented 31.5% of the Belux market in February, down 3.2 percentage points from the full year 2025. Hybrids stood for 18.9% marke share, also a decline of 2% compared to the whole of 2025.

By brand

It’s the second month in a row that Volkswagen leads the charts, with 10.1% market share and a 4% decline in sales compared to February last year. BMW is still struggling, with 23.2% fewer sales in February and a market share that has fallen from 10.7% last year to 8.9% now.

Renault ranks third, despite a 25.9% sales decline and a 1.8 percentage-point loss in market share (from 9.2% to 7.4%). Mercedes is fourth, even gaining sales compared to last year (+4.4%, 7% market share), and Renault’s daughter Dacia is fifth with a 9% sales boost and 6.6% market share.

Peugeot sold 11.2% more cars in February than last year, climbing to a sixth place and 6.4% market share. Audi saw an 18.8% decline in sales, resulting in a seventh-place finish and 5.4% market share (down from 6.1%).

Toyota (8th) also experienced a significant sales decline (-22.8%), resulting in a 4.4% market share, while Skoda (9th) saw a small sales increase (1.7%), with a 4.2% market share. Opel, finally, has conquered the number 10 spot thanks to a 37.5% sales increase and a 1.3 percentage-point increase in market share (from 2.5 to 3.8%).

When we look at the top ten, with the figures from January and February 2026 cumulated, we notice that Volkswagen and BMW remain number one and two, while Mercedes (third) and Peugeot (fourth) have surpassed Renault (fifth).

Audi is sixth, Dacia seventh, Skoda eighth, followed by Toyota and Kia.

Tesla in the plus side, the Chinese are coming

For the first time in more than a year, Tesla is selling more cars (+14.2%) than in the same month a year earlier. It has, therefore, climbed to 13th position again, after Kia and Citroën.

The biggest winners, as usual, are the Chinese brands. MG sits in 18th place, with 1.6% market share and a 51.8% sales increase compared to January 2025. BYD is closing in on a 20th spot, with 1.3% market share and a 119.3% sales increase compared to the first month of 2025.

In the lower part of the ranking, but really piercing through now, are other Chinese brands, like the Stellantis-linked Leapmotor (28th, +365.1% in sales), Omoda (30th, +8.650% in sales (or 175 cars sold instead of… 2), Xpeng (33rd, +139.7% in sales), Jaecoo (34th), and Zeekr (38th). Among the Chinese brand, only Polestar (27th, -19% in sales), and Smart (41st, -39% in sales) are doing worse.

Other good performers in the top 40 were Citroën (12th, +17.1% in sales), Fiat (21st, +30.1%), Mazda (23rd, +30%), KG Mobility (35th, +74.3%), amazing DS (36th, +77.5% in sales), and confirming Alpine (40th, +75%).

Main losers were Ford ((15th, -21.9% in sales), Volvo (16th, -37%), Nissan (17th, -30.8%), Cupra (25th, -37.6%), Seat (26th, -65.8%), Porsche (29th, -27.1%), Land Rover (31st, -58.2%), and Alfa Romeo (39th, -58.5%).

When we look here at both months cumulated, we see most things comfirmed, with BYD (19th), overtaking MG (20th), Cupra (24th), Seat (25th), and Porsche (26th) losing serious ground (all three from the VW Group), while Land Rover (32nd, -64.6%) and Alfa Romeo (38th, -48.4%) are really suffering.