What is included in the France car registrations dataset?

The dataset includes annual figures for new and used vehicle registrations in France, covering passenger cars, motorcycles, light commercial vehicles, and heavy goods vehicles.

How is the French vehicle fleet broken down by fuel type?

Registrations and the active fleet in France are broken down by engine and fuel type, including petrol, diesel, plug-in hybrid, battery electric, and hydrogen.

Who publishes the France vehicle registration statistics?

These statistics are published annually by the SDES (Service des données et études statistiques), which is part of the French Ministry for Ecological Transition.

How far back do the France car registration series go?

The annual series for French vehicle registrations and the active vehicle fleet in use are available starting from the year 2010.

France car registrations and vehicle fleet

Name: France car registrations and vehicle fleet
Creator: SDES – Service des données et études statistiques (Ministère de la Transition écologique)
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

France car registrations and the active vehicle fleet are updated annually by SDES.

Source: SDES – Service des données et études statistiques (Ministère de la Transition écologique)Last updated: Sep 15, 2026, 10:40Curated by Bui Thanh PhucAbout this data ↓

Indicator	2026	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010
New vehicle registrations by type8
Passenger cars		1,664,674	1,755,167	1,817,346	1,576,950	1,708,675	1,693,530	2,258,277	2,223,581	2,157,670	2,060,169	1,955,937	1,827,179	1,816,678	1,920,672	2,227,506	2,274,382
Light commercial vehicles		370,186	391,515	390,471	359,777	444,998	411,785	490,366	471,481	451,926	421,782	389,925	381,177	375,342	392,663	437,814	424,212
Heavy goods vehicles		46,066	50,741	50,480	45,287	45,924	43,441	57,229	56,527	52,287	48,993	43,475	39,433	45,524	46,031	49,891	36,489
Buses and coaches		6,672	6,625	6,142	6,007	7,207	6,399	7,045	6,471	6,579	7,020	7,967	6,238	7,213	6,397	7,033	6,157
Motorcycles		185,954	222,776	217,198	205,053	217,712	201,913	207,484	188,029	175,135	187,689	177,914	180,011	176,359	201,752	219,747	235,762
Mopeds		57,705	76,857	86,133	103,458	106,774	104,974	95,788	76,006	115,194	98,845	96,391	104,898	112,763	134,150	154,547	153,152
Light quadricycles (microcars)		24,729	30,951	25,618	21,276	21,916	14,934	12,836	12,840	13,405	13,061	12,396	12,283	13,791	14,889	14,384	15,167
Agricultural tractors		58,082	62,500	63,970	63,396	65,475	56,123	55,076	45,176	47,880	38,463	38,193	37,242	48,136	43,020	38,348	31,496
New vehicle registrations of passenger cars by engine7
Petrol		364,495	530,224	672,749	611,179	700,919	802,718	1,322,937	1,224,694	1,034,534	910,617	763,215	610,127	548,706	494,357	595,398	587,578
Diesel		79,783	125,820	172,885	241,783	354,949	513,168	761,198	856,583	1,013,099	1,065,952	1,110,732	1,159,014	1,207,895	1,389,931	1,603,318	1,600,745
Petrol non-plug-in hybrid		707,609	585,851	420,145	316,690	262,497	149,738	97,951	90,727	70,320	48,420	37,642	33,380	33,402	17,839	13,166	9,930
Diesel non-plug-in hybrid		15,976	13,870	21,955	25,547	36,979	23,578	11,434	2,794	1,031	4,733	19,295	9,474	13,944	9,984	753	0
Plug-in hybrid		109,764	147,094	162,835	127,436	141,242	74,961	18,789	14,753	12,089	7,632	5,820	2,058	854	667	56	83
Electric and hydrogen		331,200	295,584	303,895	207,364	165,627	112,710	43,627	31,723	25,425	22,220	17,540	10,741	8,901	5,671	2,637	187
Gas and not specified		55,847	56,724	62,882	46,951	46,462	16,657	2,341	2,307	1,172	595	1,693	2,385	2,976	2,223	12,178	75,859
Used vehicle registrations by type8
Passenger cars		5,534,349	5,485,257	5,328,548	5,340,411	6,154,088	5,692,045	5,872,819	5,728,738	5,779,855	5,739,764	5,641,862	5,551,972	5,487,360	5,490,717	5,545,309	5,492,348
Light commercial vehicles		914,025	872,142	862,924	836,525	919,372	814,352	833,171	802,030	811,639	819,191	799,973	796,452	785,909	802,873	824,471	810,714
Heavy goods vehicles		50,276	53,911	54,529	54,653	52,851	48,049	52,663	49,942	51,224	50,678	46,381	46,262	52,232	51,097	56,051	64,721
Buses and coaches		6,768	6,831	7,864	8,284	6,800	5,293	7,133	5,858	6,330	5,955	6,702	6,167	6,164	6,894	6,995	7,128
Motorcycles		608,885	607,057	662,705	668,967	700,925	645,157	635,536	596,783	636,895	632,755	625,882	610,995	591,043	597,553	631,519	606,463
Mopeds		170,843	194,736	238,860	249,560	268,136	229,620	224,736	219,313	256,618	272,998	276,859	277,692	278,413	309,086	451,770	183,741
Light quadricycles (microcars)		42,136	39,462	39,762	39,070	38,749	33,788	35,902	34,182	35,893	36,101	36,960	35,779	35,423	34,225	33,919	31,968
Agricultural tractors		107,447	102,619	105,634	100,420	105,041	91,704	86,971	75,512	81,997	85,841	85,052	90,607	97,108	91,984	94,745	64,902
Used vehicle registrations of passenger cars by engine7
Petrol		2,172,457	2,228,847	2,162,617	2,195,033	2,423,540	2,254,212	2,182,083	2,033,492	1,966,022	1,856,157	1,796,393	1,720,777	1,713,139	1,753,368	1,835,472	1,857,485
Diesel		2,463,433	2,568,907	2,713,846	2,783,808	3,417,468	3,273,840	3,570,992	3,597,839	3,732,578	3,818,491	3,792,450	3,785,181	3,735,373	3,707,321	3,683,563	3,606,405
Petrol non-plug-in hybrid		454,606	330,346	211,284	168,534	151,358	81,082	58,197	45,808	36,479	25,056	21,630	17,722	13,992	10,237	7,775	6,016
Diesel non-plug-in hybrid		43,930	40,060	31,235	24,547	23,550	15,466	14,120	12,869	13,044	13,596	9,130	6,679	4,513	1,558	0	0
Plug-in hybrid		168,661	140,369	89,269	69,453	55,819	22,150	12,286	9,759	7,060	5,184	1,573	587	392	128	35	24
Electric and hydrogen		182,055	139,639	90,592	74,630	59,002	29,024	20,317	13,162	8,466	4,735	3,788	3,083	1,762	549	187	148
Gas and not specified		49,207	37,089	29,705	24,406	23,351	16,271	14,824	15,809	16,206	16,545	16,898	17,943	18,189	17,556	18,277	22,270
New passenger car registrations by buyer2
Private individuals		782,331	831,534	863,201	733,859	760,583	817,635	1,036,153	1,111,797	1,065,486	1,034,088	1,018,966	987,140	1,006,175	1,087,093	1,338,634	1,449,399
Legal entities (companies, leasing, rental, public bodies)		882,343	923,633	954,145	843,091	947,168	874,776	1,221,342	1,110,624	1,089,655	1,022,294	931,478	834,044	803,991	826,075	879,666	814,469
New cars by type of fuel1
All new passenger cars3		1,690,293	1,781,580	1,841,326	1,576,950	1,708,675	1,693,530	2,258,277	2,223,581	2,157,670	1,984,471	1,886,229	1,765,855	1,756,953
Petrol, including hybrids3		1,180,071	1,256,157	1,251,289	1,049,065	1,097,422	1,025,021	1,438,898	1,329,928	1,116,655	928,357	777,645	623,201	562,849
Petrol excluding hybrids		364,517	530,232	672,770	611,179	700,919	802,718	1,322,937	1,224,694	1,034,534	874,838	736,108	589,522	530,054
Hybrid electric-petrol		707,609	585,851	420,146	316,690	262,497	149,738	97,951	90,727	70,320	46,301	35,950	31,829	32,194
Plug-in hybrid petrol-electric		107,945	140,074	158,373	121,196	134,006	72,565	18,010	14,507	11,801	7,218	5,587	1,850	601
Diesel, including hybrids3		123,172	173,114	223,258	273,570	399,164	539,142	773,411	859,623	1,014,418	1,032,695	1,089,403	1,129,453	1,182,129
Diesel excluding hybrids		105,372	152,223	196,837	241,783	354,949	513,168	761,198	856,583	1,013,099	1,027,912	1,070,443	1,119,954	1,168,194
Hybrid diesel-electric		15,976	13,871	21,958	25,547	36,979	23,578	11,434	2,794	1,031	4,522	18,870	9,313	13,694
Plug-in hybrid diesel-electric		1,824	7,020	4,463	6,240	7,236	2,396	779	246	288	261	90	186	241
Alternative energy3		387,050	352,309	366,779	254,315	212,089	129,367	45,968	34,030	26,597	23,419	19,181	13,201	11,975
Battery electric		330,890	295,053	303,590	207,171	165,566	112,499	43,564	31,687	25,368	21,758	17,269	10,567	8,781
Hydrogen and fuel cells		311	531	306	193	61	211	63	36	57	9	10	1	1
Natural gas		55,849	81	98	109	170	320	230	20	26	10	46	27	19
Vehicle fleet in use4
Vehicles in use at 1 January by type4
Passenger cars	39,947,297	39,792,211	39,360,740	38,975,150	38,820,387	38,471,223	38,424,546	38,231,778	38,119,341	37,657,549	37,165,052	36,631,975	36,132,955	35,771,021	35,521,210	35,280,713
Light commercial vehicles	6,623,904	6,570,394	6,522,203	6,429,422	6,385,349	6,259,288	6,268,084	6,305,335	6,229,719	6,078,632	5,948,789	5,850,997	5,739,278	5,632,315	5,552,251	5,441,209
Heavy goods vehicles	614,049	621,767	625,846	621,620	617,190	608,573	611,579	606,096	597,934	587,535	582,523	582,933	585,755	588,094	595,518	589,542
Buses and coaches	95,298	94,542	94,006	94,178	94,515	92,901	92,320	90,795	89,495	88,470	87,304	86,944	86,535	85,089	84,840	83,437
Passenger cars by engine8
Petrol	15,953,263	16,090,347	15,966,815	15,757,753	15,546,288	15,238,075	14,956,282	14,320,012	13,773,311	13,317,088	13,015,229	12,840,721	12,851,234	13,033,151	13,397,921	13,667,805
Diesel	18,428,494	19,230,418	19,943,031	20,667,488	21,418,765	22,025,803	22,612,375	23,201,262	23,753,949	23,841,975	23,718,592	23,428,851	22,963,792	22,467,856	21,869,732	21,036,863
Petrol non-plug-in hybrid	2,787,916	2,111,730	1,544,909	1,142,982	829,948	560,155	415,399	324,452	237,390	170,097	125,635	90,900	59,531	27,239	13,528	12,662
Diesel non-plug-in hybrid	187,398	176,536	166,512	147,942	124,314	87,629	65,404	56,040	55,266	55,067	50,976	32,451	22,559	9,146	584	4
Plug-in hybrid	792,671	711,113	576,967	424,446	299,615	157,505	84,606	67,586	53,924	42,717	36,170	31,151	29,656	29,372	26,213	17,542
Battery electric	1,412,828	1,131,898	868,216	595,947	403,415	245,174	141,417	106,512	82,490	61,326	41,873	25,919	17,123	9,440	4,222	1,709
Gas (LPG, CNG)	381,064	336,585	290,972	235,373	195,099	153,928	145,821	152,473	159,435	165,590	172,769	178,105	185,109	190,629	204,675	208,655
Hydrogen and other zero-emission	1,605	1,303	859	553	379	338	185	123	92	38	26	15	13	12	13	5
Passenger cars by user2
Private individuals	36,591,934	36,396,323	36,037,890	35,859,860	35,872,008	35,618,158	35,521,944	35,470,684	35,445,934	35,122,936	34,755,628	34,319,194	33,873,351	33,551,427	33,313,296	33,093,408
Businesses and organisations	3,355,363	3,395,888	3,322,850	3,115,290	2,948,379	2,853,065	2,902,602	2,761,094	2,673,407	2,534,613	2,409,424	2,312,781	2,259,604	2,219,594	2,207,914	2,187,305
Commercial vehicles by category9
Vans	5,199,411	5,136,036	5,081,178	4,994,885	4,946,961	4,828,888	4,820,704	4,852,576	4,791,930	4,673,286	4,575,731	4,502,255	4,415,528	4,331,115	4,271,100	4,189,389
Car-derived vans	710,974	741,556	769,306	782,782	807,589	833,196	873,150	898,373	902,469	890,334	876,696	869,303	859,091	850,025	844,755	831,773
Motor caravans	537,698	522,577	505,950	490,283	473,782	448,493	431,122	414,991	399,098	383,301	368,140	353,861	340,930	328,215	315,423	299,495
Special-purpose light vehicles	175,821	170,225	165,769	161,472	157,017	148,711	143,108	139,395	136,222	131,711	128,222	125,578	123,729	122,960	120,973	120,552
Rigid trucks	299,007	304,345	306,194	306,562	307,633	305,164	307,430	308,141	309,041	307,021	307,203	311,363	314,195	317,650	322,820	321,624
Road tractors	220,153	223,360	227,326	224,473	220,008	216,152	217,796	213,176	205,365	198,174	194,333	192,075	194,002	195,209	199,712	198,020
Other heavy vehicles	94,889	94,062	92,326	90,585	89,549	87,257	86,353	84,779	83,528	82,340	80,987	79,495	77,558	75,235	72,986	69,898
Coaches	67,366	66,566	66,204	66,373	66,587	66,502	67,278	66,995	67,288	66,623	65,316	65,502	65,279	64,527	64,466	63,502
Buses	27,932	27,976	27,802	27,805	27,928	26,399	25,042	23,800	22,207	21,847	21,988	21,442	21,256	20,562	20,374	19,935

Latest reading

Passenger cars stood at 1,664,674 Vehicles in 2025. That is −5.2% from 2024. The series on this page is annual and runs from 2010 to 2025.

Latest: 1,664,674 Vehicles; 2025
vs previous period: −5.2%; 2024

About this data

France car registrations and the active vehicle fleet are updated annually by SDES. This dataset covers new and used registrations of passenger cars, motorcycles, and heavy goods vehicles since 2010. It includes breakdowns of passenger cars by engine type, such as petrol, diesel, plug-in hybrid, and battery electric. Users can also track registrations by buyer type, separating private individuals from businesses.

Frequently asked questions

What is included in the France car registrations dataset?: The dataset includes annual figures for new and used vehicle registrations in France, covering passenger cars, motorcycles, light commercial vehicles, and heavy goods vehicles.
How is the French vehicle fleet broken down by fuel type?: Registrations and the active fleet in France are broken down by engine and fuel type, including petrol, diesel, plug-in hybrid, battery electric, and hydrogen.
Who publishes the France vehicle registration statistics?: These statistics are published annually by the SDES (Service des données et études statistiques), which is part of the French Ministry for Ecological Transition.
How far back do the France car registration series go?: The annual series for French vehicle registrations and the active vehicle fleet in use are available starting from the year 2010.