What is the latest figure for Germany vehicle registrations by industry?

Motor vehicles, total stood at 120,808 Number in Sep 2026. That is +13.9% from Aug 2026 and +25.0% from a year earlier.

What does Germany vehicle registrations by industry measure?

Germany vehicle registrations by industry measures the number of newly registered motor vehicles and trailers allocated to the economic sector of the holder. It includes passenger cars, goods vehicles, buses and motorcycles.

Which holder sectors are included in the German vehicle registrations data?

The data classifies new vehicles by the holder's economic sector, including manufacturing, construction, trade, transport and public administration. It also covers private non-business holders and vehicle rental or car sharing.

Which vehicle types are tracked by the German Federal Motor Transport Authority?

The KBA tracks passenger cars, buses, coaches, goods vehicles, motorcycles, road tractors and other motor vehicles. It also counts registrations of semitrailers and trailers.

Germany vehicle registrations by industry

Name: Germany vehicle registrations by industry
Creator: German Federal Motor Transport Authority (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt, KBA)

Germany vehicle registrations by industry shows the exact counts of new vehicles by economic sector.

Source: German Federal Motor Transport Authority (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt, KBA)Last updated: Oct 13, 2026, 15:03 UTCCurated by Bui Thanh Phuc

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Indicator	09-2026	08-2026	07-2026	06-2026	05-2026	04-2026	03-2026	02-2026	01-2026	12-2025	11-2025	10-2025	09-2025	08-2025	07-2025	06-2025	05-2025	04-2025	03-2025	02-2025	01-2025	12-2024	11-2024	10-2024	09-2024	08-2024	07-2024	06-2024	05-2024	04-2024	03-2024	02-2024	01-2024	12-2023	11-2023	10-2023	09-2023
Agriculture, forestry and fishing2
Motor vehicles, total6	793	923	1,272	1,351	1,116	1,186	1,371	1,005	805	836	900	831	960	945	1,375	1,231	1,067	1,224	1,236	880	887	713	712	723	750	721	1,210	1,361	1,107	1,386	1,351	1,124	869	696	704	731	889
Motorcycles	8	5	9	7	6	5	8	2	1	2	1	5	3	8	7	6	1	6	6	3	1	6	5	2	1	5	6	7	6	2	4		3	1	3	4	4
Passenger cars	211	209	242	270	272	216	261	227	186	244	377	225	238	199	269	209	181	225	234	152	196	194	227	163	140	169	173	251	245	240	256	226	171	176	197	155	180
Buses and coaches			13						1					3
Goods vehicles	115	109	142	153	128	154	179	131	123	134	145	139	174	129	134	174	149	154	170	145	153	117	131	111	94	92	109	160	119	161	152	146	153	135	133	104	106
Tractors, total1	398	492	674	641	589	709	863	604	466	416	356	433	473	514	768	611	617	730	774	542	499	366	330	411	453	366	755	704	604	862	875	703	511	357	335	426	476
Road tractors	22	28	17	21	30	31	21	16	12	17	20	25	16	38	28	23	11	22	26	20	24	11	18	22	21	15	26	38	21	25	26	25	36	12	35	13	28
Other motor vehicles	61	108	192	280	121	102	60	41	28	40	21	29	72	92	197	231	119	109	52	38	38	30	19	36	62	89	167	239	133	121	64	49	31	27	36	42	123
Trailers, total1	414	379	729	712	515	517	656	432	312	255	317	347	494	426	845	672	547	633	564	524	394	240	241	343	460	357	691	668	536	556	498	482	363	186	268	265	434
Semitrailers	37	34	39	31	31	23	50	34	47	24	30	25	38	45	38	32	26	31	42	58	43	15	33	32	35	40	28	41	27	24	42	32	46	14	39	18	31
Mining and quarrying2
Motor vehicles, total6	144	138	164	186	233	187	225	174	139	144	166	171	152	143	164	112	103	139	146	135	131	148	144	203	126	143	117	169	128	153	163	191	146	136	182	106	125
Motorcycles	2	1				1				1		1		2		1										2									1		1
Passenger cars	109	70	99	115	137	97	112	94	80	93	92	121	98	100	109	67	68	93	74	72	72	105	104	139	88	100	87	101	79	104	96	97	87	110	115	71	85
Buses and coaches		1																										1
Goods vehicles	20	45	46	42	39	48	71	48	35	36	54	29	40	27	33	32	26	35	31	52	50	36	32	45	30	31	21	45	34	36	46	60	42	17	48	21	20
Tractors, total1	11	18	16	28	55	40	39	31	22	13	13	15	13	7	20	10	6	8	40	10	9	7	6	19	6	9	8	20	13	11	19	31	17	8	18	14	16
Road tractors	9	15	14	28	53	38	38	27	18	12	11	11	9	5	15	9	5	8	39	10	9	6	4	18	4	7	6	20	11	10	18	29	13	7	15	11	15
Other motor vehicles	2	3	3	1	2	1	3	1	2	1	7	5	1	7	2	2	3	3	1	1			2		2	1	1	2	2	2	2	3		1			3
Trailers, total1	17	21	24	45	16	45	40	14	18	19	10	24	28	18	30	25	47	22	32	19	16	8	28	28	13	11	28	34	22	24	20	20	16	8	16	11	24
Semitrailers	9	6	12	28	9	23	17	7	7	13	3	11	14	4	12	9	26	11	11	7	10	1	20	16	4	3	12	13	12	15	5	11	12	3	6	3	13
Manufacturing2
Motor vehicles, total6	29,960	24,365	34,298	37,113	31,830	38,058	38,900	31,402	29,038	29,923	33,935	35,407	29,900	28,836	33,705	33,106	34,434	34,318	34,409	31,853	29,738	26,748	32,616	30,695	26,774	25,240	27,610	29,909	25,059	30,046	30,573	30,222	28,640	27,140	30,968	27,172	28,035
Motorcycles	204	187	417	208	198	943	1,224	524	889	224	95	67	119	130	177	184	150	498	422	998	523	1,013	1,106	683	78	374	174	192	494	703	1,726	865	780	217	137	147	226
Passenger cars	27,575	22,224	31,754	34,514	29,641	35,117	35,380	29,018	26,516	27,674	31,361	32,998	27,640	26,474	30,837	30,540	32,074	31,484	31,582	28,672	26,716	23,684	29,462	27,928	25,053	23,012	24,853	26,279	22,107	26,561	26,282	26,738	25,646	24,857	28,524	24,905	25,802
Buses and coaches		5	4	4	13	7	5	5	4	2	5	3	11	4	5	10	5	7	7	2	1	9	1	3	6	9	5	5	3	7	1	4	7	1	4	2	3
Goods vehicles	1,880	1,672	1,782	1,970	1,627	1,618	1,868	1,535	1,343	1,741	2,137	1,992	1,843	1,929	2,297	1,975	1,871	1,980	2,055	1,845	2,190	1,780	1,753	1,728	1,384	1,593	2,150	2,831	2,041	2,288	2,086	2,094	1,872	1,781	1,973	1,707	1,533
Tractors, total1	194	167	186	272	226	253	267	192	192	145	211	209	139	192	250	230	208	203	232	228	196	153	161	220	165	149	259	352	281	343	347	411	268	210	248	335	339
Road tractors	83	61	105	171	108	156	137	99	117	80	141	94	74	101	109	125	108	105	117	90	117	57	79	91	56	76	168	232	147	205	223	282	164	111	162	225	258
Other motor vehicles	107	110	155	145	125	120	156	128	94	137	126	138	148	107	139	167	126	146	111	108	112	109	133	133	88	103	169	250	133	144	131	110	67	74	82	76	132
Trailers, total1	644	500	750	906	599	729	784	549	558	514	663	736	705	506	775	720	659	755	703	574	615	444	543	759	574	449	705	1,137	867	786	642	667	714	508	579	583	613
Semitrailers	159	92	125	179	142	139	147	139	109	91	143	179	123	92	153	202	102	91	110	84	147	69	110	234	139	81	114	188	131	116	128	149	291	115	110	116	111
Energy supply2
Motor vehicles, total6	2,253	1,989	2,299	2,349	1,771	2,280	2,485	2,027	1,933	2,329	2,558	2,653	2,091	2,138	2,634	2,328	2,105	2,300	2,465	2,122	2,285	1,953	2,090	2,281	1,789	1,728	1,888	2,400	1,872	2,205	2,138	1,931	1,714	1,768	1,988	1,747	1,350
Motorcycles	1	8	8	9	6	7	7	4	2	1	4	4	3	5	8	5	3	9	4	3		1	1	6		7	10	6	6	10	6		3			2	6
Passenger cars	1,360	1,114	1,492	1,547	1,085	1,508	1,613	1,226	1,147	1,485	1,561	1,659	1,216	1,123	1,576	1,456	1,272	1,458	1,485	1,267	1,423	1,162	1,321	1,499	1,193	1,135	1,148	1,379	1,127	1,325	1,254	1,139	990	1,047	1,144	1,027	841
Buses and coaches		2										3	3	5	6												2	5	2	6				1	4
Goods vehicles	850	827	760	756	636	724	806	720	717	764	916	928	792	937	983	827	764	778	921	795	811	723	712	721	545	541	672	936	686	808	827	732	681	689	781	665	457
Tractors, total1	15	14	16	11	17	16	27	8	12	19	6	12	15	12	8	6	18	11	20	11	18	11	14	15	13	15	20	21	14	20	18	22	12	15	15	18	17
Road tractors	2	3	5	3	7	2	3		2	3		2		3	2	3		3	2	1	2		3	3	3	2		12	4	3	6	3		1	2	1	3
Other motor vehicles	27	24	23	26	27	25	32	69	55	60	71	47	62	56	53	34	48	44	35	46	33	56	42	40	38	30	36	53	37	36	33	38	28	16	44	35	29
Trailers, total1	142	138	179	170	147	135	191	123	131	191	158	172	130	125	144	164	188	155	149	122	150	99	122	136	141	128	166	144	145	184	145	130	114	151	188	170	174
Semitrailers	2	2	11	3	3	5	6	7	6	13	6	6	7		3	3	3	3	1	4	2	3	3		2	2	7	5	4	5	4	4	6	5	2	4	12
Water supply, sewerage, waste and remediation2
Motor vehicles, total6	748	700	850	938	676	784	864	702	771	925	974	890	844	726	898	798	800	802	834	785	897	739	892	759	615	556	713	1,167	779	823	913	870	830	840	759	641	592
Motorcycles	1	2	2	3	1			1	1			1			3		2	2		2		2	1		1	1	1		1		3		1			1	1
Passenger cars	297	332	430	390	335	374	442	382	387	402	394	413	413	301	437	372	408	375	393	384	390	338	418	372	293	266	333	449	313	356	389	375	340	396	358	350	293
Buses and coaches	18				14	2	3			6		4				2	1		7	4			4							2			2		1	5	2
Goods vehicles	315	271	334	378	225	297	274	193	247	293	359	326	297	281	291	289	268	277	313	280	341	253	290	276	226	199	209	483	341	301	348	353	325	274	283	189	194
Tractors, total1	26	26	23	35	22	31	38	14	24	27	34	34	18	35	41	36	36	44	26	22	59	22	35	26	21	10	25	52	28	36	43	49	28	25	40	26	29
Road tractors	15	19	16	22	19	20	31	12	15	19	21	27	14	25	27	27	28	37	18	18	29	15	26	14	8	10	19	43	21	33	38	42	23	17	27	18	24
Other motor vehicles	91	69	61	132	79	80	107	112	112	197	187	112	116	109	126	99	85	104	95	93	107	124	144	85	74	80	145	183	96	128	130	93	134	145	77	70	73
Trailers, total1	90	105	96	128	80	87	147	94	100	107	134	116	88	89	118	117	106	111	131	114	94	91	131	95	80	83	127	126	102	115	90	104	95	94	95	72	89
Semitrailers	21	23	15	31	20	16	41	20	18	25	31	23	22	15	21	41	23	26	36	12	23	9	19	8	20	20	27	34	20	19	21	20	14	21	18	9	16
Construction2
Motor vehicles, total6	7,002	6,523	8,214	8,400	6,779	7,363	8,327	6,634	6,497	7,667	8,308	7,909	6,926	6,385	8,449	7,529	6,996	7,587	8,227	6,929	6,991	6,524	6,948	6,686	5,860	5,662	6,618	8,233	6,596	7,811	7,954	7,207	6,563	6,379	6,947	5,929	6,201
Motorcycles	33	49	61	48	48	44	45	13	17	14	11	17	27	44	40	34	46	38	28	9	7	34	13	25	33	36	43	40	42	65	41	19	15	10	14	32	34
Passenger cars	4,170	3,675	4,962	5,208	4,012	4,377	4,891	3,917	4,009	4,790	5,021	4,706	3,989	3,505	5,069	4,488	4,047	4,232	4,641	3,840	4,030	3,863	4,238	4,111	3,509	3,183	4,048	4,509	3,818	4,419	4,257	3,814	3,687	3,966	4,092	3,483	3,523
Buses and coaches	1									1			1						1							2							1			2
Goods vehicles	2,604	2,643	2,949	2,858	2,475	2,696	3,097	2,502	2,295	2,704	3,051	3,010	2,738	2,662	3,125	2,778	2,698	3,067	3,347	2,920	2,781	2,525	2,532	2,377	2,135	2,312	2,367	3,385	2,558	3,037	3,420	3,158	2,672	2,256	2,643	2,207	2,487
Tractors, total1	127	106	161	176	162	150	211	118	92	88	116	98	100	103	107	136	130	172	129	93	113	61	93	110	121	84	96	197	116	209	145	137	115	81	118	119	82
Road tractors	91	66	94	130	119	101	158	75	51	33	67	60	55	61	60	86	83	106	93	56	72	29	53	60	65	48	47	157	67	144	101	104	84	25	72	73	43
Other motor vehicles	67	50	81	110	82	96	83	84	84	70	109	78	71	71	108	93	75	78	81	67	60	41	72	63	62	45	64	102	62	81	91	79	73	66	80	86	75
Trailers, total1	1,028	839	1,158	1,193	981	1,078	1,223	892	702	802	995	1,143	1,042	820	1,229	1,077	1,107	1,051	1,020	898	929	740	932	992	871	893	1,018	1,138	955	1,185	1,032	929	805	714	1,051	1,005	1,001
Semitrailers	100	63	82	121	103	73	121	74	52	50	63	70	85	63	76	91	75	66	80	60	70	33	60	59	63	54	47	96	67	74	73	83	73	38	59	37	62
Wholesale and retail trade2
Motor vehicles, total6	50,260	40,450	47,092	64,045	49,376	52,109	65,758	49,355	48,153	59,801	56,058	55,284	56,375	43,412	55,940	62,493	50,629	53,945	64,009	48,062	53,195	79,295	65,087	59,648	50,036	45,400	51,946	83,572	55,388	52,411	69,993	53,593	54,351	58,389	51,544	49,168	51,887
Motorcycles	2,136	1,950	1,895	2,507	2,130	3,537	6,130	3,518	1,019	1,075	1,278	1,403	1,489	1,173	1,942	1,609	1,781	2,994	4,608	2,291	741	20,169	8,287	1,956	1,381	814	1,083	1,247	1,977	2,853	5,157	3,943	1,042	843	640	1,359	1,759
Passenger cars	43,567	33,373	39,745	52,984	41,079	42,248	52,791	40,702	41,756	50,887	48,113	47,111	48,042	36,891	47,078	51,492	42,754	44,748	52,106	40,109	44,834	50,179	49,960	49,096	42,858	39,188	44,330	68,422	44,708	41,974	55,951	43,062	46,997	50,481	44,436	42,296	43,842
Buses and coaches	20	12	17	25	19	32	18	33	16	15	44	21	17	26	42	26	34	26	22	20	22	12	16	21	18	24	103	30	24	40	31	47	17	10	21	15	10
Goods vehicles	3,717	4,320	4,315	6,844	4,989	4,923	5,418	4,169	4,566	6,782	5,823	5,779	5,815	4,498	5,532	7,827	4,877	4,937	5,988	4,642	6,719	8,129	5,948	5,170	4,482	4,364	5,010	11,929	6,183	5,932	7,365	5,304	5,108	6,092	5,305	4,296	4,948
Tractors, total1	693	694	935	1,444	1,039	1,236	1,290	820	705	923	707	873	901	722	1,149	1,354	1,050	1,081	1,187	893	766	720	765	3,326	1,201	888	1,158	1,675	2,340	1,446	1,351	1,124	1,029	872	1,023	1,046	1,157
Road tractors	263	251	280	688	257	342	411	314	313	303	315	296	370	273	424	711	357	323	327	270	364	165	280	332	250	236	374	792	392	519	398	425	414	230	520	354	380
Other motor vehicles	127	101	185	241	120	133	111	113	91	119	93	97	111	102	197	185	133	159	98	107	113	86	111	79	96	122	262	269	156	166	138	113	158	91	119	156	171
Trailers, total1	919	1,034	1,770	2,171	1,384	1,321	1,489	1,005	799	874	985	1,014	1,074	1,065	1,620	1,425	1,392	1,428	1,251	965	1,054	670	943	1,313	1,049	992	1,557	1,859	1,640	1,678	1,484	1,251	988	674	1,095	1,048	1,175
Semitrailers	199	226	315	403	214	212	235	178	159	155	245	184	195	160	331	285	213	234	210	160	205	111	189	318	189	159	231	446	235	262	243	223	231	128	259	259	292
Transportation and storage2
Motor vehicles, total6	8,064	6,857	8,350	9,737	6,892	8,065	8,098	6,932	6,965	7,520	8,023	7,622	7,253	6,831	7,800	7,738	7,437	6,789	7,478	6,669	6,623	6,051	7,600	7,637	5,678	5,536	7,222	10,154	6,840	8,392	8,374	8,337	8,263	6,611	8,090	8,019	7,255
Motorcycles	17	25	31	40	31	29	54	18	4	4	6	11	15	17	25	25	25	31	50	10	3	17	30	8	20	21	27	26	21	28	29	29	13	5	9	19	10
Passenger cars	3,432	3,293	3,764	3,830	2,923	3,869	3,811	3,360	3,183	3,644	3,870	3,457	3,465	3,163	3,715	3,395	3,144	3,136	3,583	3,317	3,318	3,042	3,632	3,236	2,796	2,895	3,665	4,061	3,220	4,009	3,666	3,464	3,635	3,313	3,456	3,441	3,311
Buses and coaches	411	430	452	630	429	533	480	418	569	697	614	454	354	494	459	397	533	473	433	366	328	322	327	252	208	236	251	515	321	343	406	378	478	548	438	365	222
Goods vehicles	2,627	2,088	2,747	3,156	1,979	2,002	1,989	1,669	1,619	1,903	1,983	2,205	2,019	2,010	2,308	2,035	2,025	1,736	2,008	1,815	1,452	1,840	2,279	2,788	1,619	1,444	2,220	3,109	1,818	2,283	2,532	2,495	1,896	1,684	2,327	2,226	2,022
Tractors, total1	1,480	954	1,298	1,995	1,470	1,572	1,677	1,418	1,523	1,207	1,442	1,434	1,333	1,071	1,235	1,824	1,636	1,363	1,344	1,105	1,467	788	1,282	1,307	999	905	999	2,367	1,395	1,670	1,689	1,906	2,182	1,016	1,825	1,906	1,642
Road tractors	1,465	946	1,279	1,975	1,452	1,538	1,654	1,409	1,503	1,185	1,430	1,416	1,323	1,061	1,219	1,805	1,622	1,349	1,333	1,099	1,454	774	1,270	1,286	987	881	982	2,350	1,372	1,641	1,672	1,889	2,162	1,003	1,798	1,873	1,626
Other motor vehicles	97	67	58	86	60	60	87	49	67	65	108	61	67	76	58	62	74	50	60	56	55	42	50	46	36	35	60	76	65	59	52	65	59	45	35	62	48
Trailers, total1	1,892	1,455	1,908	1,749	1,483	1,409	1,710	1,473	1,334	1,537	1,743	1,700	1,831	1,318	1,634	1,364	1,417	1,412	1,627	1,151	1,268	848	1,426	2,055	1,686	1,127	1,509	1,750	1,279	1,509	1,561	1,802	1,796	1,325	1,777	1,352	1,515
Semitrailers	1,520	1,200	1,504	1,343	1,190	1,084	1,312	1,145	991	1,237	1,377	1,276	1,374	1,025	1,239	990	1,017	1,035	1,238	837	948	568	936	1,559	1,258	843	1,074	1,278	900	1,086	1,220	1,442	1,470	978	1,324	946	1,094
Accommodation and food services2
Motor vehicles, total5	1,052	901	1,086	1,152	928	969	1,145	893	824	1,284	1,135	993	1,063	929	1,025	1,007	1,004	960	1,074	951	976	1,040	913	960	818	772	930	1,034	875	1,053	976	866	834	1,016	1,031	829	788
Motorcycles	15	15	25	31	26	18	16	4		2	6	4	18	12	14	18	18	12	8	6	11	4	3	8	11	15	27	15	18	15	10	8	3	4	1	9	12
Passenger cars	901	741	926	987	779	818	969	748	701	1,120	963	848	885	761	880	832	857	784	918	796	790	893	798	846	696	643	763	876	734	901	845	749	732	907	922	722	705
Goods vehicles	122	139	127	122	120	123	143	133	115	151	152	135	151	142	125	145	120	150	140	139	164	135	98	100	102	108	133	132	115	123	112	102	87	94	96	91	65
Tractors, total1	13	5	5	8	2	6	12	4	7	8	9	3	5	11	5	6	5	11	5	6	6	7	9	5	6	4	3	6	7	6	7	5	8	8	8	7	5
Road tractors		2		1			5		1	1				3	3	2		2	2	2	1												2			1
Other motor vehicles	1	1	3	4	1	4	4	4	1	3	5	3	4	3	1	6	4	2	3	4	5	1	5	1	3	2	4	5	1	6	2	2	4	3	4		1
Trailers, total1	86	73	100	213	96	107	92	40	42	54	63	72	91	55	113	89	90	83	88	75	45	40	38	60	71	66	71	86	74	116	87	66	45	44	48	63	73
Semitrailers	1	1	3	7	4	4				2			1		1				2	3			2		2	2	1	2	2	1	1			1		1
Publishing, broadcasting and media2
Motor vehicles, total6	183	155	216	249	156	173	204	148	149	232	232	261	175	173	229	165	196	223	193	192	136

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The series on this page is monthly and runs from Jan 2023 to Sep 2026. Source: German Federal Motor Transport Authority (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt, KBA).

About this data

Germany vehicle registrations by industry shows the exact counts of new vehicles by economic sector. The monthly data from the German Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) tracks passenger cars, goods vehicles, buses, motorcycles and trailers. Breakdowns include manufacturing, construction, trade, transport, public administration, private non-business holders and vehicle rental. The series are available since 2023.

Frequently asked questions

What is the latest figure for Germany vehicle registrations by industry?: Motor vehicles, total stood at 120,808 Number in Sep 2026. That is +13.9% from Aug 2026 and +25.0% from a year earlier.
How far back does the Germany vehicle registrations by industry data go?: The series on this page is monthly and runs from Jan 2023 to Sep 2026. Source: German Federal Motor Transport Authority (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt, KBA). Every series in the table can be charted over its full history and downloaded as CSV or Excel.
What does Germany vehicle registrations by industry measure?: Germany vehicle registrations by industry measures the number of newly registered motor vehicles and trailers allocated to the economic sector of the holder. It includes passenger cars, goods vehicles, buses and motorcycles.
Which holder sectors are included in the German vehicle registrations data?: The data classifies new vehicles by the holder's economic sector, including manufacturing, construction, trade, transport and public administration. It also covers private non-business holders and vehicle rental or car sharing.
Which vehicle types are tracked by the German Federal Motor Transport Authority?: The KBA tracks passenger cars, buses, coaches, goods vehicles, motorcycles, road tractors and other motor vehicles. It also counts registrations of semitrailers and trailers.