Passenger car registrations by country
Compared with January–July 2025, total new registrations among the 10 largest European markets increased the most in Poland (+12%) and France (+9%) in January–July 2026, while the largest decreases were recorded in Belgium (−7%), Czechia (−3%) and the Netherlands (−2%; see Table A5 in the Appendix).
Looking at new BEV registrations in January–July 2026, Germany and France—Europe’s largest car markets—had BEV market shares of 26% and 29%, respectively. These represent increases of 8 and 11 percentage points, respectively, compared with the same period in 2025.
Italy and Spain, the third- and fourth-largest markets, had increases of 3 and 2 percentage points in January–July 2026, reaching BEV shares of 8% and 10%, respectively.
Nordic countries led Europe in BEV registration shares, with Norway and Denmark reaching shares of 98% and 80%, respectively, in January–July 2026, followed by Finland (49%) and Iceland (44%), Sweden (42%)2, the Netherlands (38%), Belgium (37%), Luxembourg (30%), France (29%), Germany (26%), Ireland (25%), and Austria (25%) all had BEV shares of 25% or more (Figure 3). In January–July 2026, Denmark recorded the greatest increase in BEV market share (+16 percentage points) compared with the same period in 2025.
