Spain - September new motorcycle registrations +13.06%
The latest available data from ANESDOR - the motorcycle industry trade association in Spain - show that having been variable earlier this year, a strong Q3 has meant that the rate of growth in new motorcycle registrations in Spain in the first nine months of 2023 suggests a strong end-of-year result.
New motorcycle registrations were +13.06% in the nine months to September (152,640 units YTD), having been +20.53% in July (19,496 units), +28.01% in August (14,646) and +7.36% in September (17,072).
This is by far the strongest first nine months for the Spanish market since we started keeping records before the 2009 market crash.
Moped registrations improved in Q3 but remain soft in Spain, at -3.30% YTD (11,487 units). Total new PTW registrations in Spain were +11.74% YTD at 164,127 units compared to 146,884 in the same period last year.
The top-selling motorcycle and scooter brand in Spain YTD was Honda (36,436 units for a 23.9% market share), followed by Yamaha (18,552 units, 12.2% share) and KYMCO third (11,615 units, 7.6% share), with BMW back to fourth (9,453 units, 6.2% share) and Sym down to fifth (9,368 units, 6.1% share). They are followed by Piaggio, Zontes and KTM, Kawasaki and Voge.
Electric unit registrations (of all kinds) were down -22.6% YTD in Spain at 6,139 units for a 4.0% share of the total PTW market.
For the record: motorcycle registrations in Spain were +6.30% for the full year in 2022 at 175,525 units - essentially flat with 2019 as the equal best year for motorcycle registrations in Spain since before 2009. In total PTW terms, 2022 was +4.54% (191,225 units). Demand for electric powered PTWs was +53.1% for the full year at 10,188 units - which was 5.8% of total PTW sales.
