Car & SUV registrations in India, January 2025

India registered 4.95 lakh cars & SUVs in January 2025, 17.8% more than in January 2024. About 1 in 37 was electric (2.7%, up from 2.2%).

Cars & SUVs: Cars, SUVs, MUVs and taxis: what the industry calls passenger vehicles (PV).

Source: Vahan, the government’s vehicle registration system (Ministry of Road Transport & Highways). Updated 11 November 2026; complete months to October 2026. November 2026 is still being counted and is not included.

Cars & SUVs registered, January 2025: 4.95 lakh (4,94,948)
vs January 2024: +17.8%, from 4.20 lakh
Electric share: 2.7%, up from 2.2% a year earlier

Which car & SUV brands led in India in January 2025?

Maruti Suzuki had 44.7% of car & SUV registrations in India in January 2025. Of the brands with at least 2% of car & SUV registrations and at least 1,000 in January 2024, Toyota grew fastest, up 43.8%.

Cars & SUVs by brand, India, January 2025
Brand	Registrations	Share of cars & SUVs	vs last year	Electric share of its registrations
1. Maruti Suzuki	2.21 lakh (2,21,329)	44.7%	+20.6%	0.0%
2. Hyundai	64,081	12.9%	+15.3%	0.5%
3. Tata Motors	57,845	11.7%	+2.4%	10.4%
4. Mahindra	56,554	11.4%	+26.7%	1.5%
5. Toyota	31,245	6.3%	+43.8%	0.0%
6. Kia	24,294	4.9%	+17.0%	0.2%
7. Skoda-VW	10,189	2.1%	+4.9%	0.0%
8. Honda Cars	8,316	1.7%	−16.1%	0.0%
9. MG	7,259	1.5%	+48.4%	68.0%
10. Renault	3,961	0.8%	+2.4%	0.0%
11. Nissan	2,601	0.5%	−8.0%	0.0%
12. Mercedes-Benz	1,979	0.4%	+24.8%	6.3%
13. BMW	1,904	0.4%	+26.9%	10.8%
14. Stellantis (Jeep or Citroën)	1,299	0.3%	−4.5%	27.3%
15. Jaguar Land Rover	534	0.1%	+60.4%	–

– means too few registrations for a fair figure: under 200 a year earlier for a change, or under 1,000 for an electric share.

How many of the cars & SUVs registered in India in January 2025 were electric?

2.7% of cars & SUVs registered in India in January 2025 were electric: 13,344 in all. Full figures: Electric car & SUV registrations in India, January 2025.

Electric cars & SUVs by brand, India, January 2025
Brand	Registrations	Share of electric cars & SUVs	vs last year
1. Tata Motors	5,993	44.9%	−1.9%
2. MG	4,935	37.0%	+266%
3. Mahindra	858	6.4%	+3.0%
4. BYD	413	3.1%	–
5. Stellantis (Jeep or Citroën)	354	2.7%	–
6. Hyundai	339	2.5%	–
7. BMW	206	1.5%	–
8. Mercedes-Benz	125	0.9%	–
9. Kia	59	0.4%	–
10. Volvo Cars	29	0.2%	–

Which states registered the most cars & SUVs in January 2025?

In January 2025, among the 27 states and territories big enough to rank, electric share was highest in Telangana (6.9%) and lowest in Arunachal Pradesh (0.2%). Car & SUV registrations rose in 28 of 33 states and territories that had at least 200 in January 2024.

Cars & SUVs by state, January 2025
State or territory	Registrations	Share of India’s total	vs last year	Electric share	Electric share last year
1. Maharashtra	60,159	12.2%	+19.5%	3.1%	2.6%
2. Uttar Pradesh	60,062	12.1%	+24.1%	1.6%	1.0%
3. Gujarat	39,284	7.9%	+17.9%	1.6%	1.5%
4. Haryana	36,584	7.4%	+26.8%	1.5%	1.0%
5. Karnataka	34,817	7.0%	+9.9%	4.9%	3.5%
6. Tamil Nadu	34,397	6.9%	+20.9%	3.1%	2.2%
7. Rajasthan	29,032	5.9%	+33.7%	2.8%	2.3%
8. Madhya Pradesh	24,549	5.0%	+17.0%	1.0%	1.0%
9. Delhi	24,031	4.9%	+5.3%	3.8%	6.3%
10. Kerala	22,550	4.6%	+16.2%	5.5%	4.8%
11. Telangana	20,467	4.1%	+0.3%	6.9%	2.8%
12. Punjab	17,261	3.5%	+15.6%	1.1%	0.7%
13. West Bengal	11,842	2.4%	+14.6%	4.5%	1.8%
14. Chhattisgarh	10,197	2.1%	+65.2%	1.9%	2.2%
15. Andhra Pradesh	8,733	1.8%	+0.4%	2.0%	1.5%
16. Bihar	8,339	1.7%	+17.7%	0.9%	0.8%
17. Odisha	8,188	1.7%	+14.9%	3.3%	2.1%
18. Uttarakhand	6,789	1.4%	+26.1%	0.9%	0.9%
19. Jharkhand	6,372	1.3%	+29.4%	0.9%	0.6%
20. Assam	6,349	1.3%	−12.9%	0.5%	0.3%
21. Himachal Pradesh	6,209	1.3%	+26.8%	0.9%	0.3%
22. Jammu & Kashmir	6,157	1.2%	+16.7%	0.5%	0.2%
23. Goa	2,336	0.5%	−0.1%	4.5%	3.6%
24. Chandigarh	1,963	0.4%	+7.5%	5.2%	6.7%
25. Puducherry	1,649	0.3%	+32.4%	0.8%	0.8%
26. Meghalaya	1,568	0.3%	+9.1%	0.6%	0.1%
27. Arunachal Pradesh	1,264	0.3%	+10.1%	0.2%	0.3%
28. Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu	907	0.2%	+73.1%	–	–
29. Nagaland	714	0.1%	−18.3%	–	–
30. Manipur	545	0.1%	+23.3%	–	–
31. Tripura	508	0.1%	+4.1%	–	–
32. Mizoram	445	0.1%	−13.1%	–	–
33. Sikkim	328	0.1%	−22.6%	–	–
34. Andaman & Nicobar	207	<0.1%	–	–	–
35. Ladakh	145	<0.1%	–	–	–
36. Lakshadweep	1	<0.1%	–	–	–

– means too few registrations for a fair figure: under 200 a year earlier for a change, or under 1,000 for an electric share.

About these figures

Are registrations the same as sales?

Not quite. A registration is a new vehicle registered at a transport office (RTO), usually within days of being bought, so registrations are the closest public count of retail sales. They differ from the factory dispatches (wholesale) that makers announce each month, which count vehicles sent to dealers.

How up to date are they?

Updated 11 November 2026. The figures cover every full month up to October 2026. November 2026 is still being counted, so it is left out of every total. Recent months can rise slightly for a few weeks as late registrations arrive.

Which vehicles are counted?

Two-wheelers: motorcycles, scooters and mopeds (bikes and scooters), including electric ones. Three-wheelers: auto-rickshaws for passengers and goods, and e-rickshaws. Cars & SUVs: cars, SUVs, MUVs and taxis: what the industry calls passenger vehicles (PV). Trucks & buses: goods carriers, buses, school buses, ambulances and other commercial vehicles (CV). Tractors, trailers and construction equipment are not counted (about 3% of all registrations).

More answers, including why FADA and company figures differ: how the figures are made.