Three-Wheeler Vahan retail registrations

Three-Wheeler Sales 2024: Bajaj Auto Leads, 12,64,087 Units, Up 10.3% YoY

Every three-wheeler registered in India over CY 2024 — January 2024 to December 2024. The calendar year, January to December. Month-by-month volumes, the manufacturer leaderboard, how the segment moved against the rest of the market, and the same window in every earlier year on record.

12,64,087
Three-Wheeler registrations
CY 2024
+10.3%
Year on year
vs CY 2023 (12 mo)
1,05,341
Monthly average
12 months counted
1.27 L
Best month
October 2024
4.6%
Share of all registrations
+0.05pp vs CY 2023

Three-Wheeler sales month by month, CY 2024

India's three-wheeler market registered 12,64,087 three-wheelers in CY 2024. Volumes rose 10.3% against the 11,45,619 logged over the same 12 months of CY 2023.

October was the strongest month of the period at 1,27,373 three-wheelers and April the quietest at 82,925, an average of 1,05,341 a month. 11 of those 12 months grew on the same month a year earlier.

CY 2024 ran from January 2024 to December 2024 and is closed. Every month in the table below is final, and every comparison on this page is against the matching month of CY 2023.

Three-wheelers accounted for 4.6% of everything registered in India over the period, up from 4.6% in CY 2023. The whole market ran to 2,72,37,413 vehicles over the same window, up 9.1% year on year.

Three-Wheeler registrations by month — CY 2024 vs CY 2023

Vahan retail registrations, each month set against the same month a year earlier.

Three-Wheeler sales, month by month — CY 2024

Every completed month of CY 2024, with the matching month of CY 2023 beside it.

Month CY 2024 units CY 2023 units YoY Share of period
January 2024 1,02,993 74,377 +38.5% 8.1%
February 2024 99,077 79,718 +24.3% 7.8%
March 2024 1,08,338 93,848 +15.4% 8.6%
April 2024 82,925 76,862 +7.9% 6.6%
May 2024 1,01,308 85,260 +18.8% 8.0%
June 2024 98,058 93,137 +5.3% 7.8%
July 2024 1,14,960 1,01,825 +12.9% 9.1%
August 2024 1,09,059 1,08,269 +0.7% 8.6%
September 2024 1,10,566 1,09,639 +0.8% 8.7%
October 2024 1,27,373 1,14,332 +11.4% 10.1%
November 2024 1,12,941 1,07,248 +5.3% 8.9%
December 2024 96,489 1,01,104 −4.6% 7.6%

Each month links through to its own full report.

Which manufacturer sold the most, CY 2024

Bajaj Auto led the period with 4,74,456 registrations, up 9.2% on CY 2023. Piaggio follows on 97,524, 3,76,932 behind — a gap of 4.87x.

The fastest riser in the top 15 was Mahindra Last Mile, up 463.1% to 74,718, while Champion Poly Plast was down 24.7% at 11,199.

Volumes here are registrations inside the segment only, counted with Vahan's own vehicle-class filter, so each is the manufacturer's three-wheeler volume over CY 2024. Companies that file electric models under a maker of their own appear as separate rows.

Top manufacturers by registrations — CY 2024

Registrations inside the segment (three-wheelers only).

Manufacturer leaderboard — CY 2024

Exact registrations over January 2024 to December 2024, with the change against CY 2023.

# Manufacturer CY 2024 units Share of three-wheelers vs CY 2023
1 Bajaj Auto 4,74,456 37.53% +9.2%
2 Piaggio 97,524 7.71% +2.9%
3 Mahindra Last Mile 74,718 5.91% +463.1%
4 YC Electric 43,970 3.48% +7.7%
5 Saera Electric 28,313 2.24% −3.5%
6 Atul Auto 27,082 2.14% +20.2%
7 Dilli Electric 25,037 1.98% −0.2%
8 TVS Motor 24,275 1.92% +35.2%
9 Mini Metro EV 14,749 1.17% −7.6%
10 Unique International Ev 13,705 1.08% +1.0%
11 Energy Electric Vehicles 13,386 1.06% +20.8%
12 Hotage India 12,491 0.99% −2.7%
13 J. S. Auto 11,581 0.92% −5.9%
14 Champion Poly Plast 11,199 0.89% −24.7%
15 Sks Trade India 10,967 0.87% +8.7%

Three-Wheeler sales against the rest of the market

Set against the rest of the market, three-wheelers outgrew the national picture over CY 2024: +10.3% against +9.1% for every vehicle registered in India.

The table covers every segment Vahan reports over the same 12-month window, so the comparison is like for like — the same months, the same source, on both sides.

Three-Wheeler share of the Indian market, month by month

Three-wheelers as a percentage of every vehicle registered that month.

Registrations by segment — CY 2024

Exact segment volumes over January 2024 to December 2024.

Segment CY 2024 units Share vs CY 2023
Two-Wheelers 1,96,48,497 72.14% +11.0%
Cars & UVs 39,00,386 14.32% +3.5%
Three-Wheelers 12,64,087 4.64% +10.3%
Tractors 9,10,951 3.34% +2.1%
Goods Carriers 8,64,152 3.17% −3.2%
Taxis & Cabs 3,29,510 1.21% +30.5%
Other classes 2,06,374 0.76% −3.4%
Buses 1,13,456 0.42% +28.3%

What three-wheelers run on

Vahan splits a segment by fuel only across a whole calendar year, so this table covers full-year 2024 rather than CY 2024 alone — it is exact for that window.

Electric accounts for 55.0% of three-wheeler registrations over full-year 2024, with battery-electric at 55.0%.

Three-Wheeler registrations by fuel — full-year 2024

The full-year 2024 mix.

Three-Wheeler registrations by fuel — full-year 2024
Fuel 2024 units Share vs full-year 2023
Electric 6,94,971 54.98% +3.83pp
CNG / LPG 4,06,883 32.19% −2.49pp
Diesel 1,50,855 11.93% −0.97pp
Petrol 11,181 0.88% −0.35pp
Other 197 0.02% −0.02pp

Three-Wheeler sales, year by year

Across the 2 completed windows in our Vahan record, three-wheeler registrations went from 12,64,087 in CY 2024 to 13,63,074 in CY 2025, up 7.8% over the stretch.

CY 2026 is still running — 9 of its 12 months are counted — so it is a part window and is never set against a full one. Its year-on-year figure compares only the months it actually holds.

Three-Wheeler registrations by calendar year

* window still in progress.

Three-Wheeler sales by calendar year
Period Months Units YoY
CY 2026 (to date) 9 11,13,230 +16.0%
CY 2025 12 13,63,074 +7.8%
CY 2024 12 12,64,087 +10.3%

Each row compares only the months that window holds, so a part period is never set against a full one.

Where the demand was

State-level volumes for a single segment come from a calendar-year table, so the figures below cover full-year 2024. Uttar Pradesh leads with 3,10,598 registrations, 24.6% of the segment.

Top states — full-year 2024
# State Units Share
1 Uttar Pradesh 3,10,598 24.6%
2 Bihar 1,20,802 9.6%
3 Maharashtra 87,257 6.9%
4 Gujarat 81,762 6.5%
5 Assam 74,355 5.9%
6 Karnataka 73,745 5.8%
7 Tamil Nadu 55,033 4.4%
8 Madhya Pradesh 52,137 4.1%
9 Rajasthan 48,615 3.8%
10 Delhi 46,386 3.7%
11 Telangana 43,230 3.4%
12 Andhra Pradesh 39,645 3.1%

Frequently asked questions

How many three-wheelers were sold in India in CY 2024?
12,64,087 three-wheelers were registered in India in CY 2024, according to Vahan registration data covering January 2024 to December 2024. That is +10.3% against the 11,45,619 registered over the same months of CY 2023.
What period does CY 2024 cover?
CY 2024 runs January to December — January 2024 to December 2024, all 12 months complete.
Which manufacturer sold the most three-wheelers in CY 2024?
Bajaj Auto led with 4,74,456 registrations across the period, ahead of Piaggio on 97,524. These are registrations inside the segment only, counted with Vahan's own vehicle-class filter.
Which was the strongest month for three-wheeler sales in CY 2024?
October 2024 at 1,27,373 registrations. The quietest was April 2024 at 82,925, and the period averaged 1,05,341 three-wheelers a month.
What share of the Indian market were three-wheelers in CY 2024?
4.6%. India registered 2,72,37,413 vehicles of all kinds over the same months, of which 12,64,087 were three-wheelers.
Which calendar year had the highest three-wheeler sales?
Of the 3 comparable windows in our record, CY 2025 is the largest at 13,63,074 registrations.
Are these retail sales or factory dispatches?
Retail. Every figure is a vehicle registration recorded on the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways' Vahan 4 dashboard — the same source FADA uses — not the wholesale dispatch numbers manufacturers announce each month. Registrations reach Vahan a few days after the sale, so recent months keep rising slightly for a while after they close.

Three-Wheeler sales, other periods

More from the reports desk

Source. Every figure is a vehicle registration, taken daily from the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways' Vahan 4 dashboard (vahan.parivahan.gov.in) — the same source FADA and the industry use for retail data. Registrations are not the wholesale dispatch numbers manufacturers announce each month. "EV" means battery electric (Vahan fuels PURE EV and ELECTRIC(BOV)); hybrids are counted separately. Information only, not investment advice.

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