Three-Wheeler Sales January 2026: Bajaj Auto Leads, 1,30,342 Units Registered
Full Vahan registration report for January 2026 — every major manufacturer ranked, with month-on-month and year-on-year change, segment share, fuel mix and the state-wise picture.
How January went
India's three-wheeler market registered 1,30,342 vehicles in January 2026. Volumes rose sharply 18.5% against January 2025, and barely moved (+0.1%) on December 2025. It was the strongest January in that record.
That is 4 consecutive months of year-on-year growth for the segment. Year to date, 1,30,342 units have been registered across 1 month, +18.5% on the same stretch of 2025 (1,09,979). The segment accounted for 4.6% of every vehicle registered in India that month.
January carries the new-year registration rush — buyers who took delivery in late December often register in the first week.
Monthly three-wheeler registrations, 2023–2026
One line per calendar year — the shape of the year, not just its total. The dashed end of the current year is the month so far.
Manufacturer scoreboard
Bajaj Auto led the segment with 47,551 registrations, ahead of Piaggio on 8,918 — a gap of 38,633 units, wider than the 28,531 it held in December.
Zeniak Innovation India grew fastest among the segment's biggest names at +196.5% year on year (2,422 units); YC Electric had the hardest month of that group, down 37.7% to 2,415.
On share rather than volume — the number that decides who is actually winning — Mahindra Last Mile has added 2.06pp of the segment in 2026 so far, while YC Electric has given up 1.25pp.
Top 10 manufacturers, January 2026
Registrations in the month
Ranked by registrations in the month, with month-on-month and year-on-year change. Click a name for its full dashboard.
| # | Manufacturer | Jan 2026 | MoM | YoY | Share of three-wheelers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bajaj Auto | 47,551 | +28.5% | +13.6% | 36.48% |
| 2 | Piaggio | 8,918 | +14.0% | +7.0% | 6.84% |
| 3 | Mahindra Last Mile | 8,045 | −5.0% | +16.3% | 6.17% |
| 4 | TVS Motor | 5,726 | +8.2% | +105.2% | 4.39% |
| 5 | Atul Auto | 3,295 | +23.1% | +19.3% | 2.53% |
| 6 | Zeniak Innovation India | 2,422 | −40.5% | +196.5% | 1.86% |
| 7 | YC Electric | 2,415 | −18.3% | −37.7% | 1.85% |
| 8 | Dilli Electric | 1,916 | −11.6% | −0.4% | 1.47% |
| 9 | Hooghly Motors | 1,696 | −38.1% | +347.5% | 1.30% |
| 10 | Saera Electric | 1,613 | −14.2% | −29.0% | 1.24% |
| 11 | Aahana Commerce | 1,378 | −33.0% | +252.4% | 1.06% |
| 12 | Fede Industries | 1,185 | −34.5% | +385.7% | 0.91% |
| 13 | J. S. Auto | 1,178 | +3.7% | +13.8% | 0.90% |
| 14 | Jajodia Commodities | 1,173 | −31.6% | +423.7% | 0.90% |
| 15 | Terra Motors India | 1,088 | −32.8% | +71.3% | 0.83% |
Registrations inside the segment only, counted with Vahan's own vehicle-class filter, so each number is that manufacturer's three-wheeler volume. Companies that file electric models under a maker of their own (Tata, Mahindra) appear as separate rows.
Market share, year to date
Share is measured inside the segment itself — only three-wheeler volume counts on either side of the ratio. Volume is 2026 year to date. The comparison is against the whole of 2025.
Exact segment volume per manufacturer over 2026 year to date, and the change in share against full-year 2025.
| # | Manufacturer | 2026 units | Share | vs full-year 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bajaj Auto | 4,28,920 | 36.56% | +0.14pp |
| 2 | Mahindra Last Mile | 1,13,391 | 9.66% | +2.06pp |
| 3 | Piaggio | 85,494 | 7.29% | +0.62pp |
| 4 | TVS Motor | 61,698 | 5.26% | +1.63pp |
| 5 | Atul Auto | 27,836 | 2.37% | +0.13pp |
| 6 | YC Electric | 20,851 | 1.78% | −1.25pp |
| 7 | Dilli Electric | 15,795 | 1.35% | −0.26pp |
| 8 | Saera Electric | 15,222 | 1.30% | −0.52pp |
| 9 | J. S. Auto | 11,487 | 0.98% | +0.07pp |
| 10 | Zeniak Innovation India | 11,082 | 0.94% | −0.04pp |
| 11 | Mini Metro EV | 10,931 | 0.93% | −0.03pp |
| 12 | Hooghly Motors | 9,260 | 0.79% | +0.20pp |
| 13 | Energy Electric Vehicles | 8,249 | 0.70% | −0.24pp |
| 14 | Aahana Commerce | 7,976 | 0.68% | +0.08pp |
| 15 | Mlr Auto | 7,510 | 0.64% | +0.14pp |
Fuel mix
Electric accounts for 61.1% of the segment's registrations in 2026 so far. Electric is at 61.11%, a move of +2.37pp on 2025 on volume of 7,16,979 units.
Three-Wheeler fuel mix, 2026
Share of segment registrations year to date
The 2026 year to date mix.
| Fuel | 2026 units | Share | vs full-year 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electric | 7,16,979 | 61.11% | +2.37pp |
| CNG / LPG | 2,85,797 | 24.36% | −4.28pp |
| Diesel | 1,66,460 | 14.19% | +1.97pp |
| Petrol | 3,962 | 0.34% | −0.06pp |
| Other | 84 | 0.01% | 0.00pp |
Share is of this report's own scope over 2026 year to date, compared with the whole of 2025.
Where the demand is
Uttar Pradesh was the largest market in 2026 year to date with 2,45,091 registrations, 20.9% of the segment's national total. Bihar (1,10,211) and West Bengal (96,418) followed. West Bengal has gained the most ground, adding 2.36pp of the national total.
Segment registrations over 2026 year to date, by state.
| # | State | Units | Share | vs full-year 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uttar Pradesh | 2,45,091 | 20.9% | −1.80pp |
| 2 | Bihar | 1,10,211 | 9.4% | +0.62pp |
| 3 | West Bengal | 96,418 | 8.2% | +2.36pp |
| 4 | Assam | 86,579 | 7.4% | +1.10pp |
| 5 | Gujarat | 77,717 | 6.6% | +0.22pp |
| 6 | Karnataka | 64,031 | 5.5% | +0.39pp |
| 7 | Maharashtra | 57,220 | 4.9% | −2.06pp |
| 8 | Tamil Nadu | 52,531 | 4.5% | +0.49pp |
| 9 | Madhya Pradesh | 47,354 | 4.0% | −0.02pp |
| 10 | Andhra Pradesh | 46,776 | 4.0% | +0.82pp |
| 11 | Rajasthan | 43,502 | 3.7% | +0.47pp |
| 12 | Kerala | 36,505 | 3.1% | +0.87pp |
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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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