Tractor Sales May 2026: Mahindra Tractors Leads, 84,704 Units Registered
Full Vahan registration report for May 2026 — every major manufacturer ranked, with month-on-month and year-on-year change, segment share, fuel mix and the state-wise picture.
How May went
India's tractor market registered 84,704 vehicles in May 2026. Volumes pushed ahead 15.6% against May 2025, and rose 10.2% on April. It was the strongest May in that record.
That is 14 consecutive months of year-on-year growth for the segment. Year to date, 4,53,021 units have been registered across 5 months, +22.2% on the same stretch of 2025 (3,70,813). The segment accounted for 3.3% of every vehicle registered in India that month.
May is the pre-monsoon window — rural demand is still waiting on the first rains.
Monthly tractor 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
Mahindra Tractors led the segment with 19,849 registrations, ahead of Swaraj (M&M) on 15,632 — a gap of 4,217 units, wider than the 1,858 it held in April.
TAFE grew fastest among the segment's biggest names at +42.7% year on year (10,828 units).
On share rather than volume — the number that decides who is actually winning — Sonalika (ITL) has added 0.56pp of the segment in 2026 so far, while Kubota has given up 0.70pp.
Top 10 manufacturers, May 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 | May 2026 | MoM | YoY | Share of tractors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mahindra Tractors | 19,849 | +17.5% | +20.2% | 23.43% |
| 2 | Swaraj (M&M) | 15,632 | +3.9% | +14.6% | 18.45% |
| 3 | Sonalika (ITL) | 11,384 | +6.0% | +15.5% | 13.44% |
| 4 | TAFE | 10,828 | +26.7% | +42.7% | 12.78% |
| 5 | Escorts Kubota | 9,536 | +11.0% | +16.7% | 11.26% |
| 6 | John Deere | 5,951 | +15.6% | +1.9% | 7.03% |
| 7 | Eicher (VECV) | 5,087 | +9.0% | +14.3% | 6.01% |
| 8 | CNH Industrial | 3,912 | −0.4% | +27.3% | 4.62% |
| 9 | John Deere | 880 | −13.1% | −2.0% | 1.04% |
| 10 | Gromax Agri Equipment | 313 | +30.4% | +19.5% | 0.37% |
| 11 | V.S.T. Tillers Tractors | 174 | +1.2% | +5.5% | 0.21% |
| 12 | Indo Farm | 173 | −6.5% | +8.1% | 0.20% |
| 13 | Kubota | 162 | −10.5% | −80.9% | 0.19% |
| 14 | Action Construction Equipment | 161 | +29.8% | +12.6% | 0.19% |
| 15 | Captain Tractors | 159 | +74.7% | +224.5% | 0.19% |
Registrations inside the segment only, counted with Vahan's own vehicle-class filter, so each number is that manufacturer's tractor 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 tractor 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 | Mahindra Tractors | 2,03,232 | 23.17% | −0.35pp |
| 2 | Swaraj (M&M) | 1,64,294 | 18.73% | +0.30pp |
| 3 | Sonalika (ITL) | 1,17,421 | 13.39% | +0.56pp |
| 4 | TAFE | 1,01,062 | 11.52% | +0.46pp |
| 5 | Escorts Kubota | 94,230 | 10.74% | +0.22pp |
| 6 | John Deere | 62,759 | 7.16% | −0.26pp |
| 7 | Eicher (VECV) | 55,143 | 6.29% | +0.01pp |
| 8 | CNH Industrial | 41,390 | 4.72% | +0.42pp |
| 9 | John Deere | 8,603 | 0.98% | −0.11pp |
| 10 | Mahindra | 7,012 | 0.80% | −0.55pp |
| 11 | Gromax Agri Equipment | 3,877 | 0.44% | +0.06pp |
| 12 | Captain Tractors | 2,815 | 0.32% | 0.00pp |
| 13 | V.S.T. Tillers Tractors | 2,328 | 0.27% | −0.14pp |
| 14 | Indo Farm | 2,248 | 0.26% | +0.06pp |
| 15 | Kubota | 1,625 | 0.19% | −0.70pp |
Fuel mix
Diesel accounts for 99.96% of the segment's registrations in 2026 so far. Electric is at 0.03%, a move of +0.01pp on 2025 on volume of 244 units.
Tractor fuel mix, 2026
Share of segment registrations year to date
The 2026 year to date mix.
| Fuel | 2026 units | Share | vs full-year 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diesel | 8,76,696 | 99.96% | 0.00pp |
| Electric | 244 | 0.03% | +0.01pp |
| Petrol | 37 | 0.00% | 0.00pp |
| Other | 35 | 0.00% | 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 1,35,187 registrations, 15.4% of the segment's national total. Rajasthan (1,15,190) and Madhya Pradesh (96,526) followed. Uttar Pradesh has gained the most ground, adding 1.81pp of the national total.
Segment registrations over 2026 year to date, by state.
| # | State | Units | Share | vs full-year 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uttar Pradesh | 1,35,187 | 15.4% | +1.81pp |
| 2 | Rajasthan | 1,15,190 | 13.1% | +1.06pp |
| 3 | Madhya Pradesh | 96,526 | 11.0% | −0.57pp |
| 4 | Gujarat | 87,079 | 9.9% | +1.53pp |
| 5 | Maharashtra | 68,037 | 7.8% | −6.73pp |
| 6 | Karnataka | 53,562 | 6.1% | −0.01pp |
| 7 | Punjab | 44,875 | 5.1% | +1.50pp |
| 8 | Haryana | 44,778 | 5.1% | +0.47pp |
| 9 | Chhattisgarh | 34,959 | 4.0% | −0.59pp |
| 10 | Bihar | 34,873 | 4.0% | +0.27pp |
| 11 | Telangana | 30,768 | 3.5% | +0.22pp |
| 12 | Andhra Pradesh | 29,380 | 3.4% | +0.42pp |
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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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