Vehicle Sales May 2026: Hero MotoCorp Leads, 25,78,338 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
The Indian vehicle market registered 25,78,338 vehicles in May 2026. Volumes grew 11.3% against May 2025, and declined 5.4% on April. It was the strongest May in that record.
That is 10 consecutive months of year-on-year growth for the segment. Year to date, 1,34,98,509 units have been registered across 5 months, +18.9% on the same stretch of 2025 (1,13,55,514).
May is the pre-monsoon window — rural demand is still waiting on the first rains.
Monthly vehicle 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
Hero MotoCorp led the segment with 5,20,585 registrations, ahead of Honda 2W (HMSI) on 4,56,472 — a gap of 64,113 units, narrower than the 67,762 it held in April.
Maruti Suzuki grew fastest among the segment's biggest names at +35.8% year on year (1,72,406 units).
On share rather than volume — the number that decides who is actually winning — TVS Motor has added 0.66pp of the segment in 2026 so far, while Hero MotoCorp has given up 1.92pp.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hero MotoCorp | 5,20,585 | −7.4% | +2.5% | 20.19% |
| 2 | Honda 2W (HMSI) | 4,56,472 | −7.7% | +10.3% | 17.70% |
| 3 | TVS Motor | 3,65,770 | −5.8% | +12.9% | 14.19% |
| 4 | Bajaj Auto | 2,41,541 | −4.6% | +4.4% | 9.37% |
| 5 | Maruti Suzuki | 1,72,406 | +2.5% | +35.8% | 6.69% |
| 6 | Suzuki 2W | 99,251 | +2.5% | +6.6% | 3.85% |
| 7 | Royal Enfield | 87,181 | −15.3% | +6.7% | 3.38% |
| 8 | Mahindra | 69,506 | −11.2% | +6.3% | 2.70% |
| 9 | Yamaha India | 61,206 | −6.5% | +17.6% | 2.37% |
| 10 | Hyundai | 47,339 | −4.8% | +15.5% | 1.84% |
| 11 | Tata Motors (PV) | 44,857 | −10.4% | +32.7% | 1.74% |
| 12 | Tata Motors | 31,851 | −20.1% | +13.4% | 1.24% |
| 13 | Ather Energy | 28,651 | −1.3% | +103.1% | 1.11% |
| 14 | Toyota Kirloskar | 28,022 | −5.6% | +12.6% | 1.09% |
| 15 | Kia India | 25,742 | −4.9% | +39.5% | 1.00% |
Share is of every vehicle registered in India that month.
Market share, year to date
Share here is of every vehicle registered in India, across all segments — which is why two-wheeler makers fill the top of the table. 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 | Hero MotoCorp | 45,67,873 | 18.31% | −1.92pp |
| 2 | Honda 2W (HMSI) | 44,63,345 | 17.89% | −0.13pp |
| 3 | TVS Motor | 35,54,734 | 14.25% | +0.66pp |
| 4 | Bajaj Auto | 22,29,012 | 8.94% | −0.47pp |
| 5 | Maruti Suzuki | 16,98,475 | 6.81% | +0.34pp |
| 6 | Suzuki 2W | 9,70,671 | 3.89% | −0.06pp |
| 7 | Royal Enfield | 9,49,666 | 3.81% | +0.13pp |
| 8 | Mahindra | 7,48,943 | 3.00% | +0.01pp |
| 9 | Yamaha India | 6,19,699 | 2.48% | +0.11pp |
| 10 | Hyundai | 4,82,519 | 1.93% | −0.05pp |
| 11 | Tata Motors (PV) | 4,60,371 | 1.85% | +0.10pp |
| 12 | Tata Motors | 3,48,320 | 1.40% | +0.16pp |
| 13 | Toyota Kirloskar | 2,85,067 | 1.14% | −0.01pp |
| 14 | Ather Energy | 2,74,603 | 1.10% | +0.36pp |
| 15 | Kia India | 2,56,465 | 1.03% | +0.10pp |
Fuel mix
Petrol accounts for 71.3% of the segment's registrations in 2026 so far. Electric is at 10.74%, a move of +2.70pp on 2025 on volume of 26,79,518 units.
Vehicle fuel mix, 2026
Share of segment registrations year to date
The 2026 year to date mix.
| Fuel | 2026 units | Share | vs full-year 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petrol | 1,77,93,126 | 71.33% | −3.62pp |
| Electric | 26,79,518 | 10.74% | +2.70pp |
| Diesel | 26,48,198 | 10.62% | +0.42pp |
| CNG / LPG | 14,02,688 | 5.62% | +0.35pp |
| Hybrid | 3,54,480 | 1.42% | +0.16pp |
| Other | 65,561 | 0.26% | −0.01pp |
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 May 2026 with 4,11,712 registrations, 16.0% of the segment's national total. Maharashtra (2,52,945) and Tamil Nadu (1,84,388) followed. Among the big markets Tamil Nadu grew fastest at +25.9%.
Registrations in the month, by state.
| # | State | Units | Share | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uttar Pradesh | 4,11,712 | 16.0% | +0.8% |
| 2 | Maharashtra | 2,52,945 | 9.8% | +10.1% |
| 3 | Tamil Nadu | 1,84,388 | 7.2% | +25.9% |
| 4 | Karnataka | 1,74,210 | 6.8% | +15.9% |
| 5 | Gujarat | 1,58,409 | 6.1% | +18.1% |
| 6 | Bihar | 1,45,591 | 5.6% | −4.1% |
| 7 | Rajasthan | 1,43,958 | 5.6% | +21.1% |
| 8 | Madhya Pradesh | 1,35,438 | 5.3% | −0.7% |
| 9 | West Bengal | 1,18,133 | 4.6% | +8.1% |
| 10 | Telangana | 1,00,285 | 3.9% | +25.7% |
| 11 | Haryana | 91,304 | 3.5% | +13.9% |
| 12 | Kerala | 87,508 | 3.4% | +25.4% |
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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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