Vehicle Sales Q4 FY 2025-26: Hero MotoCorp Leads, 81,93,699 Units, Up 23.4% YoY
Every vehicle registered in India over Q4 FY 2025-26 — January 2026 to March 2026. Q4 of the financial year, January to March. Month-by-month volumes, the manufacturer leaderboard, what India actually registered segment by segment, and the same window in every earlier year on record.
Vehicle sales month by month, Q4 FY 2025-26
The Indian vehicle market registered 81,93,699 vehicles in Q4 FY 2025-26. Volumes grew strongly 23.4% against the 66,42,439 logged over the same 3 months of Q4 FY 2024-25.
January was the strongest month of the period at 28,46,192 vehicles and February the quietest at 25,26,952, an average of 27,31,233 a month. Every one of those 3 months grew on the same month a year earlier.
January carries the new-year registration rush — buyers who took delivery in late December often register in the first week.
Q4 FY 2025-26 ran from January 2026 to March 2026 and is closed. Every month in the table below is final, and every comparison on this page is against the matching month of Q4 FY 2024-25.
Vehicle registrations by month — Q4 FY 2025-26 vs Q4 FY 2024-25
Vahan retail registrations, each month set against the same month a year earlier.
Every completed month of Q4 FY 2025-26, with the matching month of Q4 FY 2024-25 beside it.
| Month | Q4 FY 2025-26 units | Q4 FY 2024-25 units | YoY | Share of period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | 28,46,192 | 24,10,557 | +18.1% | 34.7% |
| February 2026 | 25,26,952 | 19,97,131 | +26.5% | 30.8% |
| March 2026 | 28,20,555 | 22,34,751 | +26.2% | 34.4% |
Each month links through to its own full report.
Which manufacturer sold the most, Q4 FY 2025-26
Hero MotoCorp led the period with 15,21,498 registrations, up 20.8% on Q4 FY 2024-25. Honda 2W (HMSI) follows on 14,39,074, 82,424 behind — a gap of 1.06x.
The fastest riser in the top 15 was Ather Energy, up 86.5% to 82,034.
Top manufacturers by registrations — Q4 FY 2025-26
Total registrations across every vehicle type each manufacturer sells.
Exact registrations over January 2026 to March 2026, with the change against Q4 FY 2024-25.
| # | Manufacturer | Q4 FY 2025-26 units | Share | vs Q4 FY 2024-25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hero MotoCorp | 15,21,498 | 18.57% | +20.8% |
| 2 | Honda 2W (HMSI) | 14,39,074 | 17.56% | +28.9% |
| 3 | TVS Motor | 11,35,975 | 13.86% | +31.4% |
| 4 | Bajaj Auto | 7,58,717 | 9.26% | +18.4% |
| 5 | Maruti Suzuki | 5,83,527 | 7.12% | +17.3% |
| 6 | Royal Enfield | 3,11,173 | 3.80% | +31.4% |
| 7 | Suzuki 2W | 3,07,100 | 3.75% | +16.7% |
| 8 | Mahindra | 2,68,222 | 3.27% | +19.8% |
| 9 | Yamaha India | 1,96,509 | 2.40% | +24.8% |
| 10 | Tata Motors (PV) | 1,71,706 | 2.10% | +28.6% |
| 11 | Hyundai | 1,69,875 | 2.07% | +12.9% |
| 12 | Tata Motors | 1,17,191 | 1.43% | +24.1% |
| 13 | Toyota Kirloskar | 98,467 | 1.20% | +18.5% |
| 14 | Kia India | 89,940 | 1.10% | +31.7% |
| 15 | Ather Energy | 82,034 | 1.00% | +86.5% |
What India registered in Q4 FY 2025-26
Two-wheelers dominate every Indian registration total, and Q4 FY 2025-26 is no exception: two-wheelers alone accounted for 69.8% of the 81,93,699 vehicles registered across the period.
Two-Wheelers grew fastest at +25.0%, and buses slowest at −4.8%.
Market composition — Q4 FY 2025-26
Share of every vehicle registered in the period.
Exact segment volumes over January 2026 to March 2026.
| Segment | Q4 FY 2025-26 units | Share | vs Q4 FY 2024-25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two-Wheelers | 57,18,501 | 69.79% | +25.0% |
| Cars & UVs | 13,17,661 | 16.08% | +20.4% |
| Three-Wheelers | 3,63,648 | 4.44% | +17.4% |
| Goods Carriers | 2,95,592 | 3.61% | +22.9% |
| Tractors | 2,91,424 | 3.56% | +23.5% |
| Taxis & Cabs | 1,10,020 | 1.34% | +20.6% |
| Other classes | 69,469 | 0.85% | +0.6% |
| Buses | 27,384 | 0.33% | −4.8% |
Fuel mix, Q4 FY 2025-26
Battery-electric vehicles were 8.8% of every registration in Q4 FY 2025-26, against 8.1% in Q4 FY 2024-25. That is 7,24,977 electric vehicles across all segments.
Fuel labels come straight from Vahan and the split below covers the whole market over January 2026 to March 2026 — petrol includes the E20 ethanol blend, which is now the single largest label in the database.
Registrations by fuel — Q4 FY 2025-26
Every vehicle registered in the period, by fuel.
Exact fuel volumes over January 2026 to March 2026.
| Fuel | Q4 FY 2025-26 units | Share | vs Q4 FY 2024-25 | Share move |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petrol | 59,38,109 | 72.47% | +22.6% | −0.47pp |
| Diesel | 9,08,835 | 11.09% | +21.6% | −0.16pp |
| Electric | 7,24,977 | 8.85% | +35.2% | +0.78pp |
| CNG / LPG | 4,77,409 | 5.83% | +21.3% | −0.10pp |
| Hybrid | 1,18,320 | 1.44% | +20.7% | −0.03pp |
| Other | 26,049 | 0.32% | +18.9% | −0.01pp |
Every Q4 on record
Across the 3 completed windows in our Vahan record, vehicle registrations went from 66,26,145 in Q4 FY 2023-24 to 81,93,699 in Q4 FY 2025-26, up 23.7% over the stretch.
Vehicle registrations by quarter
* window still in progress.
| Period | Months | Units | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 FY 2025-26 | 3 | 81,93,699 | +23.4% |
| Q4 FY 2024-25 | 3 | 66,42,439 | +0.2% |
| Q4 FY 2023-24 | 3 | 66,26,145 | +11.1% |
Each row compares only the months that window holds, so a part period is never set against a full one.
Where the demand was, Q4 FY 2025-26
Uttar Pradesh registered the most vehicles of any state in Q4 FY 2025-26 — 10,71,672, 13.1% of the national total.
The top five states together account for 47.4% of every vehicle registered in the period.
Top states by registrations — Q4 FY 2025-26
All vehicle types, exact for the period.
| # | State | Units | Share | vs Q4 FY 2024-25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uttar Pradesh | 10,71,672 | 13.1% | +18.0% |
| 2 | Maharashtra | 9,46,138 | 11.5% | +25.3% |
| 3 | Tamil Nadu | 7,24,884 | 8.8% | +37.1% |
| 4 | Gujarat | 5,75,548 | 7.0% | +33.9% |
| 5 | Karnataka | 5,69,161 | 6.9% | +23.2% |
| 6 | Madhya Pradesh | 4,86,286 | 5.9% | +23.4% |
| 7 | Rajasthan | 4,41,465 | 5.4% | +27.0% |
| 8 | Bihar | 3,90,104 | 4.8% | +25.6% |
| 9 | West Bengal | 3,53,347 | 4.3% | +26.3% |
| 10 | Haryana | 2,84,107 | 3.5% | +13.0% |
| 11 | Telangana | 2,72,958 | 3.3% | +12.9% |
| 12 | Odisha | 2,68,011 | 3.3% | +22.3% |
| 13 | Kerala | 2,62,047 | 3.2% | +32.5% |
| 14 | Andhra Pradesh | 2,58,378 | 3.2% | +27.4% |
| 15 | Punjab | 2,22,568 | 2.7% | +21.9% |
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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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