Initial registrations of new and used buses (including minibuses) in Ukraine in September 2025 decreased by 6% compared to the same month last year, to 233 units, UkrAvtoprom reported on its Telegram channel.
Compared to August of this year, when 259 buses were registered, the market shrank by 10%.
The share of new vehicles in September’s volume was 58%, while last year it was 63%.
Domestic ZAZ buses took the lead among new buses with 38 vehicles registered, while in September 2024, these buses ranked third with 24 vehicles.
Second place went to new Ataman buses from the Cherkasy Bus factory, with 29 units, which also ranked second last year with sales of 37 vehicles.
Etalon buses came in third among new buses with 19 units, having been the leaders a year ago with 60 buses.
Among used buses, Mercedes-Benz was the most frequently registered in September with 49 units, followed by VDL and Van Hool with 8 units each.
According to UkrAvtoprom, a total of 1,888 buses were added to Ukraine’s bus fleet in January-September 2025 (+33% compared to the same period in 2024). Of these, 935 were new (+16%) and 953 were used (+56%).
As reported, in 2024, initial registrations of new and used buses decreased by 19% compared to 2023, to 2,241 units, including new buses by 24%, to 1,296 units, and used buses by 12%, to 945 units.
