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.
Sales of new passenger cars in Ukraine in January-August this year increased by 3% compared to the same period last year, amounting to 46,000 units, according to UkrAvtoprom on its Telegram channel.
At the same time, in August, initial registrations of passenger cars amounted to about 6,800 units, which is 16% less than in August last year.
“But a year ago, the market was dominated by frenzied demand caused by expectations of the introduction of an additional 15% tax on car purchases,” UkrAvtoprom notes, calling this year’s August result the best in the last 11 months.
Compared to July 2025, demand for new cars grew by 5%.
The Japanese brand Toyota (999 units) continues to lead the market, with Chinese BYD (860 units) close behind.
The next positions in the ranking were taken by Renault (529 units), Volkswagen (527 units), Skoda (407 units), Hyundai (393 units), BMW (337 units), Honda (328 units), Suzuki (231 units), and Audi (225 units).
The bestseller of the month was the compact crossover Renault Duster (486 units).
In turn, the information and analytical group AUTO-Consulting also calls the sales of passenger cars in August (6,955 thousand) a good result, although they decreased by 17% compared to August 2024, when there was a rush of demand.
“Despite the decline compared to August last year, the car market is on an upward trend. These are very good starting conditions ahead of the busy autumn business season,” the group said in a statement on its website.
According to analysts, the top three were Toyota (1,018 thousand), BYD (868 units), and Volkswagen (551 units).
According to the group, 47.4 thousand new cars were added to the Ukrainian car market in eight months.
As reported, according to AUTO-Consulting, in 2024, sales of new passenger cars in Ukraine increased by 9.8% compared to 2023, to 71,300 units, and according to Ukravtoprom, initial registrations increased by 14%, to 69,600 units.
Initial registrations of new and used buses (including minibuses) in Ukraine in January-June 2025 increased by 36% compared to the same period last year, to 1,185 units, UkrAvtoprom reported on its Telegram channel.
According to the association, registrations of new vehicles increased by 12% to 534 units, while registrations of used vehicles increased by 67% to 651 units.
In June, demand for buses increased by 11% compared to June 2024, amounting to 154 units, but compared to May this year, when 210 buses were registered, it decreased by 26.7%.
The share of new vehicles in this volume was 48%, compared to 45% last year.
According to statistics from UkrAvtoprom, 17.5% more new buses were sold last month than last year, with Ukrainian buses being the most frequently registered: Ataman from the Cherkasy Bus factory – 27 units (18 last year), Bogdan manufactured by BAS Motor – 12 units (none registered last year), and ZAZ Zaporizhzhia Automobile Plant – 8 units (none last year).
Among used buses, Mercedes-Benz leads with 29 units, followed by VDL (9 units) and Van Hool (8 units).
As reported with reference to data from UkrAvtoprom, 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.
Registrations of new commercial vehicles (trucks and special vehicles) in October 2024 increased by 11% compared to the same month in 2023 – up to 1082 thousand units, Ukravtoprom reported in its telegram channel.
According to the association, compared to September of this year, the demand for such cars increased slightly by 1% (or 14 cars).
The Renault brand confidently holds the market leadership with 246 units, and Citroen took the second position (from the third in October) with 111 cars registered. Ford took third place (90 units), followed by Mercedes-Benz (78 units) and MAN (76 units).
As reported, in October 20203, the top five leaders of the new commercial vehicle market were Renault (194 units), MAN (94 units), Peugeot (79 units), Ford (66 units) and Scania (64 units), and the overall market grew by 91.6% to 977 units by October 2022.
According to Ukravtoprom, in January-October this year, 10.4 thousand new vehicles were added to the Ukrainian fleet of trucks and special vehicles, which is 14% more than in the same period last year.
Initial registrations of new and used buses (including minibuses) in Ukraine in September 2024 increased by 14% compared to September 2023, to 247 units, Ukravtoprom reported in its telegram channel.
At the same time, the share of new buses, as in the previous year, amounted to 63% (155 units), which is 10 percentage points more than in August this year.
“Ukravtoprom notes that compared to August of this year, when 161 buses were registered, the demand for them increased by 53%.
The leader in the top three most frequently registered new buses in September was Etalon produced by Chernihiv Automobile Plant with 60 vehicles registered, up 76% or 24 buses from last September, when it was ranked second.
Ataman buses, which were in the lead in September 2023 and August 2024, took second place with 37 units registered against 56 units a year earlier.
ZAZ buses took the third position – 24 units, which in September 2023 were also third with 17 vehicles, and in August this year they took the sixth place in the ranking with three buses.
The top three leaders in September among used buses are: Mercedes-Benz – 31 units, Volkswagen – 16 units and MAN – 9 units.
According to the association, in January-September, a total of 1415 buses were added to the Ukrainian bus fleet (-29% compared to the same period in 2023). Of these, 803 units were new (-35%); 612 units were used (-19%).
In Ukraine, buses are produced by Cherkasy Bus, Chernihiv Automobile Plant of Etalon Corporation, Zaporizhzhia Automobile Plant of UkrAuto Group, and Bas Motor LLC (Bogdan buses), but their main range is school buses purchased by regions under the School Bus state program.
The volume of registrations of new commercial vehicles (trucks and special vehicles) in September 2024 increased by 6% compared to the same month in 2023, to 1068 thousand units, which is 1% (or 15 vehicles) less than in August this year, Ukravtoprom reported in its telegram channel.
According to the report, last month, Renault retained its leadership in the market with 280 units (in September 2023, it was the leader with 214 units), Ford took second place with 135 units (in September last year, the brand was third in the ranking with 98 units), and Citroen took third place with 101 units (12th place with 33 units).
The top five also includes MAN (79 units) and Scania (66 units), which in September last year respectively occupied the sixth (60 units) and second (106 units) lines of the rating.
According to Ukravtoprom, in January-September, more than 9.3 thousand new trucks were added to the Ukrainian fleet of trucks and special vehicles, which is 15% more than in the same period last year.
At the same time, AUTO-Consulting, an information and analytical group, analyzing the segment of trucks with a gross vehicle weight of more than 3.5 tons in September, notes its “strong growth” in contrast to the passenger car market.
“Dealers managed to improve their sales by 20% year-on-year. Therefore, the heavy equipment market has entered the new business season with good dynamics,” the group’s website states.
The leader was MAN with a 75% increase in sales, followed by Ford, which increased sales by 43%, and Scania, which slightly reduced sales in September.
Analysts note an increase in sales of Renault trucks by almost 2.7 times, Iveco – by 40%.
According to AUTO-Consulting, the truck market grew by 10% in January-September and “overcame the crisis.”
“The number of special vehicles produced by Ukrainian companies is unprecedented. And if the program to reimburse 15% of the cost of wheeled vehicles with Ukrainian localization is launched, it will contribute to further growth,” the report states.
As reported, in 2023, according to Ukravtoprom, the volume of new commercial vehicle registrations in Ukraine increased by 65% compared to 2022 – up to 11.3 thousand units. At the same time, the segment of trucks over 3.5 tons, according to AUTO-Consulting, increased by 56.5% to 4853 units.
