Market Share of BMW Brands in Europe

Sales of new passenger cars reached 1,015 thousand in November 2022 in the enlarged Europe, according to ACEA. This is 17.4%, or 151 thousand more than in the previous year. In the first eleven months of 2022, some 10,197 thousand cars were sold in Europe, down 5.81% yoy.

In November, most vehicles (261 thousand) were sold in Germany (up 31.4% yoy), followed by the United Kingdom (143 thousand, up 23.5%), France with 134 thousand cars (up 9.81%), 120 thousand new vehicles were registered in Italy (up 14.7%) and 73.2 thousand in Spain (up 10.3%). The five largest countries accounted for 64.8% of total new vehicles registered in November 2022.

Volkswagen Group sold the most cars in November 2022 in Europe, some 254 thousand vehicles representing 25.1% of the European market. Sales of PSA Group amounted to 116 thousand vehicles (or 11.4% of the market) while Renault Group and Hyundai Group held 9.50% and 8.20% of the European market in November. Overall, the five largest manufacturers sold 61.8% of all new cars in November.

BMW Group sold 77.6 thousand new passenger cars representing a 7.65% share of all new passenger cars sold in Europe in November 2022. This is 15.6% more vehicles and a 0.119 pp decrease in market share when compared to last year. Compared to three years ago, BMW Group's market share is now 0.541 pp higher.

The group sold 59.9 thousand of BMW brand cars, followed by 17.7 thousand of Minis in November 2022.