According to data from European industry association ACEM, motorcycle and scooter registrations in Europe’s five largest national markets (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK) rose by 7.8% to a total of 949,400 in 2021 — about 80% of all European registrations.
Italy topped the pile, growing by 23.6% to a total of 269,600 machines. France was runner-up, putting on 8.5% to 206,950. But while Germany took third spot thanks to a tally of 199,100, that volume actually represented a decline of 9.7% versus 2020. The Spanish and UK markets grew by 8% and 10.2% respectively.
Moped registrations in the six biggest markets monitored by ACEM (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain) fell by 5.6% to 264,800.
Commenting on these figures, ACEM secretary general Antonio Perlot said: “For motorcycle, scooter and moped registrations combined, the key European markets have grown continuously between 2019 and 2021. And each segment had a higher number of registrations in 2021 than in 2019.”