Motorcycle registrations in the five largest European markets (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK) totalled 823,786 over the first nine months of 2025, a decrease of 7.2% compared to 2024’s same period total of 887,451.
Spain continued to be the only market to see an increase over 2024; sales have been in positive territory since March and are now 11.1% up year-on-year. Italy reduced its deficit thanks to a strong July, bringing the third quarter shortfall to just 1.1%. If that trajectory continues, Italy will have moved into the black before the end of the year.
No such resurgence is likely for the French and German markets though, as these have been down every month so far, resulting in annual deficits of 12.4% and 24.4% respectively.
Moped registrations achieved a total of 110,641 units across the six biggest moped markets (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Spain), an overall reduction of 16.4% year-on-year. Germany was the only one of the six nations not in the red, just 1.3% up.
Antonio Perlot, ACEM secretary general, commented: “The surge in registrations driven by the Euro 5+ transition is being progressively absorbed. What we are now seeing is a market adjustment following the strong pre-registration activity that took place ahead of the new regulatory stage.”