The motorcycle and light vehicle sector closed last December with a total of 24,461 registrations (+75.5%). This data, added to the registrations for the entire year, means that the total number of units registered in 2024 amounts to 247,927 registrationswhich implies a growth of +10% compared to 2023.
Registrations last December have been influenced mainly by the change of homologation stage to Euro5+and for the acquisition of vehicles in areas affected by DANAto a lesser extent. Taking these facts into account, by market, motorcycles grew by +70.3% (10,632 Units) in December. Mopeds closed December on a positive note, with a total of 1,534 registrations (+64.4%).
The business channel experienced notable growth in both motorcycles and mopeds due to automation due to the change in Euro Stage: motorcycles grew by +421.6% (7,809 Units) and mopeds grew by 182.6% . (421 units). Regarding the rest of L category vehicles, tricycles closed December with negative data, with a drop of -19.4% (224 Units), while heavy and light quadricycles did so positively with a growth of +42 .1% (385 Units) and +43.6% (405 Units) respectively.
Year 2024: 247,927 registrations and a growth of +10% in the motorcycle sector
As for the end of the year, in 2024 a total of 247,927 registrations were recorded, which represents a growth of +10% in the motorcycle sector compared to 2023. Motorcycles accumulated a total of 222,105 units (+11.5% ), with the private channel being the predominant one with 187,059 registrations (+10.6%).
In terms of displacements, motorcycles up to 125 cc accumulated a total of 115,389 units (+7.1%), those of medium displacement (up to 750 cc) added 68,455 units (+16%) and those of high displacement ( more than 750 cc) registered 38,261 units (+18.6%).
By type of use, the scooter accumulated the highest volume of registrations with a total of 117,126 Units (+6%), followed by the road motorcycle with 94,116 Units (+17.1%) and the country motorcycle with 10,719 You (+31.6%). Mopeds closed the year 2024 negatively with a total of 13,463 units (-8.4%), with the private channel being the one that obtained the best data, adding a total of 10,749 units (+4%).
As for the rest of the light vehicles, tricycles closed the year negatively with a drop of -7.3% (3,744 Units), while light and heavy quadricycles did so positively with 3,579 Units ( +3.6%) and 5,036 units (+22.2%) respectively. By Autonomous Communities, those that grew the most in percentage terms last year were: Extremadura (+24.5%), Aragón (+22.3%) and Murcia (+15.1%). Regarding the volume of registrations, those that lead the ranking are: Andalusia (54,646 Units), Catalonia (54,526 Units) and Madrid (28,302 Units).
For José María Riañogeneral secretary of ANESDOR: “The results of last December were extraordinary, to the point of significantly increasing the results of the entire year. On the one hand, DANA has motivated exceptional registrations, but above all, the jump to the Euro emissions stage starting this January has forced many self-registrations.”
“These very positive effects on the December data will weigh down the figures for the first months of 2025. From this same month of January, only motorcycles and light vehicles of the Euro 5+ stage can be registered. This new Euro stage for category L approval, different and not equivalent to Euro 5 for passenger cars, is not included in the regulation of environmental labels, necessary for access to Low Emission Zones. That is why it is very urgent for the DGT to update the regulation and classify these vehicles appropriately, considering that their environmental impact is even lower than that of passenger cars with the ECO label.”
ANESDOR has called a press conference on Next day January 15 in which José Luis Correia, president of ANESDOR, and José María Riaño, general secretary of ANESDOR, will explain in detail these data and the market forecasts for this year 2025, in addition to analyzing the different current topics in the motorcycle sector.
