Who buys the new electric car in Spain: private, company and fleets · 2015
How many new electric cars each type of buyer registers in Spain — private individuals, companies, leasing (renting), rental fleets and taxis — with the brand and model ranking for each. In Spain, company and fleet channels move a large share of the BEV market, so who registers a car tells you as much as how many.
DGT data to 25 Aug 2026 · year 2015 · new BEV passenger cars.
Change vs 2014.
Who registers the new BEV · 2015
Private and company add up to 100% of new BEV passenger cars.
How much each buyer type registers · 2015
New BEV passenger cars in each segment. The name links to its page.
- Companies 91278.6%
- Rent a car (self-drive) 43437.4%
- Private 24821.4%
- Leasing 796.8%
- Taxi 70.6%
- Chauffeur hire 10.1%
The small figure is the % of new BEV. The segments overlap: leasing, rental and taxi sit inside company, so the bars don’t add up to 100%.
Private vs company, year by year · 2015–2026
Each one’s share of new BEV registrations. Together they make 100% each year.
2026 is still in progress: data to 25 Aug 2026.
Private
248 new BEV to private buyers · 2015.
Top brands
- 1. Renault 1109.5%
- 2. Kia 423.6%
- 3. Nissan 413.5%
- 4. BMW 161.4%
- 5. Volkswagen 141.2%
- 6. Smart 141.2%
- 7. Tesla 30.3%
- 8. Mercedes-Benz 30.3%
- 9. Mitsubishi Motors 20.2%
- 10. BYD 10.1%
Top models
- 1. Renault Zoe 110
- 2. Kia Soul 42
- 3. Nissan Leaf 36
- 4. BMW i3 16
- 5. Smart Fortwo 14
- 6. Volkswagen E Up 7
- 7. Volkswagen E Golf 7
- 8. Nissan E Nv200 5
- 9. Mercedes-Benz B 3
- 10. Tesla Model S 3
Company
912 new BEV to companies (legal entities) · 2015.
Top brands
- 1. Smart 37432.2%
- 2. Nissan 20817.9%
- 3. Renault 20317.5%
- 4. Kia 474.1%
- 5. BMW 363.1%
- 6. Volkswagen 110.9%
- 7. Mercedes-Benz 110.9%
- 8. Tesla 100.9%
- 9. Citroën 60.5%
- 10. Mitsubishi Motors 20.2%
Top models
- 1. Smart Fortwo 374
- 2. Renault Zoe 203
- 3. Nissan Leaf 166
- 4. Kia Soul 47
- 5. Nissan E Nv200 42
- 6. BMW i3 36
- 7. Mercedes-Benz B 11
- 8. Tesla Model S 10
- 9. Volkswagen E Golf 7
- 10. Citroën C Zero 6
The leading brand in each buyer type · 2015
The most registered brand within each segment, with its new BEV passenger cars.
Leasing and rental: the layers inside company
How companies register. The layers overlap — a car can be both on leasing and registered to a company — so they don’t add up.
- Company 912baseline
- Leasing (renting) 798.7% of company
- Rental 43547.7% of company
All on the same scale, with company as the baseline. Leasing and rental are layers inside company: they’re compared against it, not a split of it.
Leasing (renting)
Car on a monthly fee
79
6.8% of new BEV
Top brands
- 1. Renault 474.1%
- 2. Nissan 121.0%
- 3. Smart 60.5%
- 4. BMW 50.4%
- 5. Volkswagen 30.3%
- 6. Citroën 30.3%
- 7. Mercedes-Benz 20.2%
- 8. Kia 10.1%
Rental in detail: self-drive vs chauffeur hire · 2015
Rental is two different businesses: rent-a-car (self-drive, A01) and chauffeur hire (A02 — not ride-hailing such as Uber or Cabify). Top brands in each.
Self-drive (A01) · rent-a-car
- 1. Smart 35130.3%
- 2. Nissan 655.6%
- 3. Renault 121.0%
- 4. BMW 50.4%
- 5. Mitsubishi Motors 10.1%
Chauffeur hire (A02)
- 1. BYD 10.1%
The models in each buyer type · 2015
Which model each buyer type chooses. The segments overlap — a car can be both on leasing and registered to a company.
79 registrations · 6.8% of new BEV
- 1. Renault Zoe 47
- 2. Nissan Leaf 10
- 3. Smart Fortwo 6
- 4. BMW i3 5
- 5. Citroën C Zero 3
- 6. Mercedes-Benz B 2
- 7. Volkswagen E Golf 2
- 8. Nissan E Nv200 2
- 9. Volkswagen E Up 1
- 10. Kia Soul 1
Rental (rent-a-car + chauffeur hire)
435 registrations · 37.5% of new BEV
- 1. Smart Fortwo 351
- 2. Nissan Leaf 65
- 3. Renault Zoe 12
- 4. BMW i3 5
- 5. BYD E6 1
- 6. Mitsubishi Motors 1
Keep exploring
More views of electric car registrations in Spain.
Overview
The key figures for electric cars in Spain, with the monthly and year-to-date summary.
02Market
The total passenger-car market by technology: market share, trend and transition.
03DGT activity
The latest registrations, updated daily, straight from DGT data.
05Used cars
Used electric cars: domestic resale in Spain and used imports.
06Groups
The industry: the carmaking groups and the rise of Chinese brands.
07Brands
Every brand ranked by BEV registrations: ranking, market share and detail page.
08Regions
Electric car registrations by region and province.
09Technical data
Range, power and consumption of the cars actually registered, per DGT/ITV records.
10Historical
The full electric car time series and the yearbook by year and month.