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Who buys the new electric car in Spain: private, company and fleets · 2019

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 2019 · new BEV passenger cars.

Year 2026 2025 2024 2023
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New BEV · 2019 10,361 passenger cars registered in Spain
Private 3,397 +109.3% · 32.8% of new BEV
Companies 6,964 +52.4% · 67.2% of new BEV
Leasing 2,810 +50.3% · 27.1% of new BEV

Change vs 2018.

Who registers the new BEV · 2019

Private and company add up to 100% of new BEV passenger cars.

Private
3,39732.8%
Company
6,96467.2%

How much each buyer type registers · 2019

New BEV passenger cars in each segment. The name links to its page.

  1. Companies 6,96467.2%
  2. Private 3,39732.8%
  3. Leasing 2,81027.1%
  4. Rent a car (self-drive) 9919.6%
  5. Taxi 520.5%
  6. Chauffeur hire 20.0%

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

3,397 new BEV to private buyers · 2019.

Top brands

  1. 1. Tesla 1,26612.2%
    +1,246.8%
  2. 2. Hyundai 6176.0%
    +149.8%
  3. 3. Nissan 3853.7%
    -34.2%
  4. 4. Smart 2522.4%
    +18.9%
  5. 5. BMW 2492.4%
    +47.3%
  6. 6. Volkswagen 2312.2%
    +196.2%
  7. 7. Kia 1861.8%
    +295.7%
  8. 8. Renault 1551.5%
    -8.3%
  9. 9. 240.2%
    +380.0%
  10. 10. Audi 160.2%

Top models

  1. 1. Tesla Model 3 1,154
  2. 2. Hyundai Kona 525
    +236.5%
  3. 3. Nissan Leaf 371
    -34.6%
  4. 4. BMW i3 249
    +47.3%
  5. 5. Volkswagen E Golf 217
    +185.5%
  6. 6. Kia Niro 174
  7. 7. Smart Fortwo 166
    +38.3%
  8. 8. Renault Zoe 155
    -8.3%
  9. 9. Hyundai Ioniq 92
    +1.1%
  10. 10. Smart Forfour 86
    -6.5%

Company

6,964 new BEV to companies (legal entities) · 2019.

Top brands

  1. 1. Nissan 1,38913.4%
    +75.2%
  2. 2. Smart 1,19711.6%
    -4.0%
  3. 3. Renault 8958.6%
    -28.6%
  4. 4. Tesla 7857.6%
    +242.8%
  5. 5. Volkswagen 7367.1%
    +325.4%
  6. 6. BMW 6606.4%
    +82.3%
  7. 7. Hyundai 5475.3%
    +259.9%
  8. 8. Kia 2192.1%
    +265.0%
  9. 9. Audi 1491.4%
  10. 10. 1421.4%
    +132.8%

Top models

  1. 1. Nissan Leaf 1,126
    +62.2%
  2. 2. Renault Zoe 895
    -28.6%
  3. 3. Volkswagen E Golf 722
    +324.7%
  4. 4. Smart Forfour 680
    +12.2%
  5. 5. BMW i3 660
    +82.3%
  6. 6. Tesla Model 3 534
  7. 7. Smart Fortwo 517
    -19.3%
  8. 8. Hyundai Kona 476
    +600.0%
  9. 9. Nissan E Nv200 263
    +165.7%
  10. 10. Kia Niro 174

The leading brand in each buyer type · 2019

The most registered brand within each segment, with its new BEV passenger cars.

Companies Nissan 1,389
Private Tesla 1,266
Leasing Smart 771
Rent a car (self-drive) Smart 593
Taxi Nissan 28
Chauffeur hire Tesla 1

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 6,964baseline
  • Leasing (renting) 2,81040.4% of company
  • Rental 99314.3% 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

2,810

27.1% of new BEV

Top brands

  1. 1. Smart 7717.4%
    +8.4%
  2. 2. Volkswagen 5185.0%
    +314.4%
  3. 3. Nissan 4264.1%
    +191.8%
  4. 4. Renault 2942.8%
    -50.2%
  5. 5. BMW 2372.3%
    +49.1%
  6. 6. Hyundai 1911.8%
    +905.3%
  7. 7. Tesla 1531.5%
    +194.2%
  8. 8. Kia 840.8%
    +546.2%
  9. 9. 690.7%
    +666.7%
  10. 10. Audi 370.4%

Rental

Rent-a-car and chauffeur hire

993

9.6% of new BEV

Top brands

  1. 1. Smart 5935.7%
    +24.8%
  2. 2. Renault 2282.2%
    -17.1%
  3. 3. BMW 1221.2%
    +838.5%
  4. 4. 120.1%
    +140.0%
  5. 5. Hyundai 100.1%
    +233.3%
  6. 6. Volkswagen 90.1%
  7. 7. Audi 90.1%
  8. 8. Nissan 40.0%
    -20.0%
  9. 9. Citroën 30.0%
    -40.0%
  10. 10. Tesla 30.0%
    -66.7%

Rental in detail: self-drive vs chauffeur hire · 2019

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. 1. Smart 5935.7%
    +25.1%
  2. 2. Renault 2282.2%
    -17.1%
  3. 3. BMW 1221.2%
    +838.5%
  4. 4. 120.1%
    +140.0%
  5. 5. Hyundai 90.1%
    +200.0%
  6. 6. Audi 90.1%
  7. 7. Volkswagen 90.1%
  8. 8. Nissan 40.0%
  9. 9. Citroën 30.0%
    -40.0%
  10. 10. Tesla 20.0%
    -71.4%

Chauffeur hire (A02)

  1. 1. Tesla 10.0%
    -50.0%
  2. 2. Hyundai 10.0%

The models in each buyer type · 2019

Which model each buyer type chooses. The segments overlap — a car can be both on leasing and registered to a company.

Leasing (renting)

Leasing (renting) · 2015: 79 → 2026: 10,017

2,810 registrations · 27.1% of new BEV

  1. 1. Smart Forfour 521
    +23.8%
  2. 2. Volkswagen E Golf 512
    +316.3%
  3. 3. Nissan Leaf 375
    +197.6%
  4. 4. Renault Zoe 294
    -50.2%
  5. 5. Smart Fortwo 250
    -13.8%
  6. 6. BMW i3 237
    +49.1%
  7. 7. Hyundai Kona 180
    +1,900.0%
  8. 8. Tesla Model 3 93
  9. 9. Kia Niro 75
  10. 10. I Pace 69
    +666.7%

Rental (rent-a-car + chauffeur hire)

Rental (rent-a-car + chauffeur hire) · 2015: 435 → 2026: 4,961

993 registrations · 9.6% of new BEV

  1. 1. Smart Forfour 387
    +35.3%
  2. 2. Renault Zoe 228
    -17.1%
  3. 3. Smart Fortwo 206
    +9.0%
  4. 4. BMW i3 122
    +838.5%
  5. 5. I Pace 12
    +140.0%
  6. 6. Hyundai Kona 10
  7. 7. Audi E Tron 9
  8. 8. Volkswagen E Golf 9
  9. 9. Nissan Leaf 3
    -40.0%
  10. 10. Citroën e-Berlingo 3
    +200.0%

Taxi (A04)

Taxi (A04) · 2015: 7 → 2026: 752

52 registrations · 0.5% of new BEV

  1. 1. Nissan Leaf 24
    -44.2%
  2. 2. Hyundai Ioniq 10
    -23.1%
  3. 3. Kia Niro 6
  4. 4. Nissan E Nv200 4
    -42.9%
  5. 5. Tesla Model S 4
    +300.0%
  6. 6. Hyundai Kona 2
  7. 7. Tesla Model 3 2

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Overview

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 02

Market

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DGT activity

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Used cars

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Brands

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Regions

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Technical data

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Historical

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