Who buys the new electric car in Spain: private, company and fleets · 2021

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 2021 · new BEV passenger cars.

New BEV · 2021 24,120 passenger cars registered in Spain
Private 9,850 +90.0% · 40.8% of new BEV
Companies 14,270 +10.0% · 59.2% of new BEV
Leasing 4,594 +17.6% · 19.0% of new BEV

Change vs 2020.

Who registers the new BEV · 2021

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

Private
9,85040.8%
Company
14,27059.2%

How much each buyer type registers · 2021

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

  1. Companies 14,27059.2%
  2. Private 9,85040.8%
  3. Leasing 4,59419.0%
  4. Rent a car (self-drive) 2,2129.2%
  5. Taxi 2581.1%
  6. Chauffeur hire 140.1%

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

9,850 new BEV to private buyers · 2021.

Top brands

  1. 1. Tesla 2,3239.6%
    +156.4%
  2. 2. Volkswagen 1,1614.8%
    +59.7%
  3. 3. Kia 1,0444.3%
    +119.8%
  4. 4. Hyundai 7693.2%
    +60.5%
  5. 5. Peugeot 6142.5%
    +23.8%
  6. 6. MINI 4701.9%
    +47.3%
  7. 7. Citroën 3311.4%
    +10,933.3%
  8. 8. 3301.4%
    -46.4%
  9. 9. Opel 3171.3%
    +220.2%
  10. 10. Renault 2901.2%
    +156.6%

Top models

  1. 1. Tesla Model 3 2,148
    +163.6%
  2. 2. Kia Niro 884
    +99.5%
  3. 3. Volkswagen ID.3 537
    +115.7%
  4. 4. Volkswagen ID.4 529
  5. 5. MINI Cooper 470
    +47.3%
  6. 6. Peugeot e-2008 357
    +46.3%
  7. 7. Mii 330
    -46.4%
  8. 8. Citroën e-C4 307
    +15,250.0%
  9. 9. Fiat 500e 280
    +9,233.3%
  10. 10. Dacia Spring 267

Company

14,270 new BEV to companies (legal entities) · 2021.

Top brands

  1. 1. Renault 1,4956.2%
    -36.9%
  2. 2. Peugeot 1,3415.6%
    -6.2%
  3. 3. Kia 1,0834.5%
    +157.9%
  4. 4. Volkswagen 9453.9%
    -35.5%
  5. 5. Tesla 8833.7%
    +58.0%
  6. 6. Dacia 7923.3%
  7. 7. Smart 7793.2%
    -34.8%
  8. 8. Hyundai 7533.1%
    -49.9%
  9. 9. Fiat 7233.0%
    +268.9%
  10. 10. Opel 7153.0%
    +118.7%

Top models

  1. 1. Renault Zoe 1,306
    -43.6%
  2. 2. Kia Niro 833
    +188.2%
  3. 3. Peugeot e-208 793
    -19.5%
  4. 4. Dacia Spring 792
  5. 5. Fiat 500e 723
    +268.9%
  6. 6. Tesla Model 3 705
    +75.8%
  7. 7. Smart Fortwo 556
    -10.5%
  8. 8. Nissan Leaf 529
    -22.4%
  9. 9. Volkswagen ID.4 469
  10. 10. Mercedes-Benz EQA 465

The leading brand in each buyer type · 2021

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 14,270baseline
  • Leasing (renting) 4,59432.2% of company
  • Rental 2,22615.6% 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

4,594

19.0% of new BEV

Top brands

  1. 1. Renault 7263.0%
    +19.2%
  2. 2. Peugeot 6152.5%
    +20.8%
  3. 3. Dacia 5152.1%
  4. 4. Smart 4491.9%
    -34.2%
  5. 5. Volkswagen 3621.5%
    -38.0%
  6. 6. Tesla 2290.9%
    +67.2%
  7. 7. Mercedes-Benz 1930.8%
    -12.7%
  8. 8. Nissan 1910.8%
    -5.0%
  9. 9. Hyundai 1880.8%
    -46.7%
  10. 10. BMW 1660.7%
    +127.4%

Rental

Rent-a-car and chauffeur hire

2,226

9.2% of new BEV

Top brands

  1. 1. Renault 5462.3%
    +37.5%
  2. 2. Dacia 5052.1%
  3. 3. Smart 3571.5%
    -32.9%
  4. 4. Peugeot 2861.2%
    -34.4%
  5. 5. Fiat 2010.8%
    +6,600.0%
  6. 6. BMW 740.3%
    +174.1%
  7. 7. Nissan 570.2%
    +78.1%
  8. 8. Citroën 380.2%
    +1,166.7%
  9. 9. Opel 350.1%
    +337.5%
  10. 10. Hyundai 260.1%
    +136.4%

Rental in detail: self-drive vs chauffeur hire · 2021

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. Renault 5462.3%
    +37.5%
  2. 2. Dacia 5052.1%
  3. 3. Smart 3571.5%
    -32.9%
  4. 4. Peugeot 2861.2%
    -34.4%
  5. 5. Fiat 2010.8%
    +6,600.0%
  6. 6. BMW 740.3%
    +174.1%
  7. 7. Nissan 570.2%
    +78.1%
  8. 8. Citroën 380.2%
    +1,166.7%
  9. 9. Opel 350.1%
    +337.5%
  10. 10. Hyundai 250.1%
    +150.0%

Chauffeur hire (A02)

  1. 1. Mercedes-Benz 60.0%
  2. 2. Tesla 60.0%
  3. 3. Hyundai 10.0%
    +0.0%
  4. 4. Audi 10.0%

The models in each buyer type · 2021

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

4,594 registrations · 19.0% of new BEV

  1. 1. Renault Zoe 705
    +15.8%
  2. 2. Dacia Spring 515
  3. 3. Peugeot e-208 486
    +11.5%
  4. 4. Smart Fortwo 324
    +12.1%
  5. 5. Volkswagen ID.3 198
    -17.2%
  6. 6. Tesla Model 3 179
    +92.5%
  7. 7. Nissan Leaf 164
    -7.9%
  8. 8. Fiat 500e 157
    +57.0%
  9. 9. Mercedes-Benz EQA 142
  10. 10. Kia Niro 141
    +76.2%

Rental (rent-a-car + chauffeur hire)

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

2,226 registrations · 9.2% of new BEV

  1. 1. Renault Zoe 546
    +37.5%
  2. 2. Dacia Spring 505
  3. 3. Smart Fortwo 222
    -0.9%
  4. 4. Peugeot e-208 219
    -42.8%
  5. 5. Fiat 500e 201
    +6,600.0%
  6. 6. Smart Forfour 135
    -56.2%
  7. 7. BMW i3 74
    +174.1%
  8. 8. Nissan Leaf 56
    +180.0%
  9. 9. Peugeot e-2008 56
    +5.7%
  10. 10. Opel Corsa 30
    +275.0%

Taxi (A04)

Taxi (A04) · 2015: 7 → 2026: 752

258 registrations · 1.1% of new BEV

  1. 1. Tesla Model 3 124
    +12,300.0%
  2. 2. Hyundai Ioniq 56
    +700.0%
  3. 3. Kia Niro 36
    +157.1%
  4. 4. Nissan Leaf 16
    +45.5%
  5. 5. Citroën e-C4 8
  6. 6. Škoda Enyaq 7
  7. 7. Hyundai IONIQ 5 3
  8. 8. Mercedes-Benz EQV 2
  9. 9. Hyundai Kona 1
  10. 10. Peugeot e-2008 1
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