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

How many new electric cars each type of owner registers in Spain in 2021 — 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 · full year 2021 · new BEV passenger cars

Year History 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
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2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
New BEV · 2021 24,119 passenger cars registered in Spain
Private 9,850 +90.0% (+4,667) · 40.8% of new BEV
Companies 14,269 +10.0% (+1,300) · 59.2% of new BEV
Leasing 4,594 +17.6% (+688) · 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
14,26959.2%

How much each owner type registers · 2021

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

  1. Companies 14,26959.2%
  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

9,850 new BEV to private owners · 2021.

The most registered brands

  1. 1. Tesla 2,3239.6%
    +156.4%(+1,417)
  2. 2. Volkswagen 1,1614.8%
    +59.7%(+434)
  3. 3. Kia 1,0444.3%
    +119.8%(+569)
  4. 4. Hyundai 7693.2%
    +60.5%(+290)
  5. 5. Peugeot 6142.5%
    +23.8%(+118)
  6. 6. MINI 4701.9%
    +47.3%(+151)
  7. 7. Citroën 3311.4%
    +328 units
  8. 8. SEAT 3301.4%
    -46.4%(-286)
  9. 9. Opel 3171.3%
    +220.2%(+218)
  10. 10. Renault 2901.2%
    +156.6%(+177)

The most registered models

  1. 1. Tesla Model 3 2,148
    +163.6%(+1,333)
  2. 2. Kia Niro 884
    +99.5%(+441)
  3. 3. Volkswagen ID.3 537
    +115.7%(+288)
  4. 4. Volkswagen ID.4 529
    New
  5. 5. MINI Cooper 470
    +47.3%(+151)
  6. 6. Peugeot e-2008 357
    +46.3%(+113)
  7. 7. SEAT Mii 330
    -46.4%(-286)
  8. 8. Citroën e-C4 307
    +305 units
  9. 9. Fiat 500e 280
    +277 units
  10. 10. Dacia Spring 267
    New

Company

14,269 new BEV to companies (legal entities) · 2021.

The most registered brands

  1. 1. Renault 1,4956.2%
    -36.9%(-874)
  2. 2. Peugeot 1,3415.6%
    -6.2%(-88)
  3. 3. Kia 1,0834.5%
    +157.9%(+663)
  4. 4. Volkswagen 9453.9%
    -35.5%(-519)
  5. 5. Tesla 8833.7%
    +58.0%(+324)
  6. 6. Dacia 7923.3%
    New
  7. 7. Smart 7793.2%
    -34.8%(-415)
  8. 8. Hyundai 7533.1%
    -49.9%(-751)
  9. 9. Fiat 7223.0%
    +268.4%(+526)
  10. 10. Opel 7153.0%
    +118.7%(+388)

The most registered models

  1. 1. Renault Zoe 1,306
    -43.6%(-1,010)
  2. 2. Kia Niro 833
    +188.2%(+544)
  3. 3. Peugeot e-208 793
    -19.5%(-192)
  4. 4. Dacia Spring 792
    New
  5. 5. Fiat 500e 722
    +268.4%(+526)
  6. 6. Tesla Model 3 705
    +75.8%(+304)
  7. 7. Smart Fortwo 556
    -10.5%(-65)
  8. 8. Nissan Leaf 529
    -22.4%(-153)
  9. 9. Volkswagen ID.4 469
    New
  10. 10. Mercedes-Benz EQA 465
    New

The leading brand in each owner type · 2021

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

Companies Renault 1,495
Private Tesla 2,323
Leasing Renault 726
Rent a car (self-drive) Renault 546
Taxi Tesla 124
Chauffeur hire Mercedes-Benz 6

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 14,269baseline
  • 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

The most registered brands

  1. 1. Renault 7263.0%
    +19.2%(+117)
  2. 2. Peugeot 6152.5%
    +20.8%(+106)
  3. 3. Dacia 5152.1%
    New
  4. 4. Smart 4491.9%
    -34.2%(-233)
  5. 5. Volkswagen 3621.5%
    -38.0%(-222)
  6. 6. Tesla 2290.9%
    +67.2%(+92)
  7. 7. Mercedes-Benz 1930.8%
    -12.7%(-28)
  8. 8. Nissan 1910.8%
    -5.0%(-10)
  9. 9. Hyundai 1880.8%
    -46.7%(-165)
  10. 10. BMW 1660.7%
    +127.4%(+93)

Rental

Rent-a-car and chauffeur hire

2,226

9.2% of new BEV

The most registered brands

  1. 1. Renault 5462.3%
    +37.5%(+149)
  2. 2. Dacia 5052.1%
    New
  3. 3. Smart 3571.5%
    -32.9%(-175)
  4. 4. Peugeot 2861.2%
    -34.4%(-150)
  5. 5. Fiat 2010.8%
    +198 units
  6. 6. BMW 740.3%
    +47 units
  7. 7. Nissan 570.2%
    +78.1%(+25)
  8. 8. Citroën 380.2%
    +35 units
  9. 9. Opel 350.1%
    +27 units
  10. 10. Hyundai 260.1%
    +15 units

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%(+149)
  2. 2. Dacia 5052.1%
    New
  3. 3. Smart 3571.5%
    -32.9%(-175)
  4. 4. Peugeot 2861.2%
    -34.4%(-150)
  5. 5. Fiat 2010.8%
    +198 units
  6. 6. BMW 740.3%
    +47 units
  7. 7. Nissan 570.2%
    +78.1%(+25)
  8. 8. Citroën 380.2%
    +35 units
  9. 9. Opel 350.1%
    +27 units
  10. 10. Hyundai 250.1%
    +15 units

Chauffeur hire (A02)

  1. 1. Mercedes-Benz 60.0%
    New
  2. 2. Tesla 60.0%
    New
  3. 3. Audi 10.0%
    New
  4. 4. Hyundai 10.0%
    +0 units

The models in each owner type · 2021

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

Leasing (renting)

Leasing (renting) · 2015: 79 → 2026: 11,673

4,594 registrations · 19.0% of new BEV

  1. 1. Renault Zoe 705
    +15.8%(+96)
  2. 2. Dacia Spring 515
    New
  3. 3. Peugeot e-208 486
    +11.5%(+50)
  4. 4. Smart Fortwo 324
    +12.1%(+35)
  5. 5. Volkswagen ID.3 198
    -17.2%(-41)
  6. 6. Tesla Model 3 179
    +92.5%(+86)
  7. 7. Nissan Leaf 164
    -7.9%(-14)
  8. 8. Fiat 500e 157
    +57.0%(+57)
  9. 9. Mercedes-Benz EQA 142
    New
  10. 10. Kia Niro 141
    +76.2%(+61)

Rental (rent-a-car + chauffeur hire)

Rental (rent-a-car + chauffeur hire) · 2015: 434 → 2026: 5,982

2,226 registrations · 9.2% of new BEV

  1. 1. Renault Zoe 546
    +37.5%(+149)
  2. 2. Dacia Spring 505
    New
  3. 3. Smart Fortwo 222
    -0.9%(-2)
  4. 4. Peugeot e-208 219
    -42.8%(-164)
  5. 5. Fiat 500e 201
    +198 units
  6. 6. Smart Forfour 135
    -56.2%(-173)
  7. 7. BMW i3 74
    +47 units
  8. 8. Nissan Leaf 56
    +36 units
  9. 9. Peugeot e-2008 56
    +5.7%(+3)
  10. 10. Opel Corsa 30
    +22 units

Taxi (A04)

Taxi (A04) · 2015: 7 → 2026: 926

258 registrations · 1.1% of new BEV

  1. 1. Tesla Model 3 124
    +123 units
  2. 2. Hyundai Ioniq 56
    +49 units
  3. 3. Kia Niro 36
    +22 units
  4. 4. Nissan Leaf 16
    +5 units
  5. 5. Citroën e-C4 8
    New
  6. 6. Škoda Enyaq 7
    New
  7. 7. Hyundai IONIQ 5 3
    New
  8. 8. Mercedes-Benz EQV 2
    New
  9. 9. Citroën e-Spacetourer 1
    New
  10. 10. Hyundai Kona 1
    New

Data: own compilation based on DGT vehicle registration microdata, published under a CC BY 4.0 licence. Methodology · Terms of use.

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