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Registrations for 2023 up + 10.5 % in major European markets
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According to the latest available data from ACEM - the Brussels based international motorcycle industry association for Europe - new motorcycle registrations in the four largest European markets - France , Germany , Italy , Spain - plus the UK ( the ' EU + UK block ') - reached 1,049,898 units at the end of 2023 . This represents an increase of approximately + 10.5 % compared to the same period in 2022 ( 950,437 units ). Between them , the registrations in Europe ' s ' Big Five ' markets account for over 80 % of all new unit sales throughout Europe ' s 27 EU member states , plus the UK . This is the first time that motorcycle registrations in Europe ' s primary markets have been over one million units since before the 2007-2008 financial crisis and the ' Great Recession ' it triggered . On an extrapolated basis , total EU 27 plus UK motorcycle registrations likely exceeded 1,250,000 units in 2023 ; with the total for all 44 European national markets , IDN estimates total new motorcycle registrations at approximately 1.3m units in 2023 . During 2023 , motorcycle registration volumes increased significantly in Italy
( 320,186 units , + 18 % year-on-year ) and Spain ( 201,115 units , + 13.6 %). Germany ( 213,801 units , + 7.2 %) and France ( 206,731 units , + 6.9 %) also showed an upward trend , whilst volumes remained broadly stable in the UK ( 108,065 units , -1.2 %). Moped registrations on the other hand
400,000 350,000
300,000 250,000
200,000 150,000 100,000 50,000
193,356
+ 6.92 % + 7.22 %
206,731
FRANCE
199,410
213,801
GERMANY
continue to decline as sales migrate to the new generation of low-capacity urban mobility light motorcycles , electrics and e-bicycles . In the six European moped markets monitored by ACEM ( Belgium , France , Germany , Italy , the Netherlands and Spain - Europe ' s largest moped markets and
271,383 also worth around 80 % of the total for the EU + UK block ), registrations were -24.5 % compared to 2022 ( at 193,145 units compared to 255,909 for the prior year ). The reduction was the largest in percentage terms in the Netherlands - where sales were down by -45.1 %
+ 17.98 % 2022 2023
320,186
ITALY
176,961
+ 13.65 %
201,115
SPAIN
109,327
-1.15 %
UK
108,065
( 34,027 units ), with Germany down by -40.5 % ( 17,627 units ). In France , traditionally Europe ' s largest moped market , registrations were down by -19.1 % ( 75,426 units ); they were down by -13.3 % in Italy ( 18.737 units ) and by -5.2 % in Spain and -3.8 % in Belgium .
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