Vehicle registrations - United States. April of 2025

Americans passenger car registrations fall in April

In April, vehicle registrations in United States grew by 10.77% with respect to April of 2024. In total, 1,504,055 cars were registered and 16,661,337 new cars were sold in the last twelve months, 3.27% more than the year before.

The breakdown of car sales figures for the month of April is:

  • Commercial vehicles sold: 1,253,510, 13.87% more than in April of 2024.
  • Passenger cars regitrations: 250,545, which represents a figure of 2.51% less than in April of 2024.

United States is among the ten countries where the greatest number of cars have been registered in the last year, in ranking of 137 countries based on number of vehicle registrations.

A very useful variable for estimating the level of economic wealth enjoyed by Americans residents, when compared to the other countries in the ranking, is the number of vehicles sold or registered per thousand residents in the last year. With annual sales of 49.44 cars per 1,000 residents, 4.46 of them in the last month, United States, occupies second place, so, compared to the other countries in the ranking, its population has a good standard of living.

As can be seen, the number of registrations per thousand residents has grown in the last year. The increase in this figure is positive, as it generally indicates improved public confidence in the country's economy.

Changes in American vehicle registration numbers are shown in the tables below. As several studies indicate, these changes are very much related to changes in GDP and, hence, to a country's economic situation. Sales have declined since 2015, as 17,149,514 were registered that year, as have the number of registrations per thousand residents, which that year numbered 53.83.

Here we show you the progression of vehicle registrations in United States. You can see car registrations in other countries in en vehicle registrations and see all the economic information about United States in en American economy.

United States - New motor vehicle registrations
DateCommercial vehicles MonthPassengers vehicles MonthMonthly vehicle salesMonthly Vehicles/ 1,000 p.Commercial vehicles YearPassengers vehicles YearAnnual vehicle salesAnnual Vehicles/ 1,000 p.
April 20251,253,510250,5451,504,0554.4613,685,6442,975,69316,661,33749.44
March 20251,337,623292,0731,629,6964.8113,535,4882,971,15116,506,63948.98
February 20251,023,918224,3051,248,2233.7213,395,1902,963,13516,358,32548.54
January 2025942,013199,3811,141,3943.3813,398,1792,973,40716,371,58648.58
December 20241,294,091245,0981,539,1894.5713,356,4332,984,03916,340,47248.49
November 20241,161,869250,1011,411,9704.1913,302,4873,003,84516,306,33248.38
October 20241,121,505251,5891,373,0944.0713,169,6782,998,17216,167,85047.97
September 2024984,560227,2271,211,7873.6013,052,7982,981,45516,034,25347.58
August 20241,188,383267,4041,455,7874.3213,177,6493,028,19816,205,84748.09
July 20241,083,925243,9611,327,8863.9413,090,6413,024,38716,115,02847.82
June 20241,099,204247,8691,347,0734.0013,081,2473,045,79916,127,04647.85
May 20241,195,043276,1401,471,1834.3713,117,9643,077,01116,194,97548.05
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United States - New motor vehicle registrations
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