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Vehicle registrations - United States. September of 2022

Drop in number of Americans passenger car registrations

In September, vehicle registrations in United States grew by 10.74% with respect to September of 2021. In total, 1,166,015 cars were registered and 13,900,025 new cars were sold in the last twelve months, 14.75% less than the year before.

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

  • Commercial vehicles sold: 933,432, 12.44% more than in September of 2021.
  • Passenger cars regitrations: 232,583, which represents a figure of 4.39% more than in September of 2021.

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 41.83 cars per 1,000 residents, 3.51 of them in the last month, United States, occupies third 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 2012, as 14,460,943 were registered that year, as have the number of registrations per thousand residents, which that year numbered 46.4.

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.
September 2022933,432232,5831,166,0153.5111,115,5872,784,43813,900,02541.83
August 2022940,369237,6971,178,0663.5511,012,3192,774,65613,786,97541.49
July 2022933,513231,1781,164,6913.5010,946,6732,791,20113,737,87441.34
June 2022936,557247,8801,184,4373.5611,025,1102,864,77013,889,88041.80
May 2022906,969238,6541,145,6233.4511,116,6852,931,75714,048,44242.27
April 20221,010,827261,0611,271,8883.8311,438,6713,072,77614,511,44743.67
March 20221,034,803264,3621,299,1653.9111,634,7013,162,01014,796,71144.53
February 2022860,790217,0791,077,8693.2411,880,1683,260,12715,140,29545.56
January 2022820,581201,7531,022,3343.0811,987,3073,301,83315,289,14046.01
December 20211,012,430238,5551,250,9853.7612,058,4653,350,05015,408,51546.37
November 2021844,817204,7871,049,6043.1712,364,5133,444,42315,808,93647.72
October 2021880,499208,8491,089,3483.2912,477,3263,517,26415,994,59048.28
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United States - New motor vehicle registrations
United States - New motor vehicle registrations