Measured in real terms (constant 2019 prices), motor trade sales decreased by 0,9% year-on-year in April 2025. The main positive contributors to this decrease were:

• fuel sales (-4,1% and contributing -1,1 percentage points); and
• workshop income (-12,1% and contributing -0,7 of a percentage point); and
• used vehicle sales (-1,3% and contributing -0,3 of a percentage point).

The only positive contributor was new vehicle sales (5,2% and contributing 1,2 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted motor trade sales decreased by 1,0% in April 2025 compared with March 2025. This followed month-on-month changes of 1,4% in March 2025 and -1,1% in February 2025.

Motor trade sales decreased by 1,2% in the three months ended April 2025 compared with the three months ended April 2024. The largest negative contributors to this decrease were:

• fuel sales (-5,8% and contributing -1,6 percentage points);
• workshop income (-12,5% and contributing -0,7 of a percentage point); and
• sales of accessories p income (-2,1% and contributing -0,4 of a percentage point).

The main positive contributor was new vehicle sales (5,6% and contributing 1,3 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted motor trade sales decreased by 0,2% in the three months ended April 2025 compared with the previous three months. The main negative contributors to this decrease were:

• fuel sales (-1,9% and contributing -0,5 of a percentage point);
• used vehicle sales (-1,3% and contributing -0,3 of a percentage point); and
• sales of accessories (-0,8% and contributing -0,2 of a percentage point).