Measured in real terms (constant 2019 prices), motor trade sales increased by 4,7% year-on-year in May 2025. The positive contributors to this increase were:

• used vehicle sales (9,6% and contributing 1,9 percentage points);
• sales of accessories (6,6% and contributing 1,3 percentage points);
• fuel sales (4,8% and contributing 1,3 percentage points); and
• new vehicle sales (5,2% and contributing 1,2 percentage points).

The main negative contributor was workshop income (-15,3% and contributing -0,9 of a percentage point).

Seasonally adjusted motor trade sales increased by 0,2% in May 2025 compared with April 2025. This followed month-on-month changes of -0,1% in April 2025 and 1,4% in March 2025.

Motor trade sales increased by 2,8% in the three months ended May 2025 compared with the three months ended May 2024. The positive contributors to this increase were:

• new vehicle sales (9,9% and contributing 2,3 percentage points);
• used vehicle sales (4,6% and contributing 0,9 of a percentage point); and
• sales of accessories (2,9% and contributing 0,6 of a percentage point).

The largest negative contributor was workshop income (-12,0% and contributing -0,7 of a percentage point).