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United Kingdom · 2020

How is Kia doing in United Kingdom?

Kia accounts for 4.3% of new car registrations in United Kingdom in 2020, with 69,729 cars.

Registrations 2020

69,729

−28.2% vs 2019

Market share

4.3%

+0.1 pp vs 2019

Rank

#9

#8 in 2019

Average CO₂

126g/km

WLTP test cycle

Electric, hybrid or combustion?

Are all new cars electric?

Understand the powertrains

Fully electric cars account for 10.6% of this brand’s registrations in the selected market and period.

Share of new registrations in United Kingdom, 2020.

Plug-in cars

28.5%

19,907 new cars

+26.5 pp vs previous year

Non-plug-in cars

71.5%

49,822 new cars

−26.5 pp vs previous year

Plug-in cars can be charged from the grid: fully electric cars and plug-in hybrids. Split by powertrain:

Combustion engine

62.8%

43,761 new cars

−27.5 pp vs previous year

Plug-in hybrid

17.9%

12,494 new cars

+16.6 pp vs previous year

Battery electric

10.6%

7,413 new cars

+9.9 pp vs previous year

Hybrid (incl. mild hybrids)

8.7%

6,061 new cars

+0.9 pp vs previous year

Fully electric cars and plug-in hybrids are separate categories. Petrol and diesel can also power hybrids; powertrain and fuel are different classifications. Hybrids include mild hybrids, and the line against combustion cars differs between countries, so compare hybrid shares within a country rather than between countries.

How has Kia developed?

Registrations per year

Number of cars, United Kingdom

Lighter bars are provisional. Some periods have incomplete coverage, see the table.

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Period Kia
2010 55,977
2011 53,470
2012 65,584
2013 71,282
2014 77,311
2015 78,335
2016 89,280
2017 92,948
2018 95,072
2019 97,109
2020 69,729
2021 incomplete –
2022 incomplete –
2023 incomplete –
2024 incomplete –
2025 provisional incomplete –

Market share per year

Percent of registrations, United Kingdom

Dashed lines are provisional. Some periods have incomplete coverage, see the table.

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Period Kia
2010 2.8%
2011 2.8%
2012 3.2%
2013 3.2%
2014 3.1%
2015 3.0%
2016 3.3%
2017 3.7%
2018 4.0%
2019 4.2%
2020 4.3%
2021 incomplete –
2022 incomplete –
2023 incomplete –
2024 incomplete –
2025 provisional incomplete –

Position by market

2020, all reporting countries

Kia by market
Country Rank Registrations vs previous year Share Share change
United Kingdom 9 69,729 −28.2% 4.3% +0.1 pp
Germany 12 64,234 −7.6% 2.3% +0.3 pp
Spain 7 47,600 −20.0% 5.2% +0.8 pp
France 13 41,980 −13.0% 2.4% +0.3 pp
Italy 15 35,556 −25.6% 2.6% +0.1 pp
Netherlands 2 26,753 +20.6% 7.6% +2.0 pp
Sweden 3 25,164 −1.1% 8.8% +1.5 pp
Poland 4 22,376 −23.3% 5.8% +0.3 pp
Belgium 15 12,776 −13.9% 3.0% +0.3 pp
Denmark 10 8,432 +6.8% 4.3% +0.8 pp
Czechia 7 8,315 −13.3% 4.2% +0.3 pp
Austria 13 6,927 −26.6% 2.8% −0.1 pp
Finland 5 6,858 −0.8% 7.3% +1.0 pp
Slovakia 3 6,468 −24.1% 8.5% +0.2 pp
Hungary 8 6,372 −13.8% 4.9% −0.2 pp
Ireland 7 5,389 −16.5% 6.0% +0.5 pp
Norway 12 4,158 +24.7% 3.0% +0.6 pp
Portugal 16 3,295 −36.5% 2.3% −0.1 pp
Greece 16 2,416 −25.1% 3.0% +0.2 pp
Slovenia 8 2,377 +11.5% 4.4% +1.4 pp
Romania 17 2,011 −20.5% 1.6% 0.0 pp
Croatia 6 1,810 +9.4% 5.1% +2.5 pp
Estonia 4 1,252 −30.7% 6.8% +0.2 pp
Cyprus 2 1,219 −26.6% 12.4% −1.4 pp
Bulgaria 8 1,044 −44.1% 4.7% −0.6 pp
Lithuania 6 1,026 −29.0% 2.6% −0.6 pp
Iceland 2 927 −37.2% 10.0% −2.8 pp
Luxembourg 18 759 −2.9% 1.7% +0.3 pp
Latvia 5 668 −8.6% 5.4% +1.0 pp
Malta 4 363 −16.4% 8.2% +2.6 pp

Top models

Variants are grouped into model families

  1. SPORTAGE 27.7%
  2. NIRO 26.3%
  3. PICANTO 12.9%
  4. XCEED 10.4%
  5. STONIC 6.6%
  6. CEED 6.3%

Largest brands in United Kingdom

2020

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These are new passenger car registrations, not sales contracts or used cars.

Source: European Environment Agency (EEA), CC BY 4.0. New passenger car registrations, 2020.