Plug-in cars
13.5%
14,936 new cars
+12.5 pp vs previous year
United Kingdom · 2020
How is Mercedes-Benz doing in United Kingdom?
Mercedes-Benz accounts for 6.8% of new car registrations in United Kingdom in 2020, with 110,324 cars.
Registrations 2020
110,324
−35.5% vs 2019
Market share
6.8%
−0.6 pp vs 2019
Rank
#4
#3 in 2019
Average CO₂
142g/km
WLTP test cycle
Electric, hybrid or combustion?
Are all new cars electric?
Fully electric cars account for 3.0% of this brand’s registrations in the selected market and period.
Share of new registrations in United Kingdom, 2020.
Non-plug-in cars
86.5%
95,388 new cars
−12.5 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
78.9%
87,012 new cars
−20.1 pp vs previous year
Plug-in hybrid
10.6%
11,675 new cars
+9.7 pp vs previous year
Hybrid (incl. mild hybrids)
7.6%
8,376 new cars
+7.6 pp vs previous year
Battery electric
3.0%
3,261 new cars
+2.9 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 Mercedes-Benz 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 | Mercedes-Benz |
|---|---|
| 2010 | 75,928 |
| 2011 | 81,468 |
| 2012 | 91,931 |
| 2013 | 109,733 |
| 2014 | 124,469 |
| 2015 | 145,112 |
| 2016 | 169,562 |
| 2017 | 182,058 |
| 2018 | 171,872 |
| 2019 | 171,114 |
| 2020 | 110,324 |
| 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 | Mercedes-Benz |
|---|---|
| 2010 | 3.7% |
| 2011 | 4.2% |
| 2012 | 4.5% |
| 2013 | 4.9% |
| 2014 | 5.0% |
| 2015 | 5.5% |
| 2016 | 6.3% |
| 2017 | 7.2% |
| 2018 | 7.3% |
| 2019 | 7.4% |
| 2020 | 6.8% |
| 2021 incomplete | – |
| 2022 incomplete | – |
| 2023 incomplete | – |
| 2024 incomplete | – |
| 2025 provisional incomplete | – |
Position by market
2020, all reporting countries
| Country | Rank | Registrations | vs previous year | Share | Share change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2 | 295,514 | −10.9% | 10.4% | +1.1 pp |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 110,324 | −35.5% | 6.8% | −0.6 pp |
| France | 8 | 54,277 | −21.1% | 3.1% | +0.1 pp |
| Italy | 13 | 45,637 | −27.0% | 3.3% | 0.0 pp |
| Spain | 9 | 44,030 | −22.1% | 4.8% | +0.6 pp |
| Belgium | 5 | 31,725 | −16.1% | 7.3% | +0.5 pp |
| Poland | 6 | 18,759 | −12.6% | 4.8% | +0.8 pp |
| Sweden | 6 | 17,905 | −7.6% | 6.2% | +0.7 pp |
| Portugal | 3 | 13,537 | −17.0% | 9.3% | +2.0 pp |
| Netherlands | 12 | 13,355 | −17.9% | 3.8% | −0.3 pp |
| Austria | 8 | 12,459 | −16.8% | 5.1% | +0.5 pp |
| Denmark | 7 | 11,268 | −3.2% | 5.8% | +0.5 pp |
| Norway | 7 | 7,673 | +139.7% | 5.4% | +3.2 pp |
| Czechia | 9 | 6,897 | −1.4% | 3.5% | +0.6 pp |
| Finland | 7 | 5,568 | +0.8% | 5.9% | +0.9 pp |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 4,760 | −10.2% | 10.9% | +1.1 pp |
| Hungary | 11 | 4,640 | +14.1% | 3.6% | +0.7 pp |
| Greece | 8 | 3,574 | −20.4% | 4.5% | +0.5 pp |
| Romania | 10 | 3,269 | −15.6% | 2.6% | +0.2 pp |
| Ireland | 13 | 2,968 | −10.4% | 3.3% | +0.5 pp |
| Slovakia | 11 | 2,219 | −20.9% | 2.9% | +0.2 pp |
| Slovenia | 17 | 991 | −26.8% | 1.8% | −0.1 pp |
| Croatia | 16 | 917 | −30.5% | 2.6% | +0.5 pp |
| Bulgaria | 10 | 792 | +7.5% | 3.6% | +1.5 pp |
| Cyprus | 7 | 475 | −6.7% | 4.8% | +0.6 pp |
| Iceland | 11 | 321 | +68.1% | 3.5% | +1.8 pp |
| Lithuania | 19 | 315 | −0.9% | 0.8% | +0.1 pp |
| Estonia | 14 | 310 | −23.1% | 1.7% | +0.2 pp |
| Latvia | 16 | 182 | −7.1% | 1.5% | +0.3 pp |
| Malta | 18 | 80 | −25.9% | 1.8% | +0.4 pp |
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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.