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Registration of vehicles. By type

Registration of vehicles. By type Catalonia. 2024
Value Variation (%)
Total vehicles 234,341 8.7
Lorries and vans 23,183 3.3
Buses 661 3.4
Cars 153,895 8.9
Motorcycles 51,312 9.6
Industrial vehicles 3,077 22.4
Others 2,213 20.5
Units: Number of vehicles.
Source: Directorate General of Traffic.
Note: Between 14 March and 21 June 2020, it is in force the Royal Decree 463/2020, of 14 March, which declares the state of alarm for the management of the health crisis situation caused by Covid-19.
Registration of vehicles. By type Spain. 2024
Value Variation (%)
Total vehicles 1,603,357 9.3
Lorries and vans 198,921 7.9
Buses 4,777 8.3
Cars 1,131,794 8.7
Motorcycles 231,653 11.9
Industrial vehicles 24,818 12.7
Others 11,394 26.2
Units: Number of vehicles.
Source: Directorate General of Traffic.
Note: Between 14 March and 21 June 2020, it is in force the Royal Decree 463/2020, of 14 March, which declares the state of alarm for the management of the health crisis situation caused by Covid-19.

Last update: December 10, 2025.

Methodological note

This indicator is made using province-wide information on registrations of vehicles published by the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT). Vehicles are classified in the following categories:

  • Lorries and vans: Vehicles whose purpose is transport of goods (motorcycles with three wheels, weighing no less than 400 kg are excluded).
  • Buses: Vehicles whose purpose is transport of travellers with a capacity for more than nine persons, including the driver. Trolleybuses (vehicles connected to an electrical line that do not move around on rails) are excluded from this category.
  • Private cars: Four-wheeled vehicle whose purpose is transportation of travellers, with a maximum capacity of nine people, including the driver.
  • Motorcycle: Two-wheeled vehicles, with or without a sidecar the passenger compartment laterally attached to the motorcycle. Cars for disabled people are also included in this category.
  • Industrial tractors: Vehicles capable of dragging a semi-trailer, without taking farming tractors into account.
  • Others: Vehicles not included in the previous categories, excluding farming vehicles. Before 1998, trucks were included in this category.

The annual data are definitive.