- Ford’s 2025 share increased to 35.3%, up from 32.0% in 2024
- Toyota ended the year up more than 5,000 units
- Stellantis had a particularly poor year.
- number of fully-electric LCVs registered up 36% in 2025
FORD’S dominance of the LCV market grew in 2025 despite the manufacturer registering fewer vans than in 2024. Ford’s drop of 1.3% against a market that fell 10.4% overall, meant the brand’s share increased to 35.3%, up from 32.0% in 2024.
At this level it’s more than three times the size of second largest market player Volkswagen with an 11.4% share and Ford is bigger than its four biggest rivals combined.
Unlike the car market, the rise of new entrant brands has yet to materialise. This year has seen the entry of new electric van brand Farizon plus LCVs from GWM and Kia, although Kia’s new PV5 only arrived in December. However, rumours persist that several more Chinese brands will enter the UK commercial vehicle market in the next year.
No shine on Stellantis vans
The commercial vehicle brands from Stellantis had a particularly poor year.
Together, the manufacturer’s four LCV brands were down 26% due to a 23,701 unit fall in registrations in 2025. The group ended up with 67,140 vans, down from more than 90,000 in 2024.
Indeed, this unit fall accounts for nearly two thirds of the total market drop of just over 36,000 vans.
Vauxhall was the prime culprit losing more than 12,000 units in the year, significantly ahead of Citroen’s 4,587 drop, Peugeot’s 4,318 fall and Fiat’s 2,491 loss.
Toyota big winner; Renault and Merc lose out
Despite the overall market fall in 2025 there were a handful of winners. Head and shoulders above any other manufacturer was Toyota which ended the year up more than 5,000 units on 2024’s total, equivalent to a 35% hike.
As Broker News has previously reported, a significantly increased range of LCVs, strong retailer network and impressive reliability image all helped the performance.
Despite the cyber attack, Land Rover still managed to end the year up 12% (757) on 2024, hitting a total of 6,666 new vans.
Nissan recorded growth of one unit more than Land Rover, up 758 vans in 2025.
At the other end of the listing, and aside from the Stellantis performance, Renault and Mercedes both saw registrations slide by more than 20% in 2025. Both are also in a similar position with their model cycles. New product is due in 2026 including fully electric vans.
Source: SMMT
Top 5 fastest growing brands by volume YTD
Bottom 5 fastest falling brands by volume YTD
1 Toyota 5,273
2 Nissan 758
3 Land Rover 757
4 MAN 451
5 Farizon 106
5 Peugeot -4,318
4 Citroen -4,587
3 Mercedes -5,482
2 Renault -6,106
1 Vauxhall -12,305
Electrification: the elephant in the room
Persuading commercial vehicle operators and van drivers to switch to battery electric vehicles is proving exceedingly difficult. 2025’s ZEV Mandate target for each manufacturer is set at 16%. However, the total market mix for BEVs ended 2025 at 9.5%. The total number of fully-electric LCVs registered was up 36%.
While it’s unlikely any manufacturer will pay fines for missing their targets thanks to forward borrowing, CO2 offset and unit trading for 2025, 2026 will be far more difficult.
This year, manufacturers will have to hit a target of 24% BEV for commercial vehicles to avoid fines. Unlike the car market, where there was a significant uptick in EV sales at the end of the year. For vans the EV share in December was only 10.7%, a figure that was notably below that of December 2024 when the mix was 12.4%.
If the new van market remains stable in 2026 at around 320,000 units a 24% share would equal around 76,000 electric vans. That’s approximately two and half times as many as were registered new in 2025.
Read our new van market analysis of November 2025 registrations
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Tristan Young is an award winning journalist with more than 25 years’ experience reporting on the automotive industry focussing predominantly on fleet and retail. As a self-confessed petrol-head, Tristan has a weakness for car classifieds. When he’s not writing about the automotive industry, he can usually be found outdoors with a small pack of border collies.
