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- The overall market is down just more than 25,000 LCVs year-to-date
- Stellantis, as a group, is down 23%, Vauxhall taking the biggest fall
- Toyota commercials retain their lead
MORE than half of 2025’s van registration fall can be attributed to the Stellantis brands. The overall market is down just more than 25,000 LCVs year-to-date. Of that number, Stellantis accounts for just over 13,000.
While the overall market is significantly down again in August – the ninth month in a row to record a fall – with a 13.3% drop, Stellantis, as a group, is down 23%. That means it’s not just losing business because the market’s down, but it’s losing business to rival brands.
While all Stellantis LCV brands are down, Peugeot isn’t suffering too badly with a drop of 5.8% so far this year and therefore gaining market share against the total market drop of 11.4%.
Vauxhall has the largest market share of the group and is the third largest van brand in the UK, but it’s also the fastest volume faller in the market which has resulted in its market share dropping two percentage points from just over 10% to just over 8% in 12 months.
At this level competition in fierce. There are five brands within two percentage points below Vauxhall. All of which would like to climb the sales charts.
On the up
Very few brands are having a good time in the market this year. Despite pressure on the pick-up market due to BIK tax changes earlier this year, Toyota (which has an LCV line-up including the popular Hilux pick-up) is by far the best performer in 2025.
Toyota is up 28% so far this year, equivalent to nearly 3,000 LCVs.
Ford, while not up in terms of units sold, is also performing ahead of the market and has gained four percentage points of market share. The Blue Oval now has more than 35% of the LCV market in 2025. It’s next nearest competitor is Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles with 10% share.
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August 2025 van sales in figures
Top 5 fastest growing brands by volume YTD
Bottom 5 fastest falling brands by volume YTD
1 Toyota 2,907
2 Land Rover 693
3 MAN 435
4 Nissan 274
5 Farizon 43
5 Volkswagen -2,717
4 Citroen -3,520
3 Renault -3,586
2 Mercedes -3,668
1 Vauxhall -6,572
Source: SMMT
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🤢 The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) Data for the August 2025 Van Market came out this week…
Another consecutive monthly decline this year. Every month this year has been negative!
There’s no momentum, no growth, just pure contraction.
Business confidence is in the gutter, operators are holding back, the squeeze is hitting across every segment in the country.
⏬ Large vans down 11.5%, still three quarters of the market but shrinking fast.
⏬ Medium vans down 14.0%, demand clearly drying up.
⏬ Small vans down 17.6%
⏬ 4x4s down 13.9%
⏬⏬ Pickup trucks absolutely hammered, collapsing 25.8% as fiscal changes stripped away their business case earlier this year.
Every single corner of the market is bleeding.
On paper, it looks catastrophic. And yet…
🤯 Vanaways had their best August on record.
The team sold 1 van every 30 minutes, smashed their targets and had amazing feedback with a shed load of 5 Star reviews and lots of repeat orders.
We’re also expanding into new locations across the UK and hiring talent to meet demand after investing a serious amount of money into new tech, new systems and new positions.
And when I speak to operators, dealers, and other van brokers, the story isn’t all doom and gloom. Most people I talk to say they had a solid August 🤯
So which is it?
❌ A collapsing market on paper?
âś… A buoyant trade on the ground?
Maybe the truth is the market is consolidating. The winners are pulling away while the rest get dragged down in the averages.
🤷♂️ Be interested to know, how was your August?
Did you feel the pain that the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) is reporting, or was it business as usual?