Analysts of the Institute of Car Market Research have summarized the results of trading on the Ukrainian car market in the passenger car segment by individual regions and the city of Kyiv. Activity will be considered in three segments: the domestic market (resales), imports of used passenger cars, and first registrations of new cars.
Domestic market
In the domestic market, during April 2025, the service centers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs registered almost 74.3 thousand transactions for the purchase and sale of used cars. This is 1.6% less than in March 2025, and 40.7% less than in April 2024, but then the so-called "re-registration boom" of transport was still ongoing.
You can find out more details about this segment at this link.
The highest activity in this segment has traditionally been observed in the Kyiv region and the city of Kyiv. Dnipropetrovsk region also entered the top three this time, with a relatively small gap from Lviv.
Two regions emerged as statistical outsiders with a pronounced result: Donetsk and Kherson, due to partial occupation and proximity to the front line. Data from the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Luhansk regions are still missing.
Import of used cars
In April 2025 , 20.5 thousand used passenger cars imported from abroad were submitted for first registration. This figure is 2% higher compared to the results of March of this year, and 6% higher compared to the same period in 2024. For more information, including a rating of brands and models about the import segment, read a separate review.
Due to its proximity to the western border and a fairly developed automotive business, the Lviv region leads in the "drive", even losing out to the capital, which is in second place on this list. Third place in terms of the volume of first registrations of used cars went to the Kyiv region.
The lowest indicators for this period, as in the previous section, are in Donetsk and Kherson regions.
New car market
During April 2025, Ukrainians and local enterprises purchased 5.7 thousand new passenger cars. Compared to April 2024, we have an increase of 1.2%; when comparing March of this year to April, we get a plus of 14.6%.
More information about the new passenger car segment based on April results can be found in this article.
In this part of the car market, the capital is confidently leading, for several reasons: a considerable number of people, businesses and government agencies with their own fleets, as well as leasing companies that register vehicles for themselves at local addresses. The second place in terms of volumes is in Kyiv region, the third is in Dnipropetrovsk region.
And here too, Kherson and Donetsk regions show the lowest results (only 3 cars each), for the reasons already mentioned above.
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