2,443 new tractors were licensed for the first time during the first ten months of 2026, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

This represents an increase of 8% or 187 units on the 2,256 new tractors registered in the same period last year.

The data shows that 157 new tractors were licensed for the first time in October 2026, which is back by 19% or 37 units compared to the October 2025 total of 194.

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Between January and October 2026, 2,299 used (imported) tractors were licensed.

This figure is a decrease of 18 units or 1% on the same period in 2025.

During October 2026, 191 used tractors were registered, marking a fall of 16% or 36 units on 12 months previous.

Damien Lenihan, statistician in the Transport Section of the CSO, said: "Today’s figures from the CSO show a 62% growth in the number of new private electric cars (EVs) licensed for the first time in October 2026 (1,850) when compared with the same month in 2025 (1,144)".

"Licensing of hybrid vehicles decreased by 16% from 808 in October 2025 to 681 new private cars in October 2026, while the number of new plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) licensed in October 2026 grew by 13% in comparison with October 2025 (698 vs 616).

"The total number of used (imported) private cars licensed in October 2026 rose by 14% compared with October 2025 (7,843 vs 6,898).

"There were 1,380 used (imported) diesel private cars licensed in October 2026, compared with 1,527 in the same period of 2025." he added.

Used (imported) private petrol cars licensed dropped by 3% in October 2026 compared with October 2025 (2,799 vs 2,874).

The total number of new goods vehicles licensed for the first time in October 2026 was 2,643, down 9% on October 2025 (2,906) according to the statistician.

In the first 10 months of 2026, Lenihan noted there was a 57% rise in new private EVs licensed when compared with the same period in 2025 (35,483 vs 22,613).

"We can also see that almost a third (29%) of all new private cars licensed between January and October 2026 were electric.

"Similarly, there was a 24% decrease in the number of new diesel cars licensed (15,179 vs 20,066)," he said.

Data also shows that Volkswagen was the most popular make of new private car licensed in October 2026 at 578 vehicles, followed by Toyota (387), Skoda (372), Kia (296), and Tesla (252).

The most popular model of new electric car licensed in October 2026 was the Tesla Model 3 (195), followed by the Volkswagen ID.4 (149), and the MG MG4 (102).