Balgarianovinite.com Registrations of new passenger cars in Bulgaria increased by 11.5% year on year in May 2026 to 4,293 vehicles, according to data released by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) on Tuesday.
The growth rate was lower than in April, when new car registrations in Bulgaria rose by 18.3% compared with the same month of 2025.
Only Estonia, Ireland, Lithuania, Malta and Slovenia recorded stronger annual growth than Bulgaria in May.
More than 73% of newly registered cars in Bulgaria were petrol-powered, while diesel vehicles accounted for 9%. Battery-electric vehicles represented more than 8% of registrations, followed by hybrids with nearly 7% and plug-in hybrids with 1.3%.
Across the European Union, new car registrations rose by 3.2% year on year in May to 955,013 vehicles, marking a fourth consecutive month of growth. The increase was driven by stronger demand for electric and hybrid models.
For the January-May period, new car registrations in the EU increased by 4% to about 4.75 million vehicles. The share of battery-electric vehicles reached 20%, up from 15.3% a year earlier. New Car Registrations in Bulgaria Up 11.5% in May, Outpacing EU Average 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-06-23 07:56:58 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law
