HK registration and licensing in 2025 up to 2025-05

This page shows the number of vehicles newly-registered in HK by vehicle class, from Jan-2013 onwards, using data from the Transport Department. Choose simple or detailed view. The total licensed and registered are at the end of the period. If a vehicle is registered but not licensed then it is not allowed on public roads and may have already been scrapped. By law, permitted gross vehicle mass of Goods Vehicles in tonnes are: Light: 5.5, Medium: 24, Heavy: 38. Click on the vehicle class to see the history. The latest available month is 2025-05.

Year Month
Breakdown

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Vehicle class First reg. Total licensed Total reg.
1 Combo Motor Cycles 2 78 131
2 Franchised bus: CTB: Lantau: Double 0 228 239
3 Franchised bus: CTB: Urban & NT: Double 0 1,312 1,404
4 Franchised bus: CTB: Urban & NT: Single 0 18 34
5 Franchised bus: KMB: Double 11 3,826 3,856
6 Franchised bus: KMB: Single 0 139 143
7 Franchised bus: LWB: Double 20 299 299
8 Franchised bus: LWB: Single 0 3 4
9 Franchised bus: NLB: Double 0 67 67
10 Franchised bus: NLB: Single 0 75 87
11 Government Motor Cycles 29 699 699
12 Government Other Vehicles 218 6,341 6,341
13 Green Minibus 18 3,353 3,440
14 Heavy Goods Vehicles 155 7,515 7,985
15 Light Goods Vehicles 551 69,878 73,676
16 Medium Goods Vehicles 351 31,740 33,179
17 Motor Tricycles 3 860 1,140
18 Non-franchised public bus: MTR: Double 6 147 147
19 Non-franchised public bus: MTR: Single 0 11 11
20 Non-franchised public bus: Others: Double 0 162 171
21 Non-franchised public bus: Others: Single 146 6,303 6,525
22 Private bus: Double 0 31 31
23 Private bus: Single 25 821 839
24 Private Cars 17,469 579,813 627,952
25 Private Light Buses 37 3,338 3,392
26 Red Minibus 3 714 900
27 Solo Motor Cycles 1,531 72,713 107,626
28 Special Purpose Vehicles 42 1,887 2,199
29 Taxis:Lantau 2 75 75
30 Taxis:New Territories 68 2,664 2,838
31 Taxis:Urban 499 14,910 15,250
All classes 21,186 810,020 900,680

Bus operators

CTB CITYBUS LIMITED (HK) 城巴有限公司
KMB KOWLOON MOTOR BUS COMPANY (1933) LIMITED (THE) 九龍巴士(一九三三)有限公司
LRB MTR CORPORATION LIMITED 香港鐵路有限公司
LWB LONG WIN BUS COMPANY LIMITED 龍運巴士有限公司
NLB NEW LANTAO BUS COMPANY (1973) LIMITED 新大嶼山巴士(1973)有限公司
NWFB NEW WORLD FIRST BUS SERVICES LIMITED 新世界第一巴士服務有限公司

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