HK registration and licensing in 2024-08

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 0 78 128
2 Franchised bus: CTB: Lantau: Double 0 227 243
3 Franchised bus: CTB: Urban & NT: Double 0 1,314 1,450
4 Franchised bus: CTB: Urban & NT: Single 0 21 46
5 Franchised bus: KMB: Double 0 3,761 3,872
6 Franchised bus: KMB: Single 0 141 143
7 Franchised bus: LWB: Double 2 275 279
8 Franchised bus: LWB: Single 0 4 4
9 Franchised bus: NLB: Double 0 59 59
10 Franchised bus: NLB: Single 0 80 88
11 Government Motor Cycles 0 709 709
12 Government Other Vehicles 15 6,246 6,246
13 Green Minibus 25 3,331 3,407
14 Heavy Goods Vehicles 52 7,480 7,984
15 Light Goods Vehicles 149 72,549 75,765
16 Medium Goods Vehicles 60 32,422 33,816
17 Motor Tricycles 1 904 1,156
18 Non-franchised public bus: MTR: Double 0 140 140
19 Non-franchised public bus: MTR: Single 0 11 11
20 Non-franchised public bus: Others: Double 0 169 178
21 Non-franchised public bus: Others: Single 39 6,263 6,563
22 Private bus: Double 0 25 27
23 Private bus: Single 7 800 816
24 Private Cars 3,189 576,347 634,324
25 Private Light Buses 7 3,336 3,400
26 Red Minibus 1 759 933
27 Solo Motor Cycles 364 72,417 107,587
28 Special Purpose Vehicles 4 1,907 2,220
29 Taxis:Lantau 1 75 75
30 Taxis:New Territories 8 2,686 2,838
31 Taxis:Urban 68 15,021 15,250
All classes 3,992 809,557 909,757

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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