HK registration and licensing in 2024-09

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 2025-03.

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 0 222 243
3 Franchised bus: CTB: Urban & NT: Double 0 1,317 1,450
4 Franchised bus: CTB: Urban & NT: Single 0 19 46
5 Franchised bus: KMB: Double 0 3,768 3,872
6 Franchised bus: KMB: Single 0 140 143
7 Franchised bus: LWB: Double 0 277 279
8 Franchised bus: LWB: Single 0 4 4
9 Franchised bus: NLB: Double 5 64 64
10 Franchised bus: NLB: Single 0 79 88
11 Government Motor Cycles 0 708 708
12 Government Other Vehicles 26 6,236 6,236
13 Green Minibus 8 3,338 3,413
14 Heavy Goods Vehicles 37 7,480 8,000
15 Light Goods Vehicles 140 72,041 75,528
16 Medium Goods Vehicles 62 32,276 33,750
17 Motor Tricycles 5 901 1,161
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 0 170 178
21 Non-franchised public bus: Others: Single 23 6,253 6,563
22 Private bus: Double 0 26 27
23 Private bus: Single 5 798 816
24 Private Cars 2,940 575,141 634,643
25 Private Light Buses 10 3,335 3,400
26 Red Minibus 0 749 927
27 Solo Motor Cycles 342 72,235 107,894
28 Special Purpose Vehicles 10 1,895 2,226
29 Taxis:Lantau 0 75 75
30 Taxis:New Territories 13 2,684 2,838
31 Taxis:Urban 44 15,010 15,250
All classes 3,670 807,470 910,101

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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