The bus market is declining, while the segment of buses longer than 12 meters is growing
According to the marketing agency NAPI, 5.3 thousand new and used buses were sold in January-March 2026, which was a 21.7% decline on the previous year, when 6.8 thousand buses were sold. Of these, 1.9 thousand units were new (-4.3% on 2025), and 3.4 thousand units were used (-28.8%).
Over the year, sales of new buses 6-8 meters long (-46.0% to 0.3 thousand units), 10-12 meters (-18.0% to 0.3 thousand units), and 8-10 meters (-0.5% to 0.6 thousand units) decreased. However, sales of new buses over 12 meters long grew (+59.5% to 0.7 thousand units). Used bus sales fell across all segments: 8-10 meters (-37.1% to 0.7 thousand units), 6-8 meters (-36.2% to 1.2 thousand units), over 12 meters (-20.9% to 0.4 thousand units), and 10-12 meters (-13.3% to 1.1 thousand units).
Among new vehicles, the share of 8-10 m (+1.2 p.p.) and over 12 m (+13.9 p.p.) buses increased, while that of 6-8 m (-11.8 p.p.) and 10-12 m (-3.0 p.p.) buses fell…