According to the marketing agency NAPI, the leasing of cars and commercial vehicles in January-September 2026 reached 208.2 thousand units, which was a 2.8% rise on the similar nine-month period of 2025. However, compared to the similar period of 2024, leasing volume declined by 35.8%.
- Car leasing totaled 115.9 thousand units in January-September 2026 (+5.2% on 2025), accounting for 55.7% of the total leasing volume (+1.3 p.p.).
- 32.2 thousand light commercial vehicles* were leased (-7.8%), representing a 15.5% share of the total leasing volume (-1.7 p.p.).
- The number of trucks** leased reached 39.9 thousand units (+5.6%), their share made up 19.2% of the total leasing volume (+0.6 p.p.).
- Leasing of trailers reached 16.7 thousand units (+6.2%), with their share rising to 8.0% (+0.3 p.p.).
- Over the first nine months of 2026, 3.5 thousand buses were leased (-12.1%), with their share in the total leasing volume falling to 1.7% (-0.3 p.p.).
Notably, no segment reached the figures recorded in January-September 2024. The 2026 results fall short of the previous year’s figures by:
- 27.9% - cars
- 30.3% - LCV
- 48.5% - trucks
- 51.1% - trailers
- 37.6% - buses
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