17.10.2025 / Does the modern taxi population meet the localization law requirements

According to the marketing agency NAPI, as of October 1, 2025, the taxi population in Russia numbers 799.4 thousand cars with a valid permit. LADA (16.4%), KIA (14.9%) and HYUNDAI (13.4%) are the most popular models in the population. TOP-10 accounts for more than 80% of the taxi population. At the same time, LADA (8.0%), CHERY (4.1%) and HAVAL (3.5%) brands predominate among the fresh cars (produced in 2022-2025) available in the population.

The most in-demand model in taxi companies is HYUNDAI SOLARIS, which accounts for 10.4% of the total population. LADA GRANTA ranks second in the population of cars of all years of manufacture (9.9%) and first in the population of cars manufactured in 2022-2025 (5.9%). KIA RIO rounds out TOP-3 in the total population of cars (9%). The TOP-3 list of models among fresh cars includes HAVAL JOLION (2.7%) and LADA VESTA (2.1%).

Currently, taxi companies retain a significant number of models of European, Korean, and Japanese brands that have already left the market. However, on March 1, 2026, changes will come into force prohibiting the entry of non-localized cars into regional passenger taxi registers. The Ministry of Industry and Trade has published a primary list of cars that meet the new requirements. It includes 22 models of six Russian brands. The list includes cars with different types of engine (gasoline, electric, hybrid) and body (sedan, SUV, etc.). The list will be updated and supplemented with new brands and models, the production of which is localized in Russia.

It should be noted that so far only three models presented in the list of permitted ones are also included in TOP-10 as of October 1, 2025: LADA GRANTA and LADA VESTA (among models of all years of manufacture and those manufactured in 2022-2025), as well as MOSKVICH 3 (among models manufactured in 2022-2025).

As of October 1, 2025, fresh cars aged under 3 years prevail in the taxi population – 28.8% or 230 units. Cars aged 4-6 years account for 27.6% of the population or 220.4 thousand units, 7-10 years – 20.7% or 165.9 thousand units, and over 10 years – 22.9% or 183.1 thousand units.

The largest number of valid permits among cars of all years of manufacture was recorded in the Moscow region (16.5%), Moscow (12%) and the Krasnodar region (8.9%). Saint Petersburg occupies only the fourth place (5.6%). Among Federal districts, the Central Federal District (295.4 thousand units), the Southern and North Caucasian Federal Districts (146.1 thousand units) and the Volga Federal District (132.1 thousand units) are the leaders by the number of valid permits.

Brand	Number of valid permits (all years of manufacture)	Share, %
LADA	131.1	16.4%
KIA	119.1	14.9%
HYUNDAI	107.0	13.4%
VOLKSWAGEN	63.1	7.9%
SKODA	49.2	6.2%
RENAULT	43.8	5.5%
TOYOTA	41.2	5.2%
CHERY	35.3	4.4%
HAVAL	29.5	3.7%
GEELY	21.9	2.7%
TOP-10	641.3	80.2%
Other	158.1	19.8%
Total	799.4	100.0%

Brand	Number of valid permits (2022-2025 years of manufacture)	Share, %
LADA	64.3	8.0%
CHERY	32.7	4.1%
HAVAL	28.1	3.5%
GEELY	19.0	2.4%
BELGEE	9.7	1.2%
MOSKVICH	7.3	0.9%
JAC	7.1	0.9%
OMODA	6.5	0.8%
BAIC	6.2	0.8%
CHANGAN	5.9	0.7%
TOP-10	186.7	23.4%

Model	Number of valid permits (all years of manufacture)	Share, %
HYUNDAI SOLARIS	82.9	10.4%
LADA GRANTA	79.4	9.9%
KIA RIO	72.2	9.0%
VOLKSWAGEN POLO	55.9	7.0%
LADA VESTA	34.6	4.3%
RENAULT LOGAN	33.9	4.2%
SKODA RAPID	25.6	3.2%
HAVAL JOLION	22.2	2.8%
SKODA OCTAVIA	22.1	2.8%
KIA OPTIMA	15.3	1.9%
TOP-10	444.2	55.6%
Other	355.2	44.4%
Total	799.4	100.0%

Model	Number of valid permits (2022-2025 years of manufacture)	Share, %
LADA GRANTA	47.3	5.9%
HAVAL JOLION	21.3	2.7%
LADA VESTA	16.6	2.1%
CHERY TIGGO 7 PRO MAX	9.2	1.2%
CHERY ARRIZO 8	8.6	1.1%
Moskvich 3	7.1	0.9%
GEELY EMGRAND	6.9	0.9%
JAC J7	6.8	0.8%
BELGEE X50	6.4	0.8%
BAIC U5 PLUS	6.1	0.8%
TOP-10	136.3	17.1%

Region	Number of valid permits (all years of manufacture)	Share, %
Moscow region	131.9	16.5%
Moscow	96.2	12.0%
Krasnodar region	71.2	8.9%
Saint Petersburg	44.5	5.6%
Sverdlovsk region	26.9	3.4%
Rostov-on-Don region	23.8	3.0%
Samara region	20.3	2.5%
Tatarstan Republic	19.4	2.4%
Bashkortostan Republic	18.7	2.3%
Chelyabinsk region	17.4	2.2%
Novosibirsk region	16.4	2.1%
Nizhny Novgorod region	15.0	1.9%
Stavropol region	14.0	1.7%
Krasnoyarsk region	12.4	1.6%
Saratov region	11.0	1.4%
TOP-15	539.2	67.5%
Other	260.2	32.5%
Total	799.4	100.0%