With a market share of 23.7% for tractors and 17.7% for trucks (over 3.5 tons), Volvo Trucks dominated the Belgian truck market in 2025. The Swedish manufacturer even managed to register 101 more vehicles than in 2024, despite a shrinking market.
Overall, the Belgian market for heavy trucks shrank by 2.66%. This decline (the second in a row) can be attributed to both tractors (-2.59%) and trucks (-2.75%). The only market segment that grew was between 3.5 and 6 tons (+6.88%), but this segment is still very sensitive to orders from large public and parastatal fleets. The Belgian market thus performed better than the European market, where truck registrations had fallen by 9.8% after three quarters, according to the ACEA.
The winners and losers of the year
When the pie gets smaller, not everyone can come out on top, but two brands have done well: the two Swedish brands. Volvo Trucks has thus regained first place in the overall market, despite a slight decline in its market share in trucks. Its achievements in tractors are all the more remarkable as the Swedish manufacturer’s market share has increased from 21 to 23.5%. This is the best result since 2016. The only downside is the FL series, whose market share has fallen below 10%.
Scania also performed well by gaining 2.2 percentage points of market share in the truck category, while the brand is now virtually absent from the market for trucks of 19 tonnes and less. Scania also gains half a percentage point in the tractor category and has registered more trucks in 2025 than in 2024 (+114 units).
Iveco registrations have also increased (+ 25 units), but this is solely due to the Daily and Eurocargo series. Tractor registrations have fallen to below 4%, which has not occurred since 2019. The launch of the S-Way allowed the Italian brand to rise again to 8%.
Mercedes-Benz registered 6 more vehicles than in 2024, performing better than the market average. The Daimler Truck brand performed particularly well in the field of tractors, with an increase in market share from 11.9 to 15.8%. The medium-sized models (Atego) and multi-axle vehicles, on the other hand, lost ground among trucks.
MAN managed to limit the damage thanks to its TGL/TGM range, but lost ground among multi-axle vehicles and tractors. Ultimately, the German manufacturer lost half a percentage point of market share. The situation is slightly different at Renault Trucks, where tractors lost only 0.3%, but where the decline was more sensitive for trucks, both multi-axle and distribution trucks. Even more than Volvo Trucks, the D series struggles to convince more than 5% of buyers.
The launch of the F-Line range has not enabled Ford Trucks to reverse a trend that was already visible in 2024: the Turkish manufacturer sees its market share drop to 2.4% for tractors and remain below 1% for trucks. The launch of the second generation of the F-Max should allow it to turn the tide.
DAF Trucks did not end 2025 on a positive note. Although tractor sales were exceptionally good until 2024 (with a market share of often more than 25%), it has been a long time (at least 20 years) since the Dutch manufacturer was below 20%. The only market segment in which DAF made progress was that of trucks weighing more than 19 tons.
