The latest FTMTA Statistics Service Report for June 2025 shows the current level of vehicle registration activity in the farm machinery sector in Ireland. While the numbers of imported new tractors, registered for the first time in Ireland, reduced compared with the same month of June 2024, the year-to-date market showed a 3% increase.
The June 2025 new tractor market at 52 units was 13% lower compared with the same month in 2024, while the year-to-date 2025 new tractor registration moving total figure is 3% higher at 1,326 units compared with 1,290 units for the first six months of 2024.
In Ireland, County Cork continued to deliver the highest number of new tractor registrations at 205 units for the year-to-date, while Tipperary was ranked in second place with 129 units followed by Galway, at 73 units.
The most popular power band for June 2025 was the 161hp to 200hp category, which accounted for 23.08% of all new tractor registrations for the month. This is the most popular power band in the year to date and accounted for 25.72% of all new tractor registrations in 2025. The over 200hp category remained stable at 12.1% of all new tractors for the year-to-date. The monthly average tractor horsepower figure for June 2025 was 147hp, and the largest tractor registered was rated at 370hp.
The FTMTA data shows that 236 imported used tractors were first-time registered in Ireland in June 2025, 34 more units than in June 2024, while the year-to-date used tractor registration figure at 1,495 units was 56 units more than was registered for the first six months of 2024.
