Cars in Galway

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Fuel mix

Fuel	Vehicles	Share
Diesel	78,518	54.9%
Petrol	40,113	28.1%
Petrol and electric hybrid	12,239	8.6%
Electric	5,700	4%
Petrol/plug-in hybrid electric	5,332	3.7%
Diesel and electric hybrid	533	0.4%
Diesel/plug-in hybrid electric	296	0.2%
Ethanol and petrol	211	0.1%
Gas	51	0%

Car brands in Galway

Rank	Brand	Vehicles	Share of fleet
1	Toyota	20,111	14.1%
2	Volkswagen	19,064	13.3%
3	Ford	12,192	8.5%
4	Hyundai	10,739	7.5%
5	Audi	9,906	6.9%
6	Skoda	9,369	6.6%
7	Nissan	8,005	5.6%
8	BMW	8,003	5.6%
9	Mercedes Benz	5,130	3.6%
10	Kia	4,829	3.4%
Show all 42 brands with 10+ vehicles in Galway 11 Peugeot 4,135 2.9% 12 Opel 4,079 2.9% 13 Renault 4,047 2.8% 14 Volvo 2,847 2% 15 Honda 2,530 1.8% 16 Seat 2,224 1.6% 17 Dacia 2,051 1.4% 18 Citroen 2,046 1.4% 19 Mazda 1,636 1.1% 20 Suzuki 1,456 1% 21 Lexus 1,342 0.9% 22 Vauxhall 1,313 0.9% 23 Mitsubishi 870 0.6% 24 Land Rover 816 0.6% 25 Mini 730 0.5% 26 Fiat 518 0.4% 27 Tesla 513 0.4% 28 MG 459 0.3% 29 Cupra 363 0.3% 30 Jaguar 315 0.2% 31 Porsche 136 0.1% 32 Subaru 122 0.1% 33 Ssangyong 68 0% 34 Alfa Romeo 64 0% 35 Saab 60 0% 36 Chevrolet 47 0% 37 Polestar 45 0% 38 DS 38 0% 39 Daihatsu 31 0% 40 Chrysler Jeep 25 0% 41 Smart 24 0% 42 Jeep 19 0%

Every brand with at least 10 vehicles in Galway, CC BY 4.0 CSO data. Share is of the county's total fleet, not of named brands -- CSO's "All other makes" catch-all (~1% of the fleet, many low-volume brands combined) is excluded from the ranking but counted in the denominator. Linked brands have their own page with the national picture and every county they're strong in.

Fleet profile

• Most common CO2 band: Band A4 (WLTP-era band; see caveats)
• Most common year of manufacture: 2016
• 2022 census population: 277,737

Source: CSO Department of Transport data for 2026 September, CC BY 4.0. See how we calculate these figures for the per-capita formula and data caveats.