The latest FTMTA tractor registration figures show that July 2025 recorded 352 new tractor registrations – 43% higher compared with the same month in 2024.

This boost in registrations has brought the year-to-date 2025 new tractor registration moving total figure to 1,678 units. This figure is up 10% year-on-year, compared with 1,527 units for the first seven months of 2024.

The most popular power band for July 2025 was the 161hp to 200hp category, which accounted for 23.30% of all new tractor registrations for the month.

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This is the most popular power band in the year-to-date and accounted for 25.21% of all new tractor registrations in 2025.

The over 200hp category increased to 15.63% of all new tractors for the year-to-date. The monthly average tractor horsepower figure for July 2025 was 153hp, and the largest tractor registered was rated at 355hp.

County Cork continued to deliver the highest number of new tractor registrations at 249 units for the year-to-date, while Tipperary was ranked in second place with 164 units, followed by Wexford at 98 units.

Used tractors

The FTMTA data shows that 281 imported used tractors were first-time registered in Ireland in July 2025.

This was 17 units more than in July 2024, while the year-to-date used tractor registration figure at 1,776 units was 73 units more than was registered for the first seven months of 2024.

Northern Ireland and UK tractor sales down

According to the Agricultural Engineers Association (AEA), a total of 28 new tractors were registered in Northern Ireland in July, up four units on the same month last year. This brings the year-to-date tractor registrations in the region to 310 units. This figure is down 51 units, or 14%, on 2024 figures.

AEA data also shows that registrations of tractors in the UK remained below par in July, with 880 machines recorded during the month. This was 7% fewer than in the same month last year and around 20% below the average for the time of year.

The declines were somewhat smaller than those recorded in the first half of the year, though, with the total of 5,749 registrations for the year-to-date being 16% lower than in the opening seven months of 2024.

According to the AEA, they noted that UK farmers appear to be lacking the confidence to invest, due to uncertainty about agricultural policy and national and global economic conditions. Coupled with the difficult financial situation for arable farmers, this is preventing any recovery in the tractor market, despite the strength of milk and livestock prices.