John Deere secured the highest number of new tractors registered in the UK in 2018.
AEA figures confirm that John Deere accounted for 4,405 (31.9%) of the 13,795 new tractors registered in 2018. CNH occupied second spot with 4,032 units and a 29.2% of the total market: New Holland 2,532 (18.4%) and Case IH 1,500 (10.9%).
In third position with 2,940 registrations and a 21.3% share of the market was AGCO. Massey Ferguson was the company’s best performing brand with 1,350 units (9.8%), followed by Fendt (includes Challenger) with 925 (6.7%) and Valtra 665 (4.8%).
Fourth-placed Kubota registered 746 new tractors (5.4%) and fifth-placed Claas 528 (3.8%). In sixth position was JCB with 302 units and a 2.2% of the UK market.
In seventh spot was Agri Argo with 131 units (0.9%) of which McCormick accounted for 86 (0.6%) and Landini 45 (0.3%). Same Deutz Fahr registered 209 units (1.5%), Zetor 36 (0.3%), and the rest accounted for 409 registrations (3.4%).
The total number of tractors registered in 2018 of 13,795 includes both agricultural tractors (over 50hp) and compact tractors (50hp and below). The AEA data is released after a one year delay due to competition law restrictions; figures for 2019 are due to be published early 2021.
