UK used car market stagnates in November 2025

Marketcheck, the UK’s most significant source of data on the used UK market, has today published an analysis of sales figures so far in 2025.

Marketcheck’s analysis of all used cars sold this year found a significant fall in sales last month. In January 354,946 used cars, across all makes, models, and fuel types, were sold throughout the UK, reaching their peak in March with 376,780 sold.

Last month, only 304,732 used cars were sold, representing a drop of 19.27% (72,048) when compared with their peak in March. When compared with October, sales dropped by 9.52% (31,502), with 336,234 used cars sold that month.

Alastair Campbell, Marketcheck UK, commented:

“After a strong start to the year, the UK’s used car market has clearly slowed, with sales in November falling to their lowest level since January. Volumes are down over 19% from the March peak, and nearly 10% on last month alone – signalling a period of stagnation as consumer confidence weakens and economic uncertainty takes hold.

This drop-off suggests many buyers may be delaying big-ticket purchases heading into winter, especially with higher living costs continuing to squeeze household budgets. The next few months will be critical in showing whether this is a seasonal dip or the start of a broader market cooling.”

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Notes to Editor:

About Marketcheck:

https://marketcheck.uk/

We are the leading source of UK automotive data. We collate, enhance and manage more data on the UK used car sector than any other provider. For automotive businesses we bring unprecedented access to live data to power analysis, pricing, reporting and AI agents on the UK used car market.

We track over 650,000 cars and 11500 dealers across 16k locations daily.

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